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Zelenskyy meets with heads of US defense companies to discuss support for Ukraine

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During a working visit to the United States of America Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the heads of defense companies of this country's defense companies.

The President of Ukraine announced this in a Telegram message, according to Ukrinform reports.

I had an important and fruitful meeting with the heads of US defense companies. I am grateful to all the workers, engineers, each and every one of them, who work in American defense companies and partners who produce weapons that save Ukrainians and help our army defend the country. These are the people who have done a lot for Ukraine,

the head of state noted.

According to the Presidential Office, at a meeting held at the Ukraine House in Washington, D.C., was attended by BAE Systems President Tom Arsenault Chairman and CEO of Day & Zimmermann Harold Joh, President of Theodore Colbert, President of Boeing, Fatih Ozmen, Executive Director of Sierra Nevada, Northrop Grumman Vice President Stephen O'Brien, RTX Vice President Jeff Shockley, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Raymond Piselli, Vice President of General Dynamics Mark Ruale, Executive Director of D&M Holding Daniel Powers, Vice President of AeroVironment Charles Dean.

Zelenskyy praised the participation of these companies in the Ukrainian-American Defense Industry Conference last week.

I want to thank all of you, as well as your partners. In addition, I want to to say something important to your employees: you have done a lot for Ukraine. Without people like you, we would not be able to cope and protect our land."

The president said.

He spoke about the idea of creating a defense hub in Europe, which to be located on the territory of Ukraine, as our country has a lot of practical experience gained through the war.

According to Zelenskyy, in order to implement this idea, our state is ready to make all the necessary decisions very quickly, simplify bureaucratic procedures bureaucratic procedures, and place orders: "We are ready to decide quickly, and we have already started doing it, because we have no other way to change the system, because we are at war."

The President emphasized that Ukraine is ready and will produce more ammunition and military equipment, but it needs support from such powerful companies. In particular, it is about the joint production of artillery ammunitionand, air defense systems, artillery and missile systems.

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Ukraine also wants to invite American partners to enter in our defense companies, which will be in the interests of all parties.

In addition, Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of a creative and innovative approach in the defense industry, as exemplified by the FrankenSAM projects, which made it possible to integrate modern Western and old Soviet technological solutions to achieve quick results in protecting Ukrainian cities and the lives of our citizens.

Lilia Podolyak

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