andrii, president zelensky also mentioned the third party, the european commission, the european unionnd is a member of the european union, and it is clear that its actions against ukrainians are perceived as actions of the large european community. since the poles are integrated into the european system, why in this case a third party did not intervene and is not interfering in this story, considering the fact that we are going to the european union and it will happen in five years or in 10 this border will not exist between poland and ukraine and there will be nothing to block, it is only a matter of time, and why is the european union not inactive in this situation? well , first of all, the european... union is actually reacting to or the european commission is reacting to the protests, which, the farmers' protests that are happening all over europe, and who are expressing their dissatisfaction with the new policy, the agricultural policy of the european union, the so-called green order or whether the green green the green way, and so far... the european union or the european commis

a sort of on the line became the 1st woman president of the european commission in 20. 19. the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe. her selection came as a surprise to many, not to form a prime minister like many of her pre discusses, but a struggling defense minister in the german government of angled a mackerel, possible with the 2022. and the forbes list cools one to lion. the most powerful woman in the world, and again in 2023. so won't go to the whole commission proposed the world's most. i'm vicious climate laws spearheaded the use successful cov advice seem procurement program heavily supported ukraine until tough against china. those successes haven't won over all of the members of the european parliament, those who will have a chance to belong to a 2nd time. she is like the champion of announcements of making allowances, big announcements of beautiful words, a wonderful headlines. but in the end, c is fall in, charlotte has fall and so on. let's stop thinking about lou, not the good night. the most of nationally is to please one, the lie and d

namely the french president, the heads of the german and italian governments, the heads of the european commissionnd the european council persuaded viktor orbán to unblock aid to ukraine, later the prime ministers of belgium, the netherlands, poland, donald tusk, in particular, openly criticized his colleague from hungary in the morning. orbán announced after everything at the end of the day that he had come to this decision after long negotiations, and that he had received guarantees. hungarian funds are blocked by the european commission, and about 20 billion euros will not reach ukraine. in december of such confidence in the hungarian. well, as he himself said, it wasn't. mission accomplished. hungary's funds will not end up in ukraine. we have a control mechanism at the end of the first and second year. our position on the war in ukraine remains unchanged. a ceasefire and peace talks are needed. what did hungary actually get? well, publicly it seems that there is nothing, but the eurocouncil mentioned in its conclusions in the decision of this summit, about the change in the rules, which allow

andrii, president zelensky also mentioned the third party, the european commission, the european union. in poland is a member of the european union, and it is clear that its actions are against ukraine. perceived as the actions of a large european community, since poles are integrated into the european system. why, in this case, a third party did not intervene and does not intervene in this story, considering that we are going to the european union, and it will happen in five, in five years or in 10, there will be no such border between poland and ukraine and there will be nothing to block, it's only a matter of time, and why is the european union not... inactive in this situation? well, for one thing, the european union is actually responding on, is the european commission responding to the protests, uh, what, uh, farmers' protests that are happening all over europe, and who are expressing their dissatisfaction with the new policy, the agricultural policy of the european union, the so-called green order or whether green is green, the green road, e. and so far the european union or the

the european commission vice president, margrethe vestager, has been telling the bbc about what the costsof have an asymmetrical approach. if you're the big guy — if you have market power, if you can have systemic implications — you also have big responsibility. if you're the small player just trying to make it in the marketplace, we will enable you, we will make sure that the marketplace is open for you. we make sure that you don't have to do the same heavy...due diligence as the big guy who might have systemic implication. and i think that is really important because there are so many small players in this field, and one should not sort of underestimate the innovative power that comes from smaller players. and you can get much more on the race to regulate ai on talking business with aaron heslehurst this weekend right here on bbc news. the us aviation safety regulator is exploring whether an independent third party should oversee quality inspections at boeing. the planemaker has been battling to recover its reputation after multiple failings with its 737 max aircraft. the latest version

