UN Deeply Concerned

Putin wants to destroy us. He doesn't respect us, our sovereignty and territorial integrity. He really thinks that we are not a country, not a nation. Do you really believe that just the eastern part of our country will be enough for him? Then why did he go for Kyiv when the full-scale invasion began? Is that Donbas? No, it’s the capital. Without the capital, there is no state. And what will happen afterwards? On what borders will he stay? If now he's testing all these drones against European, even NATO countries? They are not loud for now. They don't want to escalate because they have one Russian drone, two drones, ten. But you will be very loud when there will be ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and thousands of drones. We had one thousand drones yesterday. But the American side said that it's difficult to speak with Zelenskyy. It's less difficult to manage with Putin. Of course. From a conversation with media representatives in Brussels. (3/3)

We are consistently using our long-range capabilities to respond to Russian strikes against life. Last night, our sanctions were used against two defense plants in the Tula and Voronezh regions. Over the past 24 hours, SSU units also carried out effective operations against the aggressor’s oil facilities in the Krasnodar region. Sanctions were also launched against facilities that the Russians use for drone terror against Ukraine in the Kaluga and Oryol regions. In the Bryansk region, our forces worked directly against the occupying contingent. A target was also hit in the Black Sea. I am grateful to everyone who is taking the war back to where it came from. Russia must stop escalating.

Interceptors for jet-powered “shaheds” from two companies have already successfully passed combat trials. Enemy “shaheds” were destroyed at high speed. This is a major positive. But we want to see all the test results and determine how this can be accelerated as much as possible and scaled up to mass production. We are in talks with these companies, and contracts are already being signed. I consider this a success. These two examples already give us optimism, a positive outlook, and confidence. But along with confidence and optimism, we also need funding. We will work on this issue. There are some encouraging developments here as well. Yesterday, we spoke with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. We will meet in the near future. We are preparing proposals on how to address the funding shortfall. From the press conference with the C8 leaders.