this story about the alleged appointment of a sexologist as an ambassador in bulgaria is a rather unusual step. i would say a novel in our diplomatic life. well, what do you think about it, and maybe you even know that ambassadors have their own diplomatic channels for receiving information, maybe even more than us. now you can tell me. i may know more, but i can't say everything. i will only say that in estonia there were unexpected appointments of ukrainian diplomacy. i remember, for example, that the first ambassador to germany was supposedly a ukrainian by name. but not at all a ukrainian by profession, about the same thing happened in italy. that is, these were very serious mistakes in personnel, we had some such strange appointments, also at

first glance. well, also a person from chernivtsi, by the way, was an ambassador, uh, a doctor by profession, nothing to do with he didn't have diplomacy. but he, so to speak, performed his official duties relatively normally and served his years with honor. what happened now is definitely surprising, and i think that the surprise that is reproduced in our media and in social networks, he will force or how to say help the leadership of the ministry of foreign affairs, it is possible for the president's office to give some clarification, for today it is clear that the person knows foreign languages ​​she lived and studied abroad for some time, which of course

makes it easier for her to master the diplomatic service. one more thing , for example, our colleagues from other foreign countries do, who also sometimes appoint people without diplomatic experience as ambassadors, they train them for several months beforehand, i.e. a person undergoes a practical in-depth internship, he does not bring a piece of paper to be signed, but actually sits in one or another department , i.e. in one and another, and in the third and fifth, understands what they do, how they communicate and how she will have to work there in that new job if she gets there , that is, maybe she passed this internship, we can allow it, we would know

much more about her from colleagues from various sources in the ministry of foreign affairs and in the president's office, so far we do not know about it but you yourself said that such experience in the diplomatic service, when a person is appointed to a position, relax from any diplomatic experience, it can be a doctor in this case, a sexologist . well, the doctor does not have a diplomatic education, but he is suitable for this position, who speaks motivation, is suitable for the position of the ambassador of bulgaria, e-e. this is a difficult question, and before this ambassador, our experienced diplomat moskalenko was there knows the bulgarian language and knows the region well, not

only bulgaria, but the balkans as a whole, and with good diplomatic experience, an initiative person, an icon, he has done a lot to push bulgaria to supply weapons to ukraine now, and not very seriously, the entire block of weapons, but everything - it still required great efforts over many months and he coped with it, and it is a great merit. it is a pity that this was not noted anywhere, therefore, to come to bulgaria now on the word of mouth without any diplomatic experience and contacts in the diplomatic world will be it is not easy, what is the cause of this, everyone asks what is the cause of this, i also cannot answer this question, obviously the decision is made - the decision

is always made at the highest level, the president signs it, obviously he was given some reasons, let's first be a little patient, a week or two, we will see what happens this public inquiry will end, and then if, uh, ms. ilashuta, he will be in sofia, then we will see in a month, two or three. how did she get settled there? it is a very important moment. i said about diplomatic, i mentioned about diplomatic experience is knowledge, it is acquaintance with other people with whom you used to meet in one way or another in diplomacy. that is, you worked on a different level, in a lower position, in some other city, in some other history of this place . you met this or that, and then you with him, you meet in another place and so on, it is in diplomacy, it is the golden golden rule

to have such experience, and with the help of these contacts, when you come to a new place, you will learn from your friends, friends, what is done here, how it breathes here and with whom you need to talk and how to say it is extremely important , but again, we'll see. allow me to ask you about bulgaria. can you give us such a short excursion, in general, what a person who is an ambassador to this country should be able to understand and know, as of now, when ukraine is at war as of now, we must remember that the russian empire at one time fought for a very long time with the turkish ottoman empire for the balkans and in particular for bulgaria, and in this regard, in bulgarian society

