Ukraine cannot and will not put up with Russia's attempts to capture any part of our land-President Vladimir Zelensky's address
Thank you all for their clear and unambiguous support. Thank you all for understanding our position. Ukraine cannot and will not put up with any attempt by Russia to capture any part of our land. I thanked it once again to President Erdogan for helping our people from Russian captivity. Azovstal commanders who are in Turkey will be able to see their relatives in the near future. We work for that.
Also, by the way, the implementation of the assistance plan has already begun to each who was released from captivity recently. They receive primary care items. First of all, it is medical support - they all need a recovery after which they had to take captivity. This work is under the control of the Ombudsman, the representatives of the office, in intelligence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the SBU, the Ministry of Health, the Command of Medical Forces.
And we will take appropriate measures that are now being worked out to all our people, whom we release from captivity of the invaders. I will emphasize again: we remember all our people and try to release everyone and each of the captivity, we have not forgotten any Ukrainian. We discussed today with President Erdogan and our further defensive interaction, our response to those aggressive steps that Russia has already taken and is still preparing to take.
A wide range of issues - political, financial, defensive, energy - were discussed with German Chancellor. In defensive topics, I emphasized our expectation of the missile defense system from Germany - thank you for your willingness to help with air defense. Other points of defense interaction were also discussed substantially - there are many of them, they are clear. Of course, energy issues, including gas supply to Europe and diversions at the Nord Stream, were touched.
We discussed the preparation of a new European Union sanction package with Mr. Chancellor - we must make it really strong, not symbolic. As of today, there is something else to supplement the eighth sanction package. Conversation with Canada Prime Minister was, as always, very specific and concerned first of all how Canada could increase Ukraine's support. Among other things, they discussed mine. Canada has both appropriate technologies and appropriate humanitarian ambitions.
I suggested that the prime minister of Trudeau to become a leader in global efforts to clean our land from Russian mines and shells. Through the Russian war, Ukrainian land is one of the most polluted mines in the world. Although there are similar examples of large -scale pollution in the world, we have to do what others have done so far: we have to create a precedent of rapid and large -scale demining, not leave this problem for decades. I thank Canada for their willingness to help us. Ms.
Liz TRASS discussed Britain's opportunities to strengthen sanctions against Russia, as well as in increasing defense assistance for our country. I thank the fundamental condemnation of the Russian farce under the guise of a referendum, for full support and willingness to go with us to return freedom to all our people-in all parts of Ukraine, without any exception.
The conversation with the UN Secretary General also concerned the pseudo -referendum and the obvious preparation of the soil to attempt to annex our territory. These brutal violations of the UN Charter must be punished. The implementation of our export grain initiative was discussed with Mr. Guterres. They agreed that the initiative should not only be preserved, not only to protect it from any efforts to disrupt it, but also to expand it.
Ukraine is ready to significantly increase the export of our agricultural products to the countries that need it and the relevant interaction with the UN for the sake of humanitarian purposes and assistance to countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, etc. Recently completed the conversation with Charles Michel. As always, it was a conversation of real friends. I thank you for their full support in pseudo -referendums and for the willingness to expand the assistance of Ukraine.
Of course, they also discussed the preparation of new sanctions. Tomorrow I will continue such intense communication with leaders. And today I want to thank the United States of America and personally Biden President for a new defense package for our country with a volume of more than $ 1 billion. This is really important.
If someone in Russia thinks that they can "slip" with all that they do in the occupied territory, if someone in Russia hopes that the world will betray their values, frightened Russia is mistaken. Each subsequent escalation step of the occupier only confirms the fact that the world must act even tougher. In the evening he signed another decrees on the awarding of our defenders.
State awards were awarded: 71 fighters of the National Guard, 21 employee of the State Emergency Service, 52 border guards. 320 participants of hostilities were noted for brave and effective actions when liberating from the occupation of the Kharkiv region. As for the situation on the front, everything is clear to us. Therefore, I repeat again . . . the topics, that is only in Russian. Want to live - Begite. Want to live - go to the PLEN. You want to live - brushes on your own pursuits for your freedom.