Speeches

I will outline five directions in which we have begun to create foundations for peace. The first is the potential of unity. The second is the potential of stability. The third is growth potential. The fourth is security potential. And the fifth – extremely important – is the potential of democracy.

A rebuilt Ukraine, a transformed Ukraine, a strengthened Ukraine is a carrier of security and a guarantor of security, it is protection against any form of Russian terror and protection against any repetition of Russian aggression.

In some areas our warriors are moving forward, in some areas they are defending their positions and resisting the occupiers' assaults and intensified attacks. We have no lost positions. Only liberated ones. They have only losses.

Russia will lose the occupied territories. There is no and will be no alternative to our steps for de-occupation.

And, of course, many thanks to all those who train our soldiers… who share their experience with our heroes, and who themselves learn from Ukrainians.

There was another event today. This is the War Cabinet. Our commanders – generals Syrsky, Tarnavsky, Zaluzhny, Shaptala. And there was Budanov.

We have significant international steps that strengthen our position in several areas at once.

We are now defending ourselves against aggression that replicates the worst wars of the past and seeks the best technologies of our time to terrorize people, states, and even continents. Nothing but unity can stop it.

The key Ukrainian principle is simple and fair, namely: no ruins will be left in Ukraine.

The first is our sky shield. A sufficient number of air defense systems of sufficient capacity. Plus modern fighter jets. The second is the destruction of the basis for terror, for the production of new missiles by a terrorist state.