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Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Kristalina Georgieva for supporting Ukraine in the difficult year of the pandemic: "The $ 2.1 billion tranche we received helped us support people, SMEs, our medical industry during several lockdown periods".

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided to change the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Commander of the Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Commander of the Joint Forces Operation. Accordingly, Serhiy Korniychuk, Yevhen Moysiuk and Volodymyr Kravchenko have been dismissed. Serhiy Shaptala has been appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Oleksandr Pavliuk has been appointed Commander of the Joint Forces Operation.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that almost all structural beacons were fulfilled by the Ukrainian state. There are still some specific things related to the state budget that need to be agreed at the middle level of the negotiators.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the National Security and Defense Council with an initiative to consider the issue of electricity and gas tariffs for the population at the next meeting. The President made this statement during an interview in the framework of the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Decentralization", which is taking place in Kyiv.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the issue of ending the war in Donbas and returning the temporarily occupied territories depends not on the reform of local self-government in Ukraine, but on the position of the Russian Federation and support for our state by international partners, including Normandy format participants.

After the completion of the second stage of decentralization in Ukraine, it is necessary to conduct a detailed audit and correct mistakes and miscalculations. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a speech at the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Decentralization", which is taking place in Kyiv.

On the initiative of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Cabinet of Ministers will soon develop a mechanism for paying cash benefits to children from large families belonging to the low-income category within the preparation for the new school year.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to dismiss Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The President appointed Valeriy Zaluzhny Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take part in the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Decentralization", which will take place in Kyiv on July 28-29.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced the newly appointed head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Lytvynenko.