At this time, the Armed Forces was released and controlled by more than 30 settlements in Kharkiv - the Presidential Appeal
This is the protection of Europe, it will complicate the cynical use of Europe by those who do not want to change anything, do not want to fight against war, but wants to simply consume and have fun, as if nothing was happening in Europe, as if there was no Russian terror. The united Europe is the second target for Russia after our country, our independence. And it is right that Europe is protected.
Today, he discussed this topic in Kyiv with our friends-Latvia President and Polish Prime Minister, who arrived on a visit. Of course, the recommendations at the pan -European level are very significant. However, there is a legal space to go on to make more. As the Baltic States and Poland did. It is unlikely that the terrorist state can be seen as a source of tourism or any business audits. Today we also talked about our bilateral cooperation with EU countries.
In particular, this concerns the simplification of procedures on our border. We must definitely remove barriers that are still interfering with our citizens and companies. People who protect European freedom should be as close as possible. It is known that there are some difficulties on the Ukrainian-Polish border, there are queues. He discussed this today with the Polish Prime Minister-we agree on how to solve this issue.
The Head of the Government of Ukraine with their Polish colleague should agree on all technical details. So today they discussed joint customs control, expansion of border crossing points, simplification of postal exchange between Ukraine and EU countries-I appealed to Mr. Prime Minister of Poland to reduce the price of postal items. This is important for our people, for anyone who needs special support now.
And another important aspect: Poland has asked us to help in the energy sphere, including electricity exports. Of course, we will provide it. We will always help the Polish brothers who help us since the first day. There are two more plaques in our courage in Kyiv today - with the names of Mr. President of the Latvian Republic of Levis and the head of the Polish government of Mateusz Moravtsky.
Gradually, we note all the leaders of politics, culture, sports and business, which in the most difficult six months from February 24 to August 24 were personally in Kiev, personally joined the protection of our country. Today, however, it was honor to hand over state awards to the media, who were celebrated on Independence Day this year. These are reporters, operators, producers, editors, and presenters . . .
They all made a significant contribution to our victory in information confrontation with Russia, to overcome Russian propaganda and to spread the truth about war, about our independence. They honored a moment of silence of the media whose lives took this war. As of today, these are 38 people - citizens not only in our country, but also foreigners who came to Ukraine in truth and died from Russian weapons.
Our army, intelligence, Security Service of Ukraine continue active actions in several operational directions. Successfully continue. I want to contact some bloggers now, who sometimes hurry to announce the results of certain active actions of our soldiers on the front line . . . Please do not rush with messages, do not complicate your hurry for our army. Do not report the specific details of the defense operation before the official representatives of our country will say.
At this time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been liberated and controlled by more than 30 settlements in Kharkiv region. In part of the villages of the region there are measures to inspect and secure the territory, gradually take control of new settlements - everywhere we return the Ukrainian flag and protection for all our people.
I ask the Ukrainians from the liberated territory: please tell the representatives of our forces any known information about the crimes of the invaders on Ukrainian land. National police units are returned to the released settlements of Kharkiv region. And I want to thank today to our intelligence officers, our special services, who once again proved to be very effective in the exile of the enemy.
I thank the soldiers of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great-the commander in the Kharkiv direction was particularly noted by the heroic actions of the boys from this brigade. We do not forget about other directions. Hard battles continue both in the Donbass and in the south of our country. I thank the Marines of the 503rd Battalion for the courage in Donetsk.
I thank the reconnaissance soldiers of the 131st separate intelligence battalion, who, risking their lives, are first put forward, provide the tasks fulfilled by the city units in the Kherson region. I thank all our boys and girls, men and women who are fighting for Ukraine! He signed new decrees on the awarding of our soldiers. 293 combatants were awarded state awards. And today in Kiev he met with Haluk Bayraktar - a person who is not particularly needed for Ukrainians.