can it be only russian captivity, so the return of our heroes this week became a holiday for ukraine, because the whole country was with the defenders of mariupol when the city was already besieged by the russians. and hundreds of bombs were dropped on azovstal and all of ukraine, we were waiting for the liberation from captivity and finally what it seemed incredible, it came true, 215 prisoners returned home, among them five legendary commanders whom the kremlin threatened to execute, but according to the agreements, they will remain in turkey for the time being, more than 2,000 remain in captivity defenders in mariupol and the fight for their freedom continues. their freed comrades are ready to fight. well, for now, about the first minutes in freedom, about captivity and plans for the future in the material of iryna baglai, the long-awaited first hugs of relatives and

the first photos with those who waited but not i lost my faith and took my first steps on my native land, now i am free for the first time , the first words in four months of captivity to my dearest, yes, tears, the number from which he is calling, you can see on the other end a mother's search for a daughter. the best gift for a son's birthday, what a son, say hello to me, i'm fine, i'm alive , healthy, and such longed-for main words for my mother, sasha dussen, hello, i love you very much, speed is already

behind 4 months of terrible russian captivity, which for the heroes of ukraine, the russians turned into hell, they kept someone in a colony deer and someone in the suburbs of moscow it was a solitary cell without walks without communication and well, in fact, complete isolation and it is difficult to actually believe that our government, our guarantor and the people of the military and political the leadership managed to exchange us, they tortured us, they killed us , it was just a horror, in fact, participation in the return of the elder. were stronger than steel, the defenders of mariupol

threw heavy weapons to destroy them. this is simply a colossal amount of phosphorous bombs, 50 airstrikes , arch rockets, and they managed to worry about the peaceful people for whom the fortress was made between battles became the last refuge from the bombs of the occupiers, they became as if they were natives , they remained unconquered and in captivity and in captivity in a cell, says kateryna polishchuk, known as a bird, she sang, i hear it's not enough, i just don't know until you like me, they slept for two days, but i want to sing, the battle is leading us of the

fallen fighters glory for us is the law even the order the ukrainian state is free and strong from itself the show was waiting for them all over the country and they are embarrassed by that glory among the released defenders of mariupol senior sergeant of the marine unit mykhailo dianov by the nickname of the pianist, i am such a famous person and without a beard, i am already without a beard, you are very happy that i am still at home to be treated, to be treated in ukraine , we will rebuild completely, there is a lot of work to be done, during the battles, he had to remove elizarov’s home-made apparatus and now he is missing a part of the bone ahead of treatment, rehabilitation now to all those released, their whereabouts are not announced to the public, most are in a serious

condition both physically and psychologically, in the near future they will all undergo treatment in medical facilities, then rehabilitation for some already dmytro kozytsky, known as orest, was lucky enough to hug his relatives. thanks to his photo, we saw the faces of the heroes, and the photo - the light will win, conveyed the spirit of the defense of mariupol. you are a new opportunity to imagine how glad i am that i returned, and for maryana mamonova, returning home is a double joy, because now her child will be born in a free country, also in six months , almost 6 months, but i was very worried, you know , that it would not be born on a plane, because i already have one due date, only in the tutelka, and i was very worried i think to get there, but you know the inscriptions, this is ukraine. i congratulate you, it’s not good, i’m going to cry, but because of this, the legendary commanders denys prokopenko , sviatoslav polamar, serhiy volynskyi, oleg

khomenko and denys shleg will have to stay in turkey for the time being, the conditions are quite decent. let’s say so that we understand this . let's start with the first. this is a private house. it's not a prison. it's a pit. how is it possible for someone there to imagine a comfortable enough place to live, not a stay, but a residence? to be there for some period of time, this is between the commanders already want to return to the formation, the commander of the brigade, i think the first thing after returning is to gather the brigades and figure out who died, who is in captivity, who is missing, e.e. missing and e. to return the 12th brigade of the national guard of ukraine as a combat-capable unit, iryna is full of details, the inter marathon tv channel, the only

news for our heroes, ukraine gave russia 55 soldiers and viktor igorchuk in addition to the main administration of ukrainian intelligence is told that he himself was not excited about the prospect of getting to russia, but the russians were simply fired up by such news. is medvedchuk a question that is written en masse in the russian public? m- the imagination of the propagandists and from the tv, moreover, the exchange itself, which she directly calls her shame and defeat, took place on the day of the announcement of mobilization, in one word, the russians had a matrix failure and more about this further, i don’t imagine that there were at least any exchanges of these azovs. yes, suddenly, slutsky promised

