On 17 March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer met to discuss the Ukraine-UK Strategic Dialogue. 

The Head of State thanked the United Kingdom, as well as His Majesty personally and the entire Royal Family, for their continued support and solidarity with Ukraine.

First Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya and Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defense Thomas Byrne, who is on a visit to Kyiv.

Meanwhile, we are not postponing negotiations; no one is disappointed in diplomacy. This is not a matter of emotions, as some might say. It is a matter of what partners are ready for. Russia operates in a very simple way: if they are afraid, they’re willing to toe the line.

The leaders discussed the possibility of joint weapons production, the participation of Portuguese businesses in Ukraine’s recovery, and our country’s path to membership in the European Union.

The relevant document containing their personal data, as well as information on about 300 of their relatives, has already been submitted by our country to the European Union.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees enacting decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions on Russian and Iranian companies and individuals serving Russia’s military-industrial complex, as well as on Paralympians who justify Russia’s aggression and spread Russian propaganda.