after all, 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. yes, yes, of course, as i already said, we already started this work in... in 22, and all these projects regarding reconstruction in ukraine began at that time, in particular in the zhytomyr region, which is conventionally ours, our region, our region , as estonia is a small country and ours is limited resources, and we thought that it is necessary to approach the issue of restoration of ukraine in a very complex way, so we chose one area, one region for ourselves. and we provide assistance for

reconstruction right there, we helped to build a new kindergarten, and we conduct training for teachers, educators, so that such assistance is long-term, just not just to build one house or one shelter, but to help in this way. so that it is long-term and covers the problems faced by a specific region. of course. well, but we talked about money, which coming 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 very moment, exactly how many citizens of ukraine are there, and is there any trend... returning to ukraine,

yes, of course, we have statistics, regarding ukrainians currently living in estonia, and we provided them from the first day of their arrival in estonia any help, all kinds of help, which we could provide is medical care, social protection, education. we also opened two special schools, specialized schools for ukrainian children, where they can be educated in the estonian language, but keep their own 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 the slogan of the government is that it is necessary for ukrainians to feel that they are welcomed here in estonia, and 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 try to do everything to bring our common victory over the russian aggressor closer. now a little about the victory, in estonia, except of course, women and children, there are many men who have received, this is not what you are... temporary

shelter, temporary protection, it 's called, as far as i understand, in estonia. tell me, please, now in many countries, 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 obligated in order to somehow help to these men, well , at least register in ukraine, in the relevant authorities, and maybe even return to ukraine, or? is there something similar in estonia? such discussions, such requests began to arrive some time ago, but our previous prime minister said that because people live on the territory of estonia. we gave them temporary permits

for residence and prison protection, and we do not... plan to send them back to ukraine, because we have rules, we have obligations, and this also comes from european legislation, that is, plans in we are not sending them back to ukraine, but we are cooperating with the ukrainian authorities in this sense ukrainian embassy in tallinn. and we understand that there are needs in ukraine, but i think that many ukrainians who live in ukraine, they want to return to their country, they are waiting for such a conspiracy, for opportunities,

for return, this was one of the reasons why we started so early reconstruction so that people can see the perspective. to help the ukrainians, but, as i say, we are not the bodies to understand how we are going to send them back if they do not want it, of course, madam ambassador, one more question, a question... you can say from ukrainian students studying in estonia, recently, well, literally a month or two ago, information appeared that , for example, in lithuania they are preparing or have already passed a law, according to which they will deprive the benefits of ukrainian students studying

under the exchange program, or are they going to do something like that in estonia or not? ukrainian students who have been studying in estonian universities for many years, even before the full-scale war began. and we have many ukrainian students, and we are proud of them, because they are very smart, they are very are eager to learn, and so far i have had no information about the government's plans to stop. assistance under the programs that are currently active, so ukrainian students should calm down, everything will be fine, thanks to our brothers and sisters in estonia, of course, let's now once again return to

the, unfortunately, military topic a little, and talk about red lines, there is a lot of talk about these red lines in the west, for some they exist, for some they are clearly delineated, for... they are very unclear, but for estonia, in this war, in our joint war, that is what i will call in our joint war with the russian aggressor, are there any red lines, this is my favorite question, thank you for it, estonia has never... talked about any red lines, for us the most important thing, one of the most important, this is integrity, territorial integrity, democracy, cultural identity of people, and we strive for this in estonia, in our

country, and this is 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 war crimes, genocide, that they committed, we believe that there cannot be any red lines here, and our goal is to preserve ukrainian independence, democracy, integrity, therefore we support ukraine in everything we can so that it can achieve these goals, and accordingly,

we do not see any red lines here as such, the government has already said on many occasions that we are ready to discuss any possibility. as for helping ukrainians, and the most important thing is to help ukraine, namely to win this war, 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 our partners, and we are ready to be a pioneer in some or other decision, so our red line, if i can call it that,

or the blue-yellow line, is exactly to help ukraine win this war, just great words, it's not a red line, but a yellow-blue line, and it's to help ukraine win this war aggressive war, it's just, it's just incredible, i thank you very much for that, a look, in estonia itself, i understand, you are now trying with all your might to help us win this war, but in estonia they are not considering, they will not say so, or they are preparing, i will say directly, are they preparing in estonia for a possible attack from on the part of russia now, because they talked about it a lot at the beginning of the invasion of ukraine 2.5 years ago, but are they talking about it now in estonia, of course. when we became an independent state, in the early

