demchenko's work, after which he retired, as far as i understand, due to his health, he was the coordinator of this intelligence committee, this is a committee that managed and otherwise coordinated the work and services of foreign intelligence, military intelligence and the sbu. i strongly doubt that demchenko managed budanov, as for oleksandr lytvynenko, knowing him as a person, he will not conflict with anyone, but... what is indicative? he would not have been appointed to the current position, as well as to the previous one, if he were not valued and respected, he is a person who has own point of view. by the way, many publications, in particular in the mirror of the week, he is a real analyst, and not a formal doctor of science by title, but a real one who himself wrote his dissertation when he was still a young man, so i don't think that demchenko was in charge there, demchenko was a coordinator. ..

we talked about the replacement of oleksiy danilov with oleksandr litvinenko and the consequences and causes and consequences of such personnel rotation. thank you very much. each of us is a president, do you remember this thesis of volodymyr zelenskyi, which he voiced during his inaugural speech in 2019. on the 24th, i mention this against the background of the scandal that broke out in the parliament and, it seems, has already gone beyond the boundaries of the verkhovna rada. two people's deputies from the servant of the people, maryana bezugla and galina tretlyakova, submitted a draft law that proposes criminal liability for embezzlement. state functions. what is

meant by appropriation of state functions? well, as stated in the document, this is, in particular , the representation of ukraine at international events before authorized persons or agents of foreign states, as well as before representatives of international organizations, including through correspondence and telephone conversations. bezugla and tretyakov propose to punish people who, so to speak, appropriate state functions, represent ukraine without authorization and consent. quite severe: 15 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment with confiscation of property. the draft law does not say exactly how unauthorized persons will be determined. well, but after the document was criticized by representatives of the opposition, public organizations, bezugla declared that the bill would not be passed to the vote, but she reminded that representatives of the currently banned opzh, not authorized by the ukrainian authorities, once flew to moscow for negotiations, saying, think about it, think about it. something to think about. another

co-author, galina tretyakova, in response to criticism rhetorically asked: "yes, who speaks on behalf of the state?" and then she cited article 102 of the constitution, which states that the president of ukraine is the head of state and speaks on its behalf. well, each of us is a president, right? but there are nuances, it looks like this. bezugla's initiative as i have already said, tretyakov was criticized by deputies, and not only by the opposition from the monobolshesti, but also by public activists and journalists. hear what they have to say about it. the draft law of two insane deputies of the servant of the people with totalitarian tendencies has, of course, zero chance of being passed, but since its authors, and above all maryana bezugla, have solid experience of working as spoilers of modest banking initiatives, their projects are rightly perceived by society precisely as groping soil by the authorities. these initiatives are not parliamentary in any way jokes maryana and galina have repeatedly acted as those who probe the soil for the op's approval. and

these projects have not even been adopted, evidence that authoritarianism is possible. i regard them as a blow to public activists, politicians, and everyone who advocates for the strengthening of ukraine. first, they thanked the volunteers for appropriating state functions and plugging holes where the authorized bodies did not give advice and introduced insane regulation of volunteer work. then they introduced state control over public organizations, and... now on alternate people who advocate the interests of the country and the protection of people in the international arena, without authority and approval, so we will win, how did this imitation of work and constant sticks in the wheels, when at stake, and without exaggeration, our survival? the right to represent ukraine by ukrainians is not infringed, as is the right of legislative initiative by individual deputies, one may not like the other and vice versa, but both are the same. and there will be,

the law that everyone is writing about is unlikely to ever be considered, not that it is adopted, that's it the last comment, it was roman hryshchuk, just a people's deputy from the servant of the people, and we... see that in fact not everyone, even in the servant of the people, supports the initiative of bezuglai and tretyakova, the only thing is that, of course, not everyone speaks about it like that, more the opposition is strongly expressed. i will also add that just recently galina trytyakova published another post on the facebook network, and she wrote: "okay, i'll take it back for revision." she does not explain what the bill is about, but we can assume what it is about this one, because, well, it's the most talked about today. well... also , shortly after this wave of criticism took place, after maryana bezugla too, i 'll just add to her statement, which we haven't shown yet, she also reported that, that this is one of her point of view, it was, as she says , a legislative provocation after a wave of criticism, and

i quote: it’s so cute how a compact legislative provocation works, tomorrow i can cancel, register the cancellation of russia, and in fact, many of the former people’s deputies and lawyers state , which is popular a deputy can propose any draft law, any people's deputy, there are no safeguards here. maria ionova, people's deputy of ukraine from european solidarity, joins our broadcast as a representative of the committee on foreign policy. good evening. good evening. where do you think such an idea could have come from your colleagues in the parliament, to punish people who... represent ukraine, but at the same time no one authorized them to do so, where did the idea come from, could it have come from? you know, unfortunately, i wouldn't discussed the idea, i would discuss the systemic problem that currently exists, well, not actually

