Ukrainian → English transcript

Do you want Czech authorities to somehow, you know, push these men back to

the country, like limit the social benefits or do something just to move them

back and be in the country and possibly join the army?

I believe there are young people there who could be here and help Ukraine,

help the army. I think this is important. And our internal communication

here may not reach there. I mean, it is, well…

It is very important that everyone would want this. Once, one European leader told

me,“ Listen, I am asking you, I myself cannot say

anything to your people there,

because society will not support me. Because society

distinguishes support for those people who left because of the war.”

So… But, but at the same time this person

says,“ But there are already a lot of Ukrainians there, and it is already

hard for us. And could you invite them to Ukraine?” And I told him,

that I can invite them to Ukraine. And I can do that.

But how will it work?

If a person ran away from the war… By the way, there were different cases.

There were those who ran from the war, and then came back and started defending

the state. So… And some took their families out,

and then came back to the front. So I said:

I have different attitudes toward those who left, because many of them

later came back.

They ran on the first day, on the second, on the third. In the second

month they came back and went to the front. So there are different cases.

But, of course, we must

understand that the more of our young people,

who are physically capable, and who are of mobilization age,

and who went abroad…

the more of them who would return here, the

easier it would definitely be for our army, easier for our people,

easier for Ukraine.