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my name is yuri fizer and i am on the air of the espresso tv channel a program that i would already call an interview with the ambassador every week. us on february 24 of this year and how they help us well, my guest today is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of sweden to ukraine . ukraine returned to kyiv. as far as i know , on the fourth of may, how his work has changed since the beginning of the war, it has changed since the beginning of the

russian invasion of ukraine on february 24 of this year. everything we do in the embassy has only one single goal, and that is to understand how sweden can to support ukraine in its efforts to repel the russian invasion, to expel russia from its territory, this is exactly what we are doing with the help of our aid program to ukraine, we are conducting political dialogues with our ukrainian partners and it is obvious that we are doing this through the defense department of our embassy, ​​or all the employees of your embassy have already returned to kyiv, not yet, we are returning gradually, at the moment there is a small group in kyiv, the rest are working in stockholm, but we are

gradually returning, as far as i know, before coming to ukraine, did you work sweden's ambassador to afghanistan, this is another war-torn ukraine. i understand that this is just a coincidence and it doesn't matter. is the war in ukraine different from what you saw in afghanistan? that is, i don't want to compare the atrocities of putin and the taliban movement. but do n't you think that putin's crimes in ukraine are much more serious than what the taliban did ? war is necessary. in my opinion, russia's legitimate war in ukraine is distinguished by its cruelty, its

non-compliance with the rules and its complete disregard for the civilian population and the rules of the introduction of war, it does not even need to be compared with any other situations the russian federation has demonstrated again that it is pushing its political goals against international law it has done it before in places like chechnya georgia in ukraine it has been doing it since 2014 and starting february 24, 2022 it is doing it in such the scale of which we have never seen before, so there is no need for any comparisons. this is an absolutely unacceptable violation of international law, a violation of international human rights law due to war crimes committed both here and at the global level. do we need putin? bring these war crimes to court. in my

opinion, any person who commits war crimes on the territory of ukraine should be tried. this is exactly after you returned to kyiv, you called the russian war in ukraine an existential war, or is it an existential war only for ukraine or for the whole of ukraine europe in general for ukraine of for you ready well i think that the russian invasion of ukraine is a challenge to the security of all of europe and to be honest it is a challenge to the world order international law includes several fundamental things one of them is that all states are sovereign, other borders cannot be violated, ukraine threatens the whole of europe and the world, let's talk a little about the applications of finland and sweden to join nato. as

you know, this issue is being actively discussed in ukraine by the prime minister of the kavasha country, magdalena anderson said on wednesday that negotiations with turkey continue and mr. erdoğan, the president of turkey is blocking your potential entry. why do you think he is doing this? i cannot comment on turkey's position regarding sweden's application to join nato. it is worth talking to the representatives of turkey, but as far as i know, your delegation went to ankara to discuss this issue, that is why i am asking you. yes, of course, it is obvious that we

should discuss with turkey the issues because of which they are blocking sweden's entry into nato. but i am the post of sweden in ukraine related to the submission of sweden's application and its relations with turkey should be referred to those people who deal with them, although of course i know that such negotiations between sweden and turkey are ongoing i hope that all problematic issues that may arise will be resolved. thank you. sweden has maintained neutrality for more than 200 years. has putin's attack on ukraine fundamentally changed the attitudes of the citizens of your country, so why? is russia still a threat to sweden because of its actions in ukraine? russia is a threat to all of europe. i think that it is

quite understandable, therefore, there is one reason why sweden decided to get rid of its more than 200-year-old tradition of not joining any military alliances, there is only one reason for this the reason is the actions of the russian federation and its leader vladimir putin. last week i read that the united states of america promised you that if russia or anyone else attacks you, the united states will help you, it will be a kind of alliance between you and the american army but at the same time, you still want to join nato, fine, i do. sweden and its government have submitted an application to join nato, and if we talk about ukraine's intention to join nato, you will

support our initiative. sweden, which is not yet a member of nato, until this has happened, i cannot comment what our country will do or not do, but since you said that russia poses a threat to any european country, i think it would be better if ukraine also joined nato and received help from this bloc to counter the russian threat, and i still believe that you will support the minister of defense of sweden, peter hulpvist, said our initiative in an interview with the publication forint polisi, and then the quote: russia fundamentally violated international law, it does not respect the right of democratic countries to sovereignty, it also told european countries that what it wants the new security order and that it wants to maintain

a certain influence on the adoption of security decisions in neighboring countries. and this is absolutely unacceptable, therefore it is very important for us to build a more serious defense against russia, because it does not respect any state. end of quote so the war in ukraine will end. i hope that it will happen very soon and i have no doubt that ukraine is defeated. but will russia continue to exist or will it continue to threaten european security after the end of the war ? i think it depends on the actions of the russian federation. if russia stops making illegal demands on other european countries, if russia stops violating international law, then there will be no reason

