oleksandra novosel will tell. oleksandr maslov rides a bicycle every day in the city of kharkiv, where he currently lives. he has a prosthesis installed on his right leg. the guy says that in march last year he came under russian fire. there was a car near this house. i was standing near the car, i tried to go into the opening, a projectile hit there, i jumped back. about here , after about 10 seconds, i probably came to my senses, looked at my legs, they were crooked, i straightened them, then my brother came running and began to give me first aid. then sashko was 16 years old, he lived in the village of dubivtsi near the border with russia, he and his brother went to rytsentr to bring groceries to an acquaintance, after the shelling an ambulance took him to kharkiv, recalls the boy's mother, nataliya maslova. to reach her wounded son, she was able to... the next day, because of the shelling

, she says, it was difficult to leave, we went to the intensive care unit, waited for the doctor, the head of the department, and i asked how he was doing, he told me that he was alive, it was the most important thing at that moment. natalya says that the doctors tried to save sashka's leg nine days, but it had to be amputated, surgeons helped to find a center for the teenager's rehabilitation, at the end of march, sashka and his mother were taken to the netherlands. in these shots, sashko is learning to stand again, but he is already walking on a prosthesis, it was four operations, he was dripped with a lot of antibiotics, because, as i was told later, no one gave him any chance that he would survive, his condition was very serious , but we didn't know about it, so we survived everything... well,

the dutch rehabilitators predicted that the first one and a half to two years the boy will move around on crutches, but already in a year - says sashko, he almost does not use them, does not even sit in a wheelchair. as the rehabilitator told me, it is impossible to do that on this particular knee, but somehow i was able to do it, but i tried it at home, it worked for me, i showed it to him, he was shocked. sashko goes to kharkiv to the gym three times a week. the last three months. a teenager, he rides a bicycle every day, he also had to learn it again, he also drives past the local cultural center, where he practiced folk dances for 13 years. it is sad to look at this building, because there are so many memories with it, they all collapsed at one moment. currently , the maslov family rented a house in dergachy, they still cannot return to their native livelihood, there is no electricity in the village. oleksandr entered the karazin university this summer and is studying computer science. next year, he will be

given another protest. yulia tokar oleksandra novosel and anton kalita. public news kharkiv. anti-russian sanctions, we will talk about them later. the increase in russian drone attacks on the territory of ukraine proves that sanctions are not enough, president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said during his speech at the meeting of foreign ministers of eu members in kyiv the day before. according to him, it is important not to let the aggressor country enter the restrictions that already exist , and in particular, it is about the supply of foreign parts for the production of weapons, also, according to zelsky, it is important to approve the next 12th package of sanctions against russia, let's hear more. it is necessary to intensify the work regarding the new sanctions package of the european union, any sanctions pauses are increasing the time of russian aggression, and the pause after the 11th sanctions package is already.

it took too long. sanctions are clearly needed against the russian nuclear industry, both for what russia is doing at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, and as a safety measure against the use of questionable russian nuclear technology, questionable both from a security and political point of view. it is also necessary to continue the sanctions pressure on other sectors of the state's economy by terrorists. it is also important. sanctions against iran in sectors sensitive to it, including imports equipment and chemicals, every iranian strike drone that strikes european cities in ukraine is a reason for sanctions pressure. piatros aushtrevichus, a member of the european parliament, joins our conversation. good evening, mr. pietras, please tell me, in your opinion, the pause has been prolonged regarding the new.

package of sanctions, as president volodymyr zelensky said about it? congratulations to all, i must say that i admit that president zelsky made a very correct statement. the thought that this pause between the eleventh and twelfth packages was prolonged, i will only remind everyone that the eleventh package was, it was june, july, now we are already at the beginning of october , this means that it has been 3 months without anything, and there was also a certain period of time between the tenth and eleventh packages, and this says one thing, you know ... some kind of understanding in some , probably, the headquarters of the european union, somehow weakens it, and here is this protracted such expectation, it shows for one thing that there is no certainty, and this is a very bad signal, a political signal, why this

certainty no? it's hard to explain, probably, one can only say that eh... c the european union is fought by several forces at the same time, some who say that, you know, they have already accepted everything, everything possible and what else to do here, others say, no, we have not done everything, we need to do even more, of course, pressure on the economy, the european union is growing, we cannot, as they say, be very happy with the economic indicators that exist today, this also probably affects the fact that each new sanctions package or each new part of the new sanctions package somehow slows down the european economy , but i think что здесь должен выбор быты спецень между стратегией

