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January 11 – 1 Ukrainian military was killed near the village of Ozeryanivka, 8 were wounded by the Russian terrorists as a result of hostilities in the last 24 hours in the ATO area, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

January 11 – 6 wounded Ukrainian military were evacuated from Donetsk airport; ammunition and food was delivered – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

January 11 – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko was invited to participate in the Munich Security Conference, – said the Chairman of the event Wolfgang Ischinger. Two themes will dominate the discussions: Ukrainian crisis and the rise of Islamic extremism. Entire second day of the event will be dedicated to Ukrainian.

January 11 – 175 Ukrainians of Polish origin have been evacuated from the ATO area, – informed Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. They will spend the following months in Poland.

January 11 – French President Francois Hollande, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a brief meeting in Paris before the March of Unity. According to the press service of the French President, politicians discussed current situation in Ukraine.

January 11 – "Today in France, the March of Unity has united all civilized world countries. Ukraine, as no other country understands the pain of France" – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. He participated in the March of Unity in Paris.

January 11 – 62 times Russian terrorists fired at the positions of Ukrainian troops, – informs ATO press center. For several days in a row, the terrorists have been firing from heavy weapons – tanks, artillery, including "Grad" multiple rocket launchers. Donetsk Airport remains the epicenter of fighting.

January 11 – All who attempt to use money which was stolen by fighters inoccuppied Donbas from the banks which have been captured, will be apprehended as commiters of robbery – stated RNBO Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov. According to him, bank institutions which could not manage to move out of the occuppied territory the full amount of cash held there, ruined them by a special paint which cannot be cleaned off. "Regardless of this, the terrorists started to use the stolen tinted money for their own purposes as well as to settle their accounts with the residents. Stealing and using the stolen as one's own property is a typical method of acting among the Russian terrorist groups, added Turchynov. "We warn the inhabitants, that no Ukrainian bank institution will accept tinted stolen money. All who will try to use this money, stolen by the terrorists, will be apprehended and detained as participants of the crime of robbery,"stated RNBO Secretary.

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January 24 – Representative of Ukraine to the EU, Ambassador Kostiantyn Yelisieiev has stated that there is a need for an emergency meeting of the European Council and Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. "In connection with today's attack on Mariupol by the militants and as part of démarche addressed to High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, the Representative of Ukraine to the EU Kostiantyn Yelisieiev has urged the EU to provide a resolute assessment of further deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine, amid an actual refusal of the militants to adhere to Minsk Agreements". Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has also issued a statement saying that such an attack on Mariupol along with attacks in Volnovakha and Donetsk provide the evidence needed to recognize so-called People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as terrorist organizations.

January 24 – ATO forces have killed 265 militants in the last 24 hours, – stated the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak during a meeting of the operations center under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk regarding the situation in Mariupol. Disabled also were 14 tanks, 43 armored combat vehicles, 14 MLRS "Grad" and "Uragan", 28 self-propelled guns, 19 vehicles of the enemy.

January 24 – Terrorists of the "People's Republic of Donetsk" have attacked densely populated areas of the city of Mariupol. The time of the attack they selected was also to ensure a large number of victims among city residents. Three MLRS "Grad" released full service rounds aiming at the city – overall 120 rounds. 27 were killed and approximately 100 injured.

January 24 – 800 to 1000 local pro-Russian collaborators and Russian mercenaries are trying to aggravate the situation in Mariupol. They want to break into the city.

January 24 – True Putin's "peace plan" was finally published. In his "peace letter" to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Vladimir Putin has offered to move away from the boundary line in the conflict zone, which was previously agreed upon in the unpublished annex to Minsk Memorandum, and legitimize the "actual" boundary line in favor of Russia and its collaborators from so called People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.

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