in this by the deputy prime minister for european and euro-atlantic integration of ukraine, olga stefanishyna, ukrainian diplomats, ex-minister of foreign affairs volodymyr ogrysko and we will also talk with the co-founder of the degree project yevgeniy bliznyuk and the director of the european program of the renaissance fund dmytro shulga . so, the summit of the european union is going on right now. the most important question is whether to grant ukraine the status of a candidate country for joining the european union. i have been following european politics from here for many years from brussels and i can say without exaggeration that the event is historical, we will analyze in detail what it means in practice if we discard all the political pathos and how it can influence the life of every ukrainian, but he suggests starting with the statement of the president of the european council , charles michel, and pay attention to how this morning he simply shone with optimism. this is a decisive moment for the european union. this is a geopolitical choice that we will make today. i am convinced th

exactly which olga stefanishyna did not specify, explaining that it would harm adoption of a positiveounter-arguments kyiv is currently using in its favor to grant or not to grant candidate status eu leaders will decide at the summit at the end of june already in the conditions of a full-scale russian invasion of ukraine zaporizhzhia has turned into a logistics hub for people fleeing from war from the russian-occupied regions of kherson oblast and zaporizhzhia region , radio svoboda journalists visited the reception point for forcibly displaced people in zaporizhzhia and asked how they got from the occupied cities and what was happening during the occupation itself, this material can be viewed on the radio freedom ukraine channel on youtube. well, in the meantime, i turned to the latest news that we have at the moment. first of all, the mayor of the capital, vitaliy klitschko, just announced literally today that the kyiv city council will ask the government to create a military cemetery in the capital for the honorable burials of defenders of ukraine. this is reported on the website o

see how the hab works, the vice-prime minister for issues has arrived of european integration, olga stefanishynamara of the surrounding cities, the head of the railway and representatives of other organizations involved in the collection of aid joined in order to talk about their contribution, and a tour of the hub was conducted by the responsible for him, a representative of the association of french volunteers for rescuers with protexium mold, this warehouse can hold approximately 3,000 pallets , aid is brought here from two dozen other warehouses throughout france, and we volunteers then sort it here, for three whole wars, 44 freight trains of food, medicine were sent from this hub to ukraine clothing, beds and other humanitarian aid, in addition, packages were transported and more than one and a half hundred uniforms left here by trucks, and two planes with stores, which then returned with our refugees to board. we have already sent 10,000 pallets that contain many boxes. this is 8,000 tons of aid from the residents of france who want to support the ukrainian people. we bring these goods to

olga stefanishyna will be the deputy prime minister with the european and euroat actually integration. she was administrative, now the head of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on issues of ukraine's integration into the european union arseniy yatsenyuk, prime minister of ukraine in the 14th in the 16th year, he will participate in this discussion, there will also be nine chairs, he is a senior analyst of the security center, european values, let's listen to him also danylo lubkivskyi, director of the kyiv security forum, the topics that will be discussed today are really important and it is worth hearing the analysis on these topics and discussions on these topics from people who definitely know more from people who are professionals who understand this topic and these are such questions, a very relevant question now is that ukraine will receive the status of a candidate for study abroad in june, well, there are others there you will hear so, just now, the kyiv security forum and then we will return to our airwaves. we are watching, dear viewers. my name is danylo lukivs

to make a clear decision in favor of ukraine's candidacy, such support can convince skeptics, olga stefanishynanks countries that support this decision, they are not only the countries of eastern europe or the baltic countries , it is also italy, it is also ireland, that is, the whole of europe, all parts of the european union support this decision, so i do not think that anyone from 27 liters will say no artem lagutenko for espresso tv channel thank you artem lagutenko for the plot and such an analysis of the mood in other countries, how they see ukraine's membership and the prospects of ukraine's membership in the european union , we will talk about this in particular with our guests yaroslav voytko, diplomat, international expert, welcome to us to you, yaroslav, good morning, good health, and maksym yakovlev, head of the international relations department of the kyiv-mohyla academy of the national university. we congratulate you and maksym. good afternoon. well, let's relax from the plot, as stefanyshina says, seven countries or against or there for some other formats of our participation. w

previously, the deputy prime minister for european and euro-atlantic integration olga stefanishyna stated that in general three countries of the european union are against granting ukraine the status of a candidate for membership, but she did not specify which ones in in total, approximately seven countries of the european union are not eastern european and non-baltic countries. as you can imagine, they expressed proposals for some other format, offering extra candidacy or conditional candidacy, there were a lot of different proposals, but in fact there are three main countries that today do not want to give the green light to ukraine . the leaders of various states, in particular with emmanuel macron and the prime minister of montenegro , separately paid attention in a conversation with the president of france, and zelenskyi paid further attention to the situation at the front defense support of ukraine and work on security guarantees, in response, macron assured that france remains mobilized to meet the needs of ukraine, including heavy weapons, we continue to work very actively in all

