but you can light it right now and show that you remember those ukrainians. vitaliy portnikov, lesya vakulyuk, the program of saturday school. thanks for being with us, stay with espresso. a week of memorable dates and high-ranking visits, how residents of border areas survive under shelling, and who benefits from blocking the polish-ukrainian border, this and much more is discussed in today's issue. evaluation of the euromaidan events no longer divides ukrainians. what did lloyd austin, boris pistorius, charles michel and others come to kyiv with? you'. guests, as russians destroy friendship, a city

in sumy oblast, which was unlucky to be located near the border with the aggressor. how much does ukraine lose every day from the blockade of the border by polish carriers, and who and when can influence the situation. november 25, the day of remembrance of the victims of the holodomor and the 90th year of the holodomor of 1932-33 in ukraine. the deliberate extermination of millions of ukrainians by the soviet authorities in the 20th century remains an unhealed wound in our genetic memory. now, almost a century later , we are once again experiencing genocide at the hands of the russians. they destroy our cities and villages. expensive rockets are not spared in order to burn warehouses with grain. memorials to the victims of the holodomor are being dismantled in the occupied territories. it is hard to imagine what would happen to us now. if 10

years ago, millions of ukrainians had not defended our freedom during the revolution of dignity. if the russian chekists managed to realize their imperial ambitions. someone says: well, if we became the second belarus, then there would be no war. those who are well acquainted with our history assure us: the option not to fight, in the current there was simply no generation of ukrainians. if russia... managed to capture us easily, all dissenters could once again rot in prisons, and the rest would be driven to conquer western europe. according to a recent study by the foundation , democratic initiatives jointly with the company operative sociology, almost 53% of ukrainians consider it a revolution of dignity, an event that radically changed the course of ukraine's history. so, how was it changing. society's acceptance of the maidan,

let's see further. euromaidan, revolution of dignity, heavenly hundred, words that are in a storm the winter of ten years ago were imprinted in the memory of millions of ukrainians, everyone invested in them their meaning, their hopes and fears, and everyone had the courage to speak on behalf of the people, but sociology is a science, and sociologists work with numbers, even at the end of 2013 before the great of blood on the maidan, they measured for the first time... the attitude of society to the protest against violence, dictatorship and the russian world. the results showed that ukrainians were divided in their views. at that time, half of the population supported the protest, while 42% of ukrainians opposed it protest the division had a distinct regional character. euromaidan was mainly supported by the western and central regions. while the majority of the east and south were against it, which is not surprising, considering the dirty medvedchuk technologies. from the division of ukrainians and

the total dominance of russian propaganda in yanukovych's ukraine. in addition, before the revolution of dignity, ukrainian society still had childish dreams and naive hopes. the majority, although they supported the course for joining the eu, but at the same time wanted that between ukraine and russia continued to have neither borders nor visas. europe or the russian world , an adult choice had to be made, but ukrainians avoided it for a long time. the execution of the heavenly hundred, the victory of the revolution of dignity, the occupation of crimea and the beginning of russian aggression in donbas, difficult stages of the coming of age of ukrainian society. already at the end of december 2014, the events on the maidan were positively assessed by almost 54% of ukrainians, and almost all historical ukrainian regions with the exception of donbas and slobozhanshchyna, i.e. kharkiv region. and this is a very high result against the background of war and difficult an economy of crisis for a country where peace and well-being

have been declared the highest values ​​for decades. despite this, russian propaganda and the fifth column inside the country continued to poison public opinion, and the evaluation of the euromaidan continued to divide ukrainians until the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia. for example, as recently as august 2020, 54% of ukrainians called the events of 2013-14 a revolution of dignity, a just uprising of the people against the authoritarian government. at the same time, almost a third, repeating hostile narratives, called them an illegal coup d'état. february 24, 2022 changed everything: bucha, irpin, mariupol, killed and tortured peaceful people, whose hands were tied and shot in the back of the head. the great war finally changed the attitude of ukrainians to their recent past. at the end of 2022

