territory of ukraine, we have already organized training for more than 30,000 ukrainian soldiers in the uk, i think it was very effective, and it was also one of the topics of discussion during the visit of our defense minister a week ago, how will our plans for this year. for the training of ukrainian troops, but i think it is right that now there is a discussion, that how we can support more, there are different ideas, now we are in close contact with our partners, from france, but i think that there is, for example , this is a very relevant question delivery of long-range rockets, great britain. does not lead the coalition

on ballistic missiles, we also lead the coalition on drones, and i think it is good that now in europe there are countries ready to discuss new ideas about this, but if we talk about long-range missiles, now we also see that there is a discussion about what to do with missile t... every day it happens, both in budestasia, and in the negotiations currently held by the leaders of france, germany and poland, it arises, and here was the idea of ​​exchanging taurus missiles for storm shadow, as far as it realistically, do you think you can negotiate this with berlin, yeah, well, it's a technical issue, and they're looking at those technical aspects now, but you know, the uk was the first country.

which supplied long-range missiles to ukraine, zdsu , showed that they use this weapon, this technique very effectively, and france too, because stom shadow and scalp are like a joint project of france and a great one, so i think that now it is. .. important issues that are also in the coalition, we will discuss this issue not only with the germans, but also with the french, with by the americans, how can you supply such missiles to ukraine, but you know, as far as air space, space is concerned, it is also a matter of drones, and reshisun, when he was in kyiv, as part of the new package, he emphasized

200 million pounds, this is the largest package for financing drones here in ukraine, but he, when grand shaps, our minister of defense, arrived, only two months after that he emphasized that we will increase this package by ukraine must have a strong position in the air.

are spacious and can be implemented further achievement, because mr. vitalyu , in my opinion, a very big achievement last year was the opening of the black sea ports, and it was due to the success of the zdsu against the russian fleet, and i think there is a prospect for this... . in this year, in this year, why is there a different attitude to the consequences, why is great britain not afraid of some russian reaction in connection with the use of long-range missiles, in germany this causes such serious political remarks, in particular from the federal chancellor ? well, i can only answer as the ambassador of great britain, and you know, there is a certain trend. because as

i said, we, we, we were, the first country to deliver the new generation of anti-tank missiles, and then... also as far as the security departure is concerned, it's a process, it's a discussion, but also i can say that germany has increased enough aid and support. for zdsu, and for ukraine. and tell me, mr. ambassador, i notice that now the ambassadors of the allies of ukraine, i would say, are somewhat wary of domestic political processes. there was a meeting of ambassadors of the group of seven with ukrainian

journalists regarding the situation of freedom of speech, you and i met there. then, together with your colleagues, you met with the head of the security service about the same issue. well, we didn't meet there, but you met with the head of the security service, well, i don't remember, i wasn't there, there was such a, so there was such a meeting, after a meeting with journalists, what is the point of such, i would said trying to understand this domestic political situation, whether there is really such a concern that in there are some problems with freedom of speech in ukraine, that this story with my colleagues from bigusinfo is so serious, so serious. a challenge, huh, well, i think that we all support, support ukraine as a democratic country, and i think that this is the position of ukraine, that this is a struggle, this is a struggle

for values, this, and now, you know, ukraine is on advanced democrats, and this is ukraine. which protects europe and protects, protects the values ​​of europe, in my opinion, and this is now and is a very important issue for ukraine, for ukrainians, and a victory in a combat event, and the development of democratic institutions here in ukraine, you know, i was... the deputy ambassador 20 years ago during the orange revolution, that i returned to ukraine after 15 years, and i am very impressed with the progress, for example, of decentralization reforms, of

there is a very powerful civil society in ukraine, and i think that the internal affairs of ukraine are internal affairs. but due to the fact that ukraine will be a member of nato, it is a democratic alliance, and also, it is on the way to the eu, it is a democratic club of states, it is also very important for ukraine, and even more so that it is very important for the defense of ukraine, so i know that the enemy. uses all opportunities inside the country to fight against the sovereignty of ukraine, and also the development of democratic, strong democratic institutions, this is also

