good ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect habitats? we can make a difference. global ideas, environmental series in global $3000.00 on t, w, and online special day in a very emotional occasion in the european parliament in brussels. this plenary was scheduled especially to hear and listen to a video message that the ukranian president followed amused. lensky has for the members of the parliament, he wants to become a member of the european union. he was, of course, also talking about his people suffering and dying in the war in his country. but he is looking to be, to come closer to the block, to be part of the

e u. and that is really the main. it's thrust off what he had to say to parliamentarians. here, let's have a listen and also let's listen to the answer afterwards. of the president of the european commission or sla fund align with john deere with him present in the media in the, in this session hall, you know of the last couple of days. i don't know how to well come and greet everybody because i cannot say good morning. all can say good afternoon, good evening and i cannot exam and that's true because every day for some people, the day is not good for some people. the day is last one. i speak today now about my citizen series of your current who just sending

bought by paying bill to my price range. they just sending freedoms. i'm very happy. that's what i've seen here. no. heard here. no, i'm very glad to, since this mood strictly than that, you know, it's a unifying, was unhappy that we have you new fine today, all of your old countries that your pin union, but i did not know, but this is, this is the price i will have to pay for tragedy from a factory for every ukrainian tragedy coral. our, i mean this, this high price, very high credit phones of people who were killed to revolutions, one war 5 days, full scale invasion of the russian federation. you know,

i am what i'm not, i don't read off the pay off the shift you see because the paper phase and this in the life of my country has ended. now we really was railey to, we're dealing with kill feasel real life. you know, and you know, i believe that song way in which to day where giving lines formal bad moves from rice for freedom, for the desire to be equal. as much as you are the number, we are not giving away our best people. the strongest ones, the most valuable ones. ukrainians are incredible. he admired very often we loved to say that we will win over every one

and i'm very happy believes that you are not only talking about it, but you can see that it was and waiting. we will overcome every one, and i'm sure i'm convinced here there is an expression ukrainian eagerly await your choice, your european choice of ukraine brown. that's where striving to fall and that's what we're going to. and we went to what you should. so i would like to hear back from you to us. we could hair even all for you with the, the that, that ukrainian choice for euro from you. i have given there will have kiddos maybe some time off here because we have breaks between the miss out strike and the badness. and this morning was

a very tragic one for us to cruise me. selzer hit harkey of me. the city which is located to the border of the russian federation. there were always many russians land. and that all is friendly. there were warm relations there. more than 22 universities are there. it's the city that has the largest number of universities in our country. and was the youth is bright smart there? the people who gathered there all the time and was gathering that all the time, full celebrating fallen celebrations. and the largest square in our country, leaves freedom square and say, and this is the largest square in europe, and that's true. this is called the freedom square. can you imagine this morning to cruise missiles or boy head this cradum square? dozens of killed one. this is the price of freedom

where fighter bruce, just for our land is and for our freedom to me just it shall fight the fagen. you wish that all like cities of our country are now blocked me. nobody even is going to answer and intervene with our freedom and country. i believe you, me every square with out to day, no matter what it's called. it's going to recall which as was today for freedom square in every city of our country. nobody's going to break us where strong me, where you train is on us here. we have a much a desire to see our children doing. when is it alive? i think it's a fair one. julie yesterday you 16 children were killed. again and

again, president putin is going to say that is some kind of operation and we are hating a military infrastructure in where our children, what kind of military of factor is do they work at whatever. what tanks are they jolly, wendy, or the launch a cruise missiles. he killed 16 people. yes. yesterday i am. our people are very much motivated, very much. so we are fighting for our rights for our freedoms, for life, for our life. and now we're boring for, we're fighting for survival. it's in the mission. and this is the highest devote evasion. but we are fighting over on the to be equal members of europe. i believe that to day me

waving steam book. i'm not sure we are showing everybody. that's exactly what we are here. he is your opinion. what is going to mean much stronger without so that's for sure. without you, you train is going to be lonely. lonesome will have proven our strengths. will lee way have proven that yet? and so at a minimum, we are exactly the was the same as your loss. so do prove that you are with us. do prove that you will not let us go to prove that you indeed are rupees. and b life, but it will win over death and light will win. i about darkness. glory be to your crime.

