Ukraine and Lithuania will develop defense-industrial and technological cooperation, including in the areas of air and missile defense and unmanned systems. This also includes the prospect of localizing in Lithuania the production of long-range strike, naval, interceptor, and bomber drones in the shortest possible timeframe.

The President emphasized the need to build a multi-level protection system, particularly against drones and combined air attacks. Ukrainian expertise is already helping partners in the Gulf countries, the Middle East, and the South Caucasus, and work has also begun in Europe.

It’s vital to continue supporting Ukraine because this is the first and most important thing stopping Russia – our defense.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees enacting the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the imposition of sanctions targeting Russian individuals and companies supplying goods for Russia’s military-industrial complex, as well as on the extension of restrictive measures that were due to expire.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a phone call with Principal Adviser – International to the Prime Minister of Australia Rod Hilton.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, together with First Deputy Sergiy Kyslytsya and Deputy Iryna Vereshchuk, held a series of meetings on military and humanitarian support for Ukraine during a working visit to Lithuania.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, together with American philanthropists Harlan and Kathy Crow and representatives of the philanthropic, expert, and academic communities of the United States, visited the “12–21” youth space in Bila Tserkva. This is one of the projects of the Olena Zelenska Foundation aimed at supporting teenagers and young people in Ukraine.