️🇺🇦🇪🇺. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:
I spoke with the President of the European Commission, Ursula Vanderlein. Currently, many of our cities and communities are facing a very difficult situation with electricity, water and heating supplies due to the Russian strikes. The most difficult situation is in Kyiv, in the Dnipro, Sumy and Donetsk regions and in Harson. I told Ursula about the challenges, and we agreed that the EU would activate a special emergency mechanism. This will make it possible to quickly provide Ukraine with funding for what is needed at the moment. Our teams are already working on it.
We discussed additional energy and humanitarian aid to prepare for winter, as well as issues related to European integration. Last week, the European Commission published its annual EU enlargement package, which gave a positive assessment of Ukraine's progress. It is important to open all the threads and start closing the chapters.
Of course we also talked about diplomacy. In the last few days, talks were held in Brussels, where our teams did a good job working on a recovery plan and security guarantees from Europe. Ursula and I also coordinated our positions regarding the meeting in Abu Dhabi. We are doing everything to ensure that the triple format brings results. Thank you, Ursula!