thank you very much for your staying message. strong message president for your bravery and for your conviction, i will now give it a floor to to speak of the ukraine parliament for slander stefan took for his intervention. first of all, i would like to thank you for the possibility to speak to address parliament. and i would like someone to say, look at my but he should every everybody say today, the whole world say today to be 8 years ago. ukrainian people to go because you know, for the russian russian today. so changing their way to go to europe, be a nation to the united european union,

to, to have very successful unifying process that they've demonstrated during all these years in our right to develop our rights should be a democratic states that uses it. so its own way was completely ruined by the country. that doesn't respect international law. international principle, sir william dear friend is in the project of the resolution of the european parliament. there is a whole range of sanction gonna be reflected against the aggressor i call upon you to support down. it lets you to get that to do with she. she will, you are with your mom, just to give you mind, we have to confirm to confirm the churchill area expression about that there are

no small people and no small countries. let's we know that you grain has proven that this slogan during the last 6 days. let's be left with any of those people who are perishing right now for the european union, for the future of our european house let's i understand that they cannot meet these in europe without ukraine. 3rd role, there will not be integrity. you are ups without re brain glory to ukraine. thank you for your attention. thank you very much shy, representative. i now give the floor to the president of the european commission or to live on the line for a statement. madam

president of the european parliament, mister president of the council, high representative, mister president of the ukraine. dear valar damira, mister speaker of the ukrainian parliament. my hon members swore has returned to europe almost 30 years after the balkan wars and over half a century after severe troops marched into prague and budapest, civil defense sirens again went off in the heart of his european capital. thousands of people fleeing from bumps, camped and underground stations, holding hands crying silently trying to cheer each other up. cars lined up towards ukrainian west and borders. and when many of them ran out of fuel, people picked up their children and their backpacks and marched for tens of kilometers towards our union. they sought refuge inside our borders

because their country wasn't safe any longer. because inside your crane grew, some death count has begun. men, women, children are dying once again because a foreign leader president put in decided that their country ukraine has no right to exist. and we will never ever let that happen and never, ever accept that normal members, this is the moment of truth for europe. and let me quote, the editorial of one ukrainian newspaper, the keefe, independent, published just hours before the invasion began, and a quote. this is not just about ukraine, it's a clash of 2 worlds, 2 polar set of values and of quote,

they are so right. this is a clash between the rule of law and the rule of the gun between democracies and autocracies, between a rules based order and a world of naked aggression. how we respond to day to what russia is doing will determine the future of the international system. the destiny of ukraine is at stake, but our own fate also lies in the balance. we must show the power that lies in our democracies. we must show the power of people that shows their independence pass freely and democratically. this is our show of force. and today, a union of almost half a 1000000000 people has mobilized for ukraine. the people of europe, a demonstrating in front of russian embassies all across our union. many of them

have opened their homes to ukrainian fleeing from proteins bombs. and let me thank specially poland, romania, slovakia, and hungary for welcoming these women, men and children. europe will be there for them not only in the 1st days, but also in the weeks and months to come. that must be our promise altogether. and this is why we are proposing to activate the temporary protection mechanism to provide them with a secure status and access to schools medical care and work. they deserve it. we need to do that now and we know this is only the beginning, more ukrainians will need our protection solidarity. we are and we will be there

for them. our union is showing a unity of purpose that makes the proud at the speed of light. the european union has adopted 3 ways of heavy sanctions against russia financial system. it's high tech industries and it's corrupt elite. and this is the largest sanctions package in our unions history. we do not take these measures slightly, but we feel we had to act these sanctions. we'll take a heavy toll on the russian economy, and on the kremlin, we are disconnecting key russian banks from the swift network. we also banned the transaction of russia central bank, the single most important financial institution in russia, and this paralyzes billions of foreign reserves. turning off the tap on russia's and proteins war, we have to end this financing office war and

