ah, was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful lady that perhaps we just don't understand to search for answers store to february 10th on d w. ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program. you are joining us for special coverage. we are about to hear from ukraine's president below the mirrors, the landscape, and the european commission president ursula funder line, who have been meeting in keys founder line and her team of top officials are part of the biggest

e u. delegation to visit since the start of russia's invasion. they have been discussing new sanctions on moscow as well as e u aide to ukraine to but also of we are going to be bringing you on some of their statements, but 1st, correspond mathias ballinger has been at this press conference. he joins us now. mathias just briefly tell us what the standouts are. so this is the 1st time that the whole commission, all 16 commissars and the president from the line plus the president of the european council, and who chairs the meetings of the heads of state in the e. u. that they all together sat on the train and went to a war zone. so this is of course, a very strong symbol of support for ukraine. and that's why the statements that they made were quite lofty. they were talking about defending the free world. they

talking about the ukrainians, standing in the front line for europe and they were discussing of course it's, it's a working visit. it's not just a show off. there were also discussing lots of issues, especially about the u. accession you crate is a candidate since last june and aid, as you mentioned, and also criminal justice. for those who are responsible for this war in rush correspond mathias balling. i thank you so much and we're going to turn now because here is ukraine's president below tamir zalinski and the european commission president ursula funder line, who have been meeting in chief. let's have a listen. dan money's journalist, finding the pamela. dear ladies and gentlemen, we have started about 2 very important european integration days in ukraine. today you have negotiations with madam president of the european commission,

sula on the line. and there will also be a joint meeting of there have been commissioned on the calendar ukraine tomorrow. we have simon to you, you can sign it, and this is the time and our join agreement in here in key, even though capitol hill on real me and the strengthening of into europe, increase of our corporation further integration, ukraine's integration to europe and union means strengthening of the pan, your opinion, possibilities to defend life, the defend life of a free people in free europe, customer something that the founding fathers of the european union have been dreaming of in different countries. and they dram of europe to be, would you give reliably, protected against any aggression in newsome and force distribution of borders. the little they've been tramped off democracy in europe and defend a dr. each person has to defend a tribe of each community. they dram,

nice of never having the time when there would be burn, fee to interpretation in europe in order to fulfill this, jim was to peaceful european. this can be done only with ukraine and by a show also, you probably remember when we worked for such a great and important step for our country as the candidate status for ukraine, ukraine's membership in europe in union. i'm not sure that to you. that's for our people, it's really important for our people, why it is a motivation, what it is, a motivation to us to defensive. so always say, 1st of all and consequently the entire europe, again, the biggest anti european forces in the world to why, why this notation ukrainians at the battlefield, defense pacifically,

those values that europe has got united on and keeps uniting and we cannot lose it. so every 2 years that they've got a union between ukraine and the european union inspires our people and they give a result to the entire us. it gives the result to our society more in order to get us to defend against the, our joint enemy. but of the will, so the next logical step, electrical step before it bonded to towards our historically a union and the membership in the union will be taken with the same inspiration as the candidate purchase. and your clear russia is not getting the key to concentrate. concentrating forces and getting ready to take revenge. not only ukraine, but also against you in the europe and the entire world. and unfortunately,

when over the enemy, it's not enough to have victories only in the battlefield. it's important to have the belief europe in a peaceful you about united europe, been in the 5th of our institutions. we need to more to painting dangerous european integration achievement and it will in a pinch so that the each, the cranks of our people on the battlefield and at all levels, are these very difficult for fight? you roll, supported by the entire year. ladies and gentlemen deal with a lot today and tomorrow, but of course we're working with the european parliament typically for shipment may apply in order to prepare the space of our integration with the europe in union in order to strengthen our race, defend lots again when they meet russian aggression. in particular, we're talking about financial economic,

