the allegations. he s been granted bail and is due to appear in court again next month. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for once, the headlines coming out of ukraine have been dominated by diplomacy rather than the latest from the war front. the leaders of the eu s three biggest countries staged a visit to kyiv on the eve of a key brussels decision will ukraine be given official eu candidate status? for the zelensky government, it would be a symbolic prize to match the practical military and economic assistance still urgently required. well, my guest is one of ukraine s deputy prime ministers, olha stefanishyna. is ukraine getting the backing it needs? deputy pm olha stefanishyna, in kyiv welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thank you very much forjoining us. now, over the last few hours, you have been heavily involved in hosting the leaders of france, germany, and italy in kyiv. the meeting, as we speak, is still ongoing. does the fact
and economic assistance still urgently required. well, my guest is one of ukraine s deputy prime ministers, olha stefanishyna. is ukraine getting the backing it needs? deputy pm olha stefanishyna, in kyiv welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thank you very much forjoining us. now, over the last few hours, you have been heavily involved in hosting the leaders of france, germany and italy in kyiv. the meeting, as we speak, is still ongoing. does the fact of this visit give you hope that you re finally going to get the levels of assistance from europe that you say you need? well, we have been very clear from the very beginning that regardless the outcomes of the negotiations, which are in fact are still ongoing for the third hour already between the leaders, regardless of these outcomes, this visit is already historical and it will be historical not only because of their physical presence here, but also because the historical issues on the agenda. first and foremost, these are
Prime minister for european and euro atlantic integration. With the fighting attritional and winter looming, should ukraine be concerned about the long term sustainability of the backing it gets from Western Allies . Olha stefanishyna in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Greetings from kyiv, indeed. Good 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. Weve 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 th
Assault, will kyiv be impacted by the shift in attention to that escalation of conflict in the middle east . Well, my guest is olha stefanishyna, Ukraines Deputy Prime Minister for european and Euro Atlantic European and euro atla ntic integration. European and euro atlantic integration. With the fighting attritional and winter looming, should ukraine be concerned about the long term sustainability of the backing it gets from Western Allies . Olha stefanishyna in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Greetings from kyiv, indeed, good to hear you. Good to see, you steve. Thank you forjoining us. Madam deputy Prime Minister, let me ask you a very simple question does it worry you the world now has another deeply troubling conflict to focus on . That is, of course, the escalating war in the middle east . ~ h, escalating war in the middle east . ~ , ~. , east . Well, sadly we know very well when east . Well, sadly we know very well when massive east . Well, sadly we know very well when massive atroci
As a result of the armed attack in kharkiv, one person died and eight were injured, informed the kharkiv regional prosecutors office. At 10 oclock in the morning, the occupiers targeted two districts of the city with three guided aerial bombs, in the kholodnohirskyi district they hit a civilian enterprise of the railway infrastructure, where the victim was an employee of the company. Three more were wounded in the kyiv region, garages, an Educational Institution and an Administration Building were damaged. Suffered. Four civilians, according to the state Emergency Service , about fifty garages burned down. Firefighters have already extinguished the fire. On the territory of the garage cooperative, about 50 garages were destroyed in kholodnohirsky district , the building was significantly damaged by the impact. As of now, prosecutors and investigators are working on the spot, parts are being removed. Ammunition, which was fired, and which will be sent for examination in the future. As a