e rockets, planes - it hurts, complicated thanks, thanks ukrainian defense forces managed to liberate almost the entire territory of the mykolayiv region, the last occupied part of the region remains the kinburn spit, a few kilometers from it, the defense is held by border guards who fix the military on the spit, what weapons are used by the russian troops there, see the material of our military journalist of a former colleague, levka stek, who currently serves in the state border guard service. we are now at the positions of ukrainian border guards . a piece of the mykolaiv region that is still under the occupation of russian troops. and although the ukrainian advance in the kherson direction has eliminated some threats

, the russians have not stopped striking along this part of the front, they often use rocket systems of salvo fire and zim, their knowledge is not limited, among other things, to the work of shock yagan missiles here the drones of shahendi are currently in the occupied territory of kinburn, according to data, there are troops of the unit of the don cossacks in our area of ​​responsibility, which we protect and we are watching. well, i think there are 700 people here, as well as armored vehicles, ural tigers , they are strengthening the coastline from the estuary, they are mining from the sea, they are observing . from the sea there is a situation against ship missiles that are launched from

submarines and ships and they also fly by, our air defense systems are working as much as possible. works, the warehouse of bc containers is destroyed according to their positions, where there is a place of accumulation of them, well , the main task is defense, defense, positions , observation, timely detection of the enemy, adjustments of artillery, i observe oblique visibility of the good, you can say orcs, so far, i have not observed such cases when you really saw , noticed the movement of equipment or people, yes, head such weather that it was clearly visible well, of course then we

passed it on and added two there was an arrival that we saw then we saw the detonation we saw there are any in general well the fundamental importance of this particular piece is what the russians are doing it for what does it allow it allows them to block the exit from the mykolaiv port of all ships that are from mykolaiv there from khersonsk, that is, a challenge on the black sea. us rocket on the wreckage it was an aviation missile and the wreckage that was found was a kha101 rocket, an air-to- ground missile, about 4.5 m long, which flies at a

speed of 700 and 800 kilometers per hour, an explosive charge, powerful, that is, how much is it it was palpable for you, well, it was palpable from the window in the room nearby, the pit was about 5 meters deep, the ground was scattered about 400 meters away. in february, they did not go anywhere, that is, they live in the ship district, this is the closest district to the hostilities, that is, and they have been living there since the beginning of the war and until today . with the liberation of kherson and the region, the frequency of shelling has decreased from below, of course, because not

all mlrs reach mykolaiv. that is why the frequency of shelling has changed radically and, in principle, it has become safer there . the european union requires ukraine to change this law, why so? the european commission expects that the ukrainian authorities will fully take into account the recommendations of the venice commission to the law on the constitutional court. about this in the comments the spokeswoman of the european commission, anna, told the public that the reform of the constitutional court is one of the seven points that ukraine must fulfill in order to join the eu, and this law was supposed to guarantee the independence of the constitutional court . what happened instead? on december 13, the people's

deputies voted for a bill on improving the procedure for selecting candidates for the position of judges of the constitutional court even before this vote, experts in the field of judicial reform called on the deputies not to vote on the document in the version in which it was prepared, as experts had warned the wording does not envisage an independent constitutional court, rather the opposite, but the deputies did vote, less than a week has passed since the venice commission published an updated opinion on the draft law and recommended changing it and returning to the wording that was emphasized by experts, and literally on the second day after that, on december 20, volodymyr zelensky signs the draft law without taking into account the conclusions of the venice commission and the warnings of experts, the european commission now expects that the ukrainian authorities will take into account the recommendations of the venice commission before of the law on the constitutional court and will change it. then why did the ukrainian government, the verkhovna rada and

the president, risking ukraine's membership in the eu, pass a known controversial law and how will this story develop now, we will talk about it further, the lawyer , advocacy manager of the de jure foundation, stepan berko, joins the broadcast. good evening i congratulate you, when we last discussed this issue on the air with a representative of the de jure foundation, it was said that if the president does sign this law, it will definitely happen after some time they receive either hints or concrete signals from european partners er for ukraine to change this law, well, that's actually how it happened. well, this is the expected result, because er, this law directly contradicts the conclusion of the venice commission, the recommendations of the venice commission, and this means that ukraine did not fulfill the requirement that the european union set for ukraine in order to maintain the status of a candidate for eu membership. this is requirement number

