Zelensky spoke about the situation in the Donbass and the southern direction

The President spoke about this in his video message on the evening of March 31.

The main message from the President:

The 36th day of our nationwide defense is coming to an end after 8 years of war in the Donbass.

They said three or five days. Thirty-six already. And we are standing. And we'll fight on

Our Armed Forces, National Police and National Guard Intelligence are gradually liberating Ukrainian cities from invaders.

To the north of Kyiv, in the Chernihiv direction, in the Sumy region, the expulsion of the invaders continues.

A decree was signed on awarding our heroes - 136 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thanks to everyone

Anti-heroes: no longer generals - ex-head of the main department of internal security of the SBU Naumov Andrey Olegovich and ex-head of the SBU in the Kherson region Krivoruchko Sergey Aleksandrovich.

The situation in the south and in the Donbass remains very difficult.

Also in the Donbass, in Mariupol, in the Kharkiv direction, Russian troops are accumulating potential for strikes. Powerful blows.

Addressed today to the parliaments of partner states: Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium. He called for further strengthening of sanctions against Russia.

In addition to sanctions, we had a substantive discussion with Charles Michel on economic support for Ukraine and financing of priority projects. The dynamics of our movement towards full membership in the EU.

The sanctions policy was one of the subjects of a conversation between Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President, and Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser to the President of the United States. The US has imposed a new package of sanctions against Russia.

I am grateful for Turkey's readiness to become a security guarantor for Ukraine.

The state will return to our people everything that the infidels destroyed - houses, apartments with the help of the state service "Action".

In a few days, 25 thousand 491 applications were submitted. The number of inhabitants in these houses and apartments that were destroyed is 63,471 people.