The President and the first lady visited the wounded soldiers and discussed with the doctors the issues of psychological assistance to the military

Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the soldiers for the protection of Ukraine and celebrated them with the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky III degree, orders for courage of the third degree, as well as medals "for military service of Ukraine" and "Defender of the Fatherland". “We want to thank you for the protection of our country and our people. For service in different directions. All directions are important, and you were the most difficult.

You are our heroes, we are very grateful to you, ”the President emphasized. Also, Vladimir and Elena Zelensky, together with the Ministry of Veterans Affairs Natalia Kalmykova, met with representatives of the Armed Forces and military psychologists. The participants of the meeting noted the positive changes in the field of mental health in the military sector.

In particular, the specialty of the psychologist emerged, the groups of control of combat stress, the departments of psychological rehabilitation and offices in military-medical clinical centers and hospitals were developed, the positions of clinical psychologists were introduced.

The first lady noted that, according to a survey of the Ukrainian Veterans Fund of the Ministry of Veterans, psycho -emotional instability among servicemen is considered a very likely challenge after returning from service more than half of future veterans and veterans - 52. 6%. “We need to work to ensure that the help is comprehensive.

For example, that it covers both wounded servicemen and their families in hospitals, as well as medical staff who work in a permanent stress environment, ”she said. In addition, the President became acquainted with the project of creating barrier -free routes in the cities of Ukraine without barriers, which is implemented by the Ministry of Communities and Territories within the initiative of Elena Zelenskaya.

During this year, barrier routes with convenient entrances and approaches, transport, stops, sidewalks, public places will gradually appear in 12 cities and towns: in Kiev, Odessa, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Kropyvnytskyi, Lviv, Rivne, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Slavutichi, Ternopil, Bucha and Opishna.