I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!
There have already been reports today from the military and from the Security Service of Ukraine. The situation at the front, in particular in the Pokrovsk sector and neighboring areas, as well as Kupyansk, the border areas of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions, and the Zaporizhzhia region. We are maintaining control of the situation, and I am grateful to every one of our units for their resilience. We are preparing certain steps of ours at the front and responding to every Russian strike. We also spoke with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, including about our long-range capabilities. There has been an increase both in the range and in the accuracy of our long-range sanctions against Russia. Practically every day or two, Russian oil refineries are being hit. And this contributes to bringing Russia back to reality. I also want to acknowledge the results achieved in recent weeks by our warriors of the 13th Operational Brigade of the National Guard and the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade – both brigades are destroying the occupier in the Kupyansk sector. There are also successes there by the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade, units of the Special Operations Forces, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Military Law Enforcement Service. Thank you to all of you, warriors!
We are working with partners in Europe to expand the PURL initiative and to increase purchases of U.S.-made weaponry, particularly air defense systems and certain long-range strike capabilities of ours. Next week we will speak with partners in Europe about new contributions to the PURL initiative. We are also preparing very important agreements with several countries on weapons and defense technologies. Our capabilities will be broadened. The Office team is currently finalizing an agreement we have been working on for several months. I also want to thank Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and the entire team working with partners on gas supplies for Ukraine and on energy support. Reports on this were presented today. There are significant results both in the United States and with Slovakia. We also share a common vision on energy with our other partners. There should be zero Russian energy in Europe, and the signals from America are clear now – they are ready to supply Europe with as much gas and oil as needed to replace Russian supplies. Our region has the necessary infrastructure and potential to contribute to Europe’s energy independence way more. We have made proposals to the US regarding gas infrastructure, nuclear power generation, and several other projects. We are currently working on the details. And almost every day now, we are communicating with leaders to ensure that we have a common position, all of us in Europe, on putting pressure on Russia – the right kind of pressure. We will grant the aggressor no gifts and forget nothing. We clearly see: this Russia is a long-term threat. Therefore, in Europe, we need long-term cooperation and tangible results – both in the short term and with a forward-looking perspective – so that people can live.
And one more thing. I have instructed our diplomats – and have already discussed this with many leaders – to prepare a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in the near future. We in Europe need common and strong positions. And we will have them. Thank you to everyone who stands with us, who stands with Ukraine!
Glory to Ukraine!