Yesterday, Putin put on a performance, particularly for the United States too, and he spoke completely openly. Yes, he wants all of Ukraine – an…

Yesterday, Putin put on a performance, particularly for the United States too, and he spoke completely openly. Yes, he wants all of Ukraine – and he had wanted it not just for four years, not just since 2014, but long before that, because he himself was shaped that way by Russian imperialism. And when he speaks about Ukraine and something else about Russian soldiers’ boots on the ground, he is also speaking about Belarus, the Baltic states, Moldova, the Caucasus, countries like Kazakhstan, and every place on Earth that Russian killers can reach. Putin’s power ends where the capabilities of Russian killers end.

Of course, Ukraine will defend itself. Everyone in the world must choose where they stand. On our part, we in Ukraine have adopted a number of new decisions, taking into account the frankness of the Russian murderers who openly declare that they do not intend to stop.

First, there will be new international measures on our part to achieve truly tangible international sanctions against Russia. We are also intensifying all sanctions-related work within Ukraine – internal efforts so that everyone who still helps Russia, cooperates with it in any way, or maintains businesses in the occupied territories – so that each such individual feels that this is absolutely criminal activity.

Second, we will allocate more resources to our drones of all types, from deep-strike drones to concrete protection against Russian boots on the frontline.

Third, we will make changes to certain staff positions, including within the Ukrainian diplomatic corps and institutional management, to increase Ukraine’s potential both in relations with partners and in internal Ukrainian resilience. As for the diplomatic corps, in a month – including through a meeting with all Ukrainian ambassadors – we will draw conclusions about this transformation.

Currently, this is a month of special measures aimed at applying new pressure on Russia – on the occupier – to complicate their situation, thereby simplifying our path to peace.

Details of today’s instructions to the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine remain confidential. Separately, the National Security and Defense Council will issue decisions; they are currently being prepared. And we will provide virtually daily updates on what Ukrainian diplomats are doing to achieve our Ukrainian goals.

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