President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the UN for the prepared Response Plan for the autumn-winter period for $435 million and noted the active participation of the UN in the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula.

He told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about this during a telephone conversation, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state reports.

“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone call with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The Head of State thanked for the efforts of the team of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ukraine, which prepared, inter alia, the Response Plan for the autumn-winter period for $435 million,” a message posted on the official website of the President of Ukraine on Thursday says.

As reported, Zelenskyy noted the active involvement of the UN in the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula, as well as the readiness to send a representative of the Organization to the next meeting at the level of national security advisors and foreign policy advisors to the heads of state.

"We held a successful meeting of advisors in Jeddah. It is very important that the next event is no less successful and yields concrete results. For this, we need to maintain the support of the countries of the Global South. We are counting on you in this regard," the Head of State said.

As noted, the President of Ukraine informed the UN Secretary-General about the peculiarities of the functioning of the alternative "grain corridor" in the Black Sea. Zelenskyy also emphasized the importance of continuing the Ukrainian humanitarian initiative Grain from Ukraine and invited António Guterres to its second summit.

The interlocutors discussed in detail the situation in the Middle East and the necessary humanitarian efforts to help the civilian population.