[000:00:00;00] the price of dismantling is that russia has the largest nuclear stockpile from the usa oleksandr khara, a diplomat and expert at the center for defense strategies joined the air svoboda ranok i greet you mr. oleksandr good morning, here we again have several statements regarding the use of tactical nuclear weapons by russia, very specific demands of the russian side have already been voiced e- i am talking about the use of tor ramshad missiles, in particular, on the territory of crimea , and there is a concern of biden, well, actually, if it flies to the side, as soon as it flies into crimea, then the kremlin’s response is inevitable. well, of course there will be some kind of answer, but here it will not be an answer, since it is not a response to our actions, but actually russian provocations, russian aggression is at the very beginning if we talk about nuclear escalation, yes, during this and last week, the rhetoric increased somewhat, there were two articles

the kremlin experts mean these experts, mr. karaganov and mr. terenin, where they argued that a nuclear strike should be carried out, one said on ukraine, they were only told on the territory of a nato member country, or otherwise, the united states will not return the answer is symmetrical and this will mean the end of nat. well, according to the fact that russia will win this war, the most important thing to say is that in moscow they understand that they cannot win this war with ukraine with the levels of support that they have from the west, despite the fact that what may be a little dissatisfied, of course we would like more different weapons rather the same f16, we would of course look at the news from the south or from the east a bit more let's say so major, but in reality this is

the rhetoric, it does not deter our western of partners they take nuclear weapons into account, by the way, when mr. putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus, the americans clearly said that this does not change anything and they do not need either doctrinally or physically, that is, to place any additional e-e means on the european continent it is necessary to change the situation, in fact, this nuclear bravado with belarus is extremely dangerous, first of all, for the belarusians themselves, if the crazies in the kremlin decide to press the button, either in ukraine or in some other territory, then most of all. the first nuclear strike, if there is one from the west, it will most likely be on belarus, and by the way, if we say a little about history , we will return to it, if there was a confrontation between the soviet union and a united state or a nato bloc the first such preemptive strike should have been delivered to kyiv and minsk in order for moscow to come to its senses and not

continue the nuclear escalation. unfortunately, it was lukashenka's ringleader who deceived his people in this way without giving him anything because he did not will have access to this button and actually this weapon does not change anything because it is kaliningrad and from kaliningrad russia can threaten the same european countries in the same way as from the territory of belarus but let's say so rhetorically to try to involve the americans in negotiations not only about control -e with weapons of mass destruction and reduction , as well as in the package of concessions regarding ukraine or some other issues, this does not work, we see that the biden administration clearly understands this tactic, they say that they want to talk with the russians about control and reduction, but they are not going to do it by linking other issues . well, you see, you can talk about control reduction, but nevertheless you say that the threat of deploying tactical nuclear weapons

on the territory of belarus is real and such a dangerous story of svitlana tikhanovskaya is one of representatives of the belarusian opposition also by the way, i talked about the fact that lukashenko is actually setting up his people because the answer may be belarus, and on the other hand, it may give the kremlin an opportunity to say that we did not take part in this at all, it was an attack from the territory of belarus, but you said, and if there is an answer, in this case, what are the intentions of the west, what are the intentions of jubaide, at which he already stated that he called the real threat of the use of tactical nuclear weapons of weapons on the russian side is obvious, so will there be a response, or is it possible now that there should be some serious verbal responses from russia in order to prevent such use of tactical nuclear weapons, to what extent is the west going to seriously buy into such threats well, i have

there is no doubt that the answer will be well, first of all, let's start with the fact that from the very beginning of the large-scale invasion, the strategy of the americans was this: there is an armed aggression of a nuclear state against a non-nuclear state . ukraine defends itself according to article 51 of the un charter. their european allies, we help ukraine defend itself we are not part of the conflict and we are not going to be this letter and by the way, nato does not help ukraine in any way, not even with weapons, that is, in fact, all this is done at the national level in within the framework of the same ramshtan process, that is, this strategy continues further. putin tried to threaten both verbally and they send such mixed signals , you know, if russian diplomats are russian or putin says that russia has a special responsibility to the world and that is exactly why we should not allow nuclear weapons there, this is a threat that russia has the largest nuclear arsenal and that russia is ready to use it, but these words, american

