well, the answer to the petition that ukrainians are turning to today is asking for the same way that we defend territorial integrity. this is how we defended freedom of speech, democracy and the possibility of a ukrainian person in our ukrainian state to feel free . marathon of the espresso tv channel 10th hour 29 minutes may 18 khrystyna yatskiv brokovskyi we already gave a summary from the general staff on our broadcast today and we were promised to detail information about russian losses in this war, so from february 24 to may 18, the occupiers lost about 28,000,300 soldiers, 3.43 armored vehicles, 1,251 tanks - 586 artillery systems, and 202 aircraft, and this is only what was counted. well,

we are adding diplomat igor kharchenko to our marathon extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine is such a status. and before that, mr. kharchenko worked in many different diplomatic institutions of ours abroad, heads our embassies and was for some time the deputy minister of foreign affairs thanks to ukraine, mr. ambassador, you and i recently analyzed the situation in which ukraine is, and you then said very, very clearly and clearly that britain and the united states are seriously involved in solving the ukrainian so-called case related to russian aggression against us , as far as you are concerned in my opinion, the situation is worsening due to the readiness of finland and sweden to join nato because everything is happening extremely lightning fast thank you for the question

i would clarify immediately you used a phraseology ukrainian case i don't think there is any ukrainian case, there is what i would call a russian case , which we talked about a long time ago but not everyone wanted to hear at the moment, er, at least two capitals are very clear , but we heard that there are cases. and this case is called russia, and this is a case er, which can be roughly described by the question of what to do with it now when it became clear that the threat to the normal world to which it is accustomed emanates precisely from there, and so historically it turned out that ukraine on wistra found itself in this case and so er, it turned out that

ukraine has already proven during these limit of three months its ability to be a decisive factor in this case, the only thing is that this case is now under the control of what is called english speec because of the circumstances through the line of the so-called weekend apiaries, how much money did the russians spend on finland being neutral, but now this geopolitical big yes the so-called undercover game, i will say yes, she and the security guard called it the undercover game,

what do you mean and who does it concern primarily a supporter of conspiracy theories, but somewhere once i read a joker that this is the best seus i have too, in 2022, the award goes to the head of the kremlin, vladimir putin. this is mercedep, on the other hand, and there are other saviors who say that if it was necessary to come up with a destroyer of the russian empire better than putin, then it would have to be seriously recorded, everything that the kremlin is not doing now in the international politics, it plays against him, that is why it is called so figurative. well, to me, this situation reminds me of a bear hunt, that is, the bear

was tricked, relatively speaking. he fell into a pit like that, and then everyone starts thinking. it is possible to feed him with a label, well, i don’t know about payments for gas in rubles through affiliated banks with the russian federation, it is also possible to somehow give him carrots , he will calm down. no one made a voluntary decision what should be implemented in the sixth package of sanctions so that it would be very expensive for the bear to attack us, you know i do what are you asking about literally a couple of days ago, the meeting er, in brussels, was it the day before yesterday or yesterday, well, according to the sixth package of sanctions, exactly these issues were voiced by the leadership of our

foreign policy department. the aspect is focused on our efforts and those of our partners, but look at how far we have come compared to the fact that there were literally a couple of months here, i understand that this path must be passed, meaning those who sit on the oil and gas needle russian and to whom it reaches very slowly. don't forget that we live now very much we are here in ukraine and i hope in the capitals of the english-speaking world who understand this phrase of yours time flies at a

crazy historical speed europe is old europe is traditional europe it is already several nations several dozen even years has been living in a slowed-down historical type, which has now, literally, in the last days of the week, accelerated a little bit by bit, but it is beginning to reach europe that the historical process has already begun, it is impossible to stop it. but for this it is necessary from the old europe. this is this. the work is not so visible, but it is extremely important, and this is what is called uh, careful logistics in order to achieve the main goal, the main goal. now

