it is already autumn, the ukrainian perspective. thank you very much, natal sydenko, for the information about the weather for literally 30 seconds. i have the only thing i want. who will go to school tomorrow ? our dear children, our future . take care of yourself, take care of your children, let the first of september really be a day of knowledge and the most joyful during the war. thank you for being with us. i say goodbye to you until tomorrow until friday tomorrow. in the morning by the way and tomorrow to yours and now for your attention a news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of b8 news good evening we are from ukraine how gorbachev was remembered by the eu limited the visa for russians and massive shelling in kherson this is the 189th day of the russian full-scale war on the air professional ukraine in the studio olga melchevska is one people and putin

who stopped the chaos what else did mikhail gorbachev say about ukraine and what was he remembered for in ukraine and the world? russia once again shut off the nord stream gas pipeline to europe. ukraine and education under fire as ukrainian schools and parents are preparing for the first of september, will it stand for everyone because we are the shelters of soviet leaders mikhail gorbachev, who died on august 30 in the west, will be remembered by many as an architect of reconstruction in the ussr and as a person who contributed to the peaceful dissolution the socialist camp and

the unification of germany, however, post-soviet countries have a different attitude towards him, for example, in lithuania, many people believe that in 1991 gorbachev knew about the bloody assault by special forces on the vilnius television tower where supporters of independence were there, and some azerbaijanis associate with him the events of black january in baku in 1990, when more than 100 people died, in the memory of ukrainians, gorbachev can remain as a person who did not condemn vladimir putin's policy, in particular, the annexation of crimea, my colleague natalka skopenko spoke several times with mikhail gorbachev in her exclusive interviews for the ukrainian bbc service, she prepared the following material this was a soviet leader the world had never seen before mikhail gorbachev was smiling he was unchained in the west he became a real star for the fact that he managed to put an end to the cold war, he grew up in a peasant family and as a child spoke ukrainian, his mother is ukrainian and after legal education he quickly climbed the career

party ladder up to the politburo 10 years old вышем народном хозяйсте the old-timers of crimea died one by one in the early 80s and moscow buried three leaders in a row. therefore, in 1985, the young and energetic gorbachev led the country and started the reconstruction of the reform was designed to revive the soviet union in its own country, it reached out to people in a western style abroad, it charmed the leaders of the time, the iron lady of the british prime minister and the us president, together, the gorbachevs, reagan, reduced the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers with a reformer in the kremlin, eastern europe got a chance to free itself from moscow, it was in kyiv at a meeting with journalists that gorbachev spoke for the first time about the reunification of east and west germany and in 1989

, when the berlin wall fell, he refused to intervene in order to preserve the iron curtain. there was a point of view like this, without blood, at that time his own country was already falling apart against the background of demonstrations for the independence of the republics, national conflicts and economic chaos, gorbachev began to lose control, and in august 1991, figures from gorbachev's entourage staged a coup d'état , which failed. gorbachev was then in pig in the crimea and found out about the coup, according to him, with the new bbc, then it became the best advertisement for the worldwide service. gradually, one by one, the soviet republics declared their independence and in in december 1991, the soviet union ceased to exist, president gorbachev resigned 5 years later in 1996, mykhailo gorbachev was in london with his wife raisa during an interview with the

ukrainian service of the bbc. was it a miscalculation of the politicians, the answer to this question was very long and detailed , but it came down to one thing. he considered it the biggest mistake of independence in the spring. because it was paralyzed by the totalitarian regime and the monopoly of one party, that's why it's the most important thing that happened, and i think that's why i think that we were too late to reform the soviet union, and because if we were earlier, uh, and more legally, or this process, then we wouldn't have turned out like that situation and the ussr, some still accuse gorbachev of allowing the collapse of the state, which is then considered the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, but some call

gorbachev the godfather of the countries that arose on in the ruins of the ussr, when russia annexed crimea in 2014, gorbachev said in an interview with the sunday time newspaper that if he had been in power, the soviet union would have existed and crimea would have been part of it. the sbu then banned gorbachev from entering ukraine for 5 years. but after the full-scale invasion russia in ukraine, his international foundation for political research, the gorbachev foundation, called for an end to the war, and at the end of july, a close friend of gorbachev said that he was upset when he learned that putin had started a war in ukraine and believed that he had destroyed his cause life saw some of that changed it turned out to be fragile the arms race and geopolitical tensions are back but gorbachev will be remembered as a person who at least tried to change the rivalry between east and west bbc correspondents siv rosenberg

invited to play the piano after an interview in 2019 gorbachev then sang his favorite songs of his late wife it was a special moment to show the warm human side of the first and last soviet president he found here in millions of people around the world mikhail gorbachev repeatedly publicly reminded that his maternal grandfather has ukrainian roots, pantelecom hopkalo, he came from a peasant of the chernihiv province, he moved to stavropol in russia, where in 1931 the future soviet leader was born, i am still half ukrainian, my mother was ukrainian, my wife raisa also my first words said in ukrainian, the first songs i heard were ukrainian. this is how mikhail gorbachev wrote and whether he supported ukrainian culture and the intelligentsia . let's talk about it with a rehabilitated dissident , once a political prisoner of the soviet regime.

