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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with troopers on the frontline and internally displaced Ukrainians throughout a visit to Zaporizhzhia area on Sunday.
Zelensky “visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian army,” taking the chance to acquaint himself “with the operational scenario on the frontline of protection,” an announcement from the Ukrainian Presidency mentioned.
The president spoke with the troopers, presenting them with state awards and thanking them for his or her service, in response to the assertion.
“I need to thanks to your nice work, to your service, for shielding all of us, our state. I’m grateful to everybody. I need to want you and your households good well being. Handle yourselves,” Zelensky advised the frontline troopers.
He additionally paid a visit to a sanatorium the place internally displaced Ukrainians, compelled to flee their properties, have been receiving shelter and medical care, in response to a separate assertion from the Ukrainian Presidency.
Some extra context: Virtually 12 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky advised lawmakers in Luxembourg on Thursday.
I perceive that everybody needs to return dwelling. And this housing, irrespective of how comfy it’s, can’t be in contrast with your personal dwelling. There’s nowhere higher than dwelling,” Zelensky advised the IDPs on Sunday.
IDPs who had traveled from the southern metropolis of Mariupol recounted to the president the “tragic occasions they needed to endure because of the Russian invasion, “interesting to him for assist with recovering misplaced paperwork and issuing dying certificates of family members who died within the briefly occupied territories, in response to the assertion.
Zelensky invited them to place ahead strategies for “legislative adjustments” that may very well be made to simplify the procedures for acquiring these paperwork.
He assured the IDPs that each one those that have misplaced their properties shall be supplied with “comfy housing,” in response to the assertion.
Lastly, Zelensky gave a present to 8-year-old boy, Yehor Kravtsov, who saved a diary whereas residing underneath shelling in Mariupol. Yehor, whose “Mariupol Diary” writings had been revealed on social networks, shared his experiences of the town’s bombing with Zelensky.