that in moscow he would study the possibility of exchanging medvedchuk for a name. the probable exchange of our azov citizens, people, our audience, they will not understand any exchange, not for medvedchuk, there was no one, not even for our guys, but according to the mood of the people, they will not understand it well, just give them so that they are there they landed as heroes to meet zelensky with embroidery, so that they would then take machine guns and go to some other point. well, it will be just a slap in the face for our people, they did get a slap in the face, and also so unexpectedly that for a while they did not know what to say. i would be there i didn’t know anything at all. in what form it will be, who is involved in it? their friend

wrote to me happily this morning that the exchange of ukraine took place. they made a gigantic information case out of it. i won't say so, the fire is a bit like that, the image of crippled and helpless soldiers. also, playing zed, patriotic humanism, what is more important for me, the joy of saving one's own or the satisfaction of retribution to the enemy? 55 people in our homes first, is it bad bad this and all these narratives - this is a clear command of the kremlin to calm the people down a little, because the deep russian people are simply torn and inflamed by the kremlin's staff critic igor girkin strilkov, who before that, perhaps for the first time in a long time, praised putin for the announcement of partial mobilization after the news about the exchange of azov citizens, he again began to complain that it is worse than a crime and worse than a mistake, it is not

a passing stupidity or outright mischief, to do it at least a couple of days before the presidential decree before mobilization was probably impossible, you don’t know what it looks like. for the land of russia, and then those who responded were simply humiliated on the head in russian social networks, the exchange of azov tsivs is not the kremlin, they reminded the scenes from the connected to the meref. in the kremlin, they decided not to comment on the subject of medvedchuk. and he confessed that he does not even know where he is, and in the party, united russia showed more imagination, they explained that putin's best man is needed in order to govern

ukraine in the future. ukraine, which is perceived by the residents of ukraine and the head of the mission , fulfilled and even exceeded the mission and handed over all the information to the sbu and became a valuable object of the exchange fund. by the way, he himself says in the main office of ukrainian intelligence did not really want to be exchanged with russia because he well understands who he will now have to deal with anna basova kateryna kravets details tv channel inter marathon only news but there is news in russia that worries muscovites much more than the exchange of prisoners and which makes them not only to flee to the borders with their hands or headlong, but also to go out to protest against the war and this news has been announced partially mobilization according to the media , they are planning to call up the army in russia more than a million soldiers, although sand in this one denies it, although a week ago he denied

the very possibility of mobilization, so who is fleeing to where from russia and how the hunt for men is going on in the federation will tell more marina bilenka the border of russia with kazakhstan all begut all begut with russians and this is the russian-mongolian border a giant car queue on land the border of the russian federation with georgia is not for the velvet season, this is how russians flee from the motherland from mobilization willingly cross the georgian border the day before , they lined up in an eight-kilometer queue and connected with their cars, users write two villages in social networks in order to escape from mordor faster, one of the patriots shared a life hack on the videos, the position in the first row is immediately the same as the border,

respectively, eat what you need to do, walk 8 km, drive, walk, walk, walk a two-wheeler transport is possible simply at the border, write for a ride in russian social networks, they state about 50-kilometer queues at some checkpoints between the russian federation and finland. and also about the refusal of a pass, then the finnish authorities this message refutes ukraine remains the only one in the european union that freely allows citizens of the russian federation with schengen visas to cross its border compared to last week, traffic increased if we look at yesterday, for example, there were over a thousand outgoing and incoming cars, compared to last week there were 4,000 crossings and yesterday, more than 5,000 at the same time the european commission is preparing to present a joint position regarding requests for entry

into the eu from russians fleeing the world from the mobilization of member states according to the regulator each specific case must be evaluated, and the german authorities have already declared that they are ready to grant asylum to russians. anyone who boldly opposes the regime of president vladimir putin and exposes himself to great danger can apply for asylum in germany due to political persecution. at the same time, germany joined the joint statement of the great seven with condemnation of mobilization and threatens new sanctions for it reacted to putin's decision and the president of ukraine, the russian decision on mobilization is a frank admission that their personnel army, which we had been preparing for decades to invade a foreign country, could not stand it and crumbled, and now due to the mobilization, the war of russia against ukraine for the majority of russian citizens is not something there for

you or on the internet. defectors are fleeing to a friendly visa-free country in the international terminals of moscow, huge queues for flights abroad, the majority of passengers are men who are under 35 years old and must pass an interview before passport control for according to the media, they are most often asked about this: when did you buy the ticket, is there a return trip, did you serve in the army, what are the reasons if you did not serve, are you going to return after putin signed the decree on partial mobilization, the russians in a few hours sold out all tickets for international flights to visa-free countries for them, and new tickets now cost half a million rubles in some places, so the mobilization in russian is in full swing and while in moscow epithels hand out summonses at every corner in buryat, for example, they bring them home even at night wears out well, now a summons

