The meeting was attended by at. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko and the heads of some OVAs, who reported on the implementation of the law on national resistance.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Staff with a new composition.

“A few hours ago, I held another meeting of the stake. New participants were involved in the meeting, in particular the acting Minister of Internal Affairs – head of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko. He keeps under control everything that depends on the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in matters of our defense and security.” – the president noted in his evening video message.

Also, according to Zelenskyi, the heads of some regional military administrations took part in the stake meeting today, who reported on the implementation of the law on national resistance.

In particular, we are talking about the heads of the Volyn, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, and Odesa OUVs.

“I think it is clear why the geography is like that. Every element of our defense, including ground defense, must be adjusted accordingly,” the head of state emphasized.

He added that traditionally at Stavka they listened to the reports of the commander-in-chief, as well as the commander of the most “hot” operational direction on the front – “Khortytsia”.

“We are taking appropriate steps to strengthen our units in the battle for Donbas,” Zelenskyy said.

The President also emphasized the successes of border guards of the Luhansk and Kramatorsk detachments, who, together with other fighters of the Defense and Security Forces, are fighting in the Donetsk direction, protecting Bakhmut.

“Thank you, guys, for your steadfastness and ability to inflict precisely such losses on the enemy, which gradually renders the occupiers’ attack pointless! Thank you also to the soldiers of the special unit Dozor of the State Border Service of Ukraine for effectively deterring the enemy,” the president said.

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We will remind that on the eve of “Ramstein-8” Zelensky asked the allies to hand over “an adequate number of tanks” to Ukraine.

On January 19, the President of Ukraine held a meeting with the Chairman of the European Council, Charles Michel, and presented him with an award.

Zelensky also stated on January 19 that “the terrorist war of the Russian Federation should be the last in history.”