and we, as ukrainians, and ukrainian catholics , there are many catholics among ukrainians, and catholic poles who support ukraine, many other catholics, they condemn the pope in this case, and hope that they will have a pope who will uphold truly democratic values ​​in the struggle of democracy with totalitarianism, because democracy is by and large a continuation of christian politics, christian approaches, it is no coincidence that there are many parties of a christian democratic direction in europe, because... christianity itself democratic in itself, yes, sometimes they try to present it as some kind of totalitarian religion, but the middle ages have long passed, today it is a completely democratic religion. mr. mykola, another important topic is the blockade of ukrainian freight transport on the polish border, it continues, and, as the spokesmen of the state border service of the state border service report, due to this blockade queues of trucks are observed on the border with slovakia,

hungary. meeting with journalists in lviv told that ukraine daily works on solving the situation of blocking the polish-ukrainian border. let's listen to what danilo said. i think that after some time, some people will be ashamed of what is happening on our border today, and it is definitely not us, because we did not do anything to deserve this attitude. we will find out exactly how it all happens. our country does everything possible and impossible, i know for sure that the president of our country , volodymyr oleksandrovich, should know that we have such closed meetings every day, and there would not be a day where i would not put volodymyrovych, the question to denys anatoliyovych and kubrakov is about when we will be able to solve this issue? unfortunately, today i cannot say that it will be tomorrow, but i can definitely say that we are dealing with this issue.

mr. mykola, is ukraine doing, as danilo says, everything possible and impossible to solve this issue? well, let's start with the fact that this is not kubrakov's problem and not the problem of the minister of agriculture. danilo is correct in the fact that there is no ukrainian fault in those traffic jams, the reasons are completely different, and anti-ukrainian hysteria is spreading in poland, we do not sell anything there, we used this country for transit, and that for only 5% of our transit. romania, on the contrary, builds its own roads on this transit of ours and uses this transit, because we pay for this transit, the companies that use it, and this is a good thing for romania, and poland, unfortunately, has become a hostage of all these protests, where ukraine is used as an excuse , very often russia is behind this, because pro-russian forces started it, and it seems to me that from the first days of the blockade itself danilov needed to communicate with his colleague from poland, and then turn to the ukraine-nato council, because this is a direct threat to us.

security, now they let military cargo through, there was a period when they did not let through, cargo carrying spare parts to military factories also had all sorts of cases, humanitarian aid was often there, and of course, this is a threat to national security, an attempt to cut us off from the west, and the nato council of ukraine should deal with this and danilov himself, but from my point of view, this is a much bigger issue danilov, rather than the minister of infrastructure or the minister of agriculture, although they are the minister of agriculture, and the ministry of economy. this issue is being dealt with at the level of brussels, and it must be said that other eu countries support us, because they are interested even in our crops, you know that there were objections from the polish side regarding some goods, we are even ready to accept them, because that we have, we do not have a bad situation here at all, because they say, let's say that ukraine will export goods at the level of 21 years, but now we do not export more, but less of these goods through poland, it does not

scare us either, we can agree on everything, they will find 150 other reasons. i hope that after the polish local elections, which will take place on april 7, and the polish politicians talk about it, because the polish politicians have also let this situation go out of control, i mean the polish government, and the polish opposition, on the contrary , is fanning this fire and trying in this way to defeat the government in the upcoming elections, and it simply became a tool of the pre-election campaign rhetoric and propaganda. i believe that after that it will be finished, although the talks with poland are about ours. integration into the european union must continue, because poland naturally supports us, it is very important, it is safe in all other matters, it is indeed one of our closest allies, but from an economic point of view it can also be our biggest competitor in the european union, so it is necessary to work very actively with the poles so that they do not turn from allies into complete competitors. well, in your opinion, there should also be a third century here this conversation between ukraine and poland, the european union, that is, a tripartite meeting . to be correct, well, look, the european

union supports ukraine, if only because our grain is needed by italy, spain, holland, the netherlands, the countries where it is grown. livestock, yes, animal husbandry is developing, because our grain is not , is not expensive, and is suitable for animal husbandry, which is a significant part of their economy, instead , prices have fallen precisely not because of our grain, but because of the grain that they buy from latin countries americans from asia, plus because of that the grain that they buy from russia, and it is absolutely fair to say that the belarusian-polish border should be closed first for grain and other products from russia, and then talk about something with ukraine, but if it is about grain. one can argue, then there is no justification for the complete blocking of the border, because in addition to harming national security, as i have already said, it harms the economy, the economy not only of ukraine, but also of poland, because poland imports more goods to us than it exports, and polish entrepreneurs from this are suffering, so this is

