committee on national security, head of the verkhovna rada's permanent delegation to the nato parliamentary assembly , unfortunately, the connection is unstable, let's hope that everything will now be restored, an important signal has arrived from our ministry of defense, the russians are mining hydrotechnical structures in three regions of ukraine to create artificial obstacles for the defense forces today at a briefing. this was reported by the head of the department of environmental security and mine action of the ministry of defense, colonel ruslan beregulyatsiyu, since may of this year, russian troops are changing hydrotechnical structures in the zaporizhzhia, donetsk and kherson regions, and also began to flood agricultural fields in order to creation of artificial obstacles for the force defense of ukraine igor chernev came back to us p igor continue be kind we work like this i apologize for the internet but unfortunately there are taurus missiles and continue regarding missiles i was talking about what i think we can expect in the near future a solution that uh, the german side that providin

lviv polytechnic, ex-chairman of our delegation in the nato parliamentary assembly, well, now we pass, and a selection of the most important and latest information from ukraine and the world is already waiting for you . 00 and bring to your attention a news release on the espresso tv channel in the studio of iryna koval and we start with the situation at the front, the trend of offensive actions is good, ukrainian defenders are advancing in the volnova district of donetsk region the fierce fighting continues, said the head of the regional military administration, pavlo kyrylenko

the national university of lviv polytechnic, ex-head of the ukrainian delegation in the nato parliamentary assembly in 18-19 years, member of the network for the protection of national interests of the anc for the vilnius summit, the prigozhin uprising and how it all happened can affect one or another result that we need in ukraine. i think that it is very powerful . and you know, everyone joked that the counteroffensive asked where it was supposed to start and we expected a little bigger and better results yes although although i will tell you honestly well we don't need someone else's we need to protect our own ukraine has never in 300 years never attacked as you say there were no interventionists from ukraine never anywhere but as of now it has really moved a little bit other negotiations and i think that there may be very significant changes for those who will oppose ukraine's membership in nato, and the countries that declare there may even be hungary's declaration of denial of the sovereign state of our sovereignty, so i absolutely i am waiting for such and such a public and press conference

the ansa network, with the support of the nato documentation center, we held such a model nato parliamentary assembly't expect that there would be as many as eight ambassadors, that there would be a vice president, today, from the president and pipi, a member of the european parliament, or for this comic, the former minister of defense of lithuania, that is, this parliamentary diplomacy gives results, we show that our country, our youth, our decision-making bodies are ready to take the appropriate steps, and of course we expect that, we would really like for ukraine to become the 33rd member of nato, because we understand that before that, it is probably either vilnius or another sweden will already be accepted to vilnius, that's why the third 33rd place is definitely reserved for ukraine, we expect it. a year or so in a month. it is important that you take advantage of that, because it is deservedly your place, that is, poland, a neighboring country , talks about it openly, we mentioned the very long way that we have been in this process. i think that as of now, when ukraine is talking about it show

so first, where are we -- as you know, the nato parliamentary assembly has virtually unanimously, hundreds of parliamentarians representing 31 parliaments, have recommended the creation of a center for democratic resilience at nato itself. so we are, in fact, operationalizing the valid commitment we have to democratic shared values, creating an architecture to be a resource about democracy and democratic institutions. briefly, where are we on that? last time i checked, we had 29 of 30 ambassadors to the north atlantic council supporting the idea. >> we support the idea, we think it would be an important forum for nato to protect shared values as a basis for the alliance and we have advocated for this at nato. we made a strong push for this before the madrid summit, but unfortunately, there was not nato consensus, or union enmity as is required for all nato decisions. and so, we elected, rather than take on amendments to that proposal which would have come in our mind, gutted it, we elected to play the long game and continued to push for this. we are regularly raising this at nato, includin

president and the government and the parliamentary delegation which did a great job at the nato parliamentary assemblyd this point moved in the direction of the discussion of future membership and not enough specific signals for ukraine at this summit. i hope that it will still be concrete from our partners that ukraine will become a member of nato, what ukraine will receive invitation you saw that two days ago , when tridu was here, he also signed a memorandum to m. and you give me a cap, in which it is stated that ukraine will become a member of nato as soon as security conditions allow it, this is already more a specific story regarding our membership in nato, that is why i see quite positive dynamics, i hope that at the freedom summit you will see the specifics in the final stones, what about ukraine, let's talk about this specifics, what specific security guarantees for ukraine now does kyiv want, what is it about, for what period well, if we after all, we are talking about the guarantee of security, not about membership, that is , this is such an intermediate stage between our victory and member

