I addressed the Ukraine Support Contact Group, "Ramstein," urging prompt action to provide Ukraine with more long-range capabilities, air defense, and artillery ammunition.

If the necessary steps are taken, we will disrupt Putin's plans and regain the initiative.

A thread🧵 Predatory regimes like Russia's are rapidly increasing their appetite for aggression. When they succeed in one part of the world, it creates problems in many other places; aggression spreads when not stopped.

Today, I addressed the Ukraine-NATO Council, stressing that human life must be equally valued and protected against terror in the Middle East, in Europe, and elsewhere.

Allies have the necessary tools. Unfounded fears must be abandoned and action needs to be taken.

A thread🧵 Today I was on the frontline, right where the Russian army is amassing most of its efforts for assaults. Unlike our soldiers, the occupiers have enough weapons, a sufficient number of shells, and worst of all, they, unfortunately, still have control over our sky.

I addressed the Three Seas Summit, emphasising the urgent need to strengthen Ukrainian air defense—with real action, not just words.

To ensure that Russian missiles do not fly over Vilnius, Warsaw, or Chisinau, they should finally not fly over Odesa and Kharkiv.

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Last night, Russian terrorists struck again at Ukraine. It was a combined strike—missiles and Iranian attack drones with trajectories specifically designed to maximize damage to our critical infrastructure.

Today, I addressed the European Council outlining five crucial elements to defend Ukraine and all of Europe from Russian aggression and terror:

1️⃣Air defense
2️⃣Artillery ammunition
3️⃣Europe’s defense self-sufficiency
4️⃣Europe’s political unity
5️⃣Frozen Russian assets

A thread🧵 First. Two years ago, Ukrainians proved that Russian defeats are not a fantasy, but a simple reality that can be ensured.

We need to be clear about our common European goal now. It is the same as it was from the start.

Putin's system must lose in its war against Ukraine.

At the third Summit for Democracy, I emphasized that the world is now betting more on force than rules.

Force and rules, however, are not mutually exclusive. Rules must be enforced. Force must be limited by rules.

Ukraine's Peace Formula proposes a balance between the two.
🧵 Ukraine does not divide the world into big and small countries, or those who matter more or less. We despise the colonial worldview that divides nations into zones of influence for "great powers" or geopolitical poles. Every nation matters.

At the Ukraine-South-East Europe Summit, I stressed that there must be no Europe of “different dignities"—when someone deserves security and peace while someone else’s struggle for peace is ignored; someone deserves integration while someone else has to stay behind and wait. 🧵 I thank Prime Minister Rama for his personal and Albania’s support for Ukraine. Thank you for organizing this summit. Mr. Prime Minister, I highly appreciate your hospitality and this opportunity to discuss together how we can strengthen our countries, regions, and entire Europe.

In my speech at the Munich Security Conference, I warned of the catastrophic threats that the Russian regime poses to Europe and the world, not just Ukraine, and outlined collective steps to counter them, preserve the rules-based order, and make security a reality again.

🧵 February 24, 2022, could have marked the end of the world as we all know it. A world of rules meant to protect life. Our resistance, with the support of partners, has put on hold the destruction of this rules-based world order. 2024 must become a time for its full restoration.

Today, I addressed the European Council summit as decisions on the Ukraine Assistance Fund and Ukraine Facility were being debated.

I thanked EU leaders for previous critical decisions and advocated for continued European unity and strength in the face of global competition.

🧵 At the previous #EUCO, Europe's credibility was at stake. We strengthened it.

The EU has proven: its word matters; its promises work for all of Europe.

The opening of Ukraine's EU accession talks proved that Europe's priorities, as defined by all of its leaders, are being met.

In my speech at the World Economic Forum today, I addressed three frequently asked and important questions: When will Russia’s war against Ukraine end? Is the Third World War possible? Is it time to negotiate with Putin?

🧵 Nearly 2 years of full-scale war in Europe, 10 years since Russia's illegal annexation of our Crimea, 10 years of Russian interference in African countries ranging from Sudan to Mali, and almost 13 years of Syrian war, which is still raging as a result of Putin's actions.

Today, I addressed the Estonian parliament to thank Estonia for standing on the side of freedom.

On February 24, 2022, the Russian leadership tried to restore their empire, whether Russian, Soviet, or hybrid.

