event remotely. in general, every year the laureates of this award are precisely writers and public figures who have made some e-e achievements for our country. this ceremony has been held for 24 consecutive years. we can also hear more about this from the organizer of this event, as well. editor-in-chief of the gi editorial office, let's hear it in direct language. the most important thing that unites them is intellectual courage, because sometimes an intellectual must be brave. in general, over these 24 years, more than 50 people have become knights of the order, so that's it. this is all the information, i am passing on

word to you, vasyl. thank you very much, our correspondent kalina krannautk, from this important event had an inclusion, and i congratulate all those awarded with this prize for intellectual courage. the intellectually brave and infamous yuriy fizar actually talks about events outside of ukraine every day, and today was no exception, yuriy is with us, let's get started. good evening. good evening to you vasyl, good evening to everyone who joined us today. in particular, russia will pose a threat to the european union - this was said by the chief european diplomat josep borel they want trump, well, they are doing everything to prevent him from going to the elections, at least in one state, and the stalin center in russia, about this and other things in a moment in the column world about ukraine.

well, i'll start with some not-so-good news for ukraine. unfortunately, the congress of the united states of america will not approve new military aid to ukraine this year. this was announced in a joint statement by the leaders of the ruling democrats and opposition republicans in the senate, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. in accordance. they explained this by the fact that the participants negotiations from the house of representatives, which is already the lower house of congress and. the government continues to work on unresolved issues, and this will continue for the next few days, and only after that, say the main republican and democrat of the upper house of the highest legislative body of the united states of america, it will be possible to try to solve the problematic issues, but already at the beginning of next year. well, after all , many hoped that some kind of compromise would be found by the end of this year. and i

will remind you about what the republicans demand weaken, strengthen, or rather, make changes to the migration legislation and strengthen it, they demand, of course, from the democrats. but the democrats and, in particular, the president of the united states, johnal joe, please excuse me, joe biden, then made some compromises and even offered something to the republicans, but as we can see, it is still moving very weakly. this process, well, let's go further and continue anyway from the united states. there is no magic pot in the us to continue providing financial assistance to ukraine. about this during the briefing said us state department spokesman matthew miller. at the same time, he emphasized that the white house expects congress to approve president joe biden's request for additional aid of a little more than 60.

according to mr. miller, this remains the main priority and goal of the white house administration. however, the spokesperson of the us state department added that adali is his direct speech. what we expect will be a very difficult winter begins. and let me add that speaking of a very difficult winter, he had, he meant winter specifically for ukraine. it is a great pity, but i really hope that already at the beginning of the year we will still receive help from the united states of america, which will be added to the help from the european union , and we will receive new weapons so that our warriors can defeat the aggressor. russia represents a strategic threat to the european union, so the member countries of the community should actively stand by ukraine. and to help her more and faster,

said the head of european diplomacy josep borel said during a speech at the zoom grand the continent forum, while he added that ... it is becoming more and more difficult to do this every day, and explained why: according to mr. borel, not everyone in the eu is of the same opinion now, so he has to convince skeptics of their wrongness, moreover, in his microblogging network twitter, the former x, this is the former twitter, the chief european diplomat added, we will hear exactly from joseph borel, europe in the sky. spec: if we allow putin to win in ukraine, the european project may be irrevocably destroyed spoiled let's roll up our sleeves and do everything to avoid this. today, before the broadcast , vasyl and i talked about why in europe they say that

let's roll up our sleeves and do something, but yesterday during volodymyr zelenskyi's press conference, we didn't really, i wanted to say, heard a lot about we almost never heard of the authorities somehow rolling up their sleeves. about the fact that she is going to roll up her sleeves and do something for our victory, somehow everyone else was to blame, except for the authorities, well, you know, these phrase, let it not sound too optimistic, but this phrase of cherchel's that i can offer you nothing but blood and sweat, we have not heard globally, but again , well, and also the continuation of the theme of josep borel and the fact that he said on the forum, that's how he said that lately it's getting very popular. is the personality of a politician who wins elections, well, he meant that populists are winning in various countries very often now, and so i hinted at the fact that everything will depend very much in

europe itself, in particular, in the european union's support for ukraine, from whoever will become the next president of the united states of america, and donald can become him with a huge probability. trump, who has repeatedly said that he has a lot of plans to end the war, the russian war in ukraine, but so far he has not disclosed these plans. let's go further. perhaps the time has come to invite russia to the meeting during which the ukrainian peace formula is discussed. she said this in an interview with the cabs tv channel minister of foreign affairs of the republic of south africa. to lady pandora, while she emphasized that this proposal was voiced at the last international meeting in malta, followed by a short quote from the minister: it is time to invite russia to these meetings so that we can start taking steps towards a more formal process of