university of lviv polytechnic, as well as the head of the ukrainian delegation in the nato parliamentary assemblyn 18-19 years, a member of the network for the protection of national interests ann slava ukraine ms. oksana congratulations slava congratulations, on the one hand, our partners are holding talks on the topic of security guarantees for ukraine on the way to becoming a member , on the other hand, we understand that sometime in the next few months , it should take place in which full vilnius, we ourselves, and we have great hopes for him. as you can see that situation in general well, why can they block our potential membership on the current freer site? it seems to me that europe is very much ready for what it should be and we must remember the meeting that took place between macro scholz and duda, this is important and i know that there are a number of events planned for tomorrow in warsaw. of course, everyone should not stand aside and do their own thing. when a publication appears in one newspaper , an article by vitali klitschko about the fact that we should be in nato should appear

bipartisan leadership and engagement included in the nato parliamentary assembly reminds our allies that the united states commitment to nato remains robust, durable, and unwavering. russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, following its previous nine year campaign of aggression and illegal occupation of crimea has reaffirmed the critical importance of the transatlantic alliance. it has galvanized allied unity, driven allies to enhance the defense of allied territory, and strengthened allied commitment to democratic values, on which the alliance was built. at the nato summit in vilnius, in july, allies will take position to strengthen nato across three broad areas. i would like to speak to each, briefly first, we will see in vilnius, a strong and united nato. we will reinforce our resolve to support ukraine in the fight to support its territorial integrity, democracy, and right to choose its own path. at vilnius, nato will commit to a package of political and practical support for ukraine, which will build on our bilateral support over the last 16 months. since february of 2022, the unit

i would like to once again note and thank the work of colleagues from our group of the nato parliamentary assembly was because it was the first political decision when nato member states invite ukraine and support its future membership . ensured that there was a joint decision of each country, including germany , including many other countries, to support ukraine's invitation, the window of opportunity is very small, and today europe is not protected by the fifth article of nato, but by the blue-yellow the shield of the armed forces of ukraine is the strongest and the largest armies in europe, today we have to prove that it is vienko who has established mutually beneficial cooperation and it is nato 11-12 that should invite ukraine to membership thank you glory to ukraine, the servant of the people congratulations dear colleagues congratulations to ukraine on constitution day who wrote the articles and the alphabet of our life, this is what we follow, and indeed the changes made to the constitution are a guide to the security and defense of the entire subcontinent of europe in the morning, friends

the eighth convocation of the former head of the permanent delegation of ukraine to the nato parliamentary assemblytskiv with us people 's deputy of ukraine for five convocations i congratulate you with us also mykhailo tsymbalyuk, lieutenant general retired militia people's deputy of ukraine all-ukrainian association homeland i wish you good health and volodymyr smilka is with us , retired colonel of justice, participant in peacekeeping missions in iraq in 2004-5 years congratulations, congratulations i am also told that he joined us by skype or by another phone by communication yurii ignatrechnyi, air force command of the ukrainian armed forces. glory to ukraine to yurii, if you can hear it, please tell me how today's attack, in particular on kyiv , was different from the previous ones, and we understand that there are victims, despite the fact that it was still successful against air defense forces to neutralize those missiles that were flying towards kyiv well, another hot night for kyivans, well actually i have emphasized many times today who such blocs are experiencing every day not only in k

professor at the national university of lviv polytechnic, ex-chairman of our delegation in the nato parliamentary assembly . with a selection of the most important and latest information from ukraine and the world is already waiting for you. thank you oksana , i will tell you about the most important things in ukraine in a moment. 5:00 p.m. let's start with the situation at the front, the trend of offensive actions is good, ukrainian defenders are advancing in the volnova district of donetsk region, fierce battles are ongoing, the head of the regional military administration , pavlo kyrylenko, said, he did not specify what successes he was talking about , details will be provided later by the country's military and political leadership , stabilization operations are taking place in recently liberated settlements measures in the villages of the benevolent watchman are not boring and the makarivka is clearing from the occupiers who are hiding, as well as the evacuation of the population now the total number of people who are already in the city, where they are provided with medical, psycho-emotional, psycho

mandatory, so for example, i want to give an example, for example, when the declaration of the nato parliamentary assemblyat first there was no word guarantee in the text, and there was the word a rangements, that is, it very much reminded us of the infamous schurensis er-e assurances, which, as you remember, stem from the budapest memorandum, and that is why the ukrainian delegation suggested using the word heratiz guarantees, this was done before things because in the west they also understand that the time has come to give firm legal guarantees of the security of ukraine in relation to the fulfillment of these guarantees, then here it is really necessary to carry out consultation negotiations and here two issues need to be resolved because these guarantees they have two components, first of all this is the question of who is the guarantor and who is the guarantor well, in this situation , it is important for us that the guarantors are the most powerful nato member states , the united states, first of all, great britain, and here it is very important that these are nuclear countries, that is , those tha

