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the Republic of Indonesia is made up of 10s of thousands of islands hundreds of cultures and languages. the Estonia is made up of beef and onion slop eating hungarians who polished the cocks of german horses for 1000 years before being elevated to sapience by the USSR
*STOP FCKING LYING B1TCH! IT WAS UKRAINE SINCE 2014 HAD KILLED 15K CIVILIANS IN DONBASS, RUSSIA DECIDED TO STOP GENOCIDE IN 2022. RUSSIA IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, WHILE UKRAINE IS A NAZI, THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN EUROPE, A PUPPET OF EU AND USA*
Thanks for the great interview, KyivIndependent! Estonians ❤ Aitäh Eestlased Kaja Kallas is so wonderful, such a great leader. Together we stand strong and we stand with Ukraine 🇫🇮🇪🇪 ❤🇺🇦 Stay strong ! Slava Ukraini!
Estonia s defence budget per year is not higher then what German government spends in 10 hours. So how can they be a big supporter of Ukraine? Plus US and UK is risking the live of their own pilots in Yemen but not Ukraine.Think about that for a moment
Estonia can’t change their population, size, GDP, or defense budget overnight, as with other countries, but their commitments to Ukraine in funding and support, proportional to those things they cannot change is relatively high, as is the political capital they provide.
Funny how she forbid to do business with Russians but her husband still did😂.. Tell me enough about who you are.. fck Zelensky bastard Nazis regime... Killers of Gonzalo Lira 🤮🖕
I agree 100% as a Brit living in the EU. This is an opinion shared by all my Portuguese neighbours. Respect to Estonia and her Baltic neighbours from all of us here on the other side of Europe.
@@appstratum9747I'm Portuguese living in Estonia and I am quite proud of Portugal's support for Ukraine, considering Portugal is so far removed geographically. Plus, the Prime Minister is a strong supporter of the European Ideals and will probably be soon in an EU leadership position!
What I would add about Kaja Kallas is that she has had a few questionable scandals like investing 300.000€ in her husband's company that was actively dealing with Russian commercial partners.
From a Portuguese in Tallinn, I'm glad to be from a country that supports Ukraine, and live in one that supports Ukraine even more! Here, I interact with refugees every day and this really shows the reality or war. I hope also people realise the support Portugal has given! Слава Україні! 🇵🇹🇪🇪♥️🇺🇦
*STOP FCKING LYING B1TCH! IT WAS UKRAINE SINCE 2014 HAD KILLED 15K CIVILIANS IN DONBASS, RUSSIA DECIDED TO STOP GENOCIDE IN 2022. RUSSIA IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, WHILE UKRAINE IS A NAZI, THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN EUROPE, A PUPPET OF EU AND USA*
Kaja is a decisive leader! Inaction in this situation equals only more death and I am proud that we estonians can make a difference even despite our size. Can you believe that Kaja is highly criticized in our home country 😅 strong women! Slava Ukraini
I notice a Calimero attitude with some Estonians. It’s not the size that’s important here. It’s the specific position being voiced on the international stage among members!
Estonia is one of the countries that Ukraine can really count on even if it is a small country ! other Western countries should take example and not act as if this war does not concern them
@@ironknee6879 indeed but by the time they (we) do realize, it might be to late for Ukraine and Russia has chosen another easy victim. My personal guess is Moldova or even "ally" Belarus. Not a Baltic country or Poland because they are part of NATO. Bullies like Putin feed on easy victims. Putin is a maniac but not suicidal. I hope the population in western countries wake up in time in masses. In my country there will be elections this year but the issue of the war in Ukraine is not talked about in their election campaignes. left wing or rightwing the war is not on their agenda in Belgium. I will vote for a pro Ukrainian party. The thing is I don't know what the opinions are.about help to Ukraine because they don't talk about it in concreet terms only vage intensions of support if they occasionally do anyway. The good thing is nobody as far as I'm aware of supports Putin at least not openly. It feels to me like this war is not happening at all. People in public don't mention it in their conversations. Nobody talks to me about Ukraine not even my own family. People do complain a lot to eachother and me about the rising prices the high taxes, the bad state of the public transport healthcare, electric cars and many more political toppics but not the war. All quiet on the western front.
Estonia is small. If we use a dog analogy she is not a Belgian Malinois. But she is not a chihuahua ether. I think Estonia is like a Jack Russell terrier. She will bark and then jump 5 feet in the air and take a chunk off your nose if you go too far. Слава Україні Разом ми переможемо
its amazing to witness such brave leadership. its even more amazing to see this kind of leadership from one of the smallest counties in EU. simply amazing!
Amazing perhaps. Welcome, appreciated and respected most certainly. Each of the Baltic States has provided and demonstrated much-needed and timely leadership in this crisis. All have stood tall. As have one or two other Eastern European countries. As both a British and a soon to be Portuguese citizen I am both appreciative and grateful for the honesty, clarity and decisiveness that each of the Baltic States have brought to the table. All have revealed themselves to be jewels in the crown of NATO and the European Union. All have reminded us that the smaller countries in Europe are both precious and vibrant contributors to well-being and future success of the international community of nations on this continent. Their contribution and leadership have been indispensable.
*STOP FCKING LYING B1TCH! IT WAS UKRAINE SINCE 2014 HAD KILLED 15K CIVILIANS IN DONBASS, RUSSIA DECIDED TO STOP GENOCIDE IN 2022. RUSSIA IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, WHILE UKRAINE IS A NAZI, THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN EUROPE, A PUPPET OF EU AND USA*
“Slava Ukraine” is a greeting to the Ukrainian nationalists who fought on the side of Hitler in the Second World War, killing and expelling tens of thousands of Poles, Jews and Hungarians from Ukraine. Now the head of this movement, Stepan Bandera, is honored in Ukraine. You are shown only one side of this conflict and only that which does not discredit Ukraine. You know no more than 1/3 of the whole situation and this is enough for you to support anyone.
