union, and for this the europeaner in a different way, to make an important geopolitical decision, including those related to expansion of the missile union from the integration of ukraine into the european union, that's why i don't have hope somehow, but when i have hope in general, how do i have some troubled times, i then say that it is necessary to do remember the times of the grand duchy of lithuania and start thinking about the unification of ukraine and lithuania, and then i have a question as to how exactly germany united, and i became the european union for 90 hours in west germany. we can solve this problem. we have no borders at all. we need you to unite with poland, then i don't think there will be many supporters of such a union in lithuania or ukraine. well , let's see if belarus can help us with its democracy . the topic of corruption was discussed as a topic that can seriously slow down the european integration of ukraine, and now we will talk about all these anti-corruption events with our next guest

and the european destiny you have asked for candidacy status in the european union. and i think we can be very proud of the fact that the european leaders decided so quickly to grant candidate status to ukraine for your membership. since then, despite the ongoing war, you have bravely and so good, great determination implemented reforms. we are very impressed with all the progress that has been made in just a few months. we know what to do. so what brings you to that after the summer, there will be a report from the european commission. my responsibility will be to ensure that the council live subject. it's responsibility is by the end of this year on the basis of the commission report. and we can decide on the follow up to this integration process for one with ukraine in the european union. these are the 3 main messages on a military support. political diplomatic support and support for you. ukraine's european destiny adjusted by way of conclusion. but i would just say that the european union will maintain its determination to put pressure on the kremlin sanctions ar

is in in the process of implementing the recommendations of the european commission in order to promote the process of joining the european uniontant to give priority to quality, not speed . of the parliamentary committee on european integration, she reminds that the verkhovna rada passed the law on the constitutional court, but in brussels there were questions about the path to the european union and how the eu can help ukraine win the war. let's see the interview as a candidate country, we will now be evaluated by additional major you know with a magnifying glass and the quality of the performance of each task, each condition, each recommendation, she is principled ms. klimpish sensad for we sincerely welcome you to the first channel of public broadcasting thank you very much for the invitation on february 3, the ukraine eu summit will be held in kyiv. we are recording this conversation just before this summit and there is a huge difference between this summit and the previous one because for the first time and now ukraine will be at this summit as a candidate for e members of the european union how are you as the head of the

the head of european diplomacy, josé borel, also expressed his views. now with the people of turkey and syria, the european unionhelp cope with the consequences of the tragedy on the way to european integration in the capital summed up the ukraine eu summit, which was held on february 3 in kyiv , listened to the opinions of experts. and our correspondent dmytro didura is with us on the link congratulations and we have become one step closer to membership in the eu, what experts say. congratulations to angelika. congratulations to all viewers of the espresso tv channel. as the experts noted today, we have taken another step on the very long and difficult path to european integration, and today, in particular, during the round table on the results of the summit ukraine, the eu, told that at the summit it emphasized the euro , integration, integration, integration of ukraine , there was also a security aspect, but they made such an emphasis on the diplomatic ones, which must be fulfilled at the time of the entry into the the european union noted that in the spring we will receive an interim report and this was an a

union is necessary not only for ukraine, but also for the european unionof ukraine , the upper chechen union, brings not only economic benefits, both for ukraine and for production, the main one brings much greater benefits, such as geopolitical changes in the entire european continent, what is really needed is the most important strategic one today, eh. what is the reason for the labor continent and the beginning of the negotiations ? eh, it will be noted that new tools have appeared, eh, how to measure the progress of ukraine. for m-m reforms and if you look at our experience in the experience of central europe in the late 90s , when we started negotiations for lithuania , let's say it took 3 years to finish the negotiations for poland, this country it took more than four years, that is, the beginning of the negotiations, then you can give a very good report. when ukraine can , by the way, be a crappy european film according to our calculations, according to the calculations, and the one who is recorded in various documents of the european parliament , s

language is heard in the european parliament and this has already been ensured and we will make it part of the usual european practice. when ukraine becomes a member of the european union , mr. presidentenko ursola, i thank you for the recent joint work of the government of ukraine and the european commission in kyiv in our country, where we discussed not only our defense issues , but also our future, discussed our the movement of our integration, that is, our real life, it is the protection of those things that ensure a normal life for ukrainians. i am sure that for all europeans, it has just ended, especially for the leaders, euhegetic peace in europe is becoming only when ukraine wins and becomes a member of the eu and nato, this is the kind of unity. today we managed to build unity in the fact that the european union will be with us and ukraine until the victory of ukraine, and ukraine will be in the european union . talks in brussels, our talks today were quite specific about what gives security. about what protects life about what guarantees stability about what restores justice and all this fully corresponds to both ukrainian and european interests a simple exam

