[000:00:00;00] volodymyr, today the whole of poland congratulates you, the poles congratulate you, the ukrainians congratulate you, your compatriots who are our guests . we are glad that you are here with us. we are glad that the first lady of ukraine olena zelenska is also with us. mothers and sisters, women, wives, and also widows who, during this war, show such great heroism, great resilience, take care of their families, of their husbands, thank you very

much for this, dear mrs. presidents, dear the first lady-minister marshalcomm dear vice-prime ministers of poland and ukraine dear ladies and gentlemen ministers dear generals officers dear polish representatives of local self-government of polish this local city regional self-government of government organizations all dear ukrainian friends dear compatriots all ladies and gentlemen, in 2008 , lekhachynsky was the president in his historic campaign during the russian aggression against georgia, for the old, his world, the whole world of russian, in front of

russian imperialism, he said today georgia tomorrow ukraine the day after tomorrow the baltic countries and later maybe the time will come for my ukraine to poland but at that time he also said that central europe has courageous leaders and he was also right in this, today with us is a brave leader who did not leave his countries his capital even when the armies of the suitors were in its suburbs, the leaders with their courage inspired their people to a heroic defense with all their strength in support of the fighting ukraine, who defied russian lies and disinformation, who showed the world the truth about russian aggression, volodymyr, you are the heroes of the free world, but for us now, above all, you are a great friend of poland. therefore, on behalf of the republic

of poland, on behalf of the poles, today i presented you with the highest polish award, the order of the white eagle, this is a tribute to a brave leader, but it is also an expression of great respect for the ukrainian people who is now waging a heroic struggle for its independence, today, at this very moment , ukrainian soldiers are waging hellish battles defending their homeland. they are defending bakhmut avdievka zaporizhzhia and many others places with which they restrain the russian aggressor. they often pay the highest price for this, the price of their lives

. the position of the entire ukrainian people, who are united and determined to defend their ukraine, is also admirable. he supports the soldiers every day. he did not allow himself to be intimidated, despite the fact that civilians objects also become targets of russian attacks, they are bombed , residential buildings, energy objects , communication infrastructure, hospitals, schools , these crimes must be condemned and punished , war crimes, but ukraine ukraine has shown to the whole world that is capable of resisting the neighboring power much larger theoretically much more powerful putin did not achieve any of his strategic goals he suffered

huge russian losses this is a great success of the ukrainian state ukrainian society and poland was and is one of the leaders in this support we know very well those who protect their homes those who defend their homeland those who defend their cities and villages those who protect their citizens need this help immediately there is no time to wait that is why we deliver to ukraine as soon as possible what is fighting tanks, armored personnel carriers, saul, and finally, in recent days, also airplanes, we set an example for other countries and sometimes overcome their resistance to arms supplies, we know that today it is you who are fighting not only for your independence , but also for the security of the whole of europe, not poles remember well what it means to fight for

our and your freedom, we have repeatedly shed blood defending other countries, that is why we value your courage and courage so much, and at every step we call on the world for even greater and even faster military support free and democratic ukraine for the defenders and defenders of its borders, support for a free and independent ukraine was and is and will be in our country outside of political dispute regardless of whether the left or the right are in power, this was the case during pomaracheva in hand when the then president oleksandr kwasniewski was one from the leaders of support for ukraine, this was the case during the presidency of oleg kachynsky, and it was also the case during the revolution of dignity, when there was unanimous support for your

struggle on the maidan of independence, both from the representatives of the then the authorities and the opposition. this is the case even today, when you take the most difficult exam defending the independence of your homeland with weapons in your hands. in the future, dear ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, on the monument to taras shevchenko, which is located in the very center of warsaw, not here near the belvedere, beautiful engraved the words with which this great challenge ukrainian poet addressed to us poles in this way it is much easier to take

the heart of a cossack before our eyes, the prophecy of the ukrainian poet came true in the hour of trial. we poles extended a hand to our brothers in trouble, we opened our hearts and immediately rushed to help, we received in our homes neighbors who were fleeing the war, we helped with transport , we organized meetings, charity events , we poured gifts and brought them to ukraine by who needed it the most and we do it to this day , the polish state, local self-government bodies, non-governmental organizations and churches are involved in helping, but primarily millions are involved poles and poles, and here among us there are those who in the first hours of the russian invasion provided help in every way. they came here from all over poland once again