the farmers, once again made such a jab, a pin in the direction of ukraine, stating that the european commissiondoing wrong, supporting ukrainian farmers, not european farmers, and therefore until this morning it was not at all clear what orban was going to do and what his follow up, today. in the morning at the press point, journalists were waiting for his arrival, so that he would approach the press and, like all other leaders of the european union who arrive at the summit, they state their positions, make announcements, give comments and so on, orbán did not come to the press, i.e. the intrigue was already from the morning, and later it turned out that orbán went immediately to a closed meeting with charles michel, the head of the european commission. the head of the european council, the head of the european commission ursela fondeyan and the heads of france, germany and italy, and here she is in this in the military circle, they started the actual summit of the leaders of the eu states together with orban, and during this conversation orban was somehow promised something, that he agreed to

it the president of the european commission?— the president of the european commission? is not 'ust about reassurance, it is _ commission? it is notjust about reassurance, it is about - commission? it is notjust about reassurance, it is about having l commission? it is notjust about l reassurance, it is about having the political presence here on the ground, meaning that these people have an understanding which they then bring back to their countries, to their societies, and this means this understanding can translate into financial aid, into military aid for the ukrainian people and for ukraine. and the more the political leaders come to ukraine, the more the support will continue, and we are well aware why ukraine is open and very welcoming to any foreign leadership who was to come to kyiv and beyond and see for themselves what is happening here on the ground. what is happening here on the round. ., , ., ground. you understand the political ressures ground. you understand the political pressures for — ground. you understand the political pressures for republican _ grou

private meeting with the head of the european council, charles michel, the president of the european commissionula vonderlajen, and the leaders of france, germany, and italy, and right at this moment, even before the start of the official summit of the european council, when orbán began to be persuaded individually at the level of the initially strongest states of the european union, then they joined them. other countries such as the presiding belgium, the netherlands, spain , then the representatives of poland, the baltic states came, that is , people came and went in the room, and they all joined in somehow talking to orbán, what they actually promised him, we don't know , because it all happened behind closed doors, we saw all his photos, but something was still promised, that orbán changed the decision and already the summit... began with the knowledge that the decision would be made and that is why he was so quick and ended, did not last until the evening, as many expected. german chancellor olaf scholz said that it was a great success about the results of the extraordinary eu summit, and

hungarian parliament, how reasonable was viktor orban’s decision to agree to the proposal of the european commissionsaid, 2 hours later, just 2 hours after the start of this not just another summit, the president of the european council, chal-michel, announced that an agreement had been reached. we have an agreement. all 27 leaders agreed to an additional package of financial assistance to ukraine. volume of 50 billion euros. the money will come from the eu budget. this ensures consistent long-term predictable financing for ukraine. the european union takes leadership and responsibility for supporting ukraine. we know what's at stake. to answer your question, we are talking about 50 billion euros, which will be transferred between fifty and twenty- seven years. i'm sorry: 37 billion of them will be loans, the rest will be transferred as aid. first of all. for maintaining the macro-financial situation in ukraine and its transition to green standards corresponding to the standards of the european union. and at the same time it is also known that this new mechanism this will allow you to potentially us

european institutions, with european politicians, and already today there was a statement by the european commissiont the daily briefing, the spokeswoman said that the appointment of the commander-in-chief is exclusively the prerogative of the president, an internal decision of ukraine, and the european union will continue to support ukraine as long as it needs it, regardless of who is in charge of ukraine's armed forces. but nevertheless, the fact that there is a communication failure in the presentation of syrsky's candidacy is 100%, and this is even evidenced by, for example, the headlines of western newspapers that came out today, it is very revealing, for example, the article published by the american editor of the well-known politiko publication, the headline was as follows: the industrious left, the butcher came, that is, they hint that syrsky is indifferent to losses, and when zaluzhnyi, in turn, did more to save the lives of ukrainian soldiers, it seems that syrskyi will not do this, and in fact these theses are published in many publications, for example , the washington post. they called

