Figures of the week 

• 82 medals won by Ukrainian athletes at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Summer Games, securing seventh place on the medals table. 

Ukraine - Türkiye 

• President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a video address to the participants of the Crimea Platform Leaders Summit. 

• Newly appointed Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had a phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. 

Foreign Policy 

• President Zelensky attended at the 24th Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein Format. 

• President Zelenskyy met with the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz. 

• President Zelenskyy introduced the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha to the staff of the Ministry. 

• President Zelenskyy had a phone call with President of France Emmanuel Macron. 

• Second Thematic Conference in the wake of the Peace Summit was held online on the Food Security. 

• Ukraine will represent Europe in the WADA Executive Committee for the next three years. 

• Comments of the MFA of Ukraine regarding the summoning of the Chargé d'Affaires of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ukraine and on the statements of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic. 

• Statement of the MFA of Ukraine on holding elections in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. 

• New military aid packages from the U.S. and Sweden. 

Home and Frontline 

• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to September 11, 2024, are personnel – 628,930, tanks – 8,642, ACV – 16,938, artillery system – 17,936. 

• Russia continue to attack Ukraine by Shahed UAVs. 

• Ukraine's parliament approved the appointment of eight more ministers amid a major government reshuffle. 

• Prime Minister Shmyhal voiced Ukraine's main challenges in his address at the Verkhovna Rada. 

• Ukraine is increasing its exports of goods. 

Grain from Ukraine 

• Ukraine increased exports of sunflower oil to Africa by 153.1%. 

• First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko about the key tasks of the Government to improve food security in the world. 

Learn more 

• The Fourth Summit of the Crimea Platform Leaders is being held today in Kyiv. This summit is part of Ukraine's initiative to mobilize international support for the return of Crimea, which is temporarily occupied by Russia since 2014. Learn how the Crimea Platform operates and which priority areas it focuses on.

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