it's nice to live, you need to live, breathe in the air to your full chest, admire the beauty of silver dawns, and know that there are good people nearby, and even now, so inappropriately, a wave of happiness has covered me, but someone straightens his shoulders, and i...

from life i have to to take everything, the principle , to give everything in life, it happens very rarely, so denis had this principle to give life, we do not like such interview events, we came here precisely for the sake of their memory, precisely for the sake of these people who really. .. have done a lot, a lot, so that we can now sit here and talk calmly. this movie is important to see, so that people can see what this person was like, and that there are still people in this country, there were, and there are, and i hope there will be, who are not afraid to make personal decisions. and are not

afraid to bear responsibility for them. that denis took on such a great responsibility, i believe, he changed the course of the war, he has already become a part of the modern history of ukraine, he was first-class, the first officials of the state saw, several times i publicly offered denis even to change cities, internal affairs. it happened just a few minutes ago, i understand what a sacrifice i am going as a person, as a person, as a politician, but actually, i made this choice, the appointment for him to the position, it was rather an

internal dilemma, the first thing he thought about was his values, would it destroy him , as a person, won't it destroy, well, this position. what he believes in, i hope to cooperate with real officers who work in the ministry of affairs, glory to ukraine, this is probably the first time in general that i even allowed myself to cry there and say that maybe, maybe not necessary, maybe you still change your mind, but i could already see in denys's eyes that the decision had been made, i understood that it was not just a choice. and the question is, will i take on this responsibility or not? for this system, he was a completely alien foreign body, because he did not participate in corruption, and when you do not participate in corruption in this system, it means that this whole system, which somehow continues to live, that they are all not

insured , the arrangement of the first line, which runs directly along the state border, has been completed, the minister of internal affairs, when he came to the unit earlier, so people there... they did not lose consciousness due to the fact that such a level had arrived, but it was all so simple with such care, he always asked there in the unit: "show where you eat there, how you sleep, where you wash there, show me, and of course , it changed our priorities, his such messages, they set whole trends for the policy of the service, and he always went to the headquarters of the group, communicated normally with the lower headquarters, the headquarters brigades, the headquarters of the battalion, it's because he was trying to understand and understand how it works, and by the way, he was coming back, when he is from there, and he told me his vision, what he saw, without criticizing, he says , well, i saw it like that, after all, it was right, what

happened there, i say, no, it’s wrong, we write it down, we’ll figure it out, military personnel, they go through military service like the spring call, and... in the summer, when the water recedes, there are places, somewhere up to 1.5 m of water, that is, the water level is from 1.5 m to 12 m, there are shallow areas, it was really broadcast from top to bottom, that we are a ministry that helps people, that cares about every person, both in the system and in the country, and he even voiced it on presentation of the team and presentation of the strategy , i canceled one of the tenders... for uah 170 million for the purchase of electric cars and directed the main part of these funds to the purchase of body cameras for police officers, this is exactly what should increase trust, and we will be able to provide them to the entire patrol police and at least those that will work on the roads. a very good term:

put into circulation, this is ethical leadership, in fact, it is... denys monastyrskyi is an ethical leader, he does not build four-meter walls from his subordinates, on the contrary, he maximizes them tries yura, when he came home and says: you know, galy, i enjoy this work so much, he says, and especially when i go to denys anatolyovych's offices, and he has a question, and we just look at each other, i blink. with his eyes, he says: i am already leaving, i already understood what he wants, i have never seen him so inspired, that is, it was so his, he went there with enthusiasm and returned not tired, on the contrary , that is, already with some new thoughts, what to do next , what to do there, what can be changed, the highest achievement brought by denis and his

team, this is the human face of the entire ministry, and it is not the other way around, it is already the standard and the... value that society will demand from each subsequent minister. we really started to respond to... not empty-handed, our rescuers started to get the tool properly protected by uh armored clothing, special protective clothing, we started to have equipment that wasn't there, and if you go now to any unit, they will definitely say that the level of security has increased simply by many times, people just don't like that never seen, an absolutely innovative thing that, in principle, could, if it were not for the war, be scaled to... the whole country, well, such things have not yet

been implemented even in the western world, we made projects of the minister, that is, these are projects that the minister personally takes care of, the project was fully planned from the point of view of all the steps, here is everything that needs to be done to make this project work, and we count the funds, the budget, everything completely, and all this was entered into the crm system, which is in every business, and task management, and we have such a project. it was about 30 and they are going there the tasks are overdue, completed, the amount of money spent , the indicators achieved, there are such, such, such, and this is something that is not in our civil service, an absolutely, absolutely innovative thing was implemented within the framework of, well, our department, when it became the minister, in fact, he is one of the most technological technocrats there, who... thought through technology, through innovation, so our team there was one of

