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Arrived in Denmark with my team for meetings with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Danish parliamentarians, and leading defense companies. An audience with King Frederik X is also scheduled, along with a separate meeting with the prime ministers of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland. The main priority is our security and strengthening our defense. There will be new steps to enhance Ukraine’s defense capabilities – a strong defense package from Denmark. Thank you for this support! Denmark has stood with Ukraine since the first days of the full-scale war and remains one of our most reliable partners and a leader in various formats that strengthen the protection of human lives. We thank the Danish people and government for their unwavering support and concrete decisions that help us stand strong. 🇺🇦 🇩🇰

Ukraine and the Nordic Countries. Today, Mette Frederiksen @Statsmin, @KristrunFrosta, @jonasgahrstore, @PetteriOrpo, @SwedishPM, and I met in Copenhagen. Over the years of Russia’s full-scale war, this format has become a true pillar of strength and resilience for Ukraine. We had a detailed discussion of diplomacy and preparations for the next steps. I briefed them on today’s negotiations in Abu Dhabi. And our shared position is clear: Europe must absolutely be at the negotiating table. I also spoke about Russia’s escalation and its attacks on our energy infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands of families live with power outages every day. The situation is currently most difficult in the Kyiv, Dnipro, and Chernihiv regions. Russian attacks are also causing constant problems with electricity supplies in the Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions. I am grateful for the readiness to help. We are counting heavily on new support packages that will help our people get through such Russian terror this winter. I thank the leaders for coordination in the interests of our shared security. I am grateful to our Nordic friends – Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland – for their continued support, unity, and decisions that help protect lives.

When I received the second report from our negotiating team after their meetings in Abu Dhabi, they told me that the Russians think and say they have already occupied half of Donbas, which remains under our control. These were military officers, Russian intelligence, and they were serious about it. Our team told them, “We don’t know how you can even say such things. We have video footage, images, other things proving that these areas are under our control.” This is the problem. Putin lives in a different reality. Of course, he will be sharing with the Americans that he needs one or two months to fully occupy the east of Ukraine. I can draw a picture for him too where I fully occupy Russia. But it’s not true. What was good is that the American side confirmed the Ukrainian assessment of what is happening on the battlefield. This is why we need to sit and speak at the level of leaders. There are a lot of questions. Like we spoke about the city of Kherson that is divided by the river today. The Russians control one bank, we control the other. But people want to live united on both banks. This is a Ukrainian city. Such issues are sensitive, but we have to speak about them. I think that tomorrow the teams will discuss the possibility of meeting at the level of leaders. I'm not sure that Russia is ready, but we will raise this topic. From a conversation with journalists.