Our priorities are air defense, and partners need to focus on missiles for Patriots and NASAMS systems. The Russian ballistic missile threat remains very serious, and we have intelligence indicating that new strikes are being prepared.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre.

Ukraine and Poland should expand economic cooperation and develop joint production, particularly in the defense industry. This was stated by Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov in a video address at the opening of the Ukrainian-Polish business forum “Win-Win: Poland and Ukraine in the Common EU Market,” held in Warsaw on November 13.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held his first meeting with city mayors as part of a new format for direct dialogue with the regions.

We agreed with the American envoys on our next steps – we very much want these to be steps we take together with America toward peace and guaranteed security. The American side knows what can be effective in putting pressure on Russia and in providing real help to Ukraine.

“First, a humanitarian outcome – prisoners will be released, and we are counting on the largest prisoner exchange since the start of this war. The second outcome – we are involving European representatives even more actively in diplomacy so that they can have an equal seat at the negotiating table. Ukraine always defends the interests of all of Europe,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted.

The Head of State thanked them for their engagement in communication with the American side, their constructive approach, and their support. They discussed the meetings held in recent weeks and days in Brussels and Abu Dhabi.