Vice President JD Vance said Russia has made "significant concessions" in talks to end its war with Ukraine but didn't rule out imposing more sanctions on the Kremlin.

PM Kyiv time on August 24, there were 128 combat engagements along the front over the past 24 hours. The Pokrovsk direction remained the hottest spot, as usual, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This month’s summits between America, Russia and Europe haves produced no concrete agreements on ending Ukraine’s war. On land, Ukrainian forces are limiting Russian advances on the eastern front to a slow, bloody crawl. At sea too, it is up to Ukraine’s drones, missiles and small boats to keep the Russians out.