well, they make it quite clear to us that you aspire to the european union , reform yourself, and thereo indulgences. uh, global military successes and when we defeat the russian federation , there will still be reforms. above all, the european commission calls on ukraine to take all necessary measures so that the legislation on the constitutional court de oligarchization money laundering and national minorities was in line with international recommendations . this was reported by the commissioner for good neighborhood and enlargement, oliver varhey . on me i ot p olezhe yesterday we witnessed the great anti-corruption activity of the ukrainian law enforcement system, the fight against corruption is also one of the requirements for us to minimize it, so be it, this is what will help us to join the european union faster. did it somehow affect our partners who are in kyiv today? is there any feedback? i am convinced that these are the actions of the ukrainian authorities. searches, when they see the initiation of criminal cases, when they see dismissals , they believe that this is a since

, then the fact that we came here on the 24th - ukraine and the european union itself are in the middle of a war, and yet we we are talking we are building the future of ukraine in the european union listen to this the best evidence is better than a thousand words you should act today but let 's talk about different aspects of energy here 35 million light bulbs is just one example if we take this example that we will go to 15 million chips all over the whole of ukraine, then this will allow us to save as much electricity as is produced by one reactor for nuclear power plants, this is a simple way, we can save energy , we can develop in the field we also discussed various issues such as to support energy security, well, at the moment , generators are important so that electricity continues to flow and we have already secured the supply of half 1,400 generators. we are also involved in the repair of the infrastructure infrastructure so that the power grid worked at the beginning of the war when we quickly synchronized our power grids at first ukraine supplied electricity to the eur

the week should be full of european integration. we are waiting for news for ukraine, we are waiting for the decisions of our partners in the european union will correspond to the achieved level of cooperation between our institutions and the eu and our progress, which is obviously even despite the full-scale war. well, this is the european union began immediately after the declaration of independence and since then have been constantly deepening over the next decade, the verkhovna rada adopted a number of documents in which european integration was announced as a long-term strategic goal of kyiv, discussions about the possible format of unification ended with the paris summit in 2008, at which ukraine and the european union agreed to conclude an association agreement, which provided for a transition from partnership to political and economic integration in 2013, an attempt by president yanukovych to disrupt the adoption of association with the eu caused mass protests the revolution of dignity removed yanukovych from power and in 2014 the political and economic parts of the association agreement were successively signed in 2017 for of ukr

it’s the european union. of the european union symbolically . the incredible indignation of the italians and the whole thing started anew, and it was literally just recently, well, that is , you can always find, if you are populism, an opportunity to invest somewhere in terms of ambition, like but i think it is much better if we were all europeans and it is also important that transcarpathian hungarians, i would say ukrainians of hungarian origin, felt comfortable in ukraine , knew hungarian, learned ukrainian, studied the hungarian sea in schools and, at the same time, could compete on an equal footing with their ukrainian-speaking peers when they take the external examination and when in attacking a ukrainian university, this is exactly what hungary will try to stop when we join the european union, as strange as it sounds. therefore , we need to establish communication with our transcarpathian hungarians from hungary we need from hungary and we need to talk to france and germany about this to pay us the nece

so, ukraine submitted an application for accession to the european union immediately after the full-scalerussian invasion . this application was very quickly supported in june . yes, in ukraine, the status of a candidate for accession and a list of the european commission promises to give an interim assessment of the seven requirements that kyiv must fulfill before starting negotiations, in particular the requirements for judicial reform, already this spring, and the representatives have stated that there is no time frame only the goals, but not only ukrainian european integration, were discussed at the summit in kyiv during the meeting, the leader of the register supported mir zelenskyi's formula, the right of ukraine to occupy all its territories, including crimea, in addition, the eu supported ukraine on the issue of bringing the russian leadership to justice for the crime of aggression, the european union will coordinate the creation and the work of the international center for prosecuting russia for the crime of aggression in asia is still ready to immediately invest a billion euros

ah, which is been used now as the european union anthem for some time. so i think we're finally about to hear from the ukraine, ukrainian presenters about address they pull session of the european parliament. now again, this is only the 2nd time that ha, that laudermill zalinski has left ukraine since the russian invasion began on february 24th a year ago. and the other trip he took was to the united states in december, where he addressed a joint session of the us congress. let's cross back over to our correspond alexandra phenomena who is on the scene there covering this historic moment. so. so what are we looking at there? alexandra, this is a, an ex, extremely important moment for both the european union and for ukraine, there's been a lot of talk of ukraine, actually joining the european union. any chance that we can see ukraine on a fast track as the e has promised? that is, of course, a key question here for a president zalinski because i think it was a week ago when he was meeting with the leaders of the institutions in ki, if and stressing how imp