и программический интересным, echoing the words about everything has already been done, according to the minister of foreign affairs dmytro koleba, in the 12th package of sanctions it is important to focus on the sanctions that will hit russia's defense industry, and also to remove all the points that will allow russia to circumvent the current sanctions, so how big is the problem with that, precisely with this second point, with the circumvention of sanctions? this is a huge problem, we must admit. that perhaps today we are deceiving ourselves, we think that we have accepted all these packages and that all borders are somehow closed for those goods and services that should not enter the russian market, but you know, there are many neighboring states, in central asia in that is, it means that in the caucasus, which are also companies, some personnel, yes, they

will start business very soon, probably, the tip comes from russia, because the demand there and here just need to... adjust or, as they say, trade or some programs, yes, in my opinion, the russian federation works very well it's difficult, how good the mechanism is, they know everything they need, they arrange these deliveries with everyone, that is, neighboring countries, it must be said, it must be admitted that there are no neighbors on the side of neighboring countries, in any way, in your opinion, this can be , well, at least minimize these possibilities for circumventing sanctions, because here , as far as i am concerned, it is not even about the number of packages, but about the quality, and not

about the number of sanctions, but about the quality, i would say very frankly that the european union is in overall... this is the european union and the united states the united states, in particular, should establish bilateral relations and, as i would say, open channels of communication and conversations between third countries, let's say kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, or let's say the same armenia or georgia until recently, we need to talk here very, very frankly, that is, to put on the table what we... know how they behave , trying to circumvent these sanctions and tell them what awaits them if this continues, i do not think that we have any you know такой, хороший, хорошее время, что мы можем жед чего кото, очидат от

ейтих politikov , etc. sanctions, in particular about expectations from the 12th package, it is not there yet, the 11th was at the beginning of the summer, and according to zelenskyi, we heard them before that, this pause between pa' was prolonged. next , we will talk about how russia uses internal political processes in europe, for so that we and our partners can sort out our narratives and our views more tightly, plant them there. let's start with the situation in slovakia. ivan miklos, deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the slovak republic, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, head of the group of advisers to the prime minister. ukraine, 16-19 years old. good evening good evening. ok, you hear us.

mr. ivan , let me tell you a little about it, let me know that maybe someone, no, is not aware of this situation, the russian embassy in slovakia has published a statement in which it rejects the accusations of the ministry of foreign affairs of the country towards russia, regarding choice intervention. these accusations were made after the director of the foreign intelligence service, ryshin, said that the elections in slovakia were not democratic, i will not quote, elections were held in slovakia on september 13, 30 and the opposition party won, the sd led by former prime minister robert phytso. it's short. in your opinion, what role did russia play in the results , but it is important to note here that fitz has repeatedly expressed his anti-ukrainian sentiments and threatened to stop aid. yes, i am

i think that russia played its role, but immediately before the elections, but for a longer time before the elections, russia was probably very active in slovakia, from the point of view of using influence on through social networks, due to the increase of people's distrust in the european union, in the west, so mr. ivan, i hope that it is contagious, yes, yes, we had a problem with communication, yes, in slovakia for a long time already, there is very high support for these, putin's, and russia probably

used it, which means, unfortunately, unfortunately, but we still continue the topic of slovakia, that's why that there are many, let's say so, still white spots, i believe that we have, that we have to deal with now, dmytro tuzhanskyi, director of the institute of central european strategy, i am told, will be able to join our conversation now and take up this topic . good evening, mr. dmytro, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, good evening. then i would like to hear your position regarding what role russia played in the election results we have in slovakia? i would not blame everything on russia, of course, its role is significant, significant, in what sense, it helped hack

democracy, helped, in what way, helped with narratives, helped with resources and helped with external interventions , but it is necessary to understand that russia has always done this and will always do it, and if society and the political system do not have safeguards, if so, then what happens happens , that is , robert fitz's death party was voted evenly throughout slovakia, russian narratives are the most dogged...' about from ukrainian nazis to various conspiracy theories, about the fact that slovak is ruled by the embassy of the united states there the states were spread by politicians, yes, for whom they voted, except that a large part of slovak politicians who were currently going to the elections there are not new politicians, yes, robert fitso is far from a new person, that is, he is, i don't know, in politics, in principle since the independence of slovakia, as prime minister, he was there in the 12th year. you know, that is, he is a man with an incredible train of connections, from

