Peace Summit and conversation with Syrskyi about the front – key points from Zelenskyy's address
Zelenskyy assured that the Defense Forces maintain control everywhere on the front.
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President Zelenskyy on the main events of the day / Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine / © Офіс президента України
In his traditional evening video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summarized the events of the day, May 20.
Preparation for the Peace Summit
Today, the head of state held a lengthy meeting – an interim review of the preparations for the Peace Summit. The discussion focused on which countries will attend the Summit and which ones still require further engagement.
He assured that the Summit will be truly global, with leaders from all continents represented.
"Many nations that value normal peaceful coexistence of peoples. We already have an understanding of the Summit's content – of the meeting's outcome we should achieve. I am grateful to all states, all leaders, all ambassadors of peace who help us prepare the Summit. In the three weeks remaining before the Summit, we will have time to work with dozens of leaders and states – those we expect to attend the Summit. Today I spoke with the Prime Minister of Croatia. Croatia – Mr. Prime Minister – confirms attendance", - Zelenskyy said.
Croatia also supports our accession to the European Union, and we are working to ensure that Croatia joins the G7 Declaration of Support for Ukraine – on security commitments for our country.
"And it is important that several new security agreements with European countries have already been prepared, and several more agreements with our partners are now at the stage of coordinating specific details. In the near future, we will enhance this new security architecture for our country. New agreements will be signed", - Zelenskyy assured.
Frontline Situation
Today, President Zelenskyy spoke with the Commander-in-Chief regarding the situation, in particular, in Donetsk directions and in Kharkiv region.
Zelenskyy assured that the Defense Forces maintain control everywhere.
In turn, the occupiers actively employ guided aerial bombs – both in the areas near Chasiv Yar, in the Pokrovsk direction, in the Lyptsi area in Kharkiv region, and in other combat zones.
"This brings us back again and again to the need for air defense – for additional defense systems that could significantly mitigate the difficulties for our warriors and the threat to our cities and communities. This also pertains to the preparation for the transition of our Air Force to new combat aircraft. Unfortunately, the free world still lacks efficiency in these two tasks. But we still have a perspective and promising work with several partners – and we are doing everything to make sure that the day comes as soon as possible when we can add the power of "Patriots" to our eastern regions, our cities – such as Kharkiv, Sumy and others", - Zelenskyy summarized.
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