because ukraine and the eu are one family, these are the words of charles michel himself but when theies in this family will be supported by documents, namely by the accession of ukraine to the european union , no one is ready to speak yet, as ursula fondelain stressed, despite the opposition to the aggressor, ukraine is taking crazy steps on the way to accession, but there are still there are still requirements, the recommendations of the european commission, which ukraine is completing, there is also a need for the implementation of legislation, but what is very important, as volodymyr zelenskyi said, the joint final statement says that the intention to start negotiations on ukraine's accession to the european union already this year has been recorded, and this what ukraine was striving for, what ukrainian diplomats were striving for and obviously the political will in the european union is for this, let's listen to the president of ukraine about the association, it is obvious that today 72% of our obligations have been fulfilled, and with the agreement on agreement also today at th

here's the european council's charles michel speaking at a joint news conference.action now from ukraine. our correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv. another pledge of concrete dollars... also the subject of ukraine's winchell potential member ship to the european union. it came up in the summit. in the roles of charles michelle, he said, let's make this happen. can this happen? i am joined by the deputy head of the ukraine office. what did you make of the meeting? what was your document achieved in your mind? here in k iv, we document achieved in your mind? here in kyiv. we have _ document achieved in your mind? here in kyiv, we have the _ document achieved in your mind? here in kyiv, we have the european summit and the _ in kyiv, we have the european summit and the president coming the day before, _ and the president coming the day before, talk about bilateral relations. but today we spoke about potential— relations. but today we spoke about potential memory above ukraine to the european union, which is very important. — the european union, which is very impor

charles michel is satisfied.ubsequent package is aimed at tightening the loop and preventing attempts to circumvent the sanctions, but the main thing has already been done, because we have imposed sanctions on fossil fuels, once you have already taken the main measures, there are not many additional things that you can do on the second . the eu arms supply front is also on the offensive here work is going in two directions at once diplomatic foreign ministers continue to put pressure on china urging to stop cooperating with russia and the military estonia promised to help with scarce goods with shells of caliber 155, germany is engaged in air defense systems in the coming weeks will be decisive support for the war in ukraine has already cost germany 100 billion - this is 2.5% of gdp, we were prudent. perhaps that is why we got the impression that we were procrastinating or hesitating, but in fact we were attentive. the next weeks will be decisive. i consider air defense systems to be of priority importance , airs

the chairman of the european council , charles michel, said that among the fundamental conditions foragainst corruption, the reforms are aimed at strengthening democratic institutions, especially the rule of law, the fight against corruption, the independence of the judicial system are fundamental conditions for joining the european union. but i am sure that the ukrainian authorities understand that this is a priority . i felt that in just a few months you have achieved made significant progress and took steps in the right direction in a few months , it seems to him in two days. made this crazy progress, in particular, the security service of ukraine bureau economic security and the state bureau of investigation with their searches and suspicions well, accordingly, dismissals as a consequence, well, despite russia's threats, ukraine will become a member of the european union, said the president of the european council, according to charles micheli , ukrainians made a clear choice in favor of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, i quote a layer for michel, this summit is over two clear

in the meantime, the president of the european council , charles michel, accused the european parliamentleaking information about the possible visit of president zelensky. brussels was informed about the visit by the italian snakes later. it was announced on the european people's party twitter page. we look forward to the opportunity. welcome to brussels . mr. president, it was a tweet, but the publication was quickly deleted by the president of the european council , charles michel, who organizes it yourself. the eu considers the european parliament responsible for the leak. information about the visit, his spokesman did not confirm or deny the visit, said that there is an open invitation to president zelensky to visit brussels, i quote this the scandal puts the president of the european parliament, roberto matsola, or their officials in a difficult position. they are accused of leaking information. she is also a member of the ynp group, which briefly covered this visit. the article says that the dispute shows how competing eu institutions are trying to demonstrate solidarity with ukrai

they want to show their support for ukraine, they say they will help in all directions, and as charles michel pointed out, they want to show that russia is not afraid of the kremlin. in fact, there were many statements about economic cooperation and military aid for the training of ukrainian servicemen, but uh, i drew attention to the words of the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, in particular, about the path to the european union, he stated that ukraine has already fulfilled 72% of the association agreement with the european union today, and that it is important, as volodymyr noted zelenskyi in the joint bilateral document that was signed today stated that the intention to start negotiations on accession can already take place this year, this is exactly what ukraine wants to start negotiations on accession and according to the ambitious plans of zelenskyi and his team - this should happen already this year and as we can see, the european union also supports this in the process until february 24. the european union plans to adopt another package of sanctions against the russian fede

