until december 22nd or from january 23rd, while the russians are thinking about two scenarios, either to join kherson oblast to crimea or through the so-called salvation committee, where the occupiers have already elected a temporary leader in the person of volodymyr saldo, to turn home and ask that kherson oblast be simply annexed to the russian federation, in particular, we will talk about this with the head of the kherson regional council , oleksandr samoilenko, who is already with us on the air, mr. oleksandr. good night. good night, mr. oleksandr , at the beginning of our communication in general. describe the current situation in the kherson region. and regarding these plans of the russian occupiers, we understand that this plan will not be implemented, but still, these are the postponements of the date of referendums, and they talked about march, then they talked about flowers, now they are talking about september 11 december of the current year what does this indicate? well, you and i saw that on

march 12, a session of the regional council took place, which recognized that kherson and kherson is ukraine or a constituent part of the unitary state of ukraine. it cannot be. on march 13, the people of kherson confirmed it there with a 15,000-strong rally that supported kherson region as part of ukraine after that, because the occupiers tried to make some kind of picture there, and there were some things that said something else. well, in fact, even on may 9, they managed to gather there 200-250 people who most of them, well, believe me. i lived in kherson for 55 years, i know many people by face, and since i see may 24, the situation changes every day, here are a number of questions we want to ask you about civilians and directly about the military. what arestovych said today about what the enemy of the russians is preparing to rush into zaporozhye oblast. and in

kherson oblast, they are trying to mobilize the local population, does the training of local collaborators continue, or are they preparing them for war? you understand that the collaborators are those who joined the occupiers. they are presented with the goal of either their own enrichment or avoiding, of course, some kind of persecution by our state, but not in order to take weapons in your hands and you are there to protect not an incomprehensible entity that is trying to occupy it well, so that you understand that today the coat of arms that stood on the oil of glory was to be dismantled, there was a whole platoon of occupiers, and with the help of armored personnel carriers they tried to tear them down they even fear our symbols of the ukrainian state for this, they are gathering such a company so that, god forbid, a situation arose in

which they would be defeated by local peaceful citizens, so do you know if there are any attempts to mobilize people there today as or they exist, they don't find support today, i know our people don't even support any attempts at communication, they don't give a hand to the occupiers, even at the cost of their own health and life, that's why you know the number of collaborators that exists. their wealth, which they did not earn for some time and are afraid to lose during the occupation, oleksandr, well, actually, we heard, we actually heard that the russian occupiers are behaving in kherson oblast . if we talk about the military component, it is known that there is public information that the invaders dominate the bridges and roads, the shelling continues, if

we talk purely from a military point of view, how are the occupiers behaving in the kherson region, if you know if you were at the time when they tried to make such a more- less impression, then today they would be carried out very cruelly, we know that today all the checkpoints that are there are closed, which give the kherson people the opportunity to leave the occupied territories , they do not let people out, they keep them in the fields they fire at the passing convoys, they set up some exit fees, but after that they shoot again, and you and i witnessed that the volunteer buses that were transporting the small batches of medicine that were there are also fired at, so you know, they don’t let people out, but take people to kherson on today, there is no entry or exit of people, but when the humanitarian corridors

did not exist in the very beginning, they interfere with the work of the agrarians. in fact, if farmers do not work according to their rules, they do not work . medvedchuk's testimony about how a part of the samara main oil product pipeline was removed from state ownership in the western direction, medvedchuk claims that the fifth time the president asked to contact him with by the leadership of russia, and in ukraine poroshenko himself ensured that the necessary decisions were made in all ukrainian instances, the courts of the prosecutor's office,

the antimonopoly committee, the state property fund, all these bodies made decisions in poroshenko's personal interests, medvedchuk and the detained people's deputy claim that he dealt with these issues precisely at the request of the then president, also according to him for a year of operation after privatization , the pipeline earned up to 42 million dollars for its owners, which is twice as much money as was spent on its redemption by the state, petro poroshenko's lawyer ihor golovan refutes medvedchuk's statements golovan assures that the testimony of the detained people's deputy about the involvement of the fifth president in criminal schemes is not true, contact us now denys maslov people's deputy of ukraine faction servant of the people denys congratulations to you greetings from the studio greetings from the audience glory to ukraine glory to the armed forces of ukraine this case, which has resonated in ukrainian society, will affect the unity of the

