ah ah ah ah, i'm and you can mckinnon. and welcome to d. w. use ukrainian president of the law to me as the lensky is in london on what is only his 2nd trip abroad since russia invaded ukraine. nearly a year ago, zalinski is missing with the british. prime minister refused to knock and his due to address both houses of parliament at any moment will be bringing that to life to

later be visiting buckingham palace for an audience with king charles. the u. k. is one of the biggest military backers of ukraine and has sent the country weapons and equipment worth more than $2500000000.00. and for some analysis, we're going to be bringing in dw correspondent berg at mass, who is in london. and joining me here in the studio is d w as chief international editor richard walker. we're seeing live pictures at the moment of the ukrainian president vladimir zalinski in london. he is due to be addressing the house of parliament at any moment. and we will be bringing you that speech live. let him his zalinski, present the friend who

vanity printing fluency in london. mister president lisco, bow glossy mo. the rest of us, welcome. not many people stood here to day. the significance setting were realised. the total friendship began on the 8th of october 2020. when you the 1st ever head of state, the di met the speaker, we're here to offer mediately with much laughter, overland english afternoon tea. and of course,

charlie kicked and we forged the minister bond despite wearing mass a being socially. this is the opposite. turns of a large table because like the rest of europe, we're working nerves. how to deal with covered little did we know though relationship grow in such turbulent times? on the 24th of february 2022. the 2nd invasion of ukraine began on the 8th of march 2022. there was a know the 1st for us both. i suspended the house of commons so that you could address in ukrainian through the screams in our gym, which we still refer to that as the lensky screens. the atmosphere was electrified . you could hear a pin drop before you came and lie. a very,

very rare thing in the house of commons. you spelled out the horrors of the 1st 13 days of war. your speech was devastating and powerful. to day on the 8th of february 2023. no deep into the wall. we are all met. the put yourself at risk 2 addresses and a gay shine, a light on the fight. your country is still fighting for survival. this all has been the place of many great historical events. your presence here to day adds another to them. the war this, you know, better than the of us is lasted for nearly as you told us last year. this is a war you create, did not start of the know, but it is a war. you've had to fight under a commitment to support you and your people was not waived. i was considering

what could be said that this import occasion, i thought bought the 99 to them. we hoped that old countries that emerged from the former soviet union could secure freedom and prosperity. there was a moment of hope over that time, and we knew it will be a long time that each country could choose its own destiny. it is a tragedy that ukraine's efforts to bring freedom prosperity to its people has been met with war and death last year, building on our friendship. i welcome your wife, madam cilenzo, to parliament tolten deliberately, a provocative exhibition. i wanted to ensure the experience of your people is kept the forefront of our minds. i do not believe any of us in this room were complacent

about the reality of conflict. but those displays shocked us. the images stayed with us. they brought home, the horrors of war, horrors inflicted on your people, fighters, civilians, alike, horrors, which cannot be avoided or denied. i applaud you. cringe! refused to forget what is you and your people are fighting for? in the words of europe, indian, your evasion winners. kyle russia, orchestra, they said, i always find my way home. even if all roads of destroyed fighter for a country is not fight simply fighting for territory. it is a fight for home and for an idea. the endurance of the people, the people of ukraine owners, those ideals, the refusal to all our war to destroy the humanity on us. the ideals lush,

right? quite right. last year you said ukrainians become big. over the 30 days of this war, you have become even bigger in your determination, not just to fight for your country, but to stand by the ideals you are fighting for will not give up on those ideals, will continue to support you against that russian dress. and a club chair to day in front of all of you to all i can to keep the plight of ukraine in the spotlight. later this year, you k and ukraine will be united in music. but we will always be united an hour away bring belief in the power of democracy. chava ukraine. mister breton place.

thank you so much. the be both of them united kingdom and they are honorable representatives. all the people of england and scotland of wales and northern ireland, of all the lands which have been home to brave souls since you are came into existence. i have come here and stand before you on behalf of the brave on behalf of our war us who are now in the trenches under enemy artillery fire.

