President Vladimir Zelensky announced that he discussed personnel issues with Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. The president also held two meetings on holding new meetings with European leaders in the next two weeks to increase investment in Ukrainian defense.

He added that he held a meeting in Kyiv with the German Defense Minister and the Speaker of the Latvian Parliament. Further cooperation and financial support were discussed. Zelensky noted that the level of support directly affects results on the battlefield.

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Zelensky listed the challenges threatening European countries due to the Russian Federation.

“Russia is investing resources precisely in continuing the war, precisely in creating problems for everyone in Europe. This concerns Russia’s shadow tanker fleet, also spying on European countries and their infrastructure in the Baltic, threats to underwater critical infrastructure.

No less dangerous are new threats from drones, which can be used by Russia to destabilize the work of infrastructure facilities on the continent.. airports or power plants. We all must coordinate our work together for the sake of our protection, for the sake of greater security for our countries,” Zelensky noted in an evening video message.

Earlier, Zelensky announced that Germany’s contribution is one of the largest in protecting the Ukrainian sky and amounts to 16%.