then everyone had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with all the contracts, but the problem in this case is not in the contracts, the problem is in the catalog that he said about, and that catalog contains such opportunities that allow you to have such, say, ambiguous estimates of the cost of food products, that's why this decision was made the catalog will be brought to the maximum level of sane nonsense, as for the specific case, well , for er, again, for the position of the ministry of defense, wait, the contract provided for the purchase of eggs at uah 17 per piece within this of the catalog, the contract provided for the organization of meals for military personnel at a certain amount per day, which i cannot name. this amount was previously determined by an expert, an independent state expert, an expert institution, and all companies that provide food, they offered a price lower than that determined by the experts and as part

of the daily food supply, they buy those products there, regarding the eggs that are mentioned there, according to the version, again , according to the words of the minister of defense, it was about about the incorrect filing, how is it correct to say in which units these or other purchases were measured? that is, there are kilograms, calories , etc. while the investigation is ongoing, can any personnel decisions be made, at least temporarily, for example, suspending the person who was directly responsible for the procurement, and his name is bohdan khmelnytskyi? is it possible somehow for the minister of defense. i don't know if the war is still going to be suspended or not suspended. but nevertheless, the people who were directly involved in this at the moment while the investigation is ongoing, that this

issue is directly under the control of the president in our committee, so i think that personnel decisions will be will be decided in the coming days . and what personnel decisions can be made here from your point of view? what do you think, let's wait for the decision of those who have the right to make decisions like you, i think that if let's say so in the end inspections, and since this issue has become a high-profile issue, not only court-to-court investigations, but also internal inspections by the relevant controlling institutions of the ministry of defense, if possible abuses, even possible abuses of specific regulations of the ministry of defense, are established as facts, then they will definitely be removed from boarding. what do you think? is this story somehow able to shake the trust of international partners in ukraine? i think this situation is definitely not a source of trust because, as i say once again, let's say for

according to the results of today's committee meeting, the members of the committee do not have an unequivocal conviction that there have been systemic violations and systemic abuses. there are certain questions about the methods and how we will correct them, but we can say that we are convinced that the specific decisions of the ministry of defense already at least raise doubts about their integrity unfortunately or fortunately, we can't say that yet, but one question that is not related to purchases and eggs for 17 hryvnias, what do you think about the story that the head of ukrainian intelligence, kyrylo budanov, told our publication that he still confirmed that sbu officers killed an intelligence officer and threw the body out into the street, will this case be considered by your committee? we have already initiated the committee's consideration of all circumstances of death mr. kirev, but here it is necessary to understand that to date there is a pre-trial investigation by the state bureau of investigation and there are issues that they can

not make public even for members of our the committee for the members of the law enforcement committee regarding the secrecy of the pre-trial investigation, so here i would urge that we, as a committee, will definitely keep this issue under control, but i would urge to wait for the results of the pre-trial investigation and after another burst of information about this well, it is really very unpleasant and certainly not an unreasonably unpleasant situation and in general , the answer to those questions is interesting. thank you very much. issues of national security, defense and development was on radio svoboda, thank you hungary refused to block the next package of military aid to ukraine this was

reported by the editor of radio freedom in europe and kardiozvek, the decision on another aid to ukraine is currently being taken in brussels at the meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the european union the sources of the news agency reuters reported that the ministers approved a new tranche of military aid to kyiv in the amount of 500 million euros, the representative of lithuania also informed about this decision in the eu, he wrote about it on twitter, and it is reported that this package was approved along with an additional 45 million for non-lethal equipment for the eu military training mission in ukraine, meanwhile, the polish prime minister, uy shmurowiecki, said that poland can deliver german leopard 2 tanks to ukraine as part of a coalition of countries , even if berlin does not approve the re-export of this model of german-made tanks, we will apply for consent to transfer leopard tanks to ukraine, but this is a secondary topic. even if in the end we do not receive this consent in part of a small coalition of countries, and even if

the germans will not be in this coalition, we will still transfer our tanks to ukraine, the condition for us at the moment is the creation of at least such a small coalition of states on this issue , together with president ajaj duda and vice prime minister marius blaszczak we are in contact with our partners in western europe, and another news about aid for ukraine has arrived from estonia. as part of the record package of military aid for ukraine announced last week, estonia is handing over all available 155 mm howitzers to ukraine this was stated by the estonian ambassador to ukraine kaimu kouse after the meeting of the ministers, the correspondent of radio svoboda in europe in brussels, zoryana stepanenko, in particular, spoke with the minister of foreign affairs of estonia, urmas som reisal, in particular, about how estonia is pressing germany regarding leopard tanks. well, about the transfer of all howitzers to ukraine and the diplomatic scandal with moscow in a statement together with other

