Daily Digest: Top news of Wednesday, Aug. 21 - Aug. 22, 2019

Ukraine’s elite paratroopers have a new top commander. What happened to the old one? He got elected to parliament.
It’s a free, open-air gym on an Island in the middle of the Dnipro River, and the exercise machines are made of repurposed materials: scrap metal, industrial chains, worn-out tires. But its manager claims that men who may be connected to law enforcement are trying to seize this choice piece of real estate — and they may be willing to kill him to get to it. Check out our fascinating video story.
Earlier this week, we reported that French President Emmanuel Macron had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia cannot return to the Group of Seven (G7) until it ends its war in Ukraine. Well, now the situation has gotten more complicated: On Aug. 21, CNN reported that Trump wants Russia to rejoin the G7 next year and Macron had agreed to it, citing senior sources in the Trump Administration. Later, French diplomatic sources and then Macron reiterated that Russia’s reentry to the G7 depends on resolving the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported. Who to trust: Macron or the Trump Administration?