what do you want to say? well, not while i am currently preparing the resolution, we are not losing hope to receive from lyudmila a stinging explanation about the origin of the funds for the purchase of a cottage in the elite kozyna, and we have contacted her with a request for information and we are waiting for an answer, we will definitely tell you everything we will learn. and for today, all i had was the judicial control program and i am tatyana shustrova. if you want to report corrupt judges or illegal decisions, write to me on facebook or to this email address see you in exactly one week , 215 defenders of ukraine were released from russian captivity, among them about a hundred azov citizens, kyiv

gave moscow 55 russian soldiers and putin's godfather viktor medvedchuk, how did the historic exchange take place, which relatives of prisoners of war demanded for months in russian cities, protests against mobilization took place, security forces detained more than a thousand people, why russians take to the streets and will these protests be able to develop into a mass struggle against putin's regime, there is no fatigue from sanctions in the european union, they are agreeing on new sanctions against the russian federation and want cancel the principle of unanimous voting for their implementation, what new restrictions are ready to impose on russia and whether they will be able to overcome hungary's veto, see svoboda, welcome to the svoboda life hotel, my name is serhii stetsenko, we are my monazivo on the pages of

radio svoboda on facebook and youtube, as well as on the air of the espresso tv channel, questions and leave comments for the broadcast and like so more people can see our test. well, let's start with the main topic of the last day of one of the largest exchanges of prisoners between kyiv and since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of moscow, 215 ukrainian defenders have returned home, among them more than a hundred defenders of mariupol and the azov union, in particular, its commanders. denys prokopenko wrote to the editor. of them in mariupol, the demonstrative so-called tribunal from russian captivity and the medic kateryna polishchuk returned to the pseudo-bird video with interrogation which appeared on the network this week, among those released were also border guards, policemen, sailors , national guardsmen, soldiers of the national guard, customs officers, and civilians

. as part of the exchange, it was possible to free ten foreigners who defended ukraine, among them are those whom the russian occupation authorities, having held a so -called trial, sentenced to the death penalty in exchange kyiv handed over to moscow 55 russian military personnel and viktor medvedchuk, a ukrainian businessman, politician and part- time godfather of putin, whose five commanders were detained in ukraine in april this year azov, who were released from russian captivity, according to president zelensky, will remain in turkey until the end of the war under the protection of recep tayyip erdoğan, according to zelensky, it was he who, according to zelensky, greatly contributed to the release of the ukrainian military, we can listen to the first words and comments after being released from russian captivity. we are fine, the state of health is satisfactory, thank you and the whole

team for what you did, mr. president, dear ukrainians, i am infinitely grateful for the fact that we were returned thank you very much, emotions are just overflowing. thank you from the entire armed forces, from the marines who defended azostal in the distance. returned and the entire regiment of marines, together with other units, defended mariupol from the first days of the large-scale russian invasion of ukraine. at the beginning, the ukrainian military gave operas in the city, but after the russian the army practically destroyed it. the defenders took up positions at the azovstal metallurgical plant, where they

continued to hold defense in the basements of the enterprises, together with the ukrainian military , and the civilians who remained in mariupol were also injured. on may 16, the higher military command of ukraine issued an order to the commanders of the units located at azovstal to preserve the lives of personnel and to lay down their arms, the russian command stated several times that they would not exchange azov citizens and would allegedly try some of them in particular, mykola kush and kostyantyn nikitenko were sentenced to death by the ordlo militants, but yesterday they also returned home, and now we have a unique opportunity to talk live with the mother of one of the commanders of the azov command who was dismissed yesterday , namely the deputy commander of the regiment svyatoslav palamar, alias lydia kalina palamar with us live i congratulate you thank you i hear please tell me i know that your emotions are

so good now about the fact that your son is already in freedom how did you find out about the exchange you know i i saw it on television. many friends called me back. they had not seen svyatoslav yet. they only saw how there are buses in the chernihiv region to liberate everything. there was hope that our son was there. when i saw the photo of my son's press conference, you know what emotions the child is safe, the child . she has been alive for four months, we had no contact with that child at all, and it was very difficult to survive that the child is in captivity, i don't know, they didn't know what happened to them, how they are, and practically i had complete data on where they are at the moment. was

