[000:00:00;00] how did it unite? how exactly did germany become a member of the european union in the 1990s? we can solve this problem. we don't have any borders with you . we need poland to unite . of such a union well, let's look here, maybe belarus will help us eh with its democracy . thank you.

news release and we start with such heroes, now another big exchange took place at home ukraine freed 116 defenders from russian captivity, among them defenders of mariupol , kherson partisans, snipers from the bakhmut direction, 87 soldiers of the armed forces, as well as soldiers of the national guard, national police , border guards, naval forces and one representative of the state emergency service, in addition to it was possible to return the bodies of the dead foreign volunteers , volunteers christopher matthew perry and andrew tobias matthew, as well as the body of the dead soldier yevgeny kulik in odesa, ongoing restoration work at one of the substations, specialists have already begun to revive critical infrastructure facilities, hospitals, boiler houses, and water plants, at the same time there are emergency power outages in the region , the regional military administration reported that due to the morning accident at the power plant , part of the communities of the district and the city of odessa remained without power in electric transport is also not working in the city, local residents say that the fire broke out at a substation

in the village of usatove, the occupiers have non-stop teleports in donetsk region, two dead and 14 injured for yesterday, the head of the regional military administration , pavlo kyrylenko, reported that 34 houses , kindergartens, clinics, and other civil infrastructure facilities were destroyed in the turkish province. residents of paraskovi have numerous injuries, one person died, three more civilians were wounded of varying degrees of severity by the occupiers in the past day, kherson region was shelled 47 times, it was noted in the regional military administration that the russians opened fire from

the artillery of rocket systems, volley fire, mortars and tanks. kherson succumbed to six attacks, the enemy hit the residential sector and a private enterprise. next , operational information from the general staff, despite heavy losses, the occupiers still continue to advance on the limansky in the bakhmut , avdiiv and novopavlov areas , our defenders repelled enemy attacks near nine settlements, this is in particular a crime and dibrova of the luhansk region and paraskoviivka and bakhmut of the donetsk region, the russian invaders will not leave the populated areas alone. along the contact line, they are firing mortars and artillery, instead, our aviation has carried out 8 strikes on the areas of concentration of the occupiers, and rocket launchers and artillerymen have hit the control post of two areas of concentration of manpower. of the enemy and one important flamethrower system

, the enemy has begun measures to evacuate the population from the temporarily occupied territories, according to the available information, they are preparing to leave collaborators and families in the troitsky district of the luhansk region and about the losses of the enemy, the armed forces of ukraine organized and since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the defenders have already sent 130,590 invaders there , the attackers and equipment are lost, namely 13 cars and a tank truck, 6 armored combat vehicles, 5 art systems, three tanks and the same number of means of anti-aircraft defense of the invaders, in addition, our defenders landed four drones of the attackers in the general staff clarify that these data are indicative

meeting of the leaders of the american president joseph biden will visit poland in the near future, this information was confirmed by the head of the international policy department of the office of the president of poland, martin the reader. he, together with the head of the national security bureau , jacyk wisik, are in washington at meetings with american colleagues. polish politicians discussed the issue of further assistance to our country, the us military presence in poland , the transfer of technology and arms procurement , as well as the alliance freedom summit, previously the american media reported that biden on the anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine is planning a visit to europe. here's what's going on at the moment. the news team told you about the most important. the next news release at 3:00

p.m. will also tell you with the news team . on social networks, espresso is on youtube , telegram, instagram, twitter, like, stay close, and in a few moments i will meet with you, the next should be aviation, ukraine waited a long time for tanks, and after their transfer is counting on airplanes and the next meeting in the rammstein format should be based on this, said deputy head of the president's office ihor zhovkva on february 14 in an interview with the french tv channel france 24, who and when can transfer fighter jets to ukraine , we will learn from the material of my colleagues from

the france 24 tv channel interview and our current guest ihor zhovkva, deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, he is also the main political adviser. thank you for agreeing to the interview from the city of kyiv germany and the usa agreed to transfer battle tanks to ukraine and now ukraine is asking for military aircraft and long-range missiles , are such negotiations already underway with the allies , the decision on tanks was really long-awaited, ukraine waited so long and it is actually very good that it was finally approved and now the so-called tank the coalition includes more than 10 countries. this is very important