CORRECTION: It's *"Slava UKRAINI".* Or just say it all in English: "Glory to Ukraine" It shows respect to the defenders and heroes if you take the time to learn how to say *"Ukraini"* in their language. Слава УКРАЇНІ🫡 🇺🇲💞🇺🇦
Thank you for informative and excellent interview with Estonian PM as we hear things directly that we dont hear in usual media. Slava Ukraini! Elagu Eesti!
Wow ... what an amazing leader ! ❤ Estonia is a very lucky country . The rest of the free world needs to listen to her . She makes the rest look like kids in the playground ! SLAVA UKRAINI 👍 HEROYAM SLAVA ❤❤❤
Well Said. Слава Україні Героям Слава. As an American whose father fought in WWII. I'm ashamed and embarrassed with our government at the moment. We made a promise to Ukraine and we should keep it.
*The question of who has to pay the consequences of Russia's war is extremely easy to answer,* because Russia has violated international law. So Russia must pay reparations for *all* the consequences: *The reconstruction* in Ukraine, but of course *also the costs that the war has caused for the allies,* because without Russia's war they would not have arisen. Completely logical and simple. *Russia certainly doesn't want to pay that, so* the only way to do it will be through punitive tariffs, which will then be used to pay back these amounts over the years.
The problem with the west is that they talk but don't listen and that's a very big problem in a changing world, The rise of other people's and nations other than Europeans is an inevitable reality an the earlier that they understand this the better for them, Times are changing an it will only be wise if one changes with them or be crushed by the reality that old rules can no longer stand.
No reaction to an aggressor in an invitation for them to be more aggressive. If we're not going to fight with Ukraine, then we can't fall down in arming them. We also can't limit the use of aid to not include in side Russia so long as the objectives are military targets. Interest on Russia money in Western banks should be immediately used to fund Ukraine's war efforts and the principal used to rebuild it after the war.
We don't need to worry about humiliating Russia because the list of ways Russia has humiliated itself is so long and so appalling it's almost beyond belief. The current state of humiliation is already so bad that when Russia loses the war most Russians won't even be surprised by it.
russia just lost one of its AWACS planes. And they decided that it was less embarrasing to say that they lost it due to friendly fire, a mistake by their own air defence that to say it was shot down by the Ukrainians. Lol. A fine example when stupid doesn't know it's stupid.
Is it some new trend that PM's and presidents who are bad at domestic politics are good at foreign politics and vice versa? Our Kaja is not much loved here in Estonia but her support towards Ukraine and understanding of Russia are both outstanding. And we are really somehow disturbed that many Western politicians are hiddenly still ready to make deals with such bloody monster as Führer Putin is, their short-sightedness is awesome. Even if Russian tanks will never enter to Germany or Italy or Greece, that doesn't mean that those countries will retain their democracy and influence within the "new World order", where dictatorships, wars and corruption will conquer the "new brave world".
You have made a very interesting observation & asked a good question! I have been following politics for 50 years, and I think I can offer some possible answers. I will apologize ahead of time, because my three answers require a good amount of words for me to make my thoughts clear. 1. Governments have limited resources. There are only so many talented individuals willing to take a sabbatical from their job or interrupt their career to serve the nation as a politician, and there is a limited amount of money to hire expert consultants to properly inform every representative in government who is responsible for managing a ministry in the government. Also, leaders & top diplomats only have so much time to deal with the large number of 'problems' that exist in domestic & foreign issues. It is quite common for a Prime Minister/President to move around the most talented & effective people in their parts & among government workers to deal with the most pressing domestic or foreign issues, so unfortunately, some issues may not receive the attention or funding that other issues demand. So, even the most motivated, patriotic & honest political leaders & government departments will often be less effective (temporarily, or during their entire term) when dealing with certain responsibilities. 2, In 'western' democracies, each political party & their election campaigns are funded by donations from ordinary citizens, rich & powerful citizens, citizen organizations & corporations (and, in some countries, foreign donations too). Not surprisingly, these 'donations' are not altruistic, but come with the expectation that the political party they support will advocate for additions or changes in legislation, the greatest efforts by the government, etc which are most advantageous to the individuals/families/organizations/corporations which made the donations. Of course, the most generous donators will expect that their agenda for the government is made the highest priority. The end result is that most governments have an agenda which will be a mix of what is best for the people & the global community, AND the more self-centred expectations of the most generous & influential donors to the party that forms the government. So, even the best-intentioned leaders (Kallas does seem to be this) and ruling party will have to focus its limited resources toward agenda items which may not be, in the grand scheme of things, what should be the highest priority. 3. Finally, here's a reality that affects our *perceptions* about the successes & failures of all 'western' democratic governments. While many 'western' democracies may have a government-funded national media outlet, the majority of media is privately owned. These media corporations are, like all corporations, are focused on making profits & paying nice dividends to their shareholders. This means that the number one priority of all privately owned media is attracting advertizing income, and the most viewers/listeners/followers the media corporation can attract, the more the corporation can charge advertizers. Also, for better or worse, the media knows that "bad news sells", i.e. people tend to be attracted to news which has a highly-emotional & highly-relevant focus, and this is maximized when the news invokes feelings of worry, fear, frustration, anger, envy, and a desperate hunger to know more about the issues. Furthermore, it is the news which affects the person consuming the news that will attract the most attention. That means that politics is almost always guaranteed to attract consumers of news, so all media corporations endeavour to have content about the government as often as possible. On top of that, all media corporations will focus primarily on areas where there is 'bad news' with the government, so the media will look for areas where the government is underperforming, is making controversial changes, etc. So, it's not a surprise that - depending on the government agenda, domestic/foreign problems, etc. that a government will receive the most coverage in domestic politics if that is where the most 'bad news' can be found, or in foreign politics if that is where most of the 'bad news' can be found. In fact, I would suggest that even if a country the best government on Earth, which is doing a very good job in both domestic & foreign circles, the media will do its best to 'create a crisis or controversy' in order to guarantee that they are still attracting viewers & maximizing their advertizing income! I hope this has been helpful. :)
What a refreshing example of clarity on the issues! Thank you for this interview with PM Kallas, and for the exceptional journalism from Kyiv Independent.
