Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In terms of what constitutes urgent priorities or not for the Ukrainian government, which is principally responsible for this ongoing war effort, this committee has certainly been asked repeatedly by the Ukrainian government, as well as by leading diaspora organizations, to revoke this permit. In terms of what is critical for the war effort, I think it's a misstatement of the issue to diminish this to being just a pipeline.
This is about the question of the integrity of the global sanctions regime. The sanctions regime is going to be foundational to the question of who actually wins this war at the end of the day. Ukraine has done well in the context of the war, but we should not presume that any outcome is inevitable.