, it seems to me that no one has any doubts about russia and its current form. today, it should be ukrainian culture is stopped, they are trying to enter from the flank, so i said, er, returning to you already today, of the official application of finland and sweden, in fact, to join nato, but you noted that europe well, it is a little er, traditionally slow in some issues, but as for this issue, in particular, they promise to be quite operational, we will see how much this will come true, but less so around nato, in general, interesting things are happening. lithuania, latvia, estonia, poland have turned to nato to expand the military presence on their territories writes about it, the washington post refers to sources precisely because of the potential threat from the russian federation, putin himself very strangely articulates his attitude, even so, the attitude of his country to the prospects of finland, sweden joining the

north atlantic alliance, because at first he perceives this news rather warmly and then notes that in general, there are no questions about this, but if you place something difficult and dangerous , then we will answer the nato factor and its expansion, strengthening where it is already on your opinion will become a component of the deterrence of the russian federation or, on the contrary, will lead to an even greater escalation of that sick imagination and the head of our enemy, you will understand when i had to professionally and very closely deal with nato starting from the beginning of the 90s , i remember the first wave very well the expansion of poland, hungary, the czech republic and slovakia, i remember the language of moscow at that time still in yeltsin, moscow on the subject of nato expansion, they remember all these horror stories that the

sky will fall now and in general, if god does not come, poland will join yes, i am planning to already say something here in i would like to extend this appeal to everyone who knows how to listen, to pay less attention to the screams coming from the kremlin, these are screams, poems, you called them strange comments, let him comment on whatever he wants, now he and his country have found themselves on the other side of history, which leads to a stalemate with nato without nato, this is the issue of treaties, the main issue is the one from which we started, what to do with what remains of russia, nato, on the other hand, is the most successful defense alliance of the second half of the 20th

century and the first half of the 21st century, precisely ago in the northern countries, traditionally neutral like sweden , forced neutral like finland, they made a choice whether their security will increase, it is obvious whether it will become an additional deterrent stimulus for russia, we can hope that will happen because in nato nato strategy, which will i think be confirmed in how many weeks at the next meeting at the nato summit, it was decided that the main enemy for nato today is russia. the question is whether you are the factor of turkey. at least according to bloomberg's information, there are a number of demands for north atlantic finance and for sweden from finland as applicants for entry there, what exactly should they do, and one of these demands, in particular, is the

lifting of sanctions on the russian s-400 complexes, well , that is, somehow i don't know all this fits into such a picture, you understand. if you follow in detail all the diplomatic, public, uh, public through the company, uh, signals that come from different capitals, sometimes you can get lost, but it's getting lost, uh, in three trees, nato has its own nato rules have their own history, too much. i don't want to just use diplomatic rules, that is, don't name names, but nato remembers how turkey became a target. do you understand the decision, especially

in such a field as the security sector ? european and today nato this world security world security without exaggeration decisions are made not through public diplomatic persons decisions are made in silence at the negotiating table and with an understanding of which decision will be the most effective in this or that situation therefore nato nato will definitely expand, it will definitely become an additional deterrent, moreover, i will tell you that in 2008, nato already made a decision regarding ukraine. look at the language written in the final communique of this bukharan meeting. ukraine and georgia will be nato members, that is, the decision has already been made. no matter what capital they come from, they are all an

element of the fact that today, during the hot war going on in our territory, it is an element of the information war, the information war, which ambassadors, very important things you have now voiced in i have such a maybe a little naive question, we understand that a good fisherman always knows a fish by some such er always knows where the fish is by some such secondary manifestations there some kind there i don’t know a twig somewhere there is a current and so on what concerns for example decision by nato member countries present in the black sea basin of free navigation for ukraine, we understand that zmiiny island is not only about russia placing its radio-electronic means and anti-aircraft systems there and so on whether defense or attack, zmiiny island is also about the coastline of our waters, and we understand

that because of the montreux convention , the ships of the fleets of which countries are not located there in the black sea basin, but there are two powerful states, it is meant romania and bulgaria are members of nato and, accordingly, maybe they could somehow participate in the unblocking of our port city. well, let's go to odessa. that's how we understand. at one time, the british defender showed the russians who crimea really is. you're right. i i think they took into account the military and political situation in the black sea region, i will not go into the details of what kind of

negotiations are being conducted or can be conducted in all areas, because the black sea is the sea of ​​at least three nato countries er, turkey in bulgaria and romania er, but the mandra convention is a very specific convention here, of course, and geographically from the point of view of international law, er, nato member turkey has a decisive vote, there are many, many nuances, today the situation is as it is currently, i think that everyone day, every week, which brings us closer to the tv channel that we all expect, it will add, let's say, the creative effort of the international actor, including among the nato member countries of the