, a kind of respect for the russian weapons because the russian empire has always positioned itself as russian. although all the peoples or nations that were in the russian empire at that time fought there, ukrainians , first of all, the first, the second, practically the same thing happened during the second world war. when bulgaria was liberated from let's talk about the german government and when communism, socialism, communism was planted in bulgaria , that is, the ties with bulgaria in the russian federation are very deep and well developed. in bulgaria or russian production of gas science is always eh. she left. if she went to

bulgaria or through bulgaria, it was very difficult for valeria to be accepted into the european union through some specific channels, despite her geographical, historical and so on eh positives due to corruption ties specifically with the russian federation with the ussr, then with the russian federation. and this is all aggravating the circumstances. bulgaria has now distinguished itself by imposing specific requirements on north macedonia in order to gain membership in the european union, because in in the luhansk society, there is a widespread opinion that in northern macedonia it is actually bulgaria, only that there is a slightly different pronunciation, that is, not everyone in bulgaria thinks so, of course, but those in bulgaria absolutely narrow it down, they speak in approximately the same words as putin

is ukraine - it's also little russian, and it's the same as russian. well, only a little bit, they're not finished. well, they're not prepared. they're weak. that 's why bulgaria also has it, and that's why, taking into account all these burdens, it's necessary to break through a change in bulgaria's position. on the pro-ukrainian side, obviously, despite the lobby , despite the pressure of socialists, ex -communists of bulgaria, and uh, to remove bulgaria as a supplier of weapons to ukraine . let's say it's not lithuania. in this regard, the word ukraine opens all doors for the newly appointed ambassador, so it will

definitely be a challenge. well, maybe just the skills of a psychologist and a gestalt therapist will be needed, but other skills are needed here. but why not, you know the world has been used for the last 10:20 30 years and they become millionaires and even millionaires at the age of 25 after working a little on tik toku and they fly into space for money and not for business and so on and so on that is why to sexoprotologists, but i wouldn't want to make fun of a person i don't know and uh, so that we don't get the impression that we will immediately

ban or pour something over them. we will see, well, in addition , we do not forget that in each embassy except the ambassador has a sufficient staff and these are people from siena, they are of all professions. they know the region, the country, and they will tell you a lot about the tasks for it. of foreign affairs is managed by an experienced person and a wonderful deputy minister who deals with this region. so, so to speak , the boundaries set are to go into some absolutely abnormal free swimming

there will be opportunities, they will help, they will support. well, if it doesn't work, they will draw conclusions accordingly, we'll see. in the position you would like to win, but in general, in general, it often happens that random people are brought into the diplomatic service simply because of bribes or because of some family ties. well, no, no. often, and all the more, our war is now a toy, what can be forgiven, let's say if new zealand appoints the wrong person to colombia , well, a little less butter. or there is an experienced one who does not aim and immediately shoots which should not be and that is why

society reacts to this appointment and this is correct, this reaction is correct, it should be opaque , there is nothing left if everything is visible from the quadcopter, even as the fighter itches, they bought it from the same social quadrocopter, let it be seen how the ambassador makes each step and whether this step is successful, that is correct, i can only add here and remind that radio liberty has asked the ministry of foreign affairs for a comment on whether the man who has no on the day of experience in the diplomatic corps, she was appointed ambassador. we have not received an answer yet. but as soon as it appears to me , we will definitely make it public. region, the armed forces of ukraine

captured the russian self-propelled acacia installation along with ammunition and are attacking the positions of the russian army from it, the ukrainian military says that this is how they return to the russians the so-called gifts to the troops they prepared for kharkov and for the armed forces of ukraine about the work of the trophy equipment will be told by the journalists of radio liberty who filmed this very work, that is, 23 vjata from the russian occupier who got from the territory of our state from the kharkiv region, and it is good for the 127th brigade of the territorial defense captured this trophy, repaired it, took the ammunition and these gifts that they prepared for our city of kharkiv and for our soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine, and now the gifts will be returned to them

the city of moscow, it’s clear, he will download it, the defense of the russian federation says that the projectile was an attempt by the enemy to cross the state border of ukraine, that’s why we were forced to respond and defend our state, for sure we saw an armored personnel carrier there, it’s very simple that we are hindered, you see the weather that is today and the fog and slush, and therefore the equipment is a little heavy , so in principle there are certain problems in this, but believe me in the near future, i think that this territory will be liberated and, in principle, we will no longer let this enemy the borders of the state border, thanks to ukraine that the

