used vinnytsia yuliya kovalishyna on call, the driver came with his french bulldog during the trip andriy nevydyuk lets you take the dog in his arms, pet it and even take a picture with the craft, the sails are very small yuliya says to drive in the same car with the dog opposite is very cool, especially now somehow it helps to distract from the news cheer yourself up for the whole day i think, especially if there are passengers with children, it will be just a lot of fun andriy nevydyuk with a french bulldog kraft ago in vinnytsia they have been charging for two months, a man, an immigrant from kharkiv, tells with his wife and children are being held, they fled the war twice in 2014 due to hostilities, they had to leave different homes in luhansk and move to kharkiv and when russia went full-scale on ukraine, they moved to vinnytsia or prepared of our chic basements, we stocked up on groceries, gasoline , fuel, filled up all our cars, and i was nervously ready for something. well, at night

, the bonders will fly, drop the album on the garden. i was certainly not ready, so i decided to take my family out and we were happy for a day and a half. vinnitsa from kharkiv says he never worked as a taxi driver before the war. he headed a company specializing in decor because now is not the time. i don't have any skills. and nobody needs my job now. here i live in a rented room and i have a dog. there was nowhere for the children to cry without me. they ca n't live at all. i'm very good, i didn't interfere with anyone in the craft , taxiing is more fun, says andriy, he sits next to me on the passenger seat, he likes to look out the window and sleep. passengers react to the dog in different ways, says

andriy, he's not smart, but for the most part, he's positive , they take pictures, pet him, a good boy, a photo of a bulldog he travels, posts on social networks , says on instagram that he stole it, and he has his own page. here in this photo he is waiting for customers, here he is playing, and here he is posing with passengers after the trip with the craft, we are 24/7 , says andriy without him, it is the second time to start everything at first it would have been much more difficult yuliya vozniuk oleksandr baziuk news on public vinnytsia the european union highly appreciates ukrainian democracy, the ambassador of the european union to ukraine, matias, said in an interview to the public that a democracy that actually functions is one of the two mandatory criteria necessary for obtaining the status of a candidate for eu accession for ukraine, we will receive a final answer from the european commission in june, the ambassador said in an interview, and he told whether

europe will give up russian oil and gas if so, when can it happen? and what about how it will help to restore ukraine after the victory over russia. more details. greetings. my name is iryna sayevich, and today, with the ambassador of the european union to ukraine, mati masikas, we will talk about sanctions against russia, aid to the country and accession to the european union. mr. max we are very glad to meet you here in ukraine, you were one of the first diplomats who returned to kyiv three weeks ago. do you feel safe in ukraine now? i feel as safe as every person who lives in kyiv, if ukrainians can endure it, so can i. in diplomacy, the value of our profession increases precisely from being at the scene of events. my place is here. i have to carry out my daily work

. normal times if we talk about meetings with people, interaction intractic, how is the representation of the european union currently working in ukraine in kyiv? has the work format changed and why did you decide to return right now ? of course, the war affected our work, we do not work at full capacity here in kyiv, many people work inside ukraine and outside of ukraine, but we do the work we have to at the beginning of april, i made a decision that i returned as quickly as possible, it is happening on a very important date europe day recently some ukrainian deputies proposed to celebrate may 9 as victory day in russia and europe day

as in other eu member states how important is this decision for ukraine amen fomiya for i have a basic question here. what do you want to celebrate and what is more important, victory or peace? it is very symbolic that in the eu may 9 is europe day because on this day the foundation of the european union was laid. the eu is a project about peace. the eu is a project about maintaining peace on the european continent. therefore, for me, peace is much more important than victory. we know very well that the end of the second world war is celebrated in europe on may 8. several days have historical importance, but peace is the most important. may 9 is the day of peace for us. after all these war crimes after

minister lavrov's public anti-semitic statements, does russia have the right to celebrate victory day this is a very complex political historical modern problem - it is true that the soviet union in 1945 made a huge effort to defeat nazi germany but there were many ukrainians belarusians of other nations of the soviet union who fought, it is no secret that ukraine suffered much more than russia, at least it was closer geographically, so all these elements play a role here, i repeat again that i want people celebrated more peace and less victory post match victor if we talk about ukraine in the context of europe it is clear what europe is for ukraine it is a civilizational choice what is ukraine now for