intelligence has never once for more than a year given signals that they see preparations before the use of tactical nuclear weapons, this is the most important thing, besides warning russia, in addition to initiating certain documents, and by the way, in january of this year , there was a statement to leave the permanent members of the un security council who possess nuclear weapons, that it is impossible to use nuclear weapons and that nuclear war does not have be started, i also want to remind you that when everyone was in moscow, they signed a large document where they said that nuclear weapons should not be distributed abroad , on the contrary, they should be taken away. of course, they had in the mind of the americans, but this also includes russia, china, india, has repeatedly stated that it is impossible to use nuclear weapons, it must actually be a deterrent weapon, that is, in principle, there is a lack of acceptance on the part of both western countries and the closest allies of the russian

federation that this cannot be done, and the second most important thing is how to me, this is readiness, more precisely , a demonstration of the readiness to use weapons , which was shown by the americans about 3-4 months ago in gibraltar at the naval base , the british were shown, uh, submarine a boat of the agaya class with i don't remember there are several dozen of these cruise missiles with nuclear warheads, that is, the americans gave a signal that there is an extremely powerful and effective submarine submarine and the whole boat is a shaky tool and we are ready to use it if there are fools. meanwhile, there were the signals of former military experts and diplomats are american, as they said that the united states can use non-nuclear means that will have the same effect as nuclear ones . for example, if a nuclear

warhead is used on the territory of ukraine, then the black sea fleet of the russian federation and all military bases on the territory of the autonomous republic of crimea will simply disappear. ugh, oleksandr, i thank you. oleksandr kara, a diplomat and expert at the center for defense strategies , joined the airwaves of freedom morning and we talked about nuclear threats from russia and the world's likely reaction to this. thank you, this is freedom. morning my name is katya nekrecha and further in this stream we talk about such topics exchangers will be punished for refusing to accept worn currencies , at least that is what they promise in the national bank of ukraine and even there they call on people to complain if their dollars do not want to be exchanged for hryvnias, then why de facto restrictions appeared for currency exchange even though they were not established by the national bank, who is benefiting from such excitement, and who returned the money to people who paid a commission of 10 to 30% for an old or damaged currency note? holds this district dog patron familiar words band song map of the world about

the ukrainian dog odnyukhovich explosives became a laureate of the music prize yuna 23 why this track and cartoon about the mascot of the civil service of ukraine from emergency situations became so popular in what we are talking about the phenomenon, don't miss it. well, i will also remind you. if you like this content, be sure to subscribe to the radio freedom channel. like this video. this is very necessary for youtube to promote it and for as many ukrainians as possible to see this ukrainian-language content and on youtube in the united states of america through an accounting error in the ministry of defense overestimated the american weapons sent to ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war, so it is said about a revaluation in the amount of more than 6 billion dollars this was stated by the deputy press secretary of the pentagon, sabrina sing, they are handing over sinnen ta dahil , so now american officials say that the surplus can be used for new aid packages, as they explain to the pentagon, the error occurred due to

the assignment of an inflated cost of weapons that were sent to ukraine from us warehouses for the calculations, the cost of new weapons was used, which is more expensive than a used one and this led to inflated figures well, today in london the international conference on the restoration of ukraine starts, the prime minister of ukraine denys shmygal said that it will be a continuation of the movement for the great reconstruction of ukraine, it is known that the president of the european commission , usula von der lyagin, secretary of state anthony blinking, president volodymyr zelenskyi , and president volodymyr zelenskyi will speak at the conference with what aid packages and promises will come to this conference to the partner of ukraine. i will tell you all the details, eh. congratulations katya, this is primarily about non-military aid , so that ukraine can accordingly stay

afloat, pay salaries, pensions and from this already in brussels, they look to the future and enter the arena with medium-term proposals, they offered 50 billion euros the day before in aid in the form of grants , loans and investments. this program is designed for four years and according to the eu. it should support the macro-financial stability of ukraine and contribute to both the reconstruction and modernization synchronizing ukraine with the european union on the way to its accession to the european commission, the package will contribute to the green, digital and inclusive economy and, in particular, to the implementation of the standards of eu rules in well, in order for ukraine to get access to these funds, its government must propose a plan for how it will spend, describe in detail the reconstruction and reforms that it is preparing, and within the framework of the financial interests of the eu, there will also be an audit and control so that the program can be implemented by itself, it still has to go through certain european bureaucracy to be approved by the european parliament and the council of the european union, then only ukraine will be offered to prepare a plan

for ukraine, then we offer a financial reserve for the next 4 years in the amount of 50 billion euros, this applies as loans and grants, the laid plans provide , first of all , a perspective for our partners in ukraine, predictability, and should also stimulate other donors to activate how to activate private sector funds for the reconstruction of ukraine. more than 1,000 officials from 60 countries of the world are to discuss this in ukraine, as well as businessmen and investors, the head of the british foreign ministry of the united states said that they will encourage the private sector there to be included in the process, but they noted that kyiv must also continue reforms for this purpose, the us secretary of state announced the announcement of a new powerful, as he said, aid package to ukraine within the framework of the usa's commitment to stand shoulder to shoulder with it as long as it takes

, the big package will be presented today and great britain has already called the ancient street a landmark and will direct it to the vital state services of maintaining schools in hospitals , demining, for example, kits for the elimination of the consequences of natural disasters, the ukrainian authorities as prime minister gal said will focus in london on three areas, this is the rapid recovery of the involvement of private budgets and the development of the regions tkach thank you very much this was zoryana stepanenko, our european correspondent, thank you for the refusal to exchange the worn currency of the national bank of ukraine , fines and sanctions have been developed there and citizens are encouraged to complain if their dollars do not want to exchange for hryvnias or underestimate their value, the national bank assured that no restrictions were set for currency exchange, the hype was artificially created and played in the hands of banks and fenustans, the head of the nbu, andriy pishnyi, said that we saw an artificially created hype which

, unfortunately, knowingly or unknowingly played along with some non-banking financial institutions and banks . the national bank did not set any restrictions regarding currency exchange based on the year of issue of banknotes of previous years of issue, which are legal tender in a foreign country, its valid so you can exchange them for hryvnias at any time, do not lose your savings in a panic pursuit of the exchange of white currency for blue currency in recent days, messages and videos have spread in social networks that banks and skill points refuse to occupy partially worn currency of dollars of ancient years, or with a worn appearance they offered to exchange at an undervalued rate, the client lost up to 30% of the value now in the nbu solved this problem, as they say there, they canceled the definition of minor wear of banknotes, therefore , a dollar that passed the check with a counter and a detector at the cash register should be exchanged as

a full-fledged payment documents e cashier more there is no assessing the wear and tear of banknotes by eye fines for violations the nbu has set such fines for banks, it is up to uah 400,000 for non-bank finstans up to 5% of the amount of capital, it is interesting that the nbu can also ban certain types of currency transactions as a punishment, but the question remains. how will the national bank be able to influence such the so-called black illegal exchangers, which are popular among ukrainians, and those questions were asked by our next guest , danylo hetmantsev, head of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on finance, tax and of customs policy joined the freedom of the morning i welcome you to our broadcast e-e explain, tell the hero slava, at what point did exchangers and banks de facto begin to introduce such restrictions and apply this commission from 10 to 30% if something is wrong with the bill. is it is it outdated or is it damaged? there is some kind of inscription on it. well, in fact, money changers, especially money changers and banking institutions, also

played with this kind of extra income, if you can call it earnings. in the 23rd year and at the end of the 22nd year, we actually felt that the situation was reaching a dead end and joined in solving it. i turned to the national bank to the law enforcement agencies . regarding this situation, we already see the reaction of the national bank today, we see that the situation in banking institutions is leveling it has not yet leveled off in exchangers, i.e. non -banking financial institutions that deal with currency administration, but yesterday's resolution of the national bank seems to me to be of great help to the national bank the most important thing is that the bank has removed the concept of slightly damaged bills. it is not clear why it was

included in the regulations. we have damaged bills. that is, they are those that have lost 50% of their area, or they are burned bills, or they are excessively worn bills. it is impossible to decipher the information that is printed there, these are bills that everyone understands and people understand and banks understand and exchange that understands that they are possible, they must be accepted for collection and there may be special conditions for their exchange. e-e bills that do not fall under these signs in that i-y bill there 96 before 96 or like 2006 or earlier issued, they should all be accepted without any restrictions and in fact i understand it correctly, that is, mr. danylo a, is it clear now who and how much earned from this, because people were charged a commission of