I love watching your interviews and news reports. I am still surprised by your small viewership on RUclips. There are many war bloggers who support Ukraine. Their work is also newsworthy. Collaboration with war bloggers looks like a win-win situation to me. I would look at Jake Broe, Andrew Mercado, Anna from Ukraine, Brandon Mitchell, Artur Riegh, Ukraine matters, …. There are many more. Also mention liking and subscribing and sharing supports your work. I appreciate that you don’t place heavy advertising on your presentations. You could but you would lose viewers. Слава Україні Разом ми переможемо
Thank you for these valuable comments! We were considering collaborating with other content makers as well, and we will make sure not to forget to ask our viewers to subscribe more often :)
There is also "Inside russia" operated by some fat russian bloke named CONstantin. He, too, is an "anti-russia" vlogger, except he's making mad money off of the blood of Ukrainians on his channel by chanting anti-russian rhetoric that his American and European followers love to hear about. Nobody else is talking about it. Nobody brings up the issue to stop sending "money for coffees" to these russian vloggers that make so much money from their viewers, yet, do not donate 1 cent to Ukrainians who are suffering and dying.
Capable, stable and intelligent leadership. Kaja Kallas is a perfect representative of the true EU spirit. Estonia must be doing stuff right having her as prime minister! Well done, greetings from The Netherlands.
Russia knows one thing brutality. Russia own history shows just how brutal they are. They have a lot to change to come to a modern world. Should never be softly softly with dictatorships. I all so see the rise of the private companies like the WEF WHO has dictatorships.
On frozen assets, they are FROZEN assets, but there is no mechanism for transfer of sovereign assets to any other country. Everything else is the old “let’s throw all international laws and norms to the wind, even though we are not at war with Russia, just because we don’t like Russia” argument.
The modern economic system has many advantages. It has a large weakness it is Fiat money. The stability depends on trust. If you change the rules you can lower trust. A small change in trust could make a large impact on the entire system.
23:30 “war fatigue in the west “is absurd. The person running the marathon gets fatigue. The person passing out Gatorade on the side of the road doesn’t get fatigue.
The Prime Minister demonstrates an intelligent and very clearly enunciated plan. She demonstrates how important the English language is when working with a large group pf western allies. Ukraine has been slow to learn the lessons of English. Without Zelensky the war for Ukraine would have been a very different affair. His personality and command of the English language changed the course of history.
Friends living in Estonia have been some of my dearest and treasured acquaintances, and from what I know Estonia is a very forward looking society with very modern sense of the world and their place in it. It is a pleasure to hear from the PM Kaja Kallas and her sound judgement and strong support for Ukraine is reassuring given the cloudy nature of the EU.
@yuianna:Украина защищает свои земли и свой народ от агрессора и никогда не сдастся.Россия в тяжелом экономическом положении, в нескольких областях и в москве частично нет отопления, люди замерзают, проблемы со снабжением: даже диффецит куриных яиц и мяса, цены на продукты повысились. Сегодня в Башкирии тысячи людей вышли на улицу против произвола властей, повсюду выступают матери и жены солдат. О чем вы, жертва пропаганды?
Thank you for watching and we are glad to have you with us. A couple of suggestions on what to watch next: - Interview with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: ruclips.net/video/u1Z8PaMloNk/видео.html - Report about western parts found in Russian missiles: ruclips.net/video/Pa9n71tS2iw/видео.html - Investigative documentary about Olenivka camp where Ukrainian POWs were tortured: ruclips.net/video/U_rWDBS9TTo/видео.html
Loaded question detected -> motivated reasoning evident -> inappropriate use of smileys taken as evidence for apparent low IQ and EQ of this particular stormtrooper for doctrine. Evaluation: sad individual
My history teach me that NATO bombed us 1999, they harshly violated territorial integrity and suverenity of our country. Second European Union and NATO they are not partners, their politics are based on dictation which certain country must obey. Example they say we must do that, do that than we might join European Union, we fulfill certain dictation than new dictation, everytime some new demand and European Union give us nothing. We waiting more than 20 years to become members of European Union. And after you realize that all was lies, and that we will never join European Union. Maybe you can ask same thing from Ukraine, tell them that they will be member of European Union if they say that Crimea is not Ukraine. Double standards western bustards. In one word west is not realible. My country should stop joining European Union and turn toward free world countries such is Russia. Glory to Russia and Putin's army ❤🇷🇺Z
Interesting intervies, PM Kallas might be the strongest leader in EU right now, she does seem intelligent and able to take decisive action, good for Ukraine too. It is unfortunate she is not the leader of France or some other more powerful country, but leading by example does matter. To Kyiv Independent, I think the style and editing was good but your audio is lacking, compare how crisp and clear Kallas sounds and the echo when Istomina speaks. Probably you need to use a better location, the angles and hard surfaces creates a lot of echo. Moving the desk out from the corner and maybe add some sound capturing spiky foam plates outside of view can do wonders (if money is really tight you can always use cheaper materials, normal foam mattress kind of works in a pinch too.)
