
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
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We’re getting word that the first airlines have started to suspend flights to Russian airports following our announcement about the drone hazard that objectively exists in Russian airspace. This is the right and perfectly logical response to the facts as they are – to everything stemming from the war Putin doesn’t want to end. Lives must be protected. Ukraine has already officially informed international organizations and our partners about the real situation in Russian airspace.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський493,263 просмотров • 1 день назад

I just held a meeting with the team engaged in negotiations with the envoys of the U.S. President. We are in communication with them virtually 24/7 and are now preparing for meetings. Tentative dates have been set. We expect to see the U.S. President’s envoys here in Kyiv. They confirmed they will have a meeting in Moscow and another one in Kyiv. We expect the latter to take place in the coming days. This is very important. It is important that America remain actively engaged. We are ready to meet with them in Ukraine – properly and substantively.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський222,099 просмотров • 13 часов назад

In Odesa, emergency services continue working at the site of a drone strike on an apartment building. Damage to apartments from the 10th through the 17th floors left 17 people injured, including three children. Efforts are also ongoing to deal with the aftermath of the strikes in Obukhiv and Boryspil districts. The necessary number of State Emergency Service rescuers are fighting fire at a pharmaceutical company’s warehouse. There were also strikes on Nikopol, Kherson, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Khmelnytskyi. Overall, 13 regions sustained damage last night alone. In many cities and communities, air raid alerts practically do not stop because of the threat of Russian jet-powered drone attacks. The enemy has not gone on vacation – the Russians have found a new way to escalate, and they have no intention of slowing down. We need a stronger response, more countermeasures, and faster defense production with Europe – above all, air defense against missiles and drones. Europe can be self-sufficient and strong – much has already been done toward this in recent years – and only by being this way can it protect itself and its way of life. Every day, we work with our partners on new defense packages. Thank you to everyone working for our common defense. Thank you to everyone helping Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський327,166 просмотров • 23 часов назад

Today, I am with our warriors who are defending extremely difficult sectors of the front. Our positions in the Donetsk region will be reinforced by two restructured force groupings, to be commanded by Hero of Ukraine Denys Prokopenko and Hero of Ukraine Andrii Biletskyi.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський2,748,083 просмотров • 8 дней назад

I met with representatives of Ukrainian businesses, including the owners, executives, and directors of the largest grocery and home improvement supermarkets, hypermarkets, and marketplaces. We discussed, first and foremost, how the state can support these logistically important businesses as Russian strikes continue. The Ministers of Finance and Economy, together with the National Bank and the team of the Office, have to prepare decisions soon on expanding support programs for businesses. In particular, opportunities to participate in the Affordable Loans Program will be expanded so that those who currently do not meet the requirements but are objectively working to ensure that Ukrainians have everything they need can access resources for recovery. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will help secure agreements with our partners. The program must be realistic and fully practical for businesses. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must help secure the necessary agreements with our partners to keep businesses operating in Ukraine and maintain the necessary level of economic activity. The relevant tasks have been defined. Every week, we will also track businesses’ needs and address the issues that arise, including updating decisions and regulations and making the necessary changes to procedures to ensure normal supplies to cities and communities. We will regularly hold meetings with business representatives, government officials, and the agencies needed for joint work. This is the right and positive thing to do – to hear each other out. We also discussed working conditions during air raid alerts, including the new approach to warnings developed today by the Government together with the military and representatives of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. I thank everyone who continues to work in Ukraine, supports people, and keeps the economy going despite all the risks and Russia’s constant attacks. I thank everyone who cares about people's lives and about people!
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський278,215 просмотров • 1 день назад

For now, unfortunately, all the intel – both ours and our partners’ – and all the signals from Russia indicate that the Russian leader personally wants more war. Even now, when the absolute majority of his own society would agree to stop the war along the line of contact.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський692,929 просмотров • 3 дней назад

Today, we received information from the American side about the meetings in Moscow that took place the other day. There was a series of meetings. We spoke before the meetings, and we have spoken again now with the Americans. Thank you for the information – and for the necessary tone of the conversation with Russia. We value the alignment of steps and the fact that America is advancing a realistic vision of what needs to be done and what must be achieved. Russia must end its war, and all the necessary conditions must be created to make that happen.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський1,280,625 просмотров • 6 дней назад

Decisions needed to secure $30 billion for Ukraine must be voted through. As for the other part of the budget deficit – the additional $27 billion needed for the Ministry of Defense – we are talking with our partners at all levels. But to bring in additional funding, we need to do what Ukraine has already committed to doing.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський304,328 просмотров • 2 дней назад