criminality to the italian mafia and so on and so on, yes, that is, but people support him, see in him stability, no i know, there is salvation, independence, that is , russia is okay, but this is the case when the slovak society, the slovak, i don't know the establishment, in general, the system of democracy needs to be thoroughly reassessed, everything. what's going on and you know, well, building these fuses, so uh, what do you think will be the further development of events, in principle, fico, he did not get absolutely... well, the majority, that is, he will have to form a coalition, and in your opinion, in what direction will this coalition look further, deepen into the pro-russian one, or after all, he will choose a more pro-european position, look, this is a million -dollar question, maybe even more, no one can

answer yet, that is, everyone is bargaining, the first round of these statements has passed, who is claiming what. yes, but we have to wait, behind the scenes, i don't know, this kind of work is going on, you know, what i'm afraid of, slovakia is unlikely, given the way it is, i mean, it's a member of the eu and nato, by itself , it is unlikely that it can become some kind of super-prussian, yes, here the question is that it can be anti-western, i.e. anti-nati, that is, to create problems. more precisely, yes, at the level of the eu and nato, that is, undermining their unity, this is key, and it concerns exactly the geopolitical moment, that is , anti-russian sanctions, positions on russia, from political statements to specific decisions, for example, regarding the allocation funds for the purchase of armaments for ukraine, which is sorely lacking, yes, that is, not a question

of any specific heimers there, but literally ammunition, by the way, what was my question, what was the next question regarding how... these internal, political processes would seem in slovakia, will affect ukraine, yes, this is just the second point, that slovakia is in a very bad socio-economic condition, it is very vulnerable to the general crises that europe is going through due to the russian invasion, as well as through russia, and for example, if fico , will be in power, yes, he generally has his, his policy, and here he is similar to viktor orbán, really, he will have to find enemies, he will have to blame someone, why there is high inflation, why there are low salaries, or something similar , yes, he will not write off his rule, yes, he can blame it on his predecessors, yes, on the heger government and the rest, but i am afraid that he will blame it all on ukraine, as he will say, the war in ukraine, and not on

russian aggression, that is, we will hear this, you know, such a chinese record that we hear regularly from budapest, only budapest, to be honest, this is how we evaluate this rhetoric from budapest, it is incomparably less than the anti-brussels rhetoric, that is, viktor orbán openly went into conflict with brussels, i not sure robert fitzo would dare to this, taking into account the experience of budapest, yes, which has not received these structural funds for two or three years, which are very important for the development of the country, yes, that is, viktor orban, because of his ambitions... basically took into account holding hostage the whole country, where sports halls are not built there, and so on , that is, everything that this development is actually connected with, including regional development, slovakia will not stand this, that is why i am afraid that we can to be such a bargaining chip, at least rhetorically, which countries do you think might still be at risk, no

without the participation of russia, it is possible that these orbans and fico will also appear in them. well, you understand what the matter is, that , for example, sociologically, these ideas of isolationism, i would call them the most correct politically, that is, they are not so much anti-ukrainian, as these countries do not want to take responsibility, well, for what in principle are they, well, what implies membership in leto , what does it imply in general, if your role is geopolitical, they are oh, it’s a war, there, it’s not our war, if we speak... with quotes from the hungarian official authorities, yes or we have to be the center of this war, that is, whether it is in ukraine or even in any other countries , i don’t know, the house is on fire, but here in our country, let the tomatoes grow well here, we will water them there, and we will have three tomatoes each to send to help the suffering people, this is the position, because if

we ourselves have to live, we have our own problems here and so on and so on, these ideas are unfortunately popular... the same romania, and sociologically, the last for two or three years we have seen that despite this open anti-russianness of the whole of romania, yes and such pro-westernism, they are very oriented towards this nato alliance, they are all the same, you know, and it seems to me that many people in ukraine were disappointed by these official statements regarding the overflight, underflight, fate of russian missiles on the territory of romania, they are very careful with they work with this because they don't, well, again, isolation, especially the countries of the eastern flank, which are socio-economically sweet, but here there is such a moment, you know, when... the house is on fire, very often, if you fan the fire, it, it overturns and to other houses, like mine, here it is also important not to forget

neighboring countries, in particular. mr. dmytro, thank you for the conversation, dmytro tuzhanskyi, director of the institute of central european strategy, we talked about the situation of our neighbors, the situation of european countries, and in particular, how russia can incite not only russia, but also internally. political forces can fan such isolationist sentiments, which, as we have heard, can only harm ukraine, unfortunately. the chevrons approaching victory, emerging from mortal danger, which loomed over ukraine, continuing the thousand-year tradition of state-building in ukraine, to declare

ukraine an independent, democratic state on august 24, 1991. for 346. glory to ukraine, glory to you blue mountains, covered with ice, and great knights of vavan, not forgotten by god, fight, fight. god help you, the truth is for you, strength and holy will are for you, a thousand years of state building, 105 years of struggle, 32 years of restoration of independence, you are like, everything is fine, like children, like a mother, i have more or less everything, well, almost, of course, that fatigue, of course insomnia, and do not feel under any circumstances. because the strength is here, within us, and in those who are close to us, we will definitely overcome everything.

