how did it fall on the blanket? i fell, i had one bruise and my arm was fine, i was just in shock, and all the enemy shrapnel stopped a centimeter from the carotid artery, this saved pollyna 's life. first aid was provided in kharkiv and sent to lviv by an evacuation train. the wound was very severe . in the part that is close to the shoulder joint of the bone, it was broken into many fragments, which were actually scattered all over the part near the shoulder joint in the hospital at the time of the explosion, the boy and his father were not at home on the video field with devices. they were even scared in the field so that the bones would grow together correctly. the girl must

be in a special fixator next week with her mother and brother. of course, she does not sleep at night, she constantly dreams of this moment of explosion, she is afraid of very sharp sounds , she is moving and it constantly seems that she is falling somewhere, something will explode now and begin panic attacks more than anything polina wants to return to her favorite sport at the age of 9. she has been doing taekwondo, aikido, kickboxing and dancing . moldova's status as a candidate for

membership of the european union, we continue to talk about it because it is a positive decision for our country. therefore, the head of the ukrainian diplomatic service, dmytro kuleba, said that the turning point the moment for receiving the application was the visit to kyiv of french president macron, german chancellor scholz, italian prime minister draga and romanian president iohannis, and their conversation with president zelenskyi, when he noted that among the countries skeptical of the decision were the netherlands, denmark, sweden, portugal and germany, the new element related to the eu reform, in which it is extremely important to take into account our interests, which we will deal with as an external political department is the functioning of the election itself there are many complaints about the bureaucratic machine of the european union that it is too heavy and not flexible. they will also work on this. they admit that , by their own admission, they need to implement many

important reforms in order to function effectively. diplomat minister of foreign affairs of ukraine 2003-5.10.12 congratulations to kostiantyn ivanovich on the air of the marathon, we congratulate you, congratulations, and congratulations on this decision, you also contributed to it, mr. kostiantyn ivanovich please tell me if we talk about the process of our a-a step towards candidacy so when did it start and how far is this final er-er now how much is it in principle the final of our er-er our so-so integration into the community well, i think that we started talking about it 20 or more years ago, and of course we moved in this direction at different

times with great speed, and under different presidents, we know that precisely around the issue of advancing to the european union arose precisely those turbulences, those serious shocks that determined what for the euro future of ukraine is fundamentally important . today i am new, no one doubts that the european perspective, the opportunity to be a full-fledged member, is what unites all ukrainians, so to this day, i think no one has any doubts that this is the decision we received from the european council , it will allow us to consolidate ukrainian society in order to implement such reforms that were needed for ukrainian society by all of us, but without

the possibility of obtaining a sufficiently strong program we would not have been able to join the european union as a full-fledged integral member. i think that we could overcome the close obstacles that were created by interested groups and prevented us from implementing those decisions that required a full vote and support from other powerful structures, including the bank in this case, i think that no one has it will not be possible to stop these processes so easily, because society is exactly the same as in the eastern european countries that joined much earlier than us, it was impossible to prevent that with the support of society

to move in this direction this is a fundamentally important decision not just from the point of view of the fact that we got a ticket but from the point of view that in order for this ticket to become a reality we understood that we have to do what is necessary for ourselves, well it is very true that we here we have to make a lot of effort ourselves, but you rightly pointed out that this is a historical decision that, in principle, ultimately determined our path, the path of ukraine, and now this path is supported by the majority of ukrainians, but let's remember that even 10 years ago there was no such unity and that number of people due to the actions of different well, what do you call them, you know, these agents of influence, they were not only in the european union, who acted for the benefit of them, but they were also in ukraine itself, and here a lot has changed with

us, please, tell me, this is inevitable way well, we can simply mention that several countries that received the status of a candidate are still not members of the european union. there are several very important elements here as to why this happened and why we have a sufficiently clear path to full membership, and within some reasonable time frame. they tell and even now, well, let's say the same minister of europe, or what is his name in france, that it takes 15-20 years there, this is his assumption, this is not a recipe by any means, because everything is changing and very radically in the acceptance, including of ukraine, in of all processes in the world, the fact that ukraine was able to stand in the way of russia, which is fighting not just against

ukraine as a state, but against european values, which ukraine can represent them, ukraine is right on the border with, and what will be an alternative to what they have built within themselves and this is one the situation is different, well, i still remember very well when the main topics of controversy regarding the budget of the european union were about whom to support in the plan of adaptation to agriculture, france then was most concerned about the fact that no one would be a competitor of the framework of the european union and its agricultural capacity, today neither france nor in general, almost no one can provide the world with food, we have ceased to be objectively