the first month and not the first year, but when the parliament is discredited, and when the people's deputies themselves are discredited, because let me remind you, from the authors of the bill, well, actually, not for the first time, let's say, some such ideas, which would later be, well, discussed, and i am very sorry that, for example, one of the authors of such statements, ideas, legislative initiatives is the head of the special social policy committee, because... yes we know, it's a shame that we we do not discuss the normal work, the normal calendar plan of actions of the parliament, that we are not discussing with you now the problem that bills are not included in the agenda, there about the ban of moscow priests, about the fact that

now an extremely difficult and complicated process is underway on the bill on mobilization, you know the new problem, the one related to the problems with the excise tax, that is... you see, we are being reduced to such a trifle, plus, they then said that in general, they provoked it, that it was, well, why, do you understand , i understood you that in verkhovna the council has a lot of different social, security, and economic problems, and they need to be solved, instead, they propose a draft law, which they later refuse, why, you understand, why, i say again, i believe that the main the problem is... discrediting the parliament and discrediting the parliament, absolutely, i'm sorry , tertyakov, they do it in order to make me feel very sorry that the people's deputies look like clowns on behalf of the president's office, we have one body, it's the president's office, which works, who is engaged in international politics, wars, the economy and

everything else, and the parliament is nothing, and once again, unfortunately, they make and discredit parliaments of people's deputies, and therefore are really not... you know, some kind of secret when we see that servants of the people, in principle quite adequate people's deputies, they want to draw up the powers, although in their place i would still fight for adequacy within the faction, because all this is in any case the responsibility of the president of ukraine and those who brought these people to parliament, and now martial law, now we have a war, and we all have to be very responsible about our decisions, so i would not... discredit the parliament and i am very sorry that the next thing we are discussing is a legislative initiative, and not systemic violations and abnormal work of the verkhovna rada, exactly this, maria, this legislative initiative, this legislative initiative provoked a flurry of indignation, that is why we are actually

discussing it, but look at what maryana bezugla says, she explains, she says that there were times when medvedchuk and company, to things, under president poroshenko, she flew to moscow, no one... authorized them to do so, maybe so that this would not happen again, maybe there is a sense, or maybe she, you know, now, if we are going to move on to some personal and comparisons, so for pyotr oleksiyovych and mariupo. was not occupied, you understand , that is, it seems to me that this is just another reminder, and here the question is not even about politicians and people's deputies, i am not talking now about our problematic business trips, about the resolution of the cabinet of ministers, which is against law, i am now talking about what you know, we are dealing with such and such that we now hear from our international colleagues, that is, these notes of authoritarianism, and they definitely harm the state, and believe me, it is absolutely inferior. discredited parliament , first of all the aggressors will be happy, this is the russian

federation, moreover, this is a blow not only to politicians, it is a blow to public activists who work extremely hard during the period of a full-scale invasion, they are the vast majority of them moral authorities, they are listened to as well politicians, as well as other associations, unions, that is , you know, i am already today in connection with the fact that we are in the foreign affairs committee. and we have a main committee, how it is considered, and although they have already refused this legislative initiative, but i would like to do it in an open mode, because stefanchuk should be present, kuliba, the minister of foreign affairs should be present, you know, because the next step , it will be like in russia, yes, about the law on foreign agents, no one commented on it, neither kuleba, nor the president’s office, no, chairman verkhovna rada, you are right, i wanted to ask you, actually. to explain to our audience, but everyone says it's bad, explain why it's bad, why this initiative

is bad, you said it's a blow to public activists, what do you mean, uh, look, you, we let's go now, we are already discussing the essence and content of this bill, because there are questions, they refer to the conventions adopted there, as well as to what really concerns... those people who participate in these or that between on international platforms, you know, i would, i i would not like to go into the content, because they already refused the first time, that is , we understand with you that it was an informational provocation, we are now talking with you about more broadly, i believe that such, well, such and such, such provocations, they harm the state, we are all together now, we are all together, and you are also advocating, we all have to work together to make it more. weapons, faster weapons, more strengthened sanctions, we have to talk about secondary