Ukraine isn't the only country the U.S. supports with military assistance. Maybe Europe could convince all those other countries to donate their portion of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine.
Russia was cornered into a war with Ukraine a war Russia did not want. But as Americans could not tolerate Soviet troops, military bases and offensive military hardware in Cuba, including missiles that threatened the US state Russia cannot tolerate NATO troops, military bases and offensive military hardware, including missiles that could reach the Kremlin in minutes at Russian borders with Ukraine that would be an unaceptable threat to the Russian state. It is so grave that Russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons to avoid such a threat to materialize. Unfortunately Ukraine accepted to be the western instrument to fight this war and for that the Ukrainian people are paying the haviest of the prices.
The Place on the map that is Ukraine Today was: A part of Lithuania untill year 1570... A part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between year 1570-1650... Devided between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossack Hetmante between year 1650-1657... A part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia and a tiny part Cossack Hetmanate between year 1657-1686... A part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia between 1657-1793... Was Russian Empire Between 1794-1917... Became UKRAINE IN 1918-1919... Then it became a part of Bolsheviks 1919-1922... Then it became Soviet Union from 1922-1941... Then it became Reichskommissariat Ukraine under Nazi Germany 1941-1944... Then it was devided between Reichskommissariat Ukraine and USSR between 1944-1945... Then it became Soviet Union in 1945-1991... Then it became UKRAINE from Untill 1991-2014 When it started to attack their own eastern population... Between year 1000-1991 Ukraine have Been Ukraine for 2 years... Imagine beeing Ukraine for that little time and start to bann the language of so much of its population...
Becuse of stating facts? I also remember the time the left called everyone NAZI becuse they did not aggree with their communist view... @@paulgibbon5991
Individual countries are free to provide aid on their own, but the EU as a block has its own position to evaluate. In this context providing aid through the EU budget should be understood as part of a security package for the block as a whole. All members share the same security policy on top of each individual country’s security policies.
The small Baltic countries maybe part of NATO, but there is always the doubt.. will the rest of NATO really protect them from Russia with the risk of a nuclear war? Will they be soft like Hungary?
Somehow Russia will pay. They will maybe not sign a treaty and be willing to pay. And other countries will probably need to pay in the beginning to rebuild. Just as Germany was rebuilt after ww2. But longterm Russia will pay everything, maybe with the help of customs fees or any other economic solution.
The news reaching for the President itself and he might getting something from the commander from all nations regarding the next strategy for Ukraine and to his man according to the ways of NATO adjustments for battlefield war.
What a competent Prime minister,European have to wake up and provide any means required by Ukraine ,the cost will be much higher if Russia win this war,i dont know if European can grasp that.......We support Ukrainian till victory and beyond.......
The Eastern European states of NATO need to create transnational industrial concerns for defense purposes since defense in the region is truly a collective effort.
Any Americans watching this: pressure MAGA Congress people to finally agree to support the aid package for Ukraine. Their opposition is either childish or a sign Putin is dictating to them.
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the Republic of Indonesia is made up of 10s of thousands of islands hundreds of cultures and languages. the Estonia is made up of beef and onion slop eating hungarians who polished the cocks of german horses for 1000 years before being elevated to sapience by the USSR
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Done...👍🇺🇦🫂🇺🇸🙏
Thanks for the great interview, KyivIndependent!
Estonians ❤ Aitäh Eestlased
Kaja Kallas is so wonderful, such a great leader.
Together we stand strong and we stand with Ukraine 🇫🇮🇪🇪 ❤🇺🇦
Stay strong ! Slava Ukraini!
Thank you for support!
Estonia, you are awesome. Love from New Zealand!
Estonia you’re awesome 🇪🇪❤
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Heroyam Slava!
Very informative.
Estonia s defence budget per year is not higher then what German government spends in 10 hours.
So how can they be a big supporter of Ukraine?
Plus US and UK is risking the live of their own pilots in Yemen but not Ukraine.Think about that for a moment
Estonia can’t change their population, size, GDP, or defense budget overnight, as with other countries, but their commitments to Ukraine in funding and support, proportional to those things they cannot change is relatively high, as is the political capital they provide.
They are on top of the list for countries who provide the biggest support as of the country’s GDP.
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@@kyivindependent That does not matter. In absolute terms they contribute peanuts.
@@e3498-v7lВы не правы.
Not 1 inch of NATO
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Kaja Kallas is a wonderful prime minister, she does Estonia proud on the world stage. Full support to Ukraine, greetings from Tallinn 🇪🇪
Indeed! I'd add that politicians reflect the attitudes of their society. Rational society, rational politicians. Honest society, honest politicians.
Funny how she forbid to do business with Russians but her husband still did😂..
Tell me enough about who you are.. fck Zelensky bastard Nazis regime... Killers of Gonzalo Lira 🤮🖕
I agree 100% as a Brit living in the EU. This is an opinion shared by all my Portuguese neighbours. Respect to Estonia and her Baltic neighbours from all of us here on the other side of Europe.
@@appstratum9747I'm Portuguese living in Estonia and I am quite proud of Portugal's support for Ukraine, considering Portugal is so far removed geographically. Plus, the Prime Minister is a strong supporter of the European Ideals and will probably be soon in an EU leadership position!
What I would add about Kaja Kallas is that she has had a few questionable scandals like investing 300.000€ in her husband's company that was actively dealing with Russian commercial partners.
From a Portuguese in Tallinn, I'm glad to be from a country that supports Ukraine, and live in one that supports Ukraine even more!
Here, I interact with refugees every day and this really shows the reality or war.
I hope also people realise the support Portugal has given!
