I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

It's not the day in which I grew up, long time ago, where we had three news networks. No cable, no social media, no internet. Where what you see is what you got. We had basically straight journalism. We don't have that anymore.

Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.

There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.

One of the things I love about negotiations is that you have to be able to play it like an orchestra, different instruments for different circumstances. There's sweetness, and encouragement, and cajoling. There's pressure, there's drama, there's ultimatums.

You have to make change.

It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.