A 30-year-old Kharkiv resident was found guilty of manufacturing a homemade explosive device at the behest of a representative of the Russian Federation. The explosion killed a National Guard soldier and a 15-year-old boy.

The Verkhovna Rada summoned Andrii Pyshnyi, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, to report on the state-owned “Sens Bank,” which is implicated in a corruption case.

Protests demanding the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister are taking place in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Odesa, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, and other cities across Ukraine.

Throughout the day on August 18, enemy drones attacked the capital. Debris was reported to have fallen at two locations.

Russian troops launched a massive shelling attack on one of DTEK's thermal power plants.

The enemy attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, artillery, and aerial bombs. Damage to various facilities was reported in four districts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report from First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal on the state of the power grid following the Russian attacks.

Draft resolutions appointing Yevhen Khmara as Minister of Defense and Andriy Sybiha as Minister of Foreign Affairs have been published on the Verkhovna Rada’s website.

Arsen Zhumadilov, Director General of the Defense Procurement Agency, submitted his resignation, effective September 1.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot stated that the country's restraint regarding the use of frozen Russian assets does not mean a reluctance to help Ukraine or support for Russia.