ambassadors, the president of the european council, charles michel, stated today, i am quoting verbatimkremlin did not intimidate us and did not intimidate it, it will support you in all possible ways, what does this mean, the statement is extremely strong in all possible ways, that it is how far will the european union go, because what will happen after the war is a separate story that can be talked about after the war and what will happen now, tomorrow or within a month is a completely different story and we need to react here extremely quickly, so how will europe in reality fulfill its promises? i agree with you that it is extremely important and a strong statement of such statements is necessary from time to time to mark western partners and allies, we heard it more and before or why because that it is traditionally composed like this or they work very well to deceive the settlements and the population of the countries of the world where they are trying to implement their own. there is such a concept as fatigue from war, so they will forget about it, they will forget, they will forg

your path to the european union, says the message of the president of the european council and charles michelout its course and consequences as well. we have information about the shelling of ukrainian regions , they will not apply to the air alert, because now we are exposed because of the fact that another mig flew over the territory of russia federation or belarus, but this night it was very hot in kherson, and i have already received a message from the representatives of the city commandant's office and from the regional military administration where exactly they were hit. unfortunately, it is completely civilians again objects that have nothing to do with military goals, energy goals , well, that is, any excuses of the russian federation that it strikes only at these objects, they are absolutely worthless, there is no more under the center in kherson, they say, well, even then they started the pre-union and in the fight against corruption , let's talk a little about the economy and the fight against corruption, the head of ukrtatnafta was suspected in the case of the embezzlement of fort

the goal of where to start negotiations already this year, the head of the european council , charles micheln noted that ukraine is moving forward quite quickly with this european integration path is also the opinion in principle held by the head of the european commission, ursula fondelaeng, who also noted that despite the ongoing war in ukraine, ukraine fulfills its obligations quite quickly and clearly, and at the same time, there are no deadlines for when exactly ukraine's accession to the european union can take place. she didn't say the amount she funds, instead she talked about the fact that russia should be responsible for what it did in ukraine, in particular , she also talked about the new 10th package of sanctions that will be introduced, let's listen somewhere russia russian society and the economy are already paying a heavy price for the sanctions that we imposed on them, the tenth package is already on the way, we aim to adopt it by february 24, approximately its cost is 10 billion euros, this is a significant package of sanctions, the plan is to focus again on technologies tha

charles michel is tasked to make progress on cooperation with the manufacturing industry and the ability of the eu to supply the defense system with ammunition, constant military assistance to the independent exacerbated the problem of the shortage of weapons of the security members of the european union, according to the magazine of the bundessphere built stocks . in the event of hostilities. enough for just a few days, and the reserve officers of the polish army, arkadiyev, kups indicated that his country transferred 40% of its military potential to kiev, nevertheless, the president of the european parliament said that it is necessary to strengthen military support for ukraine to continue with the supply of weapons to kiev earlier urged and nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. poland at 14:00 belarusian time suspends the work of the bobrovniki checkpoint on the belarusian-polish border, the border agency of the neighboring country officially informed our side about this the day before after the closure in the fall of 2021, at the initiative of polyakov, the bush checkpoint does not

he spoke about this in the presence of charles michel and russula von der laeln.ukraine is not going to retreat from bachmut, moreover, if it receives long-range weapons, it will de-occupy the entire donbas. if there are accelerated weapons, namely long-range weapons, we not only will we not move away from bahmut, we will start where to buy donbas, which was occupied in the 14th year, and volodymyr zelenskyi admitted that one of the mobile directions of russia's offensive at the end of winter at the beginning of spring is donbas east the direction to the estuary of the territories that ukraine won back in the fall of last year. at the same time, according to the president, he is worried about the fact that some cities of ukraine are living like this , the country should not be at war, and instead they are resting . he called for the unity and solidarity of all ukrainians on the eve of the fact that the country may face new dangers and it was also about sanctions, the leader of the european union assured that the 10th package of sanctions is being prepared, which w

