the head of the european council, charles michel, said that all 27 eu countries have given their consent. well, according to the guardian, hungarian prime minister viktor orban was the only european leader who was against the allocation of 50 billion to kyiv. he insisted that aid to ukraine be calculated until 2027, every year. loudly approved by all the countries of the european union. the guardian writes that european leaders did not make any significant concessions to orbán, but did make some steps that would allow him not to look like a loser. according to the publication, the eu leaders have decided that aid to kyiv will be reviewed in two years if necessary. let me remind you that the decision to provide economic aid to ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros was planned to be adopted in december of that year, but then it was blocked by the prime minister of hungary, viktor orban. well, today. my colleague zoryana stepanenko also followed the summit in brussels, she has more details. zoryan, hello. on what terms anyway european aid for ukraine was approved. and is it true that th

the decision was made at the summit of the european council in brussels. our correspondent tetyana vysotska is there and will tell more. tanya, i congratulate you. and i congratulate all the details, congratulations iryna, greetings from brussels and congratulations with the wonderful news from the european council that ukraine will receive 50 billion euros over the next four years. i want to quote charles michel a little bit, his comment on the deal. the agreement reached today will secure stable, long-term, predictable funding for ukraine. eu takes thai leadership. of ukraine and we know what is at stake, charles michel stressed. and now a few words about insider information, in fact, all 27 members of the european council and all 27 leaders of the european union managed to reach an agreement this morning at an informal meeting in the premises of the european council, here investigators, except. viktor orbán, prime minister of hungary, who was actually persuaded to remove his veto and vote for 50 billion euros for ukraine, the president of the european c

the head of the european council, charles michel, announced this on the social network x. uances 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 50 billion euros to ukraine was bad news for european taxpayers. this opinion was expressed by mep harald velimsky, who heads the delegation of the austrian freedom party in the european parliament. money is flowing to a country that ranks 104th in the recently released corruption index, and this place much lower than in any other eu state. true, some of the funds are provided in the form of loans, but no one... believ

already sitting, having a separate meeting, a separate private meeting with the head of the european councilharles michel, the president of the european commission ursela fondelaien and by 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 orban began to be persuaded individually. initially at the level of the strongest states of the european union, then 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 into the room, and they all joined in somehow talking to orbán, what they actually promised him, we we don't know, because it all happened behind closed doors, we only saw. but something was still promised, that orbán changed the decision and the summit already began with the knowledge that the decision would be made, 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 o

to a closed meeting with charles michel, the head of the european commission. the head of the european councilhead 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 approve 50 billion euros, then in the process this group was joined by other heads of states... the netherlands, poland and spain, then three more leaders of the baltic states came, that is , the closed meeting expanded and expanded, and at some point orbán said yes, and then everyone already moved to the big hall, where all 27 eu leaders approved our 50 billion, here such was the intrigue and yes it was gradually implemented, actually no one has yet. but i would like to clarify with you, but look, over time, they did not promise that orban wanted them to actually review and make these annual reports every year, whether anything is known about the conditions. to which orbán agreed,

a survey by the european council on foreign relations says only one in 10 thinks ukraine can win. 20 percent believe russia. but when the berlin based thing tank says that 41 percent of respondents want you're up to pressure ukraine to negotiate with russia . 17000 people in 12 european countries took part in this survey, or someone else want to bring it above your loss from the european council on foreign relations. or if it was good to see you again, you know, one year ago it looked like ukraine might be able to turn this more around with its counter offensive. that didn't happen. so i'm wondering how does this new survey, how does it differ from numbers? we may have seen one year ago i organization to european customer operations, port again, 12 european countries and populations about their attitudes and views of russia's full scale invasion and the war ukraine going now into the 3rd year. i think your opinions on not feeling particularly heavily about the war, neither are they particularly enthusiastic about ukraine's prospect, but also they adopt your opinions, the ability to b

