Trump–Zelenskyy meeting and Ukrainian gains in Donetsk region - Monday brief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump and European leaders. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced, liberating six settlements in the Donetsk region.
Read more about what happened on Monday, August 18.
Inside Oval Office 2.0: Trump and Zelenskyy's negotiations with European leaders
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US President Donald Trump at the White House, this time joined by European leaders.
What Zelenskyy discussed with Trump and whether this Oval Office meeting proved successful is detailed in the RBC-Ukraine report.
Ukrainian forces liberate six villages in Donetsk - General Staff
Over the past two weeks, the Defense Forces of Ukraine have cleared a number of settlements in the Donetsk region and inflicted significant losses on the enemy in manpower and equipment.
From August 4 to 17, the Ukrainian military, together with units of the Azov 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, completely cleared the villages of Hruzke, Rubizhne, Novovodiane, Petrivka, Vesele, and Zolotyi Kolodiaz.
Ukrainian forces hit Nikolskoye oil pumping station in Russia, oil transport disrupted
On the night of August 18, the units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in coordination with other components of the Defense Forces, struck the Nikolskoye oil pumping station in Russia’s Tambov region.
The strike caused a fire at the facility and a complete halt to oil pumping through the Druzhba pipeline.
Russia strikes Azerbaijan’s SOCAR oil depot in Ukraine's Odesa again
Russians struck the SOCAR oil depot in the Odesa region with Shahed drones on the night of August 18. This is the second Russian attack in the last 2 weeks.