Interview dedicated to the personal impressions of the guest about life under constant air alarms and energy blackouts, as well as the contrast with other regions of Ukraine. The conversation then shifts to discussing the EU summit's decisions regarding support for Ukraine and the controversial statements of the French president.
Host: Dmytro, hello. Glad to see you. I want to start with a simple human question. How are you?
Guest: Good day, Vadym. Greetings to all viewers. It's hard to keep up the culture and composure because this accompaniment is just around the clock. This has never happened before. Alarms sound for hours in the morning, hours in the afternoon, hours at night. It rumbled all night today, kids are hiding. Then the kids spend half the day in the basements instead of learning. The last time we set a record where I live, at least, we were without electricity for 107 hours, while some were less and some more. Yesterday people were blocking roads; for some, it has already been the second week since Thursday. This is just crazy.
Guest: I spoke today with my friend, who works as a manager in one of the tourist complexes in the western part of Ukraine. Silence, bliss, no war, no alarms, it's all quiet and calm. There is light everywhere; construction is booming. And for New Year's, the prices, which means the Emirates together with Qatar are having a vacation together. The Maldives are just, in my opinion, some childish nonsense. Cosmic prices for all services there in Bukovel and so on. But, the most important thing is that despite these cosmic prices, there are no places available. Of course, I understand that the most patriotic part is there, which is screaming about the end and by no means. Okay, I won’t mock, but really, you know, just an hour ago I talked to my friend and it seems like these are two parallel realities. That is, I live here in Ukraine and I tell what we have, and he lives in Ukraine and works. And he tells how there is some kind of diversity there.
Host: Yes, well, this is, of course, great with such diversity and multiplicity.
Guest: I just don’t understand, somewhere also the energy sector, I want to address them too. It's a very complex system, I don't argue, I don’t meddle in it, but somehow, who suffered more, maybe, somehow, it could be directed there, I don’t know, it's hard for me to say. It's good that in Odesa, there is still a survivable temperature, that there are still no cold, minus temperatures, but still, Vadym, you know, when three to four days and more, and high-rises, about grandmas, about grandpas, and ambulances, and in general, well, how can there be such a thing.
Host: Yes, yes. Alright, Dmytro, let’s start our main part of the conversation with a discussion of the outcomes of the EU summit. They could not agree on using Russian assets to assist Ukraine. A loan of 90 billion euros will be allocated to Ukraine for 2 years. French President Emmanuel Macron says that conversations with Putin will be beneficial for Europe. What do you think about this statement from the French President?
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