00:01Dear Ukrainians and everyone in the world who wants to see this war end, you can all
00:06see that the Russians have changed their strike tactics against Ukraine.
00:11And since August, they've been terrorizing our people, our cities and our villages much
00:16more intensely.
00:17Today, September 1st, while millions of children in different countries are peacefully heading
00:23to school, here in Ukraine, millions of children are unfortunately forced to go into shelters
00:29and study there, waiting for the Russian attacks to stop.
00:33We have had air raid sirens sounding all day long and Shahed drones buzzing all day long.
00:37Just last night, there was yet another brutal Russian ballistic missile strike on the city
00:41of Kiev, followed by numerous relentless drone strikes on many of our other cities, targeting
00:45ordinary people and destroying our ordinary everyday lives.
00:49Russia is actively trying to destroy our energy sector and critical national infrastructure.
00:55Earlier today, Russian missiles hit another railway depot, a site with no military equipment
01:01or strategic value to the war.
01:03This is nothing but pure Russian terror directed at innocent civilians.
01:08Since the start of this full-scale aggression, Russia has tried to block our ports, and because
01:14of Russian strikes on Ukraine, our airspace is closed to civil aviation.
01:19Our roads, our railways, our universities, and our businesses are all being constantly subjected
01:26to Russian attacks.
01:27Even our schools and our churches are being targeted by the Russians, everything that exists
01:33here within the borders of Ukraine.
01:36We didn't choose war, and we certainly didn't want this escalation.
01:41This is solely Russia's desire, Putin's desire, to drag out the war and increase the scale
01:47of the strikes.
01:48It's Russian aggression that has made the skies of Ukraine, Europe, and even Russia itself
01:54dangerous.
01:56The very first missiles and the very first drones were launched directly from Russian soil,
02:01crossing over our sovereign state border, coming directly from within Russian airspace.
02:07This dangerous escalation cannot, and indeed will not, be allowed to remain confined solely
02:12to Ukrainian territory.
02:14It is entirely natural and perfectly fair that the consequences of this will also be felt deeply
02:20within Russia, particularly in the Russian sky, which is already transforming and will increasingly
02:26become a domain for our drones and missiles, which are actively and quite justly responding
02:32to the ongoing Russian war and the relentless Russian strikes.
02:38We are currently exercising our fundamental right to legitimate self-defense by striking Russian
02:44military targets and the specific sectors fueling their war effort.
02:48This is how we maintain our national defense and security.
02:52Today, we feel it is our duty to issue a grave and urgent warning to every single commercial
02:56airline that continues to operate within Russian airspace, to every insurance provider covering
03:00these flights, and to all those individuals who are still choosing to utilize major Russian
03:04airports for their travel.
03:05The reality is that the Russian sky is rapidly becoming a place that is entirely and fundamentally
03:09unsafe for any form of aviation.
03:11Ukraine does not pose any threat to civil aviation as such, and certainly not to a single civilian
03:17aircraft.
03:18It is simply the case that there will be drones operating in the Russian sky, and that is
03:23a factor which must be taken into account.
03:26Even though the Russian authorities are not reporting the situation in a transparent manner,
03:31the Russian airspace is, for all intents and purposes, effectively closing down.
03:36The war that was unleashed by Russia is now systematically closing off its very own skies.
03:42We here in Ukraine do not want to see any more loss of innocent human lives.
03:47So we are issuing a clear warning to our partners.
03:49The days of the Russian sky being a safe place have come to an end.
03:54It is vital that the ambassadors of the states working here in Ukraine, and the ambassadors
04:00currently stationed in Moscow, hear this.
04:03Each of them knows precisely what this Russian war signifies for our country and our people,
04:10and they must convey this information back to their respective capitals.
04:15It is of the utmost importance that all relevant airlines currently operating flights into airports located primarily within Moscow,
04:23St. Petersburg, and other key Russian destinations are made fully aware of this situation.
04:29The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and our relevant institutions will provide full information to international structures regarding the
04:39dangers in the Russian sky.
04:43There is simply no place for civil aviation in the same airspace as these drones.
04:48But Ukraine? Ukraine is a country that truly stands for peace, and we deeply respect the fact that all our
04:55partners are so eager to help us bring a final end to this war.
04:59And we are prepared to support every such diplomatic attempt.
05:04When the American side reached out to us, requesting a temporary pause in our strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg
05:11for August 25th, 26th, and 27th,
05:14we honored that request and maintained the pause.
05:17Indeed, there were no strikes conducted during that time.
05:21We have recently conducted significant military strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine.
05:26However, when a major global power requested a temporary cessation of strikes toward Vladivostok, we agreed to fully honor that
05:34request.
05:34At this moment, preparations for a new series of high-level diplomatic meetings are underway in Moscow.
05:40We are certainly going to take all of this into our consideration.
05:43We consistently support every single step taken toward achieving peace, and toward ensuring that Russia cannot make this war an
05:50endless one.
05:51This war really needs to come to an end, and world leaders are right to tell Vladimir Putin exactly that.
05:56Therefore, for the sake of diplomacy and to facilitate our ongoing negotiations, whenever our partners reach out to us regarding
06:04this matter,
06:05we will ensure that the Russian sky is completely cleared of all drones for the duration of the specified time
06:11periods and in the specified flight directions.
06:15True safety will only return to the Russian skies once there is a genuine, meaningful movement toward a lasting peace.
06:22But for the time being, as long as this war continues to rage, the skies above Russia are reserved for
06:28military drones, rather than for regular commercial civil aviation.
06:33It is vital that the world unites to bring this to a definitive end.
06:37I thank all who stand in solidarity with Ukraine.
06:40Glory to Ukraine.
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