and in the future , there will be, there will be further, we know that, in fact, we said today about 5 billion, yes for the profits that were, that is , these frozen funds are a profit for them, and accordingly we want to properly dispose of these profits, which come from frozen funds already for... and now we are actually working on this road map, how to do it as soon as possible, so that these profits on frozen assets already go to the replenishment of ukrainian equipment and the necessary ammunition. this will actually strengthen the power of the ukrainian defense industry. we are talking now about the profit on frozen assets, which amount to approximately 3 billion dollars. that

annually, and therefore we have plans for them. such a proposal, a decision of the council, within the framework of the council's regulation, we have already sent to the member countries of the european union, and therefore they are already thinking about how they will act. i hope this message went well during the last meeting, the previous meeting. ministers of foreign affairs, and we understand how important these funds are, but ukrainians will not fight with banknotes, no, they need weapons already immediately, and that's why i just started today 's report with how important this meeting is, how important this week is for ukraine to be more successful on the battlefield, ukraine has made a choice,

it wants to join the european union , yes, when, i saw that what we see in ukraine, and in general, the desire for freedom, social cohesion, what any society is based on, and also on political democracy, and precisely.. .that is why we supported ukraine in that, in fact very much to see in detail what ukraine has done in terms of reforms, in terms of the progress that ukraine has made, and they did it then, at the moment while they are fighting for their survival, yes, ukraine is in a state of war. and in parallel, synchronously, it makes

the necessary changes, reforms the necessary processes in order to fulfill the necessary conditions. we are providing ukraine with a $50 billion aid package to help ukraine recover. and tomorrow at the meeting of the council of europe we will talk about how it is possible to catalyze the accession process of ukraine. in the eu, we are on your side, ukraine, we will do everything we can to speed up this process, and thank you for your contribution. greetings, very distinguished representatives of the european union, mr. olvere, dear josep, dear representatives of the media, indeed.

it is a great honor to be in brussels today with our field friends and partners. today, we are grateful for the enormous humanitarian, military and economic aid. we thank you for speeding up our european integration we thank you for confirming the actual mechanism, which will result in ukraine receiving 50 billion dollars over the next four years. this is one of the key facts. which is important for our stability, it is already working, the second priority for us is long-term, uninterrupted military assistance from the eu, and i completely agree with mr. josep borel, on this, how ready is the eu now, because he understands, what is at stake, the entire european continent is at stake, so ukraine is waiting rapid progress. regarding defense relations.

in particular, we expect that the fund, which was recently created from in order for it to be effective. this tool will allow us to increase military support by an additional n billion dollars this year. we also welcome the defense strategy for ukraine presented on march 5. ukraine is included in this strategy, and therefore it is very important for us, we want to actively participate, and we hope that it will already be in practice. also this week , the innovative office, which has already started working in kyiv, will contribute to the process of

ukraine's accession to the eu. and we also welcome the next sanctions that were added as part of the next package. in february, we expect that the metallurgical, financial and energy sectors of the academy, the economy of the aggressor, including the rosatom enterprise and nuclear energy, will be included in the framework of the next 14th sanctions package. we also welcome the decision on confiscation of russian assets. we must use, first of all , profit. as already said on these frozen assets, and also in order for us covered budget expenditures, budget needs , and directing these funds to the reconstruction of ukraine is only the first step, we insist

on the full use, on the body of these financial resources of russia's assets, which are frozen, because we want russia to pay for... a powerful price for all, for the full scale of the destruction it caused. dear colleagues, today, during our meeting, it is we today we are actually celebrating the anniversary of the fact that ukraine has acquired the status of a candidate for accession to the eu countries, and we are actually conducting the discussion process, and that is why i thank you to all participating countries. for theirs , for theirs, for their support, for what ukraine receives, because it is very important for our ukraine, and of course, we hope that in the future the free regime will only be extended, we expect long-term

agreements on trade, according to article 29 of the association agreement, ukraine. coordinates further steps with colleagues and partners, we will, they will direct these agreements to the actual transfer of ukrainian goods, ukrainian food, in particular, it is about agricultural products, we also hope for the introduction of an industrial visa-free regime within the framework of the aka agreement. we... we want the relations between the european union and ukraine to only strengthen and for these relations to develop into an industrial union. ladies and gentlemen, today i thank mr. josepo, mr. oliver, all our friends and partners

for this constructive meeting, the ukraine -eu meeting, and we saw that there is no alternative. when we talk about the way to join the eu, for us, it is an irreversible process, which has been launched, and therefore we hope that ukraine will become a member of the eu already in the near future, and not, and not in any far-sighted perspective. unity is our strength, our truth, our values ​​and our better future for future generations. thank you very much for giving me your word. thank you for your attention , please have the floor, i congratulate prime minister shmagal, i will start by saying that of course

the european commission continues to help ukraine, the people of ukraine, to provide ukraine with what it needs in order to protect its state, we will continue. we will do everything we can to ensure that ukraine continues to function, to provide administrative services and other services, taking into account. the great pressure exerted by the war on ukraine. we will continue to organize various platforms where partners of ukraine and friends of ukraine will meet, who once again pledge their unwavering support to ukraine. when we talk about the financial assistance we provide, it is from the beginning of the full-scale invasion. and to ukraine, the european union, member countries, european financial institutions the institutions together provided 90.8 billion euros

to ukraine and ukrainians, and we are talking about military aid, about funds, about financing that went to be able to shelter ukrainian refugees. that we were able to quickly transfer 4.5 billion euros thanks to the operation of the new project, and we were able to do it, we expect the new payment to come in april, and very much, we agreed on this payment between the commission and ukraine, i also want to mention. .. that the 50 billion dollars

provided to ukraine, which will be provided over the next four years, and these funds actually will be aimed at the reconstruction, reconstruction and modernization of ukraine, and this will create its own predictable and reliable financing over the next four years. we also understand short-term needs. and we will actually allocate funds for their closure. ukraine - the process of rebuilding ukraine has already started, and we will make efforts to ensure that this process is uninterrupted. we also call on the private sector to join the reconstruction of ukraine. and we will also encourage ukraine to carry out further necessary reforms on the way to joining the eu. i understand, in fact , that the prime minister has a new

meeting now, but within the framework of this i want to say that all this is thanks to joint efforts, efforts to cooperate with the administration in kyiv, and i am sure that this plan, it should be the main tool for proper implementation and implementation, and because this implementation is important for the entire country, for... internal reforms and for correct prioritization, and of course, it is necessary to present the work to our donors, international partners, so that they could get involved in a proper way, provide proposals for the implementation of these investments in the next four four years, as soon as the council supports this decision. we will start this process on a quarterly basis, and according

to the quantitative and qualitative steps that ukraine should take. so, this is the first meeting of the ukraine-eu association, in order for the council of europe to make a decision to open it, because the council of europe decided to open the negotiation process with ukraine. so, the process is started, we can see which ones ukraine has made reforms, despite the fact that it is in a state of war. at the same time, it is very important that ukraine only strengthens its efforts in this direction. in particular, i want to emphasize the importance of reforms in the legal sphere and anti-corruption reforms. today we highlighted the main four steps. which ukraine must do in order to enter the negotiation process, and on the basis of which the council

of europe decided to start the negotiation process in december, so the commission will continue to perform the monitoring function of all these steps, in fact, in particular, when we talk about the population belonging to national minorities. we also encourage ukraine to work to strengthen other aspects, in accordance with the recommendations we have submitted. and we will be evaluating as part of our regular accountability process this year. we also encourage our ukrainian colleagues that the commission itself will provide a draft version of the points that will be discussed in the council of europe and, accordingly