a situation politicized by the polish opposition, with which the authorities cannot give themselves advice and it is difficult to imagine that they will be able to give themselves this advice before the elections. mr. mykola, yesterday the prime minister of poland, donald. tusk stated that the sanctions against russia should not be fictitious, i will quote tusk, half of europe utters loud pro-ukrainian slogans and continues to trade with russia and belarus, well, obviously he was talking about poland as well, because there was an investigation of our colleague mykhailo tkach, that poland also bargained with belarus and russia, or with russia through belarus, how are these contacts with... poles with belarusians and russians generally perceived in poland, well, let's start with the fact that the fact itself is shameful, and tkach should be thanked for exposing it, but this trade is really meager, that is , they sell very little of these products there , another thing is that among them there are such

agricultural products, which are embargoed for ukraine, but not for russia and belarus, and this is of course a complete absurdity, well, now poland is corrects, she makes a decision of the polish parliament and this... limits tusk is right in that other eu countries buy much more from russia and belarus, and it should definitely be limited, no matter who caused it, or tkach's report, or some other considerations , we need to support tusk in this, but first of all, of course, we need to unblock the border. thank you, mr. mykola, for the conversation, it was mykola knyazhytskyi, people's deputy of ukraine, friends, we are working live on the espress tv channel, as well as on our youtube platforms and facebook, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube. we are conducting a survey , today we are asking you about this, do you see signs of a parliamentary crisis in ukraine, yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, vote either yes or no, and you can write your comments and your opinion about it under this video, on tv you can

pick up your smartphone and vote if you think there are signs of a parliamentary crisis in ukraine 0800-211-381, no 0800 211 382 calls to these numbers are free, at the end program, we will sum up the results of this vote. next, we will be in touch with maksym rozumny, political expert, doctor of political sciences. mr. maksym, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. thank you, good evening. good evening. so, mr. maksym, on march 17 russia will hold pseudo-elections or elections of vladimir putin, they can hardly be called presidential elections, but confirmation of powers. voting will already take place in the occupied territories of ukraine, the main investigation department of the ministry of defense says that the putin administration ordered him to draw 75% of support, there the russian dictator himself

appealed to the residents of the territories occupied by russia to take part in the elections in the so-called presidential elections. let's listen to what putin said. i'll say it directly. to be honest, participation in the elections today is a manifestation of patriotic feelings. this is very well understood by the residents of donbass and novorossiya, who in difficult conditions voted in referendums for unity with russia. and on these days, they will also make a choice. it is necessary to confirm our solidarity, determination, to move forward together. each of your votes is valuable and counts. mr. maksym, putin wants the people of ukraine to vote for him, will this be a reason to question the legitimacy of president putin? unfortunately, unfortunately,

the precedents of the previous elections, in particular the elections to the russian state duma, to the federation council. and so on, which took place after the 14th year, could already give grounds to consider these bodies of the russian government illegitimate, but we... saw that yes, some subjects of international law and international relations they had certain reservations about the deputies elected from these constituencies, but no one questioned the very legitimacy of the russian government, so to speak, so there are great fears, so to speak, that it might look like this, we do not we recognize these results of the so-called voting in these

territories, but the elections as a whole in russia were held, the president was elected and so on, that is, this is the probability, and it is currently quite high, however, there are, of course , reasons to question the legitimacy of the new presidential term putin from many others. reasons, including the crackdown on the opposition, the suppression of freedom of speech, the death of navalny, and actually the introduction of those norms into the constitution of the russian federation that made putin's rule permanent, it seems to me that this set of circumstances, they, it gives grounds to some countries, international organizations, you. to declare putin an illegitimate president after these so-called elections,

