President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in a talk between Ukraine and the United States in an expanded defense format.

"The Minister of Defense, the Commander-in-Chief, the commanders of operational strategic groups – they are Generals Syrsky and Tarnavsky, the commander of the Air Force, the head of the Office participated from the side of Ukraine. I joined this conversation," he said in a video address on Saturday, March 18.

According to him, "our goal is obvious – it is strengthening our soldiers, new solutions for Ukraine to be able to take active actions and protect itself from Russian terror, to restore real security."