competitors and, on the contrary, have become an additional factor in increasing the authority of europe's ability to solve the global problem provided by europe food from hunger in the essence of the world, so instead of feeling us as those who can create a threat today, on the contrary, we are the ones who should be attracted to the third element, this is the understanding that ukrainians are not those who are simply looking for an opportunity to find themselves or to protect them from some kind of threat these are people, if they come to europe, they integrate easily, and this has been shown by several people. well, in recent years, what have

ukrainians done in the same poland, to date , these are people who integrate easily, move around this is what is precisely part of the free movement of labor, everything else, that is, the perception of ukraine as a plus is independent even from the fact that we are fighting against russia, that we are defending european values , european opportunities to be a democratic community, which is based on the understanding that economic growth economic benefits cannot be absolute a priority compared to what is respect for human, human dignity, human health and everything else, but all this creates completely different opportunities for us today

than it was, well, literally a year ago there, mr. konstantin, to what extent did the war factor influence and how exactly did it influence this decision, where is the advance payment, how much is there in this advance payment decision, how much sympathy , how much real recognition, and the fact that ukraine is a part of the european family these are three , all three elements of the usual games of plants, but if it was only one of these elements, i don't think it would have worked with all the importance of what we do, and this is probably the most moisture, the most significant. although of course what we stand for and showed the courage of our armed forces and the ability of the political leadership to show just a new enormous ability to be in the center of exactly this

resistance and not to run away. all this led to a rethinking of what ukraine is. influenced us never so many leaders of foreign countries arrived, they were able to see for themselves, we all think that there are state interests, which, somewhere, someone, on what levers, i do not know , what kind of slides calculates that their national interests and there is no such thing, everyone calculates national interests by himself through his own vision and when he sees what he felt when he came to kyiv when he had prospects with those who could

prove adequate to him what is the meaning of ukraine and what is its significance it changes the vision the same leaders, but we would accept well, it seems that the majority of eyes in europe well, finally, objective economic prospects this is how we are destroying today russia is destroying our infrastructure, it is destroying our e-e industrial capacity but what was destroyed to zero in germany in japan became not an obstacle, but probably a certain opportunity to build another economy in due time, the opportunity for us to be together with our european and generally western partners allows us to hope that

thanks to the ability of ukrainians to be powerful entrepreneurs and scientists and engineers will allow us to build a completely different economy in the future and this will be a plus for europe and foreign affairs in france that it will take 15 years for ukraine to become a full member, but instead the president of france is macron, he said that the representatives of the european union will make every effort to ensure that ukraine receives membership under a simplified procedure. position on the expansion of the european union well, but i think our joining with moldova will play a very positive role here,

the french, as always, were very sensitive to those who are close to them culturally or let's say linguistic, even this is possibly a small part of what affects the e-e decision in one case or another for many in europe, including the french, are the most striking example, the possibility of cultural integration of those countries that are part of the european union is fundamentally important, so they have always been very skeptical of opportunities for turkey to become a member of the eu, but with ukraine, i think that the attitude is fundamentally changing now, everyone saw that even millions of our ukrainian refugees did not create the problems that many

they can be expected based on the previous waves of refugees from other regions, therefore, even at the level of the same voters, it is clear that it is impossible to accept refugees, temporarily displaced persons, but to integrate the principles of the country. at the same time, the opportunities for free movement of people for employment seem to be perceived much better previously, therefore, there are many factors that are currently working for us, minister kuleba kostyantyn ivanovych, commenting on this decision of the european union on the air of our marathon, said that an important role in the final decision was played by the visit last week of the four leaders of the european union, well, first of

all, we understand that it is about france, italy and germany that it was during their visit that the eu was formed final position how much is in this position in this decision and taking into account the fact that we talked to you before this? this is the emotional component and were there examples of such decisions from where we are from the european union, specifically emotional ones from the european union. in we are associated with such technocratic rationality, in fact, in this case, it was not a visit to the european union. it was a visit by the leaders of the states, which usually have a decisive influence on the position of the european union, and in this case they are much more free in formulating the formulation of their approaches to certain political issues and they are elected by the people of their countries and have sufficiently

wide powers. at the very least, you can talk about a frenchman or a german. well, the prime minister of italy is exactly the same, that is, i think they were ready for that to decide in our favor what they ultimately decided but finally what is called already to ironed out what they probably had doubts when they saw what they saw during the visits to to to everything they saw with their own eyes i at all always er in my experience means based on it i believe that not

taking into account the emotional component of those who make decisions on behalf of the state is a huge mistake because sometimes it is emotion that prevents us from deciding what was rational well, we see on the example of that of russia itself, the fact that a decision was made that allowed this huge tragedy to happen is not irrational at all, but this is a completely different case, but in a more positive sense, we see a lot of what affects a politician when he realizes that what is right, what is responsible for some moral imperative it also helps him politically in this case, i think the decision of those who

