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The Daily Combat Results of the Ukrainian Army, Our Special Forces, and Our Deep Strikes - These Are All Proof That Ukraine Can Defend Its Interests - Address by the President

President of Ukraine

26 November 2025 - 20:02

Dear Ukrainians!

Today, I held a Staff meeting, focusing on several key areas. First - air defense and everything needed for the daily downing of Russian missiles and the downing of drones. Funding for interceptors, production volumes, agreements with our partners - the Ministry of Defense and the military command maintain regular oversight of all this, and production must be ramped up to the maximum. Special attention was on short- and medium-range air defense, which is needed both at the front and for protecting energy facilities. We have updated our needs, and production will be increased accordingly. Our Ukrainian production is our guarantee of protection. Ukrainians cannot depend on whether something can be sourced from the global market or from partners' stockpiles. Production targets must be met on time, with personal accountability at every level. We are also addressing brigade requests, following my visits to the frontline areas. One such request concerns the fair distribution of personnel among brigades. The replenishment of brigades must be reviewed, of course. This is being raised in nearly every combat brigade, and the Staff has now tasked Chief of the General Staff Andrii Hnatov, together with Pavlo Palisa, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office and a highly experienced military officer, to work through all of this. Draft decisions are expected to be prepared for me shortly. Of course, detailed reports on the frontline situation were presented across key areas. Kupyansk, Pokrovsk, Huliaipole. It is important that our Ukrainian warriors continue destroying the enemy, holding positions, and completing combat missions. This is the very foundation of our ability to negotiate in Ukraine's interests. Russians are peddling the narrative around the world that Ukraine allegedly cannot defend itself. They are saying that Ukrainian warriors cannot defend themselves. The daily combat results of the Ukrainian army, the daily results of our special forces, and our deep strikes - these are all proof that Ukraine can defend its interests. And now every eliminated Russian occupier, every replenishment of our exchange fund for Ukraine, every Russian assault Ukrainians have repelled, every piece of destroyed Russian equipment, every deep strike we carry out - these are all arguments showing that it's worth standing with Ukraine, worth helping Ukraine, and that it is not Ukraine that must be pressured for peace, but Russia - the sole reason this war drags on. I want to thank all our warriors who feel the situation this way, and every single person who, now and always, helps our army, helps our state.

I want to recognize - for their performance in the battles over the past few days in the Kupyansk direction - the warriors of the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade and the 475th Separate Assault Regiment. Thank you, warriors! In the battles in the Donetsk region - the 82nd and 95th Airborne Assault Brigades, the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 25th Separate Assault Battalion, the 1st Assault Regiment, the 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, and the 425th Separate Assault Regiment. Thank you! The Zaporizhzhia region - the warriors of the 5th and 92nd Assault Brigades, units of the 1st, 33rd, and 225th Separate Assault Regiments. Thank you! The Sumy region - units of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment and the 71st Jaeger Brigade. Thank you!

One more thing.

Winter support payments have already begun - both for those who submitted applications through Diia, and also via Ukrposhta. Payments have already started, including in frontline regions and border areas with Russia. In such communities alone, more than 133,000 applications have been filed through Ukrposhta, with a total of nearly 550,000 applications submitted through the Ukrposhta network. In Diia, the number of applications is almost 11 million. It is important to submit the application this year, before Christmas. It will also be available for use next year - for utilities, for designated other needs, and of course, to support our army through donations to volunteers. Every act of support matters. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine!

Glory to Ukraine!