We Are Working to Ensure Good News for Ukraine – And It Will Come – Address by the President

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Dear Ukrainians!

Today we have new sanctions decisions - over 50 individuals, the majority of them Russians who work for the Russian war against Ukraine, for the Russian military production, and also for propaganda. Of course, we will share our sanction decisions with partner countries as well, so that they support this entirely justified pressure on Russia for its war. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has also carried out preparatory work to synchronize the 19th EU sanctions package within our jurisdiction. And the Europeans are already preparing the 20th sanctions package - we have submitted proposals to our partners. I held a coordination meeting - a recap of this year's sanctions. Together with the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our state, and the Foreign Intelligence Service, we identified the key tasks to be completed by the end of the year: targeting the Russian tanker fleet, Russian energy companies, and all enterprises and entities that help sustain the Russian military production. It is important that partners take our arguments into account when preparing their pressure.

I want to especially thank our warriors for their long-range sanctions against Russia - there have been more than 160 hits on enemy fuel infrastructure since the start of this year alone, with hundreds more operations carried out directly against their war machine. I thank all our special services for this: the Security Service of Ukraine, the intelligence agencies, and the army. Ukrainians are most effective when we act together and align our goals.

Our Foreign Intelligence fulfilled the task of locating specific, precise addresses of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. We are providing our partners with lists - lists of children who must be returned. This is a sensitive issue, with a great deal of quiet diplomatic work underway. And to foil any Russian attempt to claim they supposedly know nothing about these children, we are ensuring that addresses are included as well. The first such list -containing over 300 surnames, first names, and addresses of the abducted children - will be on the desks of all the leaders assisting us in this effort.

There were many military reports today - detailed updates from the front. Of course, Pokrovsk is our priority. We continue to destroy the occupier, and that is what matters most - to stop Russian strikes wherever and whenever possible. The Russians want to turn our entire country into what they are doing to Pokrovsk, what they are doing to Kupyansk, and other towns and communities. They must be halted where they have reached - and destroyed there. I thank each of our units, every soldier, sergeant, and officer who defends our positions and defends our state.

One more thing.

Today I held several meetings on our foreign policy activity for the week ahead - covering weapons for Ukraine, financial support, and our shared political outcomes in relations between Ukraine and the European Union. We are working to ensure good news for Ukraine - and it will come. I am confident. We thank everyone who is helping us! I thank everyone who is fighting for our state, for Ukraine, as they would for themselves.

Glory to Ukraine!