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Today marks thirty years of the Budapest Memorandum. Ten years of war. Not a single day did this document work.

The President’s wife expressed her gratitude to the volunteers for their contribution to Ukraine’s defense and noted that the Ukrainian volunteer movement is unprecedented – the largest and most dedicated in the world.

The Head of State spoke about the situation on the battlefield in general and in certain areas of the Donetsk region, the course of the operation in the Kursk region and the results of Ukraine's use of long-range capabilities provided by the allies.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with Minister for European Affairs of Denmark Marie Bjerre, who arrived in Kyiv as part of a delegation of Danish MEPs led by Vice-President of the European Parliament Christel Schaldemose.

When someone talks today about “freezing” this war, they almost never mention what will happen to millions of our people, what will happen to hundreds of thousands of children who are still in the occupied territories? And this omission is deeply cynical.

I have just signed a decree that gives effect to the National Security and Defense Council's decision on sanctions. These sanctions target the part of the Georgian government that is surrendering Georgia to Putin. This is the very issue that is fueling the protests in Georgia right now.

Dariia Zarivna, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President and Chief Operating Officer of Bring Kids Back UA, presented a report to the UN Security Council on systematic gross violations of Ukrainian children's rights: murders, sexual violence, illegal adoptions, and militarization of young Ukrainians committed by Russia during its full-scale aggression against Ukraine.

It is truly shameful – what actions they are taking against their own people. And when Moscow praises these authorities in Georgia, it clearly shows for whom they are now working in Tbilisi and for whom they are dispersing the protests.

The Head of State congratulated Alain Berset on taking office and thanked him for the Council of Europe's effective support for Ukraine, for its participation in the Peace Formula implementation, and for the Secretary General's principled position in the face of full-scale Russian aggression.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the warriors of the Missile and Artillery Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for defending our country and presented them with state awards.