Own people here in slovakia are going to be thinking about your message to me. they know this message. but they also know, as of the last 48 hours, that vladimir putin is threatening what he calls a lightning fast retaliation against anybody from outside of ukraine interfering in this war. he has been threatening ever since the beginning. remember the nuclear weapons? that was his first threat. he said, we are activating the nuclear weapons. immediately, it caused discussion here. and i said, guys, come on, what are we speaking about? are we going to allow vladimir putin to threaten us at any time he wants? either we are bold or cowards. i don t want to be a coward. i want to defend our independence. we were under a communist regime. we understand the imperialism. we have strong memories.
You are being open with me. and i am thinking of what your own people here in slovakia are going to be thinking about your message to me. they know this message. but they also know, as of the last 48 hours, that vladimir putin is threatening what he calls a lightning fast retaliation against anybody from outside of ukraine interfering in this war. he has been threatening ever since the beginning. remember the nuclear weapons? that was his first threat. he said that we are activating the nuclear weapons. immediately it caused discussion here. and we said, guys, come on, what are we speaking about? are we going to allow vladimir putin to threaten us at any time he wants.
Captured russian tanks and sending them back to ukraine for the ukrainians to use? the agreement is almost at the final stages, we do not hide about it. these requests we received when i was in kyiv, actually. so we will be repairing that. you are being open with me. and i am thinking of what your own people here in slovakia are going to be thinking about your message to me. they know this message. but they also know, as of the last 48 hours, that vladimir putin is threatening what he calls a lightning fast retaliation against anybody from outside of ukraine interfering in this war. he has been threatening ever since the beginning. remember the nuclear weapons? that was his first threat. he said, we are activating the nuclear weapons. immediately, it caused discussion here. and i said, guys, come on,
We do not hide about it. these requests we received when i was in kyiv, actually. so we will be repairing those. you are being open with me. and i am thinking of what your own people here in slovakia are going to be thinking about your message to me. they know this message. but they also know, as of the last 48 hours, that vladimir putin is threatening what he calls a lightning fast retaliation against anybody from outside of ukraine interfering in this war. he has been threatening ever since the beginning. remember the nuclear weapons? that was his first threat. he said, we are activating the nuclear weapons. immediately, it caused discussion here. and i said, guys, come on, what are we speaking about? are we going to allow vladimir putin to threaten us at any time he wants?
We know they re expending rounds every single day of all different types and calibers. and we re doing everything we can, the flow continues, to make sure that they can stay in the fight. russia meanwhile continued to escalate its rhetoric yesterday, with president putin warning of quote, lightning fast retaliation should the west interfere in ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian marine commander is appealing to the world for urgent help to evacuate the thousands of civilians and fighters trapped inside that steel plant in mariupol. in a video posted online yesterday, he urged the international community to quote extract everyone as soon as possible. he said in part this, the situation is very difficult. there s a big problem with water, food, and other supplies. he also said there are 600 injured fighters inside the factory, adding that there are no medications or personnel that could help them. meanwhile, local officials accused russian forces of