to launch a full-scale invasion. 107,000 is about those stories that became public, that is, i am not sure that 107 interviews, for example, were conducted, or investigative actions with thousands of witnesses, most likely we are also talking about a huge number of cases obtained by the fact of available information in open sources, for example, a photo of a dead body published in an anonymous telegram channel, is a reason for... the prosecutor's office and, in principle, investigators to start a pre-trial investigation into this fact, so we operate very large data, but they obviously do not correspond to the real scale of the tragedy in ukraine. crimes against children, in particular the deportation of children, are those cases that at the international level, at least seem to have the most progress, so the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for putin, lviv and bilova, his human rights commissioner, precisely because of. guys, why did this

track become so, well, it looks like it's going to be the fastest, and what are its prospects? well, first, because again, the deportation of children, the adoption, the forcible separation of families, that's what was verbalized, what was spoken even by russian officials, this is access to information in the media, directly the so-called ombudsman for the child, the protection of the child's rights, she testified publicly, gave an interview, where he said that she had adopted a child from mariupol, and it happened live, in a conversation with president vladimir putin, so the story about children is not just the most painful for an adequate healthy society, it is widespread in ukraine and it is a step towards researching the topic and the crime of genocide, because genocide is something that has to do with a whole generation, it also applies to deportation and adoption, but the key is... even changing

the curriculum in schools that are now under occupation in the territory of ukraine, where the russians offer their curriculum in order to change the identity of a child, that is, it is clear that a six-seven-eight-year-old child, she is not yet fully capable, in the event that for several years they will put it into her head that she is not ukrainian, but russian, to reject this information, that is, a change of identity is proof that this crime has features of genocide. and the international criminal court, in fact, at the start, having investigated a large number of different types of war crimes, crimes against humanity, brought two cases as a general line, these are again violations of the rights of the child and war crimes against this category of citizens, crimes, again, by witnesses of which there were many, the evidence of which is enough in the public space, and the second is the targeting of the destruction of civilian infrastructure in the territory. the consequences of which during

the last winter and the beginning of spring are colossal, we investigated that in just 4 months, from december 2021 22, sorry, until march 23, ukraine lost 1.8 million citizens, because the consequences of blackouts, inability, well, to actually manage one's own life and in a certain way regulate its access to of food products in connection with that, the mobility of the older age category of mothers with children led to the fact that citizens of ukraine decided to leave the territory of ukraine, and this was a large wave of migration, directly related to the systematic, work on the destruction of civil energy infrastructure in ukraine, because these are not military objects, they, well, again, any targeting of them is considered a war crime, because civilians suffer in

connection with this, and the third case, by the way, is a case, which was opened by a criminal, international criminal court, there are no warrants yet, but the international criminal court is investigating, the direct destruction of the kakhov reservoir, the kakhov dam, because it led to certain environmental and other consequences on the territory of ukraine, but the first two cases, as far as i am concerned have a large perspective, because they can be proven by individual testimonies, they can be proven in statistics, and the international criminal court, unlike any personal case, investigates the context, that is, under what conditions it happened, what consequences it brought to society, and i personally really hope , that our partners, including them, will see a certain perspective in the investigation, because unlike other great tragedies, the destruction of the kokhov dam did not lead to a proper outcome.

shares, but few experts know that this is the first step regarding the consequences for zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, accordingly, this is a non-linear war. the purpose of which is to affect the interests and living space of the civilian population, and therefore i hope that the international criminal court will also work on this case qualitatively. you have already mentioned the people who were forced to leave ukraine due to a full-scale war in the context of strikes on energy facilities, blackouts, but those who leave, they could be either victims of war crimes or witnesses of war crimes, they are being dealt with abroad any work and law enforcement officers bodies in order to collect information, then attach it to cases, for example, there is such a joint investigation team, this is a group of investigators belonging to states that have opened criminal proceedings in connection with the commission of war crimes in ukraine, and

many states have joined this group also includes the international criminal court, respectively investigators on the ground in various countries, countries primarily in the european union, the closest. your neighbors have prosecutors and investigators whose goal is to find witnesses to investigate this case and then, i i hope to transfer it, including to the international criminal court, or testimony or individual episodes, however, well, i cannot say that this is a perfect work as of now, and it is connected with the fact that in some countries very few investigators are involved in process, i know, for example, that there is only one such in estonia, and we understand that estonia is a country that chose as a corridor to the european union those citizens who were forcibly deported to the territory of the russian federation, that is, they are essentially witnesses of the fact deportation, organized filtering camps, and in my deep

