civilian infrastructure is one. attempting to undermine european support for kyiv is another. how s that going? well, my guest is czech foreign ministerjan lipavsky, an ardent supporter of ukraine in a country facing a deepening energy and economic crisis. is europe s pro ukraine stand sustainable? foreign ministerjan lipavsky in prague, welcome to hardtalk. hello and thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, foreign minister. i m sure you as well as i have been watching the pictures coming out of ukraine, the swarms of kamikaze drones, so called, which are now targeting ukraine s civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat, power, and looking at a very dangerous, alarming scenario through the winter. is this a signal that europe needs to do much more to offer ukraine military assistance? sadly, yes. we need to do more in terms of sending more air defence to ukraine to solve this, let s say, very specific issue of russia terrorism
an ardent supporter of ukraine in a country facing a deepening energy and economic crisis. is europe s pro ukraine stand sustainable? foreign ministerjan lipavsky in prague, welcome to hardtalk. hello and thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, foreign minister. i m sure you as well as i have been watching the pictures coming out of ukraine, the swarms of kamikaze drones, so called, which are now targeting ukraine s civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat, power, and looking at a very dangerous, alarming scenario through the winter. is this a signal that europe needs to do much more to offer ukraine military assistance? sadly, yes. we need to do more in terms of sending more air defence to ukraine to solve this, let s say, very specific issue of russia terrorism against ukraine s population. and it is a clear decision of vladimir putin to send drones, iranian drones to bomb civilian infrastructure and also to bomb civilians a
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the front lines of the war in ukraine, russian forces are struggling, in several areas retreating, which is why vladimir putin is pursuing other strategies. trying to destroy ukraine s civilian infrastructure is one. attempting to undermine european support for kyiv is another. how s that going? well, my guest is czech foreign ministerjan lipavsky, an ardent supporter of ukraine in a country facing a deepening energy and economic crisis. is europe s pro ukraine stand sustainable? foreign ministerjan lipavsky in prague, welcome to hardtalk. hello and thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, foreign minister. i m sure you as well as i have been watching the pictures coming out of ukraine, the swarms of kamikaze drones, so called, which are now targeting ukraine s civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat, power, and looking at a very dangerous, alarming scenari
the energy prices spiked in whole europe, also in great britain. and we need to find a solution in a way that we won t be blackmailed by any totalitarian regime. and the answer is diversification. the answer lies in lng projects, and there is a lot of lng gas coming to europe. the market price for gas is continuously falling. we are doing a set of measures to spend less gas and also for oil. so in the end of the day, this winter won t be easy, but we will come through it. we will come through it successfully and that will make us stronger. and i mean stronger. the whole stronger europe. well, i dare say it s a little easier for you to be confident that you ll come through it than some of your own people, who are experiencing massive hikes in their energy bills, an overall inflation rate of i7%.
so, in the end of the day, this winter won t be easy, but we will come through it. we will come through it successfully and that will make us stronger. and i mean stronger. ..the whole stronger europe. well, i dare say it s a little easier for you to be confident that you ll come through it than some of your own people, who are experiencing massive hikes in their energy bills, an overall inflation rate of i7%. many of them are having to choose between whether to heat their homes or feed their children, and it is feeding a new level of discontent inside your country, and frankly, vladimir putin sees thatjust as well as i do. vladimir putin tries to sow a disagreement into our societies into czech society, into german society, into british society. we as politicians need to act in a way that we won t allow it. and the right answer, which is now happening and the czech government