2nd, we target important sectors of the russian economy. were making it impossible for russia to upgrade its oil refineries to repair and modernize it's air fleet, and to access many important technologies. it needs to build a prosperous future. we've closed our skies to russian. they are clock aircraft, including the private jets of oligarchs, and make no mistake. we will freeze their other assets as well. be it. yes. our fancy cars or luxury prosperity is. we'll freeze that all together. and 30 in another unprecedented step. we're suspending the licenses of the kremlin propaganda machine, the state on russia today,

and sputnik and all as their and all of their subsidiaries will no longer be able to spread their lies on to justify puddings war and to divide our union. and these unprecedented actions by the european union and our partners in response of an unprecedented aggression by russia. each one of these steps has been closely coordinated with our partner and allies. the united states, the united kingdom cannot and norway, but also for example, japan, south korea and australia. all of these days, you see that more than 30 countries, representing well over half of the world's economy have also announced sanctions and export controls on russia. and if porting was seeking to divide the european union to weaken nato and to break the international community, he has achieved exactly the opposite. we are more united than ever,

and we will stand up in this war. that is for clear that we will overcome and we will prevail. we are united and we state united unable members i am well aware that these sanctions will come at a cost far economy to i know this, and i want to speak honestly to the people of europe. we have endured 2 years of pandemic, and we all wished that we could focus on our economic and social recovery. but i believe the people of europe understand very well that we must stand up against this cruel aggression. yes, protecting our liberty comes at a price. but this is

a defining moment, and this is the cost we are willing to pay. because freedom is priceless, honorable members, this is our principal freedom. it's friday or investments today will make us more independent to morrow. and i'm thinking 1st and foremost about our energy security, we simply cannot release so much on a supplier that explicitly threatens us. and this is why we reached out to other global suppliers and they responded. norway is stepping up in january, we had the record supply of energy gas. we're building new l n g terminals and working on interconnect us. but in the long run, it is our switch to renewables and hydrogen that will make us surely independent. we have to accelerate the green transition because every kilowatt hour of

electricity, europe generates from solar, wind, hydro power or biomass reduces our dependency on ration gas and other energy sources. this is a strategic investment and my hon. members. this isn't strategic investment because on top less dependency on russian gas and other fuel fossil fuel sources also means less money for the kremlin war chest. this is also a truth. we are resolute. you can rise up to the challenge. the same as to one defense, european security and defense has evolved more in the last 6 days than in the last 2 decades. most member states have promised deliveries of military equipment to ukraine. germany announced that it will meet the 2 percent goal of nato. as soon as possible and our union for the 1st time ever,

is using the european budget to purchase and deliver military equipment to country that is under attack. 500000000 years for the european piece facility to support ukraine's defense. as a 1st batch, we will now also match this by at least 500000000 euro from the e you budget to deal with the humanitarian consequences of this tragic war, both in the country and for the refugees. honorable members, this is a watershed moment for our union. we cannot take our security and the protection of people for granted. we have to stand up for it. we have to invest in it. we have to carry our fair share of the responsibility. and this crisis is changing europe, but russia has also reached across, wrote,

the actions of the kremlin are severely damaging the long term interests of russia and its people. more and more russians understand this as well. they are marching for peace and freedom. and how does the kremlin respond to this by arresting thousands of them. but ultimately, the longing for peace and fries and freedom can not be silenced. there is another russia, besides proteins, tanks and we extend our hand of friendship to these other russia. be a sure they have our support under the members. in these days, independent ukraine is facing the darkest hour. at the same time, the ukrainian people are holding up the torch of freedom for all of us. they

are showing immense courage. they are defending their lives. but they are also fighting for universal values, and they are willing to dive for them. president zalinski and the ukrainian people are a true inspiration. and when we last spoke, he told me again about his people's dream to join our union. today the european union and ukraine are already closer than ever before. there's still a long pass ahead. we have to end this war and we should talk about the next steps . but i am sure no body in this ham is psycho can doubt that the people that stands up so bravely for our european values belongs and our european family had. therefore, hon. members,

i say long live europe and long live a free and independent ukraine. mess vomas' lover, you crying yet? ah ah ah thu

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