President of Ukraine

Current events

On Friday, February 26, 2021, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will convene a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine due to  the need to take operational decisions on topical issues of state security.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, heads of parliamentary committees and government representatives.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the First Lady Olena Zelenska visited the exhibition "Lesya Ukrainka: 150 Names", which is part of an art project dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the prominent Ukrainian writer and public figure.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Decree № 75/2021 on the appointment of Oksana Markarova to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the creation of a Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, which should promote the establishment of qualitatively new relations between central and local authorities.

To complete decentralization, it is necessary to amend the Constitution of Ukraine on relations between central and local authorities, as well as to adopt legislation on local referendums and on self-government in urban communities. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the meeting of the Communities and Territories Development Council within the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30".

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed topical issues related to the implementation of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic course and the possibility of deepening practical cooperation with the Alliance.

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of a prominent Ukrainian writer and public figure Lesya Ukrainka, a basket of flowers was laid at the monument to the writer in Kyiv on behalf of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. Particular attention was paid to energy security in Europe. The leaders coordinated steps to further oppose the Nord Stream 2 project and agreed to involve the international community in this process as much as possible.

The strategy of environmental protection and development of the agricultural sector was discussed at a meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.