because western-style tanks can really change the situation on the battlefield. - this is the kind of weaponry that is sorely lacking in ukraine, we do not own any western-style military aircraft and we lack long-range missiles, so i, like president zelensky during the last meeting in the rammstein format, called it a tank rammstein, accordingly, the next rammstein, which will take place on february 14, should be oriented for ukraine to receive military aircraft, that is why we are actively cooperating with several western countries that own various models of fighter jets, and we expect positive

results and one of the potential options can become poland, which has already expressed its readiness to provide ukraine with f16 fighter jets if nato does not object. why should such air support from poland actually be considered ? f16 fighter jets are a tangible result in this matter, and i repeat that such military aircraft are not the only option for western-style fighter jets . i want to focus on the nato side. i think that sometimes we significantly exaggerate when it comes to the need for the origin of nato, we have repeatedly heard from the nato secretary general about the sovereign right of each country to provide ukraine with the weapons it needs and the decision to transfer or not to transfer

must be made by the government of each specific country, so sometimes it is a matter of insufficient courage and bravery to make such a decision. we are very much counting on the positive development of events . we need planes and missiles. we need them, if not yesterday , then right now, for today and for tomorrow . we need them immediately in order to start another counteroffensive and bring our victory closer, each country really makes its own decisions, and chancellor olaf of germany announced something that berlin will not send to ukraine f16 planes and you can parry here, because olaffoltz once said the same thing about german tanks, were you not disappointed by such a decision by germany, or is it possible that it will also change? us decision regarding the provision of artillery systems, we now express our thanks, i will also add that

germany is not the only country that has modern fighters. therefore, it may be time to pass the baton to another country of the european union and nato, which wants to help ukraine in ensuring that we currently lack ukraine , ukraine, which is located on the territory of ukraine, we are not interested in objects outside the sovereign territory of ukraine, and we all know that the borders of ukraine as of august 24, 1991 also

included the crimea a certain lull is observed ukraine has stopped moving forward and there are fears that russia is planning a powerful attack before the anniversary of the full-scale invasion are the military and intelligence circles of ukraine afraid of this information comes not only from from our intelligence sources, but also from our partners, i don't want to make any predictions, but everything is very serious. at the same time, you mentioned that ukraine is not moving forward, that we can lose a moment for six months, we made very good and correct decisions regarding the situation on the battlefield. we managed to free almost half occupied lands since the full-scale aggression of russia on february 24

of last year in order not to lose this moment. we return to the question of the necessary equipment because in the conditions of the implementation counteroffensive actions, first of all, artillery systems are needed to open artillery fire, and tanks and armored vehicles are involved in order to bring the military to the battlefield, i.e. if we now had enough art systems and ammunition, enough tanks and armored personnel carriers, we could even move yesterday, today or tomorrow before the counteroffensive, we have already shown even greater success, but we believe in the united efforts of our partners regarding the supply of weapons to ukraine , the commander-in-chief of the us armed forces expressed

serious doubts about the ability of ukraine to win back its territories in 2023. can you prove that he is wrong ? you see, many military experts at the beginning of the war said that ukraine had no chance of resisting russian aggression in three , five, or even a week, but we can see that already almost a year since the beginning of russia's open aggression, we are not only standing still, but also achieving certain successes on the battlefield. yes, we strive for victory, we strive for it this year, and we have every reason to achieve it, the president declared that the participation of russians in the 2024 olympic games in paris would be tantamount to tolerating terrorism l wild ukraine ukrainian olympians in the case of the participation of representatives from russia and belarus the international olympic committee

will allow russian and belarusian athletes to participate in the paris olympic games in 2024 and boycott such an important sports event not only ukrainian athletes can, but athletes from other civilized countries, where they were planted, think that all participants will think carefully before agreeing to compete with representatives from the aggressor country, about ukrainians we have to understand that it is not only about sports, i want to mention the fact that many russian athletes are part of the armed forces of russia or other law enforcement agencies, you can imagine that french athletes go on the field to compete against the military of the russian

federation of athletes who not only did not speak out against the war in any way, but also in most cases support it" at the last moment of this week , the ukraine eu summit is to be held in kyiv, in which the president will take part zelenskyy, the chairman of the european commission and the council of the eu, your prime minister stated that ukraine intends to join the eu within the next two years, in view of this, ukraine will need tens of years in this matter . what is your opinion, will ukraine really succeed in gaining membership in the eu during these two years? years that sometimes they are able to work miracles if we talk