Слава Україні! 🇵🇹🇪🇪♥️🇺🇦
Truly thankful for all the support!🇺🇦🫂🖖
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@realhawaii5o how so is portugal helping ukraine.Portugal hardly gives to charity.
Very intelligent leader. Thank goodness the baltics are reliable
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Thank you for support!
What a great interview and what an incredibly erudite leader. Estonia is lucky to have her.
Thank you for watching!
Estonia is a staunch partner of Ukraine. Thank you Estonia!
Excellent interview. I believe that the western countries can easily outlast Russia.
Thank you for watching!
Kaja is a decisive leader!
Inaction in this situation equals only more death and I am proud that we estonians can make a difference even despite our size.
Can you believe that Kaja is highly criticized in our home country 😅 strong women!
Slava Ukraini
I notice a Calimero attitude with some Estonians. It’s not the size that’s important here. It’s the specific position being voiced on the international stage among members!
Estonia is one of the countries that Ukraine can really count on even if it is a small country !
other Western countries should take example and not act as if this war does not concern them
They do so because the war doesn't really concern them. If it really did they would have acted swiftly
@@SkywalkerPaul but it should concern them...and everyone. Foolish to ignore and let it creep up to your doorstep.
@@SkywalkerPaul Except it does, whether they realize it or not.
@@ironknee6879 indeed but by the time they (we) do realize, it might be to late for Ukraine and Russia has chosen another easy victim. My personal guess is Moldova or even "ally" Belarus. Not a Baltic country or Poland because they are part of NATO. Bullies like Putin feed on easy victims. Putin is a maniac but not suicidal.
I hope the population in western countries wake up in time in masses. In my country there will be elections this year but the issue of the war in Ukraine is not talked about in their election campaignes. left wing or rightwing the war is not on their agenda in Belgium. I will vote for a pro Ukrainian party. The thing is I don't know what the opinions are.about help to Ukraine because they don't talk about it in concreet terms only vage intensions of support if they occasionally do anyway. The good thing is nobody as far as I'm aware of supports Putin at least not openly. It feels to me like this war is not happening at all. People in public don't mention it in their conversations. Nobody talks to me about Ukraine not even my own family. People do complain a lot to eachother and me about the rising prices the high taxes, the bad state of the public transport healthcare, electric cars and many more political toppics but not the war. All quiet on the western front.
Estonia is small. If we use a dog analogy she is not a Belgian Malinois. But she is not a chihuahua ether. I think Estonia is like a Jack Russell terrier. She will bark and then jump 5 feet in the air and take a chunk off your nose if you go too far.
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its amazing to witness such brave leadership. its even more amazing to see this kind of leadership from one of the smallest counties in EU. simply amazing!
That's because Estonia consists of 1.5 million people. The Russians will swallow them in one day
Amazing perhaps. Welcome, appreciated and respected most certainly. Each of the Baltic States has provided and demonstrated much-needed and timely leadership in this crisis. All have stood tall. As have one or two other Eastern European countries.
As both a British and a soon to be Portuguese citizen I am both appreciative and grateful for the honesty, clarity and decisiveness that each of the Baltic States have brought to the table. All have revealed themselves to be jewels in the crown of NATO and the European Union.
All have reminded us that the smaller countries in Europe are both precious and vibrant contributors to well-being and future success of the international community of nations on this continent. Their contribution and leadership have been indispensable.
*STOP FCKING LYING B1TCH! IT WAS UKRAINE SINCE 2014 HAD KILLED 15K CIVILIANS IN DONBASS, RUSSIA DECIDED TO STOP GENOCIDE IN 2022. RUSSIA IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, WHILE UKRAINE IS A NAZI, THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN EUROPE, A PUPPET OF EU AND USA*
This was a superb inteview!👍Excellent questions & follow-up questions, and great answers from Prime Minister Kallas!👍
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What an amazing leader thankyou Estonia showing what support means by it's actions not just words.
Thank you Toma for such an informing interview. Slava Ukraine from Australia 🦘
Glad you enjoyed it!
“Slava Ukraine” is a greeting to the Ukrainian nationalists who fought on the side of Hitler in the Second World War, killing and expelling tens of thousands of Poles, Jews and Hungarians from Ukraine. Now the head of this movement, Stepan Bandera, is honored in Ukraine. You are shown only one side of this conflict and only that which does not discredit Ukraine. You know no more than 1/3 of the whole situation and this is enough for you to support anyone.
CORRECTION:
It's *"Slava UKRAINI".*
Or just say it all in English: "Glory to Ukraine"
It shows respect to the defenders and heroes if you take the time to learn how to say *"Ukraini"* in their language.
Слава УКРАЇНІ🫡
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Slava Ukraini!
Let me say it again!
Slava Ukraini!
Ruck Fussia.
SLAVA UKRAINI💙💛
Thank you for informative and excellent interview with Estonian PM as we hear things directly that we dont hear in usual media.
Slava Ukraini!
Elagu Eesti!
Thank you for watching, heroyam slava!
Wow ... what an amazing leader ! ❤ Estonia is a very lucky country . The rest of the free world needs to listen to her . She makes the rest look like kids in the playground ! SLAVA UKRAINI 👍 HEROYAM SLAVA ❤❤❤
Well Said. Слава Україні Героям Слава.
As an American whose father fought in WWII. I'm ashamed and embarrassed with our government at the moment. We made a promise to Ukraine and we should keep it.
There are elements in your nation that work hard to destroy your way of life from within. Be aware!
*The question of who has to pay the consequences of Russia's war is extremely easy to answer,* because Russia has violated international law. So Russia must pay reparations for *all* the consequences: *The reconstruction* in Ukraine, but of course *also the costs that the war has caused for the allies,* because without Russia's war they would not have arisen. Completely logical and simple. *Russia certainly doesn't want to pay that, so* the only way to do it will be through punitive tariffs, which will then be used to pay back these amounts over the years.