europe in your opinion this is an incredible important question i am estonian estonia is a country that is also geographically between the western europe and russia, and we also came through this, especially in the past, we were underestimated, we were considered as part of something bigger in the context of the interaction of large western european countries with russia, everything has changed now for the eu, ukraine is a country that protects values, a country that was attacked and invaded by russia because ukraine defends our common values, and so ukraine is now a country that fights for the security of the whole of europe. security, if we are talking about joining the eu, this is also a very important issue for ukrainians in the interview from cnn, you said that the european commission will evaluate

two key criteria and after that decide whether ukraine will become a candidate for eu membership, these criteria are functioning, that democracy and a functioning market economy are currently functioning evaluates these two criteria here. the first stage was to provide ukraine with a long list of questions, a questionnaire about the details of your functioning democracy. i think this is very important. i think that not everyone expected how ukraine will hold up, how ukrainian democracy will work. ukraine and the eu have grown quickly to a very deep close connection, we know a lot of things about each other now about the issues that we need to consider much shorter than usual for countries

that want to join the eu we have received answers from ukraine in court terms, the commission is now evaluating these two basic criteria: a functioning democracy and a functioning market economy are implemented in ukraine, this is all happening at a record speed , usually in the case of countries in the western balkans region that have gone through this process, it took almost two years the entire process of obtaining the questionnaire receiving answers analysis in the case of ukraine it will be done in two months it also shows the commitment of the european union to this issue the european commission intends to give its assessment in in mid-june and further it will be sent to the member states of the european union for their decision , the member states must decide on the issue of enlargement unanimously thanks to the achievement of the eu consensus - this is a club and this club is very careful

to all invitations of all of them to accept all aspects of the entry of new members, all issues related to enlargement must be resolved by consensus, and then two weeks ago, the president of the european council, charles michel, was here and said, in particular, publicly, that he would propose a deadline for this discussions between the members of the european union. i am not authorized to say now when it will be decided. what impact do you think ukraine's entry into the eu will have on the end of the war? will it help stop russia? the ukrainian army will stop it. i think it is very clear since 2014 when russia started this war that they understand only brute force and nothing

more, it is true that deeper integration between ukraine and the european union also plays a role in helping ukraine win this war the eu coordinates and finances arms supplies to ukraine european commission made a proposal to cancel all quotas and customs duties on ukrainian exports to the european union, this helps the ukrainian economy to be stable and it also helps the military operations. of course, all these elements play a role. another important part of the fight is sanctions . includes a gradual embargo on russian oil , as well as the disconnection of three russian banks from the swift system and personal sanctions against russian officers responsible, in particular, for crimes in buch and for the blockade of mariupol, but we know that the sanctions are gradual in nature and all

this time russia will have economic opportunities to continue bombing ukrainian cities and villages. how do you see a way out of this situation and is there a way out ? the problem with sanctions is that no governments, no regimes will ever admit that they did this or that because of the sanctions, so there is no mathematical proof whether the sanctions really work or not, but what we are already seeing in the case of russia is the great impact of the restrictions, i will give you one example russian car production fell by 70% in april due to the fact that parts from other countries are not brought into the country almost all areas of the russian economy were affected by the sanctions on the assets of the russian central bank greatly hampered

russia's ability to finance this war but you are right it will take time for the sanctions had full influence but again the eu and other members who imposed sanctions on the usa great britain is acting very much like this we have learned something since 2014 and these sanctions advise very deeply beush samsung big effort big step on the part of the eu, efforts are being made to become independent from russian oil and gas. in what year do you think, and when will europe finally become completely independent from russian energy resources ? in some parts of the eu there was a misunderstanding of this even during the cold

war they believed that russia was a reliable energy supplier and in principle the import of energy carriers from russia was not perceived as something bad now the situation has changed now there is a position that it is necessary to get rid of this export, the plan for this year is to reduce our dependence on russian gas by 70%. and even if some areas or if not all areas will be properly blocked under sanctions, the eu and its members are making huge efforts to de facto get rid of dependence and it will be successful, do you think that it is possible for all eu members to get rid of dependence on russian oil and gas, we have seen examples of discussions in hungary, can there be problems in some eu member states in an effort to become independent from russian oil and gas imbifriend

