President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation, informing about our country's diplomatic efforts in Africa and Latin America as well as the extension of martial law and general mobilization.

"I wish you good health, dear Ukrainians!

We are preparing for very active weeks in the second half of August — negotiations, meetings, Crimea platform, new appeals to international communities, and legal activities — all initiated by us.

This week we will continue expanding our ties with African countries and the Latin American region. Tomorrow there will be important contacts at the European level. In a few days, an award ceremony for foreign ambassadors who have arrived to work in Kyiv is planned. Although there's currently a pause in global politics — after all, it's August — but for Ukraine, for our country’s interests, there were no pauses and there won't be any.

We are working on new sanctions against Russia and to encourage citizens of the state-terrorist regime to feel their share of responsibility for what is happening.

The debate about visa restrictions in Europe for Russian passport holders is expanding every day, with more countries and politicians joining. Ultimately, this will lead to appropriate decisions.

I am grateful to our intelligence officers, law enforcement officials, journalists, and everyone who works to establish complete information on Russian killers. Ukraine and our partners are receiving increasingly detailed information about those directly responsible for terror and torture, so-called filtration and deportation of our people, looting...

All these criminals will be held accountable.

But we must remember that when evil reaches such proportions, silence from people approaches the level of complicity. And refusal to engage in real struggle against evil becomes a form of support for it. So if you have Russian citizenship and remain silent, then you are not fighting, which means you are supporting it. And wherever you may be — whether within Russia or abroad — your voice should support Ukraine, meaning opposition to this war.

In the near future, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will adopt a decision on extending martial law and general mobilization. An obvious decision with clear reasons.

Ukraine has always sought and continues to seek peace and many times in various negotiation formats offered Russian leadership to end the war and free Ukrainian land from occupation. But so far, Russia believes in terror, remains captive of its propaganda illusions, and still hopes that it might achieve something through various forms of blackmail. It won't.

Therefore, we must defend ourselves, respond to every act of terrorism, to all shelling — to the ruthless shelling that does not stop for a single day. Sadly, we have losses. But we must fight on all levels and fronts, strengthen our country as much as possible, preserve our unity, and attract even more countries to our anti-war coalition.

The stronger Ukraine becomes, the weaker Russia will be, thus shortening this war's duration. And everyone in Ukraine, everyone in the free world must do everything within their power and all that is possible so that Russia and those who support the war pay an ever higher price for Russian state terror.

I thank all our defenders!

Thank you to all Ukrainians — everyone who holds on, helps others, believes in victory and brings it closer through their actions — as best they can.

Every new day should bring a new result for Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!"