charles michel greeted the guest with an on-duty smile and sewn pockets.y his appearance, he would be much more pleased to discuss the adoption of something intoxicating than the admission of ukraine to the eu family photo resembled a photo shoot with a monkey on the odessa beach performance zelensky began a spell that not only opened all european wallets, but also pumped out their contents to the last euro cent. glory to ukraine a. then he told how kiev is going to continue to fight on the last money of european taxpayers is absolutely cynical than zeal. zelensky begged, the more the eu president pretended not to understand what he was talking about. with applause in the tolerant hall, the europeans tried to disperse the unpleasant odor from zelensky's stale clothes, shaking hands right and left zelensky was surprised to note that so far not a single colored piece of paper has stuck to them. on that european voyage, the weapon ended and asked russia to threaten with his tongue, threshed around europe, hung out. yes, yes, the huts drove away, and why did a

joining the leaders in the capital addis ababa together with the european council president charles michelleso what's on the agenda leaders will discuss widespread conflict in the eastern democratic republic of congo and insecurity in mali burkina faso guinea and sudan another major topic will be food security many people are going hungry in several regions with somalia close to famine the group will also debate regional cooperation talks between sudan and ethiopia and libya's stall transition are among top concerns. on a broader level governments will discuss a request for permanent african seats on the united nations security council and the g20 group of major economies. for more on all this i'm joined by our guests and kampala is victor ochen director for african youth initiative network and robot is muhammad alishki senior fellow at the policy center for the new south a moroccan think tank that focuses on economic and social public policies. and in london is jonathan ofay ansa founder and publisher at africa briefing magazine. a warm welcome to you all and thanks for being with us on ins

fruitful than the one in kiev last week, when european officials ursula fondartland jose barrel and charles michelre very promised a lot but nothing timur slew dmitry volkov yulia abroad to remove born kirill danila channel one, london on the other side of the atlantic , the white house also promised support for zelensky this evening shortly after joe biden made a speech in congress about the state of affairs in the country. well , as in the biden country, he also argued about onat unity, while mentioning ukraine only a couple of times somewhere in the middle of the text. that's what the ukrainian agenda is for the next fall in america, the presidential election, and any other aggressive, external one is for sale i emphasize. it is still selling better than, for example, health care, with which there are real difficulties in the states. covid. they were shown by biden's opponent, the republicans, who came to control, the chances for the house of representatives. a reminder not to be missed is that some republicans want to end social security's health care, not all of course. they also write that b

now, with regard to this hysteria of charles michel, well, it is clear that this hysteria is connectedhese tanks were delivered, but pay attention here in retrospect. they are all the time arranged such tantrums of these hymers. give me rockets. give bayraktars. give me tanks. you understand what will happen next . give me planes. give rockets to the hymas in the far longer range. ukraine, uh, when the former prime minister of great britain broke out, we state, which means that he was discharged later, in addition to the scandal for the auction, he was discharged, which was an article. finally, give everything to ukraine, when the ukrainian people will already understand that everyone who can earn money on it, on their blood, on their troubles, on them. you understand that it's easy to sell a tank more profitable, than they lived, of course, and we already understand that there are questions about how they diverge, where this weapon is going and where it is, then you realize that transporting a tank is more difficult than it is. here is 300%, but from the desire of capital, well, capit

-9 in brussels, this was announced by the spokesman of the president of the european council, charles michelhursday , 27 eu leaders will gather to discuss the situation in ukraine, migration and the bloc's reaction to the law on reducing inflation in the united states. kyiv official response so far did not provide, but if this happens, it will be the second visit of zelensky outside ukraine, the first was to the united states in december of last year, ineffective sanctions , weak restrictions against iran and russia allowed the kremlin to purchase components for attack drones from the usa, this is stated in the report of the institute for the study of war, analysts note that 82% of the shaheds shot down in ukraine had components from america, although most western companies denied their direct sale to russia, or iran, everything is fine, the president of the united states, joe biden stated that the downed reconnaissance bullet will not worsen relations between washington and beijing, but the incident does not contribute to their improvement, as is known, the other day in the united states, a

decisive in russia's war against ukraine, according to the president of the european council , charles michel, and the ukrainian leadership declares that by february 24, the anniversary of the russian full-scale invasion, the invaders will launch the biggest offensive in this war. that's how the city of bakhmut sounds. latest for several months in this hell without water, light and gas , there are still more than 6,000 civilians, among them almost 200 children. you must be safe because the little children are right there. they are shooting here, they are talking about it. well, people are losing their homes. people are losing their lives. the most important thing is that our young people are dying at home. okay, all this can be rebuilt. it can’t be done. the most important thing is that the young people are dying to surround bakhmut. the occupiers have abandoned all forces . the ministry of defense of ukraine says that the russians probably got it . fire control over the two main routes to the city on sloviansk and pokrovsk kostiantynivka earlier the wagnerites with a high probability capture

