Zelenskyy: Most important thing for us now is to strengthen Ukrainian positions as much as possible
Ukraine has already begun working to fulfill all agreements with partners received this week, the most important thing now is to strengthen the positions of Ukrainians as much as possible, to protect Ukrainian settlements from Russian terror, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"Today, we have already started working to implement all the agreements we reached with our partners this week. The Ramstein meeting, meetings in Germany, meetings in Italy. Separately, Ukraine's Defense Minister and our military worked in France, the UK, and also in Germany. We are very much counting on results from the conversation with U.S.," Zelenskyy said in his evening video address on Sunday.
The President also recalled that this week he held important talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as well as with the delegation of the U.S. Congress, where, in particular, they discussed certain details of the plan for Ukraine’s victory.
Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian side will provide all the steps of the plan to U.S. President Joe Biden and both presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
"Our main focus now, at the beginning of the fall, is to strengthen the positions of Ukraine and Ukrainians as much as possible, protect our cities and villages from Russian terror, and, of course, provide more capabilities for our warriors on the frontlines. Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Kurakhove direction, and other areas of the highest concentration of Russian forces," Zelenskyy said.
"This week brought new agreements on ammunition for Ukraine, as well as funding for the production of weapons, drones, and missiles in Ukraine. Air defense remains an unwavering priority. And we continue to persuade our partners at all levels about long-range capabilities," the president said.
The head of state thanked everyone in the world who is helping Ukraine to bring closer the absolutely necessary steps of its partners.
For the steps announced at the Ramstein meeting and for other assistance that was agreed upon this week, the president noted Germany, America, Britain, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Romania, Lithuania and Latvia.
