{"id":44740,"date":"2026-03-11T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=44740"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:24:24","slug":"key-takeaways-from-volodymyr-zelenskyys-interview-with-caolan-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/key-takeaways-from-volodymyr-zelenskyys-interview-with-caolan-robertson\/","title":{"rendered":"Key takeaways from Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s interview with Caolan Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key takeaways from the interview of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Irish journalist Caolan Robertson:<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine is becoming an important defense partner for the United States. The American side requested Ukraine to send specialists and resources to protect U.S. bases in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine has significantly increased its own defense production since the beginning of the full-scale war. We already had strong \u201ccards\u201d in the defense sector, but we did not always reveal them in advance.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f The Gulf countries tried to balance by maintaining economic ties with russia. Now they understand what it means to be under regular attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f russia is directly involved in attacks in the Middle East. Ukrainian intelligence has evidence of russian components being used in drones that target the region and U.S. bases.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f The world is technically unprepared for a large-scale new type of war \u2014 a war of drones and missiles. Most countries are only beginning to adapt, whereas Ukraine already has this unique experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Disinformation is one of the cheapest and most effective tools of kremlin influence. russia spends enormous resources spreading its narratives in the media of Europe, the U.S., Africa, and China.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f russia uses international sports, including the Paralympic Games, as a propaganda tool to break out of international isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Culture, cinema, and sports cannot be \u201coutside politics\u201d when the aggressor uses them to justify crimes. Russia deliberately integrates propaganda even into children\u2019s content to influence future generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Defeating an aggressor that significantly surpasses in resources and population is the main task of the Ukrainian nation. This must become a historic example of defending freedom and values for the entire world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key takeaways from the interview of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Irish journalist Caolan Robertson: \u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine is becoming an important defense partner for the United States. The American side requested Ukraine to send specialists and resources to protect U.S. bases in the Middle East. \u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine has significantly increased its own defense&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}