(Sorry; imperfect translation) :

Sometimes, instead of thousands of rational arguments, you should tell your partners one story to influence their position.

Unfortunately, today gave at least one such story. This is the story of Gregory from Kiev. He is 5 years old. Dad died six months ago. Mom took him to daycare in the morning and went to work. She was killed by a Russian missile. The 5-year-old boy remained an orphan.

Gregory’s Orphanage is the result of what in some capital long advise or provide Ukraine anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons, in the other play “neutrality”, in the third tired of war and sanctions, in the fourth prepare to shake Putin’s hand, and some media or thought leader tries to impose the opinion that Ukraine itself is to blame in this, because it is too actively and successfully defended itself from Russia.

Today I stopped the tour of African countries urgently. There is a lot of important work that we will definitely do. But today she had to be put aside and await her flight home to return on telephone in Euro-Atlantic space.

In the morning, President Zelensky set a number of specific tasks and I spent the whole day in telephone conversations with colleagues around the world. But with all due respect, there is no time for sympathy, resentment and concern. We need guns, air defense and more sanctions pressure, complete isolation of the terrorist state.

As of now, the conclusion of all conversations is one – effective support of Ukraine remains nepohitno поси and will be strengthened.

Voices impregnated with fear, fatigue, or desire to save Putin should remain on the side of history.

Russia can deprive us of light, warmth, can force people to sit in bombshovi переah, but they will never deprive us of our victory. Because we’re on the bright side of the Force.