Pressure on Russia is needed for diplomacy to work - Presidential address

We are working to increase the production of jet drones, as well as drones on the fiber - it is very important right now, one of the key things, and we need sufficient supply to the troops. We also talked about our missile program today - maximum production acceleration. We also work to ensure that the anti -aircraft missile systems, all necessary air defense systems are built in Ukraine.

These days, during meetings in Europe, and earlier, in negotiations with other partners, we talked about the localization of production in Ukraine, the localization of some air defense systems, the localization of missiles to them - we must come to this. I want to thank all our partners who support us in such industrial and technological development, and everything we are now achieving in Ukraine will be a common result of the whole of Europe - our common and long -term security.

Today, there was also a separate report of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, in particular, regarding packages of support from partners. There are good new arrangements. There is also an understanding that a new meeting in the Ramstein format - Germany and Britain, should be held in April. We are working on meaningful filling.

I instructed the Minister of Defense of Ukraine to present to our American partners all the facts of damage to our energy infrastructure as a result of Russian shelling - only in the past day was a purposeful Russian blow to drones in gas infrastructure in Poltava, also a blow to the city of Kherson. Yesterday, as a result of one of the Russian blows in the city of Kharkiv, there was damage to the heat supply infrastructure.

All this suggests that Russia will disrupt diplomacy and will continue to do so and that Moscow's only tactics remains a delay in war. Putin in words says something that he agrees with the American side, but in fact, the Russian army simply continues to press with all the combat. Accordingly, pressure on Russia is required for diplomacy to work.

On March 11, Ukraine adopted an American proposal for an unconditional ceasefire, and since then all responsibility for the inhibition of diplomacy - in Russia. Today, he also agreed with several personnel decisions that should strengthen our defense - the aviation component of defense forces. We had a meeting with representatives of the public sector, with the military, the office that helped the development of military aviation.

The conversation was then attended by the mother of Jusa - Hero of Ukraine Andriy Pilshchikov - Lilia Averyanova. And we have agreed all the new structure to strengthen the aviation component, as well as agreed specific management and technological steps. Now - destination. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine will be specialized in the deputy for combat aviation - Alexander Kozenko will be. He was engaged in adaptation of F-16 and MiRage in Ukraine for a long time.

Major General Alexei Marchenko will now serve as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine at this, aviation, direction, brigade General Sergey Golubtsov will be the deputy commander of the Air Force and Colonel Alexander Dyakov-the commander of aviation, deputy commander of the Air Force. Clear terms are determined when the new management structure has to produce more results and motivation to the entire aviation component of defense forces.