8-9 in brussels about this announced the spokesman of the president of the european council , charles michel, on thursday, 27 eu leaders are meeting to discuss the situation in ukraine, migration and the bloc's reaction to the law on reducing inflation in the united states. kyiv official response so far did not provide, but if this happens, it will be zelensky's second visit outside of ukraine, the first was to the united states in december of last year, 2,921 confirmed cases of death due to natural disasters in turkey , 15,834 people injured, and 7,840 people rescued from the rubble. the head of emergency management yunus vsezar in syria 1293 victims, i will remind you that in the morning of february 6, the southeast of turkey was shaken by several powerful earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.8 on the richter scale. european countries are sending their rescue teams to ankara ukraine also offered help, the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, said that we can send several dozen rescuers to help clear the rubble of ukrainians living in the disaster zone. earthquake has not oc

in fact, i would like to start with the words of the head of the european council, charles michel.e said that we have achieved the greatest e-e achievements precisely in the field of judicial reform and anti-corruption reform , so in fact it is not an advance, it is really an assessment well-deserved ukraine. i want everyone to understand . this is really the merit of our president . it is really the merit of our parliament. we mentioned that we received it not yesterday, not last year, accordingly, the legislation was adopted in 2021, it began to be worked out after the arrival of the new parliament. therefore, these foundations and these historical steps were taken even earlier, and this assessment is well deserved. the qualification commission for viewers is literally two well, two sentences about the higher council of justice of the higher qualification commission, such complex names are actually two higher bodies, two bodies of judicial governance in ukraine, these are two higher bodies responsible for the appointment of judges to positions, their judicial careers and the pros

local press conferences with the president of the european council charles michel and the head of theof ukraine's entry although there are no guarantees of entry into these structures, as usual, no one gave him. the participation of zeus brussels takes only 3.5 hours. this is the last stop on his western european tour after london and paris , zelensky is begging for a fighter jet everywhere. i heard from the leaders of some states in europe the readiness to provide us with the necessary weapons , including aircraft, including letaks. and now i will have a number of bilateral meetings, where we will pay the necessary attention to the topic of combat aviation. so far , only bratislava, prime minister of slovakia hegger, has responded, promised to do everything possible to transfer fighters to ukraine, but not western soviet mig-29s , according to preliminary data, with a speech about 11 or 12 aircraft that are now in slovakia but no one promised western aircraft to kiev writes bloggerberg. european leaders have made it clear to volodymyr zelensky that they are willing to do more for mil

preparing the 10th package of sanctions for russia , noted the president of the european council, charles michelr, the blocking of russian assets is provided for, michel emphasized the following weeks will be decisive for ukraine, therefore europe must demonstrate solidarity, it is necessary to provide maximum support in ukraine so that you receive the maximum amount of weapons - these are hippopotamuses and tanks and other military equipment, we want to tell you that we support your initiative so that the un charter and international law are uncompromisingly respected, we support your formula for peace in brussels volodymyr zelenskyi met with the king of belgium philip first, the head of the ukrainian state thanked for the support from the first days of the full-scale invasion and presented his majesty, a fragment of the russian su-25 plane shot down in ukraine, on which the ukrainian pilots wrote the words "together we will win" at the end of the foreign trip , the president of ukraine met with his polish colleague , as they discussed preparations for the upcoming nato summit in vilnius next w

der liang yes, the head of the european commission and the president of the european council, charles michelat do you think they will take to heaven now? i think that one of the main issues is, of course, the strategic deterrence of china from providing any kind of material, military, military-technical support. for example, we communicated with experts on china from leading european research institutes centers and they are also, in principle, of the earthly generation in this. and they are on the same page as us, because at the moment it is necessary to express very clear diplomatic support for ukraine and a very clear e-e position from of the european union of individual countries of the european union that any provision of military military-technical assistance by china to russia will simply lead to the destruction of the economic and technological relations between china and the european union, and this position must be made very clear because if china is currently reassessing his strategic calculations regarding the possible provision of military aid to russia, it is very important to c