discussing this problem. well, such a naive proposal, vasyl, well, tell me, the russians spoke in a heterogeneous manner about the fact that no ukrainian... formula for peace exists for them, and therefore to invite russia to the meeting, to who are discussing this peace formula, well , it's just a waste of time, but i understand, madam minister, she needs to show that she is making maximum efforts to help end the war in ukraine as soon as possible, i remember one moment, i will say more , how les tras was then the british foreign minister, came to moscow on the eve of the invasion and how disappointed she was. over the fact that moscow lived a quiet life, and in principle only the snow creaked underfoot, and she left, fully understanding that there was nothing to agree on it won't work, well, i think that nothing has changed in particular there, and nothing has changed at all, i will add by the way that such meetings, at which the ukrainian peace formula is discussed, this will already be the fourth, and it is planned, it is

planned to be held in switzerland , before that they were in copenhagen, in saudi arabia, in jeddah, and the last one was in malta. yes, now we return to the connection once again. of the united states of america and before donald trump in colorado, trump was banned from running for prairies, that is, for the selection of a single candidate from of the republican party for the presidential elections to be held in november next year. the corresponding decision was made by the supreme court of the state, four judges voted to exclude trump from this competition against three, who preferred to allow him to participate in the race anyway. the court made the relevant decision based on the 14th amendment to the us constitution, which prohibits officials from holding public office if they participated in the rebellion. well, if the decision takes effect on january 5, then donald trump will not be there ballots in colorado. well, but

donald trump's lawyers immediately said that they were going to file an appeal not anywhere, but to the supreme court of the entire united states. ah... america, and if to what, well, on january 4, he cancels this decision of the state supreme court of the state of colorado, then trump will still be allowed to participate in the prairies in this. states, but i want to emphasize one more thing that even if trump is excluded from the race for the republican presidential ticket from the state of colorado, then he has nothing to lose because the last election that was held in colorado they voted democrat, so even if he didn't run, he still, even if he ran, he still would... didn't get enough votes to win this state and get it to the electoral college

, so here it is, but either way, it's a huge precedent, and we'll see, i 'll be keeping an eye on it personally, what will happen next, how they will react then trump's lawyers, and what will be said most likely in the supreme court of the united states of america. the russian government and our special services. the northeastern, unfortunately, neighbors tried to smear the democratic party on the eve of the midterm elections for congress in 2022. this is stated in the declassified reference of the report of the national intelligence council. in this way, the russians wanted to undermine, want to undermine the support of ukraine from the united states of america. representatives of american intelligence at... claimed that they had a high level confidence in the reliability of such a conclusion,

although at the same time they did not provide any evidence of this, but i am sure that this evidence is there, and just as i am sure that the russians tried to do what the american intelligence says, well, they have it it is in the blood to offend someone very much. russia is against the involvement of ukraine in ... nato, even if it happens after 15 years, the president of the terrorist country putin said the day before, speaking at the board of the ministry of war of our north-eastern, to our great regret, still a neighbor. according to him, even such a perspective does not correspond to russian strategic interests. the main terrorist of the world, of course, rejected the idea that nato itself could become a guarantor of security for ukraine and added that a... then putin's quote: the only guarantor of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine was russia. but one of

putin's passages that i really liked was this one, in which he talks about the expansion of nato to the east. what exactly did the main terrorist of the world say? let's listen to him directly. as we know, finland has already been drawn into nato, and sweden is planning to join. the only guarantor of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine was russia, that is, i remember

from some old books about putin that were published that he was very not, well, i don't know how he is, but he was very impatient with people when in his presence , well, to put it bluntly, he is slurring, that's why the obscene words that were spoken, well, i have even more doubts whether it is putin, you understand, vasyl, that word did not come out, i i read it when... i was reading the transcript that was posted on the page, i wanted to say the telegraph agency of the soviet union, tas, tas, tas, the tas page, and here in this transcript this word was, when i started listening just on the video, this word was not, and we watched it later, it is clear that he was saying it with his mouth, but simply the sound engineers somehow silenced him this word, well, but in any case, even if we are not talking about matyuki, but talking about that russia is... the only guarantor of sovereignty and was or is, i don't know territoriality, territorial integrity

of ukraine, well, this is simply something incredible. another incredible thing, if we talk about russia, news from the other side, continues the column world about ukraine. in russian barnaul, far away in altai, they opened the stalin center, i will say right away that they closed the yeltsin center. but the stalin center was opened and opened by russian communists, timed to the 145-145th anniversary of stalin's birthday, by the way, he was born on december 8, according to the head of the regional branch of communists, sergei matasov, the stalin center should receive the status of a cultural and historical center. it should become a platform for discussion and preservation of our history. let's continue to listen directly to this sergey matasov.

