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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the state continues the existing programs to support businesses and citizens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and is developing a number of new tools to help.

In Ukraine, for the second week in a row, the situation with the incidence of COVID-19 has stabilized and the main negative indicators have decreased. This was discussed at a conference call chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Head of State raised the issue of ensuring the rights of Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili and stressed that they must be fully guaranteed in accordance with international law.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda. The heads of state discussed in detail the difficult situation that has arisen on the European-Belarusian border.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chaired a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, which considered the situation on the state border with Belarus and heard reports on the introduction of restrictive measures against a number of individuals and legal entities.

Renewal of the railway, modernization of rolling stock and railways will be the next important area of the Large Construction National Program. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a speech at the "Large Construction: A New Railway" Forum.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspected the DPKr-3 regional diesel train, which was built this year at PJSC “Kryukov Railway Car Building Works”. The Head of State made a test trip on the diesel train on the route from Darnytsia technical station to Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy commends the current composition of the Ethics Council, which is designed to establish compliance of the candidate for the position of a member of the High Council of Justice with the criteria of professional ethics and integrity.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of Poland Andrzej Duda. The parties exchanged views on the difficult situation on the Polish-Belarusian border.

The situation with the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine, the course of vaccination, the provision of hospitals with oxygen and business support during the "red" level of epidemic danger were discussed at a conference call chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.