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Margarets and neighboring communities have been left without water due to an accident on the main water pipeline. Work is currently underway to connect the communities to an alternative water supply.

Petro Panteleiev, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, explained how Kyiv is implementing its resilience plan and at what stage the capital currently is in that plan.

Starting September 1, the government will increase teachers' salaries by 20% and double student scholarships.

From January through July 2026, Ukraine’s trade volume totaled $82.2 billion. Imports of goods amounted to $58.1 billion, while exports totaled $24.1 billion.

At the initiative of the Ministry of Energy, the government has adopted a decision to ensure a more efficient distribution of electricity. Lists of critical facilities will now be compiled separately for the winter and summer periods.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi held an emergency meeting with representatives of the business community, the retail sector, and logistics companies. The reason: systematic Russian attacks on businesses that supply goods to millions of Ukrainians.

On August 5, Russia destroyed the “Epicenter” logistics and manufacturing complex in the Kyiv region. One person is known to have been killed, and three others were injured.

Last July, Russia intensified its shelling of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, effectively blocking the shipment of Ukrainian goods by sea for the first time since 2022.

Danylo Hetmantsev, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy and a member of parliament from the “Servant of the People” faction, identified the most difficult requirement for Ukraine to meet, as set forth by the International Monetary Fund.

The U.S. military has received the first 2,000 F10 FPV drones manufactured by the Ukrainian company F-Drones. The drones are currently undergoing acceptance testing, after which U.S. service members will begin training on how to operate them.