already received so far from the republic of estonia? there are very reliable statistics. estonia has provided more than 26 million in humanitarian aid since the start of the full-scale invasion. and this is like government state aid, aid from the private sector and ordinary ordinary citizens. regarding military aid. it has already reached more than 500 million, if we compare it with gdp, then estonia provided aid for more than 1.3% of its gdp, which means that we are one of the most active countries that supports ukraine, in addition, the estonian government decided at the end of last year, what you... they will

annually allocate 0.25% of our vek for ukraine for the next four years, specifically for military aid, for reconstruction, so our aid will definitely continue, and estonia will do everything possible to increase humanitarian and other aid to ukraine , well, i can only answer that estonsk. i will try, madam ambassador, don't criticize my accent too much, tanan tejdvaga for all that estonia does for us, but look, one more point, a few months ago the parliament of estonia passed a law, and then this law was ratified by the president of estonia, which this law allows for the use of frozen russian assets to compensate for the damages that russia has caused in this war of aggression in ukraine, for several months now. it seems like two months have passed

since this law came into force, have there already been any transfers, this is the first question, to ukraine, i mean, and the second question is whether other western countries have followed the example of estonia, because estonia was the first western country to pass such a law. yes, of course, estonia was one of the first countries, which began to say that it should not be used. frozen russian assets for the reconstruction of ukraine due to the fact that the aggressor has to pay the price for it, and we were one of the first countries that said two years ago that we need to start reconstruction, the reconstruction of ukraine is already during the war, we do not have to wait until now it will end because we need to give people hope and help. refugees, those who

left ukraine and then began to return, we tried to understand and analyze all possible ways to to force russia to pay the price for the damage it has caused to ukraine, and we were pioneers in introducing such legislation, regarding the use of frozen russian assets for the reconstruction of ukraine, and these... assets are not only state assets, they are also the property of private individuals and legal entities in estonia, and all those who are under international sanctions, the law was passed recently, and the regulatory processes are still ongoing, as everything must be in line with international ones. so that we do not create

unnecessary problems for ukraine in the years to come, so we're working on it now, and i think we're making great progress in that direction, hopefully we can demonstrate to the whole world that it's possible, that you can use all the frozen assets and the profits from those assets, not just directly. profits for the simple fact that we held these assets before, and you set a very great example for western countries by passing this law, other countries, in your opinion, personal opinion, why they do not pass such laws, just your personal opinion, because of fear, is something else possible after all? it's very difficult for me. to say why certain

countries do something or don't do something, but i think that there are still some legal ones. issues, legal issues that countries are discussing, but estonia really, our national legislation tried to do so, in fact, put it in such a form to prove that we can do it without violating european or international law, i really hope that the western partners will see this, and they will not delay and pass similar laws in their countries, well, but now... let's move on to another, post-war the reconstruction of ukraine, after all, even this reconstruction is already underway in different parts of ukraine, including those that were under temporary occupation in the first days of the war. tell me, please, does estonia have any projects, in this case

state or non-state projects, with which it helps to rebuild ukrainian cities and villages. as i already said, we started this work already in the 22nd year, and all these projects related to reconstruction in ukraine began then, in particular in the zhytomyr region, this is conditionally our region, our region, since estonia is a small country and we have limited resource. and we thought that we should approach the issue of restoring ukraine. very complex, that is why we chose one area, one region for ourselves, and we provide assistance for reconstruction right there, we helped build a new kindergarten, and we conduct training for teachers, educators, so

that such assistance is long-term, just not just build one house or one. but to help in such a way that it is long-term and covers the problems faced by a specific region. of course, well but they talked about money that goes from estonia, or, for example, military support that goes from estonia to ukraine. let's talk now about the help that ukrainians who are currently in the territory of the republic of estonia receive. do you have any statistics at this point in time? how many citizens of ukraine are there and is there any tendency to return to ukraine? yes, of course, we have statistics on ukrainians currently living in estonia, and we have been providing them

since their first day of arrival in estonia, any help, any help we could give. we also opened two special schools, specialized schools for ukrainian children, where they can study in the estonian language, but keep their language, their culture, and can study according to the ukrainian curriculum, so we are trying. to do everything for the ukrainian refugees who are in estonia, so that they do not lose this connection with their country, with their culture. of course, we have other plans, projects, but the main

