debbie's, alex owner fund and reporting force from brussels for an hour more now i'm joined by akira roodick, who's a member of the ukrainian parliament leader, the opposition party, the voice. i'm is really great to have you with us. ukraine has now been granted you candidate status. the official request was made, i think, 4 days after the invasion. but this has been a long and painful journey for, for your country. going back to maybe 20142004. can you tell us about that? that, that journey? hello, thank you so much for having me. and i'm actually right now in brussels. so yesterday i was able to get like the feeling of the preparation and then the healing of for a celebration after we received the kennedy. this is true the historical day for my country and for the nation. we started our journey to european union back in 2004 when there was a 1st decision made on the wrong direction. and then the revolution and a. busy run for their president, your quote, which happened because he made a personal decision that we would rather join russia and aligns with them rather than european union. and