press conference of the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelensky, with the participation of charles michelliang, we are watching in person on february 24. last year, our meeting was also historic in the sense that we europeans of 27 eu member countries understood that a new page in the history of the european continent is now beginning and we very quickly understood that cohesion and unity are ours our advantage and this helped us to provide support very quickly to the ukrainian people in order to assess the resistance in order to ensure your future, the future of your people, your children, in order to defend the rights and values, right not life, and european values ​​such as freedom, dignity, democracy today at this press conference, i will not, er, calculate all the measures, which er, we discussed. it seems to me that we need to work in three directions in the nearest way and after these three directions, which say i will pass the word i think the next weeks will be decisive and because of that we need to remain united and sober we need to provide maximum support we need directions fi

charles michels quote was not left there are so many additional things that we could do, that is , we up with anything fundamentally new in the report of our european correspondent, axis emelyanova. the tenth package of sanctions against russia will be adopted, it doesn’t even matter when in the previous nine they were not always given. it’s easy for someone to resist, someone to bargain, but in the end everyone raised their hands for a year later, it’s possible to officially recognize inventing and adopting anti-russian sanctions for officials, she became the only work of brussels again chapters and their fantasies, it is impossible to conance on 11 billion euros. we are on the way to approving the sanction. they will be approved in the next hours or days until february 24 in any case.

european union in brussels, which is scheduled for march 23, the president of the european council, charles michelormed about this in an interview with the belgian newspaper lesoir. in particular, he said that to stop the russian war in ukraine , it is necessary to restore security in the region , support ukraine, and of international law, that is why the president of the european council is calling on the secretary general of the united nations antonio guterres to involve him in this process in the new already in the 10th package of anti-russian sanctions, there will be no such important new additional restrictions, instead there will be measures by which the european union will try to prevent russia from circumventing the existing bans , the head of the czech foreign ministry, jan lipavsky , said about this today before the meeting of foreign ministers of the eu member states. on the fact that it is necessary to introduce mechanisms that would prevent ukraine, a neighbor of russia, to bypass these sanctions and loopholes in the 9 previous packages of the restrictions imposed by the president of

the following weeks will be decisive for ukraine , said the chairman of the european council, charles michel , during a joint press conference of volodymyr zelenskyi and eu leaders, he noted currently, the countries of the european union need to remain united, according to him, it is necessary to provide versatile support in three directions, firstly, military aid is important, it is also necessary to promote the formula may the un charter and international law be respected, and in addition, ukraine should continue its path to joining the eu. michel added that the eu is currently preparing the 10th package of sanctions. and the day before, volodymyr zelenskyy made a speech in the european parliament, he noted that the citizens of our country are currently on the battlefield at the same time together with europe and only the victory of ukraine will guarantee the continued existence of common values and for the introduction of sanctions against the aggressor country, this all-out war, which has now been unleashed by russia, is not only territorial in one or another part of europe, its threat i

charles michel or on the torsur-fonderians, whom we just saw on the screen and during the meeting with ukrainian delegation, and also that it is worth gathering more partners, igor, but i wanted to write you down about the conditions that are now presented to ukraine because, in fact, the time of the full-scale invasion and the time of the great war - it happened, oddly enough, at the same time when ukraine got closer to the european union, it got, and hmm, got a candidacy in membership of the european union and so on, but how can you compare the conditions that were in place until february 24 of last year for ukraine to become a member? and what i am saying now is the fight against corruption and all these conditions that we listed, or is it a war or something changed, after all, we are treated either more leniently or, on the contrary, they definitely treat us less critically, it is necessary to understand , well, the conditions and by and large they vowed that we would do this before a large-scale invasion, why are we doing it now, the points were for sure, the previous seven condit

decisions this is the invitation of president volodymyr zelenskyi, it came in principle from charles michellf, and this is his idea and this person is also not a hint, this was not a hint, i would accept the statement that if ukraine fulfills all the requirements, it can acquire a full-fledged membership in the european union in two years, as it was declared by our head of the government, here it is precisely the political weight of personal invitations and personal contacts at such a level , what can she talk about from the point of view of political science ? well, she talks, first of all, about the effectiveness of all those processes that take place because, well, no matter how we analyze politics there , it is clear that it is based, among other things, on some interpersonal ties, and if between the leaders of the countries, well, in this case, between the leaders of ukraine and, for example, the european union has good relations both professionally and to some extent on a social level. well, this contributes to a faster resolution of issues, an understanding of the needs that exist in

