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00:00On diplomatic visits, almost every detail sends some kind of message.
00:05Like the flowers given to Ursula von der Leyen as she arrived in Kyiv.
00:12The President of the European Commission visited a memorial for those killed in the war
00:18and inspected generators offered by Europe.
00:21Ukraine's power grid is at the heart of her visit.
00:25Europe has pledged a 35 billion euro loan.
00:29One of its main goals is to repair Ukraine's energy network.
00:33The European Union is here to help you in this challenge,
00:37to keep the lights on,
00:40to keep your people warm as winter is just around the corner
00:44and to keep your economy going as you fight for your survival.
00:49Roughly half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been destroyed in the war.
00:54It's one of the key targets.
00:57President Volodymyr Zelensky says the loan granted by the EU
01:01will also be used for weapons, for the air defence and for shelters.
01:06The loan is part of a 50 billion dollar package from G7 countries.
01:12Profits from frozen Russian assets will be used as collateral.
01:17For Russia's government, this amounts to stealing.
01:21It's no exaggeration to say that these facts of large-scale theft of Russian assets
01:26will finally nullify the authority and trust of the international community in the European Union.
01:32Russia released images of its forces attacking Ukrainian targets,
01:37saying that the EU backing of Ukraine military operations and weapon purchases
01:43is quote a suicidal strategy.