90s, we were always very careful with our neighbor and we have no illusions was regarding the fact that russia has no plans for an invasion and we... always in nato and in the eu talked about a possible threat from russia, we, we warned other countries about this, so we have been preparing for self-defense for a long time. since the beginning of the 90s, that is why we wanted to acquire membership in the eu, and we wanted to join nato, we were preparing step by step. before that, and every year we increased our defense spending

on defense and called on other nato countries to do the same, to defend ourselves both individually and jointly, collectively. ago yes, we are preparing and continue to prepare. i can't say that we started. to think 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 did something step by step, every day, to protect ourselves from this evil, and we must always prepare to defend ourselves from this evil, because this evil is not foreseen, this evil can attack in any wave, we were witnesses of this in february 2020. 22nd year, 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, what is the attitude of the estonians after 2.5 years of full-scale invasion of ukraine to that, to your government's support of ukraine and to what is happening in ukraine. why i ask, because as far as i know, in the north east of estonia. in the narva area, many russian-speaking citizens of estonia live there, do they support all the actions of your estonian government in support of ukraine? yes, for many years we have had a russian-speaking minority living in estonia, we have been 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 estonia, estonian society and government of estonia, of course we support ukraine and even more so. is not about reducing such aid, i think that since the war has been going on for more than 2.5 years, and... the brutality of the putin regime is increasing every day, intensifying, and we are ready to help ukraine in the long term perspective, not only for victory, but also for further recovery, so support

is increasing, i can say, and if you look at... non-governmental organizations of ordinary citizens who help ukraine, we see that every month, or even every week, support comes from ordinary estonians who collect or provide humanitarian aid, but just yesterday i read that there are three estonian non-governmental organizations that help ukraine. more than 2 1/2 years ago, a new aid column was sent to ukraine again, and there were medical products and drones and military aid for the front for

the army for rescuers they. help and aid continues to arrive and even increases in volume, because, as i said, this fascination with ukraine, it is very big in estonia, and every day we are shocked by the brutality of putin's regime, eh, that it continues, this brutality is happening, and of course, our support will not decrease, it will only increase. huh, 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 looking for some things to 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 i have a question for you: you have been in ukraine for a year, 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 did you have time this year to travel, travel around ukraine a little, do you have a favorite place in ukraine? oh, definitely, when i came to ukraine a year ago, i told my colleagues that i was an ambassador. not in kyiv, this means that i have to travel a lot and see how local communities live, i have to communicate with people, and yes, i have been to kharkiv, odesa, rivne, zhytomyr, of course, this is our partner, partner region, and was in many

corners of ukraine, and i think it is important to demonstrate to 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, alarms, and it is important for me 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, so i am very i 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, see what is 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 feedback from the front so that i could pass on this information. so that they can make the necessary decisions about what exactly is needed, so i will continue to travel. now i want to focus more on those areas that face the most energy crisis and 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 we receive from the government of estonia and from ordinary estonians who have started to help from the very beginning. we have to defend our country, our independence, our, 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 estonian ambassador of the republic in ukraine, anna lee kolk, who came to us a year ago and has already done a lot on this. position espresso interviews will continue. my name is yuriy fizar. see you soon. the book

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carefully at the photo of this boy, unfortunately, he disappeared and nothing is known about him for more than a year. his name is vlad lyubichyv and he is 12 years old. he disappeared in the city of vovchansk in the kharkiv region of the first. june 2023, if you know anything about him, no delay and call us on the hotline at 11630, or write to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram, i emphasize that any, even the smallest details are important for the search, and as usual, i ask you to share the video on social networks, it really helps a lot in the search and it is possible that one of... your friends or acquaintances can recognize the child and provide important information. we are also continuing the search for 13-year-old hleb cherepanov, who disappeared

in mariupol on... at the beginning of a full-scale invasion of russia, the boy is looking for his mother. no news since then. we applied to all search services, both in russia and ukraine, and to the police as well. despite the fact that a lot of time has passed since the disappearance, and there is still no news, the woman does not lose hope, hopes very much for your concern and begs you to help her. looking for a son, he is very talented, he played the guitar, studied well, so artistic, i wanted him to become an artist, he studied in the art class, he did well, and he had many friends, all his friends are for him

are experiencing a very good boy, i miss him very much. mrs. victoria told the details of her son's disappearance. so, hleb lived with his mother and grandmother in mariupol, and they stayed in the city when very fierce fighting was already going on there. because of the shelling, hleb, his mother and grandmother left their apartment and hid in the house of their relatives. one day , gleb's mother went out on business, and when she returned. saw that the house where her son and mother were was hit by a shell, a man, a man, their neighbor said that a shell hit the house and that the military ordered everyone to leave and go to the bomb shelter. i began to cry and say: how will i find them now? he says: go to the bomb shelter. i was in despair, i did not know what to do, where to look for them, whether they were alive. hleb's mother began to look everywhere for her son and

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