Amid uncertainty over EU aid, Vitalii Kim insists Ukraine has no choice but to fight for motherland

Home Europe To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 10:00 Issued on: 28/10/2026 - 20:54Modified: 28/10/2026 - 20:58 François Picard is pleased to welcome Vitalii Kim, Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine. “If Europe will not support us, we also will fight because it's our motherland,” says Kim, insisting that Ukraine's determination to resist Russian aggression will endure regardless of the outcome of negotiations over European financial assistance. Yet behind this assertion of national resolve lies a more complex reality: a country confronting not only the immediate pressures of war, but also its mounting psychological, social and institutional consequences. Keywords for this article Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe