Zelensky: Failed Putin talks would mean a third World War - YouTube

Channel: CNN

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MY GUEST FOR THIS HOUR TODAY IS
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UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR
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ZELENSKYY.
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PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, WELCOME TO
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THE SHOW.
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>> Reporter: GREETINGS.
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GREETINGS TO YOU ALL.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
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>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS CALLED
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VLADIMIR PUTIN A WAR CRIMINAL,
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AND YET YOU HAVE CALLED FOR
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NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIM.
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WILL IT BE HARD, WILL IT BE
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PAINFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE TO SIT
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DOWN WITH PUTIN, WERE HE COULD
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AGREE AND APPRECIATE WITH HIM?
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>> Translator: I AM READY FOR
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NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIM.
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I WAS READY OVER THE LAST TWO
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YEARS AND I THINK THAT -- I
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THINK THAT WITHOUT NEGOTIATIONS
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WE CANNOT END THIS WAR.
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I THINK THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
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THINK THAT THIS DIALOGUE IS
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SHALLOW AND THAT IT IS NOT GOING
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TO RESULT IN ANYTHING, THEY JUST
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DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
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VERY VALUABLE.
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IF THERE IS JUST 1% CHANCE FOR
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US TO STOP THIS WAR, I THINK
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THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THIS
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CHANCE.
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WE NEED TO DO THAT.
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I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE RESULT
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OF THIS NEGOTIATIONS.
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IN ANY CASE, WE ARE LOSING
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PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS,
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INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
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RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE COME TO
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EXTERMINATE US, TO KILL US, AND
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WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE DIGNITY
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OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR ARMY, THAT
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WE ARE -- WE ARE ABLE TO DEAL A
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POWERFUL BLOW, WE ARE ABLE TO
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STRIKE BACK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY
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OUR DIGNITY IS NOT GOING TO
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PRESERVE THE LIVES, SO I THINK
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THAT WE HAVE TO USE ANY FORMAT,
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ANY CHANCE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE
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POSSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING THE
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POSSIBILITY OF TALKING TO PUTIN,
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BUT IF THESE ATTEMPTS FAIL, THAT
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WOULD MEAN THAT THIS IS A THIRD
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WORLD WAR.
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>> YOU KNOW THE RUSSIAN DEMANDS,
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THEY WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT
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CRIMEA IS PART OF RUSSIA, THAT
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THE TWO REPUBLICS IN THE DONBAS
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ARE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICS.
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THEY WANT A GUARANTEE, PERHAPS
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IN THE UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION,
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THAT UKRAINE WILL NEVER BE A
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MEMBER OF NATO.
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ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE THOSE
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COMPROMISES?
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>> Translator: THERE ARE
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COMPROMISES FOR WHICH WE CANNOT
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BE READY AS AN INDEPENDENT
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STATE.
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ANY COMPROMISES RELATED TO OUR
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TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND OUR
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SOVEREIGNTY AND THE UKRAINIAN
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PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT,
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THEY HAVE NOT GREETED RUSSIAN
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SOLDIERS WITH A BUNCH OF
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FLOWERS, THEY HAVE GREETED THEM
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WITH BRAVERY, THEY HAVE GREETED
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THEM WITH WEAPONS IN THEIR
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HANDS.
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SO FORCIBLY YOU CANNOT MAKE
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YOURSELF A FRIEND, YOU CANNOT
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CURRY FAVOR WITH THE CITIZENS OF
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ANOTHER COUNTRY FORCIBLY.
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YOU CANNOT JUST MAKE A PRESIDENT
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OF ANOTHER COUNTRY TO RECOGNIZE
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ANYTHING BY THE USE OF FORCE.
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SO EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE
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DOING IS NOT JUST ABOUT
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POLITICS, IT'S ABOUT -- IT'S
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ABOUT REALITY.
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THEY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO KERR
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SAN REGION BUT PEOPLE ARE
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FEELING HATRED AND ANIMOSITY AND
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THEY WILL CONTINUE TO KILL
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RUSSIANS BECAUSE RUSSIANS HAVE
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KILLED THEIR CHILDREN.
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YOU CANNOT REVERSE THIS
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SITUATION ANYMORE.
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YOU CANNOT JUST DEMAND FROM
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UKRAINE TO RECOGNIZE SOME
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TERRITORIES AS INDEPENDENT
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REPUBLICS.
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THESE COMPROMISES ARE SIMPLY
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WRONG.
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I CANNOT RECOGNIZE PERSONALLY AS
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A PRESIDENT AND SECONDLY AS A
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CITIZEN AND THIRDLY YOU CANNOT
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FORCE PEOPLE TO LOVE THE ENEMY.
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THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO IS TO MAKE A
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PAUSE AND JUST DECIDE ON HOW WE
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ARE GOING TO LIVE FURTHER ON.
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WHAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO
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PUT AN END TO THE WAR, TO
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PREVENT FURTHER WARS, AND HOW TO
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FIND AND APPROACH THESE
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TERRITORIES WHICH ARE
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TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED.
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THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT MATTER
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BECAUSE PART OF THESE
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TERRITORIES WERE OCCUPIED EIGHT
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YEARS AGO AND DURING ENTIRE
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PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS THEY HAVE
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BEEN BRAIN WASHING PEOPLE AND
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CHILDREN ON WHO THEY ARE.
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THEY'VE BEEN TELLING THEM THAT
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THEY HAVE PRESERVED THEIR LIVES,
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THEY HAVE BEEN TELLING LIES THAT
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UKRAINIANS ARE FASCISTS, THEY
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HAVE BEEN FILLING THEIR HEADS
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WITH LIES FOR MANY YEARS AND
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IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF
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THAT TO FIND UNDERSTANDING.
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YOU DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT
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INFORMATION POLICIES MEAN,
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THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO COME UP
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WITH A MODEL WHERE UKRAINE WILL
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NOT LOSE IT'S TERRITORIAL
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INTEGRITY.
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WE CANNOT CONCEDE TO IT.
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BUT STILL WE HAVE TO FIND A
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MODEL OF UNDERSTANDING TO
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PREVENT FURTHER WARS BETWEEN OUR
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TERRITORIES THAT WE CONTROL AND
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TEMPORARY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
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SO WHATEVER THE DISCUSSIONS THAT
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WE HAVE IN OUR NEGOTIATING
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ALLEGATIONS, I THINK THAT IT'S
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JUST -- THE TWO OF US, ME AND
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PUTIN, WHO CAN MAKE AN AGREEMENT
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ON THIS.
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THE SECOND STORY IS RELATED TO
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ULTIMATUMS THAT CANNOT BE THERE
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EMANATING FROM ONE COUNTRY TO
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ANOTHER COUNTRY.
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I MEAN, IN GENERAL AND
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CONCRETELY IN TERMS OF RUSSIA'S
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ULTIMATUMS TO UKRAINE AND THERE
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CAN BE NOT BE ANY ULTIMATUMS
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FROM ANY COUNTRY WHATSOEVER TO
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ANOTHER COUNTRY, REGARDLESS OF
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THE ARMY THAT IT HAS, REGARDLESS
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OF THE FINANCE, REGARDLESS OF
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THE SIZE OF THE ECONOMY BECAUSE
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IT'S INTERNATIONAL LAW.
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IT'S SO RESPECT THE SOVEREIGNTY
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OF EACH COUNTRY, THEREFORE
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DIALECT IS THE ONLY WAY OUT.
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IT IS THROUGH DIALECT THAT WE
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HAVE TO SECURE THE MATTER OF
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SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
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UKRAINE.
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WE DO NOT WANT TO GIVE ANY
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COUNTRY A POSSIBILITY TO ATTACK
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US.
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TODAY IT'S THE RUSSIAN
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FEDERATION, HOPEFULLY ANY OTHER
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COUNTRY WILL NOT BE WILLING TO
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ATTACK UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE,
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BUT STILL YOU CAN SEE THAT
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BELARUS LAUNCHED ROCKETS AGAINST
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UKRAINE AT THE VERY BEGINNING,
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THEREFORE, THAT'S A MATTER ON
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THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, THEREFORE,
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NATO COULD BE A SOURCE OF
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GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE, BUT WE
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ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS A MEMBER OF
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NATO, SO UKRAINE HAS TO SEEK FOR
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OTHER SECURITY GUARANTEES FROM
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INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES, THAT WOULD
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BE NYCHA MEMBERS, THAT IS WHAT
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WE ARE PROPOSING, A NUMBER OF
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LEADERS OF WORLD COUNTRIES COULD
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BE THE SOURCE OF GUARANTEES FOR
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UKRAINE, T