President of Ukraine

Current events

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine will continue to bring in the means and equipment needed to overcome the COVID-19 epidemic. This issue was previously dealt by the Office of the President. This was discussed at a daily meeting on the prevention of the spread of coronavirus chaired by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The parties discussed the situation in the countries in the context of the spread of coronavirus and the measures taken in Ukraine and Lithuania to counteract and minimize the impact of COVID-19 on citizens.

The parties discussed the situation in both countries as regards the coronavirus pandemic. The Heads of State agreed on the need for close coordination of efforts to overcome the effects of the pandemic and restore economic activity.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is elaborating the possibility of opening markets under a certain protocol of compliance with the security rules during the COVID-19 epidemic. These are more than 280 indoor food markets that provide food for Ukrainians and enable small farmers to sell their products.

During a working trip to the Kyiv region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a logistic area where forces involved in the elimination of the fire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone are located.

During a working trip to the Kyiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the SES of Ukraine employees who were involved in extinguishing a large-scale forest fire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

The Head of State laid flowers on the monument to the Chernobyl Heroes located in the Chernobyl NPP near the power plant unit exploded in 1986.

The President will take part in the commemoration of the liquidators of the Chernobyl disaster. Also, Volodymyr Zelenskyy will examine the areas of fire in the Chernobyl zone.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with the newly appointed Head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration Vitaliy Fedoriv.

Most Ukrainian pensioners whose pension is less than 5 thousand hryvnias already receive additional assistance in the amount of 1 thousand hryvnias initiated by the President of Ukraine to support the needy elderly during quarantine. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal informed this at a traditional meeting chaired by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.