, the number of those who consider the protest on the maidan to be a revolution of dignity has grown sharply, to two-thirds. a little more than 10% hold the opposite opinion, which is almost three times less than before the full-scale invasion. perhaps even more important is the fact that for the first time all ukrainian regions, in particular, agreed on the assessment of those events the south and the east, which suffered the most from the rockets, aerial bombs and shells that the russian peace brought to ukrainian land. society has grown up, it has made a final choice, but is forced to pay a high price for it. in the fact that somewhere. years ago, we took a decisive step on the way to the european future, the president of the european parliament, roberta mytsola, is confident. she wrote on the ex social network. the revolution on the maidan forever changed the future of ukraine. 10 years later, on this day

of dignity and freedom, we proudly stand next to ukraine, on the verge of starting negotiations on joining the eu. because ukraine defends our values ​​with every missile it launches. against it by russia, our support becomes stronger. and it is also symbolic that at the beginning of this week it became known that the european parliament agreed to open an office in kyiv in order to establish business relations with the ukrainian parliament. it is worth noting that the european parliament has liaison offices for each member state and only a few offices have been set up in non-european cities, so this is definitely a good sign. and a lot this week chairman of the european council charles michel spoke about ukraine. thus, on friday, during a joint press conference with the prime minister of canada, justin trudeau, and the head of the european commission , ursela funderlein in canada, the head of the european council emphasized again that the eu will

support ukraine as long as it is necessary. michel assured that the european union is ready to make additional decisions. regarding support for ukraine and introducing new sanctions against the russian federation. but it is also worth mentioning that charles michel came to ukraine this week with positive for us with news. in kyiv, at a press conference with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi and moldovan president maya sandu, he clearly stated: we will do everything to convince the 27 eu members that we need a positive decision in december. and the very beginning of accession negotiations will be a signal to the kremlin and to all those who want to undermine the world order and democratic principles, - said mr. michel. in addition, the european council must adopt the multi-year budget of the eu by the end of the year. the head of the european council is sure that he has it

there should also be a special ukrainian fund of 50 billion euros. this issue is on the council's agenda, which is reflected in the official document. the authority's website. it is known even when we will receive the first tranche from the fund? this will happen in 2024 - said the prime minister of ukraine denys shmehal. the money will be used to calculate social benefits, pensions and salaries for doctors and teachers. this week, for the second time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, came to ukraine. he met with president volodymyr zelsky again confirmed his unwavering support and noted that, together with allies and partners , they will continue to support ukraine's urgent needs, both on the battlefield and long-term defense requests. from kyiv, austin traveled to poland, where he met with

defense minister marish blaszczyk and american soldiers. it was there that he voiced the real picture of the war, if ukraine is left alone with the enemy. putin will not... stop if he takes over ukraine, then he will go to the baltic countries, and then you and your comrades in arms find yourself on the front lines fighting putin, who we should have been fighting for before,” austin said. the very next day, after the visit of the head of the pentagon , german defense minister burys pistorius came to kyiv with an unannounced visit. in the ex social network, german defense representatives published a post: minister pistorius arrived in ukraine to personally form an idea of ​​the current situation and the effectiveness of german support. at the beginning of his visit, he laid flowers at the memorial. in memory of the heroes of the maidan in kyiv. himself pistorius once again promised further support

for ukraine. the visits of high-ranking officials to ukraine took place on the eve of another meeting in the rammstein format. presumably, this indicates that they wanted to know personally what our country's needs are on the battlefield and what kind of help we need. and it is quite understandable why, after visiting kyiv for the 17th meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine within the framework of the ramstein format, lloyd austinin said during his speech: since ukraine is on the verge of another winter of war, i call on this group to provide ukraine with air defense capabilities to protect its people. boris pistorius said during a video conference with his colleagues that germany will provide ukraine with four additional launchers of the pppo anti-aircraft system. medium-range irst, including guided missiles, as well as drones and anti

-drone systems, demining vehicles, satellite communications, rep assets, winter equipment and much more. and for the first time, this week, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces also took part in the ramstein format meeting of ukraine, valery zaluzhnyi. he expressed his gratitude to partners for their support and gave detailed information on the situation. on the battlefield, noting that the situation at the front is complicated, but controlled. meanwhile , the ukrainian border is under constant terror, more than 640 explosions have been heard in the sumy oblast alone in the last week. the russians attack all the border areas of the region from their territory, fire indiscriminately with barrel artillery, hail and mortars. their targets become... residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and peaceful community our film crew visited

a town 8 km from the border with the russian federation. the settlement with the symbolic name druzhba has become a living testimony of russian crimes that go far beyond the front line. for more details, see further. this is what life looks like on the border with russia. racists do not spare even hail in order to destroy ordinary civilian private houses. these fires were once mr. victor's house. the russians decided that this 77-year-old pensioner was too dangerous, so they hit his house with three hailstones. shot one, under the second, i had already managed to get up on my hands, at this time the third, how is it going to shrivel. and the fire flew, the curtains jumped out there. in the bedroom, and i'm behind the wall here. within a few minutes of our conversation with mr.