we heard it was almost like a love fest today when we heard ursula on the line and charles michelle both i'm speaking with of the ukrainian president but but beyond words, i mean, what do we know about unity within the e u when it comes to weapons for ukraine and just general solidarity with this country. this solidarity is, is very sure actually, and i think that was quite heavily expressed by pretty much all of the leaders and certainly that reception in the european parliament. i've been in brussels a long time, and i have never seen quite a reception for a leader as a lensky when he walked in up towards the, the parliament hamis. i co op these up the says, all of the staff out in the balconies cheering for him. so it's been a very woman, but as you say, what are the promises on the table as well of on the lines as a 10th round of sanctions include some of this lexical and military leadership that would be significant success for him to take back. also, the sped off the accession process. ukraine isn't just trying to turn away from russia. i think we have to keep that in mind. it's no

matzoly , began to call from the office of the president of the council of the european union, charles-michelere the summit will actually take place. that the information about the visit was supposed to be secret for security reasons, but apparently someone from the european people's party found out that volodymyr zelenskyi will probably speak in the european parliament, so they decided about it there be the first to tell and the western media even began to write about the competition of institutions for glory, officially the visit of the ukrainian president is still not confirmed by anyone, so despite the expectations of the media, the intrigue continues, but the ukrainian community, for example, is already gathering a sign of support for our president tomorrow, a demonstration in the euroquarter. well, now to the essence of tomorrow's events of the session of the european parliament and the summit of the leaders of the european union, because regardless of whether volodymyr zelensky will be in brussels or not, the topic of ukraine will still remain the main speech in the european parliament

journalists' questions at a joint press conference with the president of the european council , charles michel, and the president of the european commission, ursola von der leyen, at the kirk west it has been said several times that the next weeks will be decisive for ukraine, because the aggressor ukraine will try to attack our positions again, but the europeans will support our armed forces with new batches of the necessary weapons , one of the reasons why i am here to thank you for everything that has been said, for all those numbers that are not just named now and who specifically supported our people from the society, e-e , our displaced people, forced displacement of people , our economy, and in general, all this is support for the stability of our state, and sikos is an army the army is a victory, you and i do not see any other result ukrainians are now paying with their lives for freedom and independence they are fighting for our common values ​​to live and we understand that we will never be able to thank you for all these terrible sacrifices but we can support you speaker of the euro

he said this at a press conference together with the chairman of the european council, charles michelident of the european foundation, von der leyen. there are certain positive decisions regarding fighter jets that will not remain behind the scenes to fully prepare the russian federation, he said, and the president of ukraine also said that after the visit to britain, there is a rapprochement regarding the decision on long-range weapons, well, once again, gls db , the psychological limit has probably been crossed by the united states states and 150 km is exactly the length of our ukrainian arm on the territory occupied by the russian federation. let us remind you that , of course, our partners are a bit worried that we can use this whole thing on the territory of the russian radio, but let's not forget that crimea is ukraine and everything international is based on this. community yes, do we have the next guest not yet as we understand oh i would really like to talk about sports in a non-political way as it is customary to say the international olympic committee confirms that it will

reaction from some countries, said moravetsky without going into specifics, meanwhile the president charles michelhe european council announced that at the next meeting in march, european leaders will separately consider strengthening industrial cooperation between countries in order to increase the production of ammunition and to replenish national stocks and supply to ukraine. also , the participants of the current summit once again assured that they will support ukrainians in the fight against the russian aggressor. that russia is waging against ukraine has affected all of us and will continue to affect the entire world through the commercial and economic challenges it our emotional and practical support for ukraine is a natural reaction. french president manuel macron reminded that the current two-day meeting of the european council began with a historic meeting with president zelensky , who made his first trip to brussels since february 24 last year and before that had a tripartite meeting in paris with macron and scholz, we expressed to the ukrainian president as a european our determination

joining the leaders in the capital, addis ababa together with the european council president charles michelle. so what's on the agenda? leaders will discuss widespread conflict in the eastern democratic republic of congo and insecurity. and molly burkina, faso, guinea, and sudan. another major topic will be food security. many people are going hungry and several regions with somalia close to famine. the group will also debate regional cooperation, thoughts between sudan and ethiopia, and libya. stall, transition are among top concerns. on a broader level, governments will discuss a request for permanent african seats on the united nations security council. and the g 20 group of major economies. ah, are i for more on all this i'm joined by our guests in kampala is victor ocean, director for african youth initiative network. in rabbit is mohammed lisky senior fellow at the policy center for the new south american think tank that focuses on economic and social public policies. and in london is jonathan affair. i'm sorry, founder and publisher at africa briefing magazine. a warm welcome to you al

