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In Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with heads of international and Ukrainian investment funds and business associations participating in the Third Defense Industries Forum.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Pere Joan Pons Sampietro.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs of Denmark Morten Bødskov.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with Prime Minister of Lithuania Inga Ruginienė, who recently took office and chose Ukraine for her first foreign visit.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof, who is visiting Ukraine. Although this is not Dick Schoof’s first visit to our country, it is his first time in Kyiv.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the capacity of Ukraine’s defense industry has increased by tenfold, and this potential must continue to grow. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated this during his speech at the third International Defense Industries Forum in Kyiv. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, also attended the event.

This high-level visit once again underscored strong Ukrainian-Dutch partnership, which rests firmly on a foundation of shared democratic values, unwavering respect for sovereignty and international law, and the recognition that Europe’s borders must remain inviolable and cannot be redrawn through aggression or the use of force.

In Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders.

On the night of October 5, Russia launched a combined strike on Ukraine, deploying 549 missiles and drones that contained over 100,000 foreign-made components – sourced from companies in the United States, China and Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Netherlands. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his address.

On Territorial Defense Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the warriors serving in the ranks of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and presented them with state awards.