it is the hardest for us because there were different versions. then they are in moscow, then they are in the dnr, then they are everywhere. i know that there were , uh, there were different versions, but we hoped that the child is alive, the child was rescued, the child was captured, but did not die, so there will be a return, and this hope will never be us. didn't return, you know, we all believed that the child would be at home, well, what will happen now. it was unexpected, it was so emotionally joyful. at first, you know, when our girls were released, well, it's really for the mother who has to give birth to the child who has to become a mother, we prayed that at least those girls were released we knew that our commanders would be the last to leave because these commanders

were initially trying to evacuate the wounded. hard emotionally hard and unbelievable you know it's just unbelievable but there was a call, a call to a woman he heard the child and i saw a glimpse of him smiling tired, thinner but alive and safe for me that's the most important thing for me thank you thank the authorities that they this question was extremely difficult but they decided they kept they kept their word which really for us it is a very great joy believe every fact they have not heard their son live so what are

the first words you would say to him he called me half an hour ago i heard his voice voice normal, he said that they are feeding us well, everything is fine, see you, everything will be fine, i will be able to call now , there was very little. well, he said yes. yes, we know that they will also be sent to turkey now, as zelensky said until the end of the war. i i understand that only there you will be able to see him in person, you know. i still believe that they are not in russia, that they are safe, that is the most important thing. i think that the word was kept, so this will be kept, this word will be kept and ours will be kept, you know they walk in the information space, they

saw each other as brothers, and where they were, i do n't even know if they were together or they were separately, because there were versions that they were separated so that they could not communicate . well, you know, you heard a live voice heard saw there is joy there is faith there is hope she she she she never stopped we prayed for the children we know that there are still many brothers left there and this is probably also their big request to see all those living boys and i think that the boys are strong and courageous and will endure all this everything will be fine everything will be fine they will all see it they will all be free thank you ms. palamar live on the radio freedom was lydia palamar mother of svyatoslav palamar on pseudo viburnum we once again congratulate you on the fact that your son has returned

from russian captivity and now we have the opportunity look at the recorded footage. the first minutes after the exchange of ukrainian defenders, some are just happy, some are kissing the ground, let's see. glory to ukraine, in which bus are all your documents and everything , guys, keep your hands at home, damn it, god, the best land in the depths is really just where 1 2 3 calm calm now we'll come, eh, get settled,

there were still shots, the first shots after being released from russian captivity. well, among the prisoners released yesterday, there is maryana mamonova, at the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, she

served in mariupol, a friend of the russian military got caught when rescuing soldiers and civilians in a surrounded place, under shelling from azovstalia , the woman found out that she was pregnant, now she is already 9 months pregnant and literally a week ago , an action was organized in kyiv to support captured women, in particular, pregnant maryana how is she feeling now, we will ask her parents, and they are currently live in svoboda life oter oksana and volodymyr cherepushko. if i pronounce you correctly, your name is good evening good evening good evening a please tell me how your daughter is feeling now. have you seen her yet? we know that she will be born right away. it's six o'clock in the morning. the tv channels said that everything is fine with her. the road for her was long and long. well, her legs are a little bit even,

because she has been in the last days. since she is about to give birth, her legs are a little swollen. ugh, do they eat? do you know when you will be able to see her? we understand that there is a certain procedure now that does not allow me to do this, but although it has been about two weeks , she still hasn't said when she will. we go straight to her let's go and get a very large one. please tell us how you found out about the exchange for us and for our family and for our friends, acquaintances, all of them, well , you know, on such high, good emotions, well, why did they let her go, how did we fight for her, how are we waiting for her at home and we are happy that she is already with us here on our territory that we will be able to have her later

these last days support at the moment when when she needs us the most please tell us how you found out about the exchange, we talked to several relatives and well practically everyone says what it was a surprise for you as well. well, it was a surprise. yesterday, the middle daughter called us back home. that our sea is on the way. well, we were waiting for such news for a long time, but the time came when we heard it all. well, she told us so. as soon as the woman said that we called her back in the morning well, we already knew yesterday that she was already going home, but we did not know where exactly she was going. well, to which city or to kyiv or where? will they let her go right away and but for now called back and said that in her examination went well and she is currently in the chernihiv military

hospital. please tell me whether she told or managed to tell you any details about the captivity , how she was treated there, after all, she is pregnant there, a special solution for such information is needed from they didn't receive her, she was practically not there yet, when are we going to talk because they gave us a phone? is there one for everyone? and there are a lot of them there, so understand, 215 people or 220 were released, there are a large number of people there, but i don’t know how many phones there are, well, they gave them something. i am definitely not questioned. yesterday, putin announced a partial mobilization in russia, and for everyone and

