[000:00:00;00] it is to grow and i think that they need to increase their potential, uh, this is definitely production, but there is one more point, i do not completely agree that the russian army is so infinitely strong. and i will explain why . because back in august and september, t-62 tanks to the theater of war, the south is occupied, now they are rolling back to the t-54 and 55 tanks, only six months have passed and they have already run out of 162 of them, and already before the t-54, they have nothing, it’s all about armored vehicles, you need to understand how much time they need years to compensate for what they lost and what ukrainian forces destroyed, the only thing russia still has potential for is artillery, this is a fact that must be recognized. this is true. they still have a certain

artillery power, reserves, etc. here they are even more dangerous politicians, as far as armored vehicles are concerned , you can see how they are running out and this is basically a positive signal for us. report from avdiyivka, our colleague from the present time project oleksiy prodayvoda was there, the road does not allow you to drive 160 here, well, go 140 , that’s all he looks to the left and right around the flyover and it is a seriously dangerous road to avdiyvka, forcing the commander of the special purpose police company maksym to drive on a pseudo-fierce as quickly as possible, his unit defends the city and takes care of the locals . oh, this is mine. they are gone, this is mine. they must be taking someone. you are evacuating this elderly couple in the private

sector. the husband, wife and her are already being evacuated. sister, they took everything for 70 things, we need a little for the first moment of life, and then we will decide how it will be, it rings far away, and in general, my head is constantly spinning from fear, my granddaughters, their children and grandchildren left even earlier, our children are already, as they say , conjuring us to leave so that they can stay we lived we want to see you alive two sisters stayed because of their infirm 98-year-old mother and they will show you on tv yes well i but i think if we take her to the side of the road she will die and we will repent that we hanged her here it is it turned out, but the shelling became more frequent, we were left with a choice, finally it was not a transport vehicle that came about him - the group was delayed due to the arrival in another part of the city, a tank shelling killed one person, and a girl in her

30s and a man badly wounded him, they have already taken him to the hospital to rape her еще я за этот вы за тот всё семья is safely leaving the hospital at this time , having forgotten to take off the shoe covers, olga is leaving and crying, her husband has just been taken to another city with injuries for an operation, phones are being charged there he also got a woman torn early he has a meter and shrapnel everywhere everything continues to work under

regular shelling, almost the entire side of this building and the side of the building , the five-story building was blown away, everything is new , everything was neat, there are only two doctors and 6 nurses left in the medical facility. while people are here there is a need in us, that is, we will be there until the last, and we are reaching out to avdiivka, more than 30,000 residents lived today, and two and a half thousand will not be counted, the local authorities say that soon it will be even less per day, according to these data , the russian troops drop about 10 airdrops on the city and recently in general, the wildest story happened with the child, as the parents are so uh, i can't even tell the parents, these bastards kept the child so tight that they didn't let her out, and she wanted to leave, but she couldn't get in touch with us, the volunteers, the police, so that she too in a childish way, this minor understood the decision to simply go to avdiivki on her own. and she reached the kaluka. they saw what

the child was doing on her own, and only later found out that she left avdiivki on her own because of the shelling. you see what kind of parents they will be caught the decision regarding the deprivation of parental rights on the line of fire in avdiivka since 2014. donetsk is occupied just a few kilometers away from which the enemy has been trying to move the front line for more than a year . if you look at the battle map, then avdiivka remote resembles bakhmut from two flanks. they are trying to capture the avdiivka from the south and the north have local successes, but at the same time they lose a huge amount of equipment and personnel. well, they exchange their people, citizens, for 3 m of administrative land , the commander of the special police unit, max lutyy, here in the fall of 2014 and more than a year after the full-scale invasion, he says that

there have never been battles of such intensity here. ours are being supplied by drones, so it’s better to go to the shelter. it’s good when they find a drone. any target and they work on it and this whole myth that they have rockets. is the ammunition a myth that does not correspond to reality, they even work on small targets, this is a group of one or two people, they can launch, for example, an anti-tank missile on infantry, that is, they do not feel problems with bbk, if people ever come back here , they will no longer recognize a peculiar city, russian troops are shelling even houses that have been destroyed for a long time, for example, like this school that was burned down in june, they love this school dearly, they are shelling it constantly with everything you can and a magnesium ignition element and a car and a minometer and the last water in it was a missile, but at the moment

the ukrainian flag has leaked and it is such a wonderful symbolist, as it seems to me the sky shows that no matter how it is thrown there with rockets or the kavinsky flag it will rain over all of ukraine oleksiy sells water mykola ryshchenko and andriy ustinkin radio freedom ukraine european states signatories of the rome statute must finally execute the order of the president of russia vladimir putin and hand it over to the international criminal court stated us secretary of state genthony blinking, well, there has already been a reaction from the deputy chairman of the security council of the russian federation, medvedev, who stated that any attempt to arrest putin would be a declaration of war on russia, the nuclear state came here to the territory of germany, and the aristocracy appeared, что это объявление войны

