I thank all Americans and all our partners who took this seriously and truly helped us. I thank members of Congress, senators, all the media, the State Department, and the President. Protecting lives matters.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees enacting decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions on Russian entities and individuals helping produce Russian ballistic missiles, as well as those supplying Russia’s defense industry with equipment and components for military aircraft, armored vehicles, missile weapons, and drones.

We have an agreement to hold a trilateral meeting – Ukraine, the United States, and Russia – at the team level. And we hope it will happen. The plan is to meet in the first half of November. And as early as possible, of course. But we are ready to meet any day – even tomorrow. But it all depends on the Russians.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an online meeting hosted by the Hudson Institute think tank, attended by more than 100 participants, including the Institute’s leadership and analysts, leading American experts, diplomats, and media representatives.

In Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo, during which they discussed strengthening defense, economic resilience, and winter support for our country.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo took part in the Ukraine–Finland Business Forum, during which seven documents were signed in the areas of the defense industry, unmanned systems, transport, satellite communications, and construction.

Today, we continue our cooperation with Finland – and this continuation is concrete and very substantive. We are in constant communication with our partners, with Finland. We are in contact with the President of Finland, Alex Stubb.