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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte took part in the Ukraine–NATO Council meeting, which was held for the first time in this format in Ukraine. The meeting was attended by NATO Military Committee Chair Giuseppe Cavo Dragone as well as permanent representatives and deputy permanent representatives of all 32 Alliance member states.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte identified the key priorities for strengthening our country’s air defense amid intensified Russian aerial terror.

Right now, we have more capabilities to defend ourselves against cruise missiles – the relevant interceptors are simply more available in the world. And it would be very helpful if partners focused especially on protection against ballistic missiles – we discussed this a lot today – ballistic missiles that Russia started using more often and which are objectively harder to intercept.

Ukraine has already shown, across many types of weapons and especially in drones, that we can move fast and produce modern systems at scale. So I ask for your support at the political level to help achieve positive decisions on these licenses as well.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte laid flowers at the Wall of Remembrance near St. Michael’s Cathedral and paid tribute to the fallen Ukrainian defenders.

In the Mykolaiv region, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, together with the Foundation’s team, reviewed the implementation of projects aimed at creating a safe educational environment and supporting family-based forms of upbringing.

In every such strike there is – perhaps not always conscious, but still real – complicity of those who work for Russia, who supply Russia with money, who help it bypass sanctions and find not just one or two, but thousands of components without which Russian military production would simply come to a halt. Five Kalibr missiles contain 145 such components. Thirty-three Iskander missiles contain 1,122 components.

The foreign policy work of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in May focused on bringing a dignified peace closer, strengthening Ukraine’s air defense amid intensified Russian attacks – in particular through additional missile supplies and the reinforcement of combat aviation – forming an anti-ballistic coalition to protect Ukraine and all of Europe from aerial threats, securing contributions to the PURL initiative, concluding new Drone Deals with partners, and bringing Ukrainians back from Russian captivity.

Our warriors now have the capability to reach Russian military logistics across virtually the entire depth of the temporarily occupied territory. There are practically no safe roads left for the occupier in the south and east of our state.