we maintain our representation in the european union in the same way as the european union has its diplomatic representation. e in moscow and i believe that until then. in the meantime, uh, we have diplomatic and political relations, and with the strange members of the european union, such relations will be maintained with the european union itself, nevertheless, of course, it should be noted that the european union has gone to the curtailment of all political contacts, and with the russian federation with regard to the external political line of the european union, there was a complete almost complete merger, and in terms of nato's external political priorities and through e, this is nato's european union. the interaction turned out so that in the field of foreign policy in the field of security, the european union today has become a tool for serving geopolitical interests and goals of the united states of america, which, of course, imposes this. i would say, well, a fundamental imprint on the very character and very nature of our relations with this association. continuing the conversation

we have not heard any and the summit of the leaders of the european union countries. president of ukraine also spoke after the european parliament - this is not a fair for arms dealers, although it is still a chance to be in the same room with 20 leaders of seven countries, many of which do supply weapons to ukraine, and try to convince them to increase and speed up these supplies from brussels, as bbc correspondent jessica parker arrived today in the heart of europe in capitals he was greeted very warmly at the european parliament, ukraine is europe and the future of your people in the european union, rising to the podium, he knows well how to work with the public and wants to achieve a result. but this does not mean that individual member states are ready to give kyiv exactly what it wants today. great britain said that the president will not transfer british fighter jets in the near future zelensky may want to talk about the supply of weapons and fighter jets, but in fact this summit is not for that ukraine emphasizes a sense of urgency, but some of the european lea

, that's why actually the speed of this process usually depends on the european union, but also to a large extent on ourselves, what danger for the european integration of ukraine can be the so-called bilateral conflicts, bilateral claims well, i think you understand what we are talking about , i will give as an example the blockade of north macedonia, bulgaria, the negotiations you are smiling because you know what we are leading to, and before that greece, hungary from italy . to be honest, yes, i said that when we talk about the issue of the law on the constitutional court, we must realize that now we believe that these are problematic issues, but this is only the beginning, and i think that precisely the issues of ukraine's accession to the eu will be much more interesting cases in our country than there were with north macedonia or, before that , just macedonia. minorities or issues that we don't even talk about today as problematic. yes , today we ask, we concentrate on issues such as the rule of law, anti-corruption, economic reforms, but for the membership. maybe at the

, so the fact that we came here on the 24th is the most honey with ukraine of the european unionhe middle of the war but nevertheless we say we are building the future of ukraine in the european union listen to this the best evidence is better than a thousand words god this is the reality that you have to act on today let's talk about different aspects of energy here 35 million light bulbs is just one of the examples we will get 15 million light bulbs in total

, what the european union and the european union live by there are a lot of problems, challenges, threatsand he struggled with the consequences of the pandemic and now the european institute. strange members, they just mobilized on an anti-russian basis , you know, therefore, in current situations. that is, even if some european capital has some suspicions , so to speak, it will still have to remain silent, because now the most important thing is that no one sees any crack in the euro-centricity, and unfortunately, this is a fact. well, you mentioned. uh, a number of countries. there are probably a few more countries. yes indeed their national the government they rather boldly. and in modern times, this is really the courage of groups , political courage openly, but declares that, in general, and these sanctions they hit on, uh, the economies of these countries, but nothing more. i am kirill mikhailovich. another topic is the taking of our property, our money. and this is not european money. this is money that would not have been lost, that was put aside for the future. uh, we are all cit

the european commission president vladimir zalinski of ukraine and the president of the european council. that's the body that consists of a heads of state of government, of the 27 members of the european union. so the ukrainian president has had a busy a couple of days. he's a in brussels this morning that he was addressing the european parliament this afternoon. he attended a meeting of the european council in the last half hour or so. we heard the shout. michelle, talking about the military, political and european, the destiny of, of you, craig, we heard from the ukraine, your president, much of what he said was about thanks. and then we heard from and we also heard a questions there from the floor. i corresponded jack park. i is there in brussels and was following these, these discussions today. what do we know jack about about what was achieved today in he said closed meeting with the european heads of state and government. yeah, that's a big question. so it was a very interesting press conference there. the 1st time the vladimir zalinski has been to brussels us since the outbreak of the war. it was a huge event here in brussels. i think it's hard to over states, the sort of frenzy arou