. i thank you from the bottom of my heart for this great civil universal manifestation of solidarity. thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear lords, dear ladies and gentlemen, dear friends poland is a country of solidarity, water is known all over the world thanks to a great movement of solidarity , a movement that united millions of people who bravely resisted evil, which changed the recent history of the world, we are extremely proud there that solidarity after the beginning of the war was caused by russia, we showed that solidarity is not just a great history , but also solidarity lives in us today, we are just as proud of the second great wave of solidarity , solidarity with ukraine and the ukrainian

people. thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, there was in solidarity there was no fall of communism there was no freedom without roman john paul ii three days ago three days ago we celebrated the anniversary of his departure home to his heavenly father he was not only a great pope a great pole but also a great champion of peace and polish-ukrainian reconciliation, he spoke in lviv during

his historic pilgrimage to ukraine , let's listen to his words once again. everyone will be ready to put what unites above what divides in order to build the future together based on mutual respect, brotherly community , brotherly cooperation and authentic solidarity is a great task set before us by st. john paul ii. today we are carrying out great nations together in the most important moments of history . we are great nations, we are poles and ukrainians, we have a great history

, a great culture and a great, beautiful future, that's why we are. with a joint visit to lviv at the cemetery of the lviv eagles and the sich archers, on the basis of the truth of the truth and mutual mutual trust, we will build relations between our peoples of poles and ukrainians , the united centuries-old common history is wonderful, but in many moments also difficult, so they made many mistakes for which they paid high price, the players and the occupiers have tried more than once to turn us against each other according to the principle of divide and rule , today they are also trying to scare

the poles with ukrainians and the ukrainians with poles, but they will not succeed, i have no doubts, that is why from here together, today we are sending a clear link to moscow, to the kremlin, you will never be granted again, dear ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, almost two years ago, we met here in the same place with president volodymyr zelenskyi in in a completely different atmosphere, the presidents of lithuania , latvia and estonia were also with us. together we celebrated the 230th anniversary of the signing of the constitution on the third of may, the first constitution in europe and the second in the world. the meeting ended

with the signing of a joint declaration, which contained very important words, i will remind them now, we look to the future with hope. we express our conviction that our common heritage and common home rooted in european civilization requires that europe, like home, be built on the foundation of basic values ​​and principles of self-doubt freedom, slavonicity , territorial integrity, democracy, agency rights, equality and solidarity, despite the tragedy of the war, we still look to the future with hope, that's why today these words are even more relevant to us, freedom of expression, freedom of expression democracy, solidarity, are fundamental values ​​for the free world, but the free world must prove every day that they mean

something, that these are not empty words. i am talking about this today not by chance, because in many countries, after more than 400 days of war , fatigue, exhaustion and despair arise . the temptation is fueled by russian propaganda and disinformation at any cost as soon as possible, the decision to achieve a truce, imposing a peace with russia that is not profitable for ukraine, will essentially consist in the fact that russia will continue to occupy russian territory and is currently occupying it there will never be our agreement, the policy of concessions, the policy of concessions and submission to russia and the policy of vladimir putin, introduced for years, years, years, brought poison, brought

poisonous fruits, and it must be reminded that its result is today's aggression and thousands of innocent victims, only ukraine has the right to decide about its sovereignty about on what grounds will peace negotiations be held , the only conditions of which world leaders should demand from russia is the complete vv of ukraine, the complete withdrawal of troops, the recognition of the international border ukraine, there is no question of any negotiations and decisions over the heads of ukrainians. if someone in the world starts such a conversation with me, i answer: you were in buch, you were in borodyanka

, you were in irpen, you were not. then go there and tell the people if their loved ones were killed they were tortured, raped, the victim, their loved ones, had no suffering , i tell you, no, it cannot be as it once was and will never be, we will decide for ourselves now and always. we are from ukraine we know what war is, death and suffering, destroyed cities and crimes of genocide, but we also know that even all this will not break the true spirit of freedom, the testimony of faith, the victory of freedom is the place where we meet today, the royal castle in warsaw

