A meeting was held at the Child Rights Protection Center in Kyiv between the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets; the Chief Operating Officer of Bring Kids Back UA and Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President, Dariia Zarivna; U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal; and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Ukraine, Julie Davis.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call with President of the Republic of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

We are trying to add real substance to a potential meeting. Not a single day must be lost, because every day of Russia undermining diplomacy costs human lives.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak held a meeting with U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, who are visiting Ukraine.

In Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with United States Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, representing the U.S. Republican and Democratic parties.

The Head of State thanked him for the meeting in Tirana on May 16, during which many important issues were discussed regarding joint security and bilateral cooperation.

The President and First Lady purchased books by Ukrainian and foreign authors for their personal library. Among the selected titles were “The Lyrics Of Mariupol Bomb Shelters” by Oksana Stomina, “War from the Rear” by Andriy Lyubka, “From Father to Son: Conversations about the Risky Business of Parenting” by Franco Nembrini, “Kill the Tyrant. The History of Tyranny from Caesar to Gaddafi” by Aldo Andrea Cassi, “Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East” by Christopher Phillips, and others.