President of Ukraine

Current events

The President thanked the Secretary-General for his efforts in overcoming the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. An exchange of views took place on António Guterres' initiative to develop a global vaccination plan under the auspices of the Group of Twenty.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Eduard Heger.

Let's start with the first. What is happening today? A large number of Russian troops are concentrated near our state borders. Russia officially calls it an exercise. Unofficially, the whole world calls such things blackmail. Does this worry us? Yes. Does Ukraine and its international partners demand that troops be withdrawn from our borders? Yes. After all, the Russian Federation constantly repeats that it seeks peace, but at the same time creates all preconditions for escalation.

At the initiative of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, applications for state aid for individuals - entrepreneurs and employees who were forced to terminate their activities due to the tightening of quarantine restrictions against the background of the spread of COVID-19 have started to be registered on the Unified Public Service Portal "Diia".

The situation with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine was discussed at a traditional conference call chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.