Strengthening air defense and expanding the PURL program - the President met with representatives of NATO countries

First of all, the President expressed his gratitude to Germany for Patriot systems, the USA for the opportunity to purchase weapons and air defense systems through the PURL program, Great Britain and France for missiles, Canada and the Netherlands for contributions to the PURL initiative, as well as all other countries for their support and assistance. Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on all countries that are not yet members to join the PURL program. "Thank you all for coming to Ukraine, to Kyiv.

It is very important and symbolic for us, and of course it is a very important signal of support. Thank you that Ukraine, Ukrainians can count on your countries, that we can count on the support of NATO, on the leaders of your states. This is important during the war," said the President.

During the meeting, they discussed in detail the possibilities for strengthening the protection of the Ukrainian energy industry before the onset of winter: the purchase of additional air defense systems, missiles for them, as well as the strengthening of Ukraine's combat aviation. The Permanent Representative of the United States of America to NATO noted that coordination of the November and December aid packages in accordance with Ukraine's needs is ongoing.

"I want to make sure that everything is working, that the military gets everything they need, that the Patriot air defense systems, the PAC-3, PAC-2 missiles are delivered as quickly as possible so that you can protect critical infrastructure as winter approaches," said Matthew Whitaker. During the meeting, they also discussed increasing pressure on Russia. The head of state thanked the USA for the sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as the European Union for the 19th sanctions package.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called to continue work in this direction in order to increase pressure on Russia and force it to end the war.

The meeting was attended by the permanent representative of the United States of America to NATO Matthew Whitaker, the permanent representative of Germany to NATO Detlef Wachter, the permanent representative of France to NATO David Zwach, the permanent representative of Italy to NATO Alessandro Azzoni, the permanent representative of Poland to NATO Jacek Naider, the permanent representative of Canada to NATO Heidi Gulan, the deputy permanent representative of Great Britain to NATO Ingrid Southworth, the deputy permanent representative of the Netherlands to NATO Hans Sandee, chargé d'affaires of the USA in Ukraine Julie Davis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Ukraine Natalka Tsmots, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Dorhout, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Ukraine Heiko Toms, chargé d'affaires of Poland in Ukraine Piotr Lukasiewicz, chargé d'affaires of France in Ukraine Sébastien Suren, deputy ambassadors of the Great Britain and Italy in Ukraine by Charlotte Suren and Francesco Pesce.