or seriously wounded in ukraine, here, uh, accordingly, it is possible to call up probably 100,120,150 even 200,000 people there, but they will be in some poorly arranged hozarny camps, no one will deal with them. how late, but these people will start to rebel because, uh, nothing, and nothing to do, and uh, they are not allowed to go home, this is the situation. -and the effective selection of the territory of the russian military by the occupied line depends not so much on the fighting spirit of the russian army, it depends

on the ratio of the weapons that are or will be in the ukrainian army and in the russian army if if we say what the political leaders of ukraine say, or people close to them . russian troops, well, let’s go to the right bank of the dnieper. hmm, the kherson region will be broken, and there will be a large group of thousands of people there, twice, 20 to 25,000. either they will be forced to capitulate, or they will be forced to flee through the dnieper, not there. on the left bank of russia, thank you very much

, military expert yuriy fedorov was in touch with us. the european union currently has no unity on the issue of banning the issuance of tourist visas to russian citizens due to moscow's war against ukraine, a third of russian citizens enter of the european union through estonia well, the prime minister of this country, who is kalas, had a telephone conversation with the president of the european commission, ursula von derlein, to explain estonia's arguments for introducing a ban on russian tourist trips to the eu. kalas wrote on twitter that tallinn did not fill out a full visa the ban supports humanitarian exceptions and the eu border should remain open for russian asylum seekers for dissidents, the unity of the eu is important, kaya kallas noted, there is currently no common approach for the ban the scandinavian countries, the baltic states and others mainly, and the post-communist

countries in the center and east of the continent against germany, portugal, greece, cyprus and other issues of the visa ban are to be discussed by eu foreign ministers at a meeting in prague next week, whether the eu can agree on a ban on tourist visas for russians let's talk further, contact us oleksandr kraev, expert of the council of foreign policy, ukrainian prism. good evening, let's start with that. explain why it is so important for ukraine that the european union introduces a visa ban for citizens of russia, in fact, the question here is simply about consistency, here the question is about consistency and sanctions, about the stable position of our allies, well, that is, we fought for a very long time on the information front with the fact that this war was not called putin's war, so that all our allies really understood that this is russia's war of the russian people of the russian army against ukraine is a war for the destruction of ukraine, and therefore,

accordingly, the weight of this war must be borne by everyone. that is, it is not a matter of banning the entry of 15 oligarchs and their families there blocking their bank accounts is a matter of the fact that every russian, by his silence or his actions, is guilty of what is happening, and accordingly, every russian must feel these restrictions and therefore, in essence, a visa is prohibited - this is yet another political, social, not only economic part of the isolation of russia, to which ukraine is precisely very, very eager, that's why it 's important for us, because it's an indicator of the stability of the anti-russian position of our allies and it's an important part of the russian society feeling the full burden of the war and in your opinion, should we implement a complete visa ban against russians? is it possible to leave some categories, for example, those who are persecuted by the kremlin or those who need to be in the eu for some humanitarian reasons, in fact, this is a difficult question because there are several

factors that we are now obviously guided by eu and which we also have to take into account, that is, on the one hand, you want to be, you know, hawks, to ban entry to everyone. wealth, who have contacts with the west, who have earnings there, they have no opportunity to promote their dissatisfaction and anger, respectively. they have to express their dissatisfaction and anger to their regime, well, otherwise, how can they get them to return to the eu, they will have no influence on the west, they will have to somehow shake or at least somehow influence the russian regime, although we know that in russia it is not so effective, but at least, although they say that part of the internal resistance will be formed if we conditionally speaking, all oppositionists have no let's leave such petty russians in russia so that they don't speak from the west from the other side, and we know that the west has a long history and experience of forming such hostile,

aggressive diasporas on its territory that we they could then influence the soothsayer for their own strength, just why i personally support rather complete ban i am afraid that today the west will not be able to form such an effective and hostile russian diaspora on its territory, and therefore it is better to really close all such bad russians in russia and let them if they want change this own regime will really flourish, mr. krai well, i heard such arguments from er liberal russians er those who oppose publicly but actually work a-a lot to expose some crimes of the russian regime, so they say that, well, conditionally er, some fsb officers will always be able to get to europe with some other passports. and what exactly will the visa ban not stop from such problems, er, but at the same time, it can be said that bans will be unfair for those who are fighting the regime and relatively

