War in Ukraine: the European Union will hold a summit in kyiv on February 3

A Ukrainian attack with an unprecedented toll on the Russian side, with 63 dead announced by Moscow on Monday, and a European Union summit with Ukraine announced in Kiev in early February:

takes stock this Tuesday, January 2 on the latest related information to the war in Ukraine.

An EU-Ukraine summit planned in Kyiv

Ukraine and the European Union will hold a summit in Kyiv on February 3 to discuss European financial and military support, President Volodymyr Zelensky's office said in a statement on Monday.

The head of state discussed the details of this high-level meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during his first phone call of the year, the statement said.

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The leaders together discussed the delivery of "

" weapons and the launch of the new financial aid program for Ukraine of 18 billion euros, adopted in December by the European Parliament.

The Ukrainian president insisted that a first contribution be paid to his country during the month.

Last month, the European Parliament adopted a legislative package to help Ukraine financially, which also included the introduction of a minimum tax of 15% on the profits of multinationals, intended to combat tax evasion. tax.

Moscow announces 63 soldiers dead in Ukrainian attack in Donbass

Russia acknowledged Monday the death of 63 soldiers in Ukraine, killed in a strike in separatist territory in the east of the country, near Donetsk.

These are the heaviest losses in a single attack admitted by Moscow since the beginning of the invasion.

The Ukrainian general staff confirmed having carried out this strike on Makiivka, a city under Russian occupation located east of the separatist city of Donetsk, on New Year's Eve.

Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces Strategic Communications Department said the attack killed nearly 400 Russian soldiers.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the missiles were fired by HIMARS systems, a weapon supplied by the United States to Ukrainian forces and which struck "

" of the Russian army in Makiivka.

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Intensification of Russian strikes during the New Year

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that his army had shot down more than 80 drones since the start of 2023. "

," he said.

The announcement of this strike comes after a New Year marked by Russian bombardments on kyiv and other cities, which left five dead and dozens injured.

On Monday, kyiv again came under fire from Iranian-made drones.

Ukrainian forces claimed that the majority of them were shot.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported an explosion in the northeast of the city.

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On Monday evening, the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegoubov claimed that Ukraine's second largest city and its region were once again the target of Russian missiles.

“

,” he wrote.

Four loud explosions were heard Monday evening by AFP journalists in the Kramatorsk region, the de facto administrative capital of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it used high-precision weapons to carry out strikes near Kramatorsk and in the Kharkiv region, claiming to have killed "

".

After a series of military setbacks on the ground and Ukrainian attacks targeting Russian territory and annexed Crimea, Moscow opted from October to bombard infrastructure in Ukraine, regularly causing power cuts, heating and water.