yesterday and the president of the european commission, charles michel, and the president of the european councilof course, charles michel and the president of the european commission, ursula fonde. talked about the fact that yesterday's decision of the european council is also a signal to the united states of america that they should finally do something, that they should finally come to an agreement among themselves and also provide support to ukraine, because the victory of ukraine, the survival of ukraine is a vital issue also for the european union, because they all perfectly understand, especially the baltic states and poland, that if ukraine, god forbid, does not win, but loses, then they will be the next victims... they will become the kremlin and it is not for nothing that nato is currently conducting the largest military exercises since the end of the cold war. they also want to send a signal to russia that they are ready, they are not afraid, they are preparing for a possible attack, but of course the fact that money was allocated to ukraine yesterday is very important, it is important

when i bring it above your loss from the european council on foreign relations, or if it was good to see you again, you know, one year ago it looked like ukraine might be able to turn this more around with its counter offensive. that didn't happen. so i'm wondering how does this new survey, how does it differ from numbers we may have seen one year ago. i organization to europe, the customer operations, polk, again, 12 european countries and populations about their attitudes and views of a rush. i suppose kate invasion and the war ukraine going now into the 3rd year. i think your opinions on not feeling particularly heavily about the war. neither are they particularly enthusiastic about ukraine's prospect. but also they adopt your opinions, the ability to backfill the us leadership role and retreat to ukraine in case donald trump is to be elected to the white house this november. yeah, that's a lot to unpack there. let me start with this notion of a war fatigue. you say that this fatigue is crucial to vladimir from his calculations for winning and you create a how i'm wondering how wa

today in brussels, at an extraordinary meeting of the european council , the issue of allocation of funds to ukraine will be decided. until now, hungary has blocked the adoption of the decision. european diplomats note that they do not know how budapest will behave this time. however, members of the alliance are trying to put pressure on viktor orbán's government by threatening sanctions against hungary. expecting that the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi will address the eu leaders via video link today. nato secretary general jens stoltenberg has been nominated for the nobel peace prize for his efforts to stop the war of aggression in ukraine. nominating him was the initiative of the deputy chairman of the liberal party of norway , abid raj. the norwegian press writes. according to the politician, at the diplomatic level, no one worked harder to achieve. roman chaika, don't switch, stay with the spresso team. an important day and important events are taking place in brussels today, our colleague tetyana vysotska is already there, she arrived the day before. tatyana, congratulatio

the european council reconfirmed, europe's on waiver and commitment to stand with ukraine. we'll know that ukraine is fighting for us, so we will support them with a necessary funding and provide them with a much needed predictability they deserve. and i think these 15000000000 euros for 4 years also send a very strong message to putting just ahead of the secondary diversity of his brutal invasion. but today we also agreed on the 1st ever revision of our multi annual budget budget. it confirms the priorities that the commission has presented back in june, and i'm very satisfied that we got 80 percent of the funding we asked for. we had certainly some difficult choices to make, but we have a very good result. we reaffirmed our commitment to fight illegal migration as we, we assumed ultimate meant to support our western bolton park us. this is the part of the gross plan that is in the budget and the southern neighborhood. we will also increase our ability to deal with natural disasters in member states and to many terry and crisis such as garza and for the more step will supp

president of the european council charles michel, announcing today's decision, wrote: additional ukraine's package provides permanent, long-term and predictable financing. volodymyr zelenskyi saw the powerful unity of the european union in today's decision. beautiful the president of the european parliament roberta metzola called the news of the event. ukraine is our priority. and that's why we needed the consent of all 27 member states within the framework of the eu budget. this adds trust, legitimacy and predictability, which are expected from us, because the security of ukraine is the security of europe. and for this we must fulfill the obligations which agreed two years ago that we will be with ukraine as long as necessary. well, without exaggeration, today's event is extremely important also considering how everything happened, how long the negotiations took, well, we will talk about that later, but here is what is worth emphasizing: 50 billion euros, this money will not go to military needs , the financing of the armed forces of ukraine is covered on its own, we are talking about bud