speaking well it's just in danger, like you can you comment? well then, the reverse comments are that in principle, if we say that the fsbzn com will never be an obstacle, then why can’t we think about what to say for western intelligence, especially for advanced intelligence, let’s say in britain or the usa, it will be a problem to issue some visas or issue documents for departure a few specific russians or even a group of specific dissidents or anti-regime activists, that is, the introduction of a total ban on visas does not mean that issues of national security or for reasons of stronger pressure on russia in western countries you won't be able to organize the departure of some group of dissidents well, let's at least remember the soviet union, let's remember how many scientists and how many dissidents the west could take out, and despite the fact that , in fact, there was almost complete isolation between the soviet union and the united states, mutually political, that is, individual point cases, that's one thing. and here is the demonstrative political and the powerful isolationist

e-e policy in relation to the russian troops is completely different. finally, i would like to ask you briefly, if possible, to simply answer quite broad questions, but still, it is clear in the eu that if there is no unity against the complete visa ban, germany, for example , the countries of southern europe, portugal, italy, greece, cyprus, and whether it will be possible to reach a consensus. what do you think? in short, we see that now also in the issue of sanctions, in the issue of such restrictions, if there is no absolute consensus in the eu, the eu countries absolutely calmly introduce such restrictions at the bilateral level and then, accordingly, through negotiations, they pull in those who doubted. i think in this case we will have the same thing, those who are ready are already running this bank and accordingly will conduct negotiations in order to expand the number of countries that support him. thank you very much. we were contacted by oleksandr krayev, an expert of the council of foreign policy, ukrainian prism , belarusian aircraft have already been converted

so that they can carry nuclear weapons . oleksandr lukashenko informed about this, he also added that in belarus has already identified the so-called decision-making centers in the west in case of possible provocation, whether the upgrade of belarus's aircraft will pose an even greater threat to ukraine is unknown, because it is possible the use of nuclear weapons in russia's war against ukraine lukashenko did not say anything but i will remind you that earlier lukashenko congratulated ukrainians on independence day and wished for a peaceful sky, despite the fact that russian troops crossed the border of ukraine from the territory of belarus on february 24, and russian missiles were repeatedly launched into ukraine from belarusian airfields the ministry of defense of ukraine responded to this greeting of oleksandr lukashenko and wished him, quote, the same peaceful sky, at the same time, official kyiv has not yet severed diplomatic relations with belarus and volodymyr zelenskyy still has not met with the belarusian leader of the position svitlana

tikhonovska, i will remind you that on the anniversary of the mass anti-lukashenki protests in belarus , she announced the creation of a shadow government of the so-called joint transitional cabinet to discuss the threat to ukraine from the side of belarus, lukashenka's position on the war and the politics of kyiv regarding the shadow government of belarus , we invited a people's deputy from the european solidarity faction, as well as the founder of the inter-factional union for democratic belarus oleksiy goncharenko good evening i congratulate you, responding to lukashenka 's congratulations on the independence day of ukraine, you wrote what i will quote here and he will hang on a pole the next day of ukraine's independence. and why do you write off lukashenka so much? you think that he will not be able to slip through the drops , so to speak as pandenilov says about this, for example, lukashenko has been in politics for a long time and he could always balance, well, lukashenko is really a political animal of a sauna in a different sense of the word and always has a way of fighting, but

it seems that he ended on february 20 he is completely under putin. i think that russia is headed for defeat in this war, this defeat will mean the end of both the putin regime and the lukashenko regime. well, since the death penalty has not been abolished in belarus, he definitely earned such a large amount of blood and belarusians on his hands for it. ukrainians, now that he has the death penalty is exactly what he deserves. well, he was very afraid of this, and after that, i just, ah, at first, the ministry of foreign affairs of belarus came out with some

very funny statements, and then the prosecutor general of belarus so it was opened there are two criminal cases against me. and there, too, they are trying to threaten me with something. so he is very afraid. well, i will only point out that radio svoboda does not call for, does not share calls for any violent actions, no matter how it is, who did not want a and could not co- interpret a but i wanted to, well, i did not call for violent actions, said mr. poroshenko, yes, lukashenko deserves a trial, and in belarus there is a death penalty, and i believe that he, taking into account the number of people he killed on his orders, how many people were killed, how many people were killed during august events of september two years ago, how many ukrainians were killed buchi gostomel irpini, the russian army entered belarus with the consent of lukashenka , how many ordinary people died from the strikes of

iskander and other missiles that flew from the territory of belarus, then there can only be one verdict well, of course, this will be determined by the court, but it seems obvious to me that this is the death penalty, of course, we will move on, here in particular lukashenko said that they have already allegedly converted belarusian planes in such a way that they will now be able to carry nuclear weapons. well, reading actually what he said, well, it seems that he said it more from the west. do you think this could be a threat to ukraine? if not, how should we react, maybe the west, then well, it is endless. he threatens all the time that he will do something there. you see how he said before february 24 that they would reach the english channel in 3-4 days and so on. well, these are all empty threats, he does not represent himself, he is just talking about belarus, who surrendered his own country in order to have his mother sit on this chair with bruised fingers like himself told to hold on to him. that's why he

