- President Volodymyr Zelensky marked 100 days in office on Aug. 27
- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton arrived in Kyiv to warn Ukrainian authorities of risks of Chinese investment. Bolton is reportedly trying to block the sales of Ukraine’s Motor Sich, airplane and helicopter engine manufacturer, to a Chinese holding
- Bolton also said that Trump and Zelensky will talk in Poland on Sept. 1 where they are going to attend the commemorative ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II
- Ukrainska Pravda cites anonymous source saying Zelensky picked Oleksiy Honcharuk, 35, deputy head of the President’s Office and former lawyer as his candidate for Prime Minister
- Simferopol court in the occupied Crimea released Crimean Tatar activist Edem Bekirov, who is in urgent need of medical care, from the detention center under obligation to appear in court.
- Yanukovych’s former Minister of Healthcare Raisa Bogatyryova was arrested on embezzlement charges upon arrival at Kyiv’s Zhulyany airport.
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