Current events

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an online meeting hosted by the Hudson Institute think tank, attended by more than 100 participants, including the Institute’s leadership and analysts, leading American experts, diplomats, and media representatives.

In Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo, during which they discussed strengthening defense, economic resilience, and winter support for our country.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo took part in the Ukraine–Finland Business Forum, during which seven documents were signed in the areas of the defense industry, unmanned systems, transport, satellite communications, and construction.

Today, we continue our cooperation with Finland – and this continuation is concrete and very substantive. We are in constant communication with our partners, with Finland. We are in contact with the President of Finland, Alex Stubb.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented state awards to 12 warriors of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on the occasion of the Day of Intelligence of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, observed annually on October 20.

In Oslo, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held meetings with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Minister of Defense Tore Sandvik, Eirik Lie, CEO of the Norwegian defense company Kongsberg, and its representatives, as well as President of the Storting Masud Gharahkhani and the leaders of all political parties represented in parliament.

In Oslo, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a trilateral meeting with President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, as well as a joint meeting with U.S. President’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who joined the conversation online.

In Oslo, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with King Haakon VIII of Norway, who ascended the throne on August 28 of this year following the death of his father, King Harald V.

The Head of State briefed them on the brutal Russian attack with “shaheds” in the Kharkiv region, which killed six people, including a mother and her child, who was just over a year old.