Exclusive interview with Zelensky's 'power broker' Andriy Yermak
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,015.
As the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting ends in Brussels with no invitation for Ukraine to join, we interview Andrei Yermak, adviser to President Zelensky.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
With thanks to our special guest, Andrei Yermak, adviser to President Zelensky.
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| 0:00.0 | We've all been there, standing on the platform catching your breath watching the last train home pull away. |
| 0:06.0 | Holiday blues or a rainy day tucked up on the sofa. |
| 0:09.0 | It's times like that when all you want is a comforting cuddle, |
| 0:13.0 | a big old hug that tells you everything's going to be okay. |
| 0:17.0 | And on days like these, when it's comfort you need, it has to be Heinz. |
| 0:21.6 | Nothing beats the feeling of a warming bowl of your favourite soup. |
| 0:26.6 | Heinz. Ah, that's better. |
| 0:29.6 | This year, we've had a record 150,000 children homeless in England. |
| 0:35.6 | We'll be waking up homeless on Christmas morning, in cramped |
| 0:39.5 | rooms with nowhere to play, and sometimes even having to share bathrooms with strangers. This is not a home. |
| 0:48.9 | This is the heartbreaking reality, but it doesn't have to be this way. Your donation to Shelter could help a family |
| 0:55.1 | find a safe place to call home. Donate today at shelter.org.uk. I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine, |
| 1:06.6 | the latest. Today, as the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels closes without an agreement on |
| 1:12.0 | when Ukraine can join the alliance, we have an interview with Andre Yermak, President Zelensky's |
| 1:16.5 | right-hand man. |
| 1:19.3 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:28.5 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable support |
| 1:35.2 | of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 1:39.5 | Keith stands strong. Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. |
| 1:45.5 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:52.5 | It's Wednesday, the 4th of December, two years and 290 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:56.7 | And today, I'm joined by our senior foreign correspondent, Roland Oliphant. |
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