stand for and if we stand for ukrainian people, we stand for their values and if we do not, then we have double standards. kristina kvien acting ambassador for washington, here in ukraine, why should the us care about ukraine? first of all, we want a europe that s whole free and at peace, and we ve wanted that for a long time. it is in the us interest, it is in europe s interest, and it is in the global interest. i think that ukraine, any country has the right to choose its own path. ukraine has made very clear that its path is western integration. eu, nato and western integration and no other country outside of ukraine should be able to make that decision for them. carl bildt, maybe take olha s point what do you think is the point of the build up of the russian troops? is it a real danger orjust a way of getting attention from the world? well both, absolutely. putin is clearly building up a lot of military forces
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about ukraine, you should care about ukrainian people who have chosen the west and that is what we should stand for and if we stand for ukrainian people, we stand for their values and if we do not, then we have double standards. kristina kvien acting ambassador for washington, here in ukraine, why should the us care about ukraine? first of all, we want a europe that s whole free and at peace, and we ve wanted that for a long time. it is in the us interest, it is in europe s interest, and it is in the global interest. i think that ukraine, any country has the right to choose its own path. ukraine has made very clear that its path is western integration. eu, nato and western integration and no other country outside of ukraine should be able to make that decision for them. carl bildt, maybe take olha s point what do you think is the point of the build up of the russian troops? is it a real danger orjust a way of getting attention from the world? well both, absolutely. putin is clearly b