Stable, predictable and sufficient defense support along with joint pressure on Russia and our own resilience here in Ukraine, including our domestic weapons production, are absolutely necessary for this war to finally end.

Russian occupiers launched a ballistic missile at the city, hitting an area next to apartment buildings and a children's playground, last Friday afternoon. This attack claimed the lives of 19 people, 9 of them children.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Brusylо held a meeting with the ambassadors of Ukraine to the countries of Southeast Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Cyprus, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Montenegro.

The issue of Ukrainian children illegally deported and displaced by Russia must remain in the focus of international attention. This was emphasized by Dariia Zarivna, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Chief Operating Officer of Bring Kids Back UA, during a meeting with media representatives.

We will continue working with every country, with every leader who can truly make a difference, so that the Russian state feels a higher cost for this war, a cost that keeps invariably growing for them.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated the Ambassadors on the start of their diplomatic missions in Ukraine and noted that our country looks forward to developing cooperation with their respective states. The President also invited leading companies from these countries to take part in the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference, which will be held on July 10-11 in Rome.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak had a phone call with Sydney Mufamadi, National Security Advisor to the President of the Republic of South Africa.