Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak held meetings in Paris with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noël Barrot; the Diplomatic Adviser to the President of France, Emmanuel Bonne; the Chief of Military Staff of the Presidency of the Republic, Fabien Mandon; and the Advisers to the President of France, Xavier Chatel and Bertrand Buchwalter.

We are constantly working to secure more air defense systems for Ukraine – modern systems – capable of intercepting these types of ballistic missiles. Additionally, we are focused on ensuring that our Ukrainian army can take active action against enemy launchers, including those on Russian territory.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Heads of the Foreign Ministries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Türkiye, Croatia and Montenegro who came to Ukraine to participate in the first ministerial meeting in the Ukraine – Southeast Europe format.

Today, I held a meeting of the Staff. The topics were varied, but overall focused on achieving independence in armaments.

Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak held a series of meetings in Rome to advance the dialogue and develop the agreements reached by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, during last week's talks.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a delegation of the Progressive Slovakia political party led by Michal Šimečka.

The Head of State handed over the Order of the Golden Star to the family of the fallen Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Maslovskyi (call sign “Cobra”), a warrior of the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade.