Today I have the privilege of making this address to thank our brave soldiers and units who have been defending our nation since the start of this week. I would like to express my gratitude to the 3rd and 5th Separate Assault Brigades, the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign, the 44th Separate Artillery Brigade named after Hetman Danylo Apostol, the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade Zaporizhzhia Sich, the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk, the 79th Separate Airborne Brigade, the 406th Separate Artillery Brigade named after Lieutenant General Oleksiy Almazov, and the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade. I thank you all for your strength in positions and battles, your accuracy and courage, and for inspiring the whole of Ukraine with your bravery. I also want to recognize the 1st and 14th Operational Brigades of the National Guard, who are defending our country in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. I thank you for your resilience and for pushing the former second army of the world lower and lower in the list of military forces with your intelligence and artillery. I salute all our soldiers