Russia really wants Ukraine to make mistakes; there will be no mistakes on our part - address of the President
Now we are preparing for a meeting with the American side - about the steps that are needed for peace to really exist. And that it was a decent peace. And when all attention is focused on diplomacy, on defense in war, inner strength is needed. Inner strength is the basis of our external unity and our relations with the world. And in order to have internal strength, there should be no reason to be distracted by anything other than the defense of Ukraine.
I want no one to have any questions about Ukraine. So today is the following internal decisions. First, the Office of the President of Ukraine will be restarted. The head of the Office, Andriy Yermak, has written a resignation letter. I am grateful to Andriy for the fact that he always presented the Ukrainian position in the negotiation track exactly as it should be. It was always a patriotic position. But I want there to be no rumors or speculation.
As for the new head of the Office, tomorrow I will hold consultations with those who can lead this institution. There will be talks soon, our representatives will be there - it will be the chief of the General Staff, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the secretary of the National Security Council and our intelligence. And when we all have such an external challenge - war, we have to be strong inside. One hundred percent of our strength will be focused on the defense of Ukraine.
Everyone should now act in this way, in the interests of our state, and protect our state. This is an unchanging principle. Meetings with the American side will take place in the near future. The second is the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. I expect that Prime Minister Yuliya Svyridenko, together with people's deputies, in dialogue and unity, will provide Ukraine with three things.
The most important thing is to pass the budget of the 26th year, that is, the ability of our state to defend itself, provide defense, provide all social benefits and the necessary stability. This is what people need. I am also waiting for nominations for the ministers of energy and justice. The current ministers should be evaluated in such a way as to make absolutely clear conclusions as to whether the current officials meet the challenges of both this winter and this war.
Thirdly, I spoke with the Security Service of Ukraine so that they could conduct their analysis of the situation in the law enforcement system and in the regions. Soon there will be reports, there will be my conclusions and there will be decisions. There is too much negativity from the regions. We agreed that the Security Service would provide the information to me quickly. And, of course, the army. Our soldiers are heroes.
Our soldiers destroy the enemy, and this is the basis of our ability to build diplomacy. There are problems that should be solved long ago. The Commander-in-Chief, the General Staff and Pavlo Palisa are already working on this, and next week I am preparing the corresponding Headquarters. First of all, there should be a really fair, rational distribution of personnel between the brigades. There are already principles on how to do this, and every combat brigade is talking about it.
There will be a solution. Thanks to everyone who is with Ukraine! Thank you to everyone who now and always defends Ukraine. Thank you to everyone who ensures that the pressure is on Russia, on the cause of this war, and not on our state and people, not on Ukrainians. Ukrainians must win. This is the most important thing. Russia really wants Ukraine to make mistakes. There will be no mistakes on our part. Our work continues. Our struggle continues.