km and with us on direct communication from brussels, where is natomia's apartment, colleague hryhoriy zhigalov? this is finland's statement, it is expected after russia's invasion of ukraine, the level of support for joining the alliance has increased many times and there is already a reaction from the secretary general of nato and antonberg promised that finland's entry into the alliance will happen quickly, so finland's decision was awaited in brussels and they were waiting for it today . and this statement is an illustration of these tectonics, from the word geopolitical, from the current events taking place on the continent, which were caused precisely by the war unleashed by russia three months ago, and the talks about the accession of finland well, nato was not even taken seriously. well, there was a discussion at the level of political romanticism, but everyone was satisfied with the neutral status of finland. and he was also forced to leave the country a few decades ago, well, 80 years ago, after the attack of the soviet union on a very similar to the current war in ukraine finland dec

thank you, bbc brussels correspondent hryhoriy zhigalov, news appeared during our broadcast that presidentyr zelenskyi commented on the deportation operation in an interview on tv channels of the defenders of mariupol from azov he said that it is still ongoing and he cannot provide many details civilians were taken out medics were taken out they took out seriously wounded and wounded in the near future, not even a few days, the removal of everyone from azov steel will be completed , the president of ukraine said, he said that the guys received a signal that they have every right to leave and save his life. zelensky did not say exactly how many ukrainian fighters there were. he only clarified that there were 400 border guards alone. the president also added that a lot of ukrainians died . pilots who tried to deliver products and ammunition to the defender of mariupol, to take out the dead earlier, the ministry of defense of the russian federation announced that it had taken out the catch of steel . in may, the cannes film festival takes place at its opening, the audience gave a standing ova

my colleague hryhoriy zhigalov saw what happened on may 9 in berlin.erlin, the capital of germany, known for its freedom , humanity introduced unprecedented restrictions so that may 8 was victory day. at any moment, the chancellor will speak with a video address review it is painful to watch how, 77 years after the end of the second world war, a group of forces again violates peace and law in the center of europe. you see how the russian army kills men, women and children in ukraine, turns cities into ruins and ashes, and even attacks those who flee, this day of victory is not like any other, olaf announced to the germans in shock that there is a war in europe again, and this time it was started by russia, an assessment with which tens of thousands of russians living in berlin are not ready to agree. the next day, may 9, they go to their separate victory day, mostly people go to the park 5 km from the center, that is, to the park, a huge memorial complex for the burial of more than seven thousand soldiers , in fact, the gigantic bratska made, which onc

in ukraine, take your time so much sweden and finland to nato this was the bbc correspondent hryhoriy zhigalov brussels thank you not the ability of the russians to capture kharkiv and their retreat from the outskirts of the second largest ukrainian city is a great military defeat for russia this opinion was expressed in an interview with the bbc this morning by the former commander of the british combined forces , general sir richard barons, this nut was poured for the russian forces after a strong one, said the distant general and added that russia does not have the numbers, the will, or the skills to occupy large cities in ukraine however, he added that russia's defeat in the kharkiv area does not mean the failure of the russian invasion in general . a similar opinion was expressed by the general in a conversation with my colleague natalka skopenko, who asked richard barons to evaluate the role of the alliance nato in supporting and strengthening the combat capability of the armed forces of ukraine. you have a lot of experience from serving in germany, in the balkans, in afghanistan, in ira

nato bloc the russian invasion of ukraine and i am joined live in brussels by vvc correspondent hryhoriy zhigalov grisha so, formally, the procedure has been launched by nato, despite the past decision of threats and ultimatums of moscow, it is ready to expand further. finland and sweden have been in the nato apartment since the very morning today. they handed 100ltenberg letters in which the countries express their desire to further join the alliance. such a rather solemn moment. moreover, i would say that not so much for stoltenberg and nato, because the alliance is well acquainted with both countries, and more for diplomats, because this is the end of 80 years of military neutrality for finland. well, sweden has not joined military alliances in general for more than 200 years although it is clear from totenberg, he supported the celebration of the moment, called the applications of the two countries historic, let's listen security, this is a great day at a critical moment for our security. every country has the right to choose its own path you made your choice after a thorough democratic proce

russia, fight disinformation and speak out a united front in support of ukraine, and my colleague hryhoriy zhigalovns us from brussels. so , western partners promise kyiv even more help. but at the same time, all the following did not agree a package of sanctions against russia, that is, there will be sanctions, but without an oil embargo. also, i feel frustration even here among the diplomats in brussels, but the european union bureaucratic machine works as fast as it can work, and the adoption and approval of decisions in the european union have always required time. well, there are 27 different countries that all have to agree among themselves on one or another decision and agree on all the details, and from the very beginning it was clear that everything would be very difficult with the energy cargo, well, first of all, it would be easy with the gas cargo it will not happen because many countries of the european union are too dependent on russian gas in relation to the oil embargo. well, not everything is simple either, but even there was little faith that such a solution was even possible some