on behalf of our ear gunners and every defender of this guy who protects you, train against enemy aircraft, and me sales on behalf of our town command call 5 to restore our ukraine and borders on behalf of our con. streeves were being drained now, including here in britain. thank you very tongue and who and who will be then deployed to the front, blind throng, lion, skilled, equipped and eager to win on behalf of every father and every mother while waiting for their brave sons and brave daughters back home from the war. mister speaker. ah, you may, i think, well,

remember asked ralph more than 2 years, 2 years ago. ah, we met with you here in panama. right on there was, for me. and we, i remember we enjoyed tea. ah, we talked of course and talked a lot about our people and all about our conference throughout the british and drain m political traditions. monsieur prime minister richie went out when we have our meeting up to day and i said to you that i would tell you i will tell a story in my address to the parliament and as story about my feelings on my forced who is it to london as,

as president in autumn 2020 the program was packed, royal highness, s. william and catherine. and lock in ham, palace and aircraft, carrier of the royal navy. the west miss sir, close down in street. and of course the war rooms and the ear ache. and am cheer in the war room there, famous charles, on cheer and a guide. and a guide smiled and offered me to sit down on this on cheer from which war orders had been given. and he asked, man, how did i fill it? and i said that i certainly felt something

but it is only now that i know what the feeling was and all ukrainian snow it perfectly well to it is a feeling of how bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. ladies and gentlemen led isn't just my thank you for your bravery. thank you very much. from all from all a loss. yes. place that is for you all a lot for you. london

has stood with keith since day one from the pure seconds and minutes of the full scale war. great britain, you extended your hell be have well, the world have not yet come to understand how to react. boris. you go diverse united when it seemed absolutely. absolutely impossible. thank you. you all of you, you all showed your greet and character back then. strong british character. you didn't compromise ukraine, and hence you didn't compromise your ideals. and thus you didn't compromise the

spirit of this great alliance. thank you very much. and of course, of course, everybody understand that our congress, you absolutely different times our nation's defended freedom. in the 2nd world war, the, the iron curtain divided us our people went through crisis and grows through inflation and purest of social losses and social gains. it was tough, but we always found tramps and stamina to move ahead and achieve results. this is the bedrock of our land and he or traditions, ukrainians, and brits defeated. the fear of war have the time to enjoy peace,

no matter what we and content on different different stages while of our and your for me label history and you, you and das, and the whole mankind achieve similar results. evil last even worse. we will always come out on top of evil. these lives at the core of, of our but also your traditions. however, there horizon never stays clear for a while. once the old evil is defeated, the new one is attempting to rise its head. do have

a ceiling that evil will crumble once again i can see in your eyes. now, within the same way as you do. we know freedom. well, when we know we know russia loose and we really know the weak, tory, their weak durry will change the walls. and this will be a change that the walk has long needed the united kingdom is marching with us towards the most. i think the most important victory of our live time it will be a victory over the wary idea of the war. after we win

together, any aggressor doesn't matter, big or small will know what awaits him. if he attacks international order, any aggressor and aggressor who will try to push the boundaries by force who will inflict destruction and death on other peoples who will try to endure his dictatorship at the exit at the expense of other people's blood in criminal and unprovoked wars. at the kremlin, thus, any aggressor is going to lose ladies and gentlemen, we have already achieved remarkable results and we must make every effort to turn

our achievements into their foundations of the future global, secure during security architecture, the walls, the wall needs your leadership, britain just as it needs you, graham bravery, ah, when the full scale invasion began, we together with uber ism, and united states and other allies, formed it through coalition of france. that is very important. you where am on those, where if you could have helped before the large scale invasion began. exactly as it will be necessary every time in the future to prevent aggression from happening. your health was preventive. we must take this

principles of preventive aid to those who are threatened with aggression and preventive sanctions. again, those who threaten aggression as basic principles of the world onto war policy. we created a coalition of and low tanker of law and javelin that stopped the advance of the russian army from the 1st day of the invasion. we bill, they currently is not artillery rounds. and a girl is an air defense which allow us to see the lives of our children, of our people, of our own civilians, our women, our elderly. and i will see this from russian from russian. it draw shoes, occupation, and me style tour. we put together

