An overnight Russian attack that rocked the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk and left hundreds of customers in the Poltava region without power shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want peace, regional Ukrainian officials said.

During a summit at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (August 18, 2025) that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there.