was handed to the father of five children, who has never served, his wife complains, she recorded an appeal that became viral on the network, and i understand that we have plans for our republic to gather 4,000 soldiers, but some parameters, in principle, this is a partial mobilization already observed in theory, so in practice, the principle is more cannon fodder, because in the plans to collect a million soldiers, the russians complain on social networks that in the military we come for the dead and for men with disabilities, and in the far east among of mobilized russians, there are already the first losses, they will have a stroke today. well, the quality of these soldiers is nothing to talk about, except for their main weapon, which is 40 degrees, and although in some regions, the russians sit on the bus obediently, albeit with uncertain thinness. in some cities, residents are trying to

fight back against the military commissars and kadyrov turned out to be the main evader, because he declared that there was no mobilization in chechnya, they said that this was the plan and so they overexecuted it, and in fact, kadyrov is simply afraid of protests in the republic, which is here in dagestan, where people went to the military commissariat then they blocked the federal highway and so the women of kabardino-bulgaria quarrel with the representatives of the military committee russian telegram channels also report on a desperate woman who jumped out of the window of one of the military commanders of blagovishchensk and ran away meanwhile users came up with another life hack to evade shorter you hit a trident on the shoulder with the words glory to ukraine on to the surprise of the military commissariat , you explain that you are a genetic ukrainian, when asked if you are ready to fight for the motherland, you answer evasively, let’s get there, we’ll see, there will be a lot of problems, but they will not call you, they will not joke with jokes and in some

regions, military commissars have been on fire for two days now, disgruntled russians have mobilized cocktails with an incendiary mixture, only today they tried to set fire to two commissariats, reports the russian opposition publication medusa , to demonstrate the resistance of citizens more globally , spring movement activists call for new actions planned for saturday from five hours of the evening maryna bilenka details tv channel inter marathon single news scandal in brussels ukrainian community in the european capital rose against the royal the theater of belgium is suffering because there are too many russian works in the program of the new season. and on the stage of the actors of the big theater at a time when the civilized world is shocked by the barbarism and brutality of the russians, the choice of belgian theatergoers is surprising, to put it mildly, elena abramovich will tell more

, and in 2023 it opened with an opera by tchaikovsky pikov the next lady on the list is yevgeny onegin, ilya muromets , and shostakovich's knife, who can explain such a choice , the director of the opera did not find better arguments to compare the bloody russian war with great britain from the eu, just as two years ago when, in the midst of brexit, we discovered that we were presenting a british opera season. now we offer a completely unplanned 2022-2023 season in which a prominent place is dedicated to russian works, so the actors of the bolshoi theater, who position themselves outside the policy is to attract

ukrainian and russian actors to the opera in the following seasons. in this way, the theater fulfills its integral mission of uniting people and building bridges between them, says the appeal in response, the ukrainian community wrote an open letter, now is not the time for russian art for russian culture. russian culture is so propagandistic, it is a tool of propaganda, and belgium shows that russian culture in those times when ukrainian flags are hanging everywhere, it kind of shows that the russian flag is hanging here, it is a stateman for us for us, this is a statement from the opera that russia can have a part of the green corridor in the form of culture in the form of spreading its culture for us, for ukrainians, when the ukrainian genocide takes place nation when the destruction of culture is happening this is a spit in our face ukrainian public organization tried to explain the cultural context of the management of the belgian opera in more depth belgian

newspapers picked up the appeal and poured in a barrage of criticism towards the theater brussels opera house royal theater lamone announced the next season is looking for her growing ukrainian community ukrainians are outraged by the russian program of the royal theater, in the articles there were mentions of how swan lake and other russian repertoire were rejected by the british theaters and the founder of the largest private music school in brussels, who migrated from kyiv 25 years ago, changed the name of her institution, before it was the tchaikovsky school, now the brussels international academy of music , the propagandists there help to understand the true purpose of russian culture, as the general director of armitage

directly said in an interview with the russian media a cultural special operation is underway, our cultural exports are more important than imports, and our latest exhibitions abroad are simply a powerful cultural offensive. if do you want a kind of special operation that many do not like, but we are advancing and no one can be allowed to hinder our advance shchukin and morozov exhibition in paris it is the russian flag over the bolognese forest that prevented the advance as usual ukrainians opera made concessions to activists corrected the text of its appeal on the website and promised to hold a number of informational and visual actions in support of ukraine this season so that admirers of russian art could once again see the scale of destruction caused by the rashists to ukrainian cultural objects and figures from brussels olena abramovych vitaly kovalenko for the only news details the european bureau

