Interviews

Tribunal on Russian aggression to start in 2025, no objections from Trump – interview
Alain Berset: "If there is no Court to consider certain crimes, we must create it. Our ambition is to create the tribunal this year."
"Fico’s lying again, but Slovakia isn’t just Fico": an interview with Slovakia's opposition leader
Michal Šimečka: "Anti-Ukrainian sentiment is being fuelled by Russian propaganda. That’s why it’s essential to show people in Slovakia that Ukraine never intended to harm our country."
No dialogue with Putin, Ukraine in NATO and plans for Trump. A major interview with foreign minister Andrii Sybiha
Andrii Sybiha: "For Ukraine, there is no substitute for NATO membership. And the ban on negotiations with Putin remains in force."
"We need to be tough on Trump. That’s what the world respects." An interview with the Czech foreign minister 
Jan Lipavský: "If the West leaves Ukraine, dictating that it gives something to Russia, the feeling of betrayal will last not for years, but for decades..." 
"EU membership is the strongest security guarantee we can offer to Ukraine." An interview with Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell: "Not everybody in Europe understands why we have to spend 122 billion on Ukraine. Not because we are very friendly and very generous – but because it is in our interest!"
Fukuyama: Russians are not feeling enough pain and suffering to agree to a ceasefire
Francis Fukuyama: "The extreme right understands that Russia is going to go further if they defeat Ukraine. They want that to happen! They’re not worried about those consequences"
Congressman Panetta: Іf we don’t support Ukraine now, it will get a lot worse, maybe with our troops on the ground
Jimmy Panetta: "I believe in Ukraine’s victory. It's going to be up to the Ukrainians to define that victory and ensure that the Americans support that definition"
"This is poetic justice for Ukraine. Now Russia is paying for howitzers for Ukrainians." An interview with the EU Ambassador to Ukraine
Katarína Mathernová: "Ukraine joining the EU by 2030 is realistic... The Russian assets that are paying for Ukrainian Bohdana howitzers..."
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski: "A Ukrainian barber cuts my hair in Warsaw. I ask him, shouldn't you be defending Ukraine?"
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski: "We should collectively do more to protect Ukrainian nuclear power plants and to protect the NATO border"
Olha Stefanishyna: "My goal is to erase the perception of Ukraine as a country of inferior, corrupt officials"
Olha Stefanishyna: "Ukraine’s EU accession will also require amendments to the Constitution... The US is preparing an assessment of our work over the past year. I call it a "snapshot of statehood..."
"We have to be prepared for a Russian attack on NATO. Estonia has the highest risk"
Hanno Pevkur: "We will see negotiations with Russia one day. You need to win good cards for that, and Ukraine is winning trump cards in Kursk."
First foreign policy interview with Zelenskyy's top aide: Andrii Yermak on peace talks, Putin, China and Trump
This is the first interview that Andrii Yermak, Head of the President's Office, has given on foreign policy, and there is no shortage of tough questions to be asked when it comes to international affairs.
Storm Shadow strikes on Russia, military aid for Ukraine and Putin’s unacceptable ideas: An interview with the new UK Foreign Secretary
David Lammy: "I recognise that there is a very bloody fight for Ukraine's future taking place. It's a fight that sadly will go on for many months ahead."
F-16s, Ukraine's "irreversible" path to NATO and negotiations with Russia: an interview with the Netherlands’ new defence minister
Ruben Brekelmans: "Ukraine is fighting this battle, is fighting this war, and the methods and the innovations are changing every day. We can also learn from this experience."
Ukraine is playing a sophisticated game with China, and that’s fine, but Xi has picked Russia’s side – Damon Wilson
Damon Wilson: "Americans increasingly understand that Vladimir Putin is a thug, a bandit, a bully... But this is your country. This is your fight."
"Trump doesn't want Ukraine to become Afghanistan. It will be a catastrophe for him." An interview with Kurt Volker
"The secret to dealing with a potential Trump presidency is – don't expect anything. [...] I think he would now see that Ukraine failing, losing to Russia, would be just like Afghanistan for him. He doesn't want to be in that position…"
"Ukraine may strike Russian territory with Dutch F-16s, but we should be realistic." An interview with Kajsa Ollongren
Kajsa Ollongren: "Even if there is one right-wing populist party that is not that enthusiastic, the others will be able to force them to continue to support Ukraine."
"We will see a 'black swan' scenario for Russia and then it will lose everything." An interview from Prague
David Stulík: "Not striking Russia is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back... Soon we will see a 'black swan' scenario in Russia."