slogan of the government is that it is necessary to ukrainians felt that they were welcomed here in estonia. i can confidently say that ukrainians in estonia definitely feel that they are welcomed in this country, because my daughter has been living in the territory of the republic of estonia for more than two years, she studies there and she knows how estonians think, how estonians help, and how estonians are trying to do everything to bring our common victory over the russian aggressor closer. now a little about the victory. in estonia, besides, of course, there are many women and children. men, who received, it is not you temporary asylum, temporary protection, it is called, as far as i understand in estonia, please tell me , now in many, at least in eastern european countries, they are talking about the fact that they are somehow trying

to cooperate with the government of ukraine regarding men who are subject to conscription into the army and who are militarily obliged to help these men in some way, well at least for... yes, such discussions, such requests began to arrive some time ago, but our previous the prime minister said that since people live in estonia legally, we have given them temporary permits for and we do not plan to send them back to ukraine,

because we have rules, we have obligations, and it also comes from european legislation, that is, we have no plans to send them back to ukraine, but we are cooperating with ukrainian authorities in this sense. with the ukrainian embassy in tallinn, and we understand that there are needs in ukraine, but i think that many ukrainians living in ukraine they want to return to their country, they are waiting for such a conspiracy, for the possibility of returning, this was one of the reasons why we started so early. to make it easier for people

to return, we usually cooperate with the ukrainian authorities in order to understand how we can help ukrainians, but as i say, we are not going to send them back if they do not want to. understood, madam ambassador, one more question, a question can be asked from ukrainian students studying in estonia, recently, well, literally a month or two ago, information appeared that that, for example, in lithuania they are going to or have already passed a law according to which ukrainian students studying on an exchange program will be deprived of benefits, or are they going to do something similar in estonia or not? we have ukrainian

students who have been studying in estonian universities for many years, even before the full-scale war started, and there are many ukrainian students here, and we are proud of them, because they are very intelligent, they are very eager to learn, and so far i had no information about... the government's plans to stop assistance under programs that are active now, so ukrainian students should calm down, everything will be fine, thanks to our, of course, brothers and sisters in estonia. let's now once again return a little to , unfortunately, the military theme, and talk about red lines, these red lines say a lot. in the west, for some they exist, for some they are clearly defined, for some they are very unclear,

but for estonia, in this war, in our joint war, i will call it that, in our joint war with the russian aggressor, are there some red lines, this is my favorite question, thank you for it estonia has never talked about any red lines, the most important thing for us, one of the most important things, is integrity, territorial integrity, democracy, cultural identity of people, and we strive for that in estonia, in our country, and that's what we like very much in ukraine. and we do not see any red lines when it comes

to russia's brutal war against ukraine, all the war crimes, genocide that they committed, we believe that there cannot be any red lines here, and our goal is to preserve them. that is why we support ukraine. in everything we can in order for it to be able to achieve these goals, and accordingly, we do not see any red lines here as such, the government has already said in many cases that we are ready to discuss any possibility, in terms of helping ukrainians,

and the most important thing is to help ukraine exactly. to win this war, then we are ready to discuss any solutions, ways, but since we are a small country, we understand that we need to cooperate with other countries, move together, then it will be easier to discuss these issues with ours. and we are ready to be a pioneer in certain solutions, so our red line, if i can call it that, or blue-yellow line, is precisely to help ukraine win this war. just great words, it's not a red line, it's a yellow-blue line, and it's helping ukraine

win this war of aggression, it's just, it's just incredible, i thank you very much. for this, but look, in estonia itself, i understand that you are now trying with all your might to help us win this war, but in estonia they are not considering, i will not say so, are they preparing, i will say directly, are they preparing in estonia for a possible attack by russia now, because it was talked about a lot at the beginning of the invasion of ukraine 2.5 years ago, but is it being talked about in estonia now? of course, when we became an independent state, in the early 1990s, we were always very wary of our neighbor, and we had no illusions that, what... russia has no

plans to invade, and we always and in nato and the eu talked about a possible threat from russia, we, we warned other countries about it, so we have been preparing for a long time self-defense since the beginning of the 90s, that is why we wanted to acquire membership in the eu and... we wanted to join nato, we prepared step by step for this, and every year we increased our spending on defense, on defense, and called others, other nato countries for this, to defend themselves both individually