the rector of the ukrainian catholic university, myroslav marinovych. greetings. good evening. glory to ukraine, sir, for finding time for us and we are roslava. if you allow me, i will immediately ask about the personal situation of mykhailo gorbachev. then, as general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union in 1987, he signed a pardon for you after seven years in the camps and three years of exile. do you remember that day well, i will not in retrospect invent some ideological or correct attitude when the kazakh policeman was surprised to receive a message that i was free and could return to ukraine i i i was happy and my wife lyuba was happy. i know that my friend mykola matusevych refused to accept such a pardon and i pay him respect for that, but it

was more natural for me to make another decision and today, when gorbachev's soul is preparing to leave this world, i will not lie and thank you i won't go into the real reasons why gorbachev released about 200 soviet political prisoners, but he made it possible in order to show that there are no longer any measures in the soviet union political prisoners but he did it and we are grateful to him for it, let's move on to the west, but in the west he is perceived as a person who put an end to the soviet union and accepted and contributed to the independence of the post-soviet states, but can it be considered in your opinion that he contributed to ukrainian independence in the west, there was even

a so-called horbimania he was very popular in the west, here in the soviet union, much less so, and i would categorically disagree with the opinion that he wanted to dissolve the soviet union, that he wanted to end communism, no, and by the way, in camp, i formulated it myself today, i'm surprised that it was possible to do it, i formulated such a thesis, i don't know how many general secretaries of the communist party of the ussr there will be, but such a general secretary will come who will try to save the system and thereby destroy it . er gorbachev, he wanted er not to

reform the system er into communism with a human face well, it is simply impossible, it is a contradiction in the very terms, thank you very much, but some called him the godfather of the independence of the post-soviet countries, while others, many actually reproached him for his inability to say goodbye to imperial approaches, particularly in the crimea issue, how do you see the significance of the figure of gorbachev for modern ukraine. i think that he was one of the most controversial figures at the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, on the one hand, really without this annus mirabilis year of miracles 1800 ce 1989 would have been impossible for him, because he did not give the command to destroy the freedom of the so-called

socialist countries. but at the same time, there were shootings near vilnius tv in georgia, azerbaijan, etc. it a controversial figure. i hope he was under pressure to mean let the socialist system fall apart, but the soviet union should not fall apart, and it was from his speech, by the way, that american president bush and british prime minister margaret thatcher came to ukraine and spoke in the supreme to the council of ukraine, calling on ukrainians not to separate from the soviet union, not to think about independence. it was gorbachev's idea, gorbachev's request

for sure. thank you very much, myroslav frankovich. we have to come to other events take care and live with us was a ukrainian dissident from the character of the ukrainian catholic university myroslav marinovych the loudest and brightest quotes of mykhailo gorbachev about ukraine my colleagues collected them on our website bbc.ua read them there to other news megatech mission arrived in the city of zaporizhzhia on thursday, un inspectors will gain access to the zaporozhye npp, which is under the control of russian troops, and will try to establish a permanent presence there, the general director said my tarifael grosi at the same time local officials report that the shelling of the region continued, the head of the zaporozhye attention oleksandr starukh wrote in his telegram channel that while we expected, we have farms almost completely destroyed by night shelling in the area of ​​great belozerka, there was heavy fire in the area in the area of ​​basilivka, energodar and other

settlements, all demarcation line and around the nuclear plant end of quote according to him, more than 106 shellings were recorded in the last day, what the russians say the governor they continue to blame the ukrainian military . however, the official assured that the population of energodar still has access to water and electricity thanks to the work of communal services for that mission, therefore, the mission is already there in the city of zaporizhzhia, which is about a two-hour drive from the station, and the visit may take place even tomorrow , there is no official confirmation that there is no but this is what the russian media reports, it must be said that there is some confusion about how long this visit will last, rafael grossi, head of the international agency for atomic energy said that he expects the mission to last for days, but at the same time there is a statement from the local head appointed by the russians, in which he insists that any visit should last only one or two