better to go to the basement than to the front, here are such among the interveners of the nato parliamentary assembly 18-19 years and a member of the network for the protection of national interests of the anti-glory to ukraine, ms. oksana , glory to the heroes, i’m afraid vitaliy klitschko flew in today or came to lviv to be more precise, well , the key story turned on like that a couple of days ago, when there were speculations that he was may be removed from the kyiv city state administration, we would like to ask you whether it has already been clarified what and why and in general about klitschko's visit to lviv region, to start with a visit to lviv region, then in lviv there is a forum of architects, urban forum , such a large forum of architects from ukraine, architects from europe the mayors of their teams are actually talking about the fact that today we should think about the reconstruction of ukraine and not wait, and of course that it is very important to have comfortable conditions, and the most important thing is to understand that everything that is done in the city is new and modern t

bipartisan leadership and engagement included in the nato parliamentary assembly reminds our allies that the united states commitment to nato remains robust, durable, and unwavering. russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, following its previous nine year campaign of aggression and illegal occupation of crimea has reaffirmed the critical importance of the transatlantic alliance. it has galvanized allied unity, driven allies to enhance the defense of allied territory, and strengthened allied commitment to democratic values, on which the alliance was built. at the nato summit in vilnius, in july, allies will take position to strengthen nato across three broad areas. i would like to speak to each, briefly first, we will see in vilnius, a strong and united nato. we will reinforce our resolve to support ukraine in the fight to support its territorial integrity, democracy, and right to choose its own path. at vilnius, nato will commit to a package of political and practical support for ukraine, which will build on our bilateral support over the last 16 months. since february of 2022, the unit

delegate to the nato parliamentary assembly. the alliance legislative advisory body. at our meeting in luxembourg i was moved and gratified to hear firsthand from our friends at this, that the alliance commitment to an independent, sovereign, and victorious ukraine remains absolutely ironclad but equally important, our nato partners made it clear to us, that they understand the need to put real skin in the game. i know that this has been addressed previously, but, as we discussed, in luxembourg, at the nato parliament, spending 2% of gdp on defense should be a floor, not a ceiling, for each member of the alliance. i hope that nato makes that case to our partners during the vilnius summit. the world is a safer place when nato is a strong, capable, and ready. in addition to the shortcomings that many nato members face on their overall defense spending, several also lag in their bilateral support for ukraine. deputy assistant secretary cooper, which countries could and should provide more assistance to ukraine, and how does the biden administration engage with them to en

who is on the house foreign affairs committee, he's also the president emeritus of the nato parliamentary assemblynk you very much for being here. as i mentioned, you are on the house foreign affairs committee. i wanted to get your reaction to what's unfolding in russia with armed mercenaries apparently staging a rebellion. >> this could very well be the unraveling of the putin regime. this is certainly the biggest existential threat he's faced in this 23 years in rule. the wagner group was his own creation. he allowed it enormous latitude, all over the world. allowed it to criticize the russian military. and to engage in independent activities, and was the only really successful part of the russian invasion in ukraine. to have the 25,000 men force take, without resistance, the command center of all russian activity in ukraine, on rostov-on-don, as happened earlier this morning, it is embarrassing as a development. and of course, promotion has gone further. he is now four, 500 kilometers from moscow. and seems to be intent on taking out senior leadership in the russian military and the defense dep

earlier, i spoke to yehor cherniev, chairman of the permanent delegaton of ukraine at the nato parliamentary assemblyl lead to destabilisation first of all inside of the elites, inside of the kremlin and inside of the army. and of course, as a result, it will influence on the battlefield, on the front line. and i think it will be a distraction, you know? 0r de—motivation of the soldiers on the front line. president zelensky — in his message today — said to nato to stop looking at the kremlin when making important decisions. but the problem is that what you're saying may come to pass, but vladimir putin is still in power at the moment. yes, and actually, i agree with my president. because, you know, this rebellion with prigozhin clearly shows us that even inside russia, some part of the elites isn't afraid any more of his leader. and it was actually a humiliation of the de—escalation of the power of putin. that's why i think it is not any war a monolith power inside the kremlin, inside russia. and it's just a question of time when the leader will be replaced from the kremlin. that's why we are asking

