[000:00:00;00] civil officials, i am 100% sure that journalists well, in particular, i am going to ask about this to the state department in the white house well, but it will all happen tomorrow, in the evening and kyiv time, we will wait, uh, you will already share your information with our colleagues on the nationwide marathon, the only news thank you for joining our broadcast, dmytro onopchenko, a journalist from the inter tv channel from washington, was with us live on nato's broadcast, the lithuanian parliament passed a resolution on the specific goals of the vilnius north atlantic alliance today one of the main tasks is to attract as many european parliaments as possible to adopt similar resolutions and similar statements, the speaker of the symbolism, victoria chmilitanilsen, is convinced of this. however, she says that all

reforms should be carried out before being accepted into the big nato family. we will hear what we should do first of all now that your country's energy system has become independent from russia, this is a big step towards the independence of your country and all of europe. ukraine knows what it is and how important it is, so what will be the next step of your country and europe as a whole regarding energy supply, in particular, from russia, fall in case of you, in the case of lithuania, we made a decision. a long time ago, energy dependence was our leading topic long before the events of last year or 2014. even then, the first decisions were made. a few days ago, the tests of the operation of the power system in a completely isolated from the russian electricity supply to the regime, we hope that the final steps in synchronizing the energy systems of the baltic countries will take place sooner than

previously planned. and of course, the war in russian aggression against ukraine the events of last year clearly showed that steps towards the complete and final independence of europe from russia must be taken as quickly as possible, we can no longer afford to be dependent , for some reason recently the president of lithuania said that there should be no red lines in helping ukraine can we expect that regarding the issue of aviation , it is extremely important ruslan stefanchuk said yesterday that we hope for new modern fighters from our partners in my opinion from the development of events after february 24 of last year, it is quite obvious that eventually the event will come to this, but it will not take a long time, we understand very well that time moves at different speeds in ukraine and in the rest of europe and the world, so i believe that lithuania is one of the most

active supporters of ukraine in the sense of all types of aid , there should be no red lines, whether we are talking about sanctions against russia and lukashenko's belarus or primarily about military support and all other types of support, of course we must do everything is possible to help ukraine not only for the defense of the country but also for the victory, but we also expect i mean ukraine and ukrainian politicians a specific schedule regarding our integration into nato your country hosts the nato summit for the first time in history what are your personal expectations regarding this summit in the parliament lithuania just a few weeks ago we passed a resolution on the specific goals of the vilnius nato summit one of these goals is to invite ukraine to become a member of nato we documented it and won the unanimous

support of the lithuanian parliament the task now to involve as many european parliaments as possible in the adoption of similar resolutions and similar statements, this is exactly what we discussed this morning with speaker stefanchuk here er speaker stefanchuk so it was 32 parliaments of countries that are members of nato. similar decisions and took a similar position. at the current event in prague, i personally spoke with many colleagues, the leaders of the parliaments informed them about lithuania's decision before the nato summit we will have the speakers of the parliaments ourselves also in vilnius, where the agenda of the vilnius summit will be discussed, we will try to ensure that there is maximum support for the ukrainian

issue and other important tasks of this summit . it cannot be told, as i think. but are you positive about ukraine's prospects for nato? i can assure you that lithuania has no doubts that ukraine rather, it should belong to the european union and nato, and although it is obvious that only a few years ago, the attitude of the whole of europe to these issues was completely different, now the situation has changed , nothing is impossible, but considerable efforts must be made to convince all the countries involved because, as you know, decisions must be made unanimously, so everyone has to agree, so there is a lot of work ahead, but we

are doing our best acting as lawyers for ukraine, we are grateful to you for this, and finally , how do you see the situation with ukrainian reforms, what should we do to enter the a member of nato and the european union, ukraine is doing everything exceptionally well in the matter of implementing the necessary reforms, considering that it is in the conditions of war and is defending itself from the brutal aggression of russia, on various occasions i told miss stefanchuk to the members of the verkhovna rada that their work is an example of how they can and should function democratic institutions even in the conditions of not the most brutal attack imaginable. i believe that you are on the right path, i repeat once again from lithuania that everything possible is being done to help you in matters of reforms