when social and when you energy humanitarian is offering for ukraine. sort of construction that dia lumnick. now that madam president has passed over a report on the 2nd part of the question that ukraine has a field is that when we were getting our candidate status, i'm really glad that this is so seen it's, it's a good new needle smallwood report will become debatable for the work of our government officials, i think that we will speak in more detail during the joint meeting that we are going to open together. this is the joint meeting with the government. you can commission now together with them for president, with solar, we have discussed the key issues related to ukraine and the european union. and they will like to give us the tape example. we something that characterizes our them on the sides of our very important bengal guide. corporation,

we have agreed to be as madam also that the commission will help us to start the reform of the system for the protection of children and care for children. very important for us, the children who are not have parental care. e m is, could you provide the parental care and instead of them, i use them off or into not all of the orphanage house in the had a teacher over the soviet times who want to establish and you know, system of the family houses who will be done on the basis on the systemic basis, and it will be about important to us, but our children, and this is lisa, did she not only an institutional change, it's school who wants to leave a this is an important civilizational change for ukraine. it is an absolutely different attitude, but who a human being is they have

a proper correct attitude to your family and to society in general. in the know the ladies team will also meet with them from the language of school and they will discuss decent other very important humanitarian issues in the corporations that have been commissioned. we have also submitted a confirm, the necessity to a continually renovation. and you can, you and europe in unit we have talked about a financial and economic stability of your train. european commission support is very important that high priority on the country. we've talked a lot about the construction. you know, there has been many discussions in europe as to the recovery of our country after the facilities. the over now is the time for more specifically, thing we're fast to cover is important. very important for us to cover him with

quick recovery, why it's important to ensure the find the financial support to this process just needs a priority. we also implement our joint program is didn't commission on in the a to improve the energy consumption in ukraine in particular, free exchange of incandescent lambda by the l. d lamps. and i am really, i would like to thank person, the program and 5 medium l e. d m, a radio that had been funded by that have been commissioned earlier been union, have already been sent to new ukraine and disabilities. all the considerable deploy a city of energy consumption there, kind of because the ball green increase all the input of energy and supplies to train another to have re energy renewal of our people to heavily relevant spectrum

to energy area. because discuss audio, thanks tens against russia in particular the tiny package. this is the joint, no dos for the, for euro. but in order to all of this, a convention of sanctions model and the movie. and the more we do in the closer we will lead to the defeated operation aggression. but we see the sanction speed in europe has slowed down a little bit. and the russian a terrorist stayed. is it a speeding occuptation to sanction? so it's important to, for you to see the dog when doing to correct the situation. and i do believe that together we will be able to do this a just like we will also be able to meet all other expectations in train and the in europe. thank you very much for your attention. thank you very much for the very is lou lou, volvo, very important function that we have discuss at the beginning of our european integration is very much mr. president. yeah,

but i think it's good to be back and let me marrow what you just said about our meeting. indeed, this is my 4th time my 4th visit. and this time i did not come alone. i brought along the college of commissioners, my team of commissioners and by having the college of commissioners and the ukranian government basically gathered around the same work bench. we are able now to work not only on sustaining the ukrainian people now, but also to build how to build a future of ukraine in the european union. it has been almost one here since 14 launched his brutal invasion, one year of suffering, but also of legendary bravery by the ukrainian people. and one year of impressive unity by the global community. europe has been by ukraine's side

since day one. because we know that the future of our continent is being written here. we know that you are fighting for more than yourselves. what is at stake as freedom? this is a fight of democracies against authoritarian regimes put in tries to deny the existence of ukraine, but what he risks instead is the future of russia. our presence in keeping to day gives a very clear signal. the whole of the european union is in this with ukraine for the long haul. and we will stand up for ukraine as we stand up for the fundamental rights and the respect of the international law. and thus, my 1st point is indeed,

you mentioned it to ensuring economic security for ukraine. we made a promise last year that is stable, predictable, financial support. and we've kept this promise to weeks ago, we delivered the 1st tranche of our 18000000000 financial assistance for 2023 over all the european union's economic schuman italian and military support for ukraine. amount since the beginning of the war to almost 50000000000 euros snarl. it is important for us to give economy security to our friends in ukraine. we are also helping to ensure the energy security you mentioned it to put in unremitting attacks on ukrainian infrastructure are targeted. he tries to subject the ukranian people to a brutal winter with little heat power and water. but we are working together

