A candid and important conversation with our young people – service members, volunteers, educators, and students who are already defending and developing Ukraine.

We discussed establishing a separate state award for young volunteers who went to the front before reaching mobilization age, supporting teachers and raising their salaries, providing young people with jobs, housing, and systematic psychological support, as well as the critical need for air defense missiles.

Defending the country today is the number one priority, and it is young people who give energy to our entire nation. I thank everyone who is fighting, teaching, volunteering, and working for Ukraine.