Zelenskyy has ordered the preparation of his annual address to the Rada
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tasked a special working group with preparing the annual address to the Verkhovna Rada; the group is to draft a document outlining Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy situation. Work on the draft is scheduled to be completed by December 1, 2026.
The Office of the President is responsible for coordinating the process, and the working group includes key government and security officials.
The relevant directive provides for the creation of a working group that will prepare the president’s annual address to the Verkhovna Rada. The document is to include an assessment of the country’s internal situation, as well as an analysis of Ukraine’s foreign policy environment.
The head of the Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, has been appointed to lead the process; he will coordinate work on the draft and have the authority to change the composition of the working group as needed. Oleksandr Bogomolov, director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, has been designated as his deputy and will be responsible for the methodological and scientific aspects of the document.
The order also states that government agencies must ensure funding for the preparation of the address. The working group must determine the document’s structure, work schedule, and key approaches to shaping its content within one month.
The group includes a number of officials from the Office of the President and government agencies, including Serhiy Kyslytsia, Iryna Vereshchuk, Ihor Zhovkva, Olena Kovalska, Ihor Lysy, Viktor Mykyta, Iryna Mudra, Pavlo Palisa, and Oleg Tatarov. This team is expected to be responsible for preparing the final version of the address, which the president is to present to parliament by the specified deadline. This is stated in the relevant Order No. 75.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has authorized the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to conduct a 40-day operation to exert pressure on the aggressor state, which involves the use of long-range and medium-range sanctions. The decision was made based on a report on the results of the work carried out by the SBU and the “Alpha” Special Operations Unit on the front lines.