tirelessly to restore our vital energy infrastructure. it starts in ukrainian homes from this week, and indeed the eli di light bulbs are available to ukrainian citizens at the post office. these are the 1st batches of the 30000000 alley de light bulbs we promised. but in tech for a fact, i'm happy to announce that we can overshoot our goal. we are now able to provide 35000000 alady light bulbs. we're delivering equipment to keep ukrainian grid, the ukraine in grid functioning, and we're making sure that electricity is flowing through the grid despite the attacks. so it's very hands on what we do very practical today. for example, i can announce that we are providing $2400.00 additional generate as they come on top of the 3 tower 1000,

already delivered since the beginning of the world and alongside with the member states in the energy community. we will make available over 150000000 euros to purchase vital energy equipment for ukraine. finally, we are inviting ukraine to our energy platform for joint purchasing of gas. you know, the principal, we want to make the best use of our joined market power. so we will overcome this winter, dear val autumn year and many of us to come. we are also working on the mid and long term of energy. therefore together we start to develop renewable energy sources. you've said recently about our demure ukraine and tense, and i cite you to become a leader in building modern green energy and rightly so, this is the right goal and it's possible to achieve it. yet renewables will not

only bring clean energy, they will also increase ukraine's energy security because they are homegrown. and because a decentralized energy system is plain and simply safer. so we are now working on making available significant funding funding for solar panels that will be deployed across ukraine. we will call on member states and trusted partners to join this initiative. the amos to power public buildings. so to provide stables supplies to hospitals, to fire departments, or schools, for instance, with these solar panels on the public buildings and the final element in the energy security. today we're signing a memorandum of understanding on renewable gases such as bio me sane or

hydrogen. so very concrete steps in the direction of ukraine's green reconstruction. and indeed reconstruction is the vic over arching topic. we are in this fight together and we will rebuild this beautiful country together. and here, let me briefly focus reconstruction starts now with fast recovery. so we work now together on making it available on making available 1000000000 euros for the start of the fast recovery. we can start right away with that fast recovery and with these 1000000000. but of course more is to be added to that. the biggest topic, as i said in the overarching topic, is reconstruction and healed. the world is mobilizing the g. 7 donors. coordination platform is now in place. the platform will help coordinate the international

assistance and will support your reform agenda. then there is an engine, a mojo, that is the secretariat that is led by representatives of your government and the commission. and that secretariat is present here, both in key of and in brussels, g 7 countries and beyond, as well as international financial institutions, arm and now preparing to send people to 2nd. it's secondment by experts to the secretariat, so that we are now pooling the efforts to make economic recovery and reconstruction a success. my 2nd message to day is that we are making putting pay for his atrocious war. before russia started this war, we were very vocal about the severe economic costs we will impose on russia

if it invades ukraine. and today russia is paying a heavy price as our sanctions are you eroding its economy, throwing it back by a generation. the price cap on crude oil already costs russia around $160000000.00 euros a day. and we will keep on turning up the pressure further. we will introduce without g 7 partners, an additional price cap on russian petroleum products. and by the 24th of february, exactly one year since the invasion started, we aim to have the 10th package of sanctions in place. russia will also have to pay for the destruction it cost, and we'll have to contribute to the reconstruction of ukraine. therefore, we are exploring with our partners how to use rush us public assets to the benefit

of ukraine. and russia must be held accountable in court for its odious crimes. prosecutors from ukraine and the european union are already working together. we are collecting evidence. and as a 1st step, i'm pleased to announce that an international center for the prosecution of the crime of progression in ukraine will be set up in the hague. this center will coordinate the collection of evidence. it will be embedded in the joint investigation team, which is supported by our agency euro just so we will be ready to launch work very rapidly with your just with ukraine, with a partner of our joint investigation team as well as with the netherlands. the