, a person who says that tomorrow we will become members of the european union , i think d not be taken seriously, what is the main obstacle for us now on the way to the eu, this internal internal inconsistency is there a political lobby in the european union or a war? well, what is the main reason, because the voters of the euro countries of the european union did not give their politicians the current leaders of their countries and the european parliament formed the european commission, they did not give a mandate to accept the countries that are part of the european union is waging war with a nuclear state , let me remind you that in the spring of the 24th , elections to the european parliament will be held and a new composition of the european commission will be formed. to look for opportunities to inflict economic, first of all, economic blows on the european union, because i think that the viewers of espresso know that there are certain economic problems, such as the rise in prices , the rise in interest rates on mortgages in many european countries, and today no one

, despite the fact that a full-scale war is ongoing in ukraine , the leaders of the european union, led by the presidential european commission, arrived in kyiv by ursula fondtreline , the delegation also included 15 € commissioners , the president of the european council , charles-michel volodymyr zelenskyi, on the eve of the summit, said that ukraine deserves to to start negotiations on joining the eu already this year, but how realistic it is, we will talk about this soon well, in the meantime , my colleague iryna sysak was watching the summit, she joins our broadcast iryna my congratulations how did the summit end well, what prospects are looming for ukraine that the western partners said, tell the country yourself, the eu ended without loud statements , but not without positive signals, at the joint press conference of ursula von der leyen , charles la michele and president volodymyr zelenskyi, many such statements were heard regarding accession of ukraine to the eu, the leaders of the european union confirmed once again that the future of ukraine is in the european family. an

last year , the largest partner of the eu in trade, for example, ukraine, was the european union. e was a period when it was russia, but gradually after , as far as i remember, 14 in the 19th year, we began to orientate ourselves economically, at least in business, on the european union, and in the circumstances in which ukraine, our financial system and our business are now, do you see this integration, the strengthening of this integration well, as usual in business, it is profitable and profitable both for european counterparties and for our business, for our country, and if you are, obviously yes . because if we say in general , our exports decreased by 14 billion dollars last year, or about 32%. these are very serious indicators of the limits of exports to the countries of the european union increased this period and in terms of value and physical dimension by more than 1.5 billion e-e dollars, we are more exported to the european union than in 2021, this shows that yarynka are partners with whom it is worth cooperating, but we also understand that currently the main part of t

you don’t want to join the european union. the logic works the other way around. ith all those reforms to join the european union, and then the ato was on the contrary, well, two joined organizations at the same time, but again, we are like that, well, that we will join nato. to rebuild all our economic ties to rebuild our entire economy, it will turn from the socialist republic to a normal democratic state, this was our goal. and we also had an opportunity. how are you now supported by us under the regime and we just used this window, i really hope that you will use it with the help of those who are helping you now, tell me, this is it , finland will now join nato - this will increase your security, do you think or increase it finland's security well, you know, in principle, finland is such a close partner of nato that, for example, on some issues we cooperate with finland much, much more closely than with some other nato allies. no naively, he saw these maps that you showed when you were general gerasimov, they didn’t make a difference where nato nato begins, whe

we want to realize it as soon as possible by integrating the european union here, and in this regard,elations between the politicians of the european union of ukraine and the leaders of ukraine are very good. which are based, well, on the one hand, on some official uh-uh moments, on the other hand, on good, simply human relations, then of course they do not need to be used if the only well, there really is such an opportunity, and after that we will be able to really to say well, with full right that the terms of ukraine regarding integration into the european union were different, but ukraine in this regard well can really create a certain precedent , taking into account the whole situation in which we are and complete all official procedures faster than everything happened, for example, in other countries right there one should not forget two points. the first point is that ukraine actually started this path of integration long enough after 2014 and we have done a lot on this path. now we are just finishing what was not done before for various objective reasons , and the second poin

so, the president the european commission believes that ukraine will become a member of the european unionand she stated this today, thursday, during a joint meeting of the european commission and the government . the european commission will help ukraine get closer to accession , i quote, until the day when the ukrainian flag will be raised where it should be in front of the bergamond building in brussels, this building is where the european commission is located and in front of it the flags of all the member states of the european community are hoisted. well, we invite to our conversation maria ionova, people's deputy of ukraine, member of the verkhovna rada's committee on foreign policy and inter -parliamentary cooperation, we congratulate glory to ukraine that on the agenda of joint e-e meetings by the european commission of our government that on the official agenda and what do you think is on the unofficial agenda? well, let's start with the general yes. what we welcome is what exactly is happening, it is really very symbolic, especially on the eve the parties in russian federation a