stalin crushed external and internal enemies powerfully together forever, but unfortunately, after his death, a huge amount of garbage was placed on his grave, but the wind of history will disperse it, and we are already close to it, you know, there is a meme on the internet spreading , that when someone says something bad, everyone beats themselves on the forehead like that, it seems to vasyl after that everyone should beat themselves on the forehead, well , as they say, unfortunately, after his death , a huge amount of garbage was taken to his grave, but the wind of history will blow everything away, i repeat myself again. they close the yeltsin centers, but they open the stalin centers, the mind does not understand russia, and in the end there is no need to understand it, because soon it will simply disappear from the map of the earth. and finally, space internet is getting faster, nasa transmitted a 15-second video message with a cat from its probe

psyche. the video, by the way, is also at the beginning sent to the umbrella, but much earlier, this spacecraft. now it is 31 million km from the earth and flies to the asteroid psyche. the video was not transmitted using a radio frequency system, but using a laser, so the cat in the video covered 31 million km in just 101 seconds, that is, in one minute and 21 seconds. this shows how quickly scientists can receive pictures and videos taken by probes or other spacecraft in outer space. imagine someone, someone doing that, someone putting their men in battle for, as they say, coal pile number two near avdiyivka, well, it’s just wildness like that, well, it ’s just really wildness, well, the wildness is also in the fact that this person who puts his people, he doesn’t want to develop his there, for example,

the space industry , it is developing its rocket and space forces, they have already bombed with their probe. a month, that 's probably the end of their research, yes, that's the end of my world column about ukraine for today, it ends only for today, because tomorrow there will be much more, i'll meet you tomorrow, welcome please go to ireland, with that name they presented in lviv. a film about the life of ukrainian refugees on the island , it is told, its characters tell about life together with the people who sheltered them, about similar pages of history, well, in our country, by the way, both ukrainians and irish survived the famine, the struggle for independence and relations two peoples who met due to tragic circumstances, our correspondent natalya starepravo is now arriving at the screening of the documentary, natalya, congratulations, you have a word,

please, she talks about the atmosphere, and about herself work greetings vasylya, greetings to our viewers, we see that behind me the screening of the film that was presented in lviv is continuing, the film, welcome to ireland, was shot by journalists of radio liberty as part of the project "you are how". it is this project that investigates and documents the lives of ukrainian refugees and displaced persons who were forced to leave their homes. this story itself tells about ukrainians who chose life for themselves. in ireland, it is worth noting that the population of ireland is 5 million people and 100 thousand ukrainians currently live there, this is actually quite a large number of ukrainians. the heroes of the film talk about why they chose ireland for themselves, how life continues there for them now, how they arranged, arranged life for themselves. the heroes themselves, the irish, also share their experience, why

they accepted ukrainians and talk about the fact that they experienced a similar history, such as hunger, colonization and the destruction of the language. the author of this film admits that it was this common historical parallel that helped to find mutual understanding between the two peoples, even though they communicate in different ways languages next, let's listen to the words of the author. and at the same time, the irish themselves, they warmly welcome ukrainians. one of the reasons why is because it's something in ireland. ukraine has a rather similar past, they too were colonized, they too had hunger, they too fought for their independence, and their own understanding of what ukraine is going through is one of the reasons for this. great empathy for the ukrainian people. we see that today the film was attended by both

residents of lviv and guests of the city, friends, comrades who also wanted to share their experience, and also, after the end screening of the film, exchange thoughts about what they saw. and the tape will be available on resources, in particular on the youtube channel of the radio. freedom, so anyone who wants to can watch, and i will give the floor to the studio. thank you very much, and right with the presentation of the film about the beautiful country of ireland, which actually hosts many ukrainian refugees, continues to accept and help us, understanding our plight. now there will be a short pause, and then oleksandra morchevka will talk about the news of the economy, wait, it will be important and interesting. see this week in the program judicial control with tatyana shustrova. doubtful fortunes. fictitious divorces and attempts to avoid qualification assessment, what is judge pavlo gorbasenko known for? my mother gave me two apartments and a car. why didn't the supreme court

suspend the judge from administering justice? the commission cannot, i hope it cannot. on thursday, december 21, at 5:45 p.m., watch the judicial control program with tatiana shustrova on the espresso tv channel. greetings, this is svoboda live on radio svoboda. we have already come to ... the snake itself, the following footage may shock you: news from the scene live, drone attacks, kamikaze, political analysis, objectively and meaningfully, there is no political season, exclusive interviews, reports from the hottest points of the front. svobodalai, frankly and unbiased. you draw your own conclusions.