10 to 30% for old or damaged bills, and contributors to social networks write that the damage to the bills was assessed by eye, literally something could have been written there, although in view of what photos were published that these the bills look normal because they have them in their pockets, this money, these percentages have settled, well, we cannot say the exact amount of this interest, this is a lot of money, this is a lot of money, they are counted in billions of hryvnias if we talk year by year, but it is uh, well, that is, we can say the exact amount because uh- well, these complaints about the quality of bills depended on the imagination of each cashier or his manager, who gave the relevant instructions verbally to the cashier , really, there were complaints even about bent bills, there were complaints about torn bills , there were some complaints about bills with

the point is made with a pen, i.e. absolutely ridiculous, absolutely baseless claims that simply gave the opportunity to er-e exchangers to earn additional money on this exchange . well, will the investigation be carried out, that is , will they somehow find out and who caused such a stir and this story in general, because you are talking about large sums that are not calculated, but they sound simple, i think that the responsibility will definitely be, but the responsibility will be on no, that is, which is now rather harsh. the national bank reacts to this kind of violation, it will deprive licenses and foreign exchange e-e institutions and fined quite large amounts of fines e-e banking institutions if e-e will be discovered and the situation is convinced the situation will be corrected we at the committee at the beginning of july will listen to the law enforcement agencies and the national bank regarding

the measures taken because still one problem that exists in the same context is illegal currency exchangers. for some reason, they work without a license, without anything, without any permits. they deceive people and set their rates. why are these people who are popularly called money changers still popular in the markets, why are these illegal money changers popular over the internet or without a license, why is this happening , this market is certain like any other market . of any product, it is legal and there is illegal and the illegal market. maybe somewhere offers better terms of exchange. maybe somewhere when there is a shortage. and we had such periods . remember at the beginning of the war. when there is a shortage, they still offer it for currency exchange, that is

, they are looking for a niche that is not filled. legal market. well, when the percentage is high, official exchangers or banks demand it for alleged damage to the banknote, yes, or, or on this matter, but it should not exist, and it definitely fuels corruption, especially in the middle ranks of law enforcement agencies, which look with wide-open eyes they are looking at these crimes and this. i am convinced that we will cope with this issue. we have taken this issue very seriously. i am convinced that we will bring it to order in the near future . the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on issues of finance, tax and customs policy was a guest svoboda ranok, we talked about the situation with currency exchange with damaged or not banknotes, the interest that was sometimes charged for these banknotes, what ukrainians write about in social networks

, we will follow this, thank you in response to the question who holds this district of ukrainians is currently mostly singing trend of social networks, the patron saint received a music award , the band's song map of the world, which became viral on social networks, entered the top 100 radio stations at the end of the year, received a music award the young jury chose the best hits from artists who wrote songs already after the start of the full-scale invasion. it is interesting that the committee changed the rules of participation by adapting them to the current realities. songs by artists whose authors are silent about the war in ukraine or who supported russian aggression are not included in the rating. that all songs were considered within the framework of one category of songs by indomitable ukraine, in addition to the band map of the world, there are 11 more winners, among whom okean elsa antitila and

ed sheeran and other artists recognized their works the most important songs of the past year were separately awarded to artists for their work in support of ukrainian culture and society , the band map of the world, its frontman ivan marunych actively helps injured animals, but in the spring they held an all-ukrainian tour and raised money for an animal protection organization.ua animals what are the artists doing now? we have the opportunity to ask right now the soloist of the band map of the world ivan marunych joined the freedom of the morning i congratulate you on our broadcast, i also congratulate you on the victory of the young man 20-23 e for you was the victory expected or not because in general and the popularity of this song because in general as you said before you wrote it as a joke or as a meme and now you have one of the leading awards of the country's music award for this song, congratulations, well, actually, they announced the winners a little earlier, it was in the month of april and this year, the prize was awarded to 12