black sea, it is clear that they could make decisions according to the development of that situation which is precisely in the black sea, but today the main emphasis is spread by the world media, including the un, on which you can play. it seems to me like everything that is called to function, that is, the blocking of ukrainian ports, nothing depends on the supply wheat and other food products is a very large country, part of the countries of the world, this is an issue that concerns absolutely everyone, and here, however, it is a global issue that can be discussed publicly, and this is one more additional argument for those on whom it depends to make relevant decisions e- we thought faster. thank you very much. we thank the embassy for this professional analysis. and

of course, on a note of optimism, we understand that diplomats are created in order not to say the same thing. but in this case, mr. kharchenko is very clear outlined the positive changes in our history kharchenko diplomat extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine and now it's time to talk about economic topics the rise in oil prices, including sanctions against the russian federation, lifted restrictions on the work of foreign oil companies in venezuela, i will remind you that venezuela is rich in the largest oil reserves in the world. well, what about the government let's put it this way, it's somehow not in order. how

does it change the emphasis? if we talk about world energy and how it will possibly affect the prospects of an oil embargo against the russian federation. well, actually, all that is done by the master is the introduction of oil tanks, that is, the americans understand that if they introduce oil barg, if europe goes for it, then we perfectly understand the close relationship between the price of fuel at the gas stations, the position of the actual burger of some kind of purely conditional and appropriate decision of the politicians on whom this the electorate puts pressure on this burgher linguistically quite seriously, that is, on the one hand, we all understand the actual need to protect freedom, democracy , support for ukraine, on the other hand, there is an ordinary european who sees

€2-2.5 per liter at gas stations there and, accordingly, it deteriorates sharply the mood is therefore the americans understand that without serious help regarding the provision of resources for european oil refineries, the decision regarding the embargo can hang for a long time. this is one of the steps in order to ensure the supply of additional volumes, in particular to europe, and from various sources, by the way, because we understand that the world currently has a certain amount of oil that is processed daily and this balance must actually be maintained, otherwise we will come to a situation where the europeans such people will not risk introducing barva, and this is extremely necessary from the point of view of supporting ukraine and further pressure on the criminal economy of the aggressor. well, khrystyna touched on an extremely important issue, and we understand that it is on the one hand, the story about the introduction of sanctions against

russia, about how to withstand the possibility of an embargo, the third side is very practical, we understand what is currently being done in our glorious ukraine, in particular, sleepy ukraine , so the government promises to somehow simplify the logistical connection between ukraine and western europe in order for gasoline trucks to follow some kind of accelerated procedure we started talking about it, by the way, we have been talking with khrystyna for the last few weeks, in your opinion, what steps should be taken and whether it will be successful in particular. well, for example, the cancellation of regulated fuel prices, will it be possible to equalize the situation with gasoline thanks to this, well, the government has already made this decision yesterday, a decision was made to withdraw regulated fuel prices eh, well , look what we are talking about, approximately somewhere in the year eh, at least in the 21st year ukraine consumes 1.7 million

gasoline and 3.3 million diesel, that is, on average, about 5 million tons of petroleum products per month, that is 140,000 tons of gasoline and 270-280,000 tons of diesel, that is, in order for us to be more or less calm when refueling actually there should be such a resource volume if less resource automatically creates a shortage that can be solved in two ways. the first way is the introduction of a card system and the complete cessation of the sale of petroleum products through refueling and transfer. abuse or complete relaxation of the actual prices in order for the market to regulate those things itself, the government yesterday followed the market path and a decision was made to

cancel state regulation and thus i hope that the market itself will control the situation, but we understand that the market will agree to the situation in the case of deficits. and we have approximately the total volume of counterattacks and provide about 70 percent of the need. previously, the latter was provided by the kremenchug refinery, but it is actually affected by russian missiles and it will not be for some time to work, that is, we must understand that today there is an objective deficit situation that will definitely lead to an increase in prices for e-e, how much can prices rise well, we understand that, as the classics said, so in the capitalist there are no restrictions, he is ready to sell even the rope on which we will later hang him, but look at the question, what is the antimonopoly committee, which in the case of cartel conspiracies will react quite harshly to those things, but on average , the government expects the price to rise to uah 55-60

