traces through this statement of krotevych. well, first of all, i want to say that we are a state governed by the rule of law, and all the statements of any servicemen, well, if each serviceman will accuse us of thousands of deaths, then we are not a state governed by the rule of law and undemocratic, when to the law enforcement officers to investigate, but they are not they are investigating, you see, it will close the circle, look, they clearly answered, i did not see this answer, but as far as i know, the answer was that they either see there or do not see what the composition of the crime is, as far as sodel himself, well i i think that he paid for all this resonance in general, er, er, the fact that he was removed from his post, well, for a general, let's say so, but he heads the khortets troop grouping, but no, gnatov heads the khortka troop grouping, he does not lead anything, so he was removed from all positions, it is clear, well, yes, he just has it again, statements can be whatever, emotional, non-emotional, well, the rule of law, if there is a crime there, let them... investigate, but i

can't, for example there, if someone can afford it, i can't say that a person is there killed people, this can be done, this can be said about every commander who at least once in his life gave a normal combat order, you cannot come to him and say you killed people, if at least one person died while you were leading an operation , that is, he simply does not manage sodol now, well , first he was immediately taken from the position of the head of the combined forces of the armed forces of ukraine, then from the grouping of the horta troops. and now he does not hold any position, i understood you correctly, as far as i know, yes, as far as i know, maybe i heard that somewhere there in he was in the hospital, but now i have no information that he holds anything, of the positions he held officially, it is the commander of the united forces and the commander of the kortytsia armed forces, he is not in charge, general gnad is in official charge there. thank you very much, roman kostenko, people's deputy, voice faction and secretary of the committee on national security, defense and intelligence, was on radio liberty. well, now for more details about yuriy

sodol, about whom we just mentioned, the head of the azov brigade headquarters bohdan krotevich filed a complaint in court against the sbi because the bureau did not open a case against the ex-commander of the united forces of the armed forces of ukraine yuriy sodol. according to krotevych, the sbi said that the complaint against sodol will be added to the already existing case, in which the actions of the command of the operational-strategic grouping of the khortyts troops are indirectly considered. this is actually intentional. inactivity, that's what krotevych claims. he says that he was made to understand that there was an order from above not to allow this case to proceed. krotevych laid out this whole story in his telegram. you can listen to the fragment now. i named it for myself general opg. bandits cover bandits. everything is logical, because they will sit in the same cell. well, consideration of the complaint is scheduled for august 19. let's see what will happen. rfe/rl also contacted the sbi for comment. we asked why the bureau did not open a case regarding. general sodol, but

we were refused a comment. i have to state this here, it is not surprising, because unpopular topics for the bureau were commented on very rarely and inactively, although earlier in the dbr they said that kortevych's appeal was connected to the case about the breakthrough of russian troops in the kharkiv region. well, i will remind you that a month ago bohdan krotevych appealed to the sbi with a request to investigate the actions of general sodol, the military accuses him of the loss of territories and the lives of thousands of soldiers. the general himself did not publicly respond to this either. this story is also unique in that it is not the first time in history that a subordinate has filed a statement about committing a crime against his commander, who is a general, and this subordinate is not just a soldier, but the head of staff of one of the most combat-ready brigades. what should and can be the end of this whole story. we will be about it to speak in detail, but first, let us remind you, who is yuriy sodol? february 2024, two years since russia's large-scale invasion of ukraine. 53-year-old... yuriy

sodol replaces serhii naev as the commander of the joint forces of the armed forces of ukraine. and four months later, in june , zelenskyi said in his address: "he is dismissing yuriy sodol from his post." volodymyr zelenskyy did not explain the reasons for such personnel rotation, but it happened against the background of public criticism. in particular, the posts of the representative of the servant of the people faction, maryana serhiy sternenko, a free-spirited and public activist. sternenko wrote that sodol. to spit on the life of a soldier, and the bezugla called the lieutenant general a criminal who put his people in positions, sodol was also accused of poor preparation of the operation in kryna. sodol, the leader of the front since february 2024, is a backroom butcher who hides everything that any boss needs. unprepared kharkiv region, avdiyivka, for a very long time was responsible for this direction at zalozhny do, and now it has answered. within the framework of almost the entire front,