came to us recently and saw for themselves what ukraine is today . in fact, ukraine is not the only one that has received this candidate status, moldova has also received this status, and the question is: well, we know that the european union, european leaders, you know, tend to make some such package decisions, not only there, one country will join several countries, this was the case in the last ones, we can even mention romania and bulgaria, but now ukraine and moldova, do the european union think that the destinies of these countries, that is, ukraine and moldova, are connected? well, i think that in this case , who is the head

of moldova today, a change in a certain certain level of support for the euro plays a role here aspirations of moldova as such of course, this is the position of romania, which is very concerned, as we know, by moldova's aspirations for the euro , as well as the desire to protect moldova from being sworn in by russia. there are many very reasons here, and i think that it will be in our interests together with moldova because we do not want the european union, in this case, in the process of our approach to it, to have a country that could return to a purely pro-russian orientation . so i think that here the approach and attitude to the decision regarding ukraine and moldova was the right pledge

from all sides, in your opinion, why did they decide to separate our associated trio in this decision, where was georgia, but georgia was given such a wording that the european perspective was not recognized as a candidate, but the european perspective of georgia was recognized, then i think it is obvious because georgia well, she decided that she can live peacefully with i don't want to condemn them absolutely, but also to understand them, and to understand them, too . in their opinion, this is peculiar on the part of moscow, and

they nevertheless do not join the sanctions, that is, what kind of community can there be with georgia when such an aggravation occurs around the situation in ukraine ? standards of fighting against many phenomena that we have to deal with , including us. but with them it is much more strict , that is, when an oligarch practically manages the state structure alone and he is accused of russian connections, well, who can to be on at this stage of the perspective, i think that only in georgia will it demonstrate that it is really focused on the european perspective, it will receive exactly the

same status, this is to close opportunities for georgia. she did not declare any such aspirations of hers, because practice shows that she is oriented in a completely different way. well, listen, what about us? well, now we mentioned the associated trio, which included ukraine young georgia and we together wanted and we wanted to get to the european union . the two of us are going, this does not mean that we have abandoned the third, you are just waiting for them to reach those

minimum standards, there are not any extraordinary ones that will allow us to lobby georgia in order to bring it up to what we hope we get closer time, mr. kostyantyn, here. what other peculiarity can be seen in this decision regarding moldova, regarding ukraine and georgia as a whole, which also promise some kind of european perspective? this is the fact that all countries have territories occupied by russia. there is nothing similar in the european union. to recall cyprus, yes, part of northern cyprus is occupied by turkey, according to cyprus itself, how much of this risk is taken into account by the european union, and in your opinion, why did they still dare to go for it despite such risks, well, the european union is on the military union does not obligate this issue

of the economy, social development, the legal system of human rights, the free movement of people, many eyes, it does not directly depend on what part of the territory is controlled. there is no active military activity, uh, clashes that lead to the destruction of everything and everything, all of us in europe, too, look to the future uh, war, even if it will last a long time, it is not endless, there is a signal from the european union that they believe that she is charming will end with the victory of ukraine. in the extreme,

a victory in the sense that we will not allow russia to impose on us what they want and we will restore our territorial integrity, so it is precisely in this context, in the context of this belief, that our efforts will be built to reform the ukrainian economy and various spheres of social life in order to join the european community, and here i do not see any obstacles that arise in the context of, say, our desire to join nato, although in the lower situation, the prospect of ukrainian full integration into nato, too, i do not exclude, because what

was considered absolute, i was in it, it was absolutely impossible now, well, at least it raises the question of where exactly the limit of this possibility is, therefore, we live in a world where everything that was recently considered is for us it is also necessary to push these changes so that they correspond to our interests. what is the issue ? a kind of proof of this is absolutely an obvious thing, because without it, if they believed that ukraine is an abyss, as they say, the option, then who would give us this perspective is now the realization that europe

together with the united states of the other countries of the big seven simply cannot allow us to lose the opportunity to win this war why because it's more than ukraine ukraine is important but it's even more than it it's a question of the ability of the democratic world to be able to support resistance to an authoritarian regime that imposes its its agenda is not just for ukraine, but actually for the entire civilized world. that is, we will do what we want regardless of any obligations, any principles, because you are with us,

you depend on us, you buy our gas, oil and everything else. you are with us one way or another, it will depend on the fact that we will buy furniture from you there in italy, i don't know the president from something from south africa, what happened to them with insolence and deviousness, it's so easy to talk humanely, it doesn't work in a noble way, this proved it very difficult because there are so many ideas about russian culture about a lot of things that, unfortunately, probably once seemed to be true somewhere in some way, but today have been completely destroyed by the behavior of moscow before