what the european commission and most i the european commission and most european leaders want is to hungary with what they call sustainable financing over a four year period. but poland's mercer said they will get that funding to ukraine with or without mr orban. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. let's discuss that funding for ukraine more with the head of the ukraine forum at chatham house, orysia lutsevych. thank you forjoining us. i wondered if you could first of all describe how much the aid is actually needed by ukraine. how much the aid is actually needed b ukraine. ~ . how much the aid is actually needed b ukraine. ~ , , ., . how much the aid is actually needed b ukraine. , , ., . ., by ukraine. western assistance and eseciall by ukraine. western assistance and especially support _ by ukraine. western assistance and especially support to _ by ukraine. western assistance and especially support to ukrainian - especially support to ukrainian budget to finance both the vulnerable groups, the pensions, the part of the ukrainian armed forces is critical. this year i estimate ukr

officially, in the summer, the head of the european commission, ursela fonderlaijen, during a briefing in brussels, spoke about the successful process of screening ukrainian legislation for its compliance with the requirements of the european community. and informed when the framework conditions for the process of ukraine's accession to the eu will appear. we are making great progress on the screening process, which is very good. we also we are still working on the negotiation framework. i assume that it will not be ready before the european elections, but after, because i see the development of various negotiating positions. it will take time, but i think sometime in the early summer. we will be ready. the european union approved the 13th package of sanctions against russia. this was confirmed by the head of the european commission ursela funderlajen in her social networks. according to her , the package covers more than 200 people. measures will also be introduced to reduce the access of potinistas to drones. the sanctions are officially published on february 24, the second anniversa

let me remind you that the european commission came forward with this initiative back in june of last year, and actually in october, on october 17 of last year, the european parliament already approved the creation of the ukrainian fund, but in december 2013 it was blocked by hungarian prime minister viktor orbán. in order to unblock the ukrainian fund, the leaders of the european union had to hold an emergency meeting. the summit on february 1 and finally today the european parliament approved the ukrainian fund with 536 votes in favor will we actually receive? eur 50 billion consists of eur 17 billion in non-refundable financial aid grants and eur 33 billion in loans. it is very important that the document mentions that payments to ukraine can also be taken from frozen russian assets, this is a big step forward. under what conditions are the funds provided? funds are provided in exchange for reforms, now ukraine, together with the european commission , must create a ukrainian plan, a reform plan for four years, after which it will be implemented and ukraine will receive financial tr

main faction of the european parliament, the european people's party stated that part of the european commission the green transition, is staffed with... instruments of torture of european farmers, european industry and europeans in general, this was a quote, but the director, the publication of the politician, says that all events are only a prelude to further clashes, the fact is that representatives of the european commission and experts agree that at the moment the agricultural sector will be very little affected by the new requirements for the green transition, in the coming years they, farmers big concessions will still have to be made so that the european union can achieve. thank you very much, we will follow the news about the crisis in european agriculture, said my colleague regina sevastyanova. no one is immune from western banditry in the economy, foreign minister sergei lavrov stated this at a meeting of the premit business council. according to the head of the department, a cynical hybrid war has been unleashed against our country, but these anti-russian steps do not find support fr

private meeting with the head of the european council charles michel, the president of the european commissionsula fondien and the heads of france, germany and italy, and right at this moment, even before the start of the official summit of the european council, when orbán began to be persuaded individually initially at the level of the strongest states of the european union, then joined them. other states, such as the presiding belgium, the netherlands, spain, then representatives of poland and the baltic states came, i.e. they entered the room and entered people and they were all involved in somehow talking to orbán, what they actually promised him, we don't know, because it all happened behind closed doors, we only saw photos, but something was still promised that orbán changed decision and the summit will begin. with the knowledge that a decision would be made, and that is why it ended so quickly, it did not last until the evening, as many expected. german chancellor olaf scholz said it was a great success about the results of the extraordinary eu summit and said, that it was the shortest

well, in fact, the european commission has regulatory tools, but they are quite powerful and rigid.t is why the european commission is trying to postpone them until the very end, that is, it is a cut in financial aid to poland, a cut in poland's access to those financial resources and others that poland gets from the level of the european union and so on. yes, that is, this is the story that hungary got into, and that's it. and the reason why viktor orban is so actively blackmailing brussels with the issue of the russian-ukrainian war and his sympathy for putin, that is, he is not doing it because he likes russia, he is doing it in order not to fulfill the requirements of the european union, but to unblock hungary's access to those funds, to those resources that were blocked because hungary did not obey, so to speak, yes to these recommendations, that is, this is a story about the opposition of these same conservatives, yes. well, they present it inside their audience , as if there is an international organization that puts pressure on us, a sovereign state, and we defend our sovere

