Here are the key events on day 1,267 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Thursday, August 14:Fighting
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Russian forces had captured the settlements of Zatyshok and Zapovidne in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
Ukraine’s military said its drones hit the Uniecha oil pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk region. “Damage and a large-scale fire were recorded in the area of the booster pumping station building,” the Ukrainian General Staff said on Telegram.
A small fire ignited by debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone was promptly doused at the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, authorities said.
Russia’s air defence units destroyed 46 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Defence Ministry said, including five over Krasnodar.
Ukraine’s ‘White Angels’ police group evacuates an elderly woman from the village of Bilytske, following the advance of Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on August 13, 2025 [Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu]Alaska Summit
United States President Donald Trump threatened “severe consequences” if Russia’s Vladimir Putin does not agree to peace in Ukraine.
Trump also said that his meeting with Putin could swiftly be followed by a second that would include the leader of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump did not specify what the consequences could be if Putin does not agree to a ceasefire, but he has warned of economic sanctions if his meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday proves fruitless.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said European leaders had laid out terms for a ceasefire in Ukraine that would protect their security interests in a call with Trump on Wednesday.
European leaders, including Zelenskyy, held the call with Trump in advance of his meeting with Putin.
Britain, France and Germany – co-chairs of the so-called “Coalition o …