baltic countries you called on germany to provide ukraine with leopard tanks what are the latest news on this matter plantain well, no more for clarity, in addition to the fact that there are several countries that have testified that they are ready to do this, i hope that in the near future, and this was my message to my german colleague today, germany will clearly state that it is ready to grant permission to those countries that ask for it . and i also hope that they will look at estonia was also among those who supported the idea of ​​sending leopards to ukraine. how many leopards do you have at your disposal? and without germany's permission you are willing to do the same our recent decisions were that now we have increased our military aid to ukraine by more than 1% of our gdp and this is my

call to other countries let's set a target of one percent of gdp and it will matter in our arsenal has zero tanks. so we give howitzers ammunition, anti-tank weapons, etc., but if we had tanks, we would have already delivered them, but i take this condition regarding germany in this polish statement as evidence that they are ready to go to the creation also of a smaller coalition, in addition, i would say that it is possible that this is an act of friendly pressure, but i hope that the best option would be for germany to clearly state that it supports such a decision, and i think that this may also stimulate countries that prefer greater caution, you mentioned the estonian military aid package ukraine's biggest announcement since the beginning of the war about him was last week, because it is known that you are collecting all 155 mm howitzers at your disposal and

handing them over to ukraine to set a precedent and encourage other countries to do the same. we would like to ask you what kind of feedback you have received from your partners and whether you see a willingness to follow your example. i hope it is positive and we also intend to encourage others by our example to follow that the weapons that we have in our stocks are in reserve, these are weapons that are not used, weapons are very necessary to it was used in ukraine to protect innocent people to protect the freedom of a brave nation, and the time is critical now , the painful anniversary of this war of aggression is approaching, and we need to improve and pragmatically change our the philosophy of support as much as it is necessary to give weapons to ukraine and avoid ukraine losing this war, we should give enough so that ukraine can win the war

this year, since the war began, if i am not mistaken, estonia was the first country, is moscow expelling its ambassador, in your opinion , why did they burn such a thing in russia the decision regarding estonia and what are the possible consequences in all senses, because estonia acts as a mirror, i informed my colleagues in the eu council that estonia informed russia a few weeks ago that we are going to establish parity in our diplomatic relations, this means a significant reduction of russian diplomats in estonia, what we are seeing now is russia's response to estonia's three-step move, and i also called for other countries to consider following our example. relations up to the level of the chargé d'affaires in prague, victims from estonia,

leopards from germany, not only about this, we will talk further with us live race as a bride, a member of the european parliament from lithuania rasa good evening good evening that's how it became known today that estonia is handing over all the howitzers it has to ukraine, and that's how the news immediately appeared that russia ordered the estonian ambassador to leave russia by february 7 and also recalled his ambassador to tallinn these are somehow related things between each other . what do you think? well, probably. i don't know what kind of official information is out there from the russian ministry of defense. i just flew from lithuania to brussels. so, not yet managed everything review but it doesn't matter eh, probably so, it should be because, well, what

kind of diplomatic relations are there when there is a war and how when such a lie is made against our states, especially the baltic states - according to the words, this is due to the fact that we need to help ukraine and we need to give everything that uh, everything that can be given. that's it, yes, i very much support it. well, not everything is like that, the baltic countries, yes, they show such an example in the editorial, and that's what i want to motivate to do the same thing in the other countries of europe. well, for example, poland said, poland said that they will send tanks to ukraine. of course, the contract says that the equipment cannot be transferred to third

parties without an agreement. but this is such a unique situation now that eh , probably suggestions or er so i think that everything will be done according to the agreement , they have already received such an offer many times, or not, germany said that officially this has not happened yet, the prime minister of poland said that he will make such an official offer already , after all it is necessary to do everything in a documented manner, listen well, it is clear, from the outside, it looks like chancellor olaf scholz is doubtful, he is not ready to give such a

permission, and if he allows it, germany is not ready for such a step in different ways for the reasons of scholtz, here is the latest information of ya would ask joe biden to make a similar chance and er american tanks there at least a symbolic amount yes ukraine well if that doesn't happen can poland still ignore the er lack of permission from germany and transfer tanks to ukraine wouldn't it be something well, let's say the destruction of some basic architecture in the supply of weapons. well, not only the supplies of the expression, but also the solidarity of the unity of the west. nato is a very important factor, and of course everyone wants to have treaties. us so that germany and poland and other states that are stubbornly agreed on this and i would very