a useful general for head committees. in addition, general yuriy sodol allegedly declared bezugla. at the time when the russian troops broke through to turkey, he was there. in odesa and awarded the mayor of trukhanov. in addition, sodol was seen with charka in one of the restaurants in odesa, and the secretary of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense, roman kostenko, then suggested in media comments that sodol's son had graduated from the military academy, and they said he could go to his son. continuation of criticism of sodol, the chief of staff of the azov brigade bohdan krotevych said that he submitted a statement to the state bureau of investigation against one soldier general, he did not name the name at the time, but according to the ukrainian media , it was about sodol. i wrote a letter to the sbi with a call to open an investigation into one military general who, in my opinion, killed more ukrainian soldiers than any russian general.

all the military understand what kind of person i am talking about, because 99% of the military hate him for what he does. officially and publicly, yuriy sodol blames himself. did not comment. he joined the ukrainian army in the late 1990s and participated in battles abroad, during the storming of yampol, the defense of the donetsk airport, his brigade provided cover for the exit of the armed forces of ukraine from debaltseve. after the beginning of the large-scale invasion of the russian federation into ukraine in 2022, he participated in the battles near volnovakha and the defense of mariupol. has the title of hero of ukraine. anastasia potapenko, radio liberty. oleg simoroz, veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, public activist and lawyer, joined our broadcast, what is important in this case, good evening, i wish you health, good evening, oleg, you are on facebook, i read your post, you wrote that the fact that the sbi refused to open a case against yuriy sodol, you called it an absolutely wild

situation, why so, i’ll just say that, for example, i talked to yuriy butusov earlier about this, so he immediately said, there will be no problem, don’t count on what you were counting on, a wild situation from a legal point of view, just yes, what did i count on, when i picked up a weapon, i counted on the rule of law here in tylu, in principle, and for this a lot of people are also fighting, we are not fighting to be similar on our neighbor, and on the contrary, that's why i still expected that the law would work, and now we are not even talking about an investigation, yes, because there should be a comprehensive investigation of the actions of sodel and so on, we are talking about the opening of criminal proceedings. which is guaranteed by the law, a mandatory norm, and in principle there cannot be any pros or cons, there is a direct duty of the investigator to open criminal proceedings based on the statement, and we at the stage of just such a small thing as the statement are already facing obstacles, with

the obstacles of the ukrainian investigation, the state bureau of investigation in the fact that the case is trivially initiated against this actor, and what does this indicate, and what is this about, what does this mean, does this mean? that , unfortunately, the rule of law does not work in our country, this means that the telephone law works in our country, and unfortunately, these stories with oleg tatarov are confirmed by the fact that we have the office of the president ukraine controls the law enforcement system, controls the judicial system, and we do not have impartiality, we don’t have it, you mentioned the president’s office in this story, i don’t know, krotevych doesn’t specify anyone there, but he says that he was made to understand that there was some kind of... from above not to let this matter go, and from whom could it be this instruction, if you have already mentioned the president's office, well, why would the president's office expose some general who has a very bad reputation in the army, that's how i mentioned oleg tatarov, because unfortunately that's how it works in our country, no, well, there are surnames, we

need them name who gives instructions to law enforcement agencies, who controls the baby, who controls the dbr, this name is known, it is oleg tatarok, yes, yes, it is definitely about sodel, answering your question, what is it for the office of the president, why is it for the ukrainian authorities, sodel is not some private, some commander, he is a person , who held the highest leadership positions in the army, and he made many of his decisions, including with consultations at the stake, with consultations with the central committee and with the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, and this indicates that, listen, i definitely confirm and i support mr. korotlevich about the fact that sodal lost a lot of lives, but i will say more, he very often made these decisions on a different basis, accordingly, if you investigate the case of sodal, then maybe a lot of other interesting

names that are not beneficial for the ukrainian authorities will appear, in the sense of coming out of ourselves, or what do you mean, coming out of ourselves, and because let's be honest with me. then everything is clear with this actor, but the management of troops, management of directions, is not only a sodol, it is not only the commander of the combined forces, yes this... a person reports, submits certain information to the same central committee and to the position of the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, which, in principle, was done regularly, and we went there and reported this information not publicly, a long, long time ago, we tried that this the situation was civilized, we didn't want to play on social networks and so on, but we were played football, this is also a general excuse, it 's a known fact that we tried to... no no