perpetrator must be held accountable. my 3rd message to day is about ukraine's integration in the european union. they will not in me, are your stamina and your people, stamina, and your determination to join the european union is impressive. you prevent your application for the european union membership brilliantly. i know it by experience you became a candidate country while fighting an invasion. you'll continue to make impressive progress to meet the 7 steps of the commission's opinion. i am comforted to see that your anti corruption bodies are on alert and effective in detecting corruption cases. i also commend you on reacting so rapidly at the political level to make sure that the fight against corruption is delivering tangible results. and

as is further stepped up, and while ukraine advances on the european path, we are tearing down barriers between our economies and societies even further. to day, we are proposing to ukraine to join key european programs. this will give you crane benefits close to those of you membership in many areas. and we will discuss this now in our working session with the ministers and the commissioners. and i will be happy to give more details than afterwards in the next press conference. my final power point and it is last but certainly not least that we are connecting more and more our people, our companies and our cities last year, a lot of me at you called fall cities,

2 twin between partnerships and they heard you and they are doing it so let me report you that we have now 100 large cities in the european union that are twinned with 36 ukranian cities by now. munich with key f, for example, total cool with khaki. almost 1000 small towns in the european union have partnerships with municipalities in ukraine with wood or mud us, correct? good forensic record. you understood what i meant? good luck on your tell me holds correctly pronounced. and just like you called, they are ready to help to rebuild the sista cities in ukraine. so our network, the euro cities, has already launched a project on the sustainable rebuilding of cities in ukraine. and i think it is amazing because they are urban planners, engineers, architects, fully on board,

and the new european bol. house concept will inspire them. they partner in ukraine to launch the capacity building program. for example, they share knowledge for rebuilding smartly, for example, by recycling concrete. so that are ukraine could use half of the day bree from destroyed buildings to rebuilt better. our life program will provide the 1st steps on that. this is 7000000 for the program to start, so our vision is to turn the destruction of war into opportunities to build a beautiful and healthy future for ukraine. this war of aggression has broken so many lives. the 1st lady alena zalinski told me, indeed about the immense suffering of the children that are left orphans

puddings. war has taken away their parents and has shattered their lives. and we cannot mend this, but we can offer to comfort their pain and to help the best we can not in institutions as you said, but in family based care, we want these children to grow up in a loving environment that gives them confidence and strength. so be real short, we will support ukraine to provide the best possible care for these orphans. we will share our experiences, we will offer financial support. we are starting with 10000000 euro to support here, the designing of a modern child care strategy. and this includes of course, capacity building and a training project,

because i think it is wise that ukraine teams up with european member states who have gone through the same process. so have the experienced what to avoid and what the best practice is. we cannot bring back the parents to these children, but we can carry their future in our minds and in our hearts and do the best for them. so devil are to me or our teams are rolling out there, see if they're already working. we have more than 20 topics on our web bench to day . so it's a lot to discuss. it's wonderful to be again here and, and very much looking forward to the discussion this afternoon. and thank you so much. you have been 20 asked for special coverage. we have been listening to ukraine's president the loading ears, lensky, and the european commission, president ursula on relying making statements after their meeting in keith. we're

going back now to our correspondent mathias ballinger, who was present at that press conference. he joins us now. what should we make of those statements? mathias? so what we see is that there is a lot in this visit, a lot of very specific programs. but of course, the most important thing for ukraine would besides, of course, the aid that ukraine bitterly needs an aide in military, a bitter aid, but also financial aid, economic aid. besides that, the most important things be happening at this meeting would be the discussions about a candid did you crave a accessing the european union? everything that that, that lays the past to that there are some specific agreements as we heard about a specific, a grant for example,

being able to export without charl into the european union that candidates usually do not half. but of course, the most important discussions will about be about the accession process and how far ukraine has gotten there would not be an official assessment yet. that's too early for that. but i think the signals that the europeans would be sending in these meetings to was the ukrainians. this is what people who are really watching for at the moment. mathias spelling there. thank you so much bethany from keith. and to pick reminder of our special coverage at this hour, the eas top officials are in key for a summit to discuss ukraine's financial business and energy needs. european commission president, 1st left underline and her team are part of the biggest delegation visit since to start a fresh invasion. they've also been discussing new sanctions on mosque and

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