{"id":49611,"date":"2026-08-03T17:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=49611"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:02:19","slug":"key-statements-from-volodymyr-zelenskyys-meeting-with-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/key-statements-from-volodymyr-zelenskyys-meeting-with-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"Key statements from Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s meeting with diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key statements from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s address at the meeting of the heads of Ukraine&#8217;s diplomatic missions abroad:<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f This winter is a priority that is clear to everyone. The task of diplomats is to secure maximum support on the international stage, in relations with partners, for the Ukrainian government.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f At present, we cannot predict with 100 per cent certainty when diplomatic efforts will bear fruit, or when russia will have no alternative but peace. We will do our utmost to ensure this happens in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f We clearly understand that putin hopes to drag this war out further. We see russia\u2019s true intentions, are uniting our partners and putting pressure on the aggressor.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f This week, there will be a special meeting of the National Security and Defence Council to assess whether resilience plans for the regions and our communities are being implemented or not. Those who fail to implement them will be held to account.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine has reached a new level of defence cooperation with its key international partners through the Drone Deals initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Thanks to the Drone Deals format, Ukraine is receiving long &#8211; term &#8211; annual! &#8211; funding for the country and for Ukrainian defence manufacturers. Drone Deals have now been concluded with nine countries, and a further 15 agreements are in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fEveryone recognises the ballistic threat posed by russia. At the same time, russian companies that manufacture ballistic missiles are still not subject to strict global sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key statements from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s address at the meeting of the heads of Ukraine&#8217;s diplomatic missions abroad: \u25ab\ufe0f This winter is a priority that is clear to everyone. The task of diplomats is to secure maximum support on the international stage, in relations with partners, for the Ukrainian government. \u25ab\ufe0f At present, we cannot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49614,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49611\/revisions\/49614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}