very important for the protection of ukraine, for the protection of europe. by the way, about shaking up the situation, about all these narratives, we see that now this new topic is emerging, which is active. is used, it is a topic that the powers of the current president emerge, and the elections in connection with the martial law in ukraine of course, it cannot be held, and there is a whole series of speculations on this matter, and how to get out of this situation, when ukrainians, let's say, are sure that the president should continue his powers and that the elections cannot be held now, and in response we even hear measures from the west of the word that then you will be an undemocratic state, well , i think that the legislation. it's very clear here , there should be no speculation about that, about that, because, no, it shouldn't be, it's the legislation of ukraine, there shouldn't be elections during martial law, i

think that what is now and that was very important from the beginning of the full-scale invasion, it is the unity of ukraine. who is the people, the unity of ukraine, and i think that vorok wants ukraine not to exist. one people, you can also say that, and this was my impression, returning after 15 years, that this is the unity of the ukrainian people, and it will also be a very important element in the defense of ukraine, if we talk in principle about... mutual development with allies at this stage, what did you consider the main thing for the ukrainian authorities from the point of view

of developing these relations, military cooperation, economic reforms, reforms in the field of democracy, which support institutions, what should be most important? you know, i think that now is a very important moment for ukraine, because frankly, 15 years ago... few people in the west understood that this is ukraine and that this is the ukrainian people, and now, well, i was, for example, i was in the shetland islands , it's the far north of scotland, there's a flag of ukraine , and many, well, all the people in great britain now, they know ukraine, they know personally, many of them, know ukrainians personally, and i

think it's very a good foundation for development of relations between ukraine and great britain, our prime minister shisunak, he spoke about our unbreakable alliance, but he also said that on the basis of this... we should create centuries-old partnerships between our countries, there are very close contacts now in in the field of security, but also in the fields of education, economy, culture, we now have a chance to create very powerful relations between people, between businesses, so i think that... this opens a new perspective for relations between ukraine and

european countries. does it exist now in in great britain, as in other european countries, the fear is that the united states will lose its role as the leader of the western world, at least in terms of military -military-political support in the event that there is a real change of power in the united states, that there will be a real change of course as far as europe. can she protect herself from threats? well, i think that it is correct that europe has more work for security in europe, and now there is a certain trend of increasing the loss on defense, among european countries, but i think that also, i've worked with various us administrations and... over the last 10 years, we can see a certain trend, that is, they've strengthened their

position on russia, uh, as i said, i think there's an answer to that, which requires more contributions from the europeans, this is ukraine's accession to nato. but here the question always arises, how ready are the allies for this entry, so we see that there are different positions, they are different in the united states, different in great britain, different in germany and france, there is no unity as such , well, i think that there is now a discussion about this, but i emphasize the trend and the trends are positive, you are not worried about the situation in the alliance itself, when... among nato members, as countries, i would say, with a different position than

most of the allies, so we are now seeing discussions regarding the election of the nato secretary general, and hungary has a different position than that of the united states and other european countries, and it may be necessary to look for a new candidate, as far as, in principle, we can now speak of euro-atlantic solidarity in conditions where nato member countries have different attitudes towards... their own security, you know, nato, as i said, is a democratic alliance, and all matters, nato, are decided democratically, so it is natural that there should be a discussion between the countries about this issue, but definitely , now nato is stronger, well, for example, after the accession of sweden and finland, also difficult,

difficult, not simple, due to the democratic process of ratification in the parliaments, but for... tell me, mr. ambassador, about policy succession, we talk a lot about support of ukraine, and we see that when governments change, the continuity of politics changes in european countries, this was the case in slovakia, for example, the current head of the government of slovakia looks at support for ukraine differently than his predecessor, if the government changes in your country, where are the safeguards for that, that the policy will change in relation to... well, i cannot comment on whether there will be a change of government in great britain or not, but i can say that there is a complete consensus in the parliament regarding support for ukraine, after his visit

reshi sunak was in the parliaments with leaving the issues of security, which he signed with... and all the leaders of great britain of all factions, of all parties, they spoke about this agreement, then in great britain there is now a complete consensus on the policy of supporting ukraine and supporting the victory of ukraine. you mentioned the ukrainian flag on the shetland islands. but still, i would like to understand how much the public mood has changed in general over these two years, whether british society is also tired of this endless war and without and from the need to help ukraine in the conditions when your economic situation is not ideal? no, no, the latest poll shows that there is still a very high rating for

