Current events

During his working trip to the Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on the security situation in the region. During the meeting, the Head of State officially introduced the newly appointed Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Hnatov.

The medics are the first to receive the wounded from the battlefield here – not only from their own brigade, but also from neighboring units. The coordinator of the stabilization point, Vitaliy Tymoshchuk, told the Head of State about the specifics of their work, and the supply of medications and equipment.

The fighting in the Pokrovsk direction is the most intense. Dmytro Bilyi, deputy commander of the 110th separate mechanized brigade, reported that Russian forces carry out between 15 and over 30 assaults per day. He also informed about the unit's immediate needs.

Among those released are the warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Navy, the National Guard, the Territorial Defense Forces, and Border Guard Service: defenders of Mariupol, Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk directions.

Special attention was paid to the prospects for expanding Swedish business and attracting new investments to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with the President of the Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Manuela Schwesig, who is on a visit to Ukraine for the first time.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated the warriors of the Center of Special Operations "A" of the Security Service of Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of the unit's establishment, presented state awards, conferred military ranks on their leaders and presented them with shoulder boards. 

The Head of State emphasized that the main task of the new Head of the Department of State Protection is to ensure that only patriotic specialists work in the institution.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Minister of Energy German Galushchenko, Head of Naftogaz Oleksiy Chernyshov, and Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported on preparations for the autumn-winter period and overcoming threats in the energy sector.