the european commission president ursula found the line has announced that she will run for a 2nd term since taking over and 2019. she loved the block through brags at the cove of 19 pandemic and russia's invasion of ukraine. the german conservative is widely expected to win the packing of most e u countries. she launched her bed a short while ago in berlin, stomachs to foreign with fresh, and it was back then as to whether i could imagine for coming president of the european commission. i immediately said, yes, intuitively. i said today, 5 years later, i'm making a very conscious and consider a decision, but i would like to it on for the 2nd the next to me. so i'm to try to, i'm sites about she's present to international prominence during her time is a commission president. and here's a look at her time and office and what challenges lie had as a history maker. and the trailblazer a sort of on the line became the 1st woman president of the european commission in 2019. the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe. the selection came as a surprise to many, not to form a

union, we are just waiting, at the end of february , such a report should be presented by the european commissionthe challenges that the european union must... overcome before the new wave of expansion, and i am convinced that this will be one of those, well, those directions which will require a review and, well, such a difficult discussion in the middle of the european union and the same with us, it is obvious to you and me, as for the people who today are fighting for survival and for us to have a choice, it is obviously quite difficult to perceive some here... pseudo-rational arguments from the side our colleagues, when for us it is the only opportunity to have additional income to our budget, and for us it is an opportunity to provide our security and defense component. and tell me, ms. ivan, what can we expect from the joseph balden and olaf scholz summit, it's february 9th in just a few days, well, i... i don't know what we can expect as a result of this summit, but we definitely understand that this is after all these decisions that were made at the level of the european union, and actual

be held, and in addition to the actual new european parliament , the new leadership of the european commission and the eurocouncil will be appointed by the end of the year. well , ivanna volochy herself, the manager of relations and communications of the renyu political group, joins our broadcast. european in the european parliament and actually a candidate for the upcoming elections to the european parliament, i welcome you to our airwaves, good evening. ivan, you have been working in european institutions for 17 years, which connects you with latvia, where you were nominated first on the list from the rukh za party, in fact, i have been cooperating with the party as well as with the movement for quite a long time, we are with colleagues. we are working on many issues, so it is more of a political association and this nomination than , say, any ethnic or social relations with latvia, but of course i have a lot of friends, i have lived in brussels for a long time and latvians and i i love them very much, they are generally special people, and latvia an extraordinary country, so these are the c

the european commission will present a strategy for our defense industry in 3 weeks. to spend more, and this is already happening. over the year there is an increase of 20%, but this is not enough. we need to process more. and co-chairman of vladimir putin’s election headquarters, artyom zhogo in the arkhangelsk region visited the regional election headquarters and met with members of patriotic associations. artyom zhogo thanked the residents of pomorie for their support of the fighters. general education institution, the guy at the front, yes, the guy in the trench, when he he opens the package, and it’s the warmth that comes out, it warms him better than any warm things, because every thing, that tea bag, that candy, that chocolate, that letter from a child. it’s all from the heart and from the soul , written, folded, packed and sent, it’s very necessary, very important, and support for the rear, this is probably the most important thing for the guys, soldiers on the front line, vice speaker of the state duma, candidate from the new people and the party of growth vl

strong and committed for 95 years. us live on the line has lived in an apartment inside the european commission headquarters in brussels. she may want to stay there, but she won't go unchallenged. and the decision on whether she remains will essentially be made by the leaders of the government. also the european elections in june. we also have brussels, corresponding bentley got about fund the lines motivation to see just 2nd to but it was on the line said today in berlin that she has develop even more compassion for europe. and the last 5 years she was managing many crisis. the color traces, the biggest one of them, and now she sees unfinished business. she bonds it to tech of the russian threat against europe, to re organize, defends, and to overcome the boy against ukraine. so she says there's a lot to be done and she wants to do that. she's a kind of a work order. she could retire over 65, but she wants to carry on until she's 70 family, get for 14, from brussels. let's take a look now, some of the other stories making headlines today and the gym and city of ha now has come. memories had 9

on the contrary, the european commission extended the duty-free regime for another year.