, decisions that the council of europe must approve, we hope that it will approve. we discussed the actual status of the implementation of the agreement on association, as well as regarding the strengthening and expansion of the free trade zone, we will use those opportunities that have not yet been used, and we will and we are already working on the agreement. regarding the other agreements already mentioned by mr. prime minister, we also talked about the energy sector, so i want to say today that what we see, we see a really strong example of ukraine, which is on its way to the european union, which is standing,

which repels the aggressor, and we see, and we are sure, that ukraine is only getting closer... to to eu, so the first question, we have a ukrainian translation, you can ask in ukrainian or english, as you like , thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak, i was preparing in english, so i will ask the question in english, so the question is to the high representative. we actually talked about, so we have two problems, two points, checkpoints with poland, where ukrainian food is not allowed to be exported abroad, and, unfortunately, this situation is only getting worse, we

saw that there was another attempt to block the border between poland . and germany. tell me please, do you see in this the urgency of the problem, the possible challenges and threats to european mobility, in particular we are talking about military mobility, especially when we talk about hybrid threats from russia. regarding the prime minister, a question for the prime minister: you said how important it is to take autonomous measures that... put in the european union, but there are certain restrictions on trade, and we expect that ukraine should receive approximately one, it is not, because of these restrictions, ukraine will not be able to receive more than a billion in income, and accordingly, how important is it to advocate or look for some other way of actually doing

trade, and the question for the commissioner, please tell me when... we're talking about some kind of partnership increase, so do you expect that there will be an opportunity before the european union elections, or could there be such a conference was held at the highest level. as for blocking the border, yes, we are aware of this problem, yes, of course, it is necessary to unblock the border, no matter what region. it was out of the question, because from a military point of view, we must have the transfer to take place between ukraine and the rest of the european union, both for military and civilian purposes. i understand what the fears are, but here, unfortunately, it is actually about not worsening the situation, for now unblocking

the border between ukraine and poland. i will continue the answer, yes, we are very active here on the base. coordination platform, we work with our countries, neighbors, and i am sure that we have already achieved significant results, that it is important to pay attention, precisely what we talked about today, is the impossibility of blocking, unblocking these very ways of solidarity between ukraine and the european union, and yes, can be physically blocked. ways, but not these ways of solidarity, they remain open, we really want to emphasize that at no time was there any blocking... of aid or the provision of military aid, no, they were not blocked. today, we had such a trilogue, we

actually talked with our partners about the continuation of the implementation of these autonomous measures, we extended them for one year, that is, from june. extension for another year, for us these conditions are quite favorable, and in this way, we will be able to assess the level of export of goods and food from ukraine to eu countries. of course, there are certain measures that could and could be implemented, but they will not work at the moment until ukraine reaches the volume at which it is planned for 2024-20. five years, so i am sure that the next steps will be and the decisions that were discussed, the proposal, will be approved by the council of europe, but it is actually

a four-year perspective, please, mr. commissioner, so it is necessary that the negotiating structure itself be adopted, and here it is important to have a specific... a time frame for you to orient yourself, and accordingly there are certain proposals that have been submitted to the council, the council has to accept them, and accordingly there will be further steps. thank you, we have to let the prime minister go, we have already answered, thank you for that, we know that the prime minister has to go, so one more question insists. it turns out that the commission has certain ideas in order to continue the process of inclusion of ukraine,

please tell me how you actually, please tell me what step-by-step approach in this aspect can be said, so the meeting is still going on, and the proposals are still going on, and so i think that... that you will ask this question later in the day, when there will be another press briefing, because you are now indicating about such a step-by-step integration , but this is not a new process, we already talked about it, we talked about what we are doing, and we talked about the aka agreement, and the process of enlargement, and the process that is actually developing, regarding the western balkans, that is, yes, this issue was discussed is connected with a new... methodology, actually about how to include a candidate for accession to the eu, to the common market, to the common