of the inter tv channel and now olena abramovych is in direct contact with us because tonight the ukrainians staged a protest against the russian season in the belgian theater olena vitaya or many people went to the campaign and how the belgians themselves are reacting. congratulations colleagues, well , first of all, the ukrainians had to slightly adjust the main message of their campaign, not that they had to, but actually they did it in order to bargain in of the belgian support, more coverage of ukrainian content, now i will explain in more detail what and how. so, the ukrainian community is about a hundred people, and they left this opera 2 hours before the start of the opera, queen of spades, and at first they did their small performance, women in embroidered dresses sang ukrainian folk songs, and their interrupted men

in black masks and covered their mouths. after this miniature, the organizers of the protest explained to passers-by that russia, both modern and imperial, had been destroying ukrainian culture for decades, the activist said stories about murdered ukrainian artists i used to yes and in particular now during this war about a one of the artists of the national opera who died and that is, it turned out to be a kind of one and a half hour non-demonstration for debts about the quite difficult russian policy regarding culture, just listen to what the organizers say my a personal message today that ukrainian artists are ukrainian, they die in the war, they are injured, they are injured, and at that time, in the middle of europe, in the heart of europe, russian artists perform and earn money spends them in russia and thus sponsors the war with their taxes. that is, why does europe

allow our artists to die and go there to earn money? they are not 100% safe for russia, they can serve as agents of influence sometimes without even suspecting it, if the very focus of this protest was slightly shifted from this support in general to the question of the role of russian culture and the threat of she carries herself from the very beginning, the activist planned hives of indignation specifically at this royal opera of belgium and all the spectators who decided to buy a ticket and attend this russian performance, but on the eve of the demonstration, the activists were invited to a conversation by the management of the

opera house, and the representatives of the support very much asked to cancel the rally and the activists did not agree , no, it still did not take place, but if, say , the shifting of accents helped in turn to bargain away from the opera, to consider the possibility of placing a photo exhibition in the corner of the theater, that is, so that those who will come to see russian performances, they saw how russia destroyed, for example, ukrainian cultural objects, we are talking about an exhibition of postcards from ukraine, this is a project of the ministry of culture, which depicts cultural objects destroyed by raschits. creative works and also promised to raise a discussion before the performances about the role of russian culture and the threats it carries .

i will give the demonstration itself to the refusal. it is also interesting that the police called the activists just a few hours before the protest today and informed them that they had received instructions from the mayor of brussels to end the demonstration not 15 minutes before the start of the opera as planned. to connoisseurs of russian culture, our activists did not want to go into conflict with the police because here they had already organized almost fifty actions during the war and according to the rules to agree with by the police they are needed in a week, we very often had spontaneous actions in a day it was some kind of reaction to the deer hunt, etc. that is, the brussels police always make concessions to ukrainian activists, but we were also able to see a lot of visitors who avoided answering questions when i approached them and asked and what kind of comments can you give to ukrainian television

going to the russian support during the war ? in principle, the ukrainians were able to create discomfort for the audience. and they also promised to keep the promises from the management of the opera under control, that is, if they are not fulfilled, people will be taken out again , because there is still a number of russian repertoire ahead in the program. this is the situation colleagues, it is not easy, but our activists are fighting, well done our activists olena thank you, this was my colleague olena abramovych from brussels, where the ukrainian community is protesting against the russian theater season and the continuation of the theater theme after each of her performances applauded while standing admired her worshiped her this is about solomiya krushelnytska today marks 150 years since her birthday

ukrainian woman with incredible talent in her time represented the motherland on four continents and in more than 70 cities of the world krushelnytska's incredible work is admired even now and now in direct communication our colleague khrystyna hashenko from lviv is celebrating solomiya krushelnytska's birthday there today khrystyna i congratulate you, please, i congratulate oleksia we are now in the solomiya opera theater krushelnytska, whose voice was heard by almost the whole world at one time. solomiya managed to conquer the most popular opera stages in europe from italy to austria, and also managed to perform the main female parts of the most popular operas in the world at the time, and by the way, it was performed in 8 languages, for which solomiya

krushelnytska during her lifetime, she was awarded the distinction of being recognized as the most influential and outstanding singer in the world, let alone such a scale is known in the world and will be celebrated under the auspices of unesco. krushelnytska's figure proves the greatness of our heritage is known in the world, and in fact, for our heritage, for our identity, and now a war is being waged in the opera house, it was presented, but we actually see the concert now , people behind my back are already leaving, it ended here today, opera singers from different regions of ukraine, in particular from kharkiv , performed today, the kharkiv opera house is partially destroyed by the russians