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to ukraine armed forces of ukraine message the name of the military ukrainian authorities promise that russia will have to answer for every war crime the war against the dnipro russia attempts to attack ukrainian reservoir and dams alert air force and war in ukraine has heightened tensions in georgia since full-scale russian invasion began the georgian government avoids harsh statements regarding russia, despite the fact that the streets of the georgian capital are filled with ukrainian flags and hundreds of georgians have come out to fight against russia. of the military, 126 men and

four women, according to yarmak, among them 87 defenders of mariupol, most of them from azovstal, also among those who managed to return fighters who were captured in the area bakhmut and soledar most of those who were returned have serious injuries in their turn the ministry of defense of russia announced the return of 90% of 90 soldiers this is already the fourth exchange of prisoners since the beginning of this year the previous large exchange took place on february 16 then released 101 people 100 military and one civilian meanwhile land troops pushed the message, the name of a fighter who, judging by the video that has been circulating on the network for the last day , was shot for the phrase glory to ukraine, according to preliminary data, this is a fighter of the 30th separate mechanized brigade of tymofiy shadura of the sixth

in march, a video appeared online showing how the russians shoot an unarmed ukrainian prisoner after his words. glory to ukraine. the first video was published on twitter by activist serhii sternenko. in the video, a soldier is standing in the forest smoking in a trench or a dug hole . glory to ukraine , after which he was shot, he fell, he was behind the scenes of the russian saying swear words, the representatives of the ukrainian authorities have already made harsh statements regarding the incident of the ukrainian boatswain and reported that the shooting of a military serviceman who was captured and i am quoting this is not a violation of the geneva conventions - it is a manifestation of contempt and meanness. minister of foreign affairs of ukraine dmytro kuleba said on twitter that this case should be dealt with by the international criminal court, and prosecutor general andriy kostin said that through a video the brutal and brazen shooting without

an armed man, the security service of ukraine registered criminal proceedings for violation of the laws and customs of war, and this is what he said about this in his appeal the president of ukraine was killed by soldiers who bravely said to them glory to ukraine i want us all together in unity to respond to his words to the hero glory to the heroes glory to the heroes ukrainians in social networks are fasting in response to the words of the fallen hero glory to the heroes and admire his courage and barely find the words describing their attitude towards those who committed this war crime and and you know, i don't get the idea of ​​how this video was received there in russia, just the other day i read several articles about the situation in the third reich when when people society continued to live with

in ordinary life, people deliberately chose not to know, not to be interested, not to look for anything that would disturb their peace and comfort. and so i began to wonder where is the limit beyond which russian society can still be horrified, indignant , and say no, that's not possible, and can we do something? similar something similar such a reaction from the russians to see in court the editor of the bbc monitoring service vitaliy shevchenko vitaliy eh this story definitely united millions of ukrainians you follow what is happening follow what is happening there in russia, did you see there at least qin i don't know at least a hint of sympathy for pity for indignation for the desire to stop it well , except that there was no shadow and hint for most russians, they have no idea that it doesn't

exist because it's on tv they didn't show it. no one from you can swear at it in any way at all, and even looking at social networks, even among the opposition-minded figures - this is, let's say, not the main news , but i found one person - this is georgy alburov from the anti-corruption fund navalny, who said that what happened is supposedly from the second world war. and the fascists shot an indomitable person, then they will name the school in her honor. this was a quote. this topic became the main topic in ukraine today. casty is a very famous podcast in ukraine. production of the bbc, what did you tell and how did your british colleagues perceive this story? well, of course. this story cannot help but shock in this

. well, probably the mission of this ukraine cast podcast , as the english say, is to witness terrible crimes and not turn your eyes away from it. well, what could they do to do, we depicted what happened and i had to er for a worldwide audience to tell what glory to ukraine is what these words mean for er for ukrainians now as far as we can er judge these words they were er international resonance also er this last week, you talked about the fact that this video went unnoticed in russia , this week they remember the victims of the buch massacre , a year has passed, do they know in russia what

happened there, that their army is there nakoila or continue to refuse to close their eyes no believe the majority well, as far as i can judge, the majority does not know or, er, heard that it is, as they say in russia, a fake, and people who talk about the fact that it is not actually a fake, but look what it was, what can happen to it today, just er, sent to the administrator of one of the well-known telegram channels in russia, which is called protesting moscow state university dmitry ivanov, was imprisoned for eight and a half years for what he told about what happened in buch, irpen , mariupol, another russian politician, ilya yashin , is already sitting also eight and a half years

