President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation, outlining the top priority for our country and summarizing two months of work by the state charity platform United24.

"Ukrainians! Ukrainian women!

All our defenders!

On the night of July 5, almost throughout the territory of our state, an air raid alert was announced. In the capital and in some regions, there had been no alerts for a certain period, and some felt particularly uneasy due to this unusual silence. They speculated, feared, sought explanations, as if occupiers were preparing for something... It's not worth worrying yourself. There is no point looking for logic in the actions of terrorists. The Russian army makes no pauses. Its sole mission is to take lives from our people, scare them, so that even a few days without an air raid alert are felt as part of the terror. And today evening, Kyiv and almost all of Ukraine — with an air raid alert. At this hour there are strikes in Khmelnytskyi: victims, injured — details are being clarified.

Our task is to hold on, take care of ourselves, especially our emotions, help the country's defense as much as possible, protect the state for however long it takes for our victory.

Occupants struck again in Sumy, Mykolaiv and the region, Dnipropetrovsk. Part of the rockets were intercepted by our air defense forces. And we will not and do not shorten our diplomatic efforts to obtain modern and sufficient anti-rocket systems for Ukraine.

This is the top priority task for our state — to provide basic security for Ukrainians, a basic protection from rocket attacks this year. But the fulfillment of this task depends not only on us but also on the understanding by partners of our fundamental needs.

I spoke today with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. I thanked him for expanding the security assistance to our state by another hundred million pounds — in addition to the defense support package worth a billion pounds, announced recently. This is very significant help for us.

We also discussed with Boris the security guarantee system for Ukraine that we are developing and which should work long-term for our people.

I participated together with the presidents of Moldova and Greece in a special conference edition of The Economist. This is already the 26th such annual event, and this year "Ukraine" and "security," naturally, were the main words. Why do we need this? Our state needs certainty about security space now. We are working very actively to ensure that all our partners in Europe and on other continents understand our vision of security guarantees.

Today we also summed up two months of work by the state charity platform United24. During this time, thanks to people from dozens of countries, more than two billion hryvnia was collected for Ukraine's needs. This is not only help for our defenders but also contributions towards reconstruction and humanitarian needs.

I personally thanked the actor Liev Schreiber for joining United24 as an ambassador. He — a co-founder of the charity organization BlueCheck, which has funded programs for psychological support and evacuation of over twenty thousand orphans from institutions and children's homes in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, and Odesa regions. Liev's organization also helps families of internally displaced persons in Lviv. Now he will work on the humanitarian front together with Andriy Shevchenko, Elena Svitolina.

And one more thing — very important. Today there were many disputes in society about the General Staff's decision to approve certain permits for military personnel, conscripts and reservists. I see that there are different assessments of this decision, misunderstandings and even outrage in society. I tasked the Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to brief me on all details during tomorrow's regular meeting of the Supreme Council — one of the points on the agenda. I promise the people that we will address this.

And I ask the General Staff not to make such decisions without me in the future.

Glory to Ukraine!"