The working group must decide on the structure and schedule of project preparation within a month.
The head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, will head the working group for the preparation of the draft of the annual message.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, instructed to prepare an annual message to the Verkhovna Rada by December 1. This is evidenced by Order No. 130, published on the website of the Office of the President.
Zelensky instructed to create a working group to prepare a draft of the annual message to the Verkhovna Rada on the internal and external situation of Ukraine. The working group will be headed by the head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak.
Methodical and scientific support is entrusted to Oleksandr Bogomolov – director of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, who has been appointed deputy head of the working group.
The group included deputy heads of the OP Iryna Vereshchuk, Ihor Zhovkva, Olena Kovalska, Roman Mashovets, Viktor Mykyta, Iryna Mudra and Oleg Tatarov, as well as presidential adviser on communications Dmytro Lytvyn and head of the State Administration of Affairs Ihor Lysiy.
Within a month, the working group must decide on the structure and schedule of project preparation, the content of the necessary materials, and prepare and submit the project for consideration by December 1, 2024.
Scholz confirmed that the sixth of the planned IRIS-T a by the end of this year.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that he had a telephone conversation.
“I thanked him for Germany’s large-scale bilateral defense assistance and its leadership in consolidating the efforts of partners to support Ukraine,” the head of state said.
“Also, we discussed the supply of air defense in the coming year and the prospects of additional assistance with air defense from Germany. We coordinated the steps needed to ensure the best defense and political support for Ukraine.
We agreed on the importance of preserving the Ramstein format and holding another meeting of the coordination group. In addition, he emphasized the need to present Ukraine’s vision of a just and lasting peace at the G20 summit in Brazil and thanked Germany for its willingness to support us in this,” the president said.
It will be recalled that Olaf Scholz stated that there cannot be any negotiations regarding the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine without the participation of Ukraine.
Zelenskyi said that his team is currently working to further increase supplies from partners – both missiles and defense systems.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that he listened to the report of the head of the commissar Oleksandr Syrskyi about the situation in Donetsk region. The head of state announced this in an evening video message on November 13.
“The report of Chief Commissar Syrsky: the front, and the most attention – to Donetsk region. Also – to the attempts of the occupier to expand offensive actions, in particular, this is the Kup’yan direction,” he said.
Zelensky noted the combat brigades that have shown themselves bravely and effectively these days: the 24th separate mechanized brigade, the 44th separate artillery brigade, the 60th and 65th separate mechanized brigades, the 68th separate hunting brigade, the 102nd, 124th and the 126th TrO brigade, the 128th separate mountain assault and 406th separate artillery brigades.
The president also expressed his gratitude to the air defense soldiers who protect the sky.
Zelensky added that Ukraine is grateful to all partners who help with anti-missile and sky defense systems.
He said that his team is currently working to further increase supplies from partners – both in terms of missiles, and in defense systems, and in everything necessary to strengthen our mobile fire groups.
“The strategic goal is to achieve such a practical level of cooperation with partners that we here in Ukraine can produce the air defense and anti-missile systems we need,” the president emphasized.
