First of all, today we have reason to thank our air defense – good results, there were interceptions: more than 30 Russian missiles were shot down. Most of them targeted the energy sector specifically – we indeed managed to protect very important facilities.

First Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Olena Kovalska, and Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience Viktor Yelensky held a meeting with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kamp.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held the first meeting of the International Advisory Group on Investment Attraction and Economic Development of Ukraine. The meeting was moderated by Advisor to the President on Economic Development Chrystia Freeland.

The presidents discussed steps to end the war unleashed by Russia and the importance of reliable security guarantees for Ukraine.

The meeting was attended by MEPs from Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden. The Head of State thanked the Members of the European Parliament and their countries for supporting Ukraine during this challenging time.

The President of Ukraine and the President of the United States also discussed the issues that their representatives will address on February 26 in Geneva during the bilateral meeting.

The President’s wife spoke about the removal of entire orphanages and children without parental care by Russian forces, about children being taken from their families in temporarily occupied territories, about forced placement in militarized camps in Russia, and about the alteration of children’s personal data, making it impossible to trace them in electronic systems.