that is why we keep the state today half of the state expenses for the armed forces of ukraine in order to give a worthy rebuff to the enemy of the russian federation, accordingly, without taxes , it is impossible to receive the state apparatus and the armed forces, accordingly, without taxes, the country cannot live and develop , therefore, in fact, we have such a proposal if that is why we actually have some resistance, but i am convinced that the verkhovna rada supports such a position. the deficit has already been finally overcome and will it arise in the near future according to your calculations, so today it can be said that the fuel deficit has been overcome, it has remained in the past only in the first 15 days of september, 350,000 tons of fuel were imported into ukraine - this fully

satisfies the internal consumption of the market operator, accumulated reserves and stocks, respectively, today we have a sufficient amount of fuel of all types evenly throughout the territory of ukraine, of course , the war continues and to give forecasts or guarantees that we will not have a repeat of the may situation, no one can, but the government is doing everything to ensure the stable operation of the market, on the one hand, we have maximum acceleration and all import procedures through the western border, all services are working to give the first priority to crossing the border with a sleeping tank and a gasoline tanker on the other hand, we supported the importers as much as possible , provided them with opportunities to interact with the national railway, which was an important

source of supply, the market was reoriented and the importers company bought new fuel tankers and even bought barges that we are transporting today fuel e-e through e-e river ports in the south of ukraine and thus were able to carry tares in a record short time. optimistically, at least the basis for the deficit not to arise again has been laid. thank you for joining denis kudin, the first deputy minister of economy of ukraine became a participant in the marathon and we move forward united news together we are strong armed forces need drones make your contribution scan the qr-code well and then an exclusive

interview with the plenipotentiary and extraordinary lady ambassador to the united states in ukraine bridget bring is a journalist of the ictv tv channel volodymyr runets - one of the first to talk to her among ukrainian journalists and found out whether ukraine has established red lines in the negotiation process with moscow, why the white house hesitates to recognize russia as a terrorist country or not, and whether russia will be able to avoid sanctions for aid to china and finally, why did the united states grant a visa to lavrov? let 's see. thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us and our viewers. if i'm not mistaken, you went to kyiv on may 29. you can compare your feelings about the situation when you just arrived and now vladimir's skam. thank you for this. the opportunity is very good to be in kyiv i am glad to talk with you i

want to say that when we arrived here at the end of may i was also very glad i became part of an extraordinary team of people whose number has now increased if you compare now and then it is obvious the war situation was different from the current one. and now i just want to say that i was delighted when i arrived. and now i feel even better. the embassy is developing and working side by side with the ukrainian authorities and people. we hope for the future. security than then in may, in addition to the fact that all the time we have to think about how to best protect the staff of the mission of americans and ukrainians who work here together, we have already taken some measures to normalize work and increase our presence, but we always follow the

recommendations of the government and the security protocol, and we will continue to make it our priority now as a diplomatic mission to help ukraine defend itself, and this is what we all, including myself, have put a lot of effort into, all these measures contribute to the fact that the american embassy worked i have a wonderful team that helps us do all this. many ukrainians feel the difference between what is now and what was in march, not only because there are no russian troops on the outskirts of kyiv, but also because the air defense system is different you feel the difference. it seems to me that life is being restored in kyiv. what does this mean? it means that we can now do more, and i hope and believe that we will be able to expand our activities, our opportunities to do business. we had a chance to visit the kyiv region. i have a sacred

duty . i want to talk to the direct witnesses of the terrible war crimes and atrocities that took place there. the possibility of expanding its mission how, from the point of view of the number of such people, from the point of view of geography, it is very important to carry out the work for which the president sent me here to support ukraine in an effort to defend the situation, we see that all the time important guests are coming to ukraine, secretary of state anthony blinken also arrived in kyiv and met with president zelensky, judging by the photo, they communicate amicably, but we do not know any details of the meeting. maybe you know what they talked about, why he was here first of all. i was very impressed because

the fact that secretary of state blinken came here, came to kyiv after my appointment, since february, at the beginning of the russian invasion, he has been to ukraine three times already, i was very happy to see him in the capital, to see him here again, he had a number of very important meetings with his colleague, of course, with the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, as well as a very productive meeting with president zelenskyi, they talked a lot about american assistance in the field of security and defense for ukraine, as well as about future needs. i think it is very important that the secretary of state blinken met with ukrainian citizens. he had a very moving visit to a children's hospital in kyiv. there he saw the youngest victims of the war, even children who lost limbs or were victims of russian missile strikes

