zoryana stepanenko, ruslan kuzgov, radio liberty.g the international, or more precisely, european agenda, the head of the european council, charles michel, announced that he is running for the elections to the european parliament, which should be held in june this year, and if he is elected, he will have to leave the position of the head of the european council early, and then he can take the position of the head of the european council. hungarian prime minister viktor orban. the fact is that from july to december 2024, hungary will preside over the council of the european union. according to the rules, all eu member states chair the council of the european union in turn, and in the absence of a permanent president of the european council , this position passes to the state that actually chairs the council during this rotation period. so, if a candidate to replace charles michel is not found quickly, it is not excluded that the prime minister of hungary. orbán, albeit temporarily, will perform the same functions that the president of

are ukrainian authorities really trying to influence the eu in this matter. my colleague zoryana stepanenkoa correspondent of radio liberty in brussels, joins the broadcast. zoryan, my congratulations, i will start with the main thing, probably what they say in brussels, is kyiv really putting pressure on the officials there and asking the european union to be tougher in relation to ukrainians. good evening, your excellency, the final press conference is about to begin at this very moment the european commissioner for migration, as well as the relevant belgian ministers, according to the results of today's meeting, which you mentioned, and obviously against the background of this high-profile publication by politicians, journalists will ask them these questions, in particular our colleague there, a correspondent of radio liberty, so we need to find out the relevant information , what is being said in brussels right now and on this matter, and as you noted, the pressure was indeed reported by politicians, referring to anonymous interlocutors who are familiar with the discussions, but they no

zoryana stepanenko, marek hayduk, radio liberty. another diplomatic event, which has already been called historic, is the strategic agreement between ukraine and great britain, which was signed by ukrainian president zelensky and british prime minister rishi sunak. the arrangements provide for annual financial support. sterling already this year. cooperation in strengthening the defense and security forces of ukraine and the military-industrial complex is also envisaged. this is the largest package of defense aid to ukraine from the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. this includes more air defense equipment, more anti-tank weapons, more long-range missiles with thousands more ammunition and artillery shells, training for thousands of ukrainian servicemen and... in particular, according to the british prime minister, 200 million pounds will be allocated from this defense package for the production of hundreds of thousands of new drones, which is important, their production is planned in ukraine. volodymyr zelenskyi

zoryana stepanenko, marek hajduk, radio svoboda.lomat, international expert, joins our broadcast, i congratulate you. congratulations. thank you for joining. well, the new york times writes that although the topic of war... was noticeable, it actually did not dominate the udavosi forum, and they say that officials and businessmen publicly and privately insisted on a diplomatic end to the war. and what is your impression of the forum in general, and the ukrainian issue in particular? positive impressions about statements made by leaders at the forum and around the forum in europe in particular. i see unfolding of the trend that started back in december, when the european council gave the green light.

zoryana stepanenko, marek. radio svoboda.ional security and defense council decided to introduce a moratorium on procedural actions against businesses, such as inspections, searches, that could block their work. the ban will be in effect for three months. the president announced this in his evening address. volodymyr zelenskyy said that changes will be made to the work of the bureau of economic security in order to limit the possibility of pressure on business. for this, the government should work out changes in the legislation. in addition, zelenskyi. as well as the creation of a council to support entrepreneurship. as government officials and business representatives have agreed, a council for supporting entrepreneurship will be formed, and business representatives will be included in its composition. these are well-known names, well-known heads of ukrainian companies. a business that works for millions of people, technology business, finance, services and other industries, different industries, there were different views,

zoryana stepanenko, marek hayduk, radio liberty. ruslan ocypenko, diplomat, international expert, joins our broadcast. congratulations. congratulations. thank you for joining. well, the new york times writes that although the theme of the war was noticeable, it was left out at the forum actually did not dominate and they say officials and businessmen publicly and privately insisted on a diplomatic end to the war. and what is your impression of the forum in general, and the ukrainian issue in particular? positive impressions about statements made by leaders at the forum and around the forum in europe, in particular. i see the unfolding of a trend that started back in december, when the european council gave the green light. slo ukraine at the beginning of the transition to join the european union, this was a turning point, in my opinion, this realization europeans that you can't give russia what it wants, and it asked its zones to return the zones of influence to the line of 1997, do you remember that the countries of central and eas

radio liberty correspondent zoryana stepanenko will tell more.kade of the eu budget, which includes , in particular, the 50 billion euro macrofin'. for ukraine was condemned in strasbourg, the european parliament, the majority of which has long and consistently criticized viktor orban , supported this resolution the day before with 345 votes. hungary's position was called disrespect and a violation of the strategic interests of the european union, which, they noted, should not succumb to blackmail. orban made it clear that he is ready to remove the veto from money for ukraine if the plan for its allocation is adjusted, that is, not all 50 billion for four years at once, but to review annually whether ukraine... needs it and whether it fulfills the conditions to receive the funds, that de facto gives hungary additional opportunities for additional vetoes. to go to a meeting with orban is to harm one's own reputation, meps emphasized from the podium. ukrainians are losing their lives, ukrainians are also fighting for our freedom, and we have putin'

our correspondent in brussels, zoryana stepanenko, will tell you all the details about the results ofs meeting. nor representatives. neither nato nor ukraine planned to meet immediately after the winter holidays. the meeting of the council of the alliance of ukraine, which took place the day before, was an emergency. secretary general stoltenberg convened it at kyiv's request. this is a mechanism of crisis consultations, which was now preceded by massive airstrikes against ukraine, which russia intensified during the holiday period. what happened before the new year was unprecedented, judging by the combination of weapons used by russia, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones, the commander of the ukrainian air force told about this at a meeting held at the level of ambassadors via video link. informed the partners about the consequences of the attack, changes in russian tactics and the resulting needs of ukraine, it is important, the ukrainian side stressed, to strengthen ukraine's ability to repel such russian attacks. both new systems and missiles are needed to add to the e

obviously be difficult and the search for a solution is still ongoing, please, zoryana, thank you very much , zoryano stepanenko, a correspondent of radio liberty in brussels, she works and monitors how the discussion of the ministers of the european union countries regarding the support or non-support of further refugees will eventually end. in ukrainian eu countries. thank you very much. stop supporting refugees to return to ukraine, serhiy leshchenko, adviser to the head of the presidential office, called on ex-nardepya recently. in an interview with a swiss daily newspaper, he said that countries that sheltered refugees from ukraine should stop supporting them so that they can return to rebuild their economies. at the same time, there are arguments that it may be dangerous to return to ukraine. the ex-people's deputy called it nonsense. 3 million people live in kyiv, including hundreds of thousands of children. the argument that it is dangerous is not nonsense. the returnees would not have to fight in the trenches, but they can buy ukrainian products in supermarkets in ukraine and pay for the rent of an apa