was left to the military and veterans, so yes, i am deeply convinced that it is the ukrainian authorities, unfortunately, and the office of the president of ukraine that gives such instructions to the state bureau of investigation, because it is absurd, because it is an imperative norm of article 214 of the criminal procedure code of ukraine, where the investigator is obliged within 24 hours and no later, to submit information to... investigations, i.e. to open the criminal unified state register of pretrial proceedings, and if now it's krote, and if now it's krotevych, he said that he applied to the court, now i do, the session at the end of august, if i am not mistaken, was appointed, do i understand correctly that now the court can oblige the sbi to open a case, it can oblige, there is such a practice, but now i am faced with by a very cunning practice of judges when suing high-ranking officials, for which all this is done, that is, the imperative provision of the article is violated and the rights of the applicant are violated. what will the ukrainian court do now, i

am 99% sure what will happen in this court session, i.e. krutkevych was given the answer that the case has not been opened, on the basis of this he appeals these actions in court, but the law also speaks about the time limits for this appeal. and they are now very cunningly calculating it not from the moment of the answer, which is logical, well, because the applicant cannot guess whether a criminal case will be opened or not , he has to wait for this answer, here the absolutely fantastic position is taken that the applicant should wait 10 days, not to wait for an answer and file a lawsuit, as, for example, with our team of people's power according to olena shulyak, the head of the party servant of the people, they refused to open criminal proceedings simply because. such a fantasy with mr. krytkevych, i have a very strong suspicion that, unfortunately, it will be the same, and

i am not sure that the court will open proceedings, let's look at the decency of the courts, because i say, here is history with logic, well, it ca n't the applicant can predict whether the case will be opened or not, he will appeal something when there is an answer, our courts now, according to high-ranking officials, have started to take the position that there was no need to wait for anything, they could immediately take the guy to court, well, this is simply absurd. here there is still such a moment, but we were often told about this by generals who, not that they supported sodol, but as if they were such a critical voice in this story, they say that, well, there is no one to judge the generals, we already have there are no specialized judges, there is no specialized prosecutor’s office there, and who will judge these people, there are no specialists, well, listen, there is no such specialized court yet, this is a debatable issue, it is possible to... do it, but let’s do it, well, get down on the ground, generals , you are mere mortals, there is someone to judge soldiers, and so on

there will be someone to judge generals, there is general jurisdiction, there is specialized jurisdiction for investigation, this is the state bureau of investigations, according to the court, it will be general jurisdiction, it will be the district court in the first instance and so on, it will be a specialized prosecutor's office in the military sphere, the office of the general prosecutor , that's why i don't... there is someone to judge, there was a desire, there was a desire, well, listen, there is nothing more complicated, i don't know, well, there is the murder of people, there is abuse of official position, there is official negligence, well, only yes with the specifics of hostilities , the military and so on, so listen, well , the military applicants are saying that add us as witnesses, we will testify, no, they don’t add, well, it’s the chief of staff of azov, they still haven’t... even added to the case, they didn’t take a statement as an investigator , what are we talking about, thank you very much, i

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ulyanovska. congratulations. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is visiting washington. he arrived in the united states amid domestic pressure in israel to the release of hostages still held by hamas in the gaza strip, and political uncertainty in israel's main ally, the united states. before the presidential elections in november. at the invitation of the speaker of the house of representatives, mike johnson, netanyahu spoke in the us congress. his appearance in washington not only caused numerous protests in the city, but also fueled divisions between democrats and republicans in congress. we talk about this in more detail with our congress correspondent kateryna lisinova congratulations katya. greetings maria. what were the key messages of the israeli prime minister's speech? in general, the speech of the prime minister of israel was quite inflammatory and critical, criticizing the prime minister of israel directly, if it did not sound taftological, but the critics

of israel, in particular he called the pro-palestinian rallyists useful, useful fools of iran, he also criticized things that act as a critic of the actions that are taking place now on the part of israel, the fight against hamas, spoke a lot. about the release of prisoners, as well as about those soldiers who are currently fighting on the side of israel, and directly in the hall of congress these soldiers were present, as well as even some released prisoners, in particular benjamin netanyahu said that as of now israel has managed to free 135 prisoners, and they plan to continue this process until every prisoner is released, noted that among the interesting moments among the audience present, the speech was also invited and was next to one of the released prisoners, the famous figure elon musk, and many other people joined the

