i'm in a former cement factory that is now part of the vilnius technical university and i'm joined here by a local audience who are going to be putting their tough questions to my top panel. so, let me tell who my guests are. we'rejoined by the deputy foreign minister of lithuania, mantas adomenas. the ambassador who is head of the european union's delegation to ukraine, matti maasikas. ukraine's ambassador to lithuania, petro beshta. and the former nato director of policy, fabrice pothier. including with the current secretary general, jens stoltenberg. that's our panel, give them another round of applause. welcome to you all. and remember, you too can join the conversation — it's #bbcglobalquestions. well, so much to get through today so, without further ado, let's go to our first question. monica, your question please?