conviction, in these countries we need more expertise and more involved persons, in the same poland where opora has its center for preliminary documentation of war crimes, many more investigators for... they initially worked with shelters, in particular with places where ukrainians came quite spontaneously, where they could get food, primary, medical , legal and other help and decide what to do with life next, whether to go to germany, another country of the european union or stay in poland, but at the beginning , for example, these investigators worked even near the border, that is, when ukrainians crossed it en masse, there was a desire to communicate, a wave of such emotional support, and work tasks related to the work of investigators and prosecutors, however, ukrainians were, to put it mildly, in a state of trauma, and quite it is difficult when you have crossed the border with a child, with a child or several children with a small bag, to talk

to the investigators without being in the dark, you must understand that the citizen must be emotionally prepared for the testimony, which can last for hours, and it is very difficult to communicate in a foreign language with unknown people in these circumstances. that is why we came up with the idea of ​​this very center for documenting the preliminary interview of potential witnesses, we collect testimonies from ukrainians , it is done by ukrainians to ukrainians, they are lawyers and psychologists who first determine whether this person has a sufficient emotional background to communicate with you at all. if she is extremely traumatized, it may be necessary to provide psychological help as a priority, and not... record, take notes, certain testimonies, conduct communication, regarding what could be the next steps, what will happen to her, if she is ready to further testify to the official side by the authority, and we translate these preliminary interviews into polish, transfer them to the prosecutor's office through the act

of acceptance of the transfer of data, consent to the transfer of this data is given by ukrainians in writing, and then the investigators turn to them, realizing that all citizens are ready , were real witnesses, and are not telling stories read in news feeds or on telegram channels, and this is of course very important, because it is abroad our citizens already found themselves in a safe environment, perhaps moved away from the first shock, especially since some time has passed, and it is important that many of them left those communities, from those territories that are still occupied, in our center the largest number of testimonies were from khersonsk region, that is, it is not even donbas, it is not donetsk, luhansk, where very often they either deported or created corridors, for example, from mariupol to russia to russia, in the direction of the russian federation, and these are citizens who left or from under the demarcation line , or again already occupied

territory, very often in this way, specific, but quite interesting, and well, for example, i took a previous testimony from a person, again, it was a woman, she had a sister with her, there were three children, and they left near bakhmut, they they left at the moment when there was already a very active phase of hostilities there, they told important things, we describe it all, again we take contacts consent to recording, consent to the transfer of this data and give them to law enforcement agencies, for that , so that the further interview takes place in the procedural way, well, that is, the work is titanic and it is just beginning, thank you for doing it and telling us about it, it was olga evazovska, the head of the board of the opora civic network. chevrons approaching victory, the enemies thought that

independence was just a word for us, but from the first steps on our land, they were convinced that we have been defending our independence for centuries and are ready to fight for it again. the defense forces of ukraine stubbornly, unceasingly, step by step choose, gnaw, squeeze out of the enemy's claws our land, our will, our independence. thank you for every moment and for this day. we prove independence every day. current data is the foundation for effective decisions. the state statistics service launches the first

online survey. we collect information about the level of employment and unemployment among ukrainians. we collect thanks to you, take part in the survey and become a part of important government changes. simply scan the qr code on the screen to go to the survey page. easier than brewing in the morning coffee. we make changes. for the sake and thanks to each of you, the minister is now in touch with us of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba. mr. dmitry, good evening to you. good evening. the previous week was very busy for ukrainian diplomacy, you and the president were in north america, the united states, and canada. let's start with a visit to washington. what results do we have? we have new arrangements. of the president regarding the supply of weapons to ukraine, we have

an agreement on the start of joint production of weapons between american and ukrainian companies, we have a clear confirmation of non-violability and immutability support of ukraine, as at all meetings , it was noted that as much as it will be needed, and this is in relation to the meeting with president biden. and the congressional meetings have shown that despite all the apocalyptic comments coming from some commentators that the senate, the congress is divided, it is not true, we maintain bipartisan support, and actually everyone saw the statement of the speaker of the congress, the speaker of the house of representatives, mr. mccarthy, that in the budget, the budget proposals will save the money that is provided... for support for ukraine, so it was an extremely successful visit, and the president returned to

ukraine with concrete things in his hands that strengthen our country. the analysis that i read, regarding the president's visit to the white house, to the congress , they come to such conclusions that little by little skepticism about supporting ukraine is growing, because the war is getting long, the americans are beginning to...associate with the world war ii etnami, that is, that there is no end and no end, and because of that the question arises, whether it is necessary to continue financing, did you feel this skepticism, well, look, you can always find someone with such an opinion as you need, and write in a post on social networks or in an article on a media resource that there are such sentiments, well, of course, someone has such sentiments, but do these sentiments exist - basic, well, popular, are they, as they say, mainstream, no, absolutely