of that speech, she was critical of those who criticize israel, but still drew a standing ovation and applause. kace also saw several shots of protesters on the streets of washington, and how did the lawmakers react to the speech itself? as i have already said, inside the meeting hall of the congress, the speech itself was reacted to emotionally and in some places even standing with applause, but outside the congress itself, the capitol building, there were protests, in particular, about the palestinian protests, which criticized the prime minister of israel, regarding reactions of the legislators themselves from republican democratic party, then some representatives of the democratic party. even openly declared that they were boycotting this speech and did not come to it, among those who should have been present, but did not come, was vice president kamela garis, she should have sat opposite the speaker according to tradition,

instead of her... there was a senator ben cardin, who is now the head of the committee on international relations, i suggest listening to the disagreements of the democrats and republicans in their statements before the speech. we must send a clear signal that israel is not alone. now it is more important than ever to support our closest ally in the middle east and our traditional partner, and it is outrageous and unjustifiable to me that kamala haris is boycotting this joint meeting. this is a historic moment, this is an important moment for the country for all the reasons we have already mentioned. it is impossible to overestimate how serious the situation is, and yet kamala garis will not be in her city. as you know, as vice president, she acts as president of the senate, she has to sit next to me on the podium, but she won't be there because she refuses

to come. i think the legislators should decide for themselves. i will be there in person. the deputy chairman of the democratic caucus will also be there. i believe that when world leaders speak in the people's chamber, it is important that we hear their point of view. israel is our closest ally. and i look forward to the prime minister's speech, even if i do not agree with some of the policy decisions that his government sometimes puts forward. this is part of the democratic process, but it is up to the legislators to decide decision whether to be ... present, while we encourage legislators to take the necessary safety precautions. katya, what exactly is the purpose of the israeli prime minister's visit to the united states and why did he come now? according to experts, netanyahu's main goal is to win the bipartisan support of democrats and republicans during this important election process in the united states of america. in more detail, i suggest you listen to the story that my colleague and i worked on.

on monday, the southern city of khan yunis the gaza strip experienced a new military escalation, as a result of strikes by the israeli military, which continues to fight hamas, an organization recognized as a terrorist organization in the united states. meanwhile , israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrived in washington and found the american capital in the midst of an unpredictable presidential campaign. i will try to build on the bipartisan support that is... very important for israel, i will tell my friends from both parties, no matter who the american people elect to be their next president, israel will remain indispensable and strong ally of america in the middle east. meanwhile, analysts say that in a potential race for the white house between vice president kamela harris and former president donald trump, netanyahu would prefer the republican. republicans are more supportive of israel's security strategy. this remains a fact.

regardless of who is in power in israel, but second, republicans are more lenient with the current right-leaning israeli government and its policies toward the palestinians. donald trump has already confirmed a separate meeting with netanyahu on friday, july 26, at his maro lago residence. as president, trump introduced a significant pro-israeli policy, and was instrumental in signing an agreement that normalized israel's diplomatic relations with the united arab emirates and bahrain. and... also moved the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. in kamela harris, he will probably get a president who will take a popular stance on supporting us-israeli relations, but at the same time will be much harsher in certain sensi, regarding israeli activities, and will be much more sympathetic to palestinian suffering and palestinian rights. after all, netanyahu's main goal in washington is

to prepare the basis for relations with the next. administration of the white house, as well as to achieve their own goals in the fragile coalition of the israeli parliament, on the eve of the three-month recess. there may be a political moment that allows netanyahu to take some steps before the knesset goes into recess without causing the coalition to collapse immediately. netanyahu could potentially oppose the far-right factions in his coalition and reach a cease-fire agreement with hamas after nearly two months of war. united states secretary of state anthony blinken said last week that such an agreement is entirely possible. i believe we are close to reaching an agreement that will lead to a ceasefire, the return of the hostages , and a better path to lasting peace and stability. however, most analysts doubt that the ceasefire agreement will last longer than its first phase, which is a cessation of hostilities in

six weeks in exchange for the release of some of the hostages