the european union should understand that we are no longer guided by the actions of the european unionbecause our trust in is repeated from time to time plus uh, we must not forget that this package is probably the only one that was drafted on a specific date, but at the same time the european union forgot , that on the same date, but the similar statement of the seven was made up literally and in general, i don’t think that the european union does not understand this, what the rest of the world understands. uh, that's why everything from the words of the eu people that they are committed to the charter, and the united nations, in general, is an empty phrase. and yes , indeed, the european union for the first time included, and in the sanctions package a ban on e. transit through the territory of the russian federation e goods, but dual-use, which go to a third country. in principle, this is nothing more than an attempt to put pressure on, e, trade. third countries that is, yes of c deliberately creates artificial barriers, and on the way of uh these uh routes for the delivery of goods

union, which european union do you want to see, is it the union where all the countries leadit where brussels makes all the decisions, thank you hetman's energy welkom and if all this is for me, then ah the european union is not working, but it is not working. i am very grateful for everything. for you to do the garbage, she said, i think i listened. i wanted to hear it, but, but i guess we want too much, but i heard that after the recommendation and the results, well, after our recommendations, we can start to open a dialogue about our future. in the european to the union, that's why my question to all of us is that we need unity, so of course we need this issue, and we really want to have it. to motivate ourselves and, by the way, to motivate our army because they are being attacked by russia and aggression, but we are fighting for, not against. first of all, for sovereignty for ukraine, of course for the children, but also for membership in the european union, and that is why we need a year and charko. in the lyubar union, eh, but you know i have one more question, just be

catches on the eve of the summit in kyiv, which gathered european officials in the ukrainian capital, meanwhile , the european parliament adopted a resolution calling on the european union to work on the start of negotiations on ukraine's accession to the eu . we will talk more about this with our european by the correspondent bohdan tsyupin, who joins the broadcast from london bohdan i congratulate you, can ukraine, according to expectations , join the european union even before the end of the full-scale war unleashed by russia ostapa, i dare say that these two things certainly cannot be connected with each other because ukrainians want the end of the war today, right now, and in particular, representatives of the european union and western partners and allies of ukraine say that it can end immediately, because it is enough for putin to give an order to stop the fire and take away russian troops from sovereign ukrainian territory to honor internationally recognized ukrainian borders. if we are talking about the process of ukraine joining the european union, then here , for example, if we take croatia, the last country to become a member of this organization, it acquire

possible after fulfilling all the requirements, they will simply be able to confirm the fact that the european unionreally based on democratic standards and they will follow these standards in the future and the factor of the elections to the european parliament is currently being written a lot about this in particular and in the 24th year no they will fight back after that well such technical solutions, the european commission will be formed in a new way here. also, it is probably possible to perceive the 23rd year exclusively as an intensive year for integration, this will have some significance for these elections, which means that there will be even a bureaucratic one, because we understand that when bodies change, yes, they waste some time in order to come to an understanding of the processes that are taking place , it is possible to establish some new contacts if some key people leave and others will come, but i do not think that they will somehow radically change the results of these elections for example, the consensus regarding the support of ukraine and regarding integration, we now see wh

romania is a member of the european union. she can to stop any initiative of yours. and we must realize this. we talked about it yesterday with mr. ukubilis, the members of the european parliament and the former president of lithuania, and he says that there is a desire to reform in this way. the european union so that there would be no such right , vyta, but i don’t really believe in it. all attempts to reform the european union so that there would be no veto right have always met with the obvious opposition of a larger number of members , because this is what small countries in terms of population size and influence fear most of all. because all their influence is in this project, it is obvious that germany or france and italy have other leverage , they give huge money to a european ally, such an economy, and the countries that receive the money have nothing. they don't have this opportunity to listen to them, this is one point, another point is that in any case, all sections of these negotiations need to be closed. even if we imagine that the negotiations will begi

as long as it takes, the european union's support for ukraine. this is a few days after putin's criminal and unprovoked war of ukraine. our speakers will be ambassador stavros lambrinidis, ambassador of the european union to the u.s., ambassador oksana markarova ambassador of ukraine to the united states. representing the swedish eu presidency, ingrid ask. that the moderator is ryan hea th of politico. i want to draw the attention to people who are not in this amazing in person audience, to the virtual audience. we have ambassadors in the room from luxembourg, spain, the czech republic, the slovak republic, denmark, the european union. from ukraine, as i mentioned, romania, lithuania, bogue area, croatia -- bold area, croatia. we have representatives from every european union country. so, it's a show of support on this anniversary. it's been one year since russia provoked its invasion of ukraine, a dark chapter in ukraine's national story and europe's history. by launching this major offensive last year, vladimir putin declared his imperial ambiti

