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A trilateral meeting took place in Dublin following the opening ceremony of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, bringing together President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of the European Council António Costa, and Taoiseach of Ireland Micheál Martin.

European partners must take effective steps and continue applying pressure on Russia to force it to end its war against Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in Dublin during the ceremony marking the opening of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Minister for Defense of Sweden Pål Jonson, during which the two countries signed an agreement for the procurement of 16 Gripen E fighter jets.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Jonathan Powell, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Denmark’s Minister of Defense Jeppe Bruus, who is visiting our country for the first time since his appointment.

On the occasion of Constitution Day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska took part in a joint prayer for Ukraine held at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

On the occasion of Constitution Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented state awards to Ukrainian military personnel and civilians during ceremonial events on the grounds of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

On the occasion of Constitution Day of Ukraine, Maksym Ostapenko, Director General of the National Preserve “Kyiv Pechersk Lavra,” presented to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska a memorial marker to Hetman Ivan Mazepa and his regalia, which have been installed in the Lavra.

“The names of all the heroes who, across different centuries and eras, fought for Ukraine and inspired Ukraine will be brought together and forever inscribed in our history – with a capital letter, with great respect and attention from the state, our state – Ukraine, which respects itself, values its people, and defends what is its own – its own, and this is very important, its own right to be Ukrainian,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized.

The President noted that Ukraine will honor all such individuals with a new state award – the Order of Europe, which will become a symbol of the effectiveness of our joint defense of Europe.