российской федерации и already in this case , all of our missile and other means will fly to the bundestag to the chancellor's office and so on. reacted to the previous threats of the ex-president of russia and the opening of a case by the investigative committee there against the prosecutor and judges of the international criminal court there, they called it an attempt to hinder efforts to bring us to justice for actions prohibited by international law , the chairmanship of the assembly of states participating in the rome statute draws attention to threats to the international criminal court as well as on measures announced against his prosecutor and judges involved in issuing arrest warrants the situation in ukraine , the presidency of the assembly expresses regret about of these attempts to hinder international efforts aimed at ensuring responsibility for actions prohibited by general

international law the international criminal court embodies our collective commitment to fight impunity for the most serious international crimes as a last resort the court complements national jurisdictions we call on all states to respect its judicial and prosecutorial independence to things interesting reaction from the republic of south africa regarding the decision of the international relations minister of international relations and cooperation of the couple on lady pander stated that the government of ukraine will have to discuss the warrant for the arrest of the russian dictator vladimir putin and consult with the russian side . i remind you that putin is also accused of the illegal deportation of children from the occupied territories of ukraine to russia . the international criminal court issued a warrant for the arrest of the russian president on march 17. that is why the russian federation began to say that they would return ukrainian children, they say that they were taken from russia in order to protect them from the danger posed by hostilities

, i will add that the day before they managed to return another 17 little ukrainians went home. all of them were deported by the russian occupiers from kherson region and kharkiv region. the children say that they were threatened with boarding school and were beaten with metal sticks, not with truncheons. the girl daryna was bruised with such a stripe. who said the same word to ukraine? then he shouted and sent it to ukraine, and then someone there answered glory to the heroes and they were taken away well, i don't know what happened to him , they took us otvedutskov somewhere, somewhere, somewhere

in russia, like there is a boarding school, and there you are already adopted, it is known that ukraine has returned two more children from the occupied territories. this was reported by ombudsman dmytro lubinets. a nine-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy returned to the family . good evening, first of all, from what we have just heard , and i am not excluded that we will hear many more such testimonies, can these testimonies of ukrainian children be used in the case of the international tribunal against putin of course, they can be taken into account by the international criminal court , the only thing is that it must take proper procedural steps to record these testimonies so that they can be recognized as sufficient admissible evidence

, well, in ukraine, they will open a representation of the international criminal court today, the corresponding agreement was signed by the prosecutor general kostin, secretary of the court of justice, lewis. how will this affect the work of the tribunal, or will this natural development of the investigation speed up the process, starting from last march? when a decision was made on a full-fledged investigation, a group of prosecutors of the international criminal court was sent to ukraine, and now, after the announcement of the first arrest warrant for putin and maria love of biology, an agreement has been reached with the ukrainian side , a stable field office will work, and here the question should arise with you: what ukraine should also take steps towards the international criminal court and ratify the rome statute, which , unfortunately, ukraine has not yet done ms. oleksandr well, today in hungary they announced that they will not

to arrest putin if he comes to the country, even though they signed the rome statute and say that the rome statute is not incorporated into the hungarian legal system. and what kind of mechanism is this? can you explain these purely political statements that have nothing to do with the case of hungary as any country that has ratified the rome statute has international obligations , this is actually the statement of the current leadership. i really hope that it will change its mind, and the statement from the south african republic that that they will consult with russia about the rest of putin, er, that they have to consider their legislation is also about politics , is it about some legal nuances, what do you think about politics, what is really important about this decision of the international criminal court, although it is clear that it is absolutely not yet a verdict there is a long way ahead, now on the example of this war that russia unleashed, we see

a situation where the state claims that with the help of brute force it itself establishes the rules of the game in the world that are beneficial and this is the answer of the international criminal court, which is not instruments of law and even states that are members of the un security council and have a powerful nuclear potential. they have the right to implement these norms. and the fact that certain countries hold political consultations says more about their attitude towards democracy to the instruments of law. well, probably about a certain dependence on russia, since they are going to hold a consultation with it. well, actually, does this have any legal consequences, are there any sanctions, safeguards, any international law, it is based on the more