reforms, but the president is still trying to find support in the person of the ursula rolaine charle-michelion, which is very sympathetic to ukraine and also promotes the idea of ​​opening negotiations with ukraine as soon as possible, that is, there are two such goals here, which in my opinion the view that our president is trying to achieve. well, rammstein, whom you mentioned, he will be next week, this meeting, and what we know is that it became official during zelenskyi's visit to brussels, that new sanctions against russia have been announced. at the same time, the leaders of the eu countries did not agree on the joint procurement of ammunition for ukraine this was said by the prime minister of poland, myrowiec , according to him, late at night they discussed a positive reaction from some countries, according to him, there was no positive reaction , which he did not specify, well, we can he hopes that at the next summit they will agree on these ammunition purchases, but this idea has already been discussed since the fall . in your opinion, what is preventing this in general? we need t

charles michels. there aren't many extra things left for us to do.hat is nothing fundamental, well i can't come up with a new report by our european correspondent asinyanova. the tenth package of sanctions against russia will be adopted even unimportant, when the previous nine were not always given it was easy for someone to resist, someone to bargain, but in the end everyone raised their hands for a year later, it can be officially recognized to come up with and adopt anti-russian sanctions for eu officials has become the only the work of brussels again , the foreign ministers and their imagination, nor the sanctions for 11 billion euros have dried up at stake. we are on the way to approving the sanction. they will be approved in coming hours and days until february 24th. in any case, the obstacle that will remain will be overcome. this is the attachment of ministers. i am sure that we are carrying out sanctions until the end of the week . the tenth package of sanctions is electronics , special vehicles, spare parts for trucks and aircraft engines,

job and to do his safe is better than dangerous task today the chairman of the european council charles michel came to kyiv. the politician walked the streets of the capital and published the photo on his page in twitter during the summit assured the future of ukraine in the eu. yesterday, on the eve of the summit, the ukrainian government held a joint meeting with the european commission for the first time . according to the results of the meeting, kyiv signed an agreement on participation in the single market program, as well as a memorandum on the use of natural gases. our discussions made it clear that ukraine wants to do everything necessary . in order to get a good rating, we could already start negotiations about their accession to the eu , so i am sure that in relation to the case, we will also find a solution that will meet all the recommendations, we also talked about restoration of ukraine as one of the options for financing frozen russian assets, however, how to legally use them has not yet been decided - says commissioner for financial services merit mcguinness, we have never done

himself, but zelensky continues to fight corruption on display in front of the barrel of funderlein charles, michel are now all in kiev, in fact , independent hope to beg for an early eu entry, although she unambiguously hints that this will not be the case for zelensky. i really want to go to kalashny ryad, however, let's say, the appearance does not allow, however, there is enough corruption in europe itself. although they are building a non-tarnished demo out of themselves. give the deputy head of the servant of the people kravchuk here unexpectedly expressed. that's what is very important, that we are fighting manifestations of corruption, but it is also wrong to say that there is no corruption in the european union. there, the european parliament also had searches and detentions related to the world cup, when the european parliamentarian covered up the violation of human rights and so on at the current summit , it is unlikely to remember this while zelensky, who are selling ukraine, are catching the opportunity to show the west the goods in person, reining in the corrupt officials of the milit

attempts to bypass the head of the european council, in an interview with a belgian newspaper, while charles michelhat there are not many additional measures left in the eu that he can still take, but europe itself is primarily suffering from the restrictions imposed in poland was told about the collapse of the apple market due to the ban on exports to russia, and new markets do not compensate for the losses annually , up to a million tons of apples were shipped to russia. now the polish apple market has already collapsed . europe's economy, weakened by the action of the biden administration. this was stated by hungarian prime minister viktor urban in assessing the policy of europe has weakened over the past year, because the united states defends its interests without restriction in brussels to the detriment of european word with its political opponents, the body reads the administration brussels legal bureaucrats and international speculators who cash in on the war homemade products have become a luxury for british supermarkets in retail chains are already imposing a limit on the number of potato

