President Zelenskyy: Not a single day is wasted for our state

“A historic agreement has also been prepared with France – there will be a significant strengthening of our combat aviation, air defense, and other defense capabilities,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a traditional address to the Ukrainian nation on Nov. 16.

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

Not a single day is wasted for our state. Today, we have already prepared an agreement with Greece on gas for Ukraine, which will be another gas supply route to secure imports for the winter as much as possible. We already have agreements in place for financing gas imports – and we will cover nearly 2 billion euros needed for gas imports to compensate for the losses in Ukrainian production caused by Russian strikes. The Government of Ukraine has allocated funds to finance imports; our European partners are helping, European banks – under guarantees from the European Commission – are helping, Ukrainian banks are helping as well, Norway is helping, and active work with American partners continues – full financing will be secured. We are creating broad opportunities for winter supplies. In particular through our Polish partners, and we are working actively with Azerbaijan – and we very much count on long-term contracts. We have discussed this with the President recently.

Full text of the address: Office of the President of Ukraine