after he was extreme, he remembered buch, that is, those few russians who are public through social networks, because they certainly do not have access to television, if they try to tell about it, there is a very high chance that they will go to prison for many years. i understand this to mean that the information field is cleared that simply expressing an opinion or writing to an ordinary person on social networks threatens it. but at the same time, there are independent media with the existing russian service of the bbc, including how much now in the age of the internet in the age of social networks access to objective information is available to those who live in russia, how complicated is it, or is it still? well, if you really want to be at a distance of one click of the mouse, access is available, it is now a bit more

complicated, so that many independent sites are blocked, but at the moment i don’t even know. in some villages there are retirees, they are from their children and grandchildren. they must have heard what vpn is. vpn, how can you watch all these sites and read real news and not propaganda, so the desire to close the eyes of desire not to see this these horrors are, well, the conscious choice of a large part of society, in fact , i started with this. this is exactly the situation that existed in the third reich . thank you, editor of the b bc monitoring service, vitaliy shevchenko. thank you for taking the time to join us on a full scale. services throughout ukraine according to the world health organization still a-a pre-invasion last year every second

ukrainian needed some rehabilitation at that time the country had already experienced 8 years in hostilities in the east of the pandemic from 19 also speak of thousands of victims both among the civilian population and among the soldiers of the armed forces bvc got access to one of the hospitals where specialized rehabilitation is provided report of our correspondent from ukraine james waterhouse the moment when the war ended for ilya pylypenko his tank just hit a landmine in the kherson region in september of last year, he is holding on while his brothers take him to a safe place ilya received burns on a third

of his body and seriously injured his leg, the road to thousands of wounded soldiers and thousands of soldiers and civilians are admitted to this rehabilitation center in lviv in this war, the most common injuries from shell explosions , although ilya is one of many here, these six months were not easy, there were many operations, including skin transplants. that is, there were three operations on the leg, the search for doctors, hope for doctors who could amputate the leg, then disappointment and again in some er, some hope because the loss of a leg is not the end ilya learns to look into the future, but the next chapter of his life is unlikely to be on the front line thousands of wounded fighters end up in such hospitals throughout ukraine and this is a serious

burden on the country's health care system. it is difficult to imagine the brutality of the hostilities they went through, but a return to a full-fledged life is quite possible. this cold morning in kyiv is a perfect example of this in the last time. in may of last year he was in the hospital with a fracture of the pelvis and jaw. after returning from captivity, a also lost the sight in one eye, so he was told that his service was finished, but now he helps other veterans i understood i stayed until this because i understand that for my country for my army for my marines i need the best of the best just somewhere in the subconscious i feel a certain right that i am not in the army but i understand that my effectiveness can be even when i am not in pixel form, every ukrainian

bears the burden of this war in one way or another. nevertheless, where there is a wound, there is also healing. let's talk about a new threat . russia will try to attack ukrainian reservoirs and dams. this is reported in air force spokesman yuriy hnat directly states that in the spring the next targets of russian attacks may be hydrotechnical structures in ukraine on the largest and most important rivers of ukraine in the dnieper . the largest and most powerful dnipro hydropower plant located in zaporizhzhia is about 50 km from there to the front line, that is, russian troops can attack even with s-300 missiles, which are less accurate and long-range, but their reserves in russia are simply huge. in december, dniproges was already

hit by a missile attack . it became known from its own sources in the government that the dam in zaporizhzhia was attacked again by russian troops on february 9, and why did it happen? threatens is there a possibility to defend the topic was researched by the correspondent visillakh chernysh who is in touch with us hello olezha well, first of all, why now , why exactly the dams of the hydroelectric power station, what can it threaten eh hello well, the situation is really such that the russians tried all winter with missile strikes, first of all, damage energy facilities, as we can see, winter came to ukraine, they did not manage to destroy its system, that is why the air force warns that the next targets may be, for example, bridges, as well as hydrotechnical structures, actually hydrotechnical structures that

are of interest or are of interest to the russian troops, it is first of all, of course , the dams on the dnieper, but i immediately want to calm down or in some way level out some uh-uh extraordinary danger there, you understand that these objects are extremely protected by air defense forces, and secondly, they are extremely strong, since they were built back in soviet times and were actually designed to withstand missile strikes, and as you correctly mentioned, i also wrote my articles, for example, the same dnipro hpp . it has already been under missile strikes several times over the winter. well, as we can see, thank god it withstood them and continues to function, but in the history of ukraine there was a situation when the dam was destroyed, it also happened during the war in august 1941.

