We are planning our foreign policy activity for the second half of September and October. The priorities are clear: air defense and the full implementation of the decisions of the recent Ramstein meeting, as well as our agreements reached with partners in Washington and Paris.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with workers of the oil, gas, and oil refining industries and presented them with state awards.

On the occasion of Tank Troops Day, marked in Ukraine the day before, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with warriors and presented them with state awards: the Orders of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III class, and the Orders “For Courage,” I–III class.

Russia could have ended this war long ago – and we have proposed this. Partners have proposed this. Many times. Russia has rejected everything related to peace. Accordingly, we are defending ourselves.

First Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of Finland, Nobel laureates, scholars, and thinkers from more than 10 countries – Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, Finland, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Tunisia, and Poland – delivered lectures and held meetings in Ukrainian educational and cultural institutions as part of the Fifth Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, initiated by First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska.

It is crucial that pressure on Russia continues and intensifies across all jurisdictions. And one of the key targets for our actions is Russian trade in oil and other energy resources.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated film industry representatives – artists and students, future filmmakers – on Ukrainian Cinema Day, presented them with state awards, and conferred honorary titles.