for journalists, it was a big, big surprise that this exchange is happening at all. why could you even imagine that this is a day when the president of russia announces about part of the mobilization, and on the same day they can release the prisoners, including the daughter. well, here the question about this exchange was supposed to be a little late, but we asked our deputies to all be happy . when she is exchanged, she will be released from captivity, but here it turned out so that what we asked for, i can understand , understood our leadership, which worked in this case, that then it is necessary to give birth before the 28th, and that's how everyone said worship there already for her that well what probably they were released for the sake of the child and the little one who is about to give birth that she has to leave already from there she gets out of that captivity and together we are so

clear that all these people were also released with her that it was accelerated this this exchange ugh and not although well, it is clear that she probably did not want to give birth there, because they also wanted her to be. well, on ukrainian earth. somehow, well, again, we do not know where she was. maybe in the occupied territory, the territory, they were in many places, not only one the leninists brought them half there russia and taganro and moscow and for moscow's ideas, which they were not, she told us that she was there, not only to me, there were reindeer herders, but they were around not only there in one place, that's the question, and she's already, well, we're practically at home. it will be soon, and i i think everything will be fine. what were the first words you said when you heard it? it was probably something emotional

. it was like that. i don’t know what god’s gift is . i hope it’s my opinion. i want to thank those people who supported us and came to the maidan and sent text messages. supported in the very the most difficult time, when we needed help, they extended their hand to us. i can't even express the gratitude that i have from my soul. i very sincerely thank everyone. from small children to well, to the highest ranks, well, it is the president for today . say yes, we hope that you will still see your daughter maryana mamonova for a long time, let me remind you that live on radio svoboda , oksana and volodymyr cherepushko were the parents of maryana mamonova, who was released yesterday and is

now nine months pregnant, thank you very much prosecutor general of ukraine andriy kostin noted that the testimony of people's deputy viktor medvedchuk, suspected of treason, was documented. he was transferred from a ukrainian prison to a large prison called the russian federation. is it worth it or was it worth exchanging medvedchuk for the ukrainian military and other details of yesterday's exchange ? adviser to the minister of internal affairs of ukraine rostyslav smirnov i congratulate you, please tell me how difficult was the preparation for this exchange on the russian side she repeatedly said that she would not change the azov citizens at all, especially the commanders of this a-a unit . and yesterday it happened, yes, the process was extremely difficult in terms of a particularly emotional one, and i will tell you that of course we already knew there a few days before the final, everything was decided, but about

no one said this and it was kept, let's say, under a certain, let's say, seal of secrecy because they were really afraid that something would go wrong and any word, absolutely any statement could damage this operation because it was spent an extremely large number of forces were involved , a large number, including our specialists, to participate in this from the ministry of internal affairs e there, ending with our president, the security service of ukraine, gurmo and all others therefore, in fact, it was an extremely difficult process with support, including through mediation international partners, you know , several countries took part, including and separately, for sure, thanks can be expressed here to the president of turkey, therefore, in fact, the process was quite smooth, and i will tell you that i would have been great that's what ostrakh said, i would call it that because of the events that took place literally on him, you know about a certain

mobilization and so on. thanking that once again there was a certain international support and international mediation and that the words were already given not to our side but first of all to the turkish side. that exchange according to the plan, as it should have been direct, therefore, again, for us, this is an extremely big victory, a symbolic victory , because ukraine is about the return of its boys, ukraine is about protecting its people, it is not a woman who exposes it about russia, but we wanted to show we show that all the boys are important to us and we will do everything possible to return them all , here is an important nuance that you should also understand that each of us will contribute to this exchange, because if we say, for example, about e-e directly, for example, about our armed forces of ukraine as a whole, those guys showed

extremely great patience and courage in the sense that during the kharkiv operation e-e they took and replenished our exchange exchange list very significantly directly because, again, we perfectly understand all emotions that stole from the boy, but they understood very well that enough big boys of ours on that side are in captivity and we need to replenish the exchange list directly, that's why everyone participated, including thanks to the fact that we were able to replenish with enough, let's say, serious personnel officers of the russian federation, thanks to the fact that there were international partners who supported us and introduced this exchange directly, thanks to our political top management, led by mr. president, who really saw this story to the end, because again after all, the situation was clear enough, and we showed not only to ourselves, but in this world, because you know that among the freed prisoners there were also citizens of other countries that ukraine values

