Figures of the week

•11 879 facilities in Ukraine were hit by Russian drone and missile attacks since the beginning if Russian full-scale invasion in 2022: 6 203 civilian and 5 676 military facilities.

Foreign Policy

•Ukrainian Parliament ratified the Rome Statute – Ukraine has become the 125th member of the International Criminal Court.

•Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba spoke with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands C. Veldkamp and Minister of External Affairs of India S.Jaishankar.

•Ukrainian Defence Minister Umerov spoke with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III regarding battlefield dynamics.

•Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day.

•Ukraine and the United States held the Sixth Round of the Cyber Dialogue.

•Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion.

•New package of military aid from Germany to Ukraine.

Home and Frontline

•Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to August 21, 2024, are personnel – 603 010, tanks – 8522, ACV – 16 542, artillery system – 17 216.

•Ukrainian forces control more than 1260sq km of territory and 93 settlements in Kursk Oblast, Russia.

•Russian attacked a children’s café in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

•Ukrainian air defences shot down 51 aerial targets on the night of 20-21 August.

•On 19-21 August 2024 meeting of heads of Ukraine’s diplomatic missions took place in Ukraine.

•President Zelenskyy speech at the meeting of heads of Ukraine’s diplomatic missions abroad "Wartime Diplomacy: resilience, weapons, victory".

•President Zelenskyy attended the meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.

•Ukrainian Parliament adopted a bill banning religious organisations in Ukraine that are linked to Russia.

•Yaroslava Mahuchikh, a gold medalist in athletics at the 2024 Olympic Games, donated 1 million UAH from her prize money to UAnimals, a non-profit that focuses on rescuing animals from the effects of war.

Grain from Ukraine

•Since the launch of “Grain from Ukraine” initiative Ukraine has delivered 228 960 tonnes of agricultural products.

Learn more

•On August 24, Ukraine will celebrate the 33rd anniversary of its Independence. Our friends from the UK and NATO launched an international campaign #MakeNoiseForUkraine. Please, support it. 

Slava Ukraini!

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