we will talk about this in more detail with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. hello, bohdan. so how did britain's new bailout package fare? defense of ukraine? in fact, it will be seen, probably, best for ukrainian fighters at the front or defenders in ukraine, in general. we can only talk about certain ones numbers, and that, quite, quite mysterious. for example, of the 1,600 declared ammunition in this so-called package, named. strike, so-called missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, how much of those 1,600 are, for example, stormshadow cruise missiles, we don't know, but ... probably small, because we know that britain and france, these missiles are a joint development , do not have very many such missiles, they are very powerful, but very expensive, that is, one such missile costs more than 3 million dollars, and today, in particular, about the price, about the price of war, about the price of weapons, the british prime minister spoke in warsaw, the capital of poland. next to nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, who emphasized that the allies actually have

for such contributions today... our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin at the british naval base in portsmouth. congratulations, bohdan. bohdan, the british ministry of defense allowed the filming of two ukrainian warships in its port today. what are they doing there? well, primarily these two ukrainian ships were british until january of last year. ukraine acquired them in accordance with the agreement. signed earlier, these two ships are called cherkasy and chernihiv, according to the names of the ships that russia captured when it annexed crimea in 2014, and the main task of these ships, they are designed to search for and destroy sea mines, and this is what the british spoke about today military now here in portsmouth they will have access to our south coast training grounds to polish their skill, and they will take part in maneuvers, including seabreeze exercises with the us and with britain, where they can improve their skills in detecting mines and protecting their ships. these ships can clear mines, as we did in the second world war, and we will probably have to do so now, s

we will talk about this with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. ons, today is exactly 75 years since the founding of nato, however, the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, who was invited to the meeting, said that he would not like to spoil the holiday, but the russian war continues, and ukraine needs more support, in particular air defense systems. has he been heard and are there any practical results of this meeting? with regard to practical results and decisions, it should certainly be borne in mind that decisions , and in particular those related to assistance to ukraine, are obviously approved not only at such meetings, for example, the nato secretary general just spoke at the final press conference, and he, telling the contributions to aid to ukraine, spoke about... well, in fact, what we already reported, for example, about the new package from finland, the new aid that announced by germany within the program, the artillery program of the czech republic, about what france announced and so on and so forth, that is, this meet

our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin follows diplomatic statements regarding china's influence. hello, bohdan, please tell us about the relations between china and france and also how exactly the issue of the russian war in ukraine was raised at the meeting in beijing? maria, if we talk about france's relations with china in general, then they certainly are look very positive, because last year the french president went to beijing with a very pompous and, as some say, apparently successful visit. now at the beginning of may in france they are waiting for the visit of the chinese leader xijin ping and actually this visit of the french minister of foreign affairs sejourne is probably partly part of the preparations for this state visit of the chinese leader to france and it is obvious that bilateral relations. between france and china, and since france is a member of the european union, it is obvious that trade, china's economic cooperation with the european union in general were the most important topics of the meetings, and if you look at the chinese messages, this is exactly wha

bohdan, thank you, i will remind you about the statements of the french president today bohdan tsyupind. meanwhile, the delay in aid from the usa, as well as the blocking of the border with poland, did not pass without pain for the economy and budget of ukraine. this is what the international monetary fund says. at the same time, they are optimistic there. ukraine will manage to maintain economic stability. now that us aid is unblocked, donor support is pouring in. however, what should be expected next, my colleague oksana bodratenko spoke with a high-ranking official of the foundation, alfred kemer. ukraine was able to save the time of the war macro stability and recently received economic assistance from europe. how important is the us package. first, ukraine again abstained. stability and this is a remarkable achievement against the backdrop of all the shocks experienced by ukraine, both because of the war and because of the delay in external funding from donors, so congratulations to the economic team, which is doing extremely well. the funds of the united states are important, and

my colleague bohdan tsyupin was in touch from london. europe fulfills its part of obligations with the help of ukraine. now is the time for the united states to step up its efforts, says james stavridis, former commander of nato's joint forces in europe. he emphasizes that if american aid continues to be delayed, it will significantly undermine washington's credibility on the world stage. he stated this on the washington post live. here in in the united states, the sense of urgency and the question of trust are being muted at a time when the us and washington are unable to step up and send military aid to ukraine. ukraine, of course, is not a member of nato, but the alliance has pledged to help ukraine. therefore , we have real obligations. europeans have already provided more than 60 billion dollars in aid. the u.s. would double that contribution, and that's pennies, compared to our $850 billion defense budget, given that without sending troops on the ground , russian forces can continue to be decimated, so leads to a decrease in trust.

all that, but you know, by the way, in this context, that i'm going to kill you for a second, bohdan tsyupina ukrainian journalist who works in london, he interestingly noticed, noticed that in fact this is an example when the coalition is actually international, because french, british, and american planes shot down iranian missiles so that they did not reach the territory. air zones, that is, in fact, they established this unmanned, some kind of history, which ukraine has been demanding for more than two years, and they. did not go to war with iran, but iran did not say that after that it is now at war with everyone. well, this is interesting actually about this escalation, when they go talk that if nato planes will be used there, not in military operations, in general , in the politics of nato countries, but simply to protect the sky, this is really such a vivid example that shows, let's say, a certain hypocrisy of the world community, because here. .. were really used, as you pointed out, and british and french planes shot down these missiles and not only over the territory of israel, ov

we talk about this in more detail with our correspondent in london, bohdan by tsyupin congratulations bohdan. bohdan, please tell us what we hear from the representative of the united states at these meetings? well, actually, a position or a situation. where the united states finds itself now is unusual, because on the one hand the united states is the leader in providing military aid to ukraine, on the other hand there are obvious delays, which our viewers just ... heard about, so today the representative of the united states, secretary of state anthony blinken, on the one hand party announced the expected declarations of support for ukraine. on the other hand, he admitted that it is significant to what extent what the us does will depend on the decision of congress. it is now urgently necessary for all friends and supporters of ukraine to do their utmost to... provide ukraine with what it needs to continue its effective defense against this russian aggression. for the united states, that means approving the supplemental budget request the president requested for ukraine. as for the