We are preparing for new communication with envoys of the U.S. President. More details will follow tomorrow. We are doing everything to ensure that war doesn’t remain the only option for what comes next. Importantly, America shares many of our views on the situation both on the front and with the strikes. We should be active, and that is exactly how we are working – actively, with no days off.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський452,933 просмотров • 4 дней назад

Since last evening, efforts have been underway in the village of Myla near Kyiv to deal with the aftermath of a Russian drone strike. On-site coordination centers have been set up to assist people. All necessary services are deployed. State Emergency Service units are on the ground – with more than 300 personnel involved. A warehouse was struck, followed by a detonation. Unfortunately, the surrounding infrastructure has suffered significant damage – residential buildings, as well as a care home for elderly people and people with disabilities, have been damaged. As of now, 27 people have been reported killed. One of those killed was the head of the Dmytrivka community, Taras Didych. He was rescuing people. My condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. Dozens of people have been injured. More than 370 people have already been evacuated, and the evacuation is ongoing. I received reports from Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhivskyi. Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions. Investigators from the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine are conducting a pre-trial investigation, and criminal proceedings have been opened on charges of official negligence. There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas. Appropriate conclusions will certainly be drawn. There were also strikes on our regions overnight – the Odesa, Dnipro, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, and Chernihiv regions. More than 260 attack drones were involved, as well as Banderol drones. Kyiv is under virtually nonstop attack from jet-powered drones. Ukraine cannot be left alone in finding solutions to defend against such strikes, and I thank everyone who is helping with additional support packages and sanctions steps against Russia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський604,084 просмотров • 5 дней назад

Since yesterday evening and throughout the day today, I have been receiving reports on the situation in the village of Myla, Kyiv region, where detonation began following a Russian strike. A terrible situation and terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people. Another such crime – after what happened in Vyshneve – is absolutely unacceptable. I expect the details to be presented to the public promptly. The first strike was on an ammunition storage site that definitely shouldn’t have been there – a Defense Forces storage facility. Shells, mines, other ammunition, and drones detonated. The scale is significant. We have already spoken with the Prosecutor General, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Commander-in-Chief – they have everything necessary for the investigation. I want to separately thank everyone who is there on the ground and at other sites of Russian strikes, doing everything possible to help and save people.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський547,000 просмотров • 5 дней назад

Today, many were shocked by yet another video of the drone “safari” Russians are carrying out against civilians in Kherson. A Russian drone deliberately hunted down a man selling vegetables and detonated right next to him. The Russians even admitted to the crime, showing zero regret and openly boasting about tormenting people. The man was wounded in the blast. Every single day, ordinary people in Kherson face these Russian "safaris." The world must see this. It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad and that its soldiers take pleasure in killing and abusing civilians. Without pressure on Russia, the dismantling of its capacity for aggression, and real security guarantees, it is simply impossible to imagine the world being able to coexist with this evil. We must remain resolute in defending life. We must act and support life in ways that force Russia to seriously think about peace rather than expanding the range of its drones. This is not just about Ukraine. Russia’s campaign against human life must be stopped here in Ukraine before it spreads further. Finland and Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and Poland, the countries of the South Caucasus, Romania, and Moldova—all should work together to ensure real security guarantees and bring Russia’s war to an end. Peace is needed, which requires cooperation among everyone in the world who truly values peace. Thank you to everyone standing with Ukraine!
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський3,153,821 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Our long-range responses work at different distances and in different domains, but always justly and in a way that deprives Russia of the resources to wage its vicious war. Overnight, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck sites used for the storage, preparation, and launch of attack drones in the Oryol and Rostov regions. There were strikes on a military airfield in Yeysk and in the Black Sea. Our warriors also imposed long-range sanctions on an oil refinery in the Leningrad region that generates millions of dollars every month for Russia’s war budget. Effective long-range work over the course of this week has also been confirmed, including against facilities in Bashkortostan and the Arkhangelsk region. Every day, Russia must feel that the war is returning to where it came from. And it is important that our long-range impact be complemented by new sanctions measures from our partners against Russia’s military infrastructure. The vast majority of the weapons the aggressor uses to terrorize Ukrainian cities and communities simply cannot function without thousands upon thousands of foreign components, chemicals, and machine tools. We constantly provide our partners with details of Russia’s sanctions-evasion schemes. I am grateful to everyone who helps shut them down.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський319,621 просмотров • 4 дней назад

