11/14/2026
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described how the problem of satellite communication, whose performance has deteriorated twice recently, is being solved. According to the president, we are currently testing several options.
In this direction, Ukraine is working with France, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Germany will also join in. The president stated this at a meeting with the media, which was attended by OBOZ.UA editor-in-chief Lesya Hasych.
What is known
“Of course, everyone is interested in the issue of satellite communication. It’s clear why. We are testing several options. France, Norway, Denmark, Finland are the ones we have already started working with. And Germany will join in.”
He emphasized that this will not happen quickly, but they agreed to work in this direction.
He also spoke about the results of his visit to Denmark. The Head of State noted a strong support package from Denmark of 645 million euros, which includes many different things, including 20-mm ammunition for the F-16, which is needed to shoot down the Shahed jets, money for the production of drones – about 200 million, and some money for co-production.
“There is also a separate energy package for the Kherson region. Because it was the anniversary of the liberation of Kherson from the “Russians”. I made a request that there is a difficulty with energy. Separately, we are discussing a large volume of shells for the F-16, which we need – 800 thousand. This is for half a year. And during the meeting in Denmark, we agreed that they would resolve this issue. I am very grateful to them for this,” the president explained.ADVERTISING
In addition, there was a meeting with representatives of the N5 countries. According to the president, everyone confirmed their support for Ukraine for the next year. In particular, the meeting talked about winter support now, about air defense. It was also discussed how our anti-ballistic program FREYJA is progressing.
“We heard a report on the Danish radar. This is the first part from the partners, which is ready. And in general, our rocket is ready. This is the main thing. The launcher and the rocket are what Ukraine produces. The rest of the elements depend on the partners. We also discussed the PURL issue. We don’t have enough money there now, we need more contributions,” the president added.
“Preparing for Ramstein”
The President emphasized that it is necessary to prepare for the Ramstein-format meeting next week, which he will join online.
“There will be appropriate packages with all the urgent things. We discussed this during a multilateral meeting – a group of friends of Ukraine. They said how many PAC-2, PAC-3 the Europeans have. They asked to work on a percentage of these stocks. This is a difficult issue. We really ask them,” Zelenskyy noted.
According to him, Ukraine also asks for F-16 aircraft. He explained that today we need two and a half times more aircraft in the sky at the same time than the number that we use. That is, we have all this on paper, but they are constantly being renovated, because the F-16s are not young.
Ukraine’s needs in energy packages were conveyed
Separately, Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine’s needs for energy packages for cities, especially Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhia, were conveyed. According to him, the Cabinet of Ministers has prepared such special support projects during the winter.
“There are volumes of diesel, gasoline, volumes for diesel generators, buses. Because if we have to reduce electric transport, we need a specific volume of fuel and buses. This is a large amount of what is needed, and therefore it will be difficult without partners,” the president said.ADVERTISING
He emphasized that during the Ramstein and the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Berlin on November 19, we expect these needs to be addressed in one form or another. There is also a separate agreement with Ursula von der Leyen.
“They have an office that deals with natural disasters, catastrophes. That is, if something like this happens in Europe, this Office works with such challenges. We have agreed on the work of our Cabinet of Ministers and this Office. When there are blackouts, etc., such cooperation can be useful to us. And they will also be able to work together on the necessary assistance,” the president explained.
OBOZ.UA previously reported that Ukraine expects to use American military and economic support as leverage over the Kremlin during negotiations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is convinced that the prospect of receiving additional weapons and tightening sanctions against Russia will force Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to take the possibility of de-escalation more seriously.