Figure of the week 

• Ukraine sent 221 041 tonnes of agricultural products to 10 African and Asian countries since autumn 2022 within Grain from Ukraine Initiative.

Ukraine - Türkiye 

• Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Ukrainian Defense Minister met with Turkish Foreign Minister H.Fidan in Ankara.

Foreign Policy

• President Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands. 

• President Zelenskyy met with Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. 

• President Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán and discussed Hungary's EU presidency, security issues, and the bilateral relations agreement. 

• President Zelenskyy met with President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar in Kyiv. 

• In Brussels, President Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister of Slovenia R. Golob, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic P. Fiala, President of the EU Commission U. von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General J. Stoltenberg. 

• Speech by President Zelenskyy at the European Council meeting. 

• Ukrainian delegation visited the USA and met with State Secretary A. Blinken , National Security Advisor J. Sullivan, and Defence Secretary L. Austin. 

• Ukraine signed the bilateral security agreements with Estonia and Lithuania. 

• US Department of Defense announced Security Assistance for Ukraine. 

• 10 new signatories joined Ukraine's Peace Summit communiqué.

Home and Frontline

• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to July 04, 2024, are personnel – 547 470, tanks – 8 132, ACV – 15 600, artillery system – 14 777. 

• President Zelenskyy met with Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelyal, released from Russian captivity. 

• More than 800 participants from 15 countries joined the National Prayer Breakfast. 

• Russia dropped over 800 guided aerial bombs on Ukraine last week. 

• Russian attacked Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast, Kherson, Dnipro, Kharkiv Oblast. 

• New services in Diia: electronic booking and online marriage.

Learn more about Ukraine

• Moscow's propaganda persistently distorts the history of Ukraine and its military elites. According to Russian propagandists, whose narratives shift to suit their agendas, Ukrainian elites either never existed or were exclusively of what they call 'Great Russian' or even 'Moscow' origin from the very beginning. Today we would like to share with you a history of the Slavic and Viking roots of the Ukrainian military elites. 

Ukraine Weekly #28.pdf