well, the answer from our side could be in the comments of the president. i think that the ukrainian defenders, which we have already seen because of how they worked out military facilities on the territory of the occupied crimea, and here, as it were, some moments, the first key moment is purely such a military and technical one i.e. , are the means of attack that are currently in the service of the ukrainian defenders capable of hitting targets at such a distance and in a territory with such a density of air defense systems, because well, we all understand that this is a powerful air defense aa likes to brag about the russian occupying power in crimea, it is, of course, more of a myth than reality, but at the same time, one should not forget that since 2014, russia has been very actively militarized, that is, there is no need to underestimate the quantitative indicators, so what

if this military junk of the russian there are a lot of people there, and in the tests they worked out their ability to go through all these lines of defense , and the military in the territory of crimea. and there is a political component to this situation, and thanks to you , we are switching to the broadcast of the crimean platform. which continues, please, in crimea, led to the further blocking of ukrainian ports on the black and azov seas. it affected the economic situation. it affected the food crisis. let's clearly understand that this is a planned choice of russia to militarize crimea and weaken international support for ukraine. and that is why we welcome the recent grain initiative as well

as the actual dispatch of the first ships from the black sea ports of ukraine, and we will recommend that in the future we work on this issue, we will carefully take care that russia carried out this grain initiative, ladies and gentlemen. we would also like to express our very great concerns about the shelling of the zaporozhye nuclear power plant, russian actions risk leading to a nuclear disaster, since then we fully support the measures taken by the united nations, russia should provide appropriate access to also ensure the creation of a demilitarized zone around the nuclear power plant and ladies and gentlemen mr. volodymyr the european union really supports the

territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine and our support is unprecedented, we have consistently expressed our opposition to this situation. we have also demanded that russia fully help and respect humanitarian law, and we also support the initiative related to the international crisis in the case of aggression. we also believe that we we really provide strong support to ukraine in the form of humanitarian aid, macro-financial assistance, we provide support to refugees, we also provide unprecedented military assistance, we also join in ensuring a bright future for ukraine and we will also join in the reconstruction of ukraine , the previous presidents and the european council clearly

stated that ukraine has a place among the european family. and in june we officially granted ukraine the status of a candidate. let me once again clearly and clearly repeat that your future is together . chairman, if you can hear, thank you for now, ukraine must be restored and you can count on our support. glory to ukraine glory to the heroes, mr. president well, the next

speaker is his excellency the president the european commission in the capital of fondelain, madam president, i ask you to speak, mr. president zelenskyi, president dudash, dear guests, in february, march 2014, russia annexed the crimean peninsula by force. this gross violation of ukraine's territorial integrity and international law marked the beginning of russia's efforts to deprive ukraine of its freedom . it was a reaction to the revolution of dignity in ukraine, where brave ukrainians demanded freedom of justice and the right to choose their future, the future is connected with europe since that time

crimea was used not only as a russian base, a military base, but also to test the brutal methods that russia currently uses in other parts of the regions of occupied europe, we know that if you know that we fully support, we will never recognize the illegal annexation of crimea and the city of sevastopol from on the part of the russian federation, i am extremely concerned about the violation of human rights in crimea, disappearances, sorting out murders, persecution of the crimean tatar people, intimidation and imprisonment of journalists and human rights defenders this is the dark reality of a person. well, the occupation

of ukraine. accordingly, we will work with partners and other countries in order to expose these violations, so that those responsible for them are brought to justice, and also to support the victims. since the beginning of this aggression in february, we have started and increased our military and humanitarian aid, we have accepted seven and a half million ukrainian refugees, our sanctions are ongoing, the military machine and the economy of russia, our solidarity is allowed to export more than 10 million grains from ukraine, we will continue to help with the export of e-e grain that is stuck in the ports of ukraine due to the staged

blockade of these ports by russia the european union will continue to help ukraine as long as it is necessary to provide ukraine with independence and bright future but it happened differently not only ukraine is already celebrating the 31st anniversary of its independence tomorrow now ukraine now ukraine has turned into a candidate for membership in the european union, our peoples have never been so close, our commitment to a free and democratic country has never been so strong, so glory to ukraine, the president, as the president said in his comments, we will become members of the european union together with crimea, and