people don't care about ukraine, and we definitely don't live by the principle of women giving birth and we will fight to the last to return all our boys home, mr. smirno, you were looking for something yesterday evening, when this information appeared after it began to appear many people did not believe the photos and videos of the released ukrainian defenders, but later this information was confirmed by president zelenskyi himself. we can now listen to his comment on this matter and then discuss russia and the walls of the soldiers first. they offered to return 50 of our people in exchange for one of those who were in the pre-trial detention center , the security service of ukraine, we insisted that the number of 50 increased to two hundred, give medvedchuk for real soldiers, it's not a pity, and he passed all the investigative actions provided for by law, ukraine

received everything necessary from him to establish the truth in the framework of criminal proceedings well, as long as we remember, putin's spokesman dmytro piskov, when medvedchuk was detained, said that he was a citizen of ukraine, uh, because then we also talked about what was possible the defenders of mariupol to be exchanged for him, then piskov said that he is a citizen of ukraine, a citizen of ukraine , we are not interested in his exchange . the parties couldn't, they said, damn , he is so important to us, we don't know how to put ourselves here, and so on, we will do anything , so they, of course, to reduce the number of exchanges, the president said about it because at first they offered, let's say, in such closed negotiations, 50 people for medvedchuk, we reached two words to 200 ago again. of course, they publicly stated because they could

not say otherwise, but we understood the other side of the coin in that he is extremely important for them directly directly and they will uh, in the future, let's say, take the initiative, that's why our task was to get the maximum number of our soldiers home in exchange for well, we ourselves know who it's so easy, but in ukraine, it's the same on social networks, uh, that's how it happened discussion, people expressed opinions that it was supposedly possible not to give medvedchuk uh, but well, as i understand it, the president emphasized that, in principle, he could have been changed for one defender in the last few years, and i absolutely confirm this here, because you know in our country ah, this is probably one of those exchanges when we got him he when we gave excuse me the scum and got back 200 of our heroes what could be better and what in general things can we talk about that shouldn't have given him well, what are you talking about anyway? be dear, you already mentioned a little about this, here is this

coincidence that yesterday morning in his address , vladimir putin announces a partial mobilization, and late in the evening of the same day, there is an exchange, and this is a little inconsistent, the logic in the actions, at least for the russian at least to the audience that we are first ready to fight to the last, we will mobilize 300,000 and in the evening we will give the defenders of mariupol, again, i explain that this exchange was planned in advance, the date was agreed, all the details were agreed, and it was exclusively like this procedural actions, and i think that at the time when all this was already agreed upon, there were no plans for mobilization, or maybe they did not think about mobilization at that time, and then maybe there was no kharkiv counter-offensive, which liberated a sufficiently large number of our territories, captured a large number, including officers of the highest ranks of the russian federation, so i have to say here that

again what i said about that thanks to or because we had international mediators, that's the only reason it seems to me that this agreement came to an end and we got the victory that we expected because i am convinced that if it was just bilateral, certain, let's say, agreements between all of ukraine, they, believe me, from the point of view of even symbolism, they would definitely roll back this moment and if we say that this exchange took place, then it clearly took place it would not be yesterday, but it would take place after some time and so that our defenders would be forced to sit in these inhumane conditions and so on . it is the turn of the country of turkey, and i am convinced that, let's put it this way, he is now a serious enough economic ally for the russian federation, therefore, the russian federation in some ways now depends on turkey well, of course, they could not rewind their words and the responsibilities they

took on because of that and only because of that. i am convinced that we have finally succeeded in returning our boys, first of all, the leadership of azov and our other boys. thank you for your comment and for the details. yesterday's exchange of prisoners was live on radio svoboda. rostislav smirnov, advisor to the minister of internal affairs of ukraine, thank you. well, on another topic , almost one and a half thousand people were detained the night before in russian cities. these are people who went to protests against the mobilization announced by putin yesterday. rallies were held in 38 cities, but most of the detainees were in st. petersburg and moscow . in these cities, the police acted particularly harshly . protesters were beaten with cakes and made to kneel. among the detainees, there were injuries.

those who call for protest actions, as well as participants, to administrative or criminal punishment, including imprisonment for a term of up to 15 years, also in the capital of russia, some protesters detained in police stations were handed summonses to the military commissariat, the human rights project of the ministry of internal affairs was told about this detention human rights activists report that at least one of the detainees was threatened with a criminal case for refusing to sign a subpoena. meanwhile, the children of russian high-ranking officials are in no hurry to leave to the military commissariats, in particular, on the eve of the associate of the opposition politician oleksiy navalny during