because we already went through this path not so long ago and we have an institutional memory of it. so, in the sense of singing between our parliamentary committees, deputies, officials, we ensured good interaction and our meeting can help you to tick all the points as soon as possible and we hope that you successful, to quickly take all the necessary steps to meet here in prague. i also talked with colleagues from other parliaments about the fact that right now is a window of opportunity, and if there are any shortcomings in the preparation of ukraine, then this is only a reason for us redouble efforts and help ukraine to complete everything as quickly as possible, your excellency - thank you very much, i am very grateful russian military shelled mykolaiv this was reported in the regional military administration of the previous occupiers fired four s300 rockets hit a high-rise building

and two private residential buildings, there are civilian casualties the police reported that 15 people were injured, one person was killed, some buildings in mykolaiv are without electricity , rescuers are working on the spot, russia has once again blocked the black sea grain corridor about this reported in the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine, representatives of the aggressor country refused to agree to the movement of vessels to and from overseas ports of ukraine along the humanitarian corridor, as a result of which four vessels were unable to leave its ports and were forced to wait for an additional time for approval of their passage, among them a vessel that was factored in the worldwide the un food program for the delivery of wheat to ethiopia , according to the un , almost 29 million tons of agricultural products were sent to the countries of africa, asia and european prime minister of ukraine denys shmyhal met with the president of italy, sir joe

mattarella, at a meeting in rome, the parties discussed cooperation in the financial and defense spheres, as well as sanctions against russia's nuclear industry and the work of game from ukraine. it doesn't fit in the head, that's why every sharp sound can seem like a rocket, and in the silence you hear sirens, it's from a strong anxiety that sits deep inside the mental health program and how it tells how to cope with anxiety, go to how are you.com to find out what zelensky's call means and how the american

elections will affect the support of the united states of ukraine. our colleagues talked about this with giorgiy bikadze, what's up, friends ? we continue our broadcast today. we are joined by giorgiy berkadze, an expert on economic and political issues. we welcome you , mr. giorgia. good evening. very nice what did you invite? thank you for joining us . let's start our conversation with a telephone conversation between the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi and the chinese leader xi jinping. how do you rate this communication so, quite a long time passed after xizinpin met with putin. and now finally this telephone conversation took place, what can it change in your opinion

? uh, in china, we didn't start a fight. well, i can evaluate it as positive, of course , and the call that took place today has been waiting for a very long time, and i think that this is also a positive call, of course, it means that in the near future there will be a counter-offensive and this counteroffensive in ukraine will bring victory, therefore, not only in russia they are worried about it, they are also worried in china because i believe that it is growing in the regions of china. maybe they will coordinate something, uh, um, well, we also know you very well. what uh, uh , today is just a sighing body, so let's say ah, about russia, uh, in this way, russia is very beneficial to china, eh, so, let's go if

you evaluate this conversation, i think so so that he would be objective, if the master would sit and during this hour he would come and look at bucha, he would look at irpen, we would look at other places and, er, er, he would give his assessment. is happening between russia and china and we can see how much it is increasing, for example, they will even give you the figures there, and in march, they don’t have crude, the supply has already increased by almost 10 million tons, and in april there will be even more these figures are more than 10 million, so they have excellent relations with russia, and guess what

this call will definitely play a role between us and china, that's some kind of drastic change . i don't believe it, so let's wait for other people to comment, so let's say an official in our country , except the president, because the president wrote the coupon. well, i'm very strong i hope that this call, i will repeat it once again, will lead to the effective implementation of our swords on the contour offensive. i believe that this is exactly the call there. but in the meantime, i continued to insist and assure ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi that china is neutral in this, as it calls the conflict, the crisis, it is called the ukrainian crisis, and how much uh-uh, they call everything that way , all politicians call china crisis , no one has ever said no conflict, not least war, and not only they say crisis, damn it

, how much then, taking into account this fact, it can be considered that china can more or less be a kind of negotiator in this matter. to where the video was falling 10% is just the weather today we know that economic growth in china is not even four percent, that 's why the power of a-a in russia will change and it will change because we will win, so i'm sure that any normal adequate power that will come there will stop interest, let's say, cheap sales of resources to china, so today's situation is very beneficial to china, and i also want to say that not only resources are sold

