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The "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum is happening now in Kyiv, featuring Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Head of the President's Office, and more. President Zelenskyy's press conference is coming up.
Live Updates:
Key points from Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine, at the "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum:
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- $50B G7 grant will cover Ukraine's budget deficit, repaid using frozen Russian assets.
- Ukraine now produces all drone components domestically; nearly 1M drones already… pic.twitter.com/7kWSaSIsQA
Key points from Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, at the "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum:
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- The parliament focuses on the implementation of President Zelenskyy’s #PeaceFormula, especially Point 5.
- Hosting international Crimea platforms; last… pic.twitter.com/n5VGAGca5F
Regarding domestically made weaponry:
$50 billion in G7 grants will be used to cover the budget deficit.
Ukraine will repay these funds using frozen Russian assets.
Drones: from components to spare parts—everything is produced in Ukraine.
Currently, Ukraine is producing and supplying around 1 million drones. All this has been achieved in 2 years during the war.
Hundreds of billions of hryvnias are being spent on purchasing from Ukrainian manufacturers.
Partners are buying Ukrainian weapons. This is the first time that partners are purchasing military equipment for Ukraine's defense.
![Head of the President's Office Andrii Yermak speaking at the "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum. Source: United24 Media]( "Head of the President's Office Andrii Yermak speaking at the \"Ukraine 2024. Independence\" forum. Source: United24 Media")
Head of the President's Office Andrii Yermak speaking at the "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum. Source: United24 Media
Key points from Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, at the "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum:
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- Peace Formula: Ukraine shouldn’t face Russia alone. The Peace Summit was a diplomatic success, with 93 countries signing the final communiqué—new countries… pic.twitter.com/OVKiIDnxhM
⚡️ India will support only a peace plan that preserves Ukraine's territorial integrity, says Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
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- The second Summit on Peace for Ukraine aims to be held in a Global South country.
- Over 100 countries support… pic.twitter.com/i2mpJwk6UP
⚡️ Since the full-scale invasion began, Ukraine has registered 136,000 Russian war crimes.
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Prosecutors identified 660 suspects, with 126 convicted. Andriy Kostin, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, noted that these numbers may be incomplete due to inaccessible occupied areas.… pic.twitter.com/g469bXo9nD
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal:
"Yesterday there were the first attacks with cluster munition rockets targeting our distribution substations; there were dozens of rockets."
According to Shmyhal, equipment losses turned out to be minimal despite the numerous strikes.
"Out of the dozens of strikes yesterday, we lost a very small amount of our equipment," Shmyhal added.
Key points from Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, at the “Ukraine 2024. Independence” forum:
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- Russia wants to change the world order, they do not see Ukraine in this world order.
- Russia sees strength as the only language it understands.
- Ukraine is defending its… pic.twitter.com/fzBUYPwFbN
Key points from Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi:
Russia’s main efforts are currently in the Donetsk direction.
In the Southern direction, Russian forces have reduced activity and shifted to the Kursk direction.
Over 50 combat clashes daily.
Russia has a large numbers of personnel and infantry assault groups.
The enemy is advancing at a high cost. Up to 300 Russian military personnel are killed daily in Porkovsk direction.
One of the tasks in the Kursk direction is diverting enemy forces from Pokrovsk and Kurakhove and to protect civilian infrastructure in the Sumy region.
Currently, 30,000 Russian troops have been redeployed to the Kursk direction.
Ukraine has gained 1,294 square kilometers of territory and 100 settlements in Kursk region. Exchange fund is 594 Russian servicemen.