, the castle that shared the tragic fate of the destroyed warsaw during during the second world war, it was razed to the ground by the german occupiers, there was nothing behind me, only ruins and emptiness , and this castle was raised from the ruins by the efforts of the entire people, just as warsaw was not the tamed city that won was revived and today the beautiful is the beautiful capital of a proud state, that is why from warsaw, from poland, a call to the world is heard, we must we must continue to undermine it militarily, economically and humanitarianly we must be consistent in this we cannot doubt it is our duty connection

to the victims of this barbaric aggression ukraine today is extremely necessary faith of the entire free world you its victory we poles believe that ukraine will protect itself from russian aggression and that millions of its citizens will be able to return to their homes that we as a party will help to rebuild that ukraine will join the european union and the broadcasting community we believe in you in your victory two lives have not yet died ukraine and glory and will we still have a young brother smile in the kindergarten long live independent ukraine long live free sovereign

independent poland may god keep us under his care, our states and peoples, everyone is taken away from the president of ukraine , mr. volodymyr zelensky , glory to the heroes glory to the heroes, we can do it until the morning

thank you very much glory to ukraine give warsaw put the polish wounds in the frame according to the spirit of freedom of the great history and the praiseworthy tradition of toure . i speak to you with words of gratitude and the power of gratitude, because there are no more such moments when we were

apart, when we were not united, ukrainian and polish hearts are fighting for one freedom, for the mutual independence of our states, for our our native europe is our common home and we will win. there is no longer such a force that prevailed over the ukrainian and polish brotherhood , and thanks to this, the words will come true that we are teaching the sheep the living sword. therefore, we are ordering the brothers and we are everywhere on our side every time the ukrainian flag returns to its absolutely legal

place on the ukrainian the land and the russian occupier flees stronger and the polish flag yellow-blue and white-red these four colors are stronger, mesmerizing tricolor every successful battle of ukrainian heroes for our independent state adds adds protection and polish independence polish crabs and platforms in the hands of ukrainians who return freedom to our people add

strength to your freedom this is what ukrainians and poles build our victorious side by side i am grateful to you, my friend angela, mr. president , to her wife, agatha, and it is an honor for me to be here with my wife today, my friend, mateusz , mr. prime ministers, thank you, mrs. marshal and mr. marshal, to all the polish leaders here in

warsaw and everywhere everywhere in the mines of the people of poland who know what our freedom means to your freedom. i am grateful to all of you who are now in this square and who hear me all over poland. today i was on marshal pilsutsky square next to this place and where the 79th year, the words of a great man and a great pole, ivan paul ii, were heard, turning to god , and he said, “stand your feet, your spirit, and to one face

of the earth of the earth.” arose and will never fall, such a foreign government that wanted to control our peoples and did not understand what we were striving for simply crumbled and we stand we stand together side by side ukraine and poland and europe and the free world we stand we stand and when i throw full-scale forces there again aggression against our freedom, what will happen to this regime that went to war against us, he brought graves to ukraine, and then he brought graves again to poland and to all our brothers and sisters of free europe. and we are fighting side by side. he

brought deportations to ukrainians so that again to deport others or me freedom breathes on the land that russia is going to steal and we defend ourselves side by side the enemy wanted to bury our independence with you and dissolve our national cultures in the russian space and we stand strong, we ukrainians and poles together side by side - shoulder to shoulder we will return all this evil with an epitaph, you and i will more shoulder to shoulder establish freedom in europe forever tyranny will lose in history when it loses in ukraine

moscow will not kill and st. petersburg will never divide again on this glorious square and on any other polish square as well as there will never be russia on all ukrainian battlefields again after our victory, or many days before it, we just need not to stop in solidarity when the battle requires artillery, it should be provided when victory needs tanks , their roar should be heard on the front line when independence needs air, we should not pay attention as planes will react in russia

, we don't need to guess which number will look more accurate next to the letter f - 16 or some other, it is worth acting in the same way, act in the same way as your leadership showed itself in the tank of the coalition. i believe that it will manifest itself in the aviation coalition as well, because this is a battle for freedom and it is impossible to win it partially . when our ally and powerful ally of freedom, president biden, recently spoke in warsaw. he said there is no sweeter word than freedom , there is no nobler goal than freedom, there is no higher aspiration than

freedom we, ukrainians and poles, know this very well, and there is no issue between us that we will not solve. to strengthen our common defense , this visit of mine and the negotiations here in warsaw have become another step towards victory. i thank you for today's approval decision for a powerful defense package, thank you for the lives that we share with you, we save with our solidarity , dear polish peoples, i am sure you know that solidarity encompasses more than the fate of our two nations now, when you and i