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The SBU demonstrated footage of Ukrainian defenders returning home as part of the 51st prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, during which 100 Ukrainians were released, including 84 defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal.

President Zelensky appointed General Oleksandr Syrskyi as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, replacing Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. Experts expressed mixed opinions on the impact of this change.

Ukraine brought home another 100 defenders from Russian captivity, including 84 defenders of Mariupol.

Zelenskyy announces the return of 100 more Ukrainians from Russian captivity, including the defenders of Mariupol, as part of a prisoner exchange.

Ukraine does not recognize the illegal sentences handed down to Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia and is working to protect their rights and return them from captivity.

The russian occupation forces have opened training centers for drone operators in the occupied cities of Ukraine, such as Sevastopol and Mariupol, to recruit local residents to serve in the russian armed forces.

According to a report by Human Rights Watch, at least 8,000 people were killed in Mariupol between March 2022 and February 2023 due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The russians sentenced more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen to long prison terms of 27 to 29 years in a maximum security colony.

A pain treatment and rehabilitation center, Prometheus, has opened in Vinnytsia, providing free assistance to the Ukrainian military using modern equipment and VR technologies.

According to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, on February 5, Russian troops wounded another resident in Avdiivka, Donetsk region.

One person was killed and four others were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region on February 4. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk regional military administration.

One person was wounded in Maksymilianivka on February 3 as a result of shelling by Russian troops in Donetsk region, the head of the regional military administration said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has demanded explanations from the German TV channel ZDF in connection with the trip of its journalist to occupied Mariupol to shoot a report that distorts reality and contributes to Russian propaganda.

Ukrainian troops repelled 58 enemy attacks in several sectors over the last day, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Kherson remain the hottest spots in the combat zone.

More than 900 Azov fighters who defended Mariupol for 86 days are still in Russian captivity, despite all previous prisoner exchanges.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said that the decision of the International Court of Justice that Russia violated international law in its actions in Ukraine is the first time that the UN court has issued a final decision on Russia's violation of international law.

Russians are establishing new military bases near civilian areas in the Primorsky district of Mariupol, as reported by the mayor's advisor Petro Andriushchenko.

According to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, one local resident was killed and two others were wounded in the past 24 hours as a result of Russian aggression in the village of Tsukuryno, Donetsk region.

The International Court of Justice partially upheld Ukraine's claim that Russia violated the conventions on the financing of terrorism and racial discrimination, but rejected most of Ukraine's accusations.

During the last prisoner exchange, Ukraine released 207 citizens from Russian captivity, including the defenders of Mariupol.

Among those released from captivity are many defenders of Mariupol, soldiers who were on "Azovstal", Zmiiny Island, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Kherson and Sumy directions.

One civilian was killed and nine injured as a result of Russian shelling in Donetsk region over the past day.

The residents of Mariupol, who kept their Ukrainian passports, now live practically in a ghetto, as they have no right to leave the city, or to receive medical assistance. One of the film's characters, policeman Vladimir, left the city, returned to duty and was wounded during Russian shelling while assisting civilians in Donbas.

On January 28, 4 more civilians were wounded by Russian shelling in Donetsk region, including 3 in Myrnohrad and 1 in Ocheretyne.

Advisor to Mariupol Mayor reports new symbols on enemy trucks with military supplies heading to Berdiansk.

Russian troops shelled Toretsk, Katerynivka, Kurakhove and Antonivka in Donetsk region, killing one person and wounding five others. Donetsk prosecutor's office is conducting an investigation.

An advisor to the mayor of Mariupol said that Russians are planning a terrorist attack with a large number of civilian casualties in Mariupol during the New Year holidays and urged residents to avoid mass events.

"20 Days in Mariupol, a Ukrainian documentary by Mstislav Chernov, has been shortlisted for the Oscars in the Best Documentary and Best International Film categories.

This afternoon, several explosions rang out in Russian-occupied Tokmak, as a result of which the city hall of the occupiers was damaged.

Oleksandr Maslyakov and his son, who publicly support Putin and visit the occupied Ukrainian territories, remain un-sanctioned despite journalists' requests to the National Security and Defense Council. The NSDC says that no official proposals to impose sanctions against them have been received.