talked about with them, he talked with them again about ukraine, he specifically stated that the european commissionould not... in a dialogue with european farmers take the side of ukrainian farmers, on the contrary, it should be against ukrainian farmers for european farmers. viktor orban launched such a pin in the direction of ukraine yesterday. and actually the mood is the same, a little uplifted, a little nervous, because many eu leaders understand that today's decision the future of ukraine and possibly the future of war depends on the summit. ukraine needs funds. the ukrainian budget needs help from europe, the 50 billion euros that europe promised us, ukraine desperately needs, the first tranches should be arriving now, and what viktor orban is blocking, he, he still has not said that he agreed to unblock the provision of this financial aid to ukraine aid, it only means that ukraine is losing certain chances, and it was being talked about just now behind me... where did the leaders of the eu states approach, arriving here in premises of the european council, and each of them talked about the

already trade union the an action of the police, shall socrates and plans to co operate with the european commission and respectful of its decisions regarding the impulse of agricultural products and food from ukraine. leave us no choice, but to announce a general strike. by the announcement comes that made sweeping european farm as protest. i will call for a walk as i trying to find the low cost of labor. rising taxes and stifling green agenda regulations. farmers have taken to blocking major roads with the attractive and as european leaders gathered for the use summit for the best of talbot fires across brussels. the thought let's trust live to george some your lee has said you a research fellow at the global policy institute. georgia is good to have you join me right now. but paula is pharma is have been the picture of the vocal about the impact of cheap food imports from neighboring ukraine. now they are planning to hold a general strike. well, what do you make of the extent of these protests? well it, it demonstrates just how out of touch on the european commission is that they've had clear war

fonderlein, president of the european commission. what would that mean, do you have any guesses why she came, what she came with, or just for the anniversary to show putin that europe is still with ukraine or for some other purpose? well, i think that the symbolism of this action, it is more than practical, practical, well, what, what... for something well, what they can give us now is the entry into the european union, which we will join from tomorrow, well , it's clear that it's fantasy shells. which we need, which are extremely necessary, we have already been promised, but still, it is not done in one day, in one day, so i think, of course , it is a sign of solidarity, well, it is also very important, in fact, i am a little upset that it is possible no one from the cabinet of ministers will be able to meet, because they have passed the entire cabinet now at the border with poland, headed by prime minister shmegal, and that is enough. it's a pity if there is not a sufficient level of representation during ursula fonderlajen's impor

, the european commission has developed a mechanism for the partial protection of producers in europe from ukrainian products, we know that there are certain possible restrictions , maybe for sugar, for eggs and for meat, chicken, if they exceed 22-23 years in total, and therefore from the point of view of their political actions. that's right, but the actions of polish carriers that slow down international traffic make a problem of international importance, in the context that it is moving through the european union, not only in the country of poland, and that during this period of time private property is deteriorating, then these are actually things , to which the european commission should respond more clearly. thank you, mr. denys, denys marchuk, deputy chairman of all-ukrainian of the agrarian council, a guest of our broadcast, and at the end of the broadcast. the third assault brigade confirms its presence in the avdiiv direction, calling the situation there the avdiiv hell. this is a direct quote from the telegram channel of the third assault brigade. in our previous broadcast

well, here it is also worth quoting the spokesperson of the european commission, stan, who even before publication of this interview said that putin is a chronic liar. that is, it is, in most cases, at least clear, at least in poland, and it is also worth quoting deputy prime minister, chief minister. of the defense of poland, władysław kosyniak kamysh , who said that when putin says that he will not attack poland, it is known that he cannot be trusted, because he also promised not to attack ukraine, so he cannot be trusted. well , my colleagues from the polish media say that it is a shameful situation when a journalist becomes a tool of a big criminal, i will also quote here a fragment of our conversation with the head of the foreign affairs committee of the polish diet. which will be available on espresso already this sunday at 10 p.m., i literally asked him that a few hours ago about this, about the aspect that affected me personally, that trump calls carlson his future vice president, a candidate for the presidency of the united states, this is how donald trump says that he trusts

