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Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Roman Mashovets discussed with US Defense Attaché Brittany Stewart and other representatives of the US Embassy the course of defense reforms in Ukraine and preparations for the Ukrainian President's visit to the United States.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided to change the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Commander of the Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Commander of the Joint Forces Operation. Accordingly, Serhiy Korniychuk, Yevhen Moysiuk and Volodymyr Kravchenko have been dismissed. Serhiy Shaptala has been appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Oleksandr Pavliuk has been appointed Commander of the Joint Forces Operation.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that almost all structural beacons were fulfilled by the Ukrainian state. There are still some specific things related to the state budget that need to be agreed at the middle level of the negotiators.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the National Security and Defense Council with an initiative to consider the issue of electricity and gas tariffs for the population at the next meeting. The President made this statement during an interview in the framework of the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Decentralization", which is taking place in Kyiv.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the issue of ending the war in Donbas and returning the temporarily occupied territories depends not on the reform of local self-government in Ukraine, but on the position of the Russian Federation and support for our state by international partners, including Normandy format participants.

After the completion of the second stage of decentralization in Ukraine, it is necessary to conduct a detailed audit and correct mistakes and miscalculations. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a speech at the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Decentralization", which is taking place in Kyiv.

Kyivan Rus’ is the mother of our history. 24 regions of Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula are her own children. And they are rightfully her heirs. And cousins and very distant relatives should not encroach on her legacy. They should not try to prove their involvement in the history of thousands of years and thousands of events, being from the places where they took place thousands of kilometers away.

On the initiative of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Cabinet of Ministers will soon develop a mechanism for paying cash benefits to children from large families belonging to the low-income category within the preparation for the new school year.

Since July 27, 2020, when the agreement on the establishment of a full and comprehensive ceasefire in the Donbas came into force, the number of shelling occasions and deaths among the Ukrainian military in eastern Ukraine has halved, and the number of wounded has reduced more than thrice. This was emphasized by Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine Serhiy Nykyforov during a briefing on Tuesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to dismiss Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The President appointed Valeriy Zaluzhny Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.