your leadership, for your strong persal commitment tthe trans-atlantic bond, the europe and north aricanding together. and let me also thank the u.s. congress and the people of america for the strong support to ukraine. and you just made an announcement of additional u.s. support, and that is something which ispo very mh welcomed. european allies and canada are are also doing tir part with tens of millions in economic and icmilitary support for ukraine, and it's now making a difference on the battlefield as we speak. because the offensive is lost, and ukrainians are making progress, making advances. it's t still early days, but what we do know is the more -- ukrainians are able to liberate, the stronger time they will have negotiating table and the more likely it will be that president putin at some stage that he will never win this war on the battlefield. [inaudible] of ukraine. not only ap attack on ukraine, but also on core values and on free people everywhere. and, therefore, president putin must not win this war because that will not only be a tragedy for ukrainians,ut also make th