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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in a joint meeting of the Presidium of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President and the National Council of Reforms, which took place in Kyiv in the framework of the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Decentralization".

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the training ground of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zhytomyr region.

During a working trip to the Zhytomyr region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the events on the occasion of the Day of Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is marked annually on July 29. The Head of State also introduced the newly appointed military commanders.

In the Zhytomyr region, during the events on the occasion of the Day of Special Operations Forces, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the laws "On the Fundamentals of National Resistance" and “On Amendments to the Law "On the Number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine".

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on a working trip to the Zhytomyr region.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Kristalina Georgieva for supporting Ukraine in the difficult year of the pandemic: "The $ 2.1 billion tranche we received helped us support people, SMEs, our medical industry during several lockdown periods".

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.