Monday, August 25. Russian war against Ukraine: news and information from Ukraine.

Shipments from Ukraine. Day 1,279.

Russian attacks on Ukraine

Between 22-25 August, Russian attacks killed at least 15 people and reduced more than 90 others in Ukraine. Eastern Kharkiv And Donetsk Regions registered the heaviest toll, killed with four citizens in each province and a total of 26 injured residents. In the central Dnipropetrovsk Region, Russian attacks left three residents to death and injured 15 others. Both southern Kherson and northern Amounts Provinces saw at least two civilian deaths and 52 injuries.

Germany and Norway promise billions to Ukraine

During one visit In 2026 in 2026, KYIV on August 25, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to assign around $ 7.9 billion to military and humanitarian aid. Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy and Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, Støre promised to extend Nansen support program. “At this critical time for Ukraine, it is important to re -confirm our continuous support,” he said, and noted that Russia has intensified its rocket and drone attacks in recent months.

The German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil also arrived in Kiev on 25 August on an earlier unannounced visit and promised Almost $ 10.5 billion in annual support for Ukraine in the coming years. After conversations with President Volodyymyr Zenskyy, Klingbeil emphasized, who also serves as Minister of Finance, that Moscow must understand that the use of Germany will not weaken in the future, so that this help will be imposed as a long -term guarantee for stability, not a temporary measure.

Although the economy is only about a tenth of the size of Germany, Norway has emerged as one of the generous supporters of Ukraine. It has been able to do this in part thanks to record oil and gas income, because it filled a food gap during the energy crisis caused by the 2022 of Russia in Ukraine. In 2022 alone, the sale of hydrocarbons generated roughly generated $ 150 billion For his national treasury, almost triple pre -war levels, that offer Norway unprecedented means to strengthen the help for Ukraine.

US that block Ukrainian long -term strikes on Russia

For months, the Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from the use of long -range missiles made by the US to touch goals deep in Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported On August 23, with reference to American officials. An approval process of the Ministry of Defense at a high level has prevented Ukraine from not having ATACMS since late spring, 190-Mile Range Ballistic Missiles, against Russian goals against Russian goals. At at least one opportunity, Kyiv asked to use the weapons in Russia and was refused.

The Pentagon assessment procedure also manages other weapons transfers. Pentagon Policy Chief Elbridge Colby has categorized ammunition in green, yellow and red layers, limits what can be sent to KYIV based on American stocks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseeth now has the authority to reclaim weapons.

The movement probably reflects the efforts of the White House to push Moscow to peace talks. “President Trump has been very clear that the war in Ukraine should end,” said Karoline Leavitt Secretary of the White House. “There has been no change in the military attitude in Russia-Ukraine at the moment,” she continued. A senior official added that the assessment mechanism under Colby Hegseeth gives the last word about every long -distance attack.

The limitations turn a decision of the BIDEN administration in the last year to enable Ukraine to use long-term weapons to focus on Russia. Although ATACMS and other long-distance weapons, including the Great Britain shadow cruise rocket, have not influenced the war in a significant way, they have enabled Ukraine to threaten Russian command centers and airports far from the front line.

Faced with American limitations, Ukraine has sought his own alternatives. The country has used drones against Russian refineries and planes and is reportedly developing a new cruise rocket, the flamingo, of which President Zenskyy said they can be produced in important quantities early next year.

In the meantime, the US recently approved the sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack ammunition (Eram) Air launch missiles, which will arrive in Ukraine in about six weeks. In essence, the weapon represents a hybrid between a bomb and a cruise rocket, with an operational range of up to 285 miles, and is led for precision attacks. It can be used from different aircraft and can be adjusted for future navy or drone targeting roles. But this advanced ammunition would require the approval of Pentagon for use for strikes deep on Russian territory.

According to President Zenskyy, KYIV is currently self -reliant in terms of performing long -distance attacks against Russia. “We are currently using our long -distance inland weapons produced, and we have not recently discussed such things with the US,” he told reporters at a press conference on 24 August, when Ukraine celebrated the 34th birthday of the independence of the Soviet Union.

To exchange Pozes

On August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day, Kyiv announced Another prisoner exchange with Russia, who brought a group of 146 soldiers and civilians home who has been held since 2022. Under the released, VolodyMyr MykaWaaiko, former mayor of Kherson, was a southern regional capital that came under the Russian occupation in March 2022 and was liberated in November. MykaLaiko had refused to collaborate with the professional agencies and was therefore deported to Russia. Moscow said it had repatriated 146 Russian prisoners of war on the same day.

Culture Front: Art, Culture and Resilience Mark Independence Versions

Various cultural events took place in New York to celebrate the 34th renewed independence of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Institute of America had a family -friendly open house With traditional Ukrainian cuisine, contemporary design pop-ups, A Pysanky Exhibition of Easter eggs decorated with traditional batik paint, film screenings and a special exhibition with rare authentic 19th and early 20th-century traditional costumes.

Also in New York, the Liberty Ukraine Foundation Organized a charity evening in the Ukrainian national house In the East Village, with jazz performance, vocalists, the Ukrainian choir Dumka and contemporary dance. The event has raised money for the purchase of drones for Ukrainian defenders.

The documentary 2024 “Checkpoint Zoo“Directed by Joshua Zeman and supported by the Appian Way Productions by Leonardo DiCaprioNow plays in selected American theaters. The moving film follows the evacuation of five thousand animals, including Lions, Cheetahs, Kangaroos and Lamas, from the Eco-Park of Kharkiv, by a group of brave animal lovers in the early days of the Russian invasion.

The huge Ukrainian art installation “Black cloud“Made a big one, albeit the short impression on this year’s Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Almost 100 feet long, 56 feet wide and 50 feet high, the monumental, interactive art installation of Ukraine in the form of a gigantic storm cloud, was designed to symbolize the threatening threat of the global conflict and had a soundscape of real war sounds from Ukraine. But it was destroyed in a violent dust storm that on 24 August, the opening day of the festival and the Independence Day of Ukraine. Despite the fact that only fifteen minutes almost hurricane power winds, “Black Cloud” will be rebuilt and is planned for a European tour.

Worldwide, Ukraine’s Independence Day was characterized by hundreds of events. Canada held more than 30 meetings, Australia organized Multi-State parties, including the unveiling of the world’s largest Ukrainian flag in Sydney, and European cities organized big marches. The event of Stockholm attracted prominent political figures; Lisbon saw more than 500 participants; Washington, DC contained prayers and marches near the White House and the central square of Warsaw attracted around 30,000 attendees, which underlined the worldwide support for the sovereignty of Ukraine and Democratic values.

In KYIV, the Pinchukartcentre, in collaboration with Ukrainian railways, unveiled A new painting, ‘Motion’, by Lesia Khomenko on the central train station of KYIV on 24 August. The massive painting of 69×40 meters, which displays travelers from all walks of Ukrainian society, hangs in the arrival hall at Kyiv’s main station, symbolizes the collective power and the forward momentum of the Ukrainian people in the middle of the current conflict. A solo exhibition from Khomenko Opens at the Pinchukartcentre on August 28.

By Danylo Nosov, Karina L. Tahiliani