briefly and concisely everything about the ukraine facility mechanism, which was approved by the european council today. is created for four years with the aim of promoting reforms, reconstruction and reconstruction of ukraine and integration of ukraine into the european union. within four years , 50 billion euros will be provided to ukraine in the following proportion : 17 billion euros in non-refundable financial assistance grants and 33 billion euros in the form of claims. all these funds will be provided from the budget of the european union. it is also important that the document closes. eu leaders say that revenues from frozen russian funds on the territory of the european union can be used to help ukraine, and this means that this process is also ongoing, and soon there will be news about russian frozen assets, as well as how the ukrainian fund ukraine facility is working, it will work, you can say according to the money -in-exchange-for-reform scheme, ukraine, together with... the european commission, must develop a reform plan and, following it, implement it within four years, receiving

the central bank of russia has already been approved, the head of the european council, charles michelstill be worked out, there is no need to talk about any kind of legitimacy, the main principle is that there are no rules, and what was not allowed yesterday is miraculously resolved today, another thing is that the europeans still cannot find, this must be understood, a legal scheme. and the use of these frozen funds - gold and foreign exchange reserves of the russian federation there is no legal structure for this. irritation with european elites among ordinary citizens is growing, says aiki hamer, editor of the publication virshaft aktuel. for defense, strengthening the economy, combating illegal migration and other expenses, the european union will add less than 15 billion euros over the next 4 years. at the same time, from february twenty-two to october twenty- three, about 77 billion have already been spent on helping kiev. the european union has huge problems, but their source is sanctions. european union simply destroyed its competitive advantage. world economy, that is , the o

what to expect from the meeting of the european council on february 1? the orbán problem is still there, but i think it will be gone by then. thank you and see you next week. now you can watch our conversations on the espresso tv channel. every sunday at 10 p.m. for your attention, our dialogues with pavel koval. i'm maria gurska, goodbye. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next hour , we talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. today in the program. cleaning. crimea, after a devastating attack on the belbek airfield, the armed forces of ukraine sank a russian missile boat. how will the demilitarization of the occupied peninsula continue? pentecostal. of ukraine. all eu countries unanimously approved the additional support package. what kind did you manage to convince orban with arguments? deferred resignation of the employee. western media predict the imminent dismissal of the head of the armed forces within the next few days. how will i

the head of the european council, charel michel, was the first to announce this on the social networkhe european union is indeed ready to allocate 50 billion euros to kiev until 2027, but they will not pay the entire amount immediately over 4 years, and funding will be agreed upon annually, as hungary demanded, if necessary the package will be reviewed in 2 years, while funds for hungary itself are still frozen. let me remind you that since the beginning of the year , budapest’s position has been interpreted as blocking financial assistance. since then, the rhetoric has changed, and judging by the employment of the head of the eu foreign policy service, joseppe varel. this january became the first month since 2022 when kiev received virtually no international financial assistance. on the one hand, there are disagreements in the eu, on the other, in the american congress, where they still cannot approve more than 60 billion dollars, which the white house requested. earlier , german chancellor olaf scholz recalled that germany will allocate from 7 billion to 8 billion euros for military

fund will be signed by the head of the european parliament and, accordingly, the head of the european counciler that, the following days, or it will already be friday or monday, the document will be published in the official journal of the european union and only the following day upon publication, it will be deemed approved. after that, that's not all. ukraine must sign a memorandum of understanding with the european union, and after ukraine signs this document, ukraine can receive the first tranche from the european union. and in fact, the president of the european commission, ursela funderlein, has already clearly stated that the money will arrive in ukraine in march 2024, as the ukrainian authorities expect, and the first tranche will be established. this is the approval procedure, and a few words about ukraine facility, it is given to us, in fact, according to the procedure, money in exchange for reforms. ukraine approves the reformer tatiana's plan, i'll just interrupt you, i'm sorry, because you just brought up a painful topic, we'll just discuss a little later the issue of the fact th