, but today we know that today china buys crude oil for pennies and oil products and the most important thing - 377,000 m² was transferred to china today, so kateryna, so that you understand today, china cannot a priori play a neutral side, it will play its own game. to make some premiums, five shipments to russia , well, quietly, something will necessarily grow, it will be maintained because it is necessary in such a state, russia, we can discuss the united states of america there , joseph biden officially announced that he is nominated and will run for president

again in 2024. how will this fact affect the events on the ukrainian front , the support of our partners in ukraine in this war, because we understand that now, including joseph biden, will have to concentrate a little on internal problems. yes there are a lot of internal problems there, of course, there is nothing to complain about, and 20% of people want to answer a-a and think that the country has a bad leadership a-a mmm 12% of people think that the cost of uh traveled to uh in america yes, they have their own problems, but believe me, biden's team perfectly understands that the effective counteroffensive of ukraine is the key to biden's success, because in numbers, we can say that today a-a well

, i'll tell you that somewhere around 70% - and people, um, would not like the president to go to the elections, and 51% of um, um, democrats are also against baidoshov to the presidential elections, and that's exactly what you wanted. this is well understood and thus he calls ours um , um, um, um, uh, um , uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, um, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh , um, allies

there is such a global game. well, if we look at it in general, yes, and literally even more . yes, you know, in america, we have a lot of problems. it was generally the history of america, but ukraine is the same this is the key to success, so they will do everything possible, they will misinform everyone so that we the counteroffensive was successful. let's continue the broadcast austria supports the path of ukrainians to the european union , the head of the national council of the country, wolfgang subotka, emphasized this again, says that ukrainians on the way to the eu, even despite the war, should develop a system

to fight corruption, this will speed up the accession to the the big family of european countries. what else is missing for ukraine to join the european union? let's look further, your honor. what do you think about ukrainian prospects in the european union? ukrainians and ukrainian politicians have great hopes for this year . austria supports the path of ukrainians to the european union . we support the verkhovna rada , inform and educate. i think that this is also a great opportunity for ukrainians, especially in those terrible times, to build a system of combating

corruption, as well as prepare legislative foundations, the rule of law should become the most important structure, democracy. i think you are on the right path, you are determined and i hope to see how you have achieved the necessary progress. that is, we can count on your vote regarding these prospects already this year, i consider it important for you move step by step, there is a plan, there is a schedule from the european union, and these conditions should be met, but austria is on your side roberto mazzola i also interviewed her , she said that ukraine is successful in this sense and she is positive about the prospects of european integration for this year, i am not so informed about what steps have been taken in the past. the european union should make a decision

if ms. metzola says that everything is fine, we will support talking about russian aggression . it has been going on for over a year . yesterday, speaker ruslan stepanchuk asked for increased support we are all waiting for the ukrainian offensive, and he asked for fourth-generation fighter jets, why do you think this has become a difficult issue for the european coalition that supports ukraine, you need understand that the european union includes many countries and not all of them have the same structure, most of them are organized in nato, a military alliance, austria, on the other hand, is neutral, it has no military ties with other blocs, and our position is somewhat different, we support the european union as we support ukraine in

many spheres society we send large amounts of humanitarian aid food protective equipment helmets we spend significant funds we plan to participate in the reconstruction of ukraine to provide support especially in the field of health care we undertook to participate in the reconstruction of three hospitals, this is our contribution , on the one hand, on the other hand, we are neutral in the military sense, but not in the political sense, we clearly stated that we support the position of the european union in condemning russia's aggression , we clearly emphasized in the past that war crimes should be condemned by the international court it is obvious that russia has destroyed the international security system and it will take a long time to find a new one, then we can say that austria supports the creation of a special

tribunal at the initiative of ukraine is an international criminal court in asia, it is best to support this court to find the truth about war crimes, they have already started work and we need to see what is on the table now, make sure that the judges have the facts and, finally, how do you see the future relations of your country with russia, the relations between your country and russia it is in the future that i would like to say about our relations with ukraine. austria is a special country with a special history. as you know , many ukrainians from the fathers of chernivtsi

