At the command post of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade named after General-Khorunzhyi Leonid Stupnytskyi, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, together with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, met with warriors of the unit. The 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade is conducting defensive operations in the Oleksandrivskyi sector, at the junction of the Donetsk, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in a meeting on the implementation of regional resilience plans as part of preparations for winter.

Ukraine was ready to ensure complete silence. But in response to this peace proposal of ours, there were only new Russian strikes and new threats from Russia.

Russia has not halted any form of its military activity. Unfortunately, it has not. Ukraine will act in kind. Depending on the situation overnight and tomorrow, we will also determine our fully justified responses. Russia has received from us a clear proposal on silence of the guns and diplomacy – and knows how to contact Ukraine or our partners in order to coordinate the details.

The leaders discussed the implementation of the steps agreed during the President of Ukraine’s visit to Azerbaijan at the end of April.

The Head of State stressed that the infantry is the bedrock of the Ukrainian army. According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, although drones and those who operate them now play a major role on the front line in striking the enemy, it is the Ukrainian infantry personnel who hold our frontline positions.

The Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, held a meeting with representatives of the Defense Forces and members of parliament on the involvement of foreign nationals and stateless persons in military service under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard.