29/01/2025 | 11:15:13 Thank you, Madam Chair, dear colleagues, dear Luz, thank you for this report. You know, in Ukraine we say that our kids do not need textbooks to learn history. They can just look out of the window. My daughter turns 11 tomorrow. And that's actually the amount of years the occupation lasted, because it was in February, the end of February 2014 when the Green soldiers appeared in Crimea and the annexation began. And first, what the occupiers did, they threw away history books that were in the... 28/01/2025 | 11:40:50 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, Dear Miss Bakoyannis, rapporteur, I think this resolution is actually one of the most important of this session. And look how many people signed for speeches: 60 people. I think it's one of the absolute records for this Assembly. And we are discussing a very important issue about the need of renewed rules-based international order. And of course, the war on the European continent that Russia waged against Ukraine is one of the most destabilising... 27/01/2025 | 16:56:34 Thank you. Dear colleagues, We are in a very important moment in this Assembly. Many countries are watching us, many people are watching us. And I truly believe we cannot do business as usual. We, the organisation and the Parliamentary Assembly of the organisation that has human rights among its core values, cannot tolerate the gross violation of human rights in member states. About Georgia, we did have a great speech and report from Mr Iulian BULAI and he mentioned that his mandate ended on... 03/10/2024 | 10:46:39 Dear colleagues, dear Chairman of the Committee, I would like to thank you for this report and for this debate, and I would like to share my story. Fifteen years ago I was a young journalist working on a documentary about the Holodomor. At that time we were able to film probably the last witnesses of this greatest tragedy of the Ukrainian people. They were kids at the time and their parents were deprived of everything in the 1930s. I was filming these interviews during the day, and when I was... 02/10/2024 | 17:10:01 Thank you, President, thank you, colleagues, for being at this debate, thank you, Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO, for your work and your dedication and everything that you did to have this resolution and to help give hope to those who are waiting for their loved ones. In this resolution [it is] mentioned that thousands and thousands of servicemen and civilians are in captivity right now. And it's not just numbers. Under each number, there is a story of a family that is being torn apart. And... 01/10/2024 | 12:32:45 Mister Secretary General. Mister Alain BERSET, it's my pleasure to welcome you and address you in this capacity as a member of the Ukrainian delegation. I do have the letter that you sent in June to all of the members of the delegation. I have it at home. So, we will all be, of course, following your steps to help and aid Ukraine and you rightfully mentioned the special tribunal and we're so happy that the Council of Europe could be the international organisation to do it. But, of course, the... 01/10/2024 | 11:40:15 "Thank you, President" [spoken in French]. I would like today to start my speech, I was saying that today is National Defenders Day in Ukraine. It's brave men and women that are defending democracy right now for your countries as well. But how do you think they are pictured in Russian media, state media and Russian propaganda? As Nazis who are, you know, doing the war crimes, committing war crimes, not the Russians committing war crimes. Yesterday you were applauding Vladimir KARA-MURZA. Do... 27/06/2024 | 11:48:00 Thank you, Madam Chair. It apparently works only when you have the badge to vote. Well, thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to our rapporteur. It's a very important report for both those Ukrainians who seek temporary shelter outside of Ukraine, in the member states. I thank you for this support. But also, for the first time, we tackle the issue of the internally displaced people of Ukraine. This is very important, because we have over 5 million of them inside of Ukraine. They need aid as well... 26/06/2024 | 16:59:25 Thank you, Chair. Thank you, friends and colleagues. Thank you, rapporteurs. I think all these three reports bring us closer to justice. That's what the members of the Assembly of course should do. Bring justice closer. I listened carefully to your speeches when you spoke about culture, about your culture and national cultures, identities, languages. I really understand that if Ukraine would not stop Russia they will come to your countries and to erase your identity as they do, as they... 26/06/2024 | 10:28:00 Thank you, Chair. Dear President, dear colleagues, Thank you rapporteurs and thank you for organising this joint debate. It is very important for Ukraine. I would probably be able to talk for hours, not 7 minutes about the contents of my report but I decided to take with me a little bit to explain how Russia is destroying our identity. This is a book from Kharkiv from the publishing house VIVAT and the publishing house Faktor-Druk. They were attacked in May this year and I quote a witness...