per experts say from uah 60 to 70 per liter. in other words, we must understand that at approximately those addresses we will see the price of oil products that can already be freely bought, but look, we must understand that in addition to the fact that there is a certain category of citizens must drive. there are also such things that ensure the delivery of food to the store in their personal cars. that is to say, it is the same. product prices, the logistics component in the price of food products will grow, and this will be another i would say well, such a driver of inflationary expectations based on estimates for food products as the actual received penzen. actually, we are interested in this one how much can everything become more expensive, we understand that it starts with some transportation by minibuses and

ends with the price of bread, that's why eh. well, look, so far, at the moment, inflation is around 15%, well, in annual terms, actually. i eh, i want to say that the national bank of ukraine expects somewhere in the order of 20% inflation for the year, e-e experts say that inflation will be higher in the order of 25-30%. and in fact , everything we are talking about now is a component of this inflation, that is, i think that at least in the near future we will see an increase in prices plus or minus there 4-5% on average, and in some categories of products they will grow even more, so i mean a month ago. because we are in a severe deficit and state regulation in wartime -

this often looks quite adequate and rational, but we see that if we talk about fuel, it did not happen as expected and now we are moving away from this idea and in fact here we have to say thank you to our government, which admitted that it was not the best idea and resorted to correcting this situation, but state regulation when we talk about the national currency and the national bank's restraint of growth according to the exchange rate. mr. shevchenko, the head of the national bank of ukraine has already announced that there was a slight easing of the situation on the currency market, but there is a very important point, what is the exchange rate?

which you and i are talking about all the time, it is the same market. so, the oil products market is like any other where, on the one hand, there is a supply of currency, and on the other hand, there is a demand for the purchase of this currency, which is the main source of the supply of foreign currency in ukraine, there has always been export of ukrainian products, in particular grain export, export of soil, ferrous metals, acacias, ferroalloys, that is, all this gave currency to ukraine on the domestic market, which actually created the offer for which you and i we are talking at the moment, ukrainian exports are blocked and in fact, your previous guest discussed the issue of unblocking the black sea ports with you, 90% of our exports go through e.e.e. limited, so sorry. what is the point of

releasing the foreign exchange market today when you have no supply, you will eat up the foreign exchange reserves in two months and what will happen next in the last month the national bank has reduced the balance of its foreign exchange reserves by 12% well today, the only way to get currency is loans, but we understand what it is. this is, well, this is, i would say, a very complicated way to get currency . of grain in the world, more than that, the united nations clearly says that this year 1.7 billion of the world's population will starve, thanks, in quotes, to our aggressive neighbor, who started the actual aggression in ukraine, well, that is, here you see multifactorial there are models, and here we must talk about the fact that on the one

hand it is necessary to unblock against the black sea and on the other hand to economically put pressure on the aggressor so that he, er, every additional day of the war is as expensive as possible for him, here you remarked about the grain. what could we do besides that what to consume ourselves , of course, we should still export if there were logistical capacity for this, but the export of our agricultural products. our exports account for this, well, 40% of exports are the agricultural sector, and i say, what does ferrous metals do, it’s quiet here somewhere, see what the problem is, we used to send metallurgy through the port of mariupol, that is, actually, that is, when you and i are talking about uh, actually ukrainian export flows, as a rule, they went through sea routes, the western border itself, especially railway

issues, there are certain problems there, and a maximum of 10-12% of ukrainian exports can go there, that is, why are europeans raising the issue so seriously today regarding the actual aid to ukraine through the ports there, constancy through varna, uh, because actually ukrainian exports are primarily sea exports, but there are also issues related to unblocking there, not only unblocking there , russian, thank you, thank you, oleg penzin the economist conducted an extremely professional analysis of the current economic situation in which ukraine is, well, on the air of the espresso tv channel, an informational and analytical marathon continues until 11:00 khrystyna yatskiv benzin burkovskyi antin thank you for work leaves in the company with our tv viewers and co-hosts