President of Ukraine

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the bill “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts to Simplify the Provision of Information for Financial Monitoring”, which simplifies the provision of information on ultimate beneficiaries to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The Head of State informed about the development of the security situation in the east of our country given the tensions around the Ukrainian border, as well as about Ukraine’s efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The President praised Turkey's continued support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as its active involvement in the work of a new international mechanism, the Crimea Platform.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom Ben Wallace, who is on a working visit to Kyiv.

Despite the global energy crisis, the citizens of Ukraine will be provided with electricity and heating. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video address to Ukrainians.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the state continues the existing programs to support businesses and citizens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and is developing a number of new tools to help.

In Ukraine, for the second week in a row, the situation with the incidence of COVID-19 has stabilized and the main negative indicators have decreased. This was discussed at a conference call chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Head of State raised the issue of ensuring the rights of Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili and stressed that they must be fully guaranteed in accordance with international law.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda. The heads of state discussed in detail the difficult situation that has arisen on the European-Belarusian border.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chaired a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, which considered the situation on the state border with Belarus and heard reports on the introduction of restrictive measures against a number of individuals and legal entities.