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It is only a matter of time before Ukraine becomes a de jure member of NATO – Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the meeting with Jens Stoltenberg in Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Office of the President of Ukraine
28 September 2023 - 14:48
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/lishe-pitannya-chasu-koli-ukrayina-de-yure-stane-chlenom-nat-85937

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who arrived in Ukraine on a visit.
“I am pleased to welcome the NATO Secretary General to Ukraine, and I am glad to have a meaningful conversation with him. Today it is already a conversation between de facto allies and it is only a matter of time before Ukraine becomes a de jure member of the Alliance. We are doing everything to make it happen sooner,” the Head of State said while speaking to the media following the negotiations with Jens Stoltenberg in Kyiv.
The President praised the results of Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO, which has enabled the creation of defense coalitions. He believes our country’s membership in the Alliance will be completely natural and will reinforce both Ukraine and NATO.
“Today, Mr. Secretary General and I discussed all the key defense issues that require attention: the real situation on the battlefield and the needs of Ukrainian warriors. I am confident that we are capable of exerting further pressure on the aggressor so that Russia would only retreat and lose. And this is the right tactic,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized.
During the meeting, the parties discussed defense against Russian terror, stepping up pressure on Russia, and bolstering Ukraine’s sky shield. In particular, they considered the possibility of supplying additional air defense systems by NATO member states.
“The Secretary General has committed to make personal efforts to support us, to rally the Allies behind this very purpose. We need to come through this winter together, protect our energy infrastructure and people’s lives,” the President noted.
The parties also discussed further work on the rapprochement between Ukraine and NATO. According to the Head of State, the new format of cooperation – the NATO-Ukraine Council – launched at the Vilnius Summit is to ensure our country’s movement towards the Alliance and practical interaction.
“Jointly with NATO, we are drawing up a new document – an adapted Annual National Program, which will determine practical steps to ensure Ukraine’s compliance with the principles and standards of the Alliance,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Separately, the President of Ukraine and the NATO Secretary General discussed the NATO Summit to be held next year in Washington. The parties agreed that the summit should be productive for Ukraine and NATO.
“To this end, our teams will immediately start preparing relevant joint actions,” the Head of State emphasized.
Jens Stoltenberg, for his part, noted that Ukraine enjoys robust support from all NATO member states. According to him, the Allies will continue to provide Ukraine with the most advanced means to repel Russian invasion, including tanks, modern air defense systems, and will train pilots for F-16 aircraft.
“The stronger Ukraine becomes, the closer we will get to ending Russian aggression,” the Secretary General emphasized.
“NATO will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” Jens Stoltenberg added.

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The Russian army is smashing the enemy along the entire front line: manpower and military equipment in 118 districts were hit
28.09.2023 - 15:20
The Russian army is smashing the enemy along the entire front line: manpower and military equipment in 118 districts were hit | Russian Spring
The Russian army continues to conduct a special military operation, the Ministry of Defense reports on the successful actions of our forces in the main sectors of the front.

In the Donetsk direction, two attacks by assault groups of the 53rd ICBM and the 110th ICBM of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the area of the settlement of Pervomaiskoye and southwest of the settlement of Vesele of the DPR.

Enemy losses: up to 190 militants, as well as 11 vehicles, the Grad MLRS, the M777 artillery system (USA), two D-20 guns, and the Msta-B howitzer.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of the 65th ICBM and the 82nd Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the area of Rabotino and northwest of Verbove, Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 45 militants, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (made in the United States), two armored fighting vehicles and three cars, a D-30 gun, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun and an M119 howitzer (made in the United States) were destroyed.

In the South Donetsk direction, two attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the area of the settlement of Priyutne, Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy’s losses amounted to 105 militants, two armored fighting vehicles and five vehicles.

To the north of the village of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region, the DRG of the 110th TerO brigade was destroyed.

In the Krasnoliman direction, an attack by an assault group of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova of the LPR.

Units of the 21st ICBM and the 63rd ICBM of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye and Yampolovka of the DPR.

Enemy losses: up to 60 militants, two armored fighting vehicles, as well as two D-30 howitzers.

In the Kupyansk direction, manpower and equipment of the 14th ICBM and the 32nd ICBM, as well as the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Zagoruykovka, Timkovka of the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhovka of the LPR, were hit.

Up to 50 militants and two vehicles, an M777 howitzer (made in the United States), an M109 Paladin self-propelled gun (made in the United States), an Msta-B howitzer and a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, were destroyed.

In the village of Ogurtsovo, Kharkiv region, an ammunition depot of the 1st Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 20 militants, two cars and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day.

Aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops, unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated enemy manpower and military equipment in 118 districts.

In the area of the settlement of Bohdanivka, Kirovohrad region, the 62nd ammunition arsenal of the ground forces of Ukraine was hit.

In the area of the settlement of Fedorovka of the DPR, a command and observation post of a unit of the 54th ICBM of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Toretskoye DPR.

Air defense systems intercepted four HIMARS and Alder MLRS missiles during the day, and 26 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed.