Good late morning to committee members and guests. Thank you all for coming today.
We're here to talk about regional and geopolitical and military issues in the context of Russian aggression. Today we have the ambassador of Georgia, Ambassador Kavtaradze; the ambassador of the Republic of Moldova, Ambassador Beleavschi; and our friend, the ambassador of Ukraine, Ambassador Shevchenko.
Thank you all for coming.
We're here to give you time to talk about the recent events happening in your part of the world with regard to Russian aggression. Obviously there are the issues themselves and then all the fallout that occurs after the fact with regard to misinformation and disinformation. We would like to hear first-hand from you folks on what's really happening over there and how it's affecting you, both geopolitically and militarily.
I know you've been told to restrict your comments to 10 minutes. I'll be generous with the time if you could please not exceed 15 minutes. We really want to hear from you.
I'm going to yield the floor first to the ambassador of Georgia.
Sir, you have the floor for your opening remarks.