I met with @AussenMinDE Johann Wadephul and executives of German defense companies. Pleased to welcome him on his first visit to Kyiv. We discussed sanctions pressure on Russia, the potential for supplying new IRIS-T systems, and joint weapons production – both in Ukraine and in pic.x.com/eic79qFJJz

Almost all night long, air raid alerts sounded across Ukraine — 477 drones were in our skies, most of them Russian-Iranian Shaheds, along with 60 missiles of various types. The Russians were targeting everything that sustains life. A residential building in Smila was also hit, pic.x.com/1ExZhYAMBg

In 2005, Ukraine ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and Their Destruction, commonly known as the Ottawa Convention, and since then has faithfully fulfilled its obligations. At the same time, the pic.x.com/JnattZfVUf

Russia’s latest attack used around 500 drones and missiles. The growing scale of terror proves the urgency of new sanctions. The EU and the US need them not only for Ukraine, but for themselves. Depriving Russia’s terror machine of resources is now a transatlantic security issue. pic.x.com/8tCyCPv9mM