as a whole, it is the prime minister on the issues of european and euro-atlantic integration olga stefanishyna, i quote, we did not expect breakthrough solutions for ukraine from nato at the summit. unfortunately , the alliance lacks the collective determination to cross the red lines on putin's drawing. ukraine is forced to look for other options for protecting national security and the security of its citizens and is ready to consider direct security concessions from various countries. prescribed in the constitution. it is a very serious statement, and we understand that it is possible. studies that are very well oriented in the situation in the kherson region. so, we were officially informed that potemkine has returned, so to speak, to his native haven with battles. how important is this moment? is it just so? to say another population center well, even this is more likely another population center in the armed forces of ukraine are improving their tactical positions, as they say in the general staff and according to military experts, but it must be said that not from a military point of vi

russia, the deputy prime minister for european affairs emphasizes and euro-atlantic integration olga stefanishynayou the other day, she reported that three eu countries are against granting ukraine such a status, but she did not specify which countries are in question. ukraine's status as a candidate for joining the eu is a question that is currently on everyone's lips both in the european union itself and outside of it. the president of the european parliament , roberta matsola, who visited ukraine in early april, called for our country to be given this status while speaking at the democracy summit in copenhagen . against russian totalitarianism for democratic values , already a part of the european family, she reminded the european parliament that she firmly supports ukraine's application for the status of a candidate for eu membership ukraine is already part of our european family, and now is the right time to give it a real opportunity to join the european project. this is about hope, this is about recognizing the price that ukraine had to pay. denmark's foreign affairs is at its peak and den

application to join the european union, deputy prime minister for euro-atlantic integration olga stefanishynasaid following a meeting with representatives of the irish parliament and government, in addition, the country expressed its readiness to become a lawyer european aspirations of ukraine. the entry may take quite a long time, but it is an important decision and a strong signal for the ukrainian people that they are part of the european family, said the irish prime minister mikhol-martin is another alternative ukraine is offered an intermediate stage instead of a candidate for membership of the european union austrian chancellor karl megamar stated the need to create a european preparatory zone, in his opinion, staying in it will allow ukraine and moldova to get closer to eu standards, at the same time negamer claims that he supports of the country's accession to the union, however, opposes the acceleration of the procedure already in june the european commission will convey to the member states its opinion on ukraine and its readiness for the status of a candidate for membership unites

of now, comes from three states, this deputy prime minister of ukraine's european integration olga stefanishynasit to brussels stated during a conversation with the media that this statement was made before stefanyshina did not name the states that are against it, but they say that on june 24, none of the leaders of the european union will be able to tell ukraine let us remind you that today the president of the european parliament adopted a joint statement calling on the heads of state of the governments of the eu countries to make a decision on the application of ukraine, the republic of moldova and georgia to join the european union at the summit on june 23-24 yesterday the european parliament supported the resolution with a call to grant ukraine the status of a candidate for membership of the european union at the eu summit, expect ukraine in your opinion on june 23-24 and what will be the conclusion of the european commission, which we expect on the 17th, and what will actually be the expensive sentence for this e for this adoption when the active level by the eu member states maria, i cre

received years later, the deputy prime minister, minister for european and euro-atlantic affairs olga stefanishynawe calculate that by the end of this year, the implementation of all these years is possible, and i think that we will be able to implement most of them even faster this is related to the adoption of certain legislation and the implementation of technical tasks at the end of 2022. the european commission will prepare a conclusion and an assessment of how effectively we coped with this task. and this is in our interests because we also want to to talk about the beginning of the victory by the way, this means that after winning the candidate already by the end of the year after carrying out a number of recommended reforms and appointing the head of the sap, who was already selected at the competition, after holding the lion competition, we will confirm our statuses, we will start the negotiations regarding the adoption of ukraine, so to speak, in the family circle i am glad to add maria mezentsi to the people's deputy of ukraine, deputy head of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukra

business, they say the vice-prime minister, who deals with european and euro-atlantic integration, olga stefanishyna, says the president together with the cabinet of ministers and specialized committees of the verkhovna rada prepare a road map for the implementation of these recommendations considers judicial reforms to be the most difficult, but it is quite possible to implement them even today work is underway on e-e launch of the work of the verkhovna rada justice of the higher qualification commission, at the same time , we understand that we will only now start restarting the constitutional court and this process is quite difficult to organize now in the conditions of war , because we need to prepare new legislation, new conceptual approaches, this is a rather long process , stefanishyna adds, today it is more difficult to make such changes because in ukraine the war continues, but the parliament has shown that it can work effectively, as an example cites the ratification of the istanbul convention and the approval of the anti-corruption strategy in monday, according to her, they plan to fulfil

the european union, the deputy prime minister for euro-atlantic affairs said of integration, olga stefanishyna, following the meeting with representatives of the irish parliament and government, in addition, the country expressed its readiness to become an advocate of ukraine's european aspirations. the introduction may take a long time, but it is an important decision and a strong signal for the ukrainian people that they are part of the european family , said the irish prime minister minister miklog martin created a mural for the ukrainian mascot in kyiv, dedicated to the psusaper, the patron, the wall, the description is located in the vidradny park, he informed them, they informed kyivzelenbud, there they hope that this is the image of the four-legged defender will bring joy to people and also raise the patriotic spirit for the icon kyiv became the third city where a dog was depicted on wall art murals dedicated to the patron saint are already in zaporizhzhia and poltava here are the news for this moment eh read more on the espresso website also subscribe to our channels on youtube, telegr