not to consider it a threat. for the rest of europe, but in its current form, russia is a threat. as long as putin sits in the kremlin, i don't know, i'm not an expert on russia and its leadership, so i don't think i can comment on it. okay, let's talk a little about ukrainian refugees coming to sweden how many have you already sheltered? i don't know the exact number because it is constantly changing, but it is quite possible. several tens of thousands. that 's right, according to the estimates of the swedish migration agency. your country can accept up to 80

thousand ukrainians. they can live in host families. and shelters specially created for this, but what will they do after their arrival, frankly speaking, i do not know the answers to this question, but the swedish authorities are doing everything to receive refugees from ukraine, this is the responsibility of the migration service. i think that a very developed system has been created in our country, which deals with the reception of refugees from ukraine. we have already talked about assistance with the reception of refugees. let's talk a little about the military assistance that we receive from you. sweden has

sent about five thousand anti-tank systems to ukraine. your country will continue to supply heavy weapons. i understand that this may be classified information. therefore, you can simply answer yes or no. provided ukraine with not 5,000 but 10,000 anti-tank systems. and this is twice as much as in the past. we also provided military assistance in other forms. and if we talk about the present, sweden continues to look for ways to support ukraine with military equipment. last week, our government decided to send a new package of military equipment to ukraine aid at the very

beginning of the conflict, sweden publicly spoke about the content of its military aid to ukraine, but this policy has changed significantly, we no longer openly talk about what exactly is included in the military sending to ukraine although the support continues and last week we delivered a new package thank you let's talk a little about putin himself some european leaders and politicians started talking about the need for putin's peacemaking what do you think about it as the ambassador of sweden i think this war should end so that it did not violate the territorial integrity of ukraine and its sovereignty. i am convinced that the violation of

international law cannot be allowed. well, sweden will continue to support ukraine in order for it to win this war, now i will another question for you but why do such leaders talk about appeasement of putin because they are afraid that the war can somehow cross european borders is it pure economics combined with politics i can't comment on comments made by others you have to ask those people about it i took with pip ok ok thanks for your answer on may 5 at the donor conference co-organized by sweden and poland raised 6 and a half billion euros to support ukraine, how do you see the marshall plan for ukraine that the european union can offer now

are developing various plans and initiatives for the reconstruction of ukraine sewing currentlying it concerns the plans of ukraine itself it concerns the steps of the european union to support ukraine last week the european commission launched an important initiative and it all applies to other countries as well. in my opinion, this topic will be important during the conference in switzerland which is scheduled for july 5-6, it will be devoted exclusively to the construction of ukraine, lithium ukraine, the reconstruction of ukraine - this is an issue that is now mainly discussed in ukraine itself, but also in other parts of the world. between those countries that support ukraine and its reconstruction. at this stage, i cannot tell you the details of what these initiatives will look like, because they

are still being developed. but in my opinion, several principles will be extremely important, one of them is in that the reconstruction should be better, it should give ukraine a more modern infrastructure than the one it had before, after it, ukraine should become less dependent on the russian federation, this concerns logistics energy and other sectors, another principle is that reconstruction should be smarter. today, a large amount of ukrainian infrastructure remains from soviet times, and as we know, infrastructure planning was not one of those things that were developed in the soviet union. it seems to me that despite the tragedy

of the war which is currently ongoing, it is also very important to see the possibility that the reconstruction will be able to significantly improve the ukrainian infrastructure. should take place in such a way as to respect the principles of democratic ukraine, which means that there should be no corruption, laws and the like should work, and i hope that sweden will take part in the post-war reconstruction of ukraine. in one of the interviews , even before the beginning of the russian invasion, you said that swedish politics has the two most important values , the rule of law and freedom of speech in ukraine. we recently witnessed a situation when three patriotic channels, including our

espresso tv channel, were illegally switched off no warning, in your opinion, is this a violation of freedom of speech? well, how can we not become putin’s russia, where the mass media are subject to serious censorship, i cannot comment on individual cases because i do not know the details of the cases you mentioned, but if in general, if in general, then i would said two things, first of all, now is the time for national unity , all patriotic forces in ukraine must cooperate. because ukraine has faced an existential threat from the invasion of russia, so i really hope that the incredible national unity that ukraine demonstrates to the world from 24 february will continue as long as ukraine faces an existential threat and as long as the invasion of the russian federation

continues. economy, this progress needs to be continued further, and sweden will continue to support ukraine in the strengthening of democratic institutions in the strengthening of sovereignty rights and in the fight against corruption, which should also continue democracy for the most part a-a insight romption this was my last question and now you can say something to the ukrainian people so that i can say something to the ukrainian people so maybe you want to say something the only thing i

would like to say to ukrainians is that as the ambassador of sweden to ukraine for the past two and a half years, i am impressed by the strength of the ukrainian people . we know that the war started in 2014, it did not start on february 24, 2022, despite the fact that on this day the russian federation decided to start a new and more aggressive phase of this war. challenges in a country fleeing from the imperial and colonial rule of the russian federation, it could not join the

european union and nato because of this, but despite this, ukraine has achieved sensational progress as a democratic an independent european country since independence and sweden will continue to support ukraine during the war and after its end when ukraine regains its own will and freedom and restores its territorial integrity i thank you personally, mr. ambassador, for joining me and convey my thanks to your government and people for the support and help that we continue to receive from them. well, let me remind you that my name is yuriy fizer