voluntary implementation by states of their obligations and the international criminal court, there is no international police that can come to punish violators, but here it is necessary to consider all measures in the complex of countries that demonstrate a type of non-compliance with their international obligations, they are subject to sanctions, they are subject to other negative consequences, including at the diplomatic level, russia also suffers from them, and here i will say that what russia can afford well, it is unlikely that anna can afford well, how do you assess the risks that the other 123 countries will sign the rome statute to use this mechanism, which hungary has allegedly declared, and what will depend on whether they will resort to it ? well, there is no mechanism, there are simply violations

that must be performed by a country that is a member of the rome statute. well, it is clear that if we imagine hypothetical situation, putin will come to hungary and hold a meeting with the urban, and then well, this will have consequences for hungary, because for the european union , this is one of the fundamental foundations of the rule of law, and we already know that there are a lot of such actions applied against hungary on the part of the member states of the european union, which can hurt the budget of this country, which it fills, including at the expense of the eu , since the government itself conducts a rather ineffective economic policy, so oleksandra would like to take a step back. you mentioned that ukraine did not ratify the rome statutes. perhaps you have information about the verkhovna rada's plans for this. and

you, as a human rights organization, are negotiating with state bodies, what exactly is the delay? well, we have been in a strange legal limbo for many years. when ukraine, on the one hand, turned to the international criminal court itself, recognized the one-time jurisdiction and invited it to an investigation, and on the other hand, it is not a member of this club and now has only obligations to cooperate and no rights, and this is the truth , the problem is a very strange signal to the international community, especially from the country which suffers from terrible international crimes and constantly talks about the necessary justice. well , in the near future, i hope that after these decisions, which the international

criminal court itself adopted and demonstrated the position will change, attention will be paid to this issue, the rome statute will be submitted for ratification , the parliament will vote. thank you, oleksandr, for joining oleksandr matviychuk's broadcast. the european union, one of the main topics of discussion is the issue of aid to ukraine with ammunition . radio svoboda correspondent zoryana stepanenko zoryana is following the events in the belgian capital . we are waiting for the final press conference of the leaders of the european institutions, the leaders. i apologize to the european institute. well, in principle, during the day there is quite a lot of news

. this was mentioned in their joint declaration, which has already been made public. therefore , the plan, which was called historic, was finally approved. one million ammunitions for ukraine during the next 12 months, the presidents the prime ministers emphasized that this will not harm the security and defense policy of the member states. 155 mm shells are in short supply at the front now, as the ukrainian military-political leadership said, they will go there from the warehouses of 19 european countries. these are 18 member states of the eu+ norway, just as many and these countries now they are ready to join the project well, they will be able to replenish their stocks by speeding up the purchase of ammunition, which will be joint one large contract, that is , instead of dozens of small ones, and this should optimize these according to the plan and so that

the european defense industry coped with this, they plan to increase its capacity in estonia, which came up with such an idea, the initiative is pleased that it was supported, but they note that there is a lot of work ahead, for example, the creation of a special tribunal that will be able to judge those guilty of the crime of aggression and closing russia's ways to circumvent sanctions, we agreed on a million ammunition for artillery this is a good amount that we have to transfer within 12 months whether this is enough depends on how far the war goes and how long it needs to last use all the tools at our disposal, political pressure, isolation, economic sanctions, so that russia is forced to end the war, however, 10 countries of the european union do not participate in this initiative , at least for now, well, among them, it is quite expected, hungary, which did not supply weapons to ukraine during the entire period of its full-scale war with russia and prohibited even her transit of its territory and, as it became known today , refused to arrest vladimir putin on its territory if italy came to austria

, for example, not yet in the body, i mean agreement on the transfer of ammunition to ukraine well, bulgaria, i will say today, surprised many here with its position, i mean in particular my international journalist colleagues from many reputable media that usually cover these same things, so sofia will not transfer its ammunition to ukraine, and bulgaria as a country- the manufacturer will block re-export to other countries that will buy this product on the bulgarian market bulgaria undertakes to produce shells for the needs of our partners if they demand it and not for ukraine bulgaria does not participate in to the joint delivery of ammunition to ukraine and other countries will be obliged to inform us why they need these shells as the final consumer, of course we will set the conditions with our colleagues from the eu on a video call volodymyr zelenskyy is coming out today well, what was it about, i will say that the conversation was after

dinner, and there are still no official reports from the office of the ukrainian president or from the european council, although they usually appear quite quickly. well, in principle , we learned from our own sources in eu diplomatic circles. and what about the ukrainian president, as we were told, complained about delays in some areas of cooperation with the european union and , in particular, called for the delivery of long-range radio missiles to the court as soon as possible. and reminding that both civilian and military lives depend on it, he welcomed the decision of slovakia to provide and reminded that ukraine is waiting for planes modern also asked to close the loopholes in the sanctions packages, this topic , by the way, was widely discussed today by ukraine's partners . brussels also called on her to respond to ukraine with reciprocity, which transforms its institutions and said in compliance with the requirements of the eu and strives for negotiations on membership this year, he said that he does not know when the war will end, but he called on everyone to focus on achieving this year's victory, and i will also briefly say that in the final declaration it is indicated that