ukraine, i think more than 80-80%. british people support ukraine and this position, and this practically does not change from year to year. how do you assess the situation with ukrainian citizens who arrived in your country in the first months after the war, can we talk about a certain adaptation to the situation, can we talk about tendencies to return to ukraine, how does the situation look now, well, i... to the post here i am i met with them in edinburgh - this is my hometown, and ukraine has consulates, consulates general there, mr. consul, he organized a meeting for me with members of the community, including those ukrainians who

came after the full-scale invasion, and... . and they said that, first of all, they had a very warm welcome when they came to scotland, to great britain, ah, and they were very grateful for that, but they said that they also needed security to come back , and education for children, er, and employment, and i think that it's... it's interesting because one of them, i just met here in kyiv, so there is a certain process, there are others who stay there in scotland, by the way, recently, it was, yes in february, i visited my schools in edinburgh, and there

i met with ukrainian students who are now... uh, they teach there and i teach, they study there and uh, they adapted it very quickly to the education system in scotland, and i think it should be very useful experience for them when they will be here in ukraine, and it also shows that... now there are many new ones relations between people, between our peoples, then i think that it cannot be, and ah... the ambassadors for ukraine are now in scotland, and there can be ambassadors for us when they return. well, the ambassador of ukraine in scotland is an interesting idea, because i also

think all the time what ukraine should do for its promotion in the world in europe, so what do you speak in ukrainian, you can say from the first generations of diplomats who are represented in kyiv, they speak ukrainian, well, this is such an obvious fact, because before, when specialists came, very often... former embassies in the soviet union or embassies in russia, they were russian-speaking, and for european societies. ukraine was perceived as a continuation of some russian civilization. and now the question arises, how to prove to our neighbors on the continent that this is an independent cultural and political organism, and not such an accident. well i er, i think the process of ideas. um, by the way, i was just on the phone with...

unfortunately, this is because of the full-scale invasion, but ukraine has become very famous in europe, and even more so in europe now they understand that ukraine is not russia, it is a separate nation, it is the history of ukraine, it is a separate language, and i think that this is also the case. moment for the promotion of ukrainian culture and for the creation of cultural ties between our

countries, and for us it is the responsibility of our british council, and the british council is also very active now to create such ties. we have literally 5 minutes left before the end of our conversation, i would like you to say what you would like to say, maybe ... to our viewers about our further cooperation, about the development of the situation, about how they generally have to perceive what is happening between ukraine and great britain, and well, i think that now we are collecting our proposals for a hundred-year partnership, and for me it was also interesting to have ideas and on the other hand, what is the best thing to do now and what should be the main priorities, it's education,

it's financial services, it's lawyers, because lawyers are also a very important element of the uk, it's cultural issues, and it's the economy, because you know, i'm sure that... economic recovery in ukraine, we should not wait for the situation after the victory, because the recovery of the economy is now, we recently opened a new industrial park in lviv, the formation of lviv for the development of small and medium-sized businesses in lviv. i was in dnipro, i was in cherkasy, in chernihiv, and i see that now there are many people who want

to export to great britain, want new ties with great britain, so i am now very open to the idea of ​​ukrainians, how can we to strengthen in... the relations between our people and the relations between our countries, but the recovery of the country is also very dependent on security guarantees, because if we want investment, we have to convince our european partners that they can safely invest in ukraine, yes, well, i think there is also a certain trend, and here i want to say about the role of british firms in the .. renewal of the black sea corridor, this is an insurance campaign from london, which now

, together with the government of ukraine, has provided very promising insurance for ships that use the new corridor, so there are still opportunities for business, for exports, and we have to use it, well at least we know now why are these ships so more or less, so to speak, confidently arriving at our ports, so they are more confident, because... now the russian fleet is dangerous even in sevastopol. thank you, mr. ambassador, for this conversation. let me remind you that the guest of our broadcast today was the extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of great britain to ukraine, mr. martin harris, and we discussed with him the situation with the ukrainian-british partnership and its further perspective. thank you for joining us, and thank you, dear viewers, for being with us on this.

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