❗️Confirmed sources report that on August 15, a large explosion occurred at the Elastic gunpowder plant in the 🇷🇺Ryazan region. Cause: improper handling of explosives. The plant produces TNT, hexogen, rocket fuel, and cartridges.

Destroyed: 4 buildings, including a gunpowder… https://t.co/IFgeN29zKD pic.twitter.com/8KdkzXfZP5

— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 18 août 2025

Confirmed sources report that on August 15, a large explosion occurred at the Elastic gunpowder plant in the Ryazan region. Cause: improper handling of explosives. The plant produces TNT, hexogen, rocket fuel, and cartridges. Destroyed: 4 buildings, including a gunpowder

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Yes, you can rebuild defensive lines but you can't move terrain. The terrain in Donetsk – hills, forests, rivers, urban – is ideal for defence, which is why Russia has had such a hard time there. West of Donetsk it's all flat open steppe with few big settlements.

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Zelenskyy met Trump envoy Kellogg — a rare Ukraine-friendly voice in Trump’s circle. He was excluded from Trump–Putin summit in Alaska, reportedly for being “too pro-Ukrainian.”

“When peace is discussed for one country in Europe, it means peace for all,” Zelenskyy said.

Video:… pic.twitter.com/f9IhCgJikS

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 18 août 2025

Zelensky met Trump; Kellogg envoy — a rare Ukraine-friendly voice in Trump’s circle. He was excluded from the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska, reportedly for being “too pro-Ukrainian.” “When peace is discussed for one country in Europe, it means peace for all,” Zelenskyy said. Video:

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Trump reportedly threatened to end talks in Alaska when Putin wanted entire Donetsk Oblast – media "If Donetsk is the thing here and if there is no give, we should just not prolong this," Trump told Putin, sources say. Putin then backed off the demand.

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Zelenskyy arrived in Washington in the same black jacket he wore at June’s NATO summit.

Per Axios, US officials had asked if he’d appear in formal attire — and suggested he should.

At Ukraine’s embassy, he’s meeting European leaders ahead of Trump in the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/iu99akyPg5

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 18 août 2025

Zelenskyy arrived in Washington in the same black jacket he wore at June’s NATO summit. Per Axios, US officials had asked if he’d appear in formal attire — and suggested he should. At Ukraine’s embassy, he’s meeting European leaders ahead of Trump in the Oval Office.

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All of Putin’s demands — restoring the Russian church, making Russian an official language, limiting the size of Ukraine’s army — are unacceptable. The people reject them, and Putin knows it. They have nothing to do with peace. 4/

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It is impossible to hand over Donbas to Putin — both military and constitutional reasons make this unfeasible. Putin is making irrelevant and unacceptable demands to prolong the war. What’s needed now is a ceasefire and serious negotiations on a deal. 2/

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