In June, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s foreign policy work focused on strengthening Ukraine’s air defense through the supply of missiles and systems, obtaining licenses for the production of anti-ballistic capabilities, securing additional contributions to the PURL program, and signing agreements in the Drone Deal format.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated warriors on the Day of the Army Aviation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, presented them with state awards, and conferred a military rank.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those killed at the site of a Russian strike on a residential building on the night of July 2 in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed him about the consequences of this Russian strike and emphasized that defending against ballistic missiles is impossible without a sufficient number of the appropriate interceptors for Patriot systems. Strengthening air defense is Ukraine’s greatest priority right now.

Putin still intends to “vanquish” residential buildings rather than end this war. And this can be countered both through sufficient supplies of anti-ballistic systems and through much faster work to develop Europe’s own anti-ballistic capabilities.

In Dublin, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Taoiseach of Ireland Micheál Martin, during which the leaders discussed expectations from Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and priority areas of bilateral cooperation.

Russia must be placed in a situation where, apart from peace, it has no other option. We very much hope that support from our partners – in particular from the EU – will remain tangible, timely, and courageous.