Estonia is a leader in thought because all supporters of Ukraine need to believe in Ukrainians victory. If you believe does not died, you will win.
The problem with the west is that they talk but don't listen and that's a very big problem in a changing world, The rise of other people's and nations other than Europeans is an inevitable reality an the earlier that they understand this the better for them, Times are changing an it will only be wise if one changes with them or be crushed by the reality that old rules can no longer stand.
No reaction to an aggressor in an invitation for them to be more aggressive.
If we're not going to fight with Ukraine, then we can't fall down in arming them.
We also can't limit the use of aid to not include in side Russia so long as the objectives are military targets.
Interest on Russia money in Western banks should be immediately used to fund Ukraine's war efforts and the principal used to rebuild it after the war.
We don't need to worry about humiliating Russia because the list of ways Russia has humiliated itself is so long and so appalling it's almost beyond belief. The current state of humiliation is already so bad that when Russia loses the war most Russians won't even be surprised by it.
The world engaging in a "turret championship" due to Russia's poor engineering is just one of the many
russia just lost one of its AWACS planes. And they decided that it was less embarrasing to say that they lost it due to friendly fire, a mistake by their own air defence that to say it was shot down by the Ukrainians. Lol. A fine example when stupid doesn't know it's stupid.
Is it some new trend that PM's and presidents who are bad at domestic politics are good at foreign politics and vice versa? Our Kaja is not much loved here in Estonia but her support towards Ukraine and understanding of Russia are both outstanding. And we are really somehow disturbed that many Western politicians are hiddenly still ready to make deals with such bloody monster as Führer Putin is, their short-sightedness is awesome. Even if Russian tanks will never enter to Germany or Italy or Greece, that doesn't mean that those countries will retain their democracy and influence within the "new World order", where dictatorships, wars and corruption will conquer the "new brave world".
Thank you for your comment. It's interesting to hear opinions from Estonians about this interview and the topics that were discussed
You have made a very interesting observation & asked a good question! I have been following politics for 50 years, and I think I can offer some possible answers. I will apologize ahead of time, because my three answers require a good amount of words for me to make my thoughts clear.
1. Governments have limited resources. There are only so many talented individuals willing to take a sabbatical from their job or interrupt their career to serve the nation as a politician, and there is a limited amount of money to hire expert consultants to properly inform every representative in government who is responsible for managing a ministry in the government. Also, leaders & top diplomats only have so much time to deal with the large number of 'problems' that exist in domestic & foreign issues. It is quite common for a Prime Minister/President to move around the most talented & effective people in their parts & among government workers to deal with the most pressing domestic or foreign issues, so unfortunately, some issues may not receive the attention or funding that other issues demand. So, even the most motivated, patriotic & honest political leaders & government departments will often be less effective (temporarily, or during their entire term) when dealing with certain responsibilities.
2, In 'western' democracies, each political party & their election campaigns are funded by donations from ordinary citizens, rich & powerful citizens, citizen organizations & corporations (and, in some countries, foreign donations too). Not surprisingly, these 'donations' are not altruistic, but come with the expectation that the political party they support will advocate for additions or changes in legislation, the greatest efforts by the government, etc which are most advantageous to the individuals/families/organizations/corporations which made the donations. Of course, the most generous donators will expect that their agenda for the government is made the highest priority. The end result is that most governments have an agenda which will be a mix of what is best for the people & the global community, AND the more self-centred expectations of the most generous & influential donors to the party that forms the government. So, even the best-intentioned leaders (Kallas does seem to be this) and ruling party will have to focus its limited resources toward agenda items which may not be, in the grand scheme of things, what should be the highest priority.
3. Finally, here's a reality that affects our *perceptions* about the successes & failures of all 'western' democratic governments. While many 'western' democracies may have a government-funded national media outlet, the majority of media is privately owned. These media corporations are, like all corporations, are focused on making profits & paying nice dividends to their shareholders. This means that the number one priority of all privately owned media is attracting advertizing income, and the most viewers/listeners/followers the media corporation can attract, the more the corporation can charge advertizers. Also, for better or worse, the media knows that "bad news sells", i.e. people tend to be attracted to news which has a highly-emotional & highly-relevant focus, and this is maximized when the news invokes feelings of worry, fear, frustration, anger, envy, and a desperate hunger to know more about the issues. Furthermore, it is the news which affects the person consuming the news that will attract the most attention. That means that politics is almost always guaranteed to attract consumers of news, so all media corporations endeavour to have content about the government as often as possible. On top of that, all media corporations will focus primarily on areas where there is 'bad news' with the government, so the media will look for areas where the government is underperforming, is making controversial changes, etc. So, it's not a surprise that - depending on the government agenda, domestic/foreign problems, etc. that a government will receive the most coverage in domestic politics if that is where the most 'bad news' can be found, or in foreign politics if that is where most of the 'bad news' can be found. In fact, I would suggest that even if a country the best government on Earth, which is doing a very good job in both domestic & foreign circles, the media will do its best to 'create a crisis or controversy' in order to guarantee that they are still attracting viewers & maximizing their advertizing income!
I hope this has been helpful. :)
Estonia ❤❤❤
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Excellent interview of an intelligent and strong leader, love it!
Thank you for watching!
Shee gives humanity a smile and hope Thank you 🙏💙💛🇨🇦
Thank you for watching!
Excellent coverage.!!!!
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Thank you for watching!
What a refreshing example of clarity on the issues! Thank you for this interview with PM Kallas, and for the exceptional journalism from Kyiv Independent.
Thank you for your kind words.
I love watching your interviews and news reports.
I am still surprised by your small viewership on RUclips.
