“The President announced this on December 20 during an evening address. He also said that today he listened to the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: 2 min. December 20, 2024, 9:50 p.m
Volodymyr Zelenskyi thanked the units that stand in defense of these positions of ours in the south and repelled the attempts of Russian movements there. The President announced this on December 20 during an evening address.
He also said that today he listened to the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrsky, about the situation in Donetsk region and the Zaporizhzhia region.
“Special attention is paid to the fighting in Kurshchyna: more and more North Korean soldiers have been killed there. And this shows that Russia is trying to pass off these North Korean soldiers as representatives of national communities living on the territory of Russia itself. This is Moscow’s complete contempt for the indigenous peoples and for the Koreans themselves as well,” Volodymyr Zelenskyi said.
He recalled that the Russian missile attack in the morning, which resulted in one person being killed, damaged houses, the Church of St. Nicholas, and 6 diplomatic missions at once.
“It is obvious that such Russian madness should not be perceived by the world as something common – everyday terror deserves ever greater pressure on the terrorist.
Russia must be held accountable, and even if they are led by a completely inadequate person, the Russian state, thanks to the pressure on it, must feel what reality is and how reality can punish international criminals. Greater sanctions against Russia are needed,” Volodymyr Zelenskyi said.
He thanked all Ukraine’s partners, who are responding to this and other Russian attacks by being ready to provide more air defense systems, more weapons that can protect against terrorists.
“We have now returned from Brussels with new agreements on air defense. Also, Germany has already handed over the additional IRIS-T system — thank you,” the President said.
He also informed about the meeting of the governments of Ukraine and Lithuania.
“The new Lithuanian government is in full force in Ukraine for the first time immediately after the appointment, and this is a clear priority of Lithuania for the alliance between our countries; we in Ukraine appreciate it very much,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
He announced that he had approved the list of new Ukrainian ambassadors.
“I agreed to more than 30 decisions. Among them are Nariman Dzhelyal – to Turkey, Alyona Hetmanchuk – the representative of Ukraine in NATO, Andriy Melnyk – the representative of Ukraine in the UN and others. These and other decrees will be issued soon, according to diplomatic procedures,” the President noted.
As ArmiyaInform reported, the President of Ukraine discussed with his Czech counterpart the training of Ukrainian brigades and the strengthening of air defense.