But we didn’t fail. Our people. Our friends. The entire free world.🧵 February 24th could mark the beginning of a new era of unfreedom for Ukraine and our Europe as a whole. But history took a different turn, resulting in much greater freedom, independence, and European strength. Bravery, solidarity, and the choice of freedom have made it possible.

In my speech in Vilnius, I thanked Lithuania, President Nauseda, and all Lithuanians for standing with Ukraine.

Days before, Vilnius experienced an especially cold spell. But today it's warmer.

When we stand together, even the cold retreats. And I am certain, so will Russia.🧵 We cannot mark a specific day when Russia will retreat, nor can we detail every aspect of how it will unfold.

But we know that it will happen.

Our freedom will prevail, and there will be that day, the first day after this war. Our day.

Tune in as I hold my year-end press conference in Kyiv. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… We are working to ensure that Ukraine receives the assistance committed by the US and the EU. I anticipate that what we agreed upon during my visit to the United States will be fulfilled in full.

In my address to the European Council, I stressed that this day will go down in our history.

Today is the day when determination will either be in Brussels or Moscow.

People in Europe won’t understand if Putin’s satisfied smile becomes the reward for the meeting in Brussels.🧵 Europe went through this year with dignity. There was no cowardice, no indecision.

And Putin gained nothing over the year. Neither in the battles against Ukraine nor in his attempts to divide and demean Europeans.

In my address to the US National Defense University, I emphasized that freedom must always prevail when challenged.

And I believe that one day at this University, not only those who studied Russia can give lectures, but also Ukrainians who defeated Russia.

🧵 When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, freedom spread across Europe and the world. But its enemies have grown stronger, wishing for a comeback. We are now at a critical juncture.

Today, I addressed the European Council summit.

I focused on Ukraine’s EU accession, how security in Europe and the Middle East is connected, and the need for European unity to avert mistakes of the past.

Steps ahead may not be easy. But they need to be taken. Just before our meeting, I signed a very important law for Ukraine’s European integration – the law on politically exposed persons. This is one of the key laws adopted to fulfill the recommendations of the European Commission to open negotiations on Ukraine's EU membership.

For years, Russia's fleet and control over the Black Sea have created the illusion of insurmountable dominance.

The relocation of hundreds of thousands of Russians and mass opression have created an illusion of a subdued Crimea.

Illusions are vanishing now. We make them vanish. First, Russia’s navy can no longer operate in the western Black Sea and is gradually retreating from Crimea.

Moscow had to announce a new base for its fleet—or rather, its remnants—in the south-east. Away from Ukrainian missiles and sea drones.

But we will get them anywhere.

Our Europe is at a special moment.

For decades, it has been separated into two territories: one where our common values are protected by European institutions, and another where they are not.

Now, at last, we are a few geopolitical steps away from eliminating this division. Since the collapse of the so-called “Eastern Bloc," the lack of geopolitical certainty has been the greatest threat to life in Europe. It attracted crises like a magnet and tempted enemies of the European way to fight against European unity.

In my online address to the Joint Expeditionary Force Summit on Gotland, a critical location for the security of the entire region, I stressed the need for geopolitical stability in Europe and the entire Euro-Atlantic, new forms of cooperation, and strengthening of existing ones. If an enemy of freedom has significant resources and boundless cynicism—like Russia, Hamas, or other terrorists—then free nations need a really full-scale defense. Fast, flexible, not limited by outdated procedures, and one that can be maintained as long as it is needed.

Today, I addressed the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, or Ramstein meeting, expressing my gratitude to all of its nations for their tireless work and strong joint decisions they have made. I outlined our vision and priority defense needs as winter approaches. Next Monday will mark the 600th day of our resistance to Russia's full-scale aggression. And today, no one can say for sure how many more days we will have to defend our independence and identity. But we can already state several things for sure.

I am delighted to be visiting Bucharest for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. I'd like to thank President @KlausIohannis and his team, as well as all Romanians, for their genuine support for Ukraine and Ukrainians through this violent and tough period. We held fruitful and focused talks with President Iohannis today. We agreed to upgrade our relations to the level of strategic partnership, which would reflect the true scale of cooperation between our nations, and instructed our teams to prepare such a step.

We live in times when evil is trying to open a chasm between all of us and our common desire for peace. This chasm is growing every day, deepened by terror. The only thing that can guarantee peace and serenity to all nations is rules and international law.



We see who in the world is trying to replace the power of international law with the horror of blood and disasters. We see whose deliberate investments in terror are destroying the lives of various people around the world, from Belarus to Mali. We see. And we must act together!