of foreign ministers of the european union, while speaking today in the european parliament. chief diplomat of the european union reproached the europeans for receiving applause in brussels. le vladimir zelensky while their capitals are in no hurry to transfer their weapons and the supply of leopards means millions of euros spent. we must look into each other's eyes and do more to provide additional resources and finally take them out of the arsenal into the tanks standing there idle and send them to ukraine before russia begins its spring offensive of the eu and the country. nato reaffirmed its commitment to support ukraine for as long as necessary and continue to put pressure on russia today european commission president ruslana presented the european commission proposal for a new tenth the package of sanctions against russia is supposed to be adopted before february 24. among other things, it is planned to introduce new restrictions on imports to russia. according to the draft package , brussels will include 47 types of electronic components that can be used for the product

happening at this meeting would be the discussions about a candid did you crave a accessing the european union? everything that that, that lays the past to that there are some specific agreements as we heard about a specific, a grant for example, being able to export without charl into the european union that candidates usually do not half. but of course, the most important discussions will about be about the accession process and how far ukraine has gotten there would not be an official assessment yet. that's too early for that. but i think the signals that the europeans would be sending in these meetings to was the ukrainians. this is what people who are really watching for at the moment. mathias spelling there. thank you so much bethany from keith. and to pick reminder of our special coverage at this hour, the eas top officials are in key for a summit to discuss ukraine's financial business and energy needs. european commission president, 1st left underline and her team are part of the biggest delegation visit since to start a fresh invasion. they've also been discussing new sanctions on mo

ukraine will be a member of the european unionaine what ukraine is winning as a member of the european union the european union is winning dear friends, maybe before some people did not feel the full power of the european way yourpn way of life and now we together ukraine and the eu countries have made our miss obvious why this is possible because we combine principles and energy, we are all equal in that we represent europe and conscientious in that everyone is the leader of europe in their specific lives, we do not rely on words, we act, we we do not pass before the enemy we stand we do not lose time we change and we change europe will always remain free as long as we are together and as long as we care about our europe care about the european way of life i thank all of you i invite all of you to ukraine glory to all ukrainians ukrainians who in the battle glory to ukraine , the national anthem of ukraine sounded in the european parliament, you and i listened live to the speech of our president volodymyr zelenskyi at the plein-a

events of the week and we will start with the visit of our president volodymyr zelenskyi in the european union, he visited paris , london and brussels, the seeds of the european parliament. vitaly, i wonder what you think . this trip was only to negotiate weapons and ask for support. strengthened. does it still have some deeper meaning? i think that the main meaning of the president's activity in general during this year, and this is an important part of his work, is to maintain the world's interest in helping ukraine. what else can the president do in a situation when, in fact, the survival of the state depends on the armed forces and the armed forces depend on foreign aid, but we have to realize a simple thing : public interest in ukraine is related to the president's virtual speeches in the parliaments and what the russians are doing barbarians on our land, that is why we have seen it many times. i will say that even in 2014, if the russians had not destroyed this plane, a small business . i think that there were no such sanctions that will be introduced against the russian federation. beca

did not give zelensky commitments to provide combat aircraft, who and what can convince the european union to change its decision, thank you for the tea and now give me your jets volodymyr zelenskyi his requests for wings for freedom filled the front pages of british newspapers while the european union is considering whether london can be the first to break the taboo on providing aviation to kyiv , let's talk about the tanks, well, while ukraine is asking the west for planes and western tanks are only on the way, russian troops have launched another major offensive in the luhansk region is ukraine ready to repulse this attack, about it today in svoboda life ukraine needs ammunition for modern tanks, long -range missiles and combat aircraft , ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi said during his visit to brussels in brussels, zelenskyy took part in the summit of the leaders of the european union for the first time and in his second speech in the european parliament in front of the meps , he spoke for a little more than 20 minutes, the pauses in his speech were filled with applause several

well, in particular, in democratic countries in the european union, in the states , in canada, in other countries, and they will be those transferred to ukraine, by the way, mechanisms are being developed in the european union, the first theses and statements of the leaders of the european community countries have already been voiced, that in principle they have an understanding and a vision of how much this is a real story in general, how quickly since we can run out of time for this mechanism to work, the speaker of the verkhovna rada of ukraine as a well-known and professional lawyer absolutely rightly says that the initial issue is the responsibility of the russian federation, the russian federation has committed an international illegal activity the russian federation must bear responsibility for it and before the russian federation bears this responsibility in full. we cannot talk about peace or normal relations with the russian federation or even about the conclusion of a peace treaty. of course , the best and easiest option is if the russian federation agrees to pay reparations,