There are many war bloggers who support Ukraine.
Their work is also newsworthy.
Collaboration with war bloggers looks like a win-win situation to me.
I would look at Jake Broe, Andrew Mercado, Anna from Ukraine, Brandon Mitchell, Artur Riegh, Ukraine matters, ….
There are many more.
Also mention liking and subscribing and sharing supports your work.
I appreciate that you don’t place heavy advertising on your presentations. You could but you would lose viewers.
Слава Україні
Разом ми переможемо
Thank you for these valuable comments! We were considering collaborating with other content makers as well, and we will make sure not to forget to ask our viewers to subscribe more often :)
There is also "Inside russia" operated by some fat russian bloke named CONstantin. He, too, is an "anti-russia" vlogger, except he's making mad money off of the blood of Ukrainians on his channel by chanting anti-russian rhetoric that his American and European followers love to hear about.
Nobody else is talking about it. Nobody brings up the issue to stop sending "money for coffees" to these russian vloggers that make so much money from their viewers, yet, do not donate 1 cent to Ukrainians who are suffering and dying.
Stand with Ukraine
Slava Ukraini! Love from the UK ♥
Heroyam Slava!
Kaja Kallas is a very smart woman.
Thank you Estonia for standing with Ukraine!
Capable, stable and intelligent leadership. Kaja Kallas is a perfect representative of the true EU spirit. Estonia must be doing stuff right having her as prime minister!
Well done, greetings from The Netherlands.
Thank you for watching and greetings from Kyiv!
Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative video. Great job. Keep it up.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Thank you for watching! We are delighted you enjoyed it.
Russia knows one thing brutality. Russia own history shows just how brutal they are. They have a lot to change to come to a modern world. Should never be softly softly with dictatorships. I all so see the rise of the private companies like the WEF WHO has dictatorships.
On frozen assets, they are FROZEN assets, but there is no mechanism for transfer of sovereign assets to any other country. Everything else is the old “let’s throw all international laws and norms to the wind, even though we are not at war with Russia, just because we don’t like Russia” argument.
The modern economic system has many advantages. It has a large weakness it is Fiat money. The stability depends on trust. If you change the rules you can lower trust. A small change in trust could make a large impact on the entire system.
23:30 “war fatigue in the west “is absurd. The person running the marathon gets fatigue. The person passing out Gatorade on the side of the road doesn’t get fatigue.
I honestly think she is one of the most intelligent politicians out there.
Вы абсолютно правы.
The Prime Minister demonstrates an intelligent and very clearly enunciated plan. She demonstrates how important the English language is when working with a large group pf western allies.
Ukraine has been slow to learn the lessons of English. Without Zelensky the war for Ukraine would have been a very different affair.
His personality and command of the English language changed the course of history.
Friends living in Estonia have been some of my dearest and treasured acquaintances, and from what I know Estonia is a very forward looking society with very modern sense of the world and their place in it. It is a pleasure to hear from the PM Kaja Kallas and her sound judgement and strong support for Ukraine is reassuring given the cloudy nature of the EU.
@yuianna:Украина защищает свои земли и свой народ от агрессора и никогда не сдастся.Россия в тяжелом экономическом положении, в нескольких областях и в москве частично нет отопления, люди замерзают, проблемы со снабжением: даже диффецит куриных яиц и мяса, цены на продукты повысились. Сегодня в Башкирии тысячи людей вышли на улицу против произвола властей, повсюду выступают матери и жены солдат. О чем вы, жертва пропаганды?
Thank you Estonia and Prime Minister Kallas 💙🖤🤍
дуже дякую Ukraine and The Kyiv Independent 💙💛
Thank you for watching 💙💛
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What an amazing video. I just found this Channel and what a way to start watching this channel. Great interview
Thank you for watching and we are glad to have you with us. A couple of suggestions on what to watch next:
- Interview with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: ruclips.net/video/u1Z8PaMloNk/видео.html
- Report about western parts found in Russian missiles: ruclips.net/video/Pa9n71tS2iw/видео.html
- Investigative documentary about Olenivka camp where Ukrainian POWs were tortured: ruclips.net/video/U_rWDBS9TTo/видео.html
@@kyivindependent Will do. Thanks for your great journalism.
Well done Estonia.
You understand the extreme danger if Putin isn't defeated.
You are indeed a small country with a big heart.
Sorry for all the Ukrainians who lost their lives!
Simple question, if Ukraine can defeat Russia why you do not defeat Russia? Why you avoid direct confrontation with Russia?😂😂😂
Go and read your history......
Loaded question detected -> motivated reasoning evident -> inappropriate use of smileys taken as evidence for apparent low IQ and EQ of this particular stormtrooper for doctrine.
Evaluation: sad individual
My history teach me that NATO bombed us 1999, they harshly violated territorial integrity and suverenity of our country. Second European Union and NATO they are not partners, their politics are based on dictation which certain country must obey. Example they say we must do that, do that than we might join European Union, we fulfill certain dictation than new dictation, everytime some new demand and European Union give us nothing. We waiting more than 20 years to become members of European Union. And after you realize that all was lies, and that we will never join European Union. Maybe you can ask same thing from Ukraine, tell them that they will be member of European Union if they say that Crimea is not Ukraine. Double standards western bustards. In one word west is not realible. My country should stop joining European Union and turn toward free world countries such is Russia. Glory to Russia and Putin's army ❤🇷🇺Z
Interesting intervies, PM Kallas might be the strongest leader in EU right now, she does seem intelligent and able to take decisive action, good for Ukraine too. It is unfortunate she is not the leader of France or some other more powerful country, but leading by example does matter.
To Kyiv Independent, I think the style and editing was good but your audio is lacking, compare how crisp and clear Kallas sounds and the echo when Istomina speaks.
