[as translated from the Ukrainian language by the Ukrainian Govt]
Dear
Ukrainians!
From early morning today, various regions of our country have been experiencing
air alerts and Russian strikes. From the east to the south... Sumy, Chernihiv,
Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions, Kherson and the region, Odesa, Mykolaiv,
Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions. Missiles, drone strikes, artillery. There is a
lot of destruction — houses, port infrastructure, and energy facilities. There
are casualties and, unfortunately, fatalities. My condolences to their families
and loved ones. Throughout the day, our air defense system was in action, there
were responses to Russian strikes, the rescuers of the State Emergency Service
of Ukraine, and all the services performed their duties.
But this day is still a little different. Today, we received the long-awaited
decision: the American support package we've been fighting for so hard. And it
is a very significant package that will be felt by both our warriors on the
frontline and our cities and villages suffering from Russian terror. The U.S.
House of Representatives voted today.
I thank everyone who supported our package -- this is a life-saving decision. I
am grateful personally to Speaker Mike Johnson, to all American hearts who, like
us in Ukraine, feel that Russian evil definitely should not prevail. I hope that
the package will be considered in the U.S. Senate and submitted to President
Biden’s desk quickly enough.
We appreciate every manifestation of support for our state and independence, for
our people, and for our lives that Russia wants to bury in ruins. America has
shown its leadership from the very first days of this war. And this kind of
American leadership is crucial for the maintenance of an international order in
the world based on rules and predictability of life for all nations. We will
certainly use American support to strengthen both our nations and bring a just
end to this war closer -- a war that Putin must lose.
And I thank the entire Ukrainian team, everyone who works and does everything to
bring this outcome closer. I thank all the representatives of our state, all our
diplomats who are working to increase the support for Ukraine, all the
representatives of the public sector, every volunteer, all the friends of
Ukraine. I am grateful to my team. The world unites for Ukraine when Ukrainians
unite for independence.
And today I would like to honor those of our people who have shown their best in
the aftermath of the Russian strikes over the week -- helping people, protecting
lives. These are the employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, our
medical workers, police officers. Everyone who works on the scene after the
hits. Everyone who rescues people from under the rubble, stops fires, and saves
the injured. Thank you all!
I would like to mention some of them in particular... Dnipro: Denys Mikheyev,
Artem Serha, Dmytro Nikolayenko -- these guys are from the State Emergency
Service. Vitaliy Arkhypov -- an emergency doctor in the Dnipro region, Yevhen
Holitsyn -- an emergency feldsher. I would also like to mention the police
officers: Oleksiy Bondarenko and Vitaliy Andriyanov. Thank you! Karyna
Kolisnychenko -- a dog handler from the Pavlohrad search and rescue unit. Thank
you for every life saved.
Odesa, SES: Yuriy Sukhorukov, Vitaliy Telehus and Artem Kopechynskyi. Thank you,
guys!
Chernihiv: Artem Lysenko -- a firefighter, Vadym Avramenko and Maksym Zhylko --
also employees of the SES in the region, as well as police officers Andriy Vovk
and Bohdan Tkachuk. Thank you! I am also grateful to Natalia Nosenok, a nurse
who really cares about people and helps them.
I am grateful to everyone who cares about Ukrainians, about life in our country,
about their city, their community, about our entire country! And I am especially
thankful to each of our warriors. To all those who destroy the Russian occupier,
who hold the frontline and thus preserve Ukraine on the world map. We are doing
everything to ensure that our warriors have as many opportunities as possible so
that this war ends as soon as possible on our terms, Ukrainian terms.
Glory
to Ukraine!
Original Text Source: president.gov.ua/en
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