one of the seven requirements that the european commission has set for ukraine. obviously , there is no other way out now, how to make changes to according to the law, we assume that the ukrainian authorities will try to play such a game here that they say , let's appoint judges according to this procedure to the vacancies that are available now, and then we will make changes and adopt such a procedure as recommended by the venice commission, it is necessary to understand that this is actually the worst is an option because it will allow president zelenskyi and his political force to have a loyal majority in the constitutional court, but at the same time allegedly fulfill the requirements of the european union, we still expect that international partners and the venice commission, which according to this law must delegate its experts to the composition of this commission, which will check the future judges of the constitutional court, that they

will not delegate such experts until the law is changed. let's explain to people who suddenly do not understand. what's wrong if the president will control the constitutional court, people trust the president, you saw the trust rating is very high, well, what will the constitutional court control, what's the matter, look, the constitutional court is the only body that, in principle, can restrain both the president and the parliament and judges from violating the constitution and protect the people of each of us from the arbitrariness of the state. that is, it is the body that has very strong powers , it can call any law unconstitutional, it actually checks it he interprets the constitution. that is, it is the body that must protect our rights and the constitutional system, and it is obvious that if this body is not independent, then it makes decisions

guided not by the interests of the people , but by the interests of the state and the constitutional system political players and there is a threat in this, i will remind you that in 2010 it was the constitutional court that returned the version of the constitution of 1996 and gave the president of the former president yanukovych very large powers. they resigned from the constitutional court, and president yanukovych actually led through the parliament from among its judges those judges who were personally loyal to him, he got the composition in which he could lead and give instructions began to receive those decisions from the constitutional court that were beneficial to yanukovych led to the usurpation of power, that is, any control over the constitutional court this is a direct path to the usurpation of power and regardless of whether it is the person who heads

the state, the head of state is not a patriot supports the state and leads the gallows of armed aggression. our constitution provides for a democratic system , any seizure or control over the constitutional court is a threat to the democratic system. sentiments and the desire to gain er control over the constitutional court for the sake of justice not only made such attempts volodymyr zelenskyi did it and petro poroshenko at least talk about it experts and viktor yanukovych whom you mentioned therefore this is not a new story i am here the only thing i want to say is you said that probably now the law will have to be changed, the deputies will again be going to submit some certificates, i just want to remind our audience that ukrainian deputies work for the money of ukrainian taxpayers. now they have passed once the law will now gather once again and once again they will introduce these amendments to infinity and actually. now i want to ask you. and why did

the ukrainian authorities, the verkhovna rada and the president , risk ukraine's membership in the eu? they knew about these demands regarding the independence of the constitutional court and everything is well known. adopted this controversial law precisely because the price of the issue is quite high, you understand . if the constitutional court is independent, this means that this constitutional court will restrain the president and deputies from violating the constitution from adopting constitutional laws from the adoption of some unconstitutional decisions by the president. i am convinced that both the president and his political power in the parliament tried to show some progress, let's say, and expected that from the european union they still get a green light ukraine is at war with russia in a difficult situation and many people in the european union , including at the highest political level, well,

it could be uncomfortable to say publicly or not publicly to our political leadership of the state that you after all, some kind of law was passed. i think that this is the case. there was hope that even such a law, which does not fully fulfill the requirements of the recommendations given by the venice commission, will still be approved positively. in fact, here it is. the representatives of civil society, who during the last two or three weeks, i would say, have been continuously communicating with the european union and the venice commission this law constitutes for the independence of the constitutions here, thank god we were heard and obviously the president and the parliament will

still have to look for a way to change this law. as far as i understand, sometime in the spring of next year, the european commission will prepare a conclusion on whether ukraine has complied with the requirements of the european union requirements set by the eu and at least in this point we will have a red light, which means that ukraine has not taken seriously its prospects of becoming a member of the european union, which means that we cannot start the procedure of negotiations with the european union. i would like to remind you that president zelenskyi had the ambition to fulfill all seven requirements by the end of this year in order to

start negotiations next year, if this law remains in its current version, there can be no negotiations even language is the only thing here. in conclusion, i want to say that today volodymyr zelenskyy met with ukrainian ambassadors, gave them instructions and appealed to them and asked them to do everything possible to bring ukraine closer to the european union . its job is to really convince brussels and other european capitals that ukraine deserves to be a member of the european union and the european union and not only the european union and nato, they will become stronger if ukraine will be a member of these alliances, but it is up to us to do our work and civil society to put pressure on the authorities to demand the changes that we need, an independent constitutional for the members of the european union, first of all, we

