President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, who is paying her first visit to Ukraine since the restoration of independence. Her Royal Highness had previously visited Kyiv in 1973 and 1990.

On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with wounded warriors and medics helping them recover, and presented them with state awards.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska met yesterday with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, a member of the British Royal Family.

These are Bashtanka, Voznesensk, Huliaipole, Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk, Kupyansk, Marhanets, Nikopol, Orikhiv, Pavlohrad, Pokrovsk, Slovyansk, Starokostiantyniv, Sumy, and Trostianets.

Today – on this Defenders’ Day, on the Feast of the Intercession – we honor more Hero Cities, cities of heroes. I have signed a decree. These are cities thanks to which thousands of lives of our people have been saved. Cities that defend our entire state – in the fullest sense of those words.

Today is your day – the day of millions – of all those who dedicate their lives to the life of Ukraine. 

It is now the seventh day – by the way, it is something that has never happened before – of an emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The situation is critical. Because of Russian shelling, the plant has been cut off from power, disconnected from the electrical grid, and is being supplied with electricity by diesel generators. This is extraordinary.