The Helsinki Commission will come to order. I want to acknowledge senator blumenthal. We appreciate him being here. Let me just point out this is obviously a busy time for the United States senate as some of our committees are meeting simultaneously so members will be coming in and out. I apologize to our distinguished guest that therell be an in an outflow of members in the United States congress during this hearing. We are so honored to have a real hero with us today. Paievska better known as taira her nick name is wellknown to the people of ukraine. Todays hearing is my and russian captivity. We have seen from afar the atrocities that have been committed by mr. Putin in russia and the unprovoked attacks on ukraine. We have seen that from afar but i must tell you there is nothing like a firsthand explanation and experience for us to have a better understanding of the atrocities committed by russia in this war in ukraine. So as we saw the conflict unfold in mariupol and the atrocities
As hell. She told lawmakers her captors were telling her to committ suicide. The Helsinki Commission will come to order. I want to acknowledge senator blumenthal, member who is with us. Appreciate him being here. Let me just point out that this is obviously a very busy time for the United States senate. So some of our committees are meeting simultaneously. So members will be coming in and out. I apologize to our distinguished guest that there will be an in and out flow of members of the United States congress during this hearing. We are so honored to have a real hero with us today. Yuliia paievska, better known as taira. The title is my hell in russian captivity. We have seen from afar the atrocities that have been committed by mr. Putin and russia and the unprovoked attack on ukraine. And the unprovoked attacks on ukraine. We have seen that from afar but i must tell you there is nothing like a firsthand explanation and experience for us to have a better understanding of the atrocities
Will be a vote for a use of force. And i hope that colleagues who feel as i do, that iran at all costs cannot have the ware with all to achieve nuke nuclear weapons. Well be in a position to support the use of force. Either we have sanctions vigorously pursued hopefully with the goal we collectively want, or the only one other option after that. Assuming it doesnt yield the diplomacy we want. Thats the challenges we face. Mr. Chairman, first of all, thank you for the words. Again, i come back to the fact that i think we should take out of this description of what is happening there the word success and effective. Because as you pointed out, they havent even been effective or successful in getting them to put their Nuclear Program on hold. Indeed, they are expanding it as you eloquently described in your Opening Statement. So i think by using in front of a Committee Like this, Foreign Relations committee of the United States senate for the administration to come here and say, well, you
Come to order. I want to acknowledge senator blumenthal. We appreciate him being here. Let me just point out this is obviously a busy time for the United States senate as some of our committees are meeting simultaneously so members will be coming in and out. I apologize to our distinguished guest that therell be an in an outflow of members in the United States congress during this hearing. We are so honored to have a real hero with us today. Paievska better known as taira her nick name is wellknown to the people of ukraine. Todays hearing is my and russian captivity. We have seen from afar the atrocities that have been committed by mr. Putin in russia and the unprovoked attacks on ukraine. We have seen that from afar but i must tell you there is nothing like a firsthand explanation and experience for us to have a better understanding of the atrocities committed by russia in this war in ukraine. So as we saw the conflict unfold in mariupol and the atrocities that were committed we will
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