secondly, the european commission recommended that those countries that have problems with ukrainianl products, and they border ukraine, can sign bilateral agreements. the problem is that the polish side in these agreements actually wants to get the opportunity to introduce an embargo on the import of all ukrainian agricultural products, it hides it, it does not hide it, and instead so far, only the draft of the corresponding decision of the european commission should take place and this draft should be approved by the european commission. radio, that is, leaders, and now there is an onslaught of farmers, not such farmers, but actually farmers, and we say, large producers of poland, polish agricultural products, to introduce such a ban on imports to poland from ukraine, well, they do not like competition, they will be afraid of this competition, in addition to this , they take out a lot of money for themselves, and the third point, there is absolutely provocations pro-russian groups, this is with... pouring ukrainian grain, i heard the testimony of one of the ukrainian drivers, and i

this year the european commission wants to allocate 21 billion euros for these purposes. twenty-second year, eu countries have already transferred military equipment, weapons and ammunition worth 28 billion, mainly at the expense of national budgets. the italian ministry of defense said that now the eu treasury will also be used for this. however, not all plans can be implemented, for example, instead of the promised million rounds of ammunition by march 1 the eu plans to transfer about 600,000, and this despite kiev's announcement of a critical shortage of ammunition. hello, i am your stress and this is your energy. i love it when you are exhausted. like a squeezed lemon, stress leaves you exhausted, elkar contains elcarnitine, a source of additional energy and helps cope with stress. elcar - you can fight stress. magnit - the price is what you need, servila 999. we take loans, it’s easy to apply for, we are at sovcombank, we take loans. was it approved quickly? we are at sofcombank. loans, who know everything. at the megamarket you will always find something to give to

the european commission will present our defense strategy in 3 weeks industry. we need to spend more, and this is already happening. over the year, an increase of 20%. but this is not enough, we must place more joint orders. against the backdrop of belligerent statements by western representatives, china confirmed at the munich conference that only a peaceful solution to the ukrainian conflict is possible. china has been working tirelessly to advance peace negotiations. suitable conditions have not yet arisen, but as long as such hope remains, we will not weaken our efforts. china has already taken many constructive steps and will continue to play positive role. calls. gazprom is 31 years old and today is the company’s day at the russia exhibition at vdnkh. a multimedia exhibition, for example, will tell you how gas is extracted and how it gives heat and light to homes. and today the leadership team. gazprom on the gasification of russian regions, on the transfer of residential buildings, industrial enterprises and social facilities to environmentally friendly,

from ukraine, but so that compensation can be made there, but it must be arranged with the european commission, yes... you and i, well, we also understand that it is necessary to solve, and probably not only this issue, so you very rightly mentioned emotions, and we saw how quickly people begin to react emotionally to those or other events, we understand that the enemy can use various technologies of influence, such as with the help of social networks and adjusting, so to speak, public attitudes, yes, well, people are experiencing a lot of pain, i think, both in ukraine and in poland. there is a certain fear that the enemy will try to take advantage of something like this, and i would like some effective mechanisms to work at the government level, perhaps at the level of the presidential administration, which have not yet appeared these mechanisms, what do you think are the prospects for the creation of relevant consultative or possible even executive bodies, well, because a lot of extremely correct messages were said at one time, probably the government of donald tusk on... thank you, mr. luk

officially, in the summer, the head of the european commission , ursela funderlein, during a briefing in brussels , talked about the successful process of screening ukrainian legislation for compliance with it. to the requirements of the european community and announced when the framework conditions for the process of ukraine's accession to the eu will appear. we have great progress regarding the screening process, it is very good. we are also still working on the negotiating framework. i assume that it will not be ready before the european elections, but after, because i see the development of various negotiating positions. it's going to take time, but i think sometime in the... early summer we'll be ready. in order to reduce the flow of goods and people from belarus, lithuania will close two checkpoints on the border with this country. it is about raigardas and lavorizhkes checkpoints. the relevant decision was made by the government of the baltic country - writes the publication deelfi. these checkpoints will be closed from 1 march, neither pedestrians nor vehicles will pass throug