crimeans will be part of europe as soon as citizens of ukraine, we actually solved the technical problems and we can now return to asia and hear the comments of his excellency the prime minister of japan, please allow me to express my deep respect for the leadership of president zelensky, who organized it under very difficult conditions, and to emphasize our solidarity with the government, we, the people of ukraine, russia's aggression against ukraine is an outrageous act that has shaken the foundation of international power only in european asia. japan consistently supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine together with crimea and strongly opposes the

unilateral term to change the status quo as a prime minister born in hiroshima i will never tolerate the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, japan introduced strict sanctions against russia, provided support to ukraine, humanitarian aid, financial aid, defense equipment, helped with the transportation of humanitarian cargo, in addition to the fact that i emphasized the tables, japan is going to continue providing aid in the amount of about one and one ten billion us dollars, additional grant aid is received for support expansion of ukraine 's grain storage capacity and response to the global election crisis as russia's aggression against ukraine becomes the details here are getting longer and longer, the internationals want to show solidarity in their reaction as the leaders of a united ukraine, a member of the big seven in

asia, i spoke with regional leaders such as india and the countries of southeast asia, our direct ones, we reached an agreement on the possibility of observing the principles of international protection communities, japan will continue to do everything it can to contribute to the efforts, because in my turn, i am not only coming from japan, but we will make it possible to use such an opportunity as an appeal to african countries with on the occasion of the eighth tokyo international conference on the development of africa e-e 108 at the initiative of the japanese government, which will be held in tunisia this whole weekend, i am the country that next year will chair the g7 in japan, e-e works closely with the

international e-e society, applies its own experience, putting all efforts to establish the peace of the restoration of ukraine as soon as possible. of space i want to invite the secretary general of nato and jens stoltenberger to take the floor thank you very much, mr. president zelenskyi , the president of ukraine 8 years ago, russia illegally

seized crimea, taking it to one of the most militarized areas of the planet, and it became a springboard for a full-scale attack science six months ago president putin because he can break the ukrainian people and its armed forces, that he can divide democratic nations, that he will be able to dictate his conditions, but he did not have on the radio, he was wrong, many friends of ukraine are testifying with their presence today that ukraine survived six difficult months of war, but we also showed our extraordinary ability to choose brutal aggression, to defend ourselves, to win back our territory and also to inflict heavy losses on russia, too completely in solidarity with ukraine, our member states support the sovereignty

the territorial integrity of ukraine is your right to defend your land and choose your path in the future. president putin started this unjustified war. he must stop it himself and remove his military force from the ukrainian land of ukraine from the very beginning of the restored independence, we supported it. then, when the illegal annexation of crimea happened, when russia attacked again, it sent all the ukrainian armed forces in 2014, they surrendered to the attacker from january, we provide humanitarian financial political military support we ah go to the defense contact group group and i always contact the leaders of the country so that you provide more military equipment more ammunition and faster on the motherland exactly those in

in june, we agreed on fuel, medicine , food, and communications as an aid package for that, as well as protective equipment against weapons of mass destruction. we also help prepare for the winter heating season . on the part of moscow. we help ukraine to be born. this is her supreme right. we are committed to ukraine's partnership with ukraine for a long time. we helped ukraine to move to nato standards . equipment and also in military management, we also

give you the opportunity to stand firmly on your feet and under the road of reconstruction, restoration of the country, winter is coming, winter will be hard, and we see now that the war is going to exhaustion, it is a struggle of will, a struggle of logistics. therefore, we must continue to support ukraine - this is what we will do no further than the perspective that ukraine can win as an assembled independent nation, a powerful, stable, independent ukraine - this is a guarantee of atlantic security, nato together with ukraine supports 30 years of independence and we and now together with ukraine next we will be with ukraine as long as it takes it will be great thank you mr. general secretary some creatures are not able

to choose something else and we in ukraine like to choose everything even if it is insurance on hotline finance hotline finance insurance of course online congratulations friends my name is anna valevska you are watching espresso channel, a channel with a ukrainian view of the world . i thank you for this. we continue the series of interviews until the independence day of ukraine. today we will talk with people's deputy of ukraine mykola in mykola, i congratulate you, i congratulate you on the 31st anniversary of independence, and it so happened that today is six months since the beginning of the full-scale invasion