moreover, remember the history there before the european union became its own european union, and forxample, there were european and economic communities there and greece, for example, entered it, it generally entered very quickly, it was in the middle of the 70s, yes, that is, uh, that's why, in principle, hm, such uh, that's why i think that's why i think that uh, what ukraine says about that that it could become uh happen very quickly yes that it's also absolutely possible, that is, it can't be. yes, there's some kind of there, uh, clearly, the terms of the terms of some kind, they're not set , what's up, there's no less, no less than six months, to be in this status for less than there, or the other three years will be. this is absolutely absurd and there is no such thing, that’s why here it is precisely according to the fulfillment of the position according to m-m and again yes there according to eh well when the feeling is that it all works or eh even we again see in recent history when many countries were is accepted , including for such a very large advance a then problems als

the european commission is located. and in front of it are the flags of all full members of the european union, and with this statement jursola von derlian once again confirmed that such a person will become a member of the european union, the main question and the main intrigue when no one names specific dates or terms, although a few days before the summit, the prime minister of ukraine denismagal declared that they have such the intention to join the european union in two years , at the same time, the chief diplomat of the russian federation borel stated that he is not ready to name specific terms of terms today , the reason for this is, in particular, the war, which today is still continues in ukraine and now ukraine has received a report based on the results of a questionnaire that was sent earlier and they are also continuing the transition of bringing ukrainian legislation into compliance with the norms of the european union even today, as president volodymyr zelenskyi said, all seven recommendations from the european union will be implemented soon , direct speech of the president of ukraine now let's listen ukraine an

in fact, the summit here in brussels was actually specifically specially called for the european union to internally deal with that issue. the austrians have proposed that e u. money, so brussels money should be used to bill fence is on the external border of the european union to stop the flows of migrants that are expected to come potentially over the next few months. they also want to talk about returning the people that end to the european union that don't have a right to be here back to their countries of origin or to other countries. is an extremely thorny issue amongst the u member stays. and i think that having quite a big battle within that summit post this so lensky that its night, he w jack there corresponded in brussels. jack is always thinking the death toll for mondays. earthquakes in turkey, and syria has surpassed 20000. and there is mounting criticism of the turkish governments response to de turkish president rich, apply a peer to one. he gave a response saying that preparing for a disaster of this scale is practically impossible. international rescue teams have joine

's relationship with the european union. the net for the last few years, a very tense relations can we say that we are now firmly putting those bad things behind us? those of us who've been following back said for the past 7 years. as you said, brenda, really there was a lot of talk to break the impasse over northern ireland as like squaring the circle. and the question is, is this the day re, she soon are definitely has a success underway? he had a different approach. he didn't threaten the european union, like some of his predecessors. he wasn't aggressive, he sort of tried to get a pragmatic deal over the line. and the you actually did grand, quite a lot of concession. so something that other british prime ministers had demanded they had demanded that goods that remain in northern ireland would not have to undergo checks that they would, you know, could just go into northern ireland. the other british prime ministers have demanded that, or had suggested that. but now the e u has made this major concession. so it's not the

well, as we heard from be a good one of the major sticking points for union as an brooks or tiers has been the application of law from the european court of justice known as the e. c. j application about walton, northern ireland, ahead of today's deal. they said only british law should apply to the prob, it's now the leader of the union. it's d u p. political party says there are circumstances when it can be applied. take a listen. well of course the e c. j applies were e you law applies, and that's why i think a key focus for us and examining this agreement will be to determine what she new laws apply in what circumstances do they apply and white they apply. what i'm saying is that the c j only applies where you law applies. so the key question is the application of, you know, joining me now is neo o doroty, professor of political science at the university of galway in ireland. professor, it's good to have you wear this. we just heard from the leader of the d. u p. unionist party there it seemed to it sounded to me that there may be some room at least for e u low in northern ireland. does that sound to you like they are coming a

, why do i say the european union? union is not really about the military, so the decision is more about the economy, finances, but now it has been mixed , that is, the rammstein format. nato is also the majority of the member states of the european union . i believe that first of all the decision will be made between berlin and paris, if we are talking about the eu, then london and washington , that is, italy, in the context of support or non-support, as far as the scandinavian countries are concerned, i agree, i think there are no, let's say, such special cautions, but the scandinavian countries will be equal to the key yes, such giants, let's say, of the european continent , if this decision is made along the lines of washington, berlin - paris, i think then all the others will join in and i will start about this after every e-mail transmission is the armament of a new stage , so to speak, of the staged transfer of weapons, as machine tools were before this, with long-range artillery . i ask our interlocutors. for a