sanctions, about frozen russian assets, because this is a priority, we have to do everything regarding the armed forces, and not exactly , you know, some, well, those legislative initiatives that discredit parliamentarism, so i work to inform our audience and help them understand the news and events that are happening, happening. a rather unusual event in the ukrainian parliament, they registered a bill proposing to punish for life people who represent the interests of ukraine abroad, well, to put it briefly, you say that this is a deliberate discrediting of the parliament on the part of people's deputies from the people, and absolutely, therefore that when you and i read the text, where , for example, you can speak at forums, conferences, but who will write these criteria, who can say what, where will it be written? that is, prison and confiscation are still waiting , that is, how can you say, it is a shame to even

discuss this text, because first of all, believe me, there are a lot of safeguards, they are already in the legislative field of ukraine, that is, and this was really a provocation, so that i think they have already withdrawn, that is, you and i see the result, and i understand what you are informing, but i believe that this situation... she really discredits the parliament and parliamentarians, and to me, and unfortunately, this is done by the president's office, because let's not forget that these representatives, servants of the people, they have always done this, because this is not their first provocative story, not the first , but to me, i say once again, regardless of the surname, although, well, we worked and are working on many initiatives with mrs. tretyakov, that is, i am sorry. that it is the head of the committee who deals with such things, and it is very fitting for me that maryana bezugla is still the deputy head

the committee on national security and defense, although it itself undermines this national security, unfortunately , we invited, we invited representatives from the servant of the people to this broadcast and continue to invite, if you have something to say, please join, we will listen, and i will remind for our audience that people's deputies work for the money of ukrainian taxpayers, so we cover their activities , including. maria ionova, member of parliament for european solidarity, representative of the committee on foreign policy interparliamentary cooperation. this is all we have. i invite you to subscribe to radio liberty's internet pages until tomorrow. there are 10% discounts on valeriana bolgarska at podorozhnyk pam and oshchad pharmacies. rif is a leading manufacturer of window sills and window materials. ditch. we have been creating quality at

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places. we are sinking the russian fleet and burning the army. objects, we will destroy the occupiers and their equipment at the front by thousands, we will eliminate war criminals, we will detain agents and traitors, and our strikes will be even stronger until the time of victory comes. sbu: the enemy is doomed, retribution is inevitable. we are looking for 12-year-old maksym katunin from kherson. the boy lived in central district of the city. his search has been going on for almost a year and a half. we received information about the child's disappearance in november 2022. it was then that the regional center of the kherson region was liberated from the occupiers, and

it was then that the child's disappearance became known. maybe maxim was taken to the temporarily occupied territories, or... or even to russia, so now the most important thing is to find out the whereabouts of the child. i really hope that thanks to your concern, the boy will be found. look carefully at the photo. perhaps someone has seen maxim and knows about him at least something every little thing is important. if suddenly someone has information about maksym katunin, or knows where he may be now, immediately call the magnolia children's search service at the short number 116. calls from all ukrainian mobile operators are free, if you cannot call, write to the chat bot of the children's search service in a telegram. this is just one story of a missing child. in general, since the beginning of the war, we have already received several thousand appeals for help in the search. fortunately, the vast majority of the children have already been found, but still fate

many remain unknown. this especially applies to temporarily occupied territories. where the work of the police is virtually paralyzed, where it is impossible to leave and there are communication problems, anyone can help find missing children. take just a minute of your time and visit the magnolia children's tracing website. here you can view all the photos of the missing. perhaps you will recognize someone and eventually help find them. look at the photo. this is 13-year-old dmytro horovy. the fate of this boy has not been known for more than two years. what is unknown, unfortunately, and details about his disappearance are also scarce. i only know that when the war started, the child was in mariupol, and on the same day the boy disappeared without a trace. perhaps his, like many. the children were taken to russia, or are still being held somewhere in the temporarily occupied territories. therefore, i very much ask you to look carefully at the photo of dmytro gurovoy.

he looks about 12 years old, with light blond hair and dark eyes. if anyone has seen the boy or knows where he might be now, don't delay and call us on the hotline search for magnolia children by short number 11630. calls from any ukrainian mobile phone. free of charge i also want to remind you that the search for 16-year-old ilya polishchuk continues. he is also from mariupol, and nothing is known about the fate of this boy since the beginning of the full-scale war. the potion was cut off on february 24, and no one knows where he is now. therefore, i appeal to everyone who sees me now, and especially to the residents of mariupol, who may be watching this program on social networks. come carefully. look at the guy's photo, he looks like 14-15 years old, he has light blond hair and dark eyes, if anyone has seen the boy or knows where he may be now, do not hesitate

and call us on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 11630. calls from any ukrainian mobile phone operators are free, but if there is no way to call, write to the chatbot of the child search service in telegram. any information is important. and i will ask for a moment of your attention, this is nine-year-old nikita nikolaev from the city of rubizhne, luhansk region. this the settlement was occupied in may 2022, but nikita disappeared already on may 23, and in fact, nothing is known about the fate of the child for almost a year. i hope that thanks to your concern, the boy will be found. please look carefully at the photo again. nikity nikolaev. he has blue eyes and light blond hair. he looks like a 9-year-old child. if suddenly someone has seen the boy or knows something about

