All world leaders should make Russia understand that the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station will be equated with the use of weapons of mass destruction - the appeal of the President of Ukraine
We are doing our best to get more modern and effective air defense systems for Ukraine. And there will be a day when we report that the Ukrainian sky has become completely protected from Russian missiles, Iranian drones and any other carriers of evil. Russia tried to blackmail Europe with gas and oil, organizes sabotage on submarine gas and critically important cables in Europe, tried and tried to freeze people . . .
What happened? Russia has only lost its weight in the European Energy Market, which has been worked out since Brezhnev, and will be sure to attitude as the most frozen international criminal. This will remain with Moscow for a very long time and after that the Russian leader. Russia tries to destroy Ukraine's energy system, to force our people to suffer even more, but only mobilizes the international community so that it will even help us and press more on the terrorist state.
And all our expenditures for the protection of our energy and to restore our infrastructure after Russian terrorist strikes will be reimbursed at the expense of Russian assets. Each of the terrorists will be responsible for what he does. Before the court. And the terrorist state will pay for its terror. Isolation, degradation and assets - both public and quasi -private persons who are related to this Russian regime.
He informed the Europeans today, during a meeting of the European Council, and about the next terrorist attack, to which Russia is preparing at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. According to our information, the units and the Kakhovsky Hydroelectric Dam were replaced by Russian terrorists. Now everyone in the world has to act powerfully and quickly to prevent such a Russian terrorist attack. The blasting of the dam will mean a large -scale catastrophe.
Of course, we understand that the occupiers indifferent that will be with the territory of Ukraine. They can destroy this terrorist attack, among other things, even the possibility of supplying water from the Dnieper to Crimea. The North Crimean Channel in the event of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya Hydroe Dam will simply disappear.
And if Russia is preparing such a terrorist attack, if it considers such a scenario, it means that terrorists are very clearly aware: they do not only keep not only Kherson, but also the whole south of our country, including Crimea.
We now have all together-all Europeans, all leaders of the world, all international organizations-to make it clear to the state-terrorist that such a terrorist attack at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station will mean the same as the use of weapons of mass destruction. The consequences for Russia should be appropriate. The world must react preventively. This is the key now. The principle of preventive response to safety threats should finally be one of the basic for international policy.
Today he had a productive conversation with German President. He also thanked him the German people for the support of Ukraine in the struggle for freedom and for the decision on specific assistance to our country. In particular, it was Germany that became the first country to supply us with a modern IRIS-T air defense system. We expect to supply other such systems, both from Germany and from our other partners. He negotiated with Swiss President, who arrived in Kiev today.
This is significant for the whole world that Switzerland does not remain morally neutral when such a terrorist war is underway against Ukraine and all of Europe. Switzerland has supported the EU sanction packages and provides us with a humanitarian assistance. The issue of reconstruction of Ukraine and the opportunity to invest in the development of our economy and infrastructure today and the opportunity to invest in the development of Switzerland today.
They also discussed the issues of damages caused to Ukraine by Russian terror. I am grateful that Russian assets are already frozen at $ 6. 5 billion. This work should be continued. And this is what Switzerland should also remain morally neutral. Separately and very substantially discussed the possibilities of Switzerland to help with digitalization in Ukraine and the restoration of telecommunication systems in the liberated territories. The situation on the forefront remains difficult.
Especially in the Donbass - the same Bakhmut direction - and in some directions in the south. But we keep positions. We protect our land. We gradually move, displacing the enemy. And we will definitely provide Ukraine with a victory. In the evening he signed another decree on the awarding of our soldiers. 148 defenders and defenders of Ukraine were awarded orders and medals.
I would like to note especially today on the submission of our military command of soldiers from the 7th anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery battery of the 3rd anti-aircraft missile division of the 1039th anti-aircraft missile regiment. During the next Russian rocket strike, the battery was protecting in the north of our country and destroying an enemy rocket in the Vyshgorod district of Kyiv region.