of ukraine by russia, and i guess we are all reevaluating the word independence, because right now we are fighting and ukrainians are dying for it. what does independence mean to you right now? ukrainians not only now began to die for independence because hetman mazepa also fought for independence, his army fought for independence and russian princes before that , that is, ukrainians fought for independence and people who died in the holodomor died for independence and ukrainian dissidents sat in prisons for independence and stus died for independence, therefore independence is the greatest embodiment of the will of the people of any nation. the ukrainian people, like all other peoples, have the right to their state and their independence and you always have to fight for independence, this struggle lasted for a very

long time, but now i used to be such a joke, they say that we reached the finals, yes, we reached the finals, and i am convinced that in this final, we will win and let's make a state where ukrainians will not die because independence is a state that protects each of its citizens in the ukrainian state , every ukrainian should be protected, in fact, no matter where he lived, whether in ukraine or outside of it, he should know that there is a homeland that will always protect him and be fair there is now a war going on with him for this, but this homeland must also change in parallel, fight off the enemy and change so that later there is no adverse effect, what changes are worth and necessary to make at the level of the state and society right now not waiting for victory well, first of all, it is obviously very important for us to become members of the european union and nato, and in order to become members of the european union, we must

become a democratic country to the end, we are a democratic ukraine, ukrainians have always elected a hetman we have never been a monarchy she has always there was respect between people and the greatest value for ukrainians, which international observers and researchers mean, is freedom. ukrainians love freedom much more than other people, because that is what ukrainians want this is what we need to implement, we need to implement freedom , the rule of law and democracy. these are the main reforms, so to speak. why do we need them? we need them, and because we want them, we are so used to it . and in addition, we are a european people for european peoples - the value of freedom is also very great, this is also what unites us with europe if we want to become full members of the european union. and we must become, because otherwise our economy will not survive, otherwise it will be difficult for our army and it will be difficult to defend ourselves, but for all this, we have to guarantee this freedom to everyone in the

country and build a real democracy, well, actually , we are starting to do it now, we remember that putin wanted to capture kyiv in three days, he had such plans somewhere and maybe already had on the border with poland during this time. but it has already been six months. what do you think? do you think that it is a merit that ukraine stands for six months and resists such a huge influx that we fight so bravely and defend ourselves? it is a merit of our people and our army. in addition, we must be very we are grateful to our allies because without american or european weapons it would be extremely difficult for us without financial assistance it would be very difficult for us therefore in fact there are three pillars of this victory the people the army and our friends and partners who share our values ​​for which we are fighting in the 91st year on referendum, the ukrainians already then laid the beginning of a

historical turning point in the world, because after the declaration of independence, then this monstrosity, the soviet union, disappeared from the map altogether, and somehow it was not possible at that time if this the role of ukraine to the full extent and now the world understands what is happening on our territory that we are essentially an outpost and is the world ready for a turning point, such as the disappearance of the union, well now, first of all, it is necessary to be very clearly aware that it is not at referendums that for the first time we this was said at the referendum, we confirmed the will that was actually expressed on the 24th by a ukrainian politician, firstly, the declaration on the state sovereignty of ukraine, then the declaration of independence of ukraine and the ukrainian politicum

spoke showed his wisdom as representatives of the people for independence and then the people confirmed it a little later in the referendum it is obvious that without ukraine wanting to be independent if it were not for the soviet union conclusion why putin is at war with ukraine in such a way because the meaning of the existence of the soviet union union is to oppress ukrainians and the ukrainian people. the whole essence of the union was russia's desire to colonize ukraine, and when ukrainian politicians and ukrainian leaders at that time felt that such a people fought so much for an ally will support it, and then the people voted for it as usual when ukrainian students went to the first maidan and argued for the fact that ukrainian boys served only on the territory of ukraine and not in the soviet army, which was scattered throughout the union, when they opposed the monopoly between horses from the communist party because they

wanted to see a democratic society even then when they opposed the signing of the union agreement and when people supported them. i remember those shots, i was working as a young journalist then and was actually i was the only television journalist who was appointed, they let you in while starving, because while starving, they were my friends, fellow students, i was the same as them, i also wanted to go there, but i was already working on ukrainian television, then there was only one channel and they said no, you are better off filming us and here i am i filmed all this and then these shots were shown on all the channels of the world. i remember when i went to a huge youth demonstration. a hundred thousand young people came out. they were students and schoolchildren. the older people were afraid, but when the students and schoolchildren left, they had already left. everyone understood that ukraine will definitely be independent. therefore, it is obvious that ukraine's role in this is very large. it is now 100 years since the founding of the soviet union, and for putin, who thinks in these symbols, like any nazi