not, are they approaching the mainstream, no, not approaching, they remain marginal, and we are talking about public opinion, because america is a democratic country and there you can find any opinion, but was this skepticism, on meetings with congressmen and senators, was this skepticism in the white house, no. it was not, but indeed america, the united states is a democratic country, in which the presidential race will soon begin, what are you preparing for at the diplomatic level in connection with this? to non-interference in the election process and to the minimization of anyone's attempts to make the ukrainian issue a hostage of the election process, we understand that certain candidates will speculate on the topic of ukraine,

but we will work to ensure that ukraine does not feel this. negative consequences. well, let's then move from washington to new york, where the un general assembly was held, and both at it and at the meeting of the security council, the president called for the reform of this organization, primarily the reform of the security council, depriving russia of its right of veto through a vote of the general assembly, is there now a political will in the world, if we can say so globally, in order to really approach the subject of the reform of the security council in a substantive way. you know, for us in december of last year, the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine issued an official statement about the necessity, about the groundlessness of the stay russia as part of the permanent members of the un security council, and then we were told that this is all space , no one will talk about it, no one

needs it, but what we see from january to september is an increase in interest among key states to the topic of the reform of the un security council, and in september now during the discussions, many countries talked about it. the topic of un reform is now more relevant than ever, and public conversations about it are no longer closed, but public, they, they are so loud that there was no such thing before... and this is a very important moment here, so it a long process, as the president said in his speech, one should not wait for the third world war, one should prevent a world war in order to prevent it, but one should not wait for a war in order to change the un security council, one should make reforms that will save the world from conflicts

and from aggression, and we see that this discussion, that we, that we are in the center of this discussion with our position, and how this process should... should begin objectively, what changes should be made in which statutes and who should be initiator? the situation must come to pens, as happens with the reforms not only of international organizations, but also in different countries, when a crisis creates a need for reform, the main thing, i repeat again, is that this crisis was not a global war, and in the future , what will be more obvious is the inability of the un security council, to take real measures in order to stop russian russian aggression against ukraine, the more urgent will be the awareness of the need to reform it, it will not be an easy process, i will not lie to anyone, it will not be something there once and happened, it will be quite slow, but in the end will be

amendments to the un charter will be worked out. which will change the rule of applying the veto in this organization, because this is actually the key problem of the united nations organization now. previously, ukraine insisted that russia in principle has no right to be in the security council, because it simply seized this place after the collapse of the soviet union. am i correct in my understanding that we have now moved away from this topic, from this track and are concentrating on the dead. by no means, these are not mutually exclusive tracks, they complement each other, because even if in russia, or rather, i would say more correctly, even when russia will not be in the un security council in the status of a permanent member, there will still be a need for a mechanism to overcome it, or to overcome the veto,

or a mechanism for such a vote in the un security council, when one country cannot ... to block legally binding resolutions, of course, after the united states, the president flew to canada, who asked questions there and what do they expect from ukraine there? in canada , no questions were asked, there were only suggestions regarding - new forms of cooperation, new ones projects, and, as you know, i joked, one politician. it is precisely canadian that we in ukraine call canada the second ukraine, because there are indeed a lot of ukrainians in this country, and their influence on political life. canada is very, very important, so it was, it was a meeting where there were no questions at all,

only answers and new plans for cooperation. well, in parallel with these trips, a scandal broke out with, not a scandal, a crisis, i would say, grain with poland in particular, so we heard, well, very different statements from polish leaders. which went beyond the topic of the actual supply of grain, in your opinion, is the worst behind us, or are we already on the path to a constructive solution to this issue? ukraine has never strayed from the path of a constructive solution to this issue. let me remind you that this all started not today and not yesterday and not even the day before yesterday, several months ago, if i am not mistaken, in april, i think , or in may. poland chose the path, the life of nationals, that is, under national bans, and the european commission opposed it,

temporary european measures were introduced, we have been working all this time with poland, with the european commission, with other neighboring countries to prevent further escalation, and note that when the first... problem arose, there were five countries that, opposed the export of ukrainian grain, today we have romania, we have bulgaria, countries that do not support these bans, which cooperate constructively with us, and three countries, hungary, slovakia and poland, continue their national bans, in poland and in slovakia elections are coming. hungary, of course, has a special position here. that is why we are always in favor of a constructive approach, we have done a lot with the european commission to prevent

