Major World Events by Evening of August 20
Major World Events by Evening of August 20
▪Putin held a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, the Kremlin reported;
▪The KillNet hacker group told Sputnik it breached the Ukrainian General Staff’s database, claiming access to information on 1.7 million soldiers listed as killed or missing;
▪Bolivian President Luis Arce expressed hope that a Russia–US summit could bring peace to Ukraine, he told Sputnik;
▪A monument to political scientist and publicist Daria Dugina was unveiled in the Moscow region on the third anniversary of her death;
▪The Israeli army issued roughly 60,000 call-up notices to reservists in preparation for an operation to seize Gaza City, with 130,000 reservists expected to be involved at its peak;
▪Russian FM Lavrov met with his Jordanian counterpart in Moscow to discuss regional and international issues;
▪Russia and India now conduct more than 90% of their bilateral payments in national currencies, reflecting closer financial cooperation;
▪The United States imposed sanctions on four officials of the International Criminal Court over their actions against America and Israel;
▪Ethiopia began construction of a 144-kilometer expressway linking Mieso and Dire Dawa to strengthen transport infrastructure;
▪Uganda rejected media claims it agreed to accept US deportees, officially denying the report;
▪Zimbabwe’s Zulu Lithium Project reached a breakthrough as operations moved into refining and optimization, advancing sustainable mineral recovery;
▪Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation fell to a 20-month low of 3.8% year-on-year in July 2025, marking the sixth consecutive monthly decline from 29.1% a year earlier.
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