, this was announced by the deputy prime minister for european and euro-atlantic integration olga stefanishyna know, european the commission, in its conclusion on ukraine's compliance with the requirements for a candidate state, proposes that the eu would have the right to cancel this status in the event that ukraine violates its obligations, among other things, for preservation of the candidate status kyiv must complete the appointment of the head of sap already selected at the competition conduct the competition for the head of the nabu and much more we expect that by the end of the year the implementation of all these steps is possible i think that we can implement most of them even faster as regards certain legislation and the implementation of technical tasks it is in our interests because we want to talk about the beginning of negotiations from the beginning of a full-scale invasion of russia. more and more religious communities are switching to the orthodox churches of ukraine however, not all priests agree on this in the village of petropavlovske, that a real conflict has arisen in the

olga stefanishyna, deputy prime minister; this is mr.al policy; this is mr. ihor zhovko, the deputy head of the office of the kukur and the international direction, and this is the first deputy minister of foreign affairs to me, four people who are traveling around the specified geography of ukraine today with one task to explain why ukraine has the right to receive candidate status, why is it important, what results have we achieved, why is it not just about political support, but also now about the years of implementation of the association agreement, what assets we have, results, and so on . today, i already made two such visits: italy and luxembourg. each of these countries has already publicly announced their support. italy at the level of prime minister draghi and luxembourg at the level of prime minister bedevl. by the way, e is very powerful the president literally had a speech less than a week ago in front of the parliament of luxembourg where he used a part of the national anthem of luxembourg about what we are fighting for or

ukraine candidate for membership, the prime minister for european and euro-atlantic integration, olga stefanishynastated this during her visit to brussels. well, she refused to name these countries. she believes that this may harm the adoption of a final decision, but emphasized that if the status of a candidate for membership in ukraine is not granted, it will weaken the european union itself, a total of approximately 7 countries of the european union, these are not eastern european and non-baltic countries. as you can imagine, they expressed proposals for some other format, offering extra candidacy or conditional candidacy, there were many different proposals, but in fact there are three main countries that today do not want to give the green light to ukraine. we insist that the decision to grant ukraine candidate status is only the beginning of the process and one should not spend all one 's political skepticism and capital on confrontation this is the beginning of the process, this is a chance that ukraine will either use or not use. at the same time, ursula fondolyan, the head of the european

to make a clear decision in favor of ukraine's candidacy, such support can convince skeptics, olga stefanishynabelieves that the countries that support this decision are not only the countries of eastern europe or the baltic countries , it is also italy, it is also ireland, that is, the whole of europe, all parts of the european union support this decision, so no i think that someone with 27 liters will say no no artem lagutenko for the tv channel espresso well, it turns out that up to seven countries of the european union of the european union, if you wish, i think so in they don't support the principles. that's the way to grant us the status of a quick applicant. well, uh, i don't know . of course, i have mixed feelings. they asked the netherlands, sweden, denmark - these are the ones that were known. yes, and four more - these are france and austria. someone else is there. well, what was the story? that is. she is like that well, you can say er well, you can not fully call it official or the position of these countries that ukraine has a place in the european commonwealth yes, but some peopl

russians once more and now it's too late, that's why the words of the profile vice-prime minister olga stefanishynanato is not an independent entity surprised me somewhat, well, let's leave it at that, obviously she knows more than you and i due to her position, but we also need to understand that nato and the european union, after the end of the russian-ukrainian war, are awaiting serious transformations, serious changes, and they will be forced to take into account the position of our country in one way or another, and in this context, ukraine must do everything in order to convert the military successes of our defenders into political influence if we do not fight for the deepening of relations with nato. so how can we fight for the deepening of this influence, that is, do we expect that we will simply have a separate paragraph , a separate paragraph dedicated to ukraine and that's all. and by the way, let's continue this conversation about gordon brown's interview, which was published by the british publication telegraph, he actually talks about putin and says that he has no illusions about the

so, the minister of european integration, olga stefanishyna, stated that the status of a candidate forion was granted to ukraine without any conditions. there were certain preliminary positions that should be followed. about the fact that it is not without conditions that ukraine, let's say, has committed itself and it must appoint the head of the specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office who has passed the rebuttal has passed the competition it's just that they don't appoint him because this person at one time dealt with, let's say, the case of a certain tatar, who is now standing in the president's office, there is another adviser there, or what is he responsible for, the person who opposed the maidan during yanukovych's time, and it seems that he is blocking it, but still after all, is it written in the conditions that were signed that guaranteed ukraine 's candidacy for the european union that ukraine should, in addition to the judicial reform, there are other reforms such as appointing the head of the sap or not? mind, because the speech i listened to on television, she clea