a repeat of the introduction of national bans, and we are against this issue becoming hostage to any political processes. the poles and i must defeat a common enemy. we have repeatedly demonstrated in history that when we are together, when there is solidarity, mutual support and mutual help between us, we are much stronger, when there are some unresolved issues between us, then the third party necessarily gets the maximum benefit from them, that is why we are not inclined to conflict, we are inclined to be constructive and ready for negotiations, ready for consultations, we are very open to the polish side, we respect it very much and appreciate it infinitely and are grateful for the support of the polish people against russian aggression. regarding countering russian aggression, at

what stage is the preparation of the forum of defense industries now, you said that more than 165 companies of the defense sector have already confirmed their participation, for which number the final calculate what the result should be? soon at the end of the week there will be a truckload of defense industries, we have done a very right thing , we can see it by organizing this forum, we can see it from the number of companies that have shown interest, it is about joint production of weapons, about joint projects, this is really the future, we need it, our foreign partners need it, our armed forces, all our defense forces and our whole country. will become much stronger as a result of those joint contracts and projects that will be worked on forum, we are preparing for it very carefully,

i think that we will realistically have a situation as of tomorrow when there will be fewer seats in the hall than the number of those who want to take part in it. with this forum, we are opening a new stage in strengthening the defense capabilities of ukraine and europe. and i think that everything will be very, very good. thank you very much, that is, at the end of the week , important news awaits us, we will definitely cover it, and now the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba, was with us. approaching chevrons. based on the mortal danger that hung over ukraine, continuing the thousand-year-old tradition

of the state... creation in ukraine, proclaimed ukraine an independent democratic state on august 24, 1991. for 346. glory to ukraine. glory to you blue mountains, covered with ice. and you are great knights, not forgotten by god. fight, fight. god help you. for you is the truth, for you is the power. and the will is holy. 1000 years of state formation, 105 years of struggle, 32 years of restoration of independence. how are you, everything is fine, how are the children, how is mother? i have more or less everything, well almost, of course, that fatigue, of course insomnia, but in no case despair, because the power is here, within us, and in those

around us. we will definitely overcome everything. the war exacerbated everything, emotions became sharper, actions became the same. the best thing that saves me is walking around the city, long walks to my favorite music, and the most important thing, as they say in our village, is agro-fitness. it's bad, plant potatoes, it became easier, go for beets, the main thing is not to sit within four walls, because then it's a slipper. i even thought about starting one. have a garden in the city and grow hollyhocks on the balcony. if you want to learn how to help yourself and others, go to how are you.com. about a month mps plan to consider the budget for 2024 in the first reading, what it foresees, and what discussions are going on in the parliament regarding the main estimate of ukraine, we talk with

the people's deputy. to the head of the verkhovna rada committee on finance, tax and customs policy, danylo gitmantsev, who is in our studio today, mr. danylo, i congratulate you, congratulations, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, glory, you know, we like to give names to budgets so that such a basic the idea of ​​outlining them, this would be the budget, as you called it, well, actually, me i would not think about such bright slogans here, it seems to me that this is a normal war budget, for countries in the third year of war, this is a stability budget. this is a military budget, this is a budget where there are three main priorities, and the absolute priority is defense, we spend 1.7 trillion on defense, these are huge funds, and no peace budget was even comparable to these figures, this is half of all expenditures , and more than 20% of the country's gdp as a whole, and in addition, it is necessary... to note

that 93% of these expenses alone are covered by the tax account, that is, we do not collect through taxes and ordinary fees, even the amount necessary for the army, and we even have to borrow for the army, so this is a difficult budget, a budget of the financial front, which will be difficult to fulfill, but where are the main priorities, yes here are the other two priorities - this is precisely the social system, we are increasing social spending despite the war, we are increasing the minimum wage to uah 800 in the middle of the year, we are increasing the tax-free minimum income of citizens to uah 2,900, and all payments are transferred from it, which until it is tied, we do indexation of pensions and date the pension fund by the appropriate amount, indexation of pensions is bringing it into line with last year's inflation, and money is also laid in the budget for this, we are expanding, increasing

teachers' salaries. to teachers by 18%, we are expanding the budget for medicine also significantly by more than 20 2 billion. thus, the second priority is social and the third priority is business assistance, despite the war, despite the fact that there is no money for anything, we just it's up to you they said, we still provide for the 579 program in the budget, this is cheap lending , we provide for work, that is, grants for business development, we provide... for housing, this is mortgage lending, and all of this, we are increasing funding for all of this, more than 31 billion will be spent for these purposes, it seems to me that it is very significant that during the war, despite the lack of money, we still support business, but here the question is whether we can afford to improve the revision of social standards, further support for business in conditions when there are not enough taxes even to cover the needs of the army?

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