Today, I held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine and our diplomatic team to discuss our ke

Today, I held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine and our diplomatic team to discuss our key priorities in working with partners over the coming weeks – in response to this situation. The Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office, our military, and our negotiating team have a clear task – to meet Ukraine’s current defense funding needs. Everything we can do together with our partners, using their funding – and this applies first and foremost to defense orders – must be 100% complete by the end of the year. So full funding is needed. And it must be secured.

We have concrete decisions and a way forward on agreements with our partners. And it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the team at the Office to deliver in full on everything we discussed today. I am counting on effective support from members of parliament – if government officials fulfill their share of the commitments by October 15 to secure the funding Ukraine needs, then we need an equally clear timeline from parliament. The Government and our diplomats will maintain close communication with members of parliament.