the war exacerbated everything, emotions became sharper, actions are the same, the best thing that saves me is walking around the city, long ones, to my favorite music, and the most important thing, as they say in our village, is agrofitness, it’s bad, plant potatoes, it’s easier, go for beets, the main thing don't sit in four walls, because then you're a slipper, you even thought about whether you should start a flower bed in the city, even if it's a malvina on the balcony, you want to know how to help yourself and others, go to how are you.com. zarine, dear cailin,

congratulations, congratulations, the documentary under the deadly sky eastern front ukraine was presented at the beginning of this summer, and the question to the three of you is, why did you decide to make such a documentary in the first place? congratulations, thank you very much for this interview, it is very important. moment for all of us, sorry, my ukrainian language is very bad now, i love ukrainian language very much and i study it, but because i am a journalist and we work at the front, i don't have time to do lessons as it should be, we work on byline times, byline tv, this is an english newspaper and television, and we wrote about ukraine for a long time, since the beginning of the war, we

had many correspondents in ukraine, and when kaylen came, and we realized that we have a chance, make it very important ... work to say that there is a war, that the war is difficult for the ukrainian people, that the russian federation is committing a crime on the territory of ukraine, because many people in the west do not know what is happening, that something has happened, and they say: that there is no war, and we had no purpose in saying that there is, there is a war, i

i think i've shot a lot of documentaries. in the past, and i understand that documentaries, unlike news or other forms of media, have a unique way of sending messages to society, especially in the west. for several years i've been making films with john sweeney about russian influence in london, russian influence in the west, and the kremlin's war against the west over the last few years. in various manifestations, i have seen the kremlin win the disinformation war, not in all types of war, but because of the information that was spread in american, british media about trump's brexit, we saw the kremlin's huge success in propaganda. that's why i wanted to come to ukraine. one thing the kremlin can't do is stop people still finding the truth and making documentaries that show

the opposite of what it says. says what he is doing to the ukrainian people, all foreign journalists have to do is just come to the courts and turn on the cameras, then the lie immediately disappears, that is, the creation of documentaries directly opposes what the kremlin is doing. pole, why did you decide to come to ukraine? in fact, i came to ukraine in march after the full-scale invasion began. i came as a representative of the frontline club in london, which is part of the foreign correspondents' club, and for some reason i thought it would be a good idea to teach safety to young ukrainian journalists and fixers. so throughout the year, i taught young journalists the basic rules of survival on the front line. why did they choose me? because i know all the really dangerous moments for journalists. it was mine. the main goal, but i

also came because it was an opportunity for me to do what i've been doing for the last 25 years, which is covering wars. i tell about the war through the eyes of the most vulnerable people, women and children who cannot defend themselves. we were showing people's lives when we made this movie. we were just showing ordinary people. who are trying to live an ordinary life, if translated correctly, it will be understood anywhere in britain, america, in the world, because everyone has a grandmother, everyone has children, a brother, we show the realities of war. it is very difficult for russian propaganda, when we show people, their eyes. then the audience looks and says: this is the reality, everything else is fake.

my wife has a question for you: this is your first time in a country where there is a war, this is the first time you have been so close to the front line, how did you feel in those moments? i felt very scared, very nervous, approaching the sunrise, as i approached, closer and closer, for the first time in my life i heard the sounds of rockets, the sounds of shells. when i first jumped, john swinney explained that this is the sound you make when something flies from the other side. i didn't know before what is the difference between arrival and departure sounds, all this goes against the instinct to just run.

when you watch movies on tv, everything looks very bold, for example, the presenter stands very boldly on a hill, he explains that these people are from one side or the other, but you don't see anything that physically happens with the producer or the crew members who have to sleep in these places, i just never thought about it, i had no experience before when other journalists have years of experience, but it was... my first familiarity with war, so very dramatic. it was hard for me to sleep at night hearing these explosions, but i knew it was worth doing because there are still people living here who listen to it every night. i'm lucky to be able to go, but a lot of…