The parties discussed security guarantees for Ukraine, and the US President began preparing a meeting between the presidents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine Donald Trump held talks in Washington with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and the heads of key EU states.

The White House said that the Russian President agrees to a meeting with the President of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a conversation with US President Donald Trump on August 18, proposed holding a meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Moscow. The President of Ukraine abandoned this idea, AFP reports. The Kremlin has not officially confirmed Putin's agreement to the meeting.

In Russia, more and more government services are switching to Max after restrictions on the functionality of WhatsApp and Telegram The Russian messenger Max , which is being developed by VK with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, does not activate device cameras without the consent of users, the developer’s press service told RBC. According to the developers, the camera on the phone turns on only with the user's explicit initiative, for example, during a video call.

Classes will begin in September in 22 regions, including the occupied territories of Ukraine From September 1, kindergartens in Russia will begin conducting propaganda lessons on “Talking about Important Things.” Vedomosti writes about this with reference to a source familiar with the decision of the Ministry of Education and a representative of the department.

Putin instructed to include books by modern authors in this list The Lednev Institute of Content and Teaching Methods, which develops manuals for schools, has published an updated list of patriotic literature for extracurricular reading. As “Layout” drew attention, the number of books about the war in Ukraine in it has decreased by half.

Over the past 6.5 years, almost 400 people have been put on trial for criticizing the president and ridiculing him. “We are now under Putler, oh, that is, Putin,” said Crimean student Evgeniy Vyunikov in the winter of 2024 in Chat Roulette. Three weeks later, local pro-government activists found him and handed him over to the police. The student had to publicly apologize and pay a fine of 50 thousand rubles.

The Russian side has not yet confirmed its readiness for a meeting at the level of leaders After a meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders , Trump called Putin and allegedly agreed with him on a bilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine. This was confirmed by Vladimir Zelensky during the briefing.

Among those repatriated to Ukraine are five military personnel who died in Russian captivity On August 19, Ukraine and Russia carried out another exchange of bodies of dead servicemen. According to the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Kyiv received a thousand bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. Among those repatriated to Ukraine are 5 military personnel who died in Russian captivity.