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Let me tell you who is on my panel, who will be taking questions from the audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is olha stefanishyna. although ukraine was not party to the talks this week, she has been presenting the government's position. kristina kvien is the acting ambassador for washington here in ukraine. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe's leading statesman. and professor sergey radchenko is a russian—born political scientist based in europe. that is our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. applause and remember, you too ...

Here in ukraine. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe's leading statesman. and professor sergey radchenko is a russian—born political scientist based in europe. that is our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. and remember, you too can join the conversation. it's #bbcglobalquestions. got a lot to get through in this programme so, without further ado, let's go to our first question from oksana cabal. oksana, your question, please. my question is, why has ukraine become a geopolitical flashpoint? deputy prime minister? we have been welcomed in th...

You are the acting ambassador for washington. hasjoe biden, is he being blackmailed by putin, as the deputy prime minister implies there? well, perhaps president putin has tried, but no, president biden has not been blackmailed. because he won't let himself be blackmailed. and we won't let nato be blackmailed either. so president putin can try, but he will fail. and your response, though, to oksana's question about why ukraine has become this flashpoint? well, i think because the ukrainian people have chosen a western path. 60% supportjoining nato. 70% supportjoining the eu. and russia doesn't...

Applause welcome to the mystetskyi arsenal cultural centre here in kyiv. let me tell you who is on my panel, who will be taking questions from the audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is olha stefanishyna. although ukraine was not party to the talks this week, she has been presenting the government's position. kristina kvien is the acting ambassador for washington here in ukraine. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe's leading statesman. and professor sergey radchenko is a russian—born political scientist based in europe. that is our panel. welcome t...

And your response, though, to oksana's question about why ukraine has become this flashpoint? well, i think because the ukrainian people have chosen a western path. 60% support joining nato. 70% supportjoining the eu. and russia doesn't like it. so they've decided to use aggression to try to stop ukraine from joining the path that it and its people have chosen tojoin. but can ijust make the same point that i made to carl bildt, which is this is all then about a principal which actually may not be realised for a very long time, ie ukrainejoining the european union or a nato. well, for any count...