president of the european council, charles michel, spoke at a joint news conference.takes. we are not intimidated. we will not be intimidated by the kremlin. because ukraine and the eu, we are family. and my second message. the future of ukraine is within the european union. ukrainian people, you have made a clear choice for freedom, for choice forfreedom, for democracy, and the rule of law, and we in the eu have also made and we in the eu have also made a clear decision. yourfuture is with us in our common european union. your destiny is our destiny. this is bbc news — a reminder of our headlines: after a chinese balloon flies into us airspace, a second is reported — this time over latin america. the boss of tesla, elon musk, is cleared of fraud charges brought against him by the company's shareholders. pope francis is in south sudan, the latest stop on what the vatican is calling a pilgrimage of peace. he was welcomed by large crowds. he wasjoined at the airport injuba by the leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together, they're seeking to promote recon

himself, but zelensky continues to fight corruption on the show in front of the pain in the fund charles michelthey now everyone in kiev is actually hoping to beg for an early accession to the eu, although it unambiguously hints to her that this will not be the case for zelensky. i really want to go to kalashny ryad, however, let's say, the appearance does not allow, however, there is enough corruption in europe itself. even though they pretend to be untainted. rai , the deputy head of the servant of the people, kravchuk, suddenly expressed it that it is very important that we are fighting manifestations of corruption, but it is also wrong to say that there is no corruption in the european union. there were also in the european parliament searches and detentions related to the world cup, when the european parliament covered the violation of human rights and so on at the current summit, it is unlikely to remember this while zelensky, who is selling ukraine, seizes the opportunity to show the west the goods with his face, reining in the corrupt officials of the military meetings of the oligarchs,

quickly, under what conditions , and how best to prepare for entering the the european union, but charles michel'ssis, in particular, that we will support ukraine as much as necessary and with all that is necessary, really caught my eye, is a very clear signal that ukraine will in no way be left one-on-one with russian aggression if someone does not was tired and did not try. by the way , do we have the next guest, dear editors , to tire the european society and the society overseas so let's talk about the parliamentary ee. i would say concerns these days because it is obvious that european integration of legislative activity is impossible. so let's start with the law on customs. how much does this law on media in principle help our european integration? how does it now look like european norms ? with a lot of work in the committee, it was done much better and this law is perhaps more in line with european norms than the law, for example, on the constitutional court, which does not correspond at all, although there are several rules that look absurd, one of them is the lack of independence of the

under what conditions, and how should we better prepare for joining the european union, but charles michel's thesis, in particular, about what we will to support ukraine as much as necessary and with all that is necessary, this is a very clear signal that ukraine will not remain in any way one-on-one with russian aggression if someone does not tire and does not try to tire european society and society overseas, do we have the next guest, dear editors, and we are happy to welcome mykola knyazhytskyi, people's deputy of ukraine , joins our broadcast glory to ukraine good evening good evening congratulations, so let's talk about parliamentary ee i would say worries these days because it is obvious that the european integration of legislative activity is impossible. and so let's start with the law on duties . how much does this law on media in principle harm-help our european integration? and this law is perhaps more in line with european norms than the law, for example, on the constitutional court, which does not correspond to the brothers at all, there are several norms that look absurd, one o

the european council's, charles michel, spoke at a joint news conference. as long as it takes, we are not intimidated, we will not be intimidated by criminals. because ukraine and the eu, we are family. and in my second message, the future of ukraine is with the european union. ukrainian people made the choice forfreedom, for union. ukrainian people made the choice for freedom, for democracy and rule of law and we also have made the decision, the future is with us and our european union. your destiny is our destiny. let get some reaction now from our correspondentjames waterhouse in kyiv who's been speaking to the deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine today, a significant european summit here in kyiv where there were some concrete outcomes and other pledge of billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid and financial support but also, the subject of ukraine's potential membership to the european union. it came up during the summit and the roads of the european council president, the he said let's make this happen. can it happen and w

president of the european council, charles michel, spoke at a joint news conference earlier. the eu will can for as long as it takes. we are not intimidated and will not be intimidated by the kremlin. because ukraine and the eu, we are family. my second message, the future of ukraine is within the european union. the ukrainian people, you have made a clear choice for freedom, for democracy, and the rule of law, and we in the eu have also made a clear decision, your future is with us in our common european union. your destiny is our destiny. the bbc�*s ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, is in kyiv, and has been getting reaction from the deputy head of the office of the president. today, a significant european union summit here in tf when there is some concrete outcomes and other pledge of billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid and financial support and also, the subject of ukraine's potential membership to the european union. i came up during the european union. i came up during the summit in the words of the european council president, let's make this happen. can it h