of the european union stated, today the ministers will have to discuss the proposal of the european commissionaw regarding the green transition has been changed, which relates to agriculture, the european commission is ready to offer eu countries to reduce the time, primarily bureaucratic decisions for farmers, but first the eu countries are ready to respond with their own proposals, for this belgium has collected proposals from national capitals in order to today they too... to present for discussion, while, as the deputy prime minister of belgium emphasized, he ultimately believes what the situation is. i would like to tell the farmers that we hear them, we are great we understand their dissatisfaction, but i can’t help but say that all this is the result of russia’s actions, moscow uses food, grain, in particular as a weapon, the russians use grain to put pressure on europe, on ukraine, which is why the european commission introduced this support. we fully support ukraine, but what is happening at the borders is very difficult to understand, there must be free movement of goods between eu c

well, in the coming days, the european commission will submit proposals for the creation of the first european strategy for the defense-industrial complex with a corresponding investment plan, and this strategy will be a priority joint long-term defense procurement, so that every year the european union becomes stronger and stronger, and also ursula fonberlaen confirmed the news that there will be a new position in the next composition of the european commission. european commissioner for defense. sergey tatiana, even today president zelensky spoke in tirana and met with the leadership of albania, but the forum was held there. of southern and eastern europe, the countries of southern and eastern europe, and zelensky commented on the words of macron, because everyone reads these words differently, or at least these words are narrated, it is clear that this was not an open statement of the french president, but simply in a discussion, he did not rule out, as they say, he did not rule out that. let's listen to what zelensky said in response to macron's statement. i was not at that summit

yes, yuri, greetings, budapest, as they say in the european commission, did not refuse to abstain, but, while hungary itself, apparently, will not receive money from the eu budget for now. the funds are still frozen. the main agenda of the emergency summit in brussels is how ukraine will buy weapons and how it will pay salaries to its teachers. a package of 50 billion euros has been agreed upon, first. the head of the european council, charles michel, announced this on the social network x. but there are a number of nuances here. the european union is indeed ready to allocate 50 billion euros to kiev until 2027, but they will not pay the entire amount immediately for 4 years. funding will be agreed upon annually. as hungary demanded, if necessary , the package will be revised in a few years. at the same time, funds for hungary itself are still in frozen let me remind you that first. participate, but it is one thing not to participate, and another thing to oppose. at the moment, no one has done this. the decision by those who say that they no longer want the european union to transfer 5

the head of the european commission arrived in the capital ursula fondein. announced this herself, posted a photo, and routinely declared her support for ukraine. along with her, as the media write, came the prime ministers of belgium, italy and canada, and the former head of the british government boris johnson, the same one who thwarted the istanbul agreements. the western guests plan to hold negotiations with the ukrainian leadership, but with whom exactly what is not specified. in addition, the prime ministers of italy and canada, as well as the head of the european commission, will participate in the evening. in the online meeting of the leaders of the group of seven countries, he is preparing his speech and zelensky. at these moments in france there was a clash with the police, and an agricultural exhibition turned into a battlefield. chief guest emmanuel macron, hundreds of angry farmers are trying to reach their president. security guards stood in the way, but... the onslaught of the crowd, screams, and whistles urgently pulled the police together, a

territory of the european union, today, speaking in the session hall, the president of the european commission, ursela vonlein, probably for the first time in my memory, she so diplomatically but clearly stated: a war between the european union and russia is something possible, i will even quote her direct language, she stated that the threat of war is probably not inevitable, but it is not. impossible, the risks of war should not be exaggerated, but we must be prepared for them, ursula fonlein said, and in this regard, precisely this new security architecture of the european union, which the eu plans to build over the next five years, europe must wake up and urgently, stressed ursela fondelaien and said that in fact, europe is already waking up, because this year the defense spending of the states of the european union is 20% higher than the spending... last year and also ursela fondelaien announced the news that in the coming days the european commission will submit proposals for the creation of the first ever european strategy of the defense-industrial complex with the corresponding investm

ursela fonden also confirmed the news that the next european commission will have a new position, theopean commissioner for defense. sergey tatiana, even today president zelensky spoke in tirana and...

