Glory to hear us, and we are moving on to the Q&A part and please first question goes to Apostrophe.

Can This question will probably be addressed to the European Commission President.

So on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion,

it was planned to introduce the 20th package of the sanctions against Russia, as far as I know.

Please tell us why they couldn't be introduced and,

can we set a deadline for the adoption of the 20th package of sanctions, possibly in a reduced or rechanged format.

So the sanctions have to be adopted by unanimity, and this will not change,

of course, but we have been working on 19 sanctions packages with success. None of it was easy.

We had to negotiate any package, but from the experience that we passed 19 packages of sanctions,

I am confident that we are also going to pass. Past the 20th 1.

It's a matter of time, of course, you're right, it has to be there as soon as possible,

but as we all have the same aim to reduce the revenues for Russia and to dry out the war chest,

there's a lot of rightly so, pressure on us to deliver as soon as possible. Next question, please, Bloomberg. Thank you.

Madam President, Ukraine has asked to become a member of the EU by 2027.

Is there a way, yes or no, for it to happen, and if so, how?

And President Zelensky, I have a question for you as well.

You have just addressed the European Parliament today, explaining to them the importance of having a specific date.

What is the latest you're willing to wait for EU accession? Thank you very much.

So on your question, is there a way for Ukraine to become a member of the European Union, the answer is a very clear Yes,

of course, and Ukraine is on a good way to become a member of the European Union.

You all know that this is a merits-based process.

It has to be, but this also means that the speed depends on the candidate country. I must say Ukraine is outstanding.

In the speed at which it fulfills the necessary reforms, these are tough reforms, not easy reforms.

You need to convince many people to go for it, to modernize the country for the benefit of the country,

and it is deeply impressive to see the enormous progress Ukraine is making, despite fighting a war for their survival. This should never be forgotten.

Of course, from my side, and we spoke about it a lot of encouragement to keep up the good pace and the speed of the reforms,

because this then of course leads to the marriage that is yours, the accession to the European Union.

I am confident in this process because we've seen how much Ukraine has progressed.

I understand very well that for you, a clear date is also important.

The date you set is your benchmark that you want to match.

You know that from our side, dates by themselves are not possible,

but of course the support that you can reach your goal is absolutely clear on our side. Thank you very much for your question.

So, first of all, I think that we are, yeah,

it's true that we want fast track for membership and we are thankful for,

for big support and with candidate status and etc. From EU institutions.

And I know that Putin will block it, block our membership in the future.

I don't want for my country, our people, you know, they live with all these challenges during all these years of this full scale invasion,

all this war with this tragedy, and that's why we know we don't want to have the same what we have now.

Maybe it will not be in the future, but what we have now with NATO. Russia will block it by themselves.

They don't see Ukraine as an independent country,

and they don't see us as a part of the European family, so that's why they will do it.

But we are ready for a fast track.

We are ready for a fast track for reforms, and we do it, I think the parallel way. Next and the last question, please, Jean Faltz.

Hi, Camille AFP, first, a question for you, President Zelensky.

You mentioned the €19 billion loan currently being blocked by Prime Minister Orbán because of the,

he says it's because of the Druzhba pipeline.

I was wondering, would you be willing to repair the pipeline in order to get the loan, and if so, by when? And one question for you, Mr

Costa, do you feel like Prime Minister Orbán crossed the line by, blocking,

the loan after green lighting it in December, and if so, should that have any consequences? Thank you. You want to answer?

Yeah, I, I think that is not the first time when, Prime Minister of Hungary, blocks,

something, and, I, I'm not sure that it, it comes together, 90 billion and, pipeline. Because it's two different things.

First of all, pipeline was destroyed by Russia.

So if Orbán wants to block some financial support, he can do it for Russia.

For Ukraine, we are not the reason for destroying this pipeline.

Then the second point is that it's not the first destroying. I'm not sure that's the last. By Russians. We have images.

We have everything by satellites of partners, so he destroyed,

I mean Russia destroyed these pipelines several times.

By the way, not only this and another broad, you know, these pipelines, so they also destroyed.

So it's I mean it's up to Orbán to speak with Putin. Maybe energy ceasefire or something like this.

It can't be so that, for example, Russia destroys Ukraine.

Renovate and during renovation we had some once, not once even,

but with this pipeline once when you renovate Russia attack again.

You know how Russia uses these attacks on our civil critical infrastructure when they destroy any kind of station energy system, and including such pipeline,

our renovation brigade comes to renovate, and then they again attack just to kill people,

and that's why people have been wounded, for what? To renovate for what?

To lose people, I mean, I think this is very big, very big prize, that's it.

First of all, the two things are not interlinked.

Of course, when a Member State has an issue with a third country,

it is a duty for the European institutions to support those Member States and to raise the issues with the third country.

This is what we have done with President Zelensky regarding this pipeline.

And what we agree that in the coming days,

Ukraine will give the assessment how many time it takes to repair this pipeline.

But in any case, First of all, as President von der Leyen said, They are an alternative from the through the Adriatic pipeline from Croatia to Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia,

but also they are an alternative to the Ukrainian territory and it's available to use,

then it's not the, they are not an issue on security and energy. A completely different issue. What is the behavior. Of the member state in the Union.

The behavior of a Member State in the Union is ruled by a very important principle of sincere cooperation.

When the European Council Agree and take a decision,

all Member States need to cooperate to implement this decision.

No one is able to stop or to block or to try to block a decision from the European Council.

Only the European Council can change a decision from the European Council.

That's why I wrote to Prime Minister Orbán saying that Hungary is violating the principle of sincere cooperation.

I urge Hungary to immediately cooperate in the implementation of the decision taken by the European Council on 18 December.

In the meantime, I invite the Commission to use all the tools that we have in the Treaty to overcome this,

to avoid everyone try to blackmail the European Union and to use all the tools that we have in the Treaty to implement the decision from the European Council,

and we have tools in the Treaty.

Your Excellencies, before concluding this press conference, I have a small last minute, favor to ask.

We actually haven't had a chance to have to take a picture of your handshake, in the course of the day.

So if you'd be so kind, stand, in front of the lectures, yes.

Thank you, and this concludes this press conference.