days until it is understood how exactly the team will get to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, this complex is located on the territory controlled the russians and the fighting continues there. therefore, there is also a security component in all of this, and as today during the day, in the previous days there were many statements and statements and answers from both the russians and the ukrainians about shelling in in that region, the day before, the ukrainians accused the russians of shelling the route that the mission would take to reach the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. therefore, many questions remain open and it seems that for the inspectors of the magat, this will be a very difficult mission. peace, but don't interfere with the military, the head of the kherson weight yaroslav

yanushevich said on the broadcast of the nationwide marathon, at the same time, he confirmed on the air, quoting effective strikes on strongholds and the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment in a number of districts of the kherson region, and the fact that surgical strikes completely disabled all bridges, leaving only pedestrian crossings. i wrote to them, according to yanushevich , as a result of these actions, the russian army found itself cut off from the supply of weapons and personnel forces from crimea and the left-bank kherson region, russia, on the other hand, assures that it has repelled all attacks. bbc cannot verify this information from independent sources in the conditions of war, but now we will try to contact my to my colleague from kherson, journalist liza zharikh , who is now in direct contact with us and we hope to be in a safe place. good evening lisa, if it is safe to talk about it, of course, what are the moods of the residents of the occupied kherson region with whom you managed to

communicate . and others behave very discreetly because they do not want to rely on uh, just as i want, i am not currently in occupied kherson, however, this is my home, and i sincerely worry about it and it is very important to say that the counter-offensive in the kherson region in the south and the counter-offensive on kherson, as some officials wrote about it, are very different things . it is worth being careful with the wording and it is worth understanding that there is no counter-offensive on kherson now, there are offensive actions in the south. about the counteroffensive on kherson, they and the local residents and me are overreacting, but they can infuriate kherson because we all understand very well that this is a long road, we will definitely go through it, but we should not expect a result here and now, but that's all what is currently happening in the south of the kherson region , all these events, they are sincerely trying to act in a

whim and that the region will be occupied as soon as possible. do the residents of the region have the opportunity to go outside, or has all life moved to the basements of bomb shelters ? the local central market. people there heard explosions and were scared about it. they quickly came to their senses and went about their business. it is worth understanding that the people of kherson hear explosions all the time. they often lose electricity and communication there. but they are also used to this, but i know that people sign up with food and wait for the counteroffensive, that is, somehow they set themselves up for the fact that it will be difficult for them for a certain time, but they are ready to endure. but can people actually leave kherson and the occupied territories a-a as far as i know, it is not so easy to do

it is delayed very often for several days for 3-4 with the departure becoming more and more difficult, but people still go through vasylivka to zaporizhzhia, ah, but as far as i know, the ukrainian authorities are also talking about this, that the russian military is strengthening filtering measures and this is the way with the occupation of the territory under the control of ukraine, it becomes more difficult every day, and the last question, if possible, i understand that it is difficult to talk about it, but on a completely subjective level. and from what you hear , what are their expectations from the coming weeks residents of the kherson region, of course, everyone wants to believe in a faster release. but the people of kherson understand that time is needed, and it is necessary not to put pressure on the military. it should all be done correctly. and the most important thing is that the people who remain in kherson and people who left and come from

kherson, from the kherson region, they believe in victory and believe that the region will be decapitated at least this year. thank you so much lisa, take care, russia has closed the nord stream gas pipeline to europe for the second time this summer, as reported by the operator of german lawns nel-eopal, where does russian gas come via the northern flow, the physical flow of gas at the reception point in groiswald in the north of germany began to decrease sharply at night against august 31. previously, the gas industry warned that from august 31 to september 2, the only working gas pumping aggregate station portova will be stopped for alleged maintenance. the planned repair took place on the lawn in july, after the completion of the current plan in the repair, supplies should resume in volumes up to 20% of the design gas pipeline capacities, while gazprom itself has to

burn gas because it is simply impossible to reduce its production as sharply as the supply, and the eu has agreed on the suspension of the simplified visa regime with russia, it is about the complete suspension of the agreement on the simplification of the visa regime with russia , borel has already informed the high representative of the eu of foreign affairs and security at the press conference in prague, where the meeting was held, borel also stated that the minister agreed that the eu would not recognize russian passports issued to citizens of ukraine on occupied ukrainian territories are monitoring the meeting of the ministers in prague. my colleague rostyslav khotin is now in direct contact with us again, rostyslav. good evening. please tell me, since the meeting was informal. indeed, the ministers agreed to cancel the simplified visa regime between the

eu and russia, and although the meeting was informal, this decision is formal, that is, real, and it will be effective already in this simplified visa regime the regime has been in place since 2007, let me remind you that only with the beginning of the war against ukraine, more than 1 million russians entered the schengen zone in the eu, so now the simplified visa regime has been canceled and russians will be forced to submit more documents, wait longer and pay €80 for a visa instead of €35 as was the case before this , multi-year visas for russian citizens are also canceled, this is of course a compromise option because the proposal for a full visa ban for russians did not receive the support of all 27 members of the european union, and i will remind you that this is a consensus the organization against was germany, france, southern europe, hungary, but this does not mean that this visa ban has already put an end to osta, for example , ian lipavsky of foreign affairs in the czech republic says that the first important step has been taken today, i.e.

