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Full text of the interview of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy for The New York Times. The conversation took place on December 16, 2020.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the First Lady Olena Zelenska met with representatives of scout organizations and received the Peace Light of Bethlehem from them.

Ukrainian citizens and business representatives have submitted more than 200,000 applications for financial assistance under the program implemented in connection with the tightening of quarantine restrictions. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this in his vlog.

The State Budget of Ukraine for 2021 provides for an increase in funding for medicine, education and science, as well as the security and defense sector. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his vlog.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted the positive dynamics in the incidence of COVID-19, as there is a gradual increase in the number of people who have recovered and a decrease in the number of new cases of infection every day.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena visited the "Nicholas welcomes friends" festive park for children and adults, which will work near the Office of the President during the New Year holidays.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the All-Ukrainian online forum of the National Children and Youth Council - 2020 “Leadership. Inspiration. Fun”.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Minister of National Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar.

The First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska took part in the annual meeting of ambassadors. This is the first time the President's wife has become a participant in the meeting. At the meeting, Olena Zelenska spoke about the results of projects in the field of cultural diplomacy for 2020 and enlisted the support of the heads of diplomatic missions of Ukraine for the next year.

The task of each Ukrainian ambassador is to attract foreign direct investment to Ukraine, promote domestic exports and defend the interests of Ukrainian business abroad. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should develop a model of key criteria for assessing the effectiveness of ambassadors in the economic field. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a video conference of heads of foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine, which began in Kyiv.