rfe/rl asked.in kyiv, zaporozhye and odesa, who are the armed forces for them and what they want to wish the defenders, listen. what is the armed forces of ukraine for you? this is the shield that protects us, well, that's all, this is our military, which saves our lives, this is the heart of the country, one of the hearts of the country somewhere, we are nothing without them, i'll be honest, right now, we are nothing without them, if without armed forces, we will not, we will not be free, our support... our peaceful sleep and in general, glory to the armed forces, this is our hope, hope, security and people, which we must first of all support as much as possible, my friends, my dear, this is power endurance, this is limitless motivation, and these are the people who, in general, support our faith in humanity, this is the shield with which we sleep peacefully in kyiv, even, even during attacks, this is all, this, this is our life, they give us , this is the life we ​​live now, thank you and bow dow

/rl found a russian one the passport of zelenskyi's former long-time business partner.aum baruli, and this naum baruli, by the way, being a russian citizen and a taxpayer in the russian federation, does not hesitate to take, for example, 32 million of our taxes for his anthem series called a volunteer, that is, a russian citizen is hunting someone on this topic, so sorry, i, for example, as a tax payer , would gladly pay taxes to our ukrainian people to the military, and not to all these people living in the state budget. eh, but there was a buzz a very interesting phrase in the president's rhetoric, he , you know, probably for the first time in his head came to the idea that there would be no barbecues, and this phrase, i'm afraid to make a mistake, but it sounded like we cannot, therefore, lose in this war, because we can't , it's obvious that the convolutions of his brain have started to spill out there, but it's a pity that it's so late, and unfortunately, against the background of this... his personal understanding, he has not yet understood that in order to to win

/rl.hank you. if. watch us on youtube, like this broadcast, like this one way you support our work, and we move on to the next topic: the long-time creative associate of volodymyr zelenskyi, the founder and general producer of the laughter league, naum barulya, has a business in crimea, which he has already established according to russian laws, and also has russian citizenship, from which in 10 years of war did not refuse. this was found out by our colleagues, journalists of the scheme program. journalists managed to establish that in april 2009 , the russian... migration service issued naum baruli a russian passport. the producer was then 49 years old. after the start of the war in donbas and the occupation of crimea, barulya returned to ukraine, from moscow, and entered into a partnership with the 95th quarter studio headed by volodymyr zelensky. together they were involved in the production of series for commercial tv channels. barola traveled to occupied crimea up to and including 201

also, subscribe to rfe/rl's youtube channel if you haven't already. representatives of the indigenous peoples of russia are brought to the temporarily occupied territories of the luhansk region in whole families. this was announced by the ex-head of the luhansk regional military administration, serhii gaidai. according to him, people come from distant russian territories, most often they are yakuts and buryats. in this way, the occupation authorities are trying to replenish the number of the working population. gaidai says that the majority men who were mobilized in the temporarily occupied territories of luhansk region, who were sent to the front or died, or returned injured, so they cannot work fully. russians from the hinterlands come to the temporarily occupied luhansk region to carry out repair work. and all recovery by the so-called local authorities is reduced to banal embezzlement of the budget, those people who did not receive a russian passport in the temporarily occupied territory of luhansk region will have their fingerprints taken. zhechi

there is a need for mobilization, but it is... intermittent, the general noted, rfe/rl reports.s is how zaluzhny commented on the figures of 400-500,000 people who should be drafted into the army. in no way did i say the number 500, not 400, i am talking about the general need, and i have already been asked by one of the girls, i have already said that this need, of course, is divided into certain periods, of course, that is, someone will be mobilized in january, someone and... even in december, me i will say for a word that we are not talking about the fact that we need all this need now in order to give clothes and shoes and weapons, no, this is not true at all. on the day of the fire in feodosia in the occupied crimea, the russians are looking for informants, also after hitting the large amphibious ship novocherkask, maybe pay more attention, watching the port and trying to prevent the leakage of information about the state of its damage, according to the center of national... resistance after destruction enemy ships surrounded the central area of ​​the city and increased the

serhiy horbatenko, rfe/rl correspondent with the latest news from the region.ne intends to increase the production of missiles, ammunition, weapons and military equipment several times. deputy minister of defense ivan gavryliuk stated this, in particular, on the broadcast of the news marathon. for him. you will pay the most attention to the production of air defense equipment from conventional portable anti-aircraft missile systems to pppo systems with a range of more than 100 km. gavrilyuk specified that in the approved state budget for next year, about 175 billion uah is allocated for the purchase of missiles and ammunition. i would like to point out that in ukraine , the main item of expenditure in the state budget for next year is defense. almost 22% of gdp is directed to it, that is about 45 billion dollars, and more than 2 billion dollars were invested in the defense-industrial complex for the actual production of uavs and ammunition. i would also like to add that for the first time since the collapse of the soviet union, russia allocated a record budget

rfe /rl's investigators also add that as a result of analyzing profile biographies. was able to establish alias, which he often uses, this is igor koval. this man, ihor salikov , writes in his letter to the international criminal court that during the year he passed through the law enforcer osiechkin, known to him, information to inform the international criminal court and the office of the prosecutor general of ukraine. what is known about this man, whether the prosecutor general's office was really in contact with him, we will discuss further on our broadcast. yuriy bilousov, head of the department for combating crimes in the conditions. of the armed conflict, the prosecutor general's office is already in touch with us, i congratulate you, good morning. whether acquaintance of the attorney general's office, this man, igor salikov, is he really a russian militant who decided to cooperate with the investigation, do you confirm the authenticity of his story? yes, i am confirming the fact that the attorney general's office has been working with this person for over six months now, who has b

there is a need for mobilization, but it is divided into periods - the general noted, rfe/rl reports. that is how zaluzhnyi commented on the figures of 400-500 thousand people who should be drafted into the army. in no way said the number 500 or 400, i am talking about the general need, and i have already been asked by one of the girls, i have already said that this need, of course, is divided into certain periods, of course, that is, someone will be mobilized in january, someone and even in december, i will say that about the fact that we are not talking about the fact that there is all this need now we need in order to get married and... and give weapons, no, it not at all. during the day with fire in feodosia in the occupied crimea, the russians are looking for informants, also after hitting the large amphibious ship novocherkassk, the intelligence is watching the port more closely and trying to prevent the leakage of information about the state of its damage. according to the center of national resistance, after the destruction of the vessel, the enemy surrounded it the central ar

halyna tereshchuk, rfe/rl correspondent from the scene in lviv, where there are also consequences ofsile attack after the attacks by russian forces on ukraine. it was one of the most massive, probably, in the last six months. the information is constantly updated: dnipro, odesa, cherkasy, lviv, kyiv, many ukrainian cities suffered today as a result of an attack by russian forces on the territory of ukraine. information constantly. it is updated a lot on radio liberty platforms, in particular in telegram, in particular in instagram and our other platforms on the radio liberty website, also on youtube channels, by the way, subscribe to them, you can find official and verified information, what happened, what are the data for that other minute, in fact, from the svoboda ranok team, this was the last broadcast in this 2023, with you we will meet already in 2024, we wish you that 2024 will be much calmer than 2023, and in the comments, write while there is still such an opportunity, what you wish for 2024. thank you for being with us all this time, take care and see you in the new year 20