my guest is former ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba. after almost three years of defiance, what are of defiance, what are ukraine's options now? dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to be back, stephen. it's great to have you on the programme. i have to ask a very simple, direct opening question — given the situation your country finds itself in today, how low are you feeling? well, if i begin feeling low, or if my compatriots begin feeling low, this will be the beginning of the end. so we realise the hardships, we realise the difficulties, but we are looking for solutions instead of focusing on the obstacles. the solutions are hard to see, aren't they? if we start with the military situation on the front lines in the east, we have seen month upon month of attritional russian gains, and your own commanders say there is little they can do to reverse it, because your forces are simply are simply outmanned and in many situations, outgunned. well, i listened to your introduction carefully, and i think it would be fair to ad

. >>> and dmytro kuleba is tells cnbc he is fighting on the field and at home as ukraine deals with thenergy sector. >> we have to deal with the enemy and we also have to engage in skirmishes with our own partners trying to find solutions and to ensure decisions which would help us stabilize the situation. >>> good morning, everybody one. let's start the show with how we are moving across the equity space. looking at the stoxx 600, it is just below the flat line. however, when you think about what is on the table, there is a lot for investors out there to digest. we got the ecb meeting yesterday. the ecb cutting rates by 25-basis points, but investors at this stage asking the question what is going to happen in early 2025 and how much of a problem is the growth outlook because we did see the central bank ading the forecast for the next three years. i want to take you to the different bourses across the european continent this morning. looking at the different bourses, however, we have pockets of green across all of them, but however, when you look at the numbers, we are looking at margi

my guest is former ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba.stion — given the situation your country finds itself in today, how low are you feeling?