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kovalenko. the city of baltimore, maryland , collapsed after it crashed into it freighter, early at night on march 26. president sha joe biden said during a speech at the white house that washington does not consider it a deliberate act. before the collision , the ship gave a distress signal. everything so far points to the fact that it was a terrible accident. we have no indication or reason to believe that this was intentional. personnel aboard the vessel notified the maryland department of transportation that they had lost control of the vessel. as a result, local authorities were able to close the bridge to traffic just before the accident occurred, which undoubtedly saved a life. rescuers after the accident. baltimore services reported that eight people were on the bridge when it collapsed, two victims were rescued, and the search continues for at least six more.

andrii borys, a correspondent of the voice of america ukrainian service, will introduce us to the details from the scene of the events. congratulations, andriy. andrii, what can you tell us about what is happening at the site and also what is known about the victims and the rescue operations there? yes, oleksiy, well, i am actually in the immediate vicinity of this. bridge, i i don’t know if you can see it from here, it’s literally 100 m from me, and around me there are probably about 200 representatives of not only the american, but also the international press, this question was caused by the event, actually, what happened to the bridge, it collapsed, caused a huge stir , but it was quite difficult to get to this place, i must say, because the road around this bridge is blocked, the police blocked not only the land connection, but also the air connection. actually, why, because the rescue operation is going on, as you rightly said, two more people were saved, six more people are in the water, this is according to

preliminary... data from the representatives of the company that repaired this bridge, we are talking about the bridge, about the repair of the covering from the holes of this bridge, and these people were according to preliminary data in cars, in their there was a break, and actually when the container ship hit one of the piers of the bridge and collapsed, they fell right in those cars into the water, the victims could have been...

so at about 1:40 this morning, we got a 911 call about an emergency the situation on the patapsko river in area of ​​the city of cambridge. numerous reports indicated that there were people in the water. later it turned out that a ship collided with the bridge and the bridge collapsed. around 1:50 our first unit arrived on scene and reported a complete collapse. at that time we were also given information that at the time of the collapse of the bridge ... there were probably several people and as a result many people ended up in the water. andriy, what is known about the causes of the accident, how did it actually happen that this ship crashed into the bridge? and what is known at the moment, oleksiy, is actually accurate the authorities report that this is not a terrorist attack, most likely it is an accident, the ship itself, as you have already correctly reported, submitted, submitted literally in a

matter of minutes. before the collision, there was a distress signal, and it was reported, the captain reported that one of the engines had failed, well, actually , what is also important to note here, there are also questions about the bridge itself, because it is quite old, it is 47 years old , but the rescuers and representatives of the transport department will say that it recently passed an inspection, so please listen to their direct language about this issue. the crew working there was basically pothole repair, just to be clear, it had nothing to do with the structural damage to the bridge. currently, two people have been rescued and our operation continues. engineers are currently on site identifying some of the structural issues, apparently removing the debris, and we will begin working on an investigation with the national transportation safety board. the collapsed bridge

was more than 2.5 km long, so like this situation, it can affect the maritime and ground communication in this region. actually , alex, this bridge is one of the key ones in the connection between three states, delaware, maryland, virginia and directly the capital of the united states, washington, but there are quite a lot of detours, that is , there are opportunities, the police... actually reports how about to drive this bridge, because it is not known how much, more precisely, it is clear that it will be closed, and when it will be rebuilt, it is not known, but much more important, it is actually a direct sea connection, because the port of baltimore is closed, how much it will be closed, it is also unknown, and the port of baltimore, let me remind you, is one of the key in international trade for the united states, through this port passes, in particular, a lot of cars, which also go. and

exported to ukraine, president joe biden spoke about the importance of this bridge during today's briefing. please listen to his direct speech. last year, a record number of cargoes passed through the port of baltimore. it is one of the most important ports in america, both for importing and exporting cars and light trucks. about 850,000 vehicles pass through this port. every year, and we will restore it as soon as possible. 15,000 jobs depend on this port, and we will do everything we can to protect those jobs and help those workers. the bridge is also critical not just to baltimore, but to the entire northeast. more than 30,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day, which is very important for the northeast's economy and quality of life.