even in this decision of the european council, we see a clear message that this mechanism will work underhe condition that ukraine preserves its democracy, will preserve... a pluralistic multi-party parliament and its functioning, and will preserve the basic principles of rights and freedoms, observance of the rights and freedoms of the citizen, including and well, this is what we hear here echoes of hungary, including the rights of national minorities and the rule of law, and this already lays a rather serious wake-up call, in my opinion, for... our government today, but beyond that, after this mechanism is finally agreed from the point of view of its mechanics, a credit agreement will be approved , which will be based on the so-called plan of ukraine, which the government has yet to present finally to the european commission, and i wanted them to present it to the ukrainian parliament by that time, and this plan will form the basis of a. .. conditions that ukraine will have to fulfill every quarter in order to receive the next tranche, and this is very different from all previous aid to

the european council delivered on our priorities supporting ukraine a good day for europe. we have a deal is us taking leadership and responsibility and support for ukraine. we know what is at stake while these european leaders are hold up in brussels, but may as well be on a whole separate plan and given how disconnected they are, they're talking about how it's a quote good day for europe, because they've unanimously voted to below more european taxpayer cash on a non european country ukraine have even bother to look out the window. so they think that all the cheering that's going on over there is for their ukrainian vote . now those aren't people throwing things as just people giving high fives to cleaners. so the ponder lines, you castle, actually, they're farmers, the likes of what you've taken to the streets with their tractors in about a 3rd of the countries at this point. and counting. because they're completely, i rate a being squeezed on everything from climate change regulation concocted by ursa was battalion of dest, jockeys in brussels, to energy costs, to be spi

so of the european council on foreign relations. thanks a lot. i to the we apologize for the technical difficulties we had in that talk. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines for us present. donald trump has appealed to the supreme court in the case of his criminal prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 election. trump claim she's immune from prosecution. he's asking the top judges to put on hold a lower court ruling and thereby delay his trial. thousands of sheep and cattle that were stuck on a ship bound for israel have arrived back at the port they left 6 weeks ago. the livestock were sailing from australia through the red sea, but had to turn around due to the threat of attack from humans who the rebels. animal rights activists have called their treatment crew. toilets, jet jail, the former premier touch, and shannon wise has been granted parole. official said the decision was made in full accordance with regulations. touching is currently being treated down to police hospital. he was serving at 12 months at this a

nato secretary general, head of the european council, german chancellor, norwegian ministry of defensestration. the kiev beggar is another long list of those who have once again demonstrated their bias in the hope of demonizing russia. the cause of death of the prisoner must be determined by doctors. let me remind you that on august 4, 2023 , the moscow city court sentenced alexei navalny to another 19 years of imprisonment in a special regime colony on charges of creating an extremist organization. community formation, financing of extremist activities, calls for extremism on the internet. high trust of the population, support for competent policies aimed at building a powerful, independent and secure state. the president of belarus congratulated naib bukeli on his re-election post of president of the republic of el salvador. alexander lukashenko noted that minsk is interested in developing and expanding relations with san salvador. we are open to a joint search. native, fashionable , a literary evening was held at the minsk city hall on the occasion of the upcoming international moth

10% of europeans believe that ukraine can win the war with russia, according to a poll by the european councilforeign relations in 12 countries, including germany, france, and italy. europeans' optimism for ukraine's victory has greatly decreased. last year, more than 50% of europeans believed that ukraine could win. in several european countries, most people put pressure on kiev to accept the agreement with russia and end the war they want a sandstorm reduced visibility to less than 100 meters in some cities in northwestern china . following this incident , car accidents occurred on several highways and some routes were blocked. and the file the second program tonight is dedicated to holding a meeting of the british supreme court to extradite julian assange to the united states. first , let's see a report about assange. the gathering of supporters of julian assange , the founder of wikileaks, for the second consecutive day in front of the supreme court of justice. the real reason for his harassment is not because if the reason was only this issue and he because of breaking the law it is attri