the leaders of the eu once again undertake to support ukraine as much as zoryana will be needed next . thank you. zoryana stepanenko was with us on a direct link from virsel with details and the upcoming summit. well , andriy veselovskyi, the extraordinary plenipotentiary permanent ambassador of ukraine, joins the broadcast. the representative of ukraine in the european union in the years 8-10 p andriy, i congratulate you in the evening good evening, mr. andriy how do you evaluate the results yourself , the position of bulgaria was quite unexpected , if you could expect such a decision from hungary regarding not participating in the joint program of providing ammunition, then bulgaria said that it will not join the program , moreover, will demand explanations from the partners , why do they need these ammunition

? do you have an explanation for such a position? country, and in a few weeks there will be parliamentary elections, the fifth parliamentary elections in the last two years, bulgaria is in a dramatic political political mess. i won't call it real uh social capitalism, and so he plays along with them, they just defend this uh point of view that it is necessary to keep a couple of eggs in a basket in russian uh, but it actually won't hurt us because uh- e bulgaria as real businessmen always give a way out, that is, they sell and will sell their shells to those countries that will send their own shells to ukraine

. in this way, we will receive our artillery shells, bulgaria will receive its european money, everyone will be on hand. that is, these will be the conditions about which said the representative of bulgaria well, we are quietly flying to moscow on the one hand that we are still brothers and at the same time we are reporting to the european union so that we will increase the number of of manufactured projectiles. thus, in ukraine, this will also be positive to some extent. besides hungary, bulgaria, there are eight more countries , a total of 10 countries, my colleague from brussels reported, and in particular italy, austria. how do you assess the prospects that the number of 10 will decrease and more and more countries will join this the program here is not about the number of countries that have joined , it is quite enough to provide us with a million

shells once and to buy back and provide two million shells next year, that is, if more countries join, then maybe this million will be distributed a little differently, it's um, it's not , so to speak, compulsory, so to speak, in this case, in this program, those who have real capacities and can quickly, uh, with the help of logistics, uh, help ukraine, that is, uh what someone does not take is not treason, it is a choice except for the two cases that we have already talked about in the bulgarian case, it is a game on the domestic market to help the party you represent from the president's side. and in the case of hungary, it is fundamental the position is

to harm the european union as much as possible today, an interesting caricature caught my eye, a fat big sizhen pin is sitting on a chair, a smaller one is sitting on his knee, and putin is looking at him joyfully, and two of them have another smaller one in their hands, orban is also smiling contentedly, such a trio of course, what a caricature it is, but it reflects unfortunately, the current state of affairs in hungary , mr. andriy. well, what about our colleague, for yourself , there will be mentions of new sanctions against russia, namely the restriction of oil prices, and how weighty is this decision about what can go it is not about that it will be further limited, it is about the fact that if i read this project correctly, if it

is not changed at the last second, it is about the fact that the restrictions that are uh will be kept and will be created uh further actions so that russia cannot bypass these restrictions , because we know that there are attempts to overload a tanker on a tanker in order to avoid the bans imposed by the european union and the seven sending oil under the third flag and so on and so further, that is, since the russian federation, if it will be yes, it steals everywhere er and in this case the european union in this text will insist that all these slags all these holes should be baked and not give moscow

any more red er oil sir andrei well, in general, how do you evaluate the results of this summit and what other stakes are there in general, you know yourself that the ukrainian issue is extremely difficult and important, and they are important for us, but they hardly make up even a tenth of all the problems that are discussed there. let's take migration as a super problem and the north of europe and they see it the same way southern europe sees it differently and the central countries are the same poland the same slovakia and so on or hungary they see it a third way further on the question of whether to start a technological war by the united states of the united states to e-e-e conclude such e-e financial conditions that help their technological companies to rebuild and reform more quickly and in particular in

the field of energy saving in the field of e-e ecology of environmental protection does europe have these theoretically, there is money, but can all european countries conclude such a joint plan similar to the one that operates in the united states, there is one government , it was concluded by the congress and voted and it went , and here what is possible, and this is, for example, the second question and then the third question it is also extremely important, we cannot bypass it, it is the creation of free trade zones of the european union with different regions of the world, we know that china uses its opportunities to enter different markets and europe lags behind thus, china conquers, for example , south america and the european union does not have a free trade agreement with south