. the destruction that russia and its missiles caused to communities just on the outskirts of kyiv. i think for me and those who work here in kyiv , the fact that blinken came to the embassy was a big signal during his previous visit where the b mission was not working, he saw that the national flag was raised above the embassy building, it was very important for him to communicate with the americans and even more so with the germans who helped the mission to evacuate and then it is more fun to reopen and now expand it was very important for him it is important because he personally did a lot so that we could eventually return and continue our work in kyiv when the war continues, this visit in itself was another confirmation of ukraine's support blinkan

frankly told that he was sent by president biden to be here at an important moment, at the beginning of the counteroffensive, the ukrainian army achieved important gains, even when the secretary of state was here, he frankly said that he came here on behalf of the president to show undying support for the head of state and the american people, which strip of my country is announced new package in almost 3 billion dollars, which includes his son , the secretary was happy to announce a new aid package when he was here, it includes 675 million dollars for what ukraine needs right now in the war, as well as 2 billion to prepare ukraine as well as partners and allies for the future, so

this is a significant aid package that is added to the almost 15 billion dollars for security aid that was allocated from february 24 published material, you have probably read this article that the ukrainian authorities have officially asked for missiles for gaimers with a range of 300 km, how likely is it that kyiv will receive them, the type of weapons provided by the united states , these issues are being discussed very seriously by the military our countries as well as political circles, but what can i say, the united states is working hard to meet the security needs of ukrainians, the type of weapons have changed along with the conditions and

needs on the battlefield. i am glad that the ukrainians manage to win back the territories, i am proud of the help that we provide together with our partners, that it helps to achieve success, but i want to emphasize that this is the ukrainian army, fighters, soldiers and citizens fight and die giving life for their freedom for their communities their families we are very proud to support them if i am not mistaken by jesus they freed more than 6000 m² of territory they inspire the us government to help more or vice versa they create a mood that there is no need to annoy putin they love ukrainians who are fighting too much and achieve success, we are proud of

what we see, we are proud that we can help, as president biden said, we will stand together with ukraine as long as necessary. the white house has already announced that more help will come in the near future. now we are actively we are engaged in supporting ukraine in the future for this and this 20th funding package that the secretary of state announced last week, this is done every few weeks, so i think i hope that you will see continued support from the united states, it will apply not only to the defense front, but also to the economic front, the humanitarian front, and also in cooperation with our partners and allies and on the diplomatic front, of course, on the diplomatic front. by the way, andriy yarmak, the head of the president's office, said at the yalta european strategy conference that in the near future we will see a document in which president

zelensky asks russia to be a state and a sponsor of terrorism to do so for quite a long time, the decision has already been approved by the congress, but the white house is still in no hurry, what joe biden is hesitating about, as a matter of principle, we do not publicly discuss internal communications on various issues and about such recognitions, too, but what we are already doing and will continue to do, we are taking numerous measures, measures that are foreseen in the event of recognition of the state as a sponsor of terrorism, for example, all sanctions which we have already applied to the russian management of russian banks and russian companies - it all has the same effect, it paralyzes the russian economy and also reduces russia's ability to continue this war . we will continue to do all this and also at the domestic level discuss the issue of this recognition in 10 more than 1

mathematical aspect related to this war, some european countries, in particular the baltic countries and poland, demand to stop issuing tourist visas to russians, i suspect that they will soon finland will join, and possibly sweden, all the countries that have a border with russia demand that the eu stop issuing tourist visas, so far the european union has only canceled the simplified visa regime. that is why these countries decided not to issue tourist visas at the national level, but the state department did not like it, they said that this putin's war and not all russians, or does the american government really think that this is the case? yes, i heard that president zelenskyi and the ukrainian government spoke about the suspension of visa issuance, it's theirs vision, this issue is currently being discussed by the eu, our position on this, i do not have any sensationalism on

this matter, but our position is how we approach the visa issue. i don't want to speculate about other steps now on this topic. whether it will change or not, but this is our primary approach. i respect the rational vision of our ukrainian partners. but how and in the end the situation we are carefully considering the possibility of using every tool we have in order to use everything appropriately and ultimately help ukraine defend itself, defend its territories, and polls show that about 80% of russians

support the so-called special military operation" in order to achieve the goal and for us the goal is to help ukraine defend itself to support the independence and sovereignty of a flourishing democratic ukraine as it integrates into euro-atlantic institutions sergey lavrov while we are talking about visas sergey lavrov recently received an american visa, he is no longer under sanctions, i am not sure about a visa for

attending negotiations at the un or signing any treaties. i do not know how, as a rule, we discuss restrictions on personal troops. i am not the person who can give an assessment, but this was done in accordance with of our laws and rules. and now i would like to talk about information policy and information security . statements from washington, kyiv, berlin, and other capitals have repeatedly sounded that russia uses only energy resources as a weapon, but information we know about mass propaganda and disinformation , but we still observe that in the information space even in the united states there are pro-russian narratives, do you remember the cbs film about the fact that only a third of western weapons reach the front, in the end that film was removed from public access, is there any understanding in the united states states that something should be done about this, because there is still a lot of russian influence. i agree that russia and