all the subjects in a row, so that's the end of it. let's talk further because last year the european council and the european commission agreed to start negotiations on ukraine's accession to the european union, how can the council of europe help us now? legislation with the european about this and not only about this, our colleague tetiana vysotska spoke with the secretary general of the council of europe, maria pejchynovych-burdzhich, and we suggest viewing this interview, this conversation , roman and i say goodbye and leave you with tetiana vysotska. greetings, my name is tetyana vysotska and we are located in the palace of europe, headquarters apartment of the council of europe in strasbourg, and we have the opportunity to talk with the secretary general of the council of europe, maria pejchynovych burych, we will talk with ms. maria about ukraine's path to the eu, about how the council of europe... can help ukraine on this path, and also about how to bring the bloody aggressor putin to justice and how to build a compensation mechanism for the damage caused to ukraine by the war. dear m

last year, the european council and the european commission agreed to start negotiations on ukraine's accession to the eu. how the council of europe can now help us to harmonize our first of all , let me congratulate ukraine on obtaining this candidate status and the start of negotiations, as this is a great achievement and, in my opinion , a significant change in the paradigm of european institutions regarding enlargement, when a country that is suffering from an aggressive war against it. gets such an opportunity, it is a huge signal for ukraine and ukrainians that we see that this war must end and that ukraine has a very clear european perspective. at the same time, ukraine has been a member of the council of europe for a long time, and we are very happy that thanks to our new action plan, the implementation of which began last year in 2023 and will last for four years until 2026, we can help. ukraine in this direction. the plan is called resilience, recovery and rebuilding, which means we want to focus on immediate needs of ukraine and ukrainians, as well as in the medium term to

the assistance program to kiev, but then a month ago, when the last meeting was last year the european councilose fearful ones. well, in principle, orban held his own until the last blow, yes, yes, he held his own, here , of course, he frayed everyone’s nerves, but in the end, brussels still made certain concessions, that is, in the final document that was adopted yesterday, a clause has been included that member countries, leaders of member countries will discuss this issue of assistance to kiev annually. yes, that is, members of the european union cannot suspend the next tranches of the country, but such a discussion will take place once a year pass. about the use of such an argument as some kind of war with russia, but indeed, what we know is that this card is now being actively played. well, here’s another very important point, which also became known the day before, during the summing up. i honestly don’t want to guess here either for those , as we have already said, who are engaged in theft, that is, i will only say one thing, that even the illegitimate eu sanctions legislation, in this

so rough i have boss from the european council on foreign relations negotiations to form the next government of pakistan on the way after last week's national elections failed to produce a clear, with the most states for one by independent to conduct a slow to form, a prime minister in ron tongue, but they haven't been invited to join these tools. this economy itself has been jailed. the 1st formal contacts between the pakistan muslim league and the pakistan people's party since the vote. despite placing 2nd and 3rd and thursday's election, the parties are sitting down for coalition talks in lahore in an attempt to form a government, a loss to see what we are. right. and so. c but candidates, backed by jailed ex prime minister in ron khan, and his p t i party won the most votes p t i supporters say they would have won even more seats if the voting had been free and fair mattered or by the gold around. 1 54000 votes and my nearest rival got only 17000 a year. i wanted to take this protest to quote, we have faith in the judiciary. we helped build the clear candidates. victoria's out, the peopl

did not see any words beforehand, but we have now heard a bit of reaction on social media from european councilxpress the eu's deepest condolences to yulia. vladimir putin will be heard accountable for the death

at the same time as the european council meeting, european farmers in brussels blocked the roads leading to the meeting with 1,300 tractors. in italy, france, germany, poland, romania and some other countries , farmers took similar actions in protest of the economic problems and agricultural policies of the european union. in france, police arrested 15 farmers. at the same time , the european union approved a new aid package of 50 billion euros for ukraine. in the wake of russia's embargo in walken. to the war in ukraine, the price of goods, especially fuel energy increased in european countries. burkina faso, mali and niger, three member countries of the west african economic community, left this economic community . in the statement, these three countries declared the organization's deviation from its goals, i.e. economic development, social progress and cultural convergence, as the reason for leaving. following this action, the head of the african union commission requested a dialogue with the leaders of these three countries. the economic community of west african states was establis

