Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has named five priority areas of work with international partners for the restoration and development of Ukraine.

"The short-term need is clear, and our president has spoken about it, [as well as] the German Chancellor and the President of the European Commission – support for our energy system, because winter is coming and we have to survive it," he said at a panel session "United in Defense. United in Recovery. Stronger Together" on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on Tuesday.

Speaking about long-term needs, Kuleba emphasized that they should not be postponed, adding that "there are five steps that need to be taken constantly."

"The path to the recovery of Ukraine begins with air defense. Because the less destruction we have, the less needs to be restored. Therefore, please take the example of Germany and make every effort to deliver additional air defense systems to Ukraine as soon as possible," he said.

The second step, according to the minister, is investment. Kuleba urged businesses not to wait for the end of the war to invest in Ukraine.

"Start working now. Find a project. Look at society. Look at the business you want to work with. Develop your business plans so that you can be ready to invest at any time," he said.

The minister named macro-financial assistance from the European Commission and partners as the third direction, and Ukraine's membership in the European Union as the fourth one.

"This is a very effective recovery tool," Kuleba said.

The fifth step, according to the minister, is decisions to use Russian frozen assets in the interests of Ukraine, so that Russia will pay for what it has done.

"We must be ambitious. We must be bold. We must find a solution so that Russia pays, pays in real life with real money. These are five paths to recovery. We are moving along each of them, but we need to do it faster," he said.

In addition, he called on foreign governments to invest in Ukraine and Ukrainian companies, as well as to introduce programs for their own businesses that will facilitate their work in Ukraine even during the war.