the first with whom he met, because, in fact, he had such a desire, he believed in action, he understood that it was a cool tool, and he wanted to do as many joint projects as possible, so of course he quickly grasped the idea of ​​what can be done, how to implement it, how to make it more convenient, we discussed some points there, but of course he is so texevy. man wanted to do a lot of everything technological, and we managed to do a lot of things with him. even before the war, he said, look, we have a huge number of veterans, and this is a development prospect for the volunteer fire movement that you have, because veterans need to be accepted in society, and that is very a good tool is people who have experience, who have knowledge that needs to be implemented. there are people who live exclusively for themselves, there are people who live for themselves and... family, and there is a small percentage of people, and among them was denys monastyrskyi, they lived for

themselves, for their family, and for friends, and for the country. at the beginning of the war, a decision was approved by the state leadership to pay all representatives of the defense forces an allowance in the amount of uah 30, that is, if a policeman previously received, for example, uah 15,000, then add... 30, it is already 45, and it allows you somehow plan your life and realistically, well , appreciate this job, this salary. one of the questions was, what was the level , the average level of salary, for a simple rescuer, tell me how much he gets, we say, looking down , 12,000 hryvnias, 13, he says, do you want people, they put their lives at 12-13, the uah is higher there, and this is the first time in a long history until... the level of wages, the level of financial support, it increased

many times at once. it was an extremely powerful signal for the whole system to work harmoniously, but it must be understood, and he understood it, that we , all these structures, the ministry of defense, the ministry of internal affairs, are all a huge bunch of still soviet legislation, rules, and orders that intersect with each other, and it is not so easy to disperse people or change system of course, sitting in front of facebook, you can hit the post with your fist and say: the minister ordered, the system has changed. in fact, it was all incredibly painstaking, hard work. but i am absolutely sure that this era has just begun. i would probably call it the monastic era and not only for the ministry of internal affairs. to me it is extremely pleasant and a great honor to now continue those ideas, those things that were started by dynys anatolye. "we are obliged to continue, build up new things, but

on the platform of ethics, attitude to people, attitude to business, now that is our mission, that is our deep task, no matter what you do, make sure that the goal is visible, wherever you didn't go, check if you know where you are going." its peculiarity, this is absolutely also an atypical peculiarity for leadership in the ukrainian perception, is when the leader listens, invites representatives of his team to join him there, and there was such a brainstorming, yes, we have such and such a proposal, such questions, yes, i will be there with the president there to talk

about what is most important there, and we all talk about it at the meetings, at the strategic meetings there... the question is he was ashamed to listen to a different opinion, and if this opinion was correct, he took and reported to the state leadership. the fact that he attracted quite young people and progressives, and people, let's say, not with such bureaucratic, systemic thinking there, but people who are able to change the rules of the game, is there was a great advantage of him as a leader and as a manager. denys was the leader of azov in the government, he was the defender of azov and azovstal here in the center of kyiv. he communicated with the president almost every day about this situation. these are his people first of all. he

was not the kind of person who , you know, doesn't care, well... something is going on there, i don't care, no, he always cared about it, he pressed everyone and everything, let's find solutions, options and so on. as i understand it, he was directly related to those special operations regarding the removal of the wounded from azovstal, this and special operations, when weapons were brought to azovstal by helicopter. medical equipment, he didn’t talk about it, but we all understood that he had a direct relationship with it, i woke up from the call of one of the commanders of azov, around 5 in the morning, and he says: mary, we can’t hold on anymore, it’s already everything, i called denis, that day was

completely dedicated to azov, denis called the president. initiated a meeting with the president, the president gathered half the country, probably, and it was a long meeting, and then the decision was born that there was no other option of how to leave the territory, after that long day the two of us were sitting with the president, and he said: it was an extremely difficult decision, but there is no other way out, and we should perceive it as our victory, that we saved their lives, and he broadcast this hope for the future, conveying the message that this is not a defeat, after all , what happened happened, and he contributed to all this in every possible way and tried to talk with his

people there, yes, there , the moral and psychological state of many was, well, no.. .better, this is also quite obvious and understandable, but he never shied away personally to talk to the people, he as a minister , as a patriot, as a person, he understood that he should help them with everything he can, since he occupies an administrative position, then he has to push with his levers precisely from the administrative, let's say, administrative position solution to save these people. today, september 21, 2022, i am flying to turkey, to the city of ankara, on the instructions of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, in order to pick up our boys, our heroes from azovstal, from

mariupol, denys prokapenko, the hero of ukraine, valina from the 36th marine brigade and other guys who showed themselves worthily in the fight for mariupol, god willing, everything will go well, god willing, we will achieve the goal that we have been working towards for a very long time and which was the result of many joint efforts, now already we keep our fingers crossed, we have a 5-6 hour flight ahead, first to poland, then to ankara. and there is the main meeting. it was an incredible pride and joy to rescue the commanders from captivity. as well as all the others who managed to be saved, exchanged. he was very inspired when it was possible to take the commanders to turkey these first emotions they