hungary today was filmed during breakfast on the eleventh floor of the european council building, a meeting15 minutes. even before noon, the head of the european council, charles michel , notified the world via social networks: “we have a deal,” #unity. speaking for such unity, the president of lithuania, russophobe nausėda , unexpectedly spoke in russian. this is our last and decisive battle. a line from the international. well, old school, the current president of lithuania, a former member of the cpsu. however, he bashfully kept silent about this fact when he submitted documents to participate in the elections, and then they surfaced. in the morning, the usually talkative, stone-faced viktor orban walked past the television cameras. he decided not to communicate with journalists, but earlier he spoke with the protesting farmers and posted a video with these words. we can talk a lot about migration, war, ukraine, and anything else, but no one hears the voices of ordinary people on the streets. this is a real democratic deficit. there are european elections due in june, we need a new one.

it's you leaders of praise, the passage of a new 50000000000 euros support package for ukraine. european council, president of shaw michelle said before you deal with issue long term predictable funding for ukraine after hungry is prime minister of it to open. finally dropped weeks of opposition. ukraine has faced increasing uncertainty over age funding because of political advising. in the end, the us gary and prime minister victor all done once again in the spotlight in brussels, which he again block, then you a package for ukraine as he did last december. he did not, or he, so we got the 27 heads of state and government to reach political agreements, which will allow us to mobilize safety, ex, revealing due risk as part of the ukraine facility, return. the packages intended to help you create incurs bunch of gaps and pay salaries and services in the years 2024, to 2027. the relief at reaching the necessary unanimity as palpable society. this is, of course, a good message for the citizens of ukraine who are so challenged by the russian war of aggression. but of course, also for us as the repea

so of the european council on foreign relations. and finally, venice is gearing up for the highlight of its carnival season. the judges ball, elaborately costumed revelers concealed themselves behind mysterious masks for the ball, which marks the final day of carnival on shrew tuesday or monday, ground during the renaissance. these mass balls celebrated businesses military prowess these days. it's more of a tourism to all but can't mask the prices. tickets go up for go for up up to 5000 euro. so peace and thousands of people also turned out to enjoy rose monday. the highlight of germany's carnival season. crowds gathered in cologne and disorder to watch for rage through the city streets, large cloud, sorry, a tradition with the wars in ukraine and gaza. the key theme this year. there were also jobs that german politicians and international leaders. much to the delight on the you're watching the news up next close up looks at the men who deliver the mail in slovakia is tom tramonto. i'm terry martin. thanks for being with us. the nam

the passage of a new, 50000000000, your support package for ukraine. european council, president of shaw michelle said the 4 year deal with ensure long term predictable funding for ukraine. the hungry is prime minister ethic to open. finally dropped 2 weeks of opposition. queens faced increasing uncertainty over 8 funding because of the political insights and, and take us the ukrainian president voted him or zaleski is welcome to the support he says, the strengthening of ukraine's long term economic stability is no less important than military assistance. western backing has enabled new grades to hold the line against the russian invaders. but 2 years into the war, there's no sign. ukraine is close to expelling russian forces any time soon. deep enough for us then don't boss. do you see cranium? soldiers have setup camp. they're taking a few days off after months of fighting on the front lines and comp young's. ukraine is not giving up to city, but paying a heavy price to lose the last bill. this is perhaps one of the most difficult places we've ever fought. one night today, the russians

you leaders have praised the passage of a new 50000000000 euro support package for ukraine. european council, president shaw michelle said the 4 year deal with insure long term predictable funding for ukraine after on greece prime minister because our bon finally dropped weak football position. ukraine has faced increasing uncertainty over 8 funding because of political infighting in the ear and the us well, while progress was being made there inside the halls of power in the european union and brussels outside things came to a stand, still protesting farmers blocked the streets with their tractors and through fire crackers, eggs, and bottles of police. they're angry about rising costs and bureaucracy. a farmers out in force in brussel. they located parts of the belgian capital demand more help with rising costs associated use. assume that you're trying to make people aware of the conditions for farmers who read on. so advice from people quick go hungry so far. so if i would close the police assembled near the headquarters were fires blazed as the farmers gathered. we are right in the middle