Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, gentlemen, for your testimony and for being here today.
Mr. Grod, we've heard that Russia is using media to spread propaganda through Ukraine. An article in The Economist, referring to the Donbass region, said, “absurdly despite the daily shelling, most of the locals blame Ukraine rather than Russia for their misery.”
When we were in Europe, we heard and we witnessed great support for the EU, at least in Kiev and at least where we were. To what extent do the residents of Donbass region support the pro-Russian units?
If I hear numbers like 65% to 70% of Ukraines support moving more towards Europe rather than towards Russia, yet we hear that in that region...could you maybe articulate more exactly where the support levels are? Is Donbass totally...?
We may never get to a true peaceful negotiation if we have these sectors that feel they are more aligned with Russia than Ukraine.