and jointly, collectively, so yes, we are preparing and will continue. to prepare, i can’t say that we started thinking about it, or to prepare only after the 14th year, when russia occupied part of ukraine, or after the start of a full-scale war, we are a step behind step by step, they did something every day to protect themselves from this evil, and you must always prepare to defend yourself against this evil, because you cannot foresee this evil. that this evil can be attacked by any wave, i have witnessed it, we were in february 2022, so we must constantly prepare. let's say two more words about ordinary estonians. your country is small, but as far as i know, different people live in different parts, of course. after 2.5 years of a full-scale invasion of

ukraine, what is the attitude of estonians towards your government's support of ukraine and the fact that is happening in... why am i asking because, as far as i know, in the north-east of estonia, in the narva area, there are a lot of russian-speaking citizens of estonia living there, do they support all the actions of your estonian government in support of ukraine? yes, for many years we have a russian-speaking minority living in estonia, we are trying. to integrate them into estonian society for almost 30 years, and of course we see that there is a certain contingent of people who do not... want this integration, they still look more towards russia, but estonian, estonian

society and the government of estonia, of course we continue to support ukraine, it is not even a question of reducing such aid, i think that since... the war has been going on for more than 2.5 years, and the brutality of putin's regime is increasing and intensifying every day, and we are ready to help ukraine in the long term, not only for victory, but also for further recovery. therefore, the support is increasing, i can say. and if we look at non-governmental organizations, ordinary citizens who help ukraine, we see that everyone

monthly, or even weekly, support comes from ordinary estonians who collect or provide humanitarian aid, but just yesterday i read that a... three estonian non-governmental organizations that have been helping ukraine for over 2.5 years have again sent a new aid column to ukraine, and there were medical products, and drones, and military aid for the front, for the army. in terms of volume, since, as i said, this fascination

with ukraine is very large in estonia, and every day we are shocked by the brutality of putin's regime, which he continues, this brutality is happening and... of course our support will not decrease, it will only increase, well, this is a mutual admiration, i must tell you, we admire the estonians, for their support and help to ukraine from the very beginning, because in some countries they are trying to find some things that justify the fact that they do not want to help, and we admire the estonians, who have helped and supported us since the first day of the war, madam ambassador, i thank you very much for visiting me today and the last time for you for... questions, you are already a year old ukraine, i understand that you have a busy schedule, you came to us after an important meeting, i mean for an interview, and

you have a lot of such meetings, but do you have time or have you had time this year to travel , travel a little in ukraine, do you have a favorite place in ukraine? definitely when i came to ukraine a year ago. i told my colleagues that i am the ambassador in ukraine, not in kyiv, which means that i have to travel a lot and see how local communities live, i have to talk to people, and yes, i have been to kharkiv, in odesa, in rivne, in zhytomyr, of course, this is our partner, partner region, and was in many corners. and i think it is important to demonstrate to the local communities that we support them, and we are not afraid

to come to them, to come to these territories, because we understand that what they face every day, these attacks, shelling, anxiety, and for me it is important to demonstrate that i am here, i am ready to provide... adequate information to my capital so that they can decide that more help is needed in this direction or in another direction, i really love your country, it is very beautiful, very wonderful, every day i see more and more, surprisingly very beautiful things, and i really like the resilience of ukrainians and... by the way, i was also on the front line in early march, i said i needed to talk to the soldiers.

to see what was happening at the front, and it was during those difficult times, when foreign aid began to somehow decrease or be delayed, and i then said that i needed to get this return from the front communication so that i can pass this information on to tallinn so that they can make the necessary decisions about what... specifically is needed, so i will continue to travel, now i want to focus more on those areas that are facing more of the everyone with the energy crisis and to understand what is specifically needed for these regions, so of course i will travel as much as possible, traveling lady ambassador, for that we thank her, and we thank her for all

the help and support that we receive from ... to the government of estonia and from ordinary estonians, who from the very beginning began to help us defend our country, our independence, our sovereignty and our territorial integrity. madam ambassador, i thank you very, very much for joining this conversation today. send thanks to all the citizens of your country for everything you do for us. ah, it was an interview with the ambassador of the republic of estonia in ukraine. lee kolk, who came to us a year ago and has already done a lot in this position. for god's sake, the interview will continue, my name is yuriy fizar, see you soon. there are discounts until the day independence on tablets carsil 10% in pharmacies

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