songs of indomitability - these were chosen by the members of the jury, of course, it is very nice that they appreciated this song. moreover, this song is loved by children , because we still receive a lot of videos where children during air raids somewhere dance to this song in a shelter. well, if this song fulfilled at least this mission, it would be good, but in fact, it is true that this song has gone a little beyond this musical joke and meme now at charity concerts when we play, we see that teenagers sing along and adults understand that this joke is so ironic, and of course we are happy that there is an opportunity to hold such an award, and we all understand that it is only thanks to the armed forces

of ukraine and about this, actually, at the award, there was such a context, the context of the entire event in general. but in tiktok, in particular, there are 215 million videos with the dog patron hashtag, there are also many different related hashtags, and three and 6 million views of the main video on your youtube channel. who owns the royalties in your band, the patron dog, or the state emergency service of ukraine, er, so the story is that we posted the song on youtube , again, i thought it would be such a simple joke , support for a few days, but it turned out that because for some time, the patron wrote to us with his quotes on instagram and said that the song is becoming popular. and we are preparing an official cartoon series without cartridges, and it would be logical for us not to invent something new there, but to take this song in fact, the soundtrack of the cartoon series and on at the beginning of the year, the first series was released, and now

every month a ukrainian cartoon without a cartridge is released, which actually raises the topic of how children should be careful on the topic of demining and mine safety. by creativity, yes, cartoons, social media, who is very important right now, not to take unfamiliar toys there, in particular, how to react more calmly to children to air alarm signals, in particular, you previously said that you were not personally acquainted with the patronus dog, only with his paws, he replied to you on instagram. are you still a stranger? puts obstacles in the schedule for the patron too busy for such a meeting despite the fact that the song was gaining popularity and was already sung at all

concerts, even there on new year's eve there was a televised concert where this song was performed by the map of the world, and finally in april we met him, got to know each other, filmed a special version for piano players and songs. well, i think it's very good because now there is such a positive symbol for everyone our generation is such a superhero and it's good that he has a song now the team that leads helps the patron to write all these messages in social networks, these are very talented creative people who now understand their mission to communicate on all topics, especially with the younger audience, of course. do everything to raise funds for the support of the state emergency service and for animal welfare organizations, where the patron is actually the ambassador. you

say the most reviews. it is from children, from small ukrainians , or adults also listen, in particular, to this song. so i say that what for this song, it already means adults , of course, and such a humorous song. she, uh, supports, of course , and grown up from children, and that is, they understood that it was done, that is, that now he also supports humorous content. because we are supported every day very heavy news surrounds the information space and we have to switch sometimes, and actually we understand that it is important to write serious songs now, and we are currently working on this, uh, but also such thoughtful songs that can somehow instantly switch and renew the morale this is also important well

actually, both adults and children. well, as far as i can see at concerts from the stage, they love this song. and it’s good that it exists, but there is a suspicion that little ukrainians will probably demand from you even more fun tracks like this in order to to spend time separately you said earlier and in the vaults listening to this music humming it and it really defuses the situation according to you thank you let's see if there is an opportunity uh to create music i think- i think that musicians should do this because at all concerts uh well, we are very afraid for the military. we played in 2018. i had the honor of playing with ukrainian artists and the military all say that the music is some there when there is an opportunity to watch. jokes on the internet is something that is very

fast. the soloist of the band map of the world ivan marunych joined you svoboda morning inspiration and success to you this is freedom morning every weekday from 9:00 am - katya nakrechenie my colleagues are preparing these issues for you so stay tuned to svoboda radio channel subscribe put your preferences have a good day meeting them tomorrow in ukraine at 10:00 a.m. and for your attention a news release on the espresso tv channel in the studio of iryna koval . i greet all the viewers and i will start with the terrible numbers first. the invasion of ukraine killed more than 9,000 civilians, even more 15.5 suffered, however, this number may be many times higher, the united