The next is a transcript of an interview with Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova that aired Sunday, Might 8, 2022, on "Face the Nation."
MARGARET BRENNAN: Charlie D'Agata, thanks. And a few breaking information this morning. CBS Information has realized that the Biden administration is sending a small group of American diplomats, together with the appearing Ambassador to the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, to counter Russia's Victory Day celebrations. State Division sources inform CBS that the embassy hopes to renew operations and lift the American flag there within the coming weeks. We flip now to Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova. Good morning. Welcome again to this system.
AMBASSADOR OKSANA MARKAROVA: Good morning and joyful Mom's Day.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Joyful Mom's Day to you as properly and to all of the moms on the market. President Zelenskyy has mentioned that he'll converse with President Biden and different world leaders this morning. What are you anticipating when it comes to additional assist?
AMB. MARKAROVA: Thanks. Effectively, you already know, as we have a good time the 77th additionally anniversary of the top of the World Conflict Two, it is important that all of us do every part doable to cease the conflict that Russian regime, very very similar to Nazi regime, began in Europe once more. So the president will increase every part that we've been discussing through the past- this previous 73 days: extra army assist, extra sanctions, extra monetary assist to Ukraine. We depend on all of our buddies and allies to assist us with every part so we will cease Russia whereas it is nonetheless in Ukraine.
MARGARET BRENNAN: President Putin is predicted to make a speech tomorrow in Purple Sq.. It is not clear precisely what he's going to announce, however the CIA director mentioned yesterday Putin is doubling down. What precisely are you getting ready for?
AMB. MARKAROVA: Effectively, we all know that there aren't any purple strains for the regime in Moscow, so we're getting ready for every part. They mentioned they won't go into- that they weren't going to assault us, and so they did. They mentioned that there is no such thing as a conflict in Ukraine for the previous eight years, and we all know it was. They mentioned they did not take the Crimea and so they did. They mentioned they are not killing civilians, and but we see in all places the deaths of ladies, youngsters. They torture them, they rape them, they kill them. So we will depend that Putin and imperialistic Russia will do every part unhealthy they'll probably attempt to do. The query is, are all of us ready, the civilized world, to do every part doable to defend our democracy and freedom? And Ukraine definitely just isn't solely prepared, however reveals for the previous 74 days that we bravely defend these values and defend our houses.
MARGARET BRENNAN: There's some hypothesis that Putin may formally acknowledge the nation is at conflict after which begin conscripting troopers, which might assist him construct up that offensive within the East. Is that what you are anticipating?
AMB. MARKAROVA: Effectively, that will be the primary time when Putin will say the reality, that it's conflict and that he's in dire want of conscripting troopers. I hope that then it will likely be evident for all- to all Russians what they're doing in Ukraine. That it is an aggressive conflict. They attacked a neighboring nation, a peaceable nation. And the query is, are they ready to have extra tens of hundreds dying in Ukraine for no motive in any respect?
MARGARET BRENNAN: The U.S. mentioned just a few days in the past that Russia is planning sham elections and they are going to attempt to annex components of your nation, Donetsk, Luhansk within the east, additionally Kherson. They're already renaming colleges and streets, educating Russian curriculum, forcing using their foreign money. So what's dismantling this a part of your nation really do? As a result of if you wish to get to a peace negotiation, they're already form of swallowing components of your nation and attempting to combine it.
AMB. MARKAROVA: Effectively, along with all of the conflict crimes they're doing in Ukraine, that is a part of their M.O. We noticed it in Donetsk and Luhansk, which they occupied in 2014. We noticed it in Crimea. In order that they tried to create the sham elections. They can not discover sufficient Ukrainians to take part in them as we noticed in Kherson, as we see somewhere else. We are going to by no means acknowledge it, the entire world won't ever acknowledge it. And we are going to do every part doable on the battlefield, but additionally diplomatically, to revive our territorial integrity and sovereignty.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So the world won't ever acknowledge it?
AMB. MARKAROVA: I am positive--
MARGARET BRENNAN: --Which means?
AMB. MARKAROVA: I am optimistic. Ukraine must be entire throughout the internationally acknowledged borders.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So these sanctions the West has placed on would keep in place--
AMB. MARKAROVA: Completely.
MARGARET BRENNAN: --Is one other method to say that. , we're seeing these stories out of Mariupol that there have been some profitable evacuations. It is only a dire humanitarian scenario there. Are you able to inform us what is going on on the bottom? Who's left there?
AMB. MARKAROVA: Our courageous defenders, a lot of wounded, a whole lot of docs are nonetheless there. In order of yesterday, we noticed the stories and our president has completed every part doable to evacuate civilians. Now, whereas that could be a success, in fact, to get the civilians, girls and kids out, we've to do not forget that 95% of Mariupol is destroyed, that tens of thousand civilians died in Mariupol, had been killed by Russians. Really, extra Mariupol residents had been killed by Russians in two months than by Nazis throughout two years of Nazi occupation in- through the World Conflict Two. So we're calling on everybody to do every part doable and unattainable to get our wounded troopers, to get our heroes, to create all doable corridors, so as to get our individuals nonetheless out from Azovstal, the place they bravely defend the Ukrainian flag and Ukraine in Mariupol.
MARGARET BRENNAN: That is that metal plant where--
AMB. MARKAROVA: Sure.
MARGARET BRENNAN: --fighters have been holed up with some civilians. President Zelenskyy mentioned influential states had been concerned in efforts to rescue a whole bunch of wounded fighters there. Who precisely helps? What does that imply? Is that on the bottom assist? Is that simply diplomatic?
AMB. MARKAROVA: Effectively, we all know that U.N. Secretary Normal has been in- in direct contact with our president, but additionally with others. There are a whole lot of diplomatic discussions with different states on that. So I feel, you already know, after the conflict, we can discuss all of the efforts that were- that had been done--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Israel, for instance.
AMB. MARKAROVA: --However on the bottom, it is you already know, it is our courageous Ukrainians. And whereas evacuating civilians, we've to know that so a lot of our troopers from Azov metal, from this plant who had been trying- serving to civilians to get out have been killed and wounded throughout these makes an attempt too.
MARGARET BRENNAN: How vital is the intelligence sharing that the West is offering to Ukraine? We hear loads concerning the weapons, however what concerning the precise sharing of knowledge?
AMB. MARKAROVA: I feel, you already know, the sharing of knowledge between Ukraine and the West with all of our buddies and allies is on the stage which we by no means had earlier than. And we actually respect it.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Ambassador, thanks on your time immediately.
AMB. MARKAROVA: Thanks.
MARGARET BRENNAN: We'll be proper again with much more FACE THE NATION. So stick with us.