showed will be impossible to forget for the rest of their lives. indeed, these are sincere emotions. where are we, in which country , what happened, what changes on the front, how did they change, where are the russians, how is it true that there was shelling in olenivka, tell me, tell me, tell me what happened during all these months in ukraine, and the first toast, which we shared some alcohol with each other there, and i said, you know that probably the best thing you wanted to hear was... glory to ukraine, in short, and they really said: yes, father, we really did not expect to hear already in this life, well, for

these are emotions that i never , never care about in my life, there really is, how history is being made, and it is being made before my eyes, we all perfectly understand that the ministry of internal affairs has under its authority such central bodies of executive power as... the national guard, as the state border service, which actually came under the command of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces with the declaration of martial law. in matters of application, but in matters of generation of these forces, in matters of preparation, support, everything remained on the shoulders of the ministry of internal affairs, and in fact they, they and gzhenya had to deal with a case, well... apparently clearly not typical for the ministry of internal affairs, it was a difficult task for two civilians who would need to understand what the management system is

, to figure out how it is built, what the security system is, what the application system is, this is taught in the academies for more than one year, and they did not have time, the defense forces very often sound in the press, there on the internet, in interviews, there, the defense forces are the armed forces forces of ukraine. and above all the national guard, the state border service and today even the units of the national police, the very achievement of our becoming a defense force is these two people, i don't know if anyone else could have done it, who i would like to immerse myself in this process, but they did it and it is their merit, we bear losses, but nevertheless , hatred should not infect our hearts, it is important.

he and i absolutely loved the mountains and once we just didn't go in together with him and that's it. is we went merrily, and he, he was so happy, a person was in permanent happiness, yes, he simply enjoyed himself, he breathed air to all his chest, the garden - what he constantly longed for, that's how we spent our vacation, and he and i, that's exactly there were hikes up the mountain,

and it was with backpacks, 12 km a day, with tents, well, for about a week and a half, we are in the mountains, we are going, today is a beautiful day in july, the end of july 2018, and this mountain is polonyny borzhava, in... oh, how long we dreamed about this trip. he has been there for the last three years i definitely couldn't go, although i always wanted to. i remember that he was filming the carpathians from a helicopter, and he showed me the video and wrote that at least this way i would see the mountains. now, especially when i can't go anywhere except the combat zone. i especially want to travel , and this especially intensifies, the desire to visit the mountains, the desire to travel on different roads... in the morning

, but always in general, he dreamed of traveling, and the older he got, as they say, he grew up, the more he had it as it turned out, they traveled a lot and he especially loved it egypt, we immediately started going to different temples, we were in luxor, or there were symbols. and it fascinated me so much, this culture and history fascinated me so much that denys, after passing through, he began to study the history of ancient egypt madly, even everyone of us had such, so to speak, an egyptian call sign, denys had, his name i was ramses, we often mentioned that it was during the reign of ramses that there was peace in egypt for 70 years, and we were surprised and said, well, we did not find anything to brag about for 70 years in peace, but

on... actually, well, we began to mention this more often after the start of the full-scale invasion of ukraine, because we are in fact no different from the egyptians, and it turned out that the period of 70 years was not so long for us. today , well, probably every ukrainian is proud of being ukrainian, whether he is in ukraine or outside of ukraine, but this is the time when, well, ukrainian origin is a matter of pride, and it is interesting that... that we, attached to this, to this event, we can and are able to invest our part in this holiday in order to really establish ourselves and the independence of ukraine remained. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes.

somewhere in his childhood, he probably had a dream, he 100% somewhere once saw himself as a military man, a state-level leader who during the war tried to understand its essence, well, that’s generally right, there’s nothing to add here, unlike a fairly large number of both the military and politicians, denis... believed that war was really possible, and as much as possible, we tried to prepare in an incredibly short time, the ministry of internal affairs did not get a single document the enemy, we took out a few months before the start of the war, all the special equipment, the appropriate, the appropriate documentation with limited access to safe areas of our country in order to be, well, free

ourselves if... in the event of such a large-scale invasion, war in cyberspace and defense in cyberspace , it was such a priority, there were very powerful attacks, there were attacks on the atm system, there was an attack on a private bank, an attack on the national bank of ukraine, these were very powerful didos attacks, that was also the case, yes say, under the control of denys monastyrskyi, the work of the digital state. was not violated, and this is the joint work of our teams. one of the huge threats that there was in the pre-war period and for the first time, especially in the days of the war, is that criminality can rear its head and that actually not only prison riots can start, but mobbings can start, serious enough street stories can start, which could deconcentrate the situation throughout the country in general, and the fact that it was possible to do without any serious...