west did not try to become a mediator in russia's war against ukraine, as for mediation, we, as turkey, says erdogan , took on this role in 2022, what can we expect from turkey next year in the context of the grain corridor for the exchange of prisoners and actually mediation in russia's war against ukraine vasyl bodnar, extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine in turkey, told this in an exclusive interview with radio liberty from the very beginning of this full-scale war president radugan has taken such a balanced position that he tries to communicate equally with president putin and president zelensky and even acts as a mediator establishing ukrainian-russian dialogue. why do you think he chose this approach? how is it beneficial for him? turkey believes that it is conducting their policy, which is independent of any e-e alliances or impositions from the side , their policy of seeking peace, then this policy is

built on the principle of what else did atatürk bequeath : peace at home, peace in the world, and if this idea it is rooted in turkish society, that is why the mediation efforts were not based on that, including targeting the domestic electorate, almost 80% of turkish citizens believe that turkey should remain neutral in this war, turkey's mediation efforts were to some extent successful, and it is the only country that managed to bring the two conflicting parties to the negotiating table, the results of the negotiations, which they were, of course, do not satisfy us completely, but, well, during that period, they had their progress after the agreements about the grain agreement on the exchange of prisoners of war, some other negotiation tracks, they take place either on turkish territory or with the assistance of turkish partners , so in this case it is useful and profitable for us, on the other hand, we must understand that turkey plays the role of a global player, they want to play their role and want to wash their interests protect their interests, the

main principle that now dominates the rhetoric of official interests is that peace should be based on the fair principle of the territorial integrity of ukraine, of course at first, this was not the case, but thanks to our work with the greek side, and the constant dialogue , which is not in the hands of the presidents of the ministers, we have, and we have convinced the turkish side to adhere to the basic principles for them, which they traditionally professed, not recognizing the occupation of crimea, that is, peace, but on our grounds, the territorial integrity of ukraine, which corresponds to in principle, to our positions if we talk about mr. erdogan's contacts with president putin, how much influence does the turkish president have on the russian president, and what exactly is this influence on ? based here, personality and pragmatic interests play a role, personal communication , of course, a lot is based on the same pragmatic interests, but it is difficult to overestimate the influence of rodogan's personality, since he has the opportunity to influence putin, including thanks to his communication

with him, in fact, pragmatic interests are based on the fact that turkey is very dependent on russia, e.e., from the energy side of gas supply, it is somewhere around 46-48%. this is oil, which mostly comes from the territory of russia, this is the only nuclear power plant that exists so far is being built on the territory of turkey, but by russians, it is tourists, it is 4 million traditionally every year, it is a large sum of money, that is, this interdependence is not reflected only in openness to russians, but also in confrontation, because turkey and russia oppose each other in some regions of the world, libya, syria, the south, the south caucasus, and so on. such a balancing act between somewhere we are friends, somewhere we are somewhere we oppose each other, the president of the grain agreement and volodymyr zelenskyi in particular thanked him for that, how is the transportation of ukrainian grain going now, this is us grain corridors, are there any problems, and it is possible to

say about the specific volumes, how much has already been exported, as of today, about 14 million tons of grain have already been exported, that is, they have gone for export, the biggest problem now is the usual delay with inspections from the russian side parties in this case, they are the least interested party, er, they are here. to be honest, there is no point in er, in fact, the grain agreement became possible thanks to the armed forces of ukraine, because after knocking out the enemy from snake island and destroying the equipment that allowed us to control the northern black sea region, we freed the nobles of the exit of ships, and thanks to it, including during negotiations with the turkish side, it was then possible to reach exactly those agreements that are functioning now, of course, russia sets its demands, they also want to get relaxation of the sanctions regime, the arrival of ships, they want to get additional opportunities for insurance is also not simple, it is a separate document between these morandum that was concluded between the un and russia at the same time when this grain agreement was concluded and now it is also

if this topic is relevant and the russian side is trying to play on it, but we keep a clear position, the turkish side also showed leadership. when the russian side broke through , a specific step was taken to withdraw from this initiative, that the verification was carried out by two sides, they by turkey, it was clear to moscow that it was possible simply to lose everything, they returned to this initiative and now it functions maybe not as we wanted, but it is in the process and now in the next three months we have the opportunity to export our grain to foreign markets regarding the inspection of ships transporting grain back in the summer, the ukrainian authorities talked about the fact that several russian ships were allegedly transporting black grain from the occupied territories of ukraine, what was the end of the inspection, if they were, and in fact, are there any similar cases with such 18 ships were involved in the

