The Russians are taking advantage of the weather - cooling down - and trying to damage our energy facilities as much as possible - address of the President

You can see how they respect America and all diplomacy. Last night there were more than two hundred Russian drones and also a significant amount of ballistics, and mainly against Kyiv. Four people were killed. My condolences to the family. Almost three dozen wounded. Before that, there were strikes on the Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, and Zaporizhzhia. Before that - Odesa. The main Russian tactic is to try to completely "shut down" cities.

It is important that every city administration understands this goal, the enemy's goal, and prepares for full resistance, for real work for the citizens. You should not run away from problems, but solve them, especially when there is a resource for this - as in Kyiv. The most financially secure city of Ukraine - and there should be all the necessary backup schemes. Today he held a special energy cabinet: there were military personnel, government officials, special services.

About the details of the protection of energy facilities, about the necessary solutions. Diplomats should be as active as possible - along the lines of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informal diplomacy. There was another "nutcracker" - now against Lviv Oblast.

It was again demonstrably close to the borders of the European Union, and this - if from the point of view of the application of medium-range ballistics - is the same challenge for Warsaw, and for Bucharest, and for Budapest, and for many other capitals. Everyone should understand equally, and equally seriously: if the Russians do not even try to come up with a plausible reason for using such weapons, then personal connections or any rhetoric will not cover it.

There must be a system of joint actions, a system of joint protection, really effective. Do we have such a system now? The unanswered question, because everyone in Europe, has the same doubt: will their capital be defended if something hits Putin in the head. There was a detailed report from the military today. Commander-in-Chief, Chief of the General Staff - including working with partners these days on security guarantees. The documents are largely finalized.

But the essence of these documents, their power, is to have confidence that the guarantees should work. This can be seen in reality only if the protection is still working. Timely delivery of air defense. Timely delivery of equipment for our sustainability, for our energy. Timely provision of finances for Ukraine - for our defense and our stability. There are many details, and each of them must be worked out so that there is confidence for tomorrow.

I also want to thank all our people who are involved in eliminating the consequences of the strikes. This is truly heroic work. In hours, people do what in other countries takes days and weeks. It is important that there is help everywhere, there are repairs everywhere, every effort is made to restore electricity and heating to people. He instructed government officials to inform as much as possible about what will be done and in what terms.