, these 100 years are the round date on which he wanted to restore the soviet union in order to show his greatness , that is why he was preparing for war and decided to start this war right now, but he just did not take into account the fact that there is the will of the people, it seemed to him that it would be possible to agree with the ukrainian government or scare or buy whose to destroy eh and the ukrainian people will obey as the russians now obey him putin and the ukrainian people do not obey anyone and this is his main mistake he did not understand that this people will defend their state and i am convinced that they will win now but look then 100 years ago, we could not maintain statehood because there was no such mass will, somehow it did not have time to consolidate, and then after these pension revolutions that exploded, we again slipped there after the orange to the regionals and somehow we we were rocked a little. and now you have no

fear that there will be some kind of wave of retreat . is this the turning point when we will be able to retreat from our principles? look, first of all, even the worst sims remained, albeit as crippled as they say, but we are a democracy elected presidents alone in the post-soviet space, except for the baltic countries, uh, we voted, we were a democratic country . then politicians and citizens realized what responsibility rests on them, maybe not to the end, but much more than before, we had a little time, we created a strong army, we passed a law on language, we received a tomos and approved the church, these are all extremely important things then with they were laughed at, someone said that it doesn't play any

role, what a difference, but actually there is a difference for people, because people fight for it, the army actually fights for faith and fights for language, and there is an army that can fight despite all our difficulties with weapons due to many other reasons and problems. so i think that this turning point happened then in 17-18 , there was not enough time to create a strong army, they tried to create it, they created it, but it was not strong enough then there was not enough international support, now i have putin believed that he chose the optimal time when the west is divided in ukraine, the government is weak, and the ukrainian people are tired of it and want to return to the empire and are nostalgic for the soviet union. he was wrong about everything that could have happened then. he was wrong that she weak army he was wrong that the west will not be

united and here we have to thank the united states of america and joseph biden it is obvious johnson the european leaders the leaders of our neighbors poland eh who supported us who united and eh putin was also wrong here that is he assumed of all the possible mistakes that could be made, precisely because of that he is doomed to defeat and we are doomed to victory that's why he made a mistake because in essence 70 years of cultural and mental occupation we had this and this myth that everyone was worried about the fact that we are one people, belarusians, russians, ukrainians, what is this cardinal difference that he did not take into account between us and russia, he did not take into account what we said that ukrainians are a people who love freedom and who know how to fight for their freedom and their the right to choose a president, they can be wrong to choose one better and another worse, but this is the right of the people and the people do not want

to give it away, just the war between ukraine between russia and ukraine shows how much stronger a democratic country is compared to a totalitarian one a totalitarian country is usually corrupt and built on fear because every official is afraid to come to putin and say something he doesn't like. well, weren't there smart russians who realized that ukrainians are strong people who knew what kind of people we have the army, who knew that we would fight, were of course, but each of them was afraid to tell putin, always came to him and said, oh great king, you will surely defeat everyone, you will win now, everyone will love you, everyone will welcome you with bread and salt, and putin himself he believed in this and everyone was afraid to tell him the unpleasant news, they told him that he had a lot of calibers and a lot of these daggers, and it turned out that they had these daggers, but they turned out to be

much less, now he is imprisoning the people who made them because he was not told the real truth about their weapons, which we are fighting and fighting successfully, so that a corrupt dictatorship always loses to strong democracies, if we were a really strong democracy and not just a democracy, first of all, putin would not have dared to attack, he himself would have realized this in the second place, there would be fewer victims and we would fight very effectively and strongly, but we would fight more effectively, and therefore our task to build this strong democracy is very important, the ukrainian authorities understood this, because in a strong democracy, a strong state and strong institutions , a strong army, a strong people, no corruption, everything is for victory and everyone unites for the sake of this victory, the power of the opposition is in this and the essence