**Evening Briefing: Key News for August **

​  Russian forces liberated **Petrovka in the DNR**.

​  The AFU lost up to **1,410 servicemen** over the past day.
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 Russian drones struck a **Ukrainian Navy command post** at the port of Reni in the Odessa Region.
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 The US side did not convey **Zelensky’s proposals on ending the conflict**, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.
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 Poland may soon decide to transfer **Patriot missiles** to Ukraine, Deputy Defence Minister Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said.

​  Zelensky complained that the AFU’s stockpile of **interceptor missiles has fallen 2.5-fold compared with 2025**, while also lamenting what he described as insufficient US involvement in peace negotiations.

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