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00:00So, there we are. If you want to say hello.
00:02Yeah, hello, hello, hello.
00:04Hello to Wales.
00:05So, this is a big retailer for specialised whiskeys and wines, which I've had a quick look and it's just superb.
00:11And this is actually their tasting room.
00:13And I've got to go over here to show everyone that.
00:18The wonderful display of Pandaria.
00:22So, we're going to start the meeting now and I'll show you some more later.
00:27So, I don't know if you can hear that, but there is a siren going off or it's just gone off.
00:32And as you can see, to be fair for the Ukrainians, they don't seem to give a damn.
00:37They're just carrying on with life.
00:39I've just been told that actually last night there were 29 missiles shot at Kyiv and all taken out by the armed forces.
00:48So, well done on them. That's what I say.
00:52Here I am outside my hotel.
00:54Hamster Apart Hotel.
00:56It's very comfortable.
00:58And it's down to work now.
01:00I'm off to the offices of Winehal, our importer here.
01:05And Ukraine has been remarkable for us.
01:07In sort of three or four years, it's gone from nothing to being potentially one of our biggest export markets.
01:14And we forecasted this year they'll take 80,000 bottles, which is pretty significant.
01:21So, I'm here to understand that, to thank them for what they're doing, and to really sort of build and cement the relationship, if you like.
01:28And apparently, I was fairly lucky last night.
01:31There were air raid warnings in Kyiv, and they immediately then closed the stations, the rail stations.
01:39So, if they hadn't lifted the warnings, I'd have been stuck outside Kyiv.
01:44And it really does bring it home to you when you check into the hotel.
01:49And the first thing they show you is the air raid shelter.
01:54So, fingers crossed, I'm not going to need that tonight.
01:57But that's the reality of life out here, I'm afraid.
02:01So, just to celebrate me coming to Ukraine, I've got myself this T-shirt.
02:07Wales, Ukraine, and a butterfly of peace.
02:12See you later.
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