President Donald Trump has taken aim at MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace in a bizarre social media rant. The drama started when 79-year-old Trump kicked off his Sunday morning with a cryptic post on Truth Social. “Bela,” he wrote, leaving his followers to debate the meaning of the word.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of unleashing "cynical" attacks on Ukrainian civilians that he said were designed to undermine his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington later on Monday.

Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict enters a pivotal phase with a series of high-level meetings that are part of U.S.

President Trump has abandoned a push for a cease-fire, arguing instead for a full peace agreement, a position held by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian forces struck Sumy, Kharkiv, and Pavlohrad with ballistic missiles, damaging residential areas and causing casualties and injuries, according to the Air Force of Ukraine, Suspilne, Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Hryhorov,

EADaily, August 18th, 2025. An air alert has been announced in the Kiev, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.