what this the program can be stopped after a review after two years of its operation, if the european commissionst of the european council, gives a negative negative conclusion there, so there are still opportunities for such pr support of orban's internal and external policy. and using it as a platform for criticizing ukraine, criticizing the policy of supporting ukraine and so on, but at the same time you are really right, it is different, this assistance is different from the previous loan assistance to ukraine in 22 and 23, and during in previous years it was unconditional. even in this decision of the european council, we see a clear message that... this mechanism will work under the condition that ukraine maintains its democracy, it will maintain its pluralistic multi-party parliament and its functioning, and it will maintain the basic principles of rights and freedoms and civil liberties, including, well, here we hear the echoes of hungary, including the legal system. minorities and the rule of law, and this already lays a rather serious bell, as on me, for our government today, but beyon

ready to be also at the border together with our government, and i want to appeal now to the european commission: we must preserve unity in europe, this is a fundamental interest of the european union, that is why ukraine is appealing to the european commission, we have excellent progress regarding the screening process, that's very good, we're also still working on the negotiating framework, i guess it won't be ready for the european elections after, because i see the development of different negotiating positions, it's going to take time, but i think somewhere we will be ready at the beginning of summer. next: the european union approved the 13th package of sanctions against russia, this was confirmed by the head of the european commission urslav fonderlajen in his social networks. according to her , the package covers more than 200 people. measures will also be introduced to... reduce putinist access to drones, the sanctions will be officially announced on february 24, the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion. in fact, there are no sectoral sanctions in this package, the attention is

the european commission plans to completely abandon russian gas supplies through ukraine, european commissionnced this in brussels. he recalled that the transit agreement expires on december 31 and the eu does not intend to do so. overwhelm. currently , about 15 billion cubic meters per year are pumped through the territory of ukraine. the european commission works closely with countries that receive gas through ukraine so that they have the necessary fuel supply. i will not talk about specific routes, but we are talking about ensuring that these countries can receive gas through other gas pipelines, as well as liquefied natural gas. first of all, this concerns austria, slovakia, and the czech republic. italy receives certain volumes. at the end of the year, alrossa paid almost one and a half billion rubles in excess profit tax, as stated in the ifrs report. as for financial results, net profit decreased by 15%. experts believe that sanctions are not will stop sales of alrosa, but will only lead to an increase in prices for rough diamonds. and the average down payment on a mortgage in russia

and as for the reforms, then... they will also be there to observe the european commission, which will on this annually to the european parliament and the european council, i.e. the next substantive discussion of ukrainian reforms, clearly according to the approved plan, will be in december 2024. thank you very much for your work, thank you for your comments. tetyana vasotska, our correspondent in european institutions, was, well, told about this event, it is very important, of course, thank you, well, we are talking about... let's continue to talk about reforms.

what the european commission and most european leaders want is to provide hungary with what they callustainable financing over a four—year period. but poland's prime minister said they will get that funding to ukraine with or without mr 0rban. here's polish prime minister donald tusk speaking a short time ago, who remains optimistic an agreement on ukraine will be reached. first of all i think we have to be more optimistic when it comes to the power of our argument. i think that there is no plan b, in fact. this is for viktor 0rban to decide, if hungary is a part of our community or not. for more analysis on what this deal means for the war in ukraine, i spoke a short time ago to the head of the ukraine forum at chatham house, 0rysia lutsevych. western assistance and especially support to ukrainian budget to finance both the vulnerable groups, the pensions, the part of the ukrainian armed forces is critical. this year imf estimate ukraine needs around 39 billion us dollars to cover the deficit. this is where this assistance from the european union is critical because it is not really