Speech on Peace Banned at European Parliament

Welcome to the European Parliament.

Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Hans.

Let's go to the entrance.

We've received this day, uh, me,

that unfortunately your exit have been banned in the, in the EP

premises. Yes, I will. I, I, I, I'm trying, I'm trying to get,

uh, the reason behind it.

Well, uh, thank you for being here, and, um, we heard that I will

be banned from the European Parliament, from entering the European Parliament.

Uh, today I was expected to deliver my speech

about peace, and, um,

I still believe that there is only one way for Ukraine to survive as

a nation is to

have peace. Uh, I don't see any kind of...

anti-Ukrainian think about that.

And, um, you know, we as a country always look at the

European Union as,

um, the union of freedoms, the union of respect of human

rights, so freedom of speech, freedom of expression.

And for me, it is really very strange to, to see that I'm

banned at the day when I need to have a speech about peace.

Um, I'm grateful to AfD for organizing any way

the ability for me to speak through video conference today.

But, um, to be frank, this is stressful, and this is...

I, I don't see any kind of explanation for

this.

Um, I know that there are a lot of Ukrainians,

literally millions of Ukrainians who

are back for peace. I get the support from Western Ukraine,

Eastern Ukraine,

Donbas, from Kyiv, from, from every part of, of the country.

And so many people were expecting me to deliver this speech.

It's a pity, it's a pity that there is such self-censorship and that

European parliamentarians do not want to hear those Ukrainians who want

peace. So it's quite offensive.

Um, I need to forgive. Uh, and again, I'm, I'm grateful that I will be able

to deliver the speech via video conference.

Thank you for being here.