much like to see the leadership of germany, this is the largest state in the european union, the strongest economically, the most powerful, and many people in lithuania are asking. those are such long decisions, probably even within nato, if there will be, uh, their day will come, uh, maybe there will even be such indecisiveness, so don't decide, such indestructibility. so it's more than leopards, i think that many politicians, here i am i will introduce a political group in which the work here is also the largest delegation from herma from germany, this is an assistant to the democrats, they are very worried about this, we are writing to each other, and this is the faction, just like the parliament, all the time. it is very clear what needs to be done and they are very worried because they

understand that germany is no longer the kind of leader or is not becoming the kind of leader that europe needs now and in the future. in the heads of people's minds, especially the soldemokrats, because sol represents the soldemokratov, they were always such perspectivists. well, of course, everyone is against war, but now the time has come that weapons bring peace to the european continent, and to many people, this is the party 's voter. it is very difficult for them to re -guarantee because they have always been against spending for military spending and so on and so on so that the processes are not easy but but we see what happens when

politicians rely on the voters. and if you look at the questions of the voters, they probably see the situation a little differently than we in the baltic states recently, it was just in the european countries in 10 states, and just like that in germany and austria, in my opinion, more than 60% of us said about that they really want the end of the war as soon as possible. it depends very much on the otliverov if the leaders of the other or one or the other political party express their opinion very clearly and strongly and the people listen to them and the leaders must lead the people er go forward

always but this leadership is now especially important leopards at the expense of tanks, we do not see the leaders of the social democratic party, but of course germany was the state that already helped a lot and helped ukraine so that it is impossible to say that germany does not do anything with everything a lot of things she has already done. and i think she will do more . in nato and in the european union, in the entire democratic world, he is not as i would like to be, not as i would like to be. and i repeat myself, i

think that germany is exactly the state that should take the leadership and are not afraid to accept difficult ones solutions the most important thing, of course, is that germany probably doesn't have such a strategic approach yet, just like other states. and what will happen to russia? what does it mean for ukraine to win this war? they think that at some point, when ukraine will not remain in the territory of ukraine, there will be no russian occupiers. well, yes , they will probably return to such a business from the south to work like this. how was it before this war ? it will look completely different to us

the future what is needed don't be afraid of russia on it, don't be afraid to take such decisive decisions and make very important and strong decisions and don't be afraid that putin won't be in russia, this regime won't be, it will be just liberation itself россии от того им пелитического е-е regime which is ее очень оченься сейчас once and thank you very much for the comment once and how to me the eternal member of the european parliament from lithuania was on radio svoboda thank you well and one more topic is already the internal servant of the people mp pavlo halimon who in the midst of the war bought an elite estate in the center of the capital on the pechersky hills will be dismissed from the position of deputy head of the faction. this was announced today by the head of the faction, the servant of the people in the parliament , davyd and arkhamia halimon, who will also be dismissed from the post of the head of the party cell of the servant

of the people in the chernihiv region, the story of halimon well this is actually an illustration of how in a few years a person, becoming a people's deputy, became quite rich on the eve of the edition of ukranian pravda published an investigation about pavlo halimon, it is noted that in the summer in 2022, the deputy bought himself a mansion in the most expensive district of kyiv at an unjustified understated price. having registered this mansion for another person, the journalists investigated that in the summer real estate on the pechersky hills , however, it is halimon who lives in accordance with the purchase and sale agreement, which is at the disposal of the journalists, in the house together with the land the plot cost 10 million hryvnias for halimon, at the same time, according to information on real estate sites, a house near the botanical garden of a similar area costs about 50-60 million hryvnias the official owner of the house is a woman named anastasia kotelenets, in 2021 she also

purchased 45 plots of land in the chernihiv region with a total area of ​​about 80 hectares. ani halimon of anikotylenets did not comment on all these purchases in the parliament. pavlo halimon holds the position of deputy chairman of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine issues of agrarian and land policy in the 19th year during the presidential elections, he was the representative of volodymyr zelenskyi in chernihiv region. of the people in the chernihiv region and what is interesting. this is not the first time that pavlo halimon has come into the focus of investigative journalists. in 2020 , the journalists of the radio svoboda scheme program published an investigation. it was called the protector of the untouchables, where they told how the then general prosecutor iryna venediktova refused to open criminal proceedings at the request of the detectives. regarding the people's deputy from the servant of the people pavlo halimon due to his alleged extortion of illegal benefits and this despite the fact that there were

