There is not a single power plant left in Ukraine that has not been damaged by Russian attacks.

Not one.

When the Iranian regime first gave Russia the Shahed drones, they were simple weapons. They could be shut down easily.

Now the Shahed is different. It has a jet engine. It can fly at different altitudes. It can be guided by an operator in real time and it can use Starlink to reach its target.

It can even carry other drones, acting as mothership for FPVs.

Ukraine does not share a border with Iran, and we have never had a conflict of interest with the Iranian regime.

But the Iranian Shahed drones they sold to Russia are killing, especially our people, Ukrainians, and destroying our infrastructure.

The Iranian regime has already done, and can still do, more harm than many other regimes could in a century.

And yet, this regime still exists, and it hopes to survive everything—even this crisis.

Today, the people of Iran expect from the world what we in Ukraine needed on February 24th, when the Russian invasion began: unity, determination, and speed—of course, speed.

Regimes like the one in Iran must not be given time. When they have time, they only kill more.

They must be stopped immediately, and this is exactly what should have happened with the Ayatollah after all the wars his regime unleashed and all the lives it took.

We will reach the point where we produce enough interceptors to make Shahed (Geran-2) drones meaningless for Russia.

There is no country in Europe that could rely only on its own technology and money to defend itself.

Putin still has guarantees of financial stability. A large part of those guarantees lies here in Europe.

Russian oil tankers still move freely along Europe’s shores, in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the Mediterranean. Overall, Russia still uses more than a thousand tankers.

I recently discussed this with President Macron, with President von der Leyen, and with other leaders, and I thank them for their willingness to fix this. We spoke about it in detail.

It is important to block this entire fleet, all these tankers, and to have them confiscated, the same way the United States acts against shadow fleet tankers near its own shores.

Just in December, our forces eliminated 35,000 occupying soldiers — killed and severely wounded.

In January, there were fewer Russian assaults, and as a result, Russia’s losses were about 30,000 killed and badly wounded.

There is even a clear price Russia pays for every kilometer of occupied Ukrainian land on the Donetsk front. The price Russia now pays for one kilometer is 156 soldiers.

Putin may not be concerned about this now, but there is a level at which he will start to care. Every month, Russia mobilizes about 40,000 people — sometimes a little more.

Not all of them reach the front line. So overall, the size of the Russian contingent in Ukraine is not growing this year.

For our army, the mission is clear: to destroy more Russian occupiers, because they are occupiers.

And the goal is specific, at least 50,000 per month.

Look at the pain Ukraine has gone through. Look at the suffering Ukraine has faced.

It's Ukrainians who are holding the European front.

Even one “Viktor” can think about how to grow his belly, not how to grow his army to stop Russian tanks from returning to the streets of Budapest.

Putin does not live like ordinary people. He doesn't walk the streets. You will not see him in a cafe. His grandchildren do not go to the normal kindergartens in their hometown.

He cannot imagine life without power—or after power. Normal things do not interest him.

Putin consults more with Tsar Peter and Empress Catherine about territorial gains than with any living person about real life.

Can you imagine Putin without war?

He may see himself as a Tsar, but in reality, he is a slave to war.

And if he lives another 10 years? We understand that it is possible.

War can return or expand.

We hope Trump hears us. We hope Congress hears us.

We hope the American people hear us.

And we are grateful for all the real help.

The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes.

And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.

We truly hope that the trilateral meetings next week will be serious and substantive — helpful for all of us.

But honestly, sometimes it feels like the sides are talking about completely different things.

The Americans often return to the topic of concessions. And too often, those concessions are discussed only in the context of what Ukraine should give — not Russia.

Europe is practically not present at the table. That is a big mistake, in my view, it truly is.

We Ukrainians are trying to bring you fully into the process so that Europe’s interests and voice are taken into account.

It is wrong to assume that this is a permanent arrangement, that others can stay safe behind Ukraine forever.

Ukrainians are people, not Terminators.