Ukraine has agreements with international partners for the delivery of 150 new Swedish Gripen fighter jets and 100 French Rafale jets, which will significantly strengthen the Air Force.
Currently, about 450 Ukrainian companies are engaged in drone production, making the sector the largest in Ukraine, thanks in part to significant investment volumes.
Ukraine is beginning to export its own defense technologies to Europe. In 2026, ten export centers will be operational, and production of Ukrainian drones will start in Germany in mid-February.
Ukraine needs a strategy for systematically supporting cultural projects abroad in order to compete with Russia. At the same time, Ukrainian cultural diplomacy in the West should shift its messaging from “resilience” to “freedom as responsibility”.
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have been involved in 123 clashes, with the majority of enemy attacks occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
Volodymyr Spivak, a People’s Artist of Ukraine, renowned conductor, and Head of the Academic Wind Orchestra of the Zakarpattia Regional Philharmonic, died in Uzhhorod.
In January of this year, soldiers from the Ghost Special Forces Unit of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck six Russian air defense targets.