audio recordings that could testify that halimon demanded a bribe from an agrarian businessman in exchange for favorable conditions for running an agrarian business in the chernihiv region this is the story, and we are now in touch with the deputy executive director of the anti-corruption center olena shcherban good evening good evening olena how do you like the story of pavel halimon or you already as anti-corruption experts, nothing can be surprising. well, actually, you can't really be surprised, but it is logical why all this is happening now, because with the introduction of martial law, the obligation to submit public declarations is actually exempted about the property status, including the deputies, and first of all, it must be said that today, unfortunately, the parliament is not doing anything to restore electronic declaration, so it is not even about public access to the

declaration, yes, deputies in general today are not required to submit declarations and this is a big problem, because it is necessary to understand that even if due to martial law there may be reasons not to publish some sensitive information that can be used by the enemy, but obstacles to mps and officials who are in kyiv today could declare and show that even during the war they are ready to be accountable and ready to show information about their assets and their property . there are also reasons for the fact that today anti-corruption bodies have many questions even regarding the declarations submitted by the last

people's deputies for 2000 2020, we know that at the end of last year there was a number of suspicions were announced, including representatives of the servant of the people faction, deputies of other factions, where they did not declare, for example, rented apartments in which such expensive people live in the center of kyiv, and it is clear that under such circumstances, martial law is currently used as an excuse not to show their assets not to mention publicity, but actually about not reporting even to anti-corruption authorities about your lifestyle. well, if i understand you correctly, what do you think there is no principle, there is no reason to hide declarations. well, if a person is a deputy in kyiv, he is not some special agent there who performs some special task there. i don’t know there, within the limits of security, well, that is, the declaration

of deputies was considered and the top officials of the time were actually considered the greatest achievement for ukraine and now they are closed, do you think that they should be returned and opened, of course they should be returned, because this is actually a key way where society and the public, and actually law enforcement and control bodies can draw conclusions about the extent to which officials in general lead an honest and virtuous way of life and do not acquire their wealth in some unspecified way because they could, the declaration is a proper reporting to society about what account you live on and where you actually get resources for your existence because it is clear that the anti-corruption system at one time was built in such a way that you must declare all your assets and if

you do not declare them, then this is actually also a criminal liability or if you declare but cannot explain their origin , then this is also the responsibility for illegal enrichment, according to today well , there really are no obstacles because well, today in kyiv, in fact, all state authorities work like this, officials work, deputies work because of that well, it's very strange, yes... when life is restored, everyone works, but they do not consider it necessary to report, therefore there may be questions regarding the declaration of persons who are at the front, no one demands this today, but actually, when it comes to parliamentarians, it is very logical to see such declarations. and, actually, to monitor the process , what happens in general with the assets and

lifestyle of such persons, i see no other reason than to hide the actual declaration , only such reasons can be in the fact that the deputies in that among others, they want to hide some of their problems, including the origin of their assets during the war, we have literally 30 seconds left like this and how should this story with halimon develop, well, they would remove him from his posts, but he remains a people's deputy, what should happen next, and what should happen next, in fact, there should be appropriate checks, but due to the fact that the law today does not allow checks to be carried out. perhaps there will be criminal proceedings where the origin of these assets will be clarified, but without the obligation to submit declarations such proceedings, unfortunately, have very, very few prospects, and we must understand that if we see, in a year or two,

the declarations of all officials and deputies in a few years, then of course, with such a volume at once, it will be very difficult for the anti-corruption body to deal with it, it is important to do it as soon as possible, that is, there is not even an opportunity to conduct a full-fledged investigation now because of the war and closed declarations, even for anti-corruption bodies, they simply do not exist , even closed ones, there is no obligation to submit them even to closed access to the declaration system, thank you very much deputy executive director of the center anti -corruption olena shcherban, we talked about the case of people's deputy pavlo halimon, who got rich during the war or maybe before the war, but only during the war he bought an estate for himself on the pechersky hills, thank you very much, we will monitor what is happening in ukraine and the world against the background of the war in ukraine, we will monitor the international reaction and the international attempt to convince olaf scholze

to still give permission to supply ukraine with leopard tanks literally today dmytro kuleba, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, wrote about the fact that half a step remains, we are at the final stage. this is how he commented on the granting of permission by germany to supply leopard tanks to ukraine. skip it, i traditionally encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda in social networks instagram telegram facebook twitter viber and two channels on youtube radio svoboda and radio svoboda ukraine until tomorrow cinema television sports music education free people have a choice choose what you want on megogo