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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has disclosed the details of the PoW swap with Russia which was planned for 24 January but was not held after an Il-76 aircraft crash in Belgorod Oblast in Russia.

The project will prioritize Ukrainian regions close to the front line or the border with Russia — Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Odesa — the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency wrote in a press release. The organizers plan to build at least five next-to-school bomb shelters in these oblasts.

The European Commission is allocating EUR 15 million to build new school shelters in Ukraine. Lithuania is contributing an additional EUR 0.5 million and taking responsibility for implementing the project. — Ukrinform.

The European Union is allocating EUR 15 million to build new school shelters in Ukraine. Lithuania is contributing an additional EUR 0.5 million and taking responsibility for implementing the project. Katarína Mathernová, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine said: “Russia’s war of aggression

Intelligence officer says he cannot exclude possibility, but adds that Russia has provided no proof.

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the crash of the Russian Il-76 transport plane, which Russia claims carried Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW), the Voice of America reported on Jan. 25. While Moscow alleged that 65 Ukrainian POWs were on board the plane during the fatal crash, Ukraine has not confirmed this claim and called for an international investigation.

Western states reiterated their support for Ukraine and their commitment to the development of Ukraine’s defense industrial base (DIB) at the 18th Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on January 23. Ukrainian Defense Minister R

Russian attacks against Ukraine killed 14 and injured 97 over the past day, local authorities reported on Jan. 24.

The Ministry of Reintegration and the international organization ACTED are launching a new program to provide humanitarian support to the war-affected population. Ukrainians can receive financial assistance in the amount of 10,800 hryvnias ($288) under this program, the Reintegration Ministry reported on Jan. 24.

It’s still unclear why a Russian military transport aircraft crashed in the Belgorod region near the Ukraine border near Belgorod on Wednesday, whether because it was brought down by a missile or suffered some catastrophic technical failure. But all 74 people on board were killed, according to Russian authorities.