I held a Staff meeting to discuss three key issues.
The front, particularly the Pokrovsk sector. We are countering the attempts of Russian forces to gain a foothold and increasing the pressure of our units on the occupier. We are succeeding. Units of the 79th and 82nd Air Assault Brigades are operating very effectively in the Dobropillia area. Today, a decision was made to further reinforce this and other areas in the Donetsk region. Special attention was paid to positions in the Zaporizhzhia region – I thank all our warriors for their resilience. The Russian army continues to suffer significant losses in its attempts to secure more favorable political positions for the Russian leadership at the meeting in Alaska. We understand this plan and are informing our partners about the real situation.
We also discussed today the development of the contract system in the Defense Forces and the funding of Ukraine’s Defense and Security Forces for 2025–2026. Under any circumstances, our army will be ready to respond effectively and swiftly to threats to Ukrainian statehood. The priority is the development of a contract army.
Today, I also expect a report from our intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed, high stakes. The key thing is that this meeting should open up a real path toward a just peace and a substantive discussion between leaders in a trilateral format – Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian side. It is time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready, as always, to work as productively as possible.
Провів Ставку. Три ключові питання.
Фронт, зокрема Покровський напрямок. Протидіємо намаганням російських сил закріпитись та збільшуємо тиск наших підрозділів на окупанта. Маємо успіхи. Дуже результативно діють підрозділи 79-ї та 82-ї десантно-штурмових бригад на напрямку Добропілля. Сьогодні є рішення щодо додаткового зміцнення цього та інших напрямків на Донеччині. Окрема увага – позиціям у Запорізькій області. Дякую всім нашим воїнам за стійкість. Російська армія продовжує нести значні втрати, намагаючись забезпечити для російського керівництва більш вигідні політичні позиції на зустрічі на Алясці. Розуміємо цей задум, інформуємо партнерів про реальну ситуацію.
Також розглянули сьогодні питання про розвиток системи контрактів у Силах оборони та про фінансування Сил оборони та безпеки України у 2025–2026 роках. За будь-яких обставин наша армія буде готовою ефективно і швидко відповідати на загрози українській державності. Пріоритет – розвиток саме контрактної армії.
Очікую сьогодні ж доповіді розвідки про актуальні наміри російської сторони та її підготовку до зустрічі на Алясці. Дійсно високі ставки. Головне, щоб ця зустріч відкрила можливість реального шляху до чесного миру та сутнісної розмови лідерів у тристоронньому форматі: Україна, Сполучені Штати, російська сторона. Час завершувати війну, і відповідні кроки мають бути зроблені Росією. Сподіваємось на Америку. Готові, як і завжди, працювати максимально продуктивно.
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On the day of negotiations, the Russians are killing as well. And that speaks volumes. Recently, weʼve discussed with the U.S. and Europeans what can truly work. Everyone needs a just end to the war. Ukraine is ready to work as productively as possible to bring the war to an end, and we count on a strong position from America. Everything will depend on this – the Russians factor in American strength. Make no mistake – strength.
I am receiving reports from our intelligence and diplomats regarding the preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Regarding what Putin is bringing to the table. We are also receiving reports from Ukraine’s regions following Russian strikes.
Sumy – a Russian strike on the central market. Dnipro region – strikes on cities and enterprises.
Zaporizhzhia, Kherson region, Donetsk region – deliberate Russian strikes. The war continues, and it is precisely because there is neither an order nor even a signal that Moscow is preparing to end this war.
I have not heard any partners express doubts about America's ability to ensure that the war ends. The President of the United States has the levers and the determination. Ukraine has supported all of President Trump’s proposals, starting back in February. Ceasefire, all formats have been supported.
What is needed now is not a pause in the killings, but a real, lasting peace. Not a ceasefire sometime in the future, in months, but immediately. President Trump told me so, and I fully support it.
There must be a just end to the war, and it is Russia that must end the war it started. Ukraine and all partners share the same understanding of the need for a ceasefire, for an end to the killings. There is only one actor opposing this – Putin. His only card is the ability to kill, and he is trying to sell the cessation of killings at the highest possible price. It is important that this does not mislead anyone.
Results are needed at the leaders’ level. Dignified results, results that will save lives, that the world will value, and for which it will be grateful to the leader who delivers them.
Ukraine is ready for real decisions that can bring peace. Any decisions that are against us, any decisions that are without Ukraine, are at the same time decisions against peace. They will not achieve anything. These are stillborn decisions. They are unworkable decisions. And we all need real and genuine peace. Peace that people will respect.
President Trump announced preparations for his meeting with Putin in Alaska. Very far away from this war, which is raging on our land, against our people, and which anyway can't be ended without us, without Ukraine.
Putin did not believe in our people and therefore made the hopeless decision to try to take Ukraine. This was his main mistake—not taking Ukrainians into account.
I addressed the Conference marking 50 years since the Helsinki Final Act. One of Putin’s key ideas is that Russia has no real borders, only where it wants them to be. This is a total rejection of the post-WW2 world, and this is the foundation of the current regime in Russia.
Last night, Russia launched another massive attack on Kyiv: hundreds of Shahed drones and missiles. Air defense shot down many, but not all. A Russian missile hit a residential building, turning an entire section into rubble. Just like the lives of the people who lived there.
Across Kyiv, dozens were injured. There are fatalities, and tragically, the number is still rising. Two days ago, Russia hit a prison in Zaporizhzhia with air-dropped bombs. They knew exactly it was a civilian facility. 16 people were killed. 43 were injured.
I addressed Ukraine’s ambassadors and laid out the key tasks for our diplomacy: to support everything that protects life in Ukraine, and everything that causes Russia pain for its war. Each of you must deliver concrete results for Ukraine.
We now have truly global cooperation – the largest that has ever been built for Ukraine, but we must constantly seek new formats. From the Danish model to Czech artillery initiatives to French Mirages boosting our aviation. Now the priority is drones, all types. But funding is critically short. That’s why every embassy, every representative must act: politically, publicly, and persistently, particularly regarding air defense for Ukraine. The world needs to know how lives can be protected – from Kyiv and from every capital where Ukraine has a voice.
Russian assets must be used to defend against Russian aggression. Ukrainian Naftogaz has already won arbitration cases against Russia and Gazprom. The total amount awarded is $6.9 billion, and this would make a real difference right now if we could channel these funds toward our defense. We must be creative and persuasive in turning the decisions already won by Ukraine into actual financial gains.
At the Ukraine Recovery Conference, I said: we must build a recovery coalition, which would have a Marshall-Plan-style recovery plan. And as Russia increases its attacks, we cannot afford a shortage of funding for defense production.
Just last night, Russia launched another massive attack on Ukraine – mainly targeting Kyiv. Russian-Iranian “shahed” drones were used. They’ve been heavily upgraded to cause more destruction.
These drones are now harder to shoot down. Ukrainians face attacks by hundreds of these every single night. This is pure terrorism. The night before last: over 700 drones and missiles. Last night – nearly 400. They try to do this constantly.