Zelenskyy thanks G7 ministers for supporting Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday thanked the G7 nations for announcing today a coordination mechanism to help rebuild Ukraine's shattered energy infrastructure.
Earlier in the day, the foreign ministers of the G7 and Australia met in Germany where they reiterated their support for Ukraine for as "long as it takes."
The president went on to say that fierce fighting was underway in the east of the country, while brigades in the south were inflicting heavy losses on the Russian military. He said that Russia was continuing to draft men to fight despite announcements that the mobilization was over.
"Today we have a very important statement from the ministers of foreign affairs of the G7, a very thorough one." said Volodymyr Zelenskyy
"It covers key aspects of the situation in our defence against Russian aggression. I especially want to thank the partners for creating a coordination mechanism to help our country rebuild its critical energy infrastructure."
"Today we have a new defence assistance package from our American friends. The amount of the package is $400 million. And in particular, it is armored vehicles, which we very much need to move forward at the front. I am grateful to President Biden, the U.S. Congress and the entire American people for the continued and vital assistance."
"During the day, an air alert was announced several times in most regions of our country. There are downed Shaheds, there are downed Kalibrs."
"In particular, eight Shaheds were shot down by the unit of the 301st Nikopol anti-aircraft missile regiment."
"Two Kalibrs were destroyed by the units of the South and Center air commands. I thank you warriors for this result.In the south, as usual, the fighters of the Yakov Handziuk 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade have good results."
"They destroyed enemy equipment, Russian manpower."
"The fighters of the 406th Separate Artillery Brigade are also doing a great job - very precisely.The fiercest fighting throughout this week is concentrated in Donbas – Bakhmut and Soledar. We are holding our positions. And in these and some other directions in the Donetsk region, the Russian army has already spent as many lives of its people and as much ammunition as it probably did not spend in the two Chechen wars combined."
He went on to laud foreign leaders for being cautious of talks with Russia, stating that the global community was aware of Russia's bad faith approach to talks.