Probably you need to use a better location, the angles and hard surfaces creates a lot of echo. Moving the desk out from the corner and maybe add some sound capturing spiky foam plates outside of view can do wonders (if money is really tight you can always use cheaper materials, normal foam mattress kind of works in a pinch too.)
Thank you for the tips; we appreciate it!
Delusional.
Ukraine isn't the only country the U.S. supports with military assistance. Maybe Europe could convince all those other countries to donate their portion of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine.
CЛАВА УКРАЇНІ 🇺🇦 ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА 🐎💙💛
Thank You Estonia 🇪🇪🤝 🇺🇦 🫶
UKRAINE WILL WIN
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THANK YOU BRAVE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ⚔️ 💙💛 🇺🇦 🌲
YOUR THE BEST 🐎
Russia was cornered into a war with Ukraine a war Russia did not want.
But as Americans could not tolerate Soviet troops, military bases and offensive military hardware in Cuba, including missiles that threatened the US state Russia cannot tolerate NATO troops, military bases and offensive military hardware, including missiles that could reach the Kremlin in minutes at Russian borders with Ukraine that would be an unaceptable threat to the Russian state.
It is so grave that Russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons to avoid such a threat to materialize.
Unfortunately Ukraine accepted to be the western instrument to fight this war and for that the Ukrainian people are paying the haviest of the prices.
What a clear minded and well spoken PM.
Would happily trade many of our politicians on this side of the pond for her !
Go Estonia !
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Thank you to KI for this excellent interview with PM Kaja Kallas. I appreciate her very much. Greetings from Western-Europe to Tallin ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦❤️.
Thank you for watching!
Your message is that some other countries have to war for you.
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Estonian PM is lovely.
SLAVA RUSSIA
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The Place on the map that is Ukraine Today was:
A part of Lithuania untill year 1570...
A part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between year 1570-1650...
Devided between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossack Hetmante between year 1650-1657...
A part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia and a tiny part Cossack Hetmanate between year 1657-1686...
A part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia between 1657-1793...
Was Russian Empire Between 1794-1917...
Became UKRAINE IN 1918-1919...
Then it became a part of Bolsheviks 1919-1922...
Then it became Soviet Union from 1922-1941...
Then it became Reichskommissariat Ukraine under Nazi Germany 1941-1944...
Then it was devided between Reichskommissariat Ukraine and USSR between 1944-1945...
Then it became Soviet Union in 1945-1991...
Then it became UKRAINE from Untill 1991-2014 When it started to attack their own eastern population...
Between year 1000-1991 Ukraine have Been Ukraine for 2 years...
Imagine beeing Ukraine for that little time and start to bann the language of so much of its population...
Botski reported, may you soon be drafted.
Becuse of stating facts?
I also remember the time the left called everyone NAZI becuse they did not aggree with their communist view...
@@paulgibbon5991
She has my support.
Prayers for peace 🕊️
An excellent leader!
LOBOTOMIZED SHEEP
That's who you are! Who could have thought?
@@oneanywhere8561Браво.
Let’s not forget who is covering Estonians buds, it’s Germany 😂
Estonia a poor country in EU that benefits from our taxes, france
Эстония не живёт налоги Франции
Agreed.
Why does the EU have to send the money?
Why does not each country give what they want to give ?
Individual countries are free to provide aid on their own, but the EU as a block has its own position to evaluate. In this context providing aid through the EU budget should be understood as part of a security package for the block as a whole. All members share the same security policy on top of each individual country’s security policies.
The small Baltic countries maybe part of NATO, but there is always the doubt.. will the rest of NATO really protect them from Russia with the risk of a nuclear war? Will they be soft like Hungary?
poor estonia...
Бедный скудоумный максим, лететь ему дроном.
Somehow Russia will pay. They will maybe not sign a treaty and be willing to pay. And other countries will probably need to pay in the beginning to rebuild. Just as Germany was rebuilt after ww2. But longterm Russia will pay everything, maybe with the help of customs fees or any other economic solution.
More guts than joe and olaf. Together
Slava ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️
A great report! It was uplifting.
We are glad you've enjoyed it!
The news reaching for the President itself and he might getting something from the commander from all nations regarding the next strategy for Ukraine and to his man according to the ways of NATO adjustments for battlefield war.
Russia❤ Geroj💪👍
Герой по убийствам, грабежу, износилованиям. С вами все ясно. Какая страна, такие и герои.
Thank you Kaja Kallas for your work for Ukraine. Greets from Finland 🇫🇮
Love for Ukraine. I am from Bangladesh.
FAFO
Exactly, she’s just right!
wishful thinking between a pair of clowns
What a competent Prime minister,European have to wake up and provide any means required by Ukraine ,the cost will be much higher if Russia win this war,i dont know if European can grasp that.......We support Ukrainian till victory and beyond.......
Thank you for support!
Merci, madame Kaja Kallas
Well done Estonia, Europe is under attack, and is losing due to fear and incompetence of its leaders...😠
There should be ongoing negotiations about how to cut the spoils of a defeated Russian Federation. No one loses, except the losers.
Exactly, stop funding Ukraine with my tax money!
Da, Fellow Americanski!
@@paulgibbon5991 It's comrade to you.
The Eastern European states of NATO need to create transnational industrial concerns for defense purposes since defense in the region is truly a collective effort.
Thanks ..so beautiful soul .. !
Madame Kallas is a truly amazing woman and leader.
Estonia
Where was the west befofe the war with help and funds before the special operations?.😂
Very informative.
Any Americans watching this: pressure MAGA Congress people to finally agree to support the aid package for Ukraine. Their opposition is either childish or a sign Putin is dictating to them.