ukrainian people. regarding its opposition to the external enemy, right now, at this moment, well, look, we have, er, you know, there are some er, concepts. red lines yes unity unity is of course political and we are for political unity in order to make political parliamentary decisions in ukraine in favor of our country and in favor of the country's defense capability but at the same time well we have certain red lines and these are in krasnaya line is cooperation with an enemy country from an occupier country , and when it comes to a state crime and we are talking about crimes and business cooperation with an occupier country , then well, for us, this is clearly unacceptable, such facts must be investigated and must be given evaluation and legal and ultimately political evaluation therefore

er if yes let me finish if er european solidarity as a political force that professes ukrainian interests yes and not just a political force of one person that serves the interests of one person, then it will eventually stand on pro-ukrainian interests and this should not affect the political unity within the country why medvedchuk's testimony was made public because medvedchuk gave this testimony you know eh i personally think that medvedchuk is just for today leaning against the wall, he understands that his best man, putin, is not going to exchange him, the special operation to free him, the russian federation failed thanks to the concerted actions of the security service of ukraine, i think he fully understands that after the russian federation

actually purges began of those people who were responsible for the ukrainian direction and who promised, i think , including thanks to mr. medvedchuk, the meeting with the russian occupiers with bread, salt and flowers failed after the purges began there after, well, we know that we found out that a huge amount of money was actually spent on this propaganda. i think that mr. medvedchuk understands that his appearance in the russian federation can only cause him sudden death in order to save his life it will be better for him to cooperate here inside ukraine with the investigation and answer the questions of our investigation a-a with the rest of p medvedchuk and what new did mr. medvedchuk say, what did he say that was not published by investigative journalists in 2017 yes yes literally this probably what on may 23, 2022, everyone remembered the slogan that was

very popular in may 2019, spring will come, let's start planting. denis, that's what we actually heard from medvedchuk, here we can agree with you, it's not news for society, but in your opinion, here's the forecast, we'll try it do and will medvedchuk testify against putin and will the security service make public the testimony he will give, and regarding his ties with moscow, first of all, i would like to say that medvedchuk has already mentioned his ties with moscow, because he mentioned that he actually played the role of a mediator between petro poroshenko and the power structures of the russian federation, that is why he is already giving such testimony and i hope that of course he will also give such testimony against putin, they will be published, but i want to see this testimony in the tribunal that will be

created to try war criminals of the russian federation who committed the crimes gave f directions to the territory of ukraine denys now please tell us as a lawyer the prospects of this case a-a this is a very difficult case, you understand because eh, just the testimony of mr. medvedchuk, and this is not enough for a legal assessment, for a political assessment by supporters of the political power of european solidarity, and for the assessment of society, this is an important element for a legal assessment, eh, it must be confirmed by a set of other evidence, not only the testimony of mr. medvedchuk and mr. bakanov said about this that such evidence had already been collected before this. and i understand that they continue to be collected in the process of investigating this criminal case, but note that there are a number of problems. the russian federation will not cooperate with us in

in terms of providing legal aid in terms of providing evidence in this case, and we understand that, that is why there is a legal difficulty in proving in the totality of all the circumstances of the commission of this criminal offense, but for example , medvedchuk mentioned about... mr. poroshenko yes, yes, yes , and about the fact that the funds were withdrawn, i think through offshore, i think that such data, of course, remain in bank registers, and they remain in the territory of other offshore countries, and all this is in the process of investigating this of a criminal offense has it already been collected by the security service of ukraine or will it still be collected, including through the international legal assistance of those states that cooperate in providing evidence on the part of russia here of course it will be difficult to collect thank you

denys maslov people's deputy of ukraine servant of the people faction was in touch ukraine should receive the status of a candidate for the european union already this year, oleg nikolenko emphasized this to the spokesmen of the ministry of foreign affairs in a comment to the european pravda. this is how he reacted to the french minister's statement. who announced the day before that the process of ukraine's accession to the european union may last 15 or 20 years. nikolenko agreed that the process of our european integration may be long, but france and other influential european countries can speed up this process by talking about an alternative that can replace ukraine's full integration into the eu. in form but not in content, this path will not make the european community stronger and more flourishing . that is why we insist on granting ukraine the status of a candidate for eu membership already in june ukraine is the only place in europe where people protect european values ​​at the cost of their own lives. the candidacy will be an important signal for ukrainians

