President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced on Thursday evening that he spoke by phone with US President Joe Biden about maintaining aid to Ukraine in 2024 and said it would be a “significant support package” of around 60 billion euros.

“I just finished a conversation with US President Biden. As always, it was a meaningful conversation – allied. A strong signal of support is as much as we need to win. I am grateful to President Biden, Congress – of both parties – and the American people for their strong support and leadership in helping to unite the world in defense of life and a rules-based international order. Ukrainians know how important a strong force is in defense against terror and aggression. We have unity, unity in the partner countries, especially in America. Unity in the world,” Zelensky said in a video address to the nation.

He said he also spoke with Joe Biden about “other joint efforts to protect freedom” and mentioned defense support, including that ATACMS missiles recently revealed to have been secretly delivered by the US could help speed the liberation of Ukraine.

“Of course, we also talked about maintaining aid to Ukraine next year – a significant package of support for our country,” Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian leader also said that he asked President Biden about his recent visit to Israel and asked his opinion on the development of the situation. “We share the same view on the need to avoid further destabilization and war in this region of the world. Ukrainians and Americans – we express our condolences to all the victims of the tragic events. Ukraine is ready to cooperate with America and all partners to stabilize the situation and save as many lives as possible,” Zelenskyy said.

The President of Ukraine said that he also spoke on Thursday with UN Secretary General António Guterres about how UN institutions can help the Ukrainian people in winter, as well as the routes of food exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea and the need to protect Ukrainian ports from Russian attacks. “Of course, we also discussed the situation in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East in general. The whole world must be strengthened so that peace reigns in every region of the world – on the whole earth. And no matter what happens, all parties must ensure that ordinary civilians receive the help they need and can avoid hostilities. Any forms of terror and war are unacceptable,” Zelenskyi said.

While some Western media wrote that part of the military aid intended for Ukraine would be redirected to Israel, Volodymyr Zelenskyi concluded his speech by saying: “We must continue to do everything possible and impossible so that the majority of the world is with Ukraine “. .