olha stefanishyna in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. greetings from kyiv, indeed.to hear you, good to see you, steve. well, thank you forjoining us. madam deputy prime minister, let me ask you a very simple question — does it worry you that the world now has another deeply troubling conflict to focus on? that is, of course, the escalating war in the middle east? well, sadly, we know very well when massive atrocious crimes are committed against civilian population and civilians. we've seen this massively in ukraine for already 600 days and, of course, our hearts with those who have fallen over this act of terror, which cannot be called any other way. we are standing strong with...with our israeli friends and we are making sure that there is no other understanding apart of the very fact that the crimes against civilians, crimes in population and any act of terror are unacceptable in the world based on the rules. your key ally, of course, when it comes to weapons, economic and financial assistance as well, is the united states. the us and joe biden have pledged their

the head of the ukrainian delegation is olha stefanishyna, also among the representatives from ukraine is the deputy minister of justice, mrs. iryna mudra. so, today the main issue that will be raised by the delegates from ukraine is the supply of weapons, because it depends on the volume, quantity, and speed of the supply of weapons. how quickly will the war in ukraine end and whether it will end victory of ukraine. also here today and tomorrow, the topic will be discussed quite widely. membership of ukraine in nato, there have already been some discussions on this topic, and their results are quite interesting. let's listen. there can no longer be a discussion about whether ukraine should or should not be a member, it should be, it is only a matter of time when. well, you see, it has already become interesting, the level of discussion rises to another, already to another plane. and what will happen if we accept ukraine. with the frozen situation and whether the fifth article of the alliance is ready to join force, if russia or ukraine continue their war for the return of territories?