illegal export of grain from the territory of the crimea to the crimea, they were brought from the territory of the occupied zaporozhye and kherson regions, that is, the scheme took place. thus, the ship excluded in the middle of the black sea, this e transponders , that is, the means of transmitting information about the location , usually went to either the port of sevastopol or the port of kerch in sevastopol, they loaded wheat in kerch, loaded corn, then they received documents with russian authorities, as if all that the company was russian, confirmation of russian origin grains and so on, and later entered turkish ports, selling allegedly russian grain to turkish firms, of course we recorded all this and now we have established interaction between the office by the general prosecutor and which is responsible from the turkish side, each case will be dealt with step by step and of course all these cases will later go to the international tribunal to condemn russia, in fact now the number of such measures has decreased, more are going to syria

turkey also acts as a mediator in matters of exchange of prisoners and currently in turkey there are five if i'm not mistaken the commanders of the azovstal defenders and can you tell a little about the conditions in which they are received and how often maybe you can with them see each other. and if such meetings take place. what do you talk about, they are not limited by anything. they have access to medical care, to normal nutrition, to the same way to communicate with their relatives. there is information about attempts or propos to search for them and attempts to physically eliminate them on the part of the russian side despite the exchange, the second story is related to those painful exchanges and the third is of course that they stay here, how the rehabilitation process went and when the appropriate moment comes, i will reach other agreements, they can safely return to their families and to us here to help defend ukraine , i hope that in the near future they will also

see in their family this is also important because the person has already been e that at the beginning of october, this is an element of human and human interaction, what is it possible to communicate with them about, it is about their experience and about surviving because the boys really experienced a lot of stress, they are real heroes they really endured what not every person can endure, we need to learn more about them, god grant that they return home soon, they themselves will tell about how they experienced it and how difficult or important it was for them in this experience that on ivano-frankivsks celebrated christmas for the first time in many years. on december 25, people gathered for a festive service in the church and sang traditional carols. look how it was.

oh, little christ, oh , honest people. again only to give glory to jesus christ, it's strange to pass there, i'm already used to that date , i've been waiting for that, but little by little, i think

everything will be fine, i'll get used to the 25th. little by little december grew into christianity - it actually goes to give christmas , even those who celebrate on january 7 still according to the church calendar, this december 25 is the julian calendar, it pleases us to go to church , then this is the decision of the community and the community to this has already matured, our church has shown that it is a church that loves its faithful, that trusts them and will allow the right to choose, because i was told a lot and why couldn't you lead the order and as you know, like stalin, you still need stalin in the church, we are not enough already lived with all these dictators, then you still go to church or

you were dictated to by such people. why not say it yourself? i want to go together. the cuckoo will forge the villages. they formed children die and we with with them, we have something to celebrate together, they have something holy. believe me, there is absolutely nothing holy and returned ukraine and it should have passed to everyone a long time ago and do not think about giving to people. what can’t be done this time? well, what do you think? god, wait, we’re

hiding. god, the evening is guarding. the colorists all gathered together near the church on sundays. blown away by the wind until you carol until six o'clock it seems until night until the dark night of the recommended hour, so we still finish because we have to go around all these huts here and now all these carolers who were near the church are going to their corners, oh god flies by the way, we have there is a caroling

party at the forefront, and they, too, on the morning of the 25th, the boys will be caroling as it should be with bartka , everything is as it should be, as i am. unfortunately for many, we will already pray for the rest of their souls, because 12 boys who have already died are connected to the crookedness directly, yes, for one and a half thousand of our population, oh my god, the light was shining early, but many people said that maybe you shouldn’t go caroling, it ’s still a war, i say no. this is our front, this is our zero, and we must not give the enemy a chance on it, god grant you all of us cows we are already leaving guests healthy once again merry christmas to everyone who is celebrating well, traditionally, i invite you to subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda on the

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