According to the head of state, Ukraine began the year “by working to strengthen our defense – in particular, to strengthen the Ukrainian air shield.”

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on Monday, January 1, had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau. This was the first international conversation of the head of the Ukrainian state in 2024.

As noted on X Zelensky’s social network, Ukraine began the year “by working to strengthen our defense, in particular to strengthen the Ukrainian air shield.”

“I informed Justin about Russian attacks on our cities and villages: constant missile terror, attacks by suicide bombers,” Zelensky wrote.

He recalled that only in the evening before the New Year and New Year’s Eve, our air defense forces managed to destroy more than 80 attack drones, but, unfortunately, in the Sumy, Odessa, Lvov, Poltava, Kiev, Donetsk and Kherson regions there were also hits that led to damage to civilian objects.

“I am grateful to Justin for his willingness to help strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian sky, in particular for the supply of additional Nasams systems and missiles for them,” Zelensky emphasized.

According to him, he discussed with the Canadian Prime Minister work on security guarantees. In particular, the parties agreed that “our teams will in the near future intensify bilateral dialogue for an appropriate agreement.”

Zelensky also announced the fourth meeting of advisers who are working to implement the peace formula. It is due to take place in mid-January in Davos.

“I am grateful to both Justin personally and Canada for their respective global support for our efforts. I am also grateful for the assurances that Canadian assistance to Ukraine will continue next year, both in what is needed for our strength on the battlefield and financially.” sphere. We value interaction with Canada and are grateful for every manifestation of support for our state, our independence,” the President of Ukraine concluded.

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