Kyivpost
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed three undisclosed decrees on Aug. 25, coinciding with CIA Director John Ratcliffeรข s surprise Moscow visit and a US request for Ukraine to pause strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg. The contents of the decrees remain unknown.
Pravda
Russian forces struck the centre of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast on the morning of 26 August, damaging apartment buildings and injuring two people.
Volodymyr Zelensky met with American boxer Terence Crawford, who presented him with a puppy.
Interfaxukraine
On the night of Wednesday, the Defense Forces of Ukraine neutralized 134 Russia targets; however, hits were recorded at 18 locations and falling debris at three, reported the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Kyivpost
A Russian drone strike on Chernihiv killed a 4-year-old girl and a 49-year-old woman and injured a 14-year-old girl. Ukraineรข s Air Force said Russia launched 162 attack and decoy drones overnight, with 134 neutralized.
Pravda
Russian forces attacked Chernihiv again on the evening of 25 August, injuring two adults and a 10-year-old child and destroying one house.
Pravda
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was related to contact between Russian and US intelligence services but provided no further details.