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History: August 2025
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Retrospective · events of 2 August 2025
What happened in Ukraine politics on 2 August 2025?
Politics
A look back at the diplomatic and domestic developments surrounding 2 August 2025, from US submarine orders to Kyiv's anti-corruption law.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2025
What did Kyiv and Washington signal before 5 August 2025?
Politics
A look back at two developments in the days before 5 August 2025 that shaped Ukraine's political and diplomatic backdrop.
Retrospective · events of 6 August 2025
Ukraine's refinery strikes before 6 August 2025
Security
A look back at the early-August run of drone attacks on Russian territory and the diplomatic tension around them.
Retrospective · events of 8 August 2025
Two unrelated arrests: Cherkasy shooting and drone contract corruption case
Opinion
A look back at two criminal-justice stories that framed the days around 8 August 2025: an arrest in Cherkasy and a corruption case over drone contracts.
Retrospective · events of 8 August 2025
What the early August 2025 reports showed
Opinion
A look back at drone strikes on Russian refineries and a corruption arrest in Kyiv, as reported in the days before 8 August 2025.
Retrospective · events of 8 August 2025
Corruption arrests and a Cherkasy shooting: a roundup
World
A look back at two arrests reported in the days before 8 August 2025, one over alleged inflated defence contracts and one after a shooting in Cherkasy.
Retrospective · events of 10 August 2025
What did Trump's Alaska summit announcement signal?
Opinion
A retrospective on the 10 August 2025 announcement of a Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska, and the positions that framed the talks.
Retrospective · events of 11 August 2025
Trump and Putin to hold talks on ending Ukraine war
Security
A retrospective on the announcement of a Trump–Putin meeting to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 12 August 2025
Alaska summit set: what was known on 12 August 2025
Politics
A look back at the build-up to the planned Trump–Putin talks, announced two days before the covered date.
Retrospective · events of 14 August 2025
Alaska summit looms: what Kyiv faced on 14 August
Security
A look back at the eve of the Trump–Putin meeting announced for Alaska, and what was at stake for Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 14 August 2025
What was expected of the Alaska summit?
Opinion
A look back at the eve of the planned meeting between the US and Russian presidents, and what followed.
Retrospective · events of 18 August 2025
Druzhba pipeline hit as Russian strikes kill civilians
Security
A look back at 18 August 2025, when a drone attack halted oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia while missiles struck two Ukrainian cities.
Retrospective · events of 19 August 2025
Pipeline strike and mass drone raid, August 2025
Security
A look back at how a Ukrainian strike on the Druzhba pipeline and a large Russian drone and missile attack framed the days around 19 August 2025.
Retrospective · events of 19 August 2025
Diplomacy and drones collided on 18 August 2025
Politics
A White House meeting on peace talks and a strike on the Druzhba pipeline unfolded on the same day, one in diplomacy and one on the battlefield.
Retrospective · events of 19 August 2025
Massive drone and missile attack follows Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump
Opinion
A look back at a night of Russian strikes on Poltava and Chernihiv oblasts, set against a White House meeting and a halted pipeline flow.
Retrospective · events of 19 August 2025
What did Europe's White House summit leave unsettled?
Politics
A look back at the diplomacy in Washington and the Druzhba pipeline disruption reported around 19 August 2025.
Retrospective · events of 19 August 2025
At least ten killed in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia missile attacks
Security
A look back at 18 August 2025, when a drone attack stopped Russian oil flows to two EU states and missiles killed civilians in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.
Retrospective · events of 20 August 2025
Drone blast in Poland and a night of strikes
Security
A retrospective on 20 August 2025, when a Russian drone exploded in eastern Poland after heavy attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
Retrospective · events of 20 August 2025
Poland, pipeline, sanctions: war's pressure reaches beyond Ukraine
Opinion
A drone in Poland, a halted pipeline and new UK sanctions showed the conflict reaching well beyond Ukraine's borders.
Retrospective · events of 22 August 2025
What the August 2025 sanctions and pipeline stoppage showed
Politics
A look back at a run of events around 22 August 2025, from the White House talks to sanctions on Kyrgyz firms and a halt to Druzhba oil flows.
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