Current events

"We must have a very clear understanding of the strategically important place of the State Border Service, our border intelligence in matters of protection and security of the state and citizens of Ukraine. Therefore, comprehensive development and reform of the border service is our common task, as a professional, motivated and selfless border guard is the key to border security and state protection," said Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a speech to border guards.

In the city of Zolotonosha, Cherkasy region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska observed the new indoor pool at the gymnasium named after S. Sklyarenko built within the Large Construction National Program.

During a working trip to the Cherkasy region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena visited the newly built modern cultural center "Shevchenko HUB" in Kaniv.

In the Shevchenko National Reserve in Kaniv, the presidential couple laid flowers at Kobzar's grave on Tarasov Hill.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Secretary of Defense of the United States of America Lloyd Austin who is in Kyiv on a working visit.

Ukraine's healthcare system is ready for an increase in the incidence of COVID-19, but the only alternative to the introduction of lockdown is vaccination, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview for ICTV within the Freedom of Speech program.

"This year we started preparing bilateral declarations with EU countries in support of Ukraine's European perspective. When Ukraine and the European Union decide that Ukraine can be a member of the EU, the country with which we sign this declaration will definitely vote for us," he said in an interview for ICTV as part of the Freedom of Speech program.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that in the near future the anticorruption bodies of Ukraine will resume their work in full, as well as the implementation of judicial reform will be accelerated and the Constitutional Court will be rebooted. The President said this in an interview for ICTV in the framework of the Freedom of Speech program.