about the achievements of european integration, let's recall how many days passed from the moment of submitting an application for eu membership, which took place on february 28 of last year, before ukraine received the status candidate of ukraine on june 27, just 115 days ago, i will not claim that it is impossible, but i will agree with some expert critics that we need to go through all the stages of european integration in order for this process to be successful. and we are ready as never before. now we are at the final stage of development seven recommendations given to us by the european commission. we are waiting for the interim evaluation report for march. and as soon as this report is positive, and i am absolutely sure of this, we will count on the next stage, namely the accession negotiations of ukraine to the eu, and then we will see, because the situation can change radically after the start of these negotiations, and i agree that the process can

be significantly accelerated by applying for eu membership. ukraine did not start this process from scratch, unlike other countries, which really may need decades to join the eu what significance will all this have for ukraine, all this is extremely important. this is a decisive moment for ukraine. full membership in the eu or close to this goal lays the foundation for ukraine's victory over the aggressor. we want to be a part of of the european future and not the russian past, part of the eu and not the ussr 2:0 and we will succeed with us with the capital of ukraine kyiv on the air of the interview program on france 24 thank you

for being with us now let's talk about all these anti-corruption events with our next guests yaroslav yurchyshyn, people's deputy of ukraine, first deputy chairman of the verkhovna rada's committee on corruption policy, we are in touch with kateryna ryzhenko, deputy executive director of transport international ukraine. greetings, colleagues dobry in the evening, to begin with, we talked about what are your impressions of the week that has become like this. i would say that it is indicative from the point of view of the anti-corruption actions of the government. what are the general impressions? let's start with you, mrs. kateryna da. for the last couple of weeks, we have been seeing a huge amount of information every day about suspicions about searches, other actions of law enforcement agencies, and of course it cannot be said here that

this is not uh, it inspires and motivates to hope that the real actions of uh, regarding the corrupt, real investigations are actually moving forward however, i cannot help but note here that although there are a lot of reports about new cases appearing in the mass media, most of them are still at the stages of searches, gathering information, preparing documents for the case for further actions . the court's decision is immediate and it will most likely take a lot of time to reach them, and here the main thing is to remember that all of them are now so loud that in some places even demonstrative actions of law enforcement agencies are statements of the authorities so that they do not remain exclusively statements so that all these are really

court cases investigated by law enforcement agencies have come to some logical conclusion and, preferably, in reality ended with real verdicts for all those suspects whose names we now hear often a-a on the air, mr. yaroslav, as the classics said, we are not really believed, for some reason, the activation of anti-corruption alleged arrests is happening it's quite a good time. the american auditors just went the day before, the european union themselves . ukrnafta where the key figure is actually supposed to be y kolomoisky, searches took place, there was an invitation for investigative actions to the national anti-corruption bureau

, at least four suspicions were raised, in particular , the head of ukrnafta at that time , the acting director, who was suspected of having given oil to a company connected to the privat group this company was sold at a gas station. the gas station sold this oil, and the state did not receive anything from it. well, somewhere in the amount of approximately 40 million, and as a result, if the matter were to be investigated , everything would go on, as it seems, everything is fine and here we have the european union right here, and we need to show some results on the fight against oligarchs, that is, from the implementation of the law on deoligarchization. well, there is none, and of course you can nod there, the news is aimed at the commission, which has not yet given recommendations, but for example, even launching the register of oligarchs, which we we can do it, regardless of whether the tsitsik commission gave us recommendations or not, well, there is none either, that is, in principle , there

is nothing to show the europeans one of the seven demands put forward before granting candidacy to the eu well, what can be done in such a case? well, let's see who we have as an oligarch. hmm rinat leonidovych. well, it's kind of a scary wall. and ihor valeriyovych isn't out because he's wanted by the united states, that is, he's not going anywhere. let's visit him again or do some business. there is for ukrnafta, let's go and the results are approximately the same, yes, that's why i really don't want it to be the next time. it has happened to us many times, and when society asks for the fight against corruption, related to corruption, the probable procurement of food for the ministry of defense with corruption on minrehbudi generators and i.e. on such key topics, the government is ok and is starting to show mega-active activity. and what is the result of corruption if you don’t follow the paths of geography or the discovery channel recently, and they were caught

