President Discussed with Government Officials and MPs the Results of the Government’s Work During the Fall and Winter and the Tasks for the Spring and Summer

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a joint meeting with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk and Members of Parliament, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, and members of the Government, during which they discussed the results of the Cabinet of Ministers' work during the winter and fall, as well as the tasks for the spring and summer.

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Among the main issues were energy resilience, strengthening the defense and security sector, road repairs, strengthening cooperation with the European Union, diplomatic work and Ukraine's proactive position on international platforms, support for frontline territories, and increasing salaries and pensions.

"We discussed with parliamentarians which legislative initiatives require special attention. We defined joint positions on key challenges for the coming weeks. In particular, the launch of a program for restoring and modernizing the protection of energy facilities and other infrastructure," Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted.

Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko reported that an additional UAH 194 billion has been allocated from the budget for the implementation of social programs. Since January 1, teachers' salaries have been increased by 30%, and from September 1 they will be raised by another 20%. The "Health 40+" screening program has been launched, and the average salary of ER doctors has increased to UAH 38,000 since January 1.

Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity Denys Uliutin reported on the indexation of pensions and insurance payments by 12.1% starting from March 1. In addition, the minimum pension payments for the families of fallen defenders have been increased and now amount to no less than UAH 12,810.

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Yuliia Svyrydenko also informed that nearly 18 million people used the UAH 1,000 payment within the framework of the "Winter Support" program. In addition, workers of repair crews involved in eliminating the consequences of Russian strikes on energy infrastructure will receive an additional UAH 20,000 for each month of work. Payments for January have already begun.

First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal noted that the deficit in the energy system has now decreased. At the same time, challenges remain in six regions, but thanks to the increase in solar generation and the launch of an additional electricity transmission line in the eastern region by the end of the month, the situation will improve.

Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov noted that the needs for 2026 regarding the provision of drones, artillery, and other strike capabilities have already been defined. He highlighted the strengthening of air defense, the procurement of interceptor drones, and the blocking of Starlink terminals previously used by the enemy.

Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine - Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba reported that about 20 million square meters of roads in frontline areas, as well as highways of national, regional, and local significance, have been damaged. Road services in the regions have already begun repairs. The work is being carried out within the tightest possible timeframes to ensure basic passability and traffic safety. Since the beginning of the year, work has already been completed on an area of 60,000 square meters. Additional funds will be mobilized from the reserve fund, through state guarantees, the redistribution of additional regional subventions, and co-financing from the regional military administrations. Work on frontline and international highways must be completed by June 1, and the remaining work by October 1.

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Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko informed that by the end of March the system for receiving calls to the single emergency number 112 will cover the entire territory of Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied territories; the official mobile application "Service 112" is already operating. Since the beginning of the year, a differentiated district-based distribution of air raid alerts has been introduced across the entire country, except for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. This has helped reduce the duration of alerts in certain frontline districts to 145 days.

A new response system has also been created in Ukraine for facilities of the oil and gas sector. It covers the Kharkiv, Poltava, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Our country is the most active in Europe in using industrial climber teams during the clearing of rubble from destroyed structures and robotic equipment for remote firefighting.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Science have identified 3,000 schools where safety officers will be deployed. Already 1,800 such officers are working, and by the end of the year they will appear in all designated educational institutions.

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka said that Ukraine is expected to receive from the European Union the accession conditions for all clusters in the near future.

"At the same time, we are working on accelerating the work on the text regarding accession to the European Union. To bring the date closer. There is understanding in the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. This will make it possible to shorten the EU accession procedure by another year without changing their methodology," Taras Kachka noted.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha emphasized that recently Ukraine has significantly strengthened its presence in international organizations and has been elected to nine respective governing bodies. At the same time, our country prevented Russia from being elected to 24 governing and subsidiary bodies of multilateral formats. Five resolutions important for Ukraine were adopted by the UN General Assembly.

Minister of Youth and Sports Matvii Bidnyi informed about the work to counter the return of Russian athletes under the national flag to the 2026 Paralympic Games. In particular, 15 countries announced a boycott of the opening ceremony, which will take place the day after tomorrow.

During the meeting, steps were agreed that will contribute to maximum effectiveness in implementing the tasks set in various areas.