is a top twenty, and the european union, then let's leave the european union and expel it from therepean countries to leave if they have their own representative, with what statistics, well, seven, this is god bless him. let me take the eighth chair and put a stool there, and the european representative is sitting there. i remember a few years ago. e hmm well, also a little, as if not very beloved, but the dear leader , such as erdogan, he showed in general to the europeans. in particular, so to speak , the representatives of the european commission, ursula fondor, are too lazy to place her place in general. therefore, the relationship, yes, the relationship of a man is sitting. and you get out of here, and our relationship is this reverent to the european. the union needs to be changed, because europe, which we counted on a few years ago, and europe, and in the guise of nato or the european union, is our enemy, but we will agree with the nation-states, we cannot agree with the marovets or dick scholz, because and who they are being replaced. he suits the same. or maybe even worse, t

linda or in other countries in the european union, there is a huge willingness to help. and it is this common spirit that will be the basis of the european council to morrow when we discuss the support of ukrainian refugees. with many of my colleagues, i have already held intense discussions. after years of a standstill now progression is possible in european asylum policy. and this is a merit of the french, the chic and the current swedish presidency. thoughts of the guy with the agreement on your doc and the screening regulation. years of blockade could be overcome. and i am in favor of negotiating it with the european parliament at top speed because we need a clear situation when it comes to who comes to europe and why? because this is the very basis of any kind of reform of our asylum system. the 2nd element is an effective control of our external borders. also, with the help of frantic ourself underlie and already has made important proposals in light of the european council tomorrow, such as a border guards with our neighboring states in the european union. and it w

, therefore the actual speed of this process depends not only on the european union, but also to large extent on ourselves, what danger for the european integration of ukraine can be the so-called bilateral conflicts, bilateral claims well, i think you understand what i am talking about we are talking, i will give as an example the blockade of north macedonia, bulgaria, the negotiations, you are smiling because you know what we are leading to, and before that, greece, hungary and vitalia. to be honest, yes, i said that this uh, when we talk there about the issue of the law on the constitutional court, we should be aware that now we think that these are problematic issues , but this is only the beginning, and i think that precisely on the issue of ukraine's accession to the eu, we will have much more interesting cases than there were with north macedonia or before that, just macedonia. and i cannot predict them now, but issues in particular of national minorities or issues that we do not even talk about today as problematic. reforms, but for membership. perhaps at the end of the d

the european market in parallel with the accession and in parallel with the preparation of the accession saw last year with the decision on mts, this is joining the electrical networks of the european union with the formal completion of preparations and joining the common transit system - this is a large part of the customs procedures that we and the european union have now become the same in common, and this is the discussion of the decision there on roaming, which is now there are many other topics being prepared that are less common, but nevertheless they all testify to the fact that the process of preparing for admission is ongoing, but it will not be easy , so you are now for achievements, and here are the challenges and the problems that exist now because you have listed the achievements and thank god there are many challenges and problems we will fulfill. the problems are no less difficult to predict . all of them cannot be fulfilled, none of them, well, starting with those who are more ready to adopt legislation on the media and on minorities , nevertheless, there are comments, there are discussions in ukraine and, in fact, in the european union , so we are waiting very much for

the whole of the european union is in this with ukraine for the long ukrainians at the battlefield. defense pacifically, those values that europe has good united on and keeps uniting, and we cannot lose it. so every that to you with ego, a union between ukraine and the european union inspires though with people. and this give result to the entire it gives the result to our society model in order to get us to put defendant against the always joint enemy. but and let's get more on those statements now. we are joined by correspond mathias ballinger, who has been at the press conference for us, meant he has. what should we make of the statements from funder line inter lensky? it is, of course, highly unusual, that the whole leadership of the eel, that means the 16 commissars and underline who is the president of, of the commission, and also the president of the council. i will head the meetings which he has the meetings off of the heads of state and heads of government that they all together travel to a war zone. as highly unusual. it's meant as a strong symbol. but there are also a lot of thin

the ukrainian cabinet and the european commission and not it's just about politics and pro-money, first of all, this is the tenth package of sanctions, what the european unionpreparing against russia and what should be adopted already this month , secondly, this is a grind about the common economic market, export, import between ukraine and as a club of european states, we already have a bunch of canceled customs duties from the eu and de jure this thing is temporary and permanent it looks like it can become free roaming from europe such a digital visa-free ukrainians will be able to talk to loved ones in the european union in the future at the rates of the european free roaming zone without subscriptions experts internationalists believe that until the war, the official membership of ukraine in the eu remains a very ambiguous thing, and probably these three presidents understand it very well. it is important that the victory of ukraine becomes a real common cause of europe. we have a common goal to put an end to this war. with the aim of respecting the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine, and that is why the initiative of ukraine regarding the peace formu