the soviet army was retreating and then the command of the soviet army decided to blow up the bridges in zaporizhzhia by the dam of the hydroelectric power plant. you also studied the consequences of this tragedy. i have to tell you what it really turned out to be. e-e huge e-e ratio of the civilian population the fact is that the e-e troops retreated in a hurry and actually there was no evacuation of the civilian population and e-e when the detonation took place e-e it means these dams that were mine was mined in er water stream for a minute and flooded er some coastal villages there is a very large number of publications that mention simply fantastic numbers there 100,000 were killed er historians say that they are somewhat exaggerated but

there really died about 3 thousand er people from this situation, but i will repeat it again. and then the detonation of the dam was carried out through training. that is, it was not a missile strike or an air attack, but there was a situation when the structure was blown up by filling it with a large amount of explosives, that is, how do we understand it? to repeat - it is very difficult eh this tragedy and of course well, the ukrainians, the ukrainian authorities will not allow this, as they are more than sure about it. at the same time, we should not forget that one of the dams at the kakhov hpp is controlled by russia, and since december last year , russia has specially opened the floodgates and is releasing water from what can this lead to? this is a typical situation. this is a really real dangerous situation, not a theoretical one, but one that is already happening, because i mentioned the current

issue. russia has been controlling it for a year. there is no clear explanation of why this is being done. there are some theories that the locks are damaged, that russia wants to leave ukrainians there without water, but there is still no clear explanation of why this is being done. it should be noted that the ukrainian authorities have already drawn attention to this situation. which is trying to reach international institutions, because according to the theory of drainage, a decrease to a critical level of water in the kakhov reservoir can have simply catastrophic consequences for the environment and also for radiation safety, since it is with kakhovsky reservoir, for example, takes water to cool the reactors, a note, a nuclear power plant standing on its shores, that is, the situation is quite complicated, the purpose of the actions

of the russian occupying forces is unclear, and they did not understand how to stop them, how to prevent this draining of kakhovsky to the reservoir, so we really had to gather from this situation and now are trying to involve international institutions in order to somehow influence russia and stop this ecological catastrophe well, so far international institutions few of them have proven their effectiveness in the confrontation with russia yes we will monitor and we will also hope that these rakes are really protected by air defense and that the tragedy that happened in the 41st year will not happen again . thank you oleg chernysh, bbc correspondent. foreign agents, while the supporters of the laws believe that it will help protect the principles of the country's sovereignty , while the opponents, on the contrary, fear for the european

future of georgia and indicate that such laws will become a tool for political repression in russia, the law provides for the creation of of the register of changes and non-governmental organizations financed by foreign countries by more than 20%. according to the latest reports, clashes have already broken out between demonstrators and protesters, and about how the war in ukraine is sending past traumas to georgia, which survived the russian invasion in 2008 , the georgian government has taken a very ambiguous position, and there are sharp actions and harsh statements about moscow, meanwhile, georgian society , on the contrary, is open supports ukraine, hundreds of georgians are fighting against russia on the side of the armed forces, some soldiers say they are defending not only ukraine but also the future of georgia bbc correspondent in tbilisi nina akhmetali investigated the difference in the positions of the georgian government and the georgian people georgian national georgian national legion these are the citizens of georgia who fight in the fleet of the armed forces of ukraine what are the numbers and in your opinion

what motivates them what motivates them not only in georgian not only georgians are fighting in the georgian national region, but this is the largest unit where they serve. unfortunately , we do not have official figures, they are not disclosed , but analysts say that it is about approx. 1,000 people and spoke with the commander of the georgian national legion, mamuka mamulashvili, and he said that up to 1,800 soldiers are fighting in them, and 70% of them are georgians. at the beginning of the war in february. and in 2014 , when the georgian national legion was created, in the first days of the war , not only ex-servicemen went to fight, but also doctors and people who wanted to go and help them

motivates, well, first of all, georgia itself survived the war in 2008 with russia and we have two regions that broke away from georgia, abkhazia and the northern session, which georgia considers occupied by russia. these are fresh wounds that have not yet healed. there is also an emotional component. many people remember the war in abkhazia . in the 90s and then they say that up to three hundred ukrainian volunteers came to help the georgian side. ukraine has always been considered a strategic partner, but there was this emotional connection and similar destinies. in addition, there are fears that if russia wins, it will this will not stop, and one of the next countries may be georgia at the beginning of a full-scale invasion. the georgian authorities claim that we support humanitarian aid, but there is no question of military aid. and what is the reaction and actions of the authorities to the volunteers? tbilisi airport in the first days of the war, they were going to go

