Speeches

It is crucial that, together with our partners, we exert enough pressure on Russia so that the idea of ending this aggression becomes the dominant one – the idea of peace, not of another Russian mobilization. Our long-range operations and our mid-range strikes are helping with this.

The strike may take place today – we have preliminary information that it could happen within the next 48 hours. Please take care of yourselves and pay attention to air raid alerts.

We truly appreciate having the Taoiseach of Ireland here with us. I recently visited Ireland, and we are very grateful for this long-standing support.

We need decisions to bring about peace. Ukraine has been ready for this for a long time, and we are doing everything we can to ensure this war ends with dignity.

Together with Mykhailo Drapatyi, I determined the tasks that must be carried out in the near future and over the medium term. The operations of Ukraine's Defense Forces are ongoing and must continue without disruption. Ukraine's long-range sanctions plan and our mid-strike program will be carried out with absolute precision.

Kyiv and the region were the Russians’ primary target. They had been preparing this attack for several days, stockpiling missiles. The threat, of course, remains even now, and this must be taken into account.

First of all, I want to thank our warriors for their precision: overnight, our long-range operations delivered strong results. We continue, entirely rightly, responding to Russia for its war and for its strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure.

Today, Ukraine’s new Government, headed by Sergii Koretskyi, began its work. His strength lies specifically in his work at state-owned energy companies. He came to Ukrnafta and changed the company’s processes after oligarchic control. Thanks to Sergii, Ukrnafta began truly working for our state.

I want to thank you personally, Keir, as well as your team and all the British people. We always know that we can rely on Britain’s decisions, Britain’s leadership, and our cooperation with Britain. During these years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s relations with Britain have been the strongest in our history.

We are working to open the clusters in Ukraine's accession talks. Two clusters have already been opened: the first and the sixth – the sixth was opened yesterday. I congratulate our teams and sincerely thank them for their work. We look forward to opening all the remaining clusters.