become official at the summit in july, the head of the ukrainian delegation in the parliamentary of the nato assemblyne believes that ukraine has already brought its troops sufficiently close to the standards of the alliance, will we hear whether we are asking or demanding or talking about what we have? in the field of defense security, e-e, switching to western weapons, training our own soldiers abroad and moving to standards in training and the introduction of combat operations, e-e, in the verkhovna rada. in our committee with roman, we also adopt a law that brings us closer to principles and standards of nato, ukraine has come closer to nato standards in everything related to the military. and in some issues, the member states of the alliance even take an example from kyiv, according to roman kostenko, the secretary of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence, but currently it is unlikely. therefore, ukraine can to become a full-fledged member of the north atlantic alliance , here are the arguments, the main task of nato is not to knit your well with the russian

have the head of the permanent delegation of the verkhovna rada of the parliamentary assembly, which says that ukraine will be in natoant me to, you can explain to me. here's how it can happen. yes, you want to present it as your victory they say we have taken another step towards what should nato write in the documents. and who should decide. and when will these security conditions be ensured in ukraine? well, i just don't know how it works at all, but nevertheless, as it turns out. in ukraine, it all works. it’s not quite enough. well , we’ve made progress if they shoved a nato graduate student at us , a donat graduate student, in general, this is the nonsense of a madman. well, that it will also go in beautifully, yes it will go in, because uh, we will agree with ukraine right away without anecdotes. i a everything is very good today is not the day when , therefore, i won’t say anything about it, a little later, but now with e ukraine it acts according to the principle. come here. with that famous team of sergeant petrenko of the soviet era , they are even beckoned and repelled at the same time, but nato has alrea

the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe calls on nato member states to support ukraine's membership in the alliance. they even adopted a corresponding resolution, which was widely written about, but stoltenberg and all other european leaders make it clear that membership in july is faster . after all, there will be no reason for such a resolution to be adopted faster . probably, this issue has such a political and military nature, but still. for ukraine to understand that ukraine will become a member of nato is simple. it is a matter of time and the question of when the war will end. and yes, most likely, this is the very question. when will the war end? and the fact that today the north atlantic alliance is interested in the army of ukraine more, and even than the army of ukraine - this is also a fact of the armed forces of ukraine today - it is the most capable and most experienced army, not only in europe, in the world, and this is not an exaggeration in any army in the world, even in the us army. there is no such experience as countermeasures an enemy that is not just

message , which is also very important for ukraine, is that the parliamentary assembly for europe calls on member states that are also natoine's full membership in nato and also calls on the european union to speed up ukraine's membership in the european union. this is also a very important third point for ukraine . compensation that would allow the use of already frozen russian assets in order to start rebuilding ukraine with this money as soon as possible, and the fourth important point of the political resolution is the issue of sanctions first of all, of course, the deputies in the front call for strengthening sanctions against russia, strengthening sanctions against belarus, asking for political and economic sanctions against iran, and there are two news items that have been created - the creation of the so-called wall of shame, the creation of two registers of the public register of companies and individuals who work in the interests of russia and the public register of companies and individuals involved in russia's evasion of sanctions, these two public registers should become operational on the basis of the expert

conference with the secretary general of nato and jens stoltenberg, who is in germany from a two-day visit. meanwhile , the summer session of the parliamentary assembly of europe is starting in strasbourg and will last until the end of this week until saturday . consider a lot of issues related to ukraine, in particular, they will talk about the humanitarian consequences of russia's aggression against ukraine, whether it is possible and in general how to act in the situation, whether to allow russian and belarusian athletes to the olympic games, and about prosecution for the downing of flight mh17 this is what we will talk about now, and we will talk with our guest oleksiy goncharenko, people's deputy of ukraine , vice-president of the barrier committee on migration and refugees. kudos to ukraine and oleksiy , how is the summer session starting? it is important to discuss the humanitarian consequences of russian aggression against ukraine. they will also talk about refugees and migrants in europe. this is probably not the question that appeared . this question appeared not only because of the russian war, because of the war against ukraine , it was i

the head of the permanent delegation of the verkhovna rada of the parliamentary assembly, which speaks of that ukraine will be in natow our victory, they say, we have taken one more step towards it, it is necessary, at the same time, what should nato write in the documents. and who should decide. and when will these security conditions be ensured in ukraine? well , i just don't know how it works at all, but nevertheless, as it turns out. in ukraine, it all works. quite enough ukrainian. no, well, we advanced, if we were shoved a nato graduate student, then we need a graduate student, in general, this is the nonsense of a madman. well, what is it, too? it’s beautiful, yes, it will come in, because we are talking with ukraine without jokes without jokes. i, uh, will say everything very a little later, but now , uh, ukraine is acting. basically, come here. stay there famous. uh, the team of sergeant petrenko of the soviet era even they are beckoning and repelling at the same time, but nato has already developed a very good form in relation to ukraine. why would they take someone in their take on extra obligations, if th