position among the eu member states is different , some are 100% dependent on imports, say oil from russia, some are less, and for some the percentage of gas imports is high, these cases are considered individually, there are some mitigating measures as a transitional period as you have seen before, this is a collective effort - this is a common goal, but due to the energy mix, everything depends on the eu countries, each of the members must have a way out, how will they get rid of this dependence on eu institutions, the european commission helps in this, too a big collective effort and it will be successful if the eu decides something sometimes it takes a lot of time for discussions and decision-making but if something is decided then it will be done and the second person

the next question about military support we have heard official statements from the usa that they are not ready send your soldiers to fight in ukraine can you imagine a situation when one of the eu members can send their troops to fight in ukraine, i do not want to speculate on this issue almost all eu members are also nato members and this question is more to nato, this is his mandate, i have not heard of any serious plans by individual eu member states to provide their troops, or is there a plan for how the european union will help to rebuild and rebuild ukraine after the end of the war, we are making huge efforts to help the ukrainian economy. even now, we are also coordinating with our partners and

we are doing our own work coordinating with international financial institutions that ukraine could meet the current budget needs , reconstruction will be a huge problem for everyone day, the cost of future recovery is unfortunately increasing because, in addition to killing people, russia continues to destroy ukrainian infrastructure, it must be incredible with a coordinated effort of various countries with the strong participation of ukraine. there are no specific plans now, how the fund will be organized, who will be able to invest money, one ukrainian idea that finds great support in the eu - this is the idea of ​​twinning from president zelensky, when individual countries or individual municipalities or companies can ask for a contribution to the fund for specific recovery needs of individual cities if i am not mistaken in my approach and

stated that they are ready to help restore mykolaiv, for example, and this will make efforts more concrete than simply providing funds to the general fund for the restoration of the country. i am sure that this idea will be implemented in one way or another, but there are no concrete plans at the moment but i can assure you that active discussions are currently taking place not only in the capitals of eu member states, but also in washington , london and other financial centers of the world. thank you for this conversation. thank you for your support of ukraine. it is important for us at this time, i will remind you that we spoke with the ambassador of the european union in ukraine mati-masikas my name is iryna sayevich thank you for watching

whether the russian federation has the right to privatize the memory of the victory of the world's joint victory over nazism when it kills veterans of the second world war, it will be easier to understand this issue if we talk about examples of specific stories, in particular, a veteran of the second world war, a resident of zolochiv, kharkiv region, ivan lysun, was left without a home, his house was built father on the night of the fourth of april, a

russian projectile destroyed the border community of zolochiv . russians shell every day. ivan vasilievich is 97 years old. he was involved in the war with the nazis right after coming of age. he passed it to germany. what happened? the veteran says about the current war. we are watching the story so much. it is very scary. i am at the front. laws i felt that the time would be possible. it came, and i began to love belarus. i started from homel in the eyes of baranovichi . the lord in poland wished the city such a palm, and the room there was still small from that. on the side of the granddaughter, how is she, the father didn't build anything there. i was still small then, i remember that if something was interesting to me, he had to overcome

it. and we see that the arrivals have already begun to us and we went to the grave, suddenly there was such a crack, the screeching of segments that it felt like the brains were coming out, these are the most terrible moments in my life, what were they like when i shout papa papa papa papa and he does not call his name and there is glass well, all that kind of front eh then ran to his bedroom and he is standing there getting dressed. well, i look , he doesn't understand what to say with his head. natasha comes running, my daughter says that you know what a joy, i

say that i'm already happy and i'll wait. now we visited here we fought now the wishes of ukraine i can't sleep the last water for appeared and then already lost at our place in the cemetery here when it's right here la la without without rest it's scary of course what do you think the family

becomes when he doesn't want to go yesterday he said i said maybe somewhere, what my daughter told him yesterday, maybe we'll go somewhere. no, they don't want the forces. i was the first to go to the defense, how would i be standing somewhere, helping our troops? well, how can i explain it to you, even if it's disgusting , god looks at it, i already have relatives like that, here they are they call each other names, we don't know anything, because i don't know anything. and we are. such a miserable time . i have no pity. now they are needed because of the atrocities of the russians. even the veterans of the second world war are ready to take up arms. by the way, this is not the only case . how is the attitude of ukrainians changing towards russians and by may 9, my colleague anya

