Now, on May 8, when most of the world remembers and honors the warriors of World War II – those who defeated the Nazis – one must recognize that today’s Russian Nazis are continuing their war and are still trying to bring back the same insane order that was defeated in World War II.

The Head of State received a briefing from the unit commander, Oleksandr Shaptala, on the operational situation within the brigade’s area of responsibility, which is defending Ukraine on the Oleksandrivka axis. Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with battalion commanders the moral and psychological training for warriors and its integration into combat training, aiming to achieve better results.

At the command post of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade named after General-Khorunzhyi Leonid Stupnytskyi, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, together with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, met with warriors of the unit. The 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade is conducting defensive operations in the Oleksandrivskyi sector, at the junction of the Donetsk, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in a meeting on the implementation of regional resilience plans as part of preparations for winter.

Ukraine was ready to ensure complete silence. But in response to this peace proposal of ours, there were only new Russian strikes and new threats from Russia.

Russia has not halted any form of its military activity. Unfortunately, it has not. Ukraine will act in kind. Depending on the situation overnight and tomorrow, we will also determine our fully justified responses. Russia has received from us a clear proposal on silence of the guns and diplomacy – and knows how to contact Ukraine or our partners in order to coordinate the details.

The leaders discussed the implementation of the steps agreed during the President of Ukraine’s visit to Azerbaijan at the end of April.