, shown and released. yes , we have verdicts and verdicts in certain serious corruption cases in particular, on the people's deputies in the higher anti-corruption court and on the cases of the dbr or on the cases of the b, which are now showing such serious activity, so far we do not see any serious results. i really want to be wrong but honestly, if it had more of an effect on the fact that such activation took place - it is an effort to show the authorities and society and our international partners that we are actively actively fighting, there will be verdicts, i will be able to convince myself in a different moment, a skeptical ms. kateryna between mr. yaroslav, mr. yaroslav noted about the activation now against the background of the eu and other international expectations from ukraine

, some things are still a little surprising, like this particular municipality, why are some cases that should be investigated, for example, nabu and the procedural management of saps should be carried out. for some reason, the sbu and other bodies deal with them. it is difficult not to see potentially how negatively this will affect the investigation of these skillfully . the evidence gathered during the public statements of the searches will then be examined by the courts, will they stand there , or will these cases be transferred if they correspond to the investigation, nabu nabu, eh, this is still in question. well, one cannot but say

i think that there are high-profile, complicated cases that we have been hearing about for years, and the same mr. sirov, hmm, and trukhanov, etc., are considered even by the highest anti-corruption court, which are clearly more effective than most judges in ukraine for years, literally we mean the word, and here we are well, we can conduct searches and forget about those cases . and it’s not even a fact that they will reach some verdicts in the court of mr. yaroslav in years. in principle , how do you think a systematic approach to the patient of the fight against corruption is realistic, because it has been going on for years. b said for almost 10 years this ends with surnames, uh, television footage, but the real fight against corruption is not the rest, it shows by the way, the experience of the country of the european union, where sometimes 50 deputies were imprisoned as in romania, and the system remained a cockroach and then again three years later and a new convocation was imprisoned and a new and these and these, and the system works flawlessly, everyone takes bribes

, and the question arises whether ukraine has a chance to overcome the system problem in general, and in fact , despite the fact that i critically assess the events of the last week, there are certain trends that make me extremely happy, the first in ukraine begins to appear, let's say such a tool as reputation. because when the deputy ministers were exposed before, they simply tried to protect them at any cost , and now we see that in the ministry of defense , after certain discussions, and in the ministry of regional the politicians involved in the scandals have been released, at the same time, the pace is fast enough, but this cannot be the only mechanism because it is so easy to manipulate , you include, you provide the necessary amount of information , you include publicity there, even in the conditions

of war in ukraine, it can be done and beat a person is simply an authoritative attack on authority, and in order for changes to be inevitable, it is necessary to change not the people in the chairs , not even the chairs, and because we also have a proposal here to unite the ministries so that there is less corruption, well, less storming, it is easier to control and that's why it doesn't work. in fact, we need to change the rule. if we take, for example, the sphere of food procurement for the military, then what is the least that can be done and made public even in the conditions of war according to nato standards? it does not affect the defense capability of the country. yes, we can not put it there, only there are eggs, it is bought so that the enemy does not

calculate how many troops we have. than conditionally changing people, because there is a great chance that even the most frequent person who comes to a system infected with corruption will simply not be able to see it for a certain period of time until the system pulls him in or, in principle, understanding insurmountable systems will simply give up there and either resign or be included in general , therefore it is very important here that the people's deputies do not announce new appointments. as in our country , the tyrant likes to do it. the day after tomorrow, it is either a violation of the secrets of the investigation, well, it is a banal pr, and here is a politician who says yes , we have huge

problems in the field of tax customs and we have registered a bill that is being implemented there system e-e m-m electronic loading of transport that enters and exits synchronization of our actions there with the polish czech republic and similar customs and that is, we change the rules by changing the rules we are sure that behind these but we can follow and who, god forbid, does not wash his hands immediately will respond to the inevitability of punishment and normal adequate rules are much better than the punishment itself, because we can punish a unit, but we need to change really systemic things, otherwise we will continue to go in the vertical direction of the constant fight against corruption. because corruption can be prevented. this much more effective, and you can punish corruption only when it is an exception to the case , unfortunately, we are still at the stage of rebuilding