Figure of the week

•3,000 educational institutions in Ukraine have been destroyed and damaged by Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Foreign Policy

•President Zelenskyy met with the Minister of National Defense of Lithuania.

•President Zelenskyy met with a delegation of the U.S. Congress.

•The first thematic conference on the implementation of the Energy Security point of the Peace Formula will be held online in August.

•Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba spoke with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy J.Borrelland met with US Assistant Secretary J. O'Brien.

•Ukraine and Indonesia held political consultations.

•Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin discussed current situation in the Russia-Ukraine War.

Home and Frontline

•Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to August 16, 2024, are personnel – 596 950, tanks – 8496, ACV – 16 461, artillery system – 16 927.

•President Zelenskyy held a meeting on the situation in the Kursk region.

•President Zelenskyy has submitted to the Ukrainian parliament a package of bills concerning the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

•First Ukrainian military commandants' office established in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

•Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesman H.Tykhyiabout Ukraine’s defensive operation in the Kursk region.

•The Russians attacked Ukraine with three Kh-59 guided missiles and 29 Shahed drones on the night of 14-15 August.

•Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation registered a new geographical indication —Kherson Watermelon.

Grain from Ukraine

•The first 1000 tons of Ukrainian flour arrived in Gaza.

Learn more about Ukraine

Say “Palianytsia”

•Aside from widespread attacks across Ukraine, Russia’s invasion included an element of disinformation campaigns, and agents embedded within the country. This had successfully incited panic and distrust among the Ukrainian population. Though not for long, in response, Ukrainians devised a clever method to identify saboteurs: a password involving a simple Ukrainian word that Russians astonishingly could not pronounce—it was: “Palianytsia”. Read more here.

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