after the date of march 17, 2024, and i think that some part, at least of western leaders, western countries, organizations, will this position. against this background, the deputy head of the security council of the russian federation, the former president of russia, dmitry medvi. proposed the so-called russian peace formula, although it is a formula for the destruction of ukraine, so that it can be called that, he said that they want ukraine to capitulate, pay compensation to russia, and remove all authorities, constitutional authorities in ukraine, the last points sound yes: official recognition by the temporary parliament of ukraine that its entire territory is the territory of the russian federation. adoption of the act of reunification the territory of ukraine with russia, the self-dissolution of the provisional parliament, the un recognition of the act

of reunification, you can treat the character, the political character of medvedev in different ways, but usually what is on medvedev's tongue, what is on putin's mind, are they the same in their are they striving to achieve just such a result and are they ready to go to the end? well, actually the fact that the russian side, relatively speaking, the putin regime, constantly addresses the topic of negotiations and peace, confirms that they are of this peace or truce or respite of some kind, they are in great need, and her similar statements are just bargaining, they are political bargaining, so to speak, which they conduct... with the west and from the position of such a blackmailer, from the position

of a rapist, a terrorist, in fact, who intimidates, as a community, actually intimidates its victim, therefore they certainly cannot be accepted as, well, at face value and as the real position of russia, i think that the putin regime would be ready to negotiate on... on other terms, if it saw at least some movement, towards each other and readiness to negotiate on the part of ukraine, its leadership, from the west, america and so on, but they see that it is impossible now, so they raise the bar of their ambitions, their demands as high as possible, with the hope that one day, after all, someone will sit at the table with them negotiations, and then it will be possible , so to speak, to go to... certain concessions, to look for a middle ground somewhere on which they can come to an agreement with him, i

think that this is such a tactic of intimidation and blackmail, against the background of these appeals and constant requests permanent for peace talks, or claims that the west has something there to guarantee, and preferably in writing, from what is coming from the kremlin, we are already hearing critical objections towards putin, even from those who were once considered a sympathizer of the kremlin grandfather in europe, the former leader of the french right-wing national association le pen. who was called putin's friend, harshly denounced russia for the war from the rostrum of the national assembly, she recalled the thousands of dead and injured, millions of people who had to flee their cities and villages. let's hear what le pen said. the invasion of ukraine on february 24, 2022 russia unleashed a war and a geopolitical crisis

on the doorstep of the european union, which is perhaps the most dramatic of recent times. what do you think, mr. maxim, is connected with the change in lepent's position and, in general, is europe changing its position regarding putin, well, if you don't take the pope of rome, of course, and the vatican state, well, in general, this is the position of europe, and america, and that well... who makes very ambiguous statements, it's more like the rhetoric of, you know, grown people who have encountered some kind of adolescent inadequacy, or maybe nurses in an insane asylum who deal with a very adequate patient, that is, when they

have the hope that they can in some good way calm down the rioter there. then they use the same rhetoric when they see that these methods do not work, then they, so to speak, also try to act with certain threats, if we talk specifically about this statement by le pen, then it is obvious that there is a certain political competition with the current president of france, macron, and so to speak, an effort, and he made quite such a ... serious and strong statements in support of ukraine, it is possible and quite likely that the french political community saw that it worked for its authority, for the leadership of france, for example, and le pen simply decided not to lag behind and, so to speak, not to end up in the role of putin's defender, which, well, this role

looks rather thankless in the modern political world . of france and the west as a whole, before that we saw such a strange, well , not strange, but natural, but demonstrative transformation of the positions of the same tucker carlson, who listened fascinated to what putin told him in an interview, and then said that he was such a moron never heard or expected having na mean this thesis about nazism and the denazification of ukraine, that is, we see that in... in principle, telling the truth about what putin's regime is is becoming the norm in the west today, and this is good news for us. well, nato secretary general jen stoltenberg said that the countries of the alliance should show political will and provide ukraine with the necessary amount of weapons and ammunition. let's listen to

what stoltenberg said. unprecedented support from nato member countries has helped. to survive as a sovereign and independent state, but ukraine needs even more support, they need it immediately. ukrainians are not running out of courage, they are running out of ammunition. together we are able to provide them with everything they need. it is necessary to demonstrate political will for this. all members of the alliance must act quickly and decisively. every day of delay has real consequences on the battlefield in ukraine. so, this is a critical moment. almost all leaders. the western world is talking about the need to help ukraine, it is necessary for russia to be defeated on the battlefield, but all of them together cannot reach a consensus, and what does the defeat of putin in this war mean, why is there not such a consolidated position that the defeat, or not even of putin, the defeat of russia in the war with ukraine should be