Work is continuing nonstop in the village of Myla in the Kyiv region to address the aftermath of the Russian strike. First responders have managed to extinguish most of the fires. Explosive ordnance disposal units of the State Emergency Service are also working at the site around the clock, detecting and neutralizing explosive hazards. The scale of contamination in the area is significant, and this work will continue for as long as necessary. Tragically, 38 people have been reported killed by the strike and the subsequent detonation. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Twenty people were injured, including two children. Four people are reported missing. The search for them continues. I am grateful to all the services that remain there with our people and continue to help. These days, there have also been many air raid alerts in Kyiv and other regions because of Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, some of them have struck ordinary residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. Providing greater protection against this Russian terror is a priority. In total, this week alone, the Russians have launched nearly 2,000 strike drones, more than 1,600 aerial bombs, and 31 missiles of various types, including North Korean ballistic missiles, against our people. Strikes on frontline and border communities are virtually constant – Nikopol, Kramatorsk, Kherson, and communities in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Donetsk, and Sumy regions. We are seeking just responses to every Russian strike and crime. They will certainly come. Thank you to everyone who is helping strengthen Ukraine’s air defense and our protection.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський301,619 просмотров • 4 дней назад

We paid tribute to fallen Ukrainian warriors. Every day of free life on Ukrainian soil has been won by our defenders – the people who stood up to protect their nation, their right to be free, and gave their lives for it. We preserve the memory of every name, every story, every hero who is now part of the great history of our state. We honor the sacrifice of every one of them. Eternal memory to the fallen warriors. Eternal gratitude.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський326,523 просмотров • 5 дней назад

August 29 is a very important day, a special day. Today, we honor the memory of the heroes, the fallen heroes of Ukraine, all our defenders, who have been fighting in the full-scale war since 2022 and in the vile war, hybrid war – Russia’s war against Ukraine, against the Ukrainian people – since 2014. Now, when thousands and thousands of our warriors are defending Ukraine’s position on the front, when our people are being killed in Russian strikes, when we are doing everything to drive this war out of Ukraine and into Russia, primarily through our long-range strikes, we remember that all of this is our active action, all of this is our memory living on. Our active memory. The memory of the deeds of Ukrainian heroes, of the deeds of every man and woman who did not surrender to Russia, who is fighting for Ukraine’s right to be itself. We honor Ukrainian warriors, we honor the courage of the Ukrainian people, we remember everyone who gave their life for Ukraine, so that Ukraine could live. Thank you. We thank our fallen heroes. We thank all the warriors of our state.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський291,329 просмотров • 5 дней назад

Emergency crews have been working at the sites of Russian strikes since overnight. It was a massive attack – the Russians had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, aiming to cause as much damage as possible to civilian infrastructure. There is destruction in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Odesa and Chernihiv regions. In the capital, residential buildings were damaged, including a high-rise whose upper floors were destroyed, as well as a children’s hospital and a school. Emergency response and rescue operations are ongoing. As of now, we know that this Russian strike has claimed the lives of 12 people in Kyiv, with one person killed in the region. My condolences to all the families and loved ones. Around 40 more people were injured. In the Odesa region, the enemy carried out a drone attack on a border crossing with Moldova; in the Chernihiv region, it targeted gas infrastructure. I thank all the rescuers, medics, police officers, and utility workers who have been helping people from the first moments. Unfortunately, while Moscow is investing in ballistic missiles and escalation, such strikes do not always receive the response they should from the world. And as long as Ukraine does not have enough anti-ballistic defense, Russia will not consider peace seriously. We are doing everything to ensure we have that protection, and work on the FREYJA program continues every day. But Patriot interceptors cannot yet be replaced, and we need them every day. Every additional missile saves the lives of our people. I thank everyone who understands this and is looking for and finding ways to help.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський814,768 просмотров • 15 дней назад

Over the past day, warriors of our Defense Forces of Ukraine struck an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region. The distance is 1,000 kilometers from the front line. There were also our just responses to Russia’s war in the Black Sea. In Russia’s Engels, warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine’s Alpha unit struck a Tu-95MS missile-carrying aircraft. These are the aircraft that are carrying out strikes against Ukraine. I thank all our warriors for their accuracy! All of this is a response to their strikes. Russians must feel what their war is like.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський296,830 просмотров • 6 дней назад

We need missiles for Patriots, and only our partners can provide them. We ain’t talking about gifts. Ukraine is ready to buy the weapons we need. What matters is that decisions be made, first and foremost in the U.S. I am grateful to everyone who is helping Ukraine save lives.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський689,703 просмотров • 14 дней назад