surrendered the independence of his own country. well, that's all. that's why all these arguments are empty. the belarusian army is actually not capable of any serious attack either on ukraine or on poland, or on other neighboring countries, and all that he he can make such statements, but what is his danger is that, of course, he, as i repeat , gave the territory of the country to the sovereignty of the country as a bridgehead for putin and continues to destroy the future of belarus in this. of course, there is a huge threat and here, of course, he must and not just follow, but do everything to make this regime disappear, because this regime is criminal and it destroys the security of the surrounding countries and the future of the belarusians themselves. honcharenko, why do you think, despite the fact that russian missiles are often flown from belarusian airfields on the territory of ukraine, kyiv has not yet severed diplomatic relations from minsk, this is a good question. i do n't have an answer to it. in general, it

seems to me that lukashenka has some i don't even know that without sentiment. i don't understand at all what because two years ago in august, when the events of the belarusian soft revolution were taking place, unfortunately, it did not succeed, and i called for the severing of relations and for maximum sanctions, saying that if lukashenko is obtained, it will mean that the front of danger for ukraine increases by 1,000 km, it becomes a complete six for putin and this is a huge danger for ukraine, unfortunately, i turned out to be right. well, here it is 100%, unfortunately, that's how everything happened. i hope that we will finally draw conclusions from all this and stop playing with this potato fever. well, why do you think i am then here is the government ukraine did not meet, why did zelenskyi not meet with svitlana tikhanovskaya, she held many meetings with world leaders, but for some reason not with ukrainian, well, this is part of

the answer to the previous question, i say once again that, unfortunately, ukraine's foreign policy in relation to belarus is limping on both legs . i met mrs. tykhanovsky, and she has the highest legitimacy among all belarusian politicians, obviously, lukashenko does not have any. he is a usurper. of this united transitional cabinet, what if you can say that the opposition government? i believe that ukraine should enter into cooperation with this government, and this is in the interests of ukraine and in the interests of belarus . i hope that our highest leadership will come to this in the near future. understanding well here, too, you need to understand there, for example, the first months, everything from this invasion, well, it was not to that point. to be honest, but already taking into account that the war is entering such a phase, it is simply not exhausted, it is necessary to definitely

pay attention to this direction. more than that belarusians are fighting in ukraine, real patriots of belarusians who understand that this war in ukraine is a war for the independence of ukraine and for the independence of belarus p. goncharenko , the last question for you e-e. do you think that the belarusians who, in particular , remained on the territory of the country are responsible for russia's war against ukraine well, taking into account the fact that rockets are still being launched from this territory of this country, this territory was actually used for the invasion and now they actually propose to cancel visas not only for example the russians also have those citizens of belarus , sanctions are being introduced against e-e athletes. how do you feel about this or do you think it is fair? i believe that those belarusians who service russian planes that fly up and bombard ukraine with missiles and so on, that is, those who are directly involved are definitely responsible for those belarusians

they are the majority of the belarusian people who hate lukashenko, who do not want any war with ukraine, who worry about ukraine in their minds and not only, many of them not only in their minds, some fight, some give someone is spreading the information on social networks and those belarusians are definitely not responsible for this criminal regime ah and this criminal regime lukashenka is destroying their future well, just as he is dangerous for ukraine, so here we are with them simply, well, what to do then with visas, because he no longer has a passport of a citizen of belarus, it is impossible to somehow distinguish who supports and who does not , as a matter of fact, it is possible to distinguish it and this. well, maybe this will be such an impetus for the citizens of belarus to get rid of this regime as soon as possible, as far as it is perhaps i believe that from the point of view of those who will seek political refuge and flee from

lukashenka's repression , the borders should be opened for them two years ago at the suggestion of the group that i have the honor to lead in the ukrainian parliament during covid when ukraine closed the borders to all countries the world, like many other countries, the only exception was for the citizens of belarus, who were fleeing from lukashenka's repressions, so for such people, of course, the borders should be open so that they could leave, another story, what should be done to understand that the russian special services, the belarusian kgb, which is actually a division of the fsb, can use this to send agents, and careful control is needed here, this is also true. thanks for your comment, we were contacted by oleksiy goncharenko, a people's deputy of ukraine from the european solidarity faction, the soviet monument fell central and eastern europe, against the background of the war in ukraine, in riga, the last element of the monument to soviet soldiers was demolished in victory park, which in the parda-ugava area is about a