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great ateri returns, returns with news of economic life, money during the war with oleksandr murchevk. alexander, congratulations, please. thank you vasyl for the word. greetings viewers, in the next few minutes you will learn about international aid, it continues, who gives how much, for what funds will go. i will also talk about the border blockade. unfortunately, ukraine bears losses from income, not only that, i will talk about everything in detail in a moment, stay with us. i am oleksandr morchyvka, congratulations, this is a column about money during the war. i'll start with an important figure: ukraine received eur 150 million in non-refundable financial aid from the european union. this was reported in the cabinet of ministers. the funds raised are part of an agreement between our... state and the eu to finance a program called rapid recovery support. the second tranche is expected at the beginning of next

year, the funding will be directed to... cover the costs of restoring the homeland to support small farms and other representatives of the agricultural industry. but 1.5 billion dollars in losses from the blockade of the western borders, the national bank has previously assessed the losses of our state from the strikes of polish and slovak carriers. in particular, in november this amount amounted to 860 million dollars, in december, as of now, 620 million dollars. at the same time, the nbu noted that losses from imports were partially recovered to compensate for the loss of the export of blankets thanks to the increase of supplies by other ways, in particular by rail, was covered by the new maritime corridor. a certain relaxation, which the strikers went to, periodically unblocking the checkpoints, also had a positive effect, but unfortunately, the blockades still continue in some places and ukraine bears losses. and the new

transport corridor in the black sea made it possible to normalize sea exports in general, it works even better than expected, minister of infrastructure oleksandr kubrakov told bloomberg. and since august our state delivered almost 10 million tons of goods abroad via this route, mostly grain. so far, shipowners are still afraid to use this route, because ukraine. is trying now to solve this problem, to convince them, for example, by reducing insurance costs, and the cabinet negotiates directly with international companies to go, insurance companies to go to meet carriers. and the european union has started preparations to stop the transit of russian gas through ukraine. the contract, i remind you, ends at the end of 2024. the eu leadership called on the countries that are still

dependent on fuel from the terrorist country to be ready to give it up. as stated by the european commissioner for energy, kadri simpson, brussels expects that the volume of cubic meters received from moscow this year will be half of what it was last year. this is about 40 billion cubic meters. she noted that the european community is now making some progress and is looking for an alternative to russian gas. well, we have oleg averyanov, general, on the phone. director of the pozhmashina company, we will talk with him about the pressure of the state audit service for business, for private companies that are currently helping the armed forces of ukraine. good evening, good evening, studio. mr. olezh, well, we know that the state audit service has certain remarks about a number of companies that you are currently producing equipment for the front, and you

have had, even already had. in this regard, the court is accused of saying that private business is now receiving surplus profits, that is, they say, it is taking advantage of the state budget. tell me what is happening in this case now, what is the situation? well, actually, we have a precedent today when the state audit service is preparing, we have already repeatedly talked about the fact that acts are being drawn up, according to which where... already the audit service recognizes the profit of enterprises that worked in the defense sector in 2022-23, and uh, you said that there, let's put it this way, the state audit service has claims against low-level enterprises, in fact, it's a little bit wrong, because on the basis of our enterprise , we have a precedent, which i see today as nothing else, except that as a crime against the economy of the state and as diversion, that

i can't name... because we, let's say, a precedent based on our company, it concerns all industrial enterprises that worked, er, supplied products for the country's defense needs in 2022-23, and if we talk about our company , the pozhmashina company, is today two production enterprises, one in pryluky, the other in lviv, 750 employees, in two years, in 2022-23 , we have delivered... to 20 fire engines, 200, sorry, 200 fire engines for emergency services situations, all cars are taken on e-e combat duty, successfully is exploited, people's lives are saved, during this time her company paid about 350 million in wages and 250 million in taxes, and in fact, if we also count with adjacent ones...