cherednychenko found out with oleksiy mantypovich, the director of the rating sociological group, i suggest looking at ukraine, the symbolism of may 9, and not only that , the process of sociological survey data has changed a lot, and this is exactly what we will talk about with oleksiy antipovich, the director of the rating sociological group so, mr. oleksiy, glory to ukraine, let's start with this symbolism. on may 9, i remember very well how we celebrated when i was a child, and it was also a great holiday for me personally. my parents taught there at school, then i remember on may 9, 2014, when i just cried all day, because for me the significance of this holiday was completely negated by the russians and, accordingly, even then it was not a holiday for me, but many continued to observe this tradition, how did the mood of

ukrainians change now after the full-scale offensive of ukraine when we have left never again and they can do it repeat what actually they will do now well you know first of all the war changed the attitude towards russia as such and did we have is it happening or is it being completed? you can say for sure that this is where russification is, instead of denazification, and then it received russification in ukraine, but this process has already gained maximum speed, everything that concerns russia, and we have a negative perception about it, we can also talk about it, but regarding actually of the soviet past. i would also add that in ukraine, due to the war, there is a de-sovietization of views, values , ideas, a reevaluation of one's attitude. have stopped being nostalgic for the soviet union, 90%

of ukrainians do not regret its collapse, let me remind you that even before the war in donbas , 40% regretted the collapse of the soviet union. in fact, we can say that at that time it was half and half. and this interval between the 14th and the 22nd. when the war was actually already underway, these indicators decreased, the nostalgia for the soviet union decreased, but not to the level of 90%, which we have now, that is 90%, who do not regret the collapse of the soviet union and there are only 11%, if i am not mistaken, there are those who still look back on the soviet past and he was there. well, he has a positive perception of what happened in the soviet era, so this is such a generalizing aggregate indicator of the representation of the soviet past. and in relation to may 9, we have in principle all the same in relation to the soviet union, what i just said, we are the day before, and again, the war in

donbas before, we recorded even now, even after the war in the 18th year, we recorded 80% of ukrainians who believed that for them may 9 has a personal meaning, i.e. a certain symbolic meaning for them personally, that is, people considered it a holiday, people considered it a great victory, today only a third of them remain, the absolute majority of people who once considered may 9 a holiday have now left and say that it is an ordinary day or a relic of the past, may 9 has definitely gone gone behind the russian warship, and of course there is still a large part, well, a large part among the russian-speaking population, among the residents of the east, for whom it remains a big holiday for half let's say so, but once

we couldn't even predict or imagine such indicators, let's immediately remember the upa next to may 9, the same russian-speaking ukrainians, the residents' attitude towards the upa has changed because, well, this is actually also our history, which russia systematically destroyed and set us up against our history. how has the attitude towards uh-uh ukrainian uh-hu figures of historical prehistory changed to ukrainian history of native ukrainian over these two and a half months uh-huh completely opposite movement uh-huh regarding may 9 if before the war in donbas we recorded there 20-24% of people who had a positive attitude towards the university or were ready to recognize them as fighters for the independence of ukraine, then immediately after the start of the war in donbas and the annexation of crimea, we already

had 30 to 40% of them, and now it is 80% of ukrainians who recognize the university as fighters for the independence of ukraine, and again, residents of the east in the absolute majority support the opponents, whether among the russian-speaking population or among the residents of the east or the south, again, 20-25% of the opponents, most of them recognize that means we we received two such markers absolutely no , you can add stepan bandera here. i think this is also a big marker against the background of well-known ukrainian figures, hrushevsky, other people. in principle, we had a positive attitude towards them. stepan bandera was, after all, such a figure that to a certain extent divided ukrainians into two camps, those who recognized him as a

ukrainian hero and those who said that he was a criminal . to stepan bandera is another marker of this de-sovietization and the departure of the myths of the soviet myths into the past, can they return? i doubt that everyone was touched by the war, every family. i would like to live. such a tolerant word offended putin, but he did not offend, and the harm is somewhere in death. this is this is lost time, a lot of everything is lost, this is the state has received enormous damage, both economic and material, that is, there is no mention of any moral aspect at all, well, we need to talk about it, that's why this article is about the war