. i talk every week with extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of the countries of friends of ukraine for to ask them what they think about the aggression that russia started in ukraine on february 24 this year, how they help us and how they support us, and we need to know this so that we realize that we are not alone in this civilized world because we are a piece of it will help us win this war, the victory will come soon, soon my name is yuri fizer, see you unconquered cities of ukraine zaporizhzhia, the city of harsh metallurgists , glorious engine builders and a powerful hydroelectric power plant on the dnieper. and this is also the cradle of the cossack family of ukraine who never knelt before anyone zaporizhia cossacks for centuries defended ukrainian lands from invaders during the liberation war

zaporizhia army fought for independence for the entire country in world war ii the city endured the soviet undermining of the dnieper river and the german occupation and now zaporizhzhia is full of the cossack spirit as always indomitable stands on the defense of ukraine zaporizhzhia unconquered on the fourth of april concert rrt illegally turned off the digital air ukrainian independent tv channels espresso the fifth and direct on a petition has been registered on the website of the cabinet of ministers of ukraine in which it is requested to return ukrainian tv channels to the digital airwaves in order to sign the petition first you need to register, it is very simple go to the website petition in you.gov.ua there

go to the registration tab and enter all your data, say your phone number and email confirm all your data enter the code that will be sent to your mobile create a password certify that you are not a robot give consent to the processing of personal data check all your data again and click the register button to complete the registration, go to your specified email where the letter of the site will arrive. click on the link in the letter will return you to the petition site, be the email password , enter, return to the main page of the petition site, open the petition for the return to the digital air of the ukrainian tv channels espresso of the fifth and direct press the button to sign the petition the inscription signed will appear your signature is confirmed and taken into account let's return together to the digital air ukrainian patriotic channels no

let's destroy the freedom of speech in ukraine telethon for our own why informational broadcasting during the war the authorities provide journalists only for selected tv channels they did not exclude from the introduction of this telethon toxic presenters as we call them those who worked at one time for medvedchuk it is not the place of strangers here who made the decision turn off espresso from digital broadcasting formally rests on the law of wartime eh and eh does not consider it necessary to explain and how the telephone law destroys freedom of speech in ukraine see more lviv is the cultural capital of ukraine, one of the

most attractive tourist and investment cities, ancient architecture, museums, festivals, and tens of thousands of internally displaced persons moved to lviv to work after the start of hostilities, and employees of the espresso tv channel in the morning of february 24, the russian nazis began their denazification of my city, the first enemy shells flew into our military the town and the military unit, my house was hit by two shells, it caught fire. i almost lost my apartment, which was now looted by orcs my road from buchi to kyiv lasted for 9 hours on the roads from kyiv to lviv even longer, and this city of irpin is a hero in kyiv oblast, before the russian invasion , the war correspondent and host of

espresso vitaly bakumenko lived here. i called irpin the city of children because i was in no i have not seen so many children anywhere in ukraine, this is a kind of happiness, this is a city of parks, a lot of parks, very cool playgrounds, kindergartens, come on, children, it turned into a terrible city that day i woke up and immediately, as usual, i pick up the phone and i see a bunch of messages, hundreds of messages that ukrainian cities are being bombed with rockets, that the russian army is already in ukraine and is approaching kyiv, well, it was a shock. i live in this building on the sixth floor . i looked out the window and saw that there is a traffic jam of cars leaving i don't know endless and they almost don't

move over the neighboring guest house, a cloud of black smoke was already hanging, the air trembled if not from the explosions , this horror the city of heroes will have to endure a little later, the sky overhead trembled with the blades of combat helicopters, vitaly's family quickly gathered things got into the car and joined the endless string of millions of cars that were freely moving to the west of the country. the road to the shelter took several days. now vitaly's wife and daughter are abroad. and he himself works at the lviv espresso studio, although he spends most of his time on the front lines since 2014. correspondent, i see a lot, i saw a lot in donbas, i myself was born in luhansk and i worked in the east of ukraine, i was on the front line well, of course, this is the work of a journalist

, in fact, a soldier, i was in ovidivka marinka bakhmut shepherd happiness stanytsia luhansk well, everywhere the ukrainian army has been standing since march, a journalist covers the war of russia against ukraine mykolaiv oblast kharkiv oblast donbas front stretched for hundreds of kilometers across the country something incredible we are just standing between villages well in one village between other villages and everything is flying above us flies and it falls there and near us and flies past and