market even before it becomes a member of the eu. thank you, that's it, we'll see you soon. others, let's say, two years ago, there was the beginning of a large-scale military aggression, or before that, or even in the first months, they already. they don't want to even communicate with this person anymore, well, except, as i said , some leaders of some countries who are traditional allies of this state, so i think that this isolation will continue, for this there are various international platforms, starting from the un and ending by all kinds of regional organizations, and it's not just nato , the european union, it's the council of europe, the osce, many other groups or groups of countries that, today... i no longer want to communicate with putin as if nothing is happening and everything is fine , even such an association

as brics, which was marked by such, well, quite activity, even in the first year of russia's large-scale aggression, today we hear little even about the group's activities, i'm not even talking about such organizations. like the csto or the cis, where also you know, not much is happening, because the leadership position of russia is already there, well , let's put it this way, you can put an end to this, even the countries closest to russia, they also do not consider it possible to do business with it, as allegedly nothing happened, but one person who considers it necessary to do business with him, negotiate and lead. some negotiations, this is the president of turkey , recep tayyip erdogan, he congratulated, by the way, the russian dictator on the victory in the pseudo-elections and announced the readiness of ankara

to play a role in... in the peace talks regarding ukraine, i will quote that actually, as the office of the president of turkey is presented. president erdoğan stated that he believes that the positive course in turkish-russian relations will continue to strengthen in the new period, and expressed turkey's readiness to play any favorable role in returning to the negotiating table regarding ukraine. that is... he made such a gesture towards putin, he recognized him that he was re-elected as president, but at the same time he says that everything that he does it exclusively in the interests of the world community, and in particular ukraine and peace in ukraine, how would you characterize the behavior of the leader of the country that is part of the north atlantic alliance, and in principle is one of the leaders of that world. who does not recognize

putin as the president, well, you know, turkey has its traditional interests, both in the region as a whole, which includes turkey and russia, and in external relations with the russian federation, turkey is very economically dependent on russia, this and supplies of energy seeds, and a huge trade turnover, i have mutual trade, and the turkish economy... is not going through the best of times right now, and actually erdogan hopes, er, that due to russia and russia's dependence on turkey is also very serious, er, because there is also export and import are mutual, very serious, that's all that makes them such natural allies, but this is not about politics, first of all, here we mean the economy, and what about erdogan's special position, it can...

explain more also by the fact that he, he traditionally from the very beginning of problems, let's say yes, or wars, to put it directly, he took the position of a kind of mediator, he, he does not want to get rid of this position, this role, and actually, he said this in his statement, in which he congratulated putin, so i think that this is a normal reaction, nothing else should have been expected from him like this. for us, it may not be positive, but nevertheless, this is turkey, it has its own interests, our interest in all this is that, in order to maintain turkey's role as our reliable ally, i.e., its relations with russia are its affairs, and the fact that turkey supports us, it has such a solid position on the same crimea, it has never recognized either the occupation or

the annexation of crimea. it has already repeatedly given positive results, this is the exchange of prisoners of war, and the zone agreement, and many other issues, and exchanges, that is, everything, all of this is beneficial to us, so i think that relations with russia are that the case of turkey, we need to continue this course for the further preservation of such partnership indeed. friendly, i would say relations with turkey, this is our neighbor, this is our neighbor on the black sea, the situation in which has a very serious effect on the continuation of the war, on the export of land and on everything else, so we need to protect this partnership and alliance in every way, well, by the way, one more the president or one leader of china, xi jinping, who actively communicates

with... with putin and with the russians in general, he, according to the politician, is going to paris for talks with the president of france emmanuel macron at the beginning of may, there will be celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between paris and beijing, but not only, as the politician writes, recently officials informed the newspaper that china is trying to convince europe to allow russia to sit down at the table maybe. peace talks in switzerland, otherwise beijing will boycott such meetings, the publication writes. in addition, there are reports that putin will visit china in may 24 for talks with xi jinping, and this may be putin's first foreign visit after the pseudo-elections of the so-called elections in russia. what do you

think, mr. volodymyr? china's efforts to help.