79-meter obelisk, according to journalists his fall was met with applause by some observers, but passers-by cannot approach the wreckage, the territory is protected by the police, the dismantling of the monument by the soviet military began on august 23 and lasted for three days . in riga is the last in a series of removals of soviet-era monuments in the baltic states of poland and others against the background of russia's aggression against ukraine. in riga, we are talking with edward asmiltons , vice-mayor of riga, deputy chairman of the riga duma. good evening. greetings, dear ukrainian friends. good evening. and if you don't mind, i understand that, you understand the ukrainian language. the interview continues in ukrainian, and how do latvians perceive the actual demolition of the monument

as a relief ? grandpa is standing then he would have just mourned the part because he was in siberia eh he appeared for 9 years under the tv series svoe zdorowe there eh there is a lot of grief once the symbol that was put in place is victory park, but it is not a victory over germany of the second world war, but it was our victory in 1918 in the 19th year, yes, our big

victories, and they changed the context and put this moment as a monument to the suppression of our people and now this is a very large investment of a lot of fresh air , the caloric content of this time, and how the russian-speaking population, well or not, the russian-speaking population , perhaps pro-russian, perceived this demolition, there were protests, eh, from the official moscow . of this monument to some kind of opposition. well, i know what i did. you are a compliment. i think my colleagues. and yes, there were people who went to the protests, but there were not very many people. i think that the population and russian speakers all perfectly understand what this is. почему э-э

сейчас at this moment, this monument of occupation is being demolished, as we call it э-э, and i think that this is also, well, such a time. change. and why this monument started only now, because latvia and other baltic countries are active now . monuments long ago the members of nato were indeed occupied by the soviet union and gained independence more than 30 years ago . there was such a thing, well, the politics of vacillating is necessary, it is not necessary to give discussions, we will do it, and so on. borodyanka irpen these places, i just can't

understand how such a thing can happen 21 years and what has turned into now putin's russia yes, we also recognized er russia as a country of terrorism that supports terrorism and it will be a fact, we understand that they seem to be saying all the time that is fighting the nazis, but he himself has become a real nazi, yes, and about this, it’s just time to solve the problems that have not already been solved. the soviet union de facto collapsed in the early 90s. -2 still time to move and these symbols are also the last ones, as if they were the symbols of the soviet union, this power , which is now on our land, edward is the last question, i ask you to answer it briefly. and how many more monuments are

left in the baltic countries? latvia, well, obviously, they still exist. well, of course, there is, but the process is not just disappearing. public cities of our thank you for connecting to our broadcast and commenting with us on the link was edward smilden , the vice mayor of riga and the deputy chairman of the riga duma, very much the performer of the song good morning ukraine vitaliy kyrychenko became the leader of the terrodefense of kyiv oblast from the first days of the full-scale invasion of russia, a fragment of the band number 482 from at the beginning of the year, he fought with the zadniks near kiev. and in april, together with the unit, he was deployed to the kharkiv direction, where he serves and now, during his service, under

the influence of the war, the musician has already written several song well come on wake up already little good morning ukraine wake up already little yansu you only have cups of coffee and milk a guitar a machine gun is also a weapon this is a musical weapon and this weapon is real that's why well eh i didn't have fire to find i went through a small quest on military commissars and got into the regional state administration where solomyanskyi's headquarters was located, in fact, in a few days we already advanced to the position and took a certain position in order to restrain the enemy and in irpen buchi they began to

crush the orks. to the army, well, it's not just taking into account that you are a civilian, how to survive in the field, how to go to the toilet, how to find a place to wash, how to take care of all your household matters, why? because war is, by and large, 95%, it's routine. - these are hostilities at the end of march, at the beginning of april, the territorial defense battalion of kyiv was sent to kharkiv. the 130th bto is the most

musical . we have antibodies. shadow of the sun. make of us yes, at the same time, the stadium do not intend to give weapons where should you stand you should be free native land oh mother mother we are your sons fate made us soldiers good evening wind defense of the country which i think will be released soon this is a song about those who attacked us that's the name of the fucking horde 0:1-2 per horde russian fair ration 1 2 3 received and it is a swamp thank you

friend well, evacuation will certainly be possible not only in donetsk region but also in other regions, the vice-prime minister, the minister of affairs , told about this reintegration of the temporarily occupied territory iryna boryshchuk now i will quote her, she says in particular that kharkiv region, zaporizhzhia, mykolaiv region is actually in line for evacuation, uh, i'm not talking about the entire region, but parts will definitely need evacuation , we are also preparing for it, end of quote, well , actually, we'll return to this topic already next week svoboda life is going on a weekend and i want to thank you for watching us , subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda in social networks e-e my name is sashko shevchenko and goodbye dear ukraine, you

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