Every night, Russian strikes. Every day, we lose the lives of our people all across Ukraine – in the Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy regions – because of Russian shelling, because of this war that could have ended long ago if the world had reacted to Russia in a principled way instead of falling for its manipulation and lies.

The militarization of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia represents a long-term threat to the entire world. This was stated by Dariia Zarivna, Chief Operating Officer of Bring Kids Back UA and Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, during the panel discussion "The Fight to Return Ukraine’s Stolen Children", held at the GLOBSEC 2025 Security Forum.

Another exchange took place today, the fourth one already this week. It is very important: we are bringing our guys back home from Russian captivity.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce John Denton.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy accepted the letters of credence from the newly appointed Ambassadors: Tolezhan Barlybayev of Kazakhstan and Robert Müller of Austria.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the warriors for defending Ukraine, presented the highest state awards, and handed over the Orders of the Golden Star to the families of fallen Heroes who were posthumously conferred this title.

Today, Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi delivered a report – the front line, first and foremost the Pokrovsk direction, the Kursk operation, the border areas of the Sumy region. Our units in the Sumy region are gradually pushing the occupier back.