to kyiv via poland, and the georgian authorities refused this flight, then there were statements that this would mean direct intervention of georgia in the conflict, and then already the authorities said that georgia would not introduce bilateral sanctions against russia after that, relations between kyiv and tbilisi did not warm up, as it seems to me, the topic of georgian fighters in ukraine was always a red line for the authorities, especially when it came to the dead, but there were no critical statements , it changed a little in december, when several fighters died at once, and then the prime minister announced that it was the opposition that was sending georgian fighters to ukraine, then he said that he did not mean that, but was only talking about some people associated with the party the only national movement created by saakashvili was his arrest. by the way, one of the reasons for the tension between kyiv and tbilisi , according to analysts, the authorities continue their policy of not annoying moscow, they believe that such

activity among georgians who go to fight against russia can annoy moscow. at what level is georgian society now support ukraine, do georgians feel tired of the war and polls from which it is clear that the majority blame russia and putin for this war, putting your hand on your heart, you can say that the majority of georgians support ukraine, but the last sometimes we hear more criticism towards kyiv than moscow, the representatives of the ukrainian authorities accuse that they want to open a second front in georgia, that their goal is to involve georgia in the conflict, then on the topic of saakashvili , kyiv and tbilisi exchanged accusations , everyone sympathizes with ukraine, there are people who believe that the georgian authorities behaves wrongly but there are those who believe that ukraine needs to be helped, but it does not fairly criticize georgia and the georgian authorities, because the country still helps humanitarian and politically

, the georgian authorities consider it their merit that in there is no war in georgia. the war of 2008 has a double nature. on the one hand, there is strong sympathy and empathy for the ukrainians, and on the other hand, these are us. the government constantly tells people that if we do this, there will be a war. they constantly emphasize this, and that is why some analysts believe that the georgian government is wary . also regards certain successes of ukraine in the war because they fear that , firstly, this is their rhetoric, do not annoy , will no longer work. and secondly, it may cause a chain reaction of protests against this government in georgia, but objectivity, it should be noted that the authorities say that they support ukraine and that they are ready to help humanitarianly at the political and diplomatic level. and finally, i will add that our president also criticized the government and their position on ukraine on the anniversary of the war and added that it is good that the population has shown that georgians

side by side with ukraine, iran has not yet announced that it will sell ballistic missiles to russia due to fear of a response from the united states. fears that tehran will supply naval ballistic missiles appeared a few months ago, western capitals believe that iran is really open to further military cooperation with moscow in political missiles and could supply them in exchange for modern russian weapons, but the negotiations reached a dead end amid fears of new sanctions meanwhile , iranian schoolgirls have become the new target of the regime in the very morning. at least the mornings themselves suspect that the girls are being retaliated against for their participation in the protests against wearing the hijab. the fact is that for several months in a row, gas attacks have been staged in iranian schools for girls, someone sprays toxic gas from which children faint

. in this way, more than 650 girls have already been poisoned . the first arrests were announced in connection with a series of poisonings of schoolgirls. the supreme leader and this laneid said that anyone who is found guilty of poisoning children should be severely punished. who and why children are being poisoned? the video verified by the bbc shows a school in the capital city of tehran a few days ago at least in 26 other schools across the country that day the same thing happened hospital wards are full of schoolgirls they are the main target of these attacks the girls say they smelled tangerines or rotten fish and then they felt sick and weak nausea, loss of consciousness, i can't breathe - says this karam girl while

they calm her down. the bbc talked to one of the students in the northwestern city of ardebil. she said that three months ago, the girls at her school took off their hijabs and shouted the protest slogan "women's life, freedom". after a few days , this attack happened. we replaced the girl's voice so as not to put her in danger. i saw how four girls fainted while walking in the school yard , nine ambulances arrived in 10 hours after the incident , i still have a headache and nausea, most of the teachers did not believe us and insulted us, saying that we pretend even when we are red from coughing and the religion teacher ordered us to tie those scarves again and still the people's anger is growing because these poison gas attacks have been happening since november, people

can't understand how the government can not know who is behind it we don't made no arrests , but our special services are investigating this incident in the middle of the night tiger , there are cries of the death of the regime that kills children, and this means that parents do not have much faith in the fact that the authorities will look for the real suspects, it did not end today, they started at noon the sale of eurovision tickets and they sold out in 34 minutes, the prices ranged from 90 to 20,090 pounds, this is approximately from four to 12,000 uah for a ticket for the semi-finals, for the final , it is even more expensive, up to 380 pounds, but the british government allocated thousands of special tickets for ukrainians displaced by the war, such tickets will cost 20 pounds i will remind you because of the war in ukraine eurovision will be held in