were members of the austrian parliament in the past until 1918. we have a great interest in this part of eastern europe as for relations with russia, it is impossible to change the geography , russia remains a part of europe, we must distinguish between putin and his entourage and the general population, because it is significant and when everything is over we will see what should be done, whether there will be a new regime, new people in power and what is their position regarding the international security sphere and the international order, but now our relations are frozen, you know this, the offensive action of the ukrainian army is already ongoing and is gradually destroying the power of the russian

invaders, the spokeswoman of the village said about this harrows of southern ukraine nataliya humenyuk what is the situation at the front and how will the supply of western weapons change the capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine our colleagues talked about this with ivan stupak, a consultant to the committee on national security of the verkhovna rada of ukraine the situation at the front remains stable, controlled but complex how is it correlated this situation at the front in particular, in donetsk region, with our big spring offensive of this company, we will talk with ivan stupak, military expert of the ukrainian institute of the future , consultant of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on matters of national security and defense, i congratulate you, mr. ivan, i can't hear you, i say studio, i congratulate you, and now let's hear it, let's do it again , but i didn't hear what we are saying

. i congratulate you, he's saying something. the situation at the front is complex but controlled, how does it correlate with our spring offensive of the spring company, let's talk about this topic with a guest in this part, this is ivan stopak, a military expert of the ukrainian institute of the future , a consultant to the verkhovna rada committee on of national security and defense i congratulate you yes i congratulate you so uh, how difficult is it to hold positions in donetsk region, in luhansk region bakhmut soldier avdiyivka - these are the cities of opportunities surrounded by our troops . that is, it is their task at most before the start of a counteroffensive. our military has the opposite task hold back as much as possible hold back the russians as much as possible stop them inflict maximum damage and well , our ukrainian counteroffensive hasn't started yet . look, i'll tell you this according to the estimates of our

western friends. and we've already received it openly given about 98% of the arsenal that we were promised, that is, 2% left. and if we talk about the weapons that you just mentioned , yes, it is really very important, but why ? the pentagon itself is called well, let's say a peculiar rating of needs, i push the village of peru and say that the planes are modern, they are located only in the eighth city, first of all, we need anti-aircraft systems , shells, er, and er, there may be some others cartridges, well, in the end, not exactly, not airplanes, well, look, we just have different e-e evaluation systems, we have a little bit of it post-soviet with elements of western evaluation. and in western countries, it is completely western, and in their personal rating e-e, airplanes are, well, you see, the eighth place, that is, even not the first five, but air defense in the first place. they

look at it . they notice the number of russian missiles that are in service with the russian federation. of ukraine, that is, for them, air defense is first of all a priority, on the one hand, we hear victory reports from the representatives of the gourmet from the same budanov we hear a-a let's say this , the rhetoric of the winner from other representatives and cheering and in the office of the president that everything is going according to plan and i would like to believe that this is the case, on the other hand, radically opposite theses are voiced in russia, and remember at least the same prigozhina who complains that they are not helping them at all , they are not helping at all, soon the armed forces will cut them on the flanks, the wagnerites are not getting

there is no help, there is no cover from the air, there is no artist on the battlefield, that amount of shells and in general, everything is gone, ah, this is from the ipso-psychic side . will this become a reality now, so watch it? he is hated by the russian recruiters, all the people in uniform try to put sticks in their wheels so that he does not succeed at all , that is, they assess that if prigozhin succeeds in something with bakhmut, then his position and institutions in the russian establishment are it will become very serious and the russian leadership, then the fsb officers, the red guards, and the military, they cannot allow it . here you are trying to put sticks in the wheels, not to give weapons, to give as much as possible, as much as possible to delay the supply of weapons . unfortunately, the regular troops still have forces, there is aviation, for example, the mig 31, which fell today in the russian federation, yes, this minus is one more unit, it fell on its own, but they still

have about 84 of these 84 units in service, that is there is still a sufficient number of aircraft and various types of equipment that the russians can during this spring offensive of our company, by and large, oppose the armed forces of ukraine to the resistance forces in the context of well , let's say that they are not prepared, mobilized equipment of old models, well, the planes are so but we have and the air defense system works and from the sky is practically not completely, of course, but it is honorably closed. and what can they argue for us with short meat, meat in the trenches, which they will sit on, which they will literally hold back with their hands and feet