"The creation of a system of national resistance in Ukraine is a strong signal to all that our country will defend itself, prevent the events of 2014 and that the defence of Ukraine for us is a nationwide affair," said Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

The Head of State added that the Law "On the Fundamentals of National Resistance" provides for a set of important measures aimed at developing territorial defence and resistance movement, and introducing a system of preparing the population for national resistance. Also, according to him, the document allows, if necessary, to involve the entire population of Ukraine in the protection of their homeland, their land and their families and unite all Ukrainians around these important, priority ideas.

"Measures of national resistance will be carried out both in the controlled and in the temporarily occupied territories of our state," the President said.