the first finnish heat wave. direction, that is, again, the movement is so, the current cancellation of the simplified visa regime is perceived as the beginning, as the first stage to a possible full visa ban, which is also insisted on by the minister of ukraine of foreign affairs of estonia urmas rein salo insists that european visas for russians are not a right but a privilege urmas reisal thank you very much imagine that we issued approximately 10 million valid visas for citizens of the russian federation when we clearly saw that they also used tourist visas with fake data and nailed to eu also in more peaceful times to central and eastern europe terrorists people like russian agents and context like this for autumn winter we must act immediately and demonstrate our determination to our

to the enemy, so that our willpower is stronger than the russian willpower. and traveling for leisure is not a human right to cancel this simplified visa regime, the head of the ukrainian lomaka, dmytro kuleba, reacted. he called it a half-measure and added that it was better for the eu to take its time and adopt a complete visa ban only after careful discussion but an interesting moment, the largest group in the european parliament, the european people's party, called today to suspend the issuance of tourist visas for citizens of russia, it often happens that when the european the people's party says something, then the whole european parliament accepts it. and as a european parliament, what does it perceive then? this is an instruction, an instruction for road signs and for all european institutions, so that the full stop is not put here, maybe by the end of the year there will be a complete ban on tourist visas, with the exception of real opponents of the putin regime who are opposed to russia's war with ukraine olya

, thank you very much rostislav well, let's keep an eye on the next steps of this diplomatic movement until the end of the year and beyond, the russian war from february 24 completely destroyed 261 schools in ukraine and more than 2,000 educational institutions were damaged, while russia continues to deny that it is shelling civilian objects however, despite the war, on september 1, ukraine announced the return of children to school according to the schedule, education is planned in several formats in remote face-to-face, mixed, how ready are the schools accept children and parents let them go let's talk about this with my colleague bbc correspondent diana kuryshko ditano diana i congratulate you first of all , are parents not afraid to let their children go to school when rockets fly greetings olya yes, unfortunately, rockets fly everywhere in ukraine, but as maria, a

kyivan , said to me today. there is a shelter where they were recognized as safe, where they were checked, schools will open there and children will be accepted there tomorrow if there are no such shelters, schools will not work, and schools will also not work in those regions where active hostilities continue, also on occupied territories and, for example, in the border zone a with the country of belarus, this is what was decided in the rivne region and in general in this matter of schools, every region, every city, whether this school will work or not. and the final word is for the parents to let their children go to school tomorrow.

please tell me . and how will it be technically organized, that is, will the children have to go down to the bomb shelter during the air raid warning or will the classes be simply immediately moved down to the basement? is it still necessary according to the rules if the air raid warning starts before the basement to the storage room, if there is a storage room in such a storage room, for example, there are desks there, there is special equipment, there is light, and you can study there, the lesson can be continued in such a basement, if it is not there, then the lessons are suspended during the air raid alert, according to the data of the state emergency service inspections of about half of ukrainian schools - these are the schools that were only inspected and have such bomb shelters, and some have their own, some have them in neighboring premises, and that is where children and teachers have to go down, and this is a very, very

debatable issue, because no bomb shelter can to protect 100% from a direct missile hit with this reservoirs have a certain list of requirements, for example , the thickness of the walls, light, ventilation, so that the children have something to breathe, but it does not give one hundred percent protection, and it is precisely for such worst cases that some parents have already begun to prepare. in some schools of the kyiv region, parents buy such small bracelets on children's hands with the most important data with the name , phone number of the parents, the name of the teacher and even the blood type, that is, they are really preparing for the worst . and in general, the issue of school is so debatable question and some parents are categorically in favor of children studying in schools even during the war they say we have to live on, parents have to work children study even in shelters otherwise well, we simply can

not live and other parents are categorically against, they say that it is dangerous and they do not will send children to school, and they have the right to do so, and many remain to live and study abroad . please tell me very briefly, if possible, about those who remain abroad, how they will be included in the ukrainian education system, or will they connect remotely, or should they not attend school at all, or is there any answer to this, children abroad can attend schools where they live and can study online in ukrainian schools if they wish, this is only at the request of children and parents, that is, no one will force them, children should learn to go to school where they live, these are the orders of the ministry of education . thank you very much, diana. take care and thank you for such a detailed analysis. we will follow up on your materials. and you let your child go tomorrow schools and whether you will study remotely from ukraine or

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