The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on all states and organizations to support the creation of a special tribunal for Russia's crimes in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov spoke about the ultimatum presented to him by his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron in a video message on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day said in Ukrainian that France would continue to support Ukraine.
On the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's Independence Day, August 24, U.S. President Joe Biden announced $2.98 billion as a new, biggest tranche of military assistance to Ukraine.
The service members of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 30 invaders and one tank in battles in Donetsk region over the past day.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed Ukrainians on the 31st anniversary of Independence and expressed confidence that Ukraine will win the fight against Russian aggression.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Kharkiv will never be a city of black burnt windows and destroyed residential areas and it will never submit to the Russians. He said that the Kharkiv region would be freed from the occupiers and Kharkiv city would be restored.
Ukraine has informed its international partners about Russia's intentions to commit a flagrant war crime — a sham trial of Ukrainian prisoners of war, defenders of Mariupol.
It is necessary to continue to insist that Crimea is Ukraine, just as Donetsk and Luhansk are Ukraine, and that every part of the currently occupied Ukrainian territory is Ukraine.