deputinization, demilitarization, de-nezification, why there is no such basis, and why i will discuss it... now not in the west? i think there is actually some agreement and even consensus around that. the only thing that is necessary for this now at this specific moment, obviously western leaders and politicians and experts do not see the prerequisites for this to happen immediately. so actually if we talk about defeat russia in this war, then for many... western, so to speak, our partners, this defeat has already happened, and russia is losing every day, and so to speak, its crisis, its situation is... resolved every day, it is not easier for us, but in general, according to the general logic of this process, this defeat is

obvious, of course, that at some point, but now we are talking about tactics, about situational factors, at a certain point there was such a fear, a threat that , that russia got a second wind at a time when ukraine lost support there. financial and there was not enough ammunition, there was a fear that russia could now break through the front, we read these forecasts, and so on, and a new campaign on kyiv and kharkiv, and so on, under these conditions, western politicians may have become more cautious and began to think again about the fact that it might be worth negotiating with putin, but it seems to me that the events of the last month, actually these fierce battles on all fronts, have shown that, after all, the situation remains under control, and ukraine just needs a little

help, well, serious help , but start at least from something, and then, so to speak, this general line of approach to the gradual defascisification of russia due to the destruction of the putin regime, due to its... decline, one cannot hope for some kind of uprising, a sharp change in the situation there, but a gradual decline and deconstruction of this regime, this strategy will work, and this period, in your opinion, how long can it last, well, relatively speaking, until the deputization of russia, we know that in the soviet union, the introduction of troops into the territory of afghanistan was so tragic for... of this country and starting from the 79th year and by 1991, the soviet union had exhausted all its possibilities to maintain both the war and

the country, how much time do you think putin will need to collapse his regime and the country? well, look , here, here is such a situation that russia falls into a certain time trap, which... is called zug-zwang, that is, in principle, it can happen in six months, some palace coup, putin is replaced by someone and so on, but, and this gives an opportunity for some new political figure to appear, some, relatively speaking, a new gkchp, which will begin to negotiate with the west and to bargain for good conditions there, but if putin even... remains in power, then these new conditions are getting worse and worse , that is, it can happen in two years, in three years, eh, and here, by the way, well, this is very

it is of great importance when the active phase of hostilities will end, we do not say the war will end, because now we do not see the possibility and the need to end it with some kind of treaty there or an agreement with the dictator. if it is about the end of the active phase of hostilities, the sooner it comes, the sooner the russians will start to ask what it was and why it was, because now in the period of such aggravation, they seem to instinctively support their army, their president and so on, and as soon as this is over, there will be a lot of questions, why half a million young people were ... men, so to speak, have been lost by this country, behind the eyes, so to speak, of several districts, there in the kherson and zaporizhzhia

regions, too dry, dry land, yes, that is, this is such a long process, but it can be accelerated at any time - by what circumstances. thank you, well, we will wait for him. thank you, mr. maxima, this was maksym rozumny, political expert, doctor of political sciences. friends, during the program we conducted surveys, we you. asked about this, do you see signs of a parliamentary crisis in ukraine, the results of a television poll 94%, yes 6%, no, almost the same numbers on the youtube channel, thank you for watching today, it was the verdict program of serhii rudenko, goodbye . there are discounts on vitamin d3 d3 max 10% in travel ban and savings pharmacies. there are discounts on pulmo breeze - 20% in pharmacies in plantain, memory and

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artillery, the russian offensive all over. the front choked. the russians continue to storm in the kupyan, bakhmut, avdiiv and ughledar directions, but the defense forces break up these attacks. on the other hand, the armed forces of the russian federation have increased the number of airstrikes. mass shooting down su-34 bombers did not deter them, instead the invaders destroyed our s-300 air defense system and hit the patriot complex in donetsk region. therefore, if february became a record month in terms of the number of cabs dropped. more than 1,500, then in the third of march, the insurgents dropped more than 800 bombs, including an aerial bomb with a 1,500-kilogram explosive charge in krasnogohorivka. luhansk region 8 km north of kupyansk, the enemy has been trying in vain to break through the village of senkivka for a year. neither is there.