The EU plans to train another 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers as part of its training mission. Source: Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, after a meeting of EU defence ministers, as reported by European Pravda Quote: "We have almost reached the target of 40,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained through our training mission for Ukraine.
On 31 January, 207 Ukrainian soldiers were brought back from Russian captivity, including defenders of Mariupol and Kherson, fighters from Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, marines, and combat medics. Junior Sergeant Zakhar, whose family was killed during a missile strike on an apartment building in Dnipro, was among those liberated, according to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.