the putin regime have turned information into a weapon, just like food products out of many other things energy resources, there are a lot of narratives based on misinformation, we see it, our policy is to counteract this, to publish facts that will negate or deny false information, this is a large part of our work. i came here from neighboring slovakia, this also often happens there, it is very important that we taken very seriously as a threat to democracy and we as a government have to respond with facts and truthful statements with information that will help people evaluate the information they receive accordingly

this border between freedom of speech and information weapons, how to define it, it can be done in general, i believe that it can be done, but we need to be quick and accurate, ensure the publication of information that people can evaluate, we oppose the spread of false information, so there will be no ban on russian media, i will not be able to give answer to some specific questions on this matter, i still think that for us in america freedom of speech is very important, but at the same time, i think we should consider how freedom of speech is used, but this a question for those who deal with this from the point of view of the law or from a broader perspective, from my point of view,

we as the government can do a lot in order to strike not with weapons, but in an equally important way in order to counter the spread of false information, we see this in ukraine if you look at what president zelensky makes his video address on those things in which ukrainians have shown great creativity both in the battle on the battlefield and in the information space. it seems to me that we can learn a lot. we continue to work with ukrainians, europeans and others in order to accept this experience and strengthen my own democracy, i have to read and watch russian media a lot, this is my job, they have been promoting the message for a long time, but recently there have been reports with new force that washington is pushing president zelensky to reconcile with russia in order to he eventually sat down with them at the negotiating table, how much of this is true or false? i can

only repeat once again what our president and the secretary of state and other high-ranking officials said. that only ukrainians and the democratically elected leader of ukraine, president zelensky, can decide when and how this conflict should end and when and how to start negotiations, my task and our collective task of the united states is to support ukrainians in every way so that they have the strongest possible position at the negotiating table, and we we do by providing the most powerful position on the battlefield but still they will have to start talking at some point all wars at some point end in negotiations but again to decide for the democratically elected president of ukraine, i.e. zelenskiy, they do not set red

lines in the question. the states support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. this is also an example of propaganda. it seems so to me. i think i saw such a thing circulating , but our approach is to support ukraine so that it decides for itself when and how to start negotiations, to support ukraine's ability to defend oneself to defend one's territories in one's communities one's families and one 's sovereignty eh do you personally think that this

war can end while putin remains the president of russia, wow, the army should be your spryzent. i think this war will end when russia withdraws its troops, and i also think that ukraine will rule , force putin to withdraw his troops. i believe that the ukrainians, who will win on the battlefield, will help him do it so that you can see in kharkiv oblast exactly how they started to leave. i believe that this is the result of the courage and sacrifice of ukrainians, and i also hope that with the help that we and other partners and allies provide. i think that the importance of ukraine dominating this battle it cannot be overestimated what ukraine is fighting for, it is the principle of the international system that has introduced

peace, stability and security for europe all over the world for decades, this is very important, we are here because we understand how important it is and we are here because president biden said that the americans will support the ukrainians as much how much is needed at the same time russia is trying to make friends with china china was identified as a threat in nato's new defense concept even higher than russia russia is trying to strengthen relations with china and the helps him to impose sanctions or is there an instrument that will help western governments to stop this? i would not like to say much about russia's relations with other countries because i am the representative of the us president in ukraine. i can only say that we had conversations

with china, we expressed our concern about what they can potentially support russia russia is inciting a war in ukraine, violating ukraine's borders and territorial integrity we have not yet seen china systematically, for example, supplying russia with weapons or helping to circumvent international sanctions, but we we are watching everything very carefully, there is something that needs to be watched carefully i think we always have to be on the lookout on the other side they are reporting that russia is buying drones from iran and trading arms with north korea these two countries are already called rogues they are already countries sponsoring terrorism will this affect on the diplomatic perceptions of russia in the world and specifically the usa. i don't want to focus too much on russia, because what

russia is already doing, of course, affects its reputation , it attacked a sovereign, independent country. this is not provoked and unjustified, brutal and terrible war is our work and our goal here, my goal on behalf of the president and the secretary of state is to help ukraine defend itself, to do everything so that russia receives a signal from all corners of the world that force does not make you rule by opening this door. when countries can violate borders, kill civilians, attack communities, this is as he said secretary of state to open pandora's box is to sow chaos in the world, it is very dangerous, it violates the international order , it violates the un charter, that is why america and its allies and partners around the world have taken it upon themselves the obligation to support ukraine's efforts to

defend itself. i understand that you have a very tight schedule . i am already hinting that our time has been affected, but i want to ask you this last question. you have a very important job because you are the primary source of information from ukraine for the president of the united states. if i were as the president of the united states, i would ask you if there is anything we are missing that can help ukraine win, so you can answer me. i think we should continue to do what we are doing. i believe that this is exactly what we will do in the future. we are proud to work here in we are inspired by the recent successes of ukrainians on the battlefield, we will continue to be close to ukraine and help her. as president biden says, as long as it takes, thank you very much, volodymyr,

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