Grant Shapps welcomed as Defence Secretary to support Ukrainian Victory

I was going to ask you your reaction to the fact that Grant Shaps, the new Secretary of Defense, has spoken about Ukraine as his first public statement. This opportunity to thank the British people, the Rich Parliament and the British Government for the enormous

support

of his leadership over the nine years. years of the war and especially during the last year and a half that I won. I must also thank Ben Wallace, a good friend of mine and a great friend of Ukraine, for the tremendous work done since day one of Russia's large-scale aggression and Best wishes today to the new Defense Minister, Graham Sheps.

I remember how effective it was during the Russian attack on the critical energy infrastructure object that supplied his first energy position and I have no doubt that that would be effective cooperation behind me. a British artillery track and the British government issued a very quick license to supply it to our armed forces and that would allow me to buy with my personal money the delivery of 300 dollars from Great Britain to deliver another armed vehicle and this is the position of the need of the railway family. it's a de facto company and welcome to the stores, okay and I think he was with you in Ukraine last week, of course, with his work as minister of energy security, looking at nuclear energy issues, of course, and let's not forget that I think he hosted a Ukrainian meeting. family in his own house too, so there are very strong ties, there is no doubt that he is deeply involved in the Ukrainian issue and this is just a full scale of the problem that we must solve first it is Russian aggression, we need Ukrainian

victory

. and my message to the whole world, please do not be afraid of the Ukrainian

victory

because without the Ukrainian victory the war will not end without my membership and I want to thank Ben Wallace and the British government for suppressing

support

for Ukraine and its aspiration to be a member of NATO. and the goal of energy, especially the security of nuclear energy infrastructure, is also vital for us and another thing is that today we have a very successful attack with a long-range missile attack against the School airport, where we destroyed several strategic aircraft from which to make an attack on the Ukrainian civilian residence object, this is very important for us, yes, and we also saw the drone attack that hit an airfield about 400 miles from the border with Ukraine, does this indicate that will it become more of an airstrike? battle right now this indicates that the growing military strength of Ukraine I just want to remind you that Ukraine is a space state and we have a missile technology and since my presidency since 2014 new sophisticated missile technology was happening.

I just want to remind you that in April 2022 we attacked the Russian flagship of the black shellfish Moscow with our Neptune missile. Russia will not be able to enjoy the luxury of Beijing's war without curing the war on its own territory and this is our main position that no one in Russia will do so. feel safe until Russia stops bombing Ukrainian cities, Ukrainian peoples now there is clearly a problem in the timing leading up to the advent of winter that affects the way you wage war, but I gather that we are making progress towards the army Paul, um, and you've gotten past these Russian defenses that they've been preparing for, you know, for quite some time now, so obviously it's slow progress, but it's certainly progress and, look, this is not a Hollywood movie. and this is not just sitting around eating popcorn and waiting for the big picture.

Ukraine takes a huge toll every week. I'm on the battlefield every week. I am losing my comrades, members of my team. Tomorrow I will be at the funeral and yesterday I was at the funeral, but this is the price you are paying for the slow but very important success in our offensive operation and today we are definitely much closer to our common Victory than 18 or even 12 months ago, okay, please, again, no Don't be afraid that you're playing victory and defeat for Russia, but you know there was that swing, if I can describe it that way, when Ben Wallace said you know we're not Amazon , referring to the demands made for more equipment, more weapons. and so on, are you still anxious that maybe particularly with the United States and the political change there?

Is it possible that I have to really push to keep this help coming first of all? Again we are very grateful to Great Britain, United States as Heads. president of Ukraine and as supreme commander in chief, I can tell you that weapons are never enough, but without your help nothing can happen and the more weapons you provide, the sooner the victory will be and I especially want to assist Britain for the Storm Shadow Missile because when we have this technology for more than 200 kilometers this definitely helps us to destroy the ammunition storage, the Russian headquarters and many other things, so please more weapons, more sanctions and membership for Ukrainian NATO, these are three key factors of our future victory, now, very kindly keep us informed about what is happening there on the ground with Keith's message.

Can I ask you how you are personally? Because clearly, as you say, you are very directly personally involved with this, you must be a tired man foreign forces to stop the second largest nuclear machine in the world this is definitely the hero of our soldiers and uh the situation there both from the east near bakput uh extremely difficult situations on the border between Paris and the nearest region It is extremely difficult, but we definitely have a success. We keep our fingers crossed for Power Attack's success at Techmark and will never be tired until our Victory. This is our joint victory.

Ukrainian victory. Victory of Ukraine and Great Britain. Victory of free and democratic States. world and in the meantime this simply reflects, of course, as you say, that there are still funerals to go to to honor those who have fallen in love with their country, you are absolutely right and tomorrow would be the funeral of husband Maxim and his wife It is also in our assault. paratrooper team who was seriously injured, Maruse seriously injured in the legs, but they are full of determination, they do not abandon the armed forces and continue to fight until our victory. Petra Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine, thank you once again for updating us here at GB News.