remain a democracy and that our constitutional system and rights people were not threatened because everyone does their job, diplomats do theirs, and civil society and the political authorities do theirs. thank you very much for your comment, lawyer, advocacy manager of the de jure foundation, stepan berko, we talked about the constitutional court in ukraine at the end of the year in the largest parliamentary faction, the ruling people's tears are similar to the ripeness of a serious scandal, the apple of discord turned out to be a draft law authored by the head of the party, olena shulyak, on urban planning reform, we already discussed this draft law when it was voted by the verkhovna rada, then the most complaints were that the law can lead to the chaotic development of cities, as the "honestly" movement drew attention to. the city- planning reform was passed with an almost minimal number of votes, 228 to 220 european solidarity and the motherland did not give a single vote to the necessary six, instead, the

deputies helped the servants of the people with their votes. for example, the draft law on the banned municipal police was criticized by the architects of the mayor of large cities and activists. one of these activists, military officer oleg simoroz, wrote an angry outburst on facebook, after which the author of the bill, olena shulyak , visited him. and the story became even more scandalous with a visit to the military hospital that turned into a loud scandal on december 14 in the ward of the seriously wounded soldier and activist oleg simoroz olena shuliak, head of the party, a servant of the people, with a military man who lost both legs in the war and is undergoing rehabilitation, came to talk about urban planning reform. more precisely, law 56-55, criticized by activists, but still voted by the verkhovna rada, is an anti-people document and in the interests of the construction mafia. a military man wrote on facebook and found support and hundreds of shares in the social network 228 votes in the verkhovna rada for the draft law 56:55 in the interests of the

construction mafia was adopted in general, there are no words, i feel that it is worse than undermining the anti-tank weapons olena shulyak i did not fight for this and gave up two legs to discuss with a fighter and at the same time a capital activist who fought against the illegal development of kyiv, the law on urban planning reform was passed without warning and without permission, the politician informed the military developers , most of whom we know. that is, i am on the front a there's nothing to do there if it's not interesting. i just won't. i'll force mrs. olena shulyak to open the door with her foot and come

without warning . these high-profile visits to the wounded soldier by olena shulyak were emotionally discussed on social networks for several days, the situation outraged and people's deputy galina yanchenko declared that the leaders of the presidential party leave olena shulyak's act towards the wounded soldier - this is the day to come to the defender in the hospital not to visit, not to support and to to clarify relations regarding her corruption bill 56-55 is a spit in the face of all our soldiers, all volunteers, all those who risk their lives on the front lines for the sake of the victory of our country, she wrote a statement about leaving the party, a servant of the people, at the same time, explain her departure from the party in a comment on radio svoboda. halyna yanchenko refused , remained silent for a long time, but in the end, a week after the visit to the hospital, olena shulyak published her position on facebook, wrote an apology

about the fact that without details of the incident, if any of my actions or words something offended a soldier, i apologize, i definitely didn’t want it, didn’t plan it, and didn’t aspire to it. and if it was perceived that way, i apologize, like all of us. in eternal debt to the military and volunteers who stand for the protection of our state, our country, our lives, comment on the situation of svoboda life in the press service of olena shulyak, oleg semeros refused her apology. citizens demand a veto, the corresponding petition received more than 42,000 votes iryna sysak yevhen golovin radio svoboda well, actually, through the prism of this story, we will now try to figure it out. is happening in the ranks of the ruling party, or can

this story lead to a split in political power, for example, contact us, political scientist oleh sahakyan, olezhe good evening, let's talk together, let's talk about the situation in the service of the people . it is completely fishy because the situation with this draft law is contradictory despite the fact that i am neither an antagonist to it nor a regular , there are good things in it regarding liberalization and indeed where is the regulation of the market but in addition to that, there are a lot of problems that can actually create abuse in this market and that actually put the community in a subjective position in relation to the developer, but in addition to this, mr. shulyak's behavior itself, if from the very beginning it was still possible to somehow talk about the fact that we don't know to the end what happened. so when the video appeared, when after that it was not recognized its own mistake, it was said if something is wrong, if

something is wrong well, in some ways it is not a specific thing, but here we understand that there is a specific claim in society for all behavior and of course, this begins to create tension within the faction, this is one of the reasons, let's say , in this situation, there are two things: first, we see a high-quality process of the legislative initiative of law-making, and secondly, they need political behavior, a low-quality process of the legislative initiative, this is in relation to the law and unworthy behavior, you are unworthy behavior talk, let's simulate this situation . if something like this happened, i don't know with the british parliamentarian or with the german one. the party, she and the head of the committee, here i am, how does it usually end in civilized democracies well, first of all, such a situation would be impossible there because several rules did not work here at once well, first of all, ms. shulyak says that a certain

