German leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier intends to visit Ukraine, his visit is being prepared, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Had a substantive and productive conversation with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Thanked Germany for the first IRIS air defense system. We must deploy an air shield over Ukraine immediately!” Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
According to him, Germany will also help Ukraine overcome the consequences of Russian missile terror.
“We are preparing the visit of the President of Germany to Ukraine,” Zelensky added.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Miroslav Kastran Ambassador of Ukraine to Slovakia.
The corresponding decree of October 18 was published on the website of the head of state.
By another decree, the President appointed Serhiy Saenko as the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Morocco.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had agreed with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the urgent convening of the G7 group.
“Agreed with Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, presiding over the G7, to convene an urgent meeting of the group. My speech is planned, in which I will talk about the terrorist attacks of the Russian Federation. We also discussed increasing pressure on Russia and helping to rebuild damaged infrastructure,” he tweeted on Monday.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the decision of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide Ukraine with a $1.3 billion tranche.
“The Executive Board of the IMF has just supported the provision of about $1.3 billion to Ukraine under the Rapid Financing Instrument. The money will go to Ukraine today. Thanks Kristalina Georgieva and the IMF Executive Board for the support!” he said on Twitter on Friday.
In turn, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also said that the IMF will provide Ukraine with additional $1.3 billion.
“This means that the financing from the Fund since the beginning of the war will total $2.7 billion. The tranche will be directed at the support for our defense capacity, payment of pensions and social programs, as well as our economic resilience,” he said on the Telegram channel.
Ukraine’s international partners have provided it with around $20 billion since the beginning of the full-scale war. Thanks to this assistance “we understand how we can finance all necessary expenditures this year,” the PM said.
“We are expecting a new large IMF program next year, as well as financing from the U.S., the EU and other G7 Member States,” Shmyhal said.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power discussed the implementation of the Ukraine Fast Recovery Plan and the details of programs designed to develop a safe space in Ukraine, the website of the Ukrainian head of state reported.
“Today, our main goal is to prepare for winter, create decent living conditions for the population in the liberated territories, and restore critical infrastructure as soon as possible. There is a big and ambitious thing that will happen after the victory of Ukraine, but there is something that is needed now and where you can help us,” Zelensky emphasized during a conversation with the USAID administrator.
The president of Ukraine presented Samantha Power with the Order of Princess Olga of the first grade, which she was awarded for her significant contribution to the development of interstate cooperation and consistent and important support of our state.
Zelensky also thanked her for the agency’s allocation of $55 million to prepare Ukraine’s heating infrastructure for winter amid Russian aggression, and also praised the level of economic and defense support provided by the United States to Ukraine.
“It is extremely important for us to have such an ally as the United States, which is a real leader in consolidating international support for Ukraine,” the president of Ukraine said.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has described his meetings with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky as a very constructive and comprehensive discussion of the situation in general and, in particular, at Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
Grossi told reports in Kyiv on Thursday that the parties achieved progress regarding his proposal to strengthen nuclear security around the power plant.
The IAEA Director General also expressed hope for constructive talks with Russia, where he would travel soon, adding that he will have meetings at a very high level.
The key task of the IAEA is to prevent nuclear incidents, Grossi said, adding that the agency’s job is to monitor nuclear security and wellbeing of the personnel.
He also said that the nuclear capacities of the ZNPP are Ukrainian and stressed that the annexation is not approved by international law.
Grossi also said he would visit Kyiv again soon.