that europe appreciates and respects their efforts to abandon trade with russia from its it sector, completely block all banks and stop buying russian oil, such should be effective sanctions to stop russia, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy said this at the world economic forum in davos on monday, that is, today he called on the world to introduce truly effective sanctions that will act in anticipation of further aggression and not as a response to the damage that has already been done, will not do enough impromptu. here are the maximum sanctions we should have so that every other potential aggressor who wants to wage a brutal war against a neighbor clearly knows what this immediately leads to and such sanctions against russia russia i think there is still no, and they should be an embargo on

russian oil, a complete blocking of all banks without exception, a complete rejection of the russian sector, a complete cessation of trade with the aggressor, this there must be such a precedent of sanctions pressure that will convincingly work to maintain peace for decades to come, let's not only talk about it with the international affairs expert bohdan ferants on bohdan's connection . it is the status of a candidate for membership of the european union, and dmytro kuleba, our minister of foreign affairs, said that ukraine does not need surrogates of the candidate considering that in june a decision will already be made by the european union , we will not be given status, your prediction is whether our state will have the appropriate status,

what does it give, taking into account that and this decision of the european union, they are adopted through a concert well, first of all, if not immediately, then when i would say so, that is, now in my opinion, this is the best moment that should be used so that we still get this status of candidates. yes, it is not full membership in the european union, but we are a country within those of ukrainians. we we strive to defend european values, therefore we do not get tired of convincing our european partners that this is not the time to be skeptics, this is the first thing, the second thing is that you mentioned surrogate formats, i was waiting for a definition . when the european union proposed the format of the eastern partnership - it was already such a replacement, that is, an alternative to the integration of

the eastern neighbors, but it does not give the opportunity, let's say, of collectives of membership in the european union that's why i honestly don't like the current internal political debate in various eu member states. there are messages coming from france. let's come up with something again. let's offer something to ukraine again. let's really give us candidate status in june because we deserve it. and we we will continue to focus on our home, they said correctly we have our own goals and there is a struggle for survival, meanwhile france offers something hungary does not want to give up oil and gas italy on the contrary, they are using the situation and injecting it now and will later. that is to refine oil, that is, the situation shows that europe and the world are not homogeneous, and we have

to look for different steps. and offer them not only, for example, a complete embargo, but as usual , ambassador plenipotentiary lana zerkal, let's offer them, for example, to impose high taxes on oil and gas is russian and this is a more real situation. then we won’t have to wait to see what hungary will say or whether the war will give up those mysterious billions, i.e. a third of the eu fund. what are they? say all the teachers, everyone is guided primarily by their own interests, national interests, but here the question of balance is the question of values, because the european community is primarily about values, and there really are heterogeneous states represented there, someone is much more rich, let's say yes many north and more less a lot uh south for example but here here again what is it about now as far as i am concerned the western partners and the european union have united in the

western partners and the european union even those countries with which we have problems points at the bilateral level, even they are, well , still, now the sixth package of sessions, that is, 5 were already in the context, and against ukraine, five were approved, and this means that even those countries that did not want to go for it, they are forced because there is something with the sanctions, on the other hand, we see that the energy issue is happening. for many years, russia has put countries and members in europe on this needle, and it is necessary to understand that at the same time it should be done and get out of this energy dependence it is quite difficult, that is why this is a very problematic issue . but again, there is nothing that can justify russia's aggression and open war in relation to it. well, after all, if in june the

european union decides not to grant ukraine the status of a candidate for membership in the eu, you say that ukraine is paying an extremely high price for defending these european values. if such a decision really will be a protection, what does this indicate that the european union has not passed the appropriate test on its own values? yes, i think that is, i think that we will continue to do our work, that is, we have no alternative to others. that is, we still strive to become full members again and build europe. yes, we also have ukraine, but i think that it can be certain the disappointment of not only our citizens in relation to the european union, but also those who are directly involved in this process. i mean the officials of various experts. let's still offer you the best and work to convince