information campaign is taking place, into which money is poured and well, we know any controversial issues. and the issue of construction is very resourceful, very controversial, of course there are interests on both sides, and of course there is a place for information companies, including dirty technologies , and therefore i can understand that part there is justice in ms. shulyak's words, but to run to the hospital to see a military man who is currently undergoing treatment after being wounded, well, it's somehow a little shameful in the same germany, conditionally, most likely, no one would let him in, well, at least they would ask him if he is ready to receive visitors. what's more, she is not a relative in order to get there. what's more , who knows, military hospitals are also a regime object during the war and it's so easy to get to the military and generally on the territory hospitals where the military are located are not allowed , because this falls under uh, for today,

issues of national security, in particular, and certain elements of secrecy, so here the procedures did not work with the fact that even if they had been allowed there, they would have been allowed to behave like this again, it would have been resolved internally already people would have expelled the factions, most likely, such a person would have been deprived of his position because there is an institute of reputation, and in ukraine there is no scooter of reputation because who says what, who does what, no one can do anything because it is not a resource. galina yanchenko stated that she is leaving the party precisely because of this incident, and the leadership did not react in any way , the leadership of the faction was completely able to ignore it, and that well, the media will talk about it, people will talk about it, what will tomorrow be just some new bright news or some new bright zashkvar and, accordingly, no one won't draw any conclusions. i'm not saying that during the elections or moments of some kind of voting, uh, here in a week, no one will remember ah, or the name of the deputy, or

the situation that arose with her. well, okay, not in a week, maybe in two. three years ago. who will say that i have little hope that there will be a really serious reaction, i would at least hope and have hope that at least on the bill the president will really approve and send it for revision because here there are chances to at least get a normal quality of the law and it will influence everyone, and the reputation of the institute, so far there will be only one deputy who leaves the party as a sign of protest after such activity. there will be no reactions if it were a large group of deputies who would appeal for example, to the president on this matter , or they would launch intra-party mechanisms in order to remove the head, then yes, hmm, there would be some hope. but now, no, this is an absolutely ordinary and passing case, unfortunately, it just seems to me that hmm, the war and all the

attention is on it and when some such scandals happen now, then probably in peacetime more attention would be paid to this, but during the war it is true, but oleg said that the document was noted that the document has not yet been signed. and i understand that for the president , this is a good reason not to sign it and send for revision well, if the votes for the petition are collected so quickly and after this scandal, then i think it is so reputable that at least they want it to lie down and sign it later well, so that the information hype around this scandal will be put to rest or they will really send it for revision, but in any case signing it now in the wake of such a negative attitude and the presumption of a negative attitude will clearly not do it. at least i think that any, even if the political technologists were some intern, a first-year student, he would still i would advise you to take a break now, and zelenskyi's team of polytechnologists

is very strong, and the recent visit to the united states clearly demonstrated that they know how to pay attention to even a small thing, and here it is very serious, yes, or rather, very clearly , a situation in which they understood that it is necessary to do well, i also wanted to ask about the situation of the largest faction of the parliamentary group of the people in general, is there still a majority there or is it no longer there, because if we are talking specifically about this bill, which we we are discussing what caused the scandal, then the activists drew attention to the fact that it is forbidden to help the servants of the people gather votes, and doubts are creeping in. is there still a coalition in general, is it the majority or is it no longer there, the majority has not been there for about a year, you can look at the voting all the key votes for office of the president for the party servant of the people for the cabinet of ministers were accepted one way or another with the addition of votes from other factions and other deputies if the deputy

group then if we talk about the actual 226 votes exclusively from the servant of the people then find draft laws on which there were 226 plus votes of the servants themselves can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand over the last year, it really is not a majority and there is nothing catastrophic about it, for example, or sometimes there is nothing else, it is simply the ukrainian political system of the party parliamentary system it is plural where many different sub- entities have many different interests. so we are still going through our evolution, so often these interests are dirty in their thoughts and actions. but nevertheless,

they were not united by a certain biology or a certain single interest or by certain common experiences in all parameters, they have much more that separates them than that which unites them, although it is possible that the war could have united them, but it is similar. often on the scoreboard, but at the expense of other factions , including the united parliament, but the servants of the people are not oleg. thank you very much for the political analysis of the political scientist oleg sahakyan was on radio svoboda well, at the very end, i traditionally encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda in social networks instagram telegrams facebook twitter viber where it is convenient for you to subscribe if you have not already done so and two channels on youtube radio svoboda and radio svoboda

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