a powerful sanction coalition and your leadership is protecting international legal order through sanctions against touristy, cannot be questioned and we have to steadily to steadily continue along these way until the roster is deprived of any possibility to finance the war. most importantly, together with n g 7, we brought about a go listen of well use a coalition that protects the rule based all to order and human rights a collision that will work in such a way that over time there will simply be new gray areas in the wall in which human life doesn't matter. in order for it to be su,

there must be justice. anyone who invest in terror must be held accountable. any yvonne, anyone who invest in violence must compensate. those who have suffered from terror turn aggression or, or other forms of stevens, our proposals for the creation of a special tribute now for the crime of russian aggression against ukraine. and special compensation mechanism, which will concede war losses at the expense of russian essence are based on such on such principles. justice is one of 10 elements of the beast formula proposed by ukraine and supported by britain. i think you for your

readiness to invoke the formula, tango prime minister. thank you very much. is i as i already mentioned, you granted soldiers are being drained in britain in but he glutton parade challenger's your man battle tanks and i it's a tag coalition in x and i think you think harris. thank you very much for this powerful defensive step for tank assistance. thank you. the girl isn't of long range. massage you. the latest of all, it will allow us to make the evil even completely retrieved from our country

by destroying it's heather ways deep in the occupied territories. and it's not just, i'm not speaking just about weapons. we proved together that the world truly helps those who are brave in defending freedom and das peeves babes the way for in you history. a history of the wall. history of the wall that knows how to be quick in help. who knows how to be effective in defense, who knows called to remain principled in dar ours, who in bl, immense, is treatise and arrangements in good faith, who does not allow perpetrators to enjoy

to enjoy immunity. who knows how to overcome vito when it's abused? who knows? no fear, and who knows how to win the shall be and then you reality of the free world. i'm sure however, you will, it will, you will is still is still around around to day and the battle continues. yes. we know how is going to and, and how we are going to feel on the day the story comes. every day we continued to bait to pay with lives, pain and te, ours,

of bring for bringing victory closer with the lives of our aurora people, our while heroes whom we loose in battles with the lives of our heroes who take life and death risks every day. to save as many of our soldiers and civilians as possible and to day i will have the honor to be received by his majesty the king. he told me, ah, a truly special moment ah, for me, for our country. and in particular, because i will convey to him from all that all the ukraine ass, the wars of gratitude for the support his majesty showed to down when he was still

the prince of wales. and i also intend to tell him something that is, i think that is wary where he, very important not only for the future of ukraine, but also for the future of europe in britain. in britain, the king is an air force pilot and in ukraine to day. every air force pilot is a king. perry? yes just for us, for all of him. because they're so few. they are

so precious that we the ceremonies of our kinks. do ever see possible and impossible to make the world provide us with modern place to empower and protect violence? who will be protecting us and i am proud of our air force and i brought to present from them to you. great britain. yes. bliss. unless gust. yes, if i eat eats i will explain the helmet over

real ukraine and pilot. he is one of our most successful a says and he's one of our kings and the writing on the house or it's we have freedom. give us wings to protect it. ah. i trust i drive this symbol will al bus for our next coalition coalition of the plains. and i appeal to you and the walt was simple. and yet most important wars combat aircraft for ukraine winks for free them.

ah grade rhythm read reason, you and das both struggle copious, but instead of we are forced to face the ranch. that ceased to deprive us of peace and everything else that is valuable in line. unfortunately, it is in human nature to allow evil, mantua it then stand up against humanity it than destroys and kills. it launches, aggressiveness, and breaks people's life. you and us have all ready fought together again against such evil. you and us already have the experience of defeating the evil that is generated by human nature. i'm not saying there will be

in there will be no more wars after the war and no, it is impossible to completely erase evil from human nature. yes, it is in our power to guarantee with the words and deeds that delight side of human nature. well pray this side you and us chia and the stance above anything else. thank you for your attention. thank you for your support and living a british parliament 2 years ago. i thank you for delicious english tea. ah, and i will be living the parliament to day thanking all.