President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation, speaking about our movement on the front lines and the introduction of the eighth package of sanctions against the aggressor.

"Ukrainians! Ukrainian women!

Today is a day of active diplomacy. We inform partners about new manifestations of Russian terror. About rocket attacks on Zaporizhzhia and other cities in Ukraine. About the use of Iranian drones against our people and infrastructure. 

Iran somehow claims that they do not have them here. People see them in the sky. We shoot them down. And we are told that there is no such thing as these drones. Well, we will find ways to make sure there really aren't any.

We also inform about our movement on the front lines. Only since October 1 and only in Kherson region, more than half a thousand square kilometers of territory and dozens of populated areas have been liberated and stabilized from Russian pseudo-referendum control.

There are successes on the eastern front as well. There will definitely come a day when we report about successes in Zaporizhzhia Oblast — in those areas that are still controlled by occupiers. There will be a day when we talk about the liberation of Crimea.

This perspective is obvious. It's also clear that there is still a path to follow. We must endure and do much more, both for Ukrainians and our partners — everyone who values freedom and international law.

I met today with representatives of political, business, and expert circles in Australia. I felt full support and interest in our victory. By the way, Australia is among the top 10 countries providing us with military aid. This is a very significant contribution to the defense of our country, international order, and humanity as such.

I addressed leading European leaders at the European Political Community summit that took place today in Prague. I called on them to do everything so that this new format of cooperation in Europe, which unites various countries: from Iceland to Azerbaijan, from Spain to Turkey — could become not just a union of politicians but a union of peacekeepers. Europe needs a community of those who know how to protect peace and put any terrorists in their place.

These days the European Union is moving towards introducing the eighth package of sanctions against Russia. In particular, this package provides for restrictions on Russian oil maritime transportation and creates tools to limit state terrorist revenues from oil sales. This is good. But it's just a beginning.

We must ensure that the state-terrorist does not profit from selling oil and gas. No more oil dollars or gas euros should go towards prolonging Russia’s war against Ukraine and civilized world. I am confident that this will be ensured over time.

I thank all Europeans, everyone in the free world who works for this result. Who pushes forward necessary political decisions and creates necessary economic alternatives to Russian energy resources.

Tomorrow I will continue working on this front. I will address participants of the European Council meeting.

Today in Kyiv, I met with Samantha Power, head of USAID. We discussed existing and prospective programs of our cooperation, implementation of our plan for rapid reconstruction of Ukraine. The main emphasis in these programs is security. And we will soon present to society this new security approach to our civilian infrastructure.

I thanked Ms. Power for allocating funds for preparing our infrastructure for the winter period, especially heating supply.

Today I also held a meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi who arrived in Kyiv. It is clear that our talks were mainly about the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant occupied by Russian terrorists. But this topic is much broader. It concerns not only Ukraine and not only in the context of radiation safety.

Of course, any decisions made by current Russian leadership regarding the Zaporizhzhia plant and Russia's attempts to transfer the plant into its ownership are meaningless and, frankly, foolish. This is a nuclear power plant. This is not some palace or Yukos or something else that has already been stolen by Russian leadership.

Only Ukrainian experts can guarantee there will be no radiation incidents at Zaporizhzhia NPP. And it was important to hear from Mr. Grossi that the international community will contact only Ukraine regarding ZAES, because this is — Ukrainian property. Was, is and will remain.

Now there are about 500 occupiers at the station. This is nothing but 500 risks of a catastrophe. The world understands this. And I thank everyone who fights for full Ukrainian control over the station and its complete demilitarization.

Another aspect of this issue — electricity itself. And if Zaporizhzhia NPP does not work, we in Ukraine face certain difficulties. We find ourselves in a situation where we do not have an excess of electricity that we could export to EU countries.

This is a loss for the people of Europe who lose a reliable source of energy supply. This is also a loss for us, Ukrainians. We talk about this honestly. We say honestly that all of us in Europe need to fight together for our interests — united.

I thank everyone who helps Ukraine!

I thank everyone who fights and works for our victory!

Glory to Ukraine!"