even those who are indirectly skeptical until regarding the integration of ukraine into a full-fledged european family. thank you , bohdane. in 14-15 , the dnr was involved in the then top government, including the fifth president, petro poroshenko, the following testimony was given to the security service of ukraine by the detained people's deputy viktor medvedchuk. the relevant video was released by the sbu according to medvedchuk. poroshenko asked him to help establish the supply of coal from the temporarily occupied territories of luhansk and donetsk regions, namely to contact putin and agree with him on supply schemes. russia, for its part, established a scheme in the occupied territories, and in ukraine, other high-ranking officials were involved in it besides poroshenko . medvedchuk gives the surname the then head of the

national bank gontareva, the first deputy of the bpp faction - kononenko, the minister of energy and coal, demchyshyn, also, according to medvedchuk , officials from the prosecutor general's office were involved in the scheme and the ministry of internal affairs , high-ranking officials deliberately disrupted the supply of coal to ukraine from africa, and instead set up a purchase from the terrorist ldnr, thanks to which, according to medvedchuk , it was impossible to settle even with the occupied territories by a cashless method. that is why they set up a scheme for the delivery of cash , petro poroshenko's lawyer, ihor golovan, stated medvedchuk well, of course, he refutes and assures that the testimony of the detained people's deputy about the involvement of the fifth president in the criminal sam does not correspond to the truth, he is now in touch with us political expert valentin glykh valentiny greetings good evening valentina the question is how will it affect the electoral preferences of petro poroshenko

about whom victor medvedchuk is talking and i'm afraid that in no way. that maybe now is not the time to turn to the russian classics but nevertheless , if mathematics proves that jesus does not exist , then i will be sick to stay with jesus and not mathematics , this is the logic of the actions of the majority of supporters of paracetamol or why is she so critical of those who vote for european solidarity, that is, i understand your position, you have expressed it periodically, but please argue it, well, i would talk about who voted for european solidarity and poroshenko, because we do not know who is voting for them now, of course how much do you doubt that someone will vote? well, you just have to understand that there

are several categories among the supporters of petro oleksiyovych poroshenko, well, there are those people who are essentially his accomplices, well, that is, those people with whom he has joint business, whether political or economic they are completely dependent on him, they simply have a common business, common material interests, there is another category of people, what i call small animals that wrap shit in foil at the chocolate factory, well , these are the people who feed off the table of petro oleksiyovych poroshenko, well, according to the principle, they are commoditized goods. that is, you think as long as there will be a tranche and they will brag about the leadership of hetman and others, they will stop and well, this whole support group will disperse, there is another category of those who really are also called aggressively a sect they believed in petro oleksiyovych poroshenko, and the more such facts are revealed against him, the more they will believe him.

i said the titulars believe because it is absurd, and there is also a smaller group of us who really believed that petro oleksiyovych poroshenko sincerely defends those values ​​that actually have weight for me, all these slogans and armies and faith and language also have weight well, but i am simply not inclined to identify this value with the founder of the party of regions. were you surprised by medvedchuk's statement? no, they were not. because i spoke long before that, well, about the fact that medvedchuk's case will inevitably lead to the case against poroshenko and the indictment and conviction of medvedchuk out of the necessity to lead to the prosecution of poroshenko's guilty plea . could do it on his own, because our president was not medvedchuk, if i remember. yes, there are still 14 to 19 years and poroshenko.

to twist oneself without participation or active or at least with tacit consent to do all this medvedchuk it's not mine and all these characters appear there, i'm sure that we need to dig deeper because in fact this octopus yes, he was much deeper ukrainianized well into the ukrainian political economic system starting not even from in the 14th year, simply petrovych poroshenko led this octopus, so to speak, but in fact its sources and origins are much deeper, so i am not surprised here, the only difference for me is that all those assumptions and conclusions, well, which were based simply on analyzes the situation today has acquired a completely different procedural status. well, because today it is no longer an assumption or the material of some kind of journalistic investigation, it is the testimony of a person involved in criminal proceedings , and they will be dug up, further promoted, and further

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