Current events

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States of America for unblocking military assistance to Ukraine and noted excellent relations between the two countries.

During a speech at the 16th meeting of the Yalta European Strategy in Kyiv, the topic of which is “Happiness Now. New Approaches for a World in Crisis”, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy described his vision of happiness for the country and its citizens, as well as the steps that will help make Ukraine happy.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is cautious about deploying a peacekeeping mission in Donbas, but he would like peacekeepers to help on the Ukrainian-Russian state border.

Ukraine is working over the formula to return Crimea. It was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the panel discussion at the 16th annual YES meeting in Kyiv.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that returning the sense of justice to the citizens of Ukraine is as important for the authorities as working on economic growth, and this can be achieved by eliminating corruption and punishing criminals, regardless of their status.

Effective struggle against poverty in Ukraine requires stable and rapid economic growth, and the Ukrainian economy must come out of the shadows for this end, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented a number of projects that will be implemented in Ukraine with the involvement of foreign business under personal guarantees of protection of investments by the Head of State.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that sanctions were an efficient “weapon” of diplomacy as the only way to end the war in Donbas and restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy notes that along with the preparation to a meeting in the Normandy format, the parties are working over the roadmap of the implementation of the Minsk agreements with the definition of clear terms of stages’ implementation.

"We insist that this meeting must be held in September. Because the end of the war, the return of all our prisoners is a priority for me as President of Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, answering questions about a possible date of the meeting in the Normandy format.