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Today, I held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council – the first in its renewed format following changes in the Government – and focused precisely on what we had discussed with Government officials.

The first meeting of the renewed composition of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council was chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the Annual Meeting of the Heads of Ukraine’s Foreign Diplomatic Missions “From the Power of Diplomacy to the Diplomacy of Power,” where he outlined the main priorities for the work of Ukrainian diplomats.

The main task of Ukrainian diplomacy is to support everything that protects Ukrainian lives in Ukraine above all and everything that inflicts pain on Russia for this war. And each of you must deliver concrete results for the sake of our people, for the sake of Ukrainians.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noël Barrot, who took part in the annual meeting of Ukrainian ambassadors.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced the newly appointed Minister of Defense, Denys Shmyhal, to the teams of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

As part of the President of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, tennis players Elina Svitolina and Sergiy Stakhovsky met with Ukrainian children who had been returned from temporarily occupied territories and deportation.

NSDC Secretary Umerov also reported that he has proposed another meeting with the Russian side for next week. The pace of negotiations must be increased.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree posthumously awarding the Order of Freedom to Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov, who were killed by Russian occupiers on June 24, 2023, in temporarily occupied Berdiansk.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed decrees conferring the titles of Hero of Ukraine, along with the Orders of the Golden Star, posthumously upon Junior Sergeant Vitalii Karvatskyi and Soldier Oleh Yarovyi.