We See and Hear that russia Fears the Possibility of the United States Providing Us with Tomahawks; It Is a Signal that This Kind of Pressure Can Be Effective in Achieving Peace – Address by the President

Fellow Ukrainians!

I just spoke with President Trump – for the second time in recent days. We are working closely with the United States to strengthen ourselves – our air defense, all our defensive capabilities: primarily Patriots, other systems, as well as our active operations and long-range capabilities. We see and hear that Russia fears the possibility of the United States providing us with Tomahawks. It is a signal that this kind of pressure can be effective in achieving peace. President Trump and I agreed that our teams and our military will be working on all the matters we discussed, including those related to energy and gas. Thank you. We count on results.

I also spoke today with President of France Macron: again, the key topics were air defense, our resilience, and the diplomatic steps planned for the coming weeks. We are coordinating our positions. We agreed that our military will provide France with a list of priority needs, and we are accelerating deliveries. We discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. As we have done dozens of times before, we are capable of repairing the power supply lines to the plant and ensuring its safety – and it is Ukrainian control and our Ukrainian specialists that provide a one-hundred-percent guarantee of safety. Russia has no interest in restoring safety – it must be pressured into doing so. A clearer and honest position from the IAEA is needed. Russia can and must stop the shelling so that repair crews can work. The longest blackout at the Zaporizhzhia NPP continues – the plant has been running on diesel generators for almost three weeks. It cannot be this way. Russia is pouncing on the opportunity that global diplomacy’s eyes are on the Middle East. Putin escalated the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and Russia has also made its attacks on our energy more vicious. In fact, through the aerial attacks, the Russians are now trying to compensate for what they failed to achieve on the ground – the results they wanted to gain in the spring and summer. And our warriors have done a great job. Thank you, guys! You’ve held all this back. Ukrainian units are continuing our counteroffensive operations in the Dobropillia area and elsewhere – notably in the Zaporizhzhia sector, near Orikhiv, where our troops have advanced more than 3 kilometers to date. I thank the warriors of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion “Aidar,” the 33rd Assault Regiment, and our other units that were involved. It is vital that our counteroffensive efforts in diplomacy also succeed. Everyone must deliver results: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all state institutions, and our informal diplomacy alike. Millions of our people across the country are working now so that Ukraine can defend itself and have sufficient weapons and support.

Our power engineers, repair crews, many utility services, and the State Emergency Service are all working heroically right now – I thank everyone for their efficiency. Today, I want to recognize those who have shown the greatest professionalism and dedication to their work in recent days. There are many such teams across the country, various employees. In particular, Serhii Titov and Andrii Yevmenov from Shostka, Sumyoblenergo. Thank you. Dmytro Helever and Viktor Ladur – employees of Ukrnafta in the Sumy region. Maksym Savchenko, Ihor Bokariov, and Yevhen Krasnokutskyi – employees of Ukrhydroenergo from the Zaporizhzhia region. My sincere thanks to you, guys, and to all your colleagues. Maksym Bokach and Yurii Bryzh in the Kyiv region. Thank you. The situation is extremely difficult in the Chernihiv region, as well as in the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions due to constant Russian strikes, air raid alerts, and attacks by Russian drones. Just this Friday, as a result of a Russian drone strike on an energy workers’ vehicle in the Chernihiv region, two people were tragically killed. Anatolii Savchenko and Ruslan Deineha. My condolences. Three others were wounded – Anatolii Toptun, Oleksandr Chuiko, and Artur Obolenskyi – all of them energy workers, people who work so that others can live. Today, a Russian drone struck a power substation in the Kyiv region – unfortunately, people were injured there as well. Our energy workers remain under constant attack, and everyone working on restoration, repairs, generation, and supply is a true hero. I thank all of you. The same goes for our other regions: Poltava, Odesa, Dnipro, and the regions of central and western Ukraine. Wherever needed, our people are always defending life. I am proud of all of you, proud of each one. I am proud of our people. The people of Ukraine!

Glory to Ukraine!