Figure of the week
• 700 – days Ukraine has been resisting Russian full-scale invasion.
Foreign Policy
• President Zelenskyy and President Macron discussed the launch of the artillery coalition.
• Ukraine and Poland start working on a bilateral agreement on security commitments.
• Ukraine and Latvia collaborate to establish drone and electronic warfare coalition.
• 18th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense Issues (Ramstein format): Estonia, the UK, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg announced new military support.
Home and Frontline
• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to January 24, 2024, are: personnel – 378 660, tanks – 6 227, APV – 11579, artillery system – 9 008.
• On January 23 Russia again attacked civilians in the Ukrainian cities: at least 5 people were killed & 60 injured in Kyiv & region, Pavlohrad, Kharkiv, Balakliia, Kherson region.
• Ukraine will implement action plan to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians living in the Russian Federation
• Since February 24, 2022, 88 places of captivity and torture set up by Russia in the occupied territories have been identified.
• Today the world celebrates international education day. 3798 schools and other educational facilities were damaged during the Russian full-scale invasion
• Ukrainian tennis player reaches Australian Open 2024 semi-finals for first time.
Grain from Ukraine
• Ukraine among top three suppliers of agricultural products to the EU from January to October 2023.
Learn more about Ukraine
• "20 Days in Mariupol" has become the first Ukrainian film made by a Ukrainian director to receive an Oscar nomination in Best Documentary Feature Film category since 1991. The documentary records the Russian siege of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast from the perspective of film director and his crew who were in Mariupol during the first weeks of the full-scale invasion.