viktor, dozens of explosions rang out in the city. a dog was killed here, a chair was standing here, yes, this was a territory , a contour, here it is, it is here sharatnoe, here it is 7 m from me , he is, the city of friendship is not lucky to be located only 8 km from the border with an unfriendly neighbor, rashysti they are constantly firing at him, it is necessary to press everything quickly, that's why we are under fire mainly to the right of the mine, to the left of the mine, yevgeny kirvonos's firefighting unit barely has time to overcome the consequences of russian terror, it has been very hot in our country since september until now, the city is being bombarded with heavy artillery, mortars and active systems volley fire, the occupiers hit residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. the flight

was directly into the building of the cabinet of finances, this is the druzhbovsk city council, which was shelled by the russians on october 1. this room had a direct impact from the hail, it was almost destroyed all. upon arrival, the entire roof was engulfed in flames, thank god it didn't fall on the market, it was a resurrection, so people would have suffered, whether you understand it or not, people would have suffered, this. it just brought, today there are several thousand people living in friendship, all of them, like in other border towns of sumy oblast, are potential victims of the russian world, so all your property has been destroyed, yes all of it, all of it, documents were there, tvs were there, yes, i had everything there, there were things here with a reserve for three lifetimes,

we actually don't have any protections, as you yourself perfectly understand. artem lagutenko, oleksiy kutsuk, from sumy oblast, espresso tv channel. the blockade on the polish-ukrainian border continues for the third week, which leads to economic losses and even human losses. while the polish prosecutor's office is studying the circumstances of the death of two ukrainian drivers, the general situation is worsening. since humanitarian cargoes, which are extremely necessary for ukraine, cannot pass through now, as well as fuel. this week , a group of farmers joined the polish blockers. with on november 23, they blocked the fourth and last checkpoint for trucks. ukraine began collecting data for the evacuation of truckers stuck on the border with poland. everyone who shows such a desire will be deported.

serhiy derkach, deputy minister of community development and infrastructure, stated: at the working and official levels, several times. they raised questions about food, the rotation of ambulances, fire trucks, and proper sanitary conditions. meanwhile, the blockade on the polish border complicates the situation and at checkpoints with slovakia and hungary, as drivers choose other routes to cross the western border. so, what is currently happening on the polish-ukrainian border and what losses ukraine is suffering, our correspondent found out. natalka stare pravo several thousand ukrainian transporters have been held hostage on the polish border, most of them have been standing for the second week, food, water and fuel supplies are running out so as not to block the autobahn, the polish police are turning trucks around the highway,

ukrainian drivers have to stand in the middle of the forest or in a field where there are no heating points or other basic conditions , they take four cars for two hours, and tanks block them, turn the cars back, something like that, it turns out, very, but why do they turn them back? and you want a pancake, a mess, and there are no conditions there at all, there are no conditions there at all, i just arrived, there for the entire track, from radimny to shigen, to the medical center, four toilets or five toilets for 30 km, what about it's about people running out of food there. from the words of ukrainian carriers, poles humanitarian aid and fuel are selectively omitted. on thursday , the second driver died at the blocked polish border. because of this , the embassy of ukraine appealed to the ministry of foreign affairs of poland, because the strike of polish carriers threatens the lives and health of our citizens. we incur losses because the cars

have to work, they have to make money, and that's how we pay the drivers' salaries. because they, well, they work, they sit still, they work, we have to pay them, and the companies are in losses, and we have loans, we have leasing, in according to the contract, let's say we need to take another 90 cars out of poland, but we won't take them out , or that's it, until the end of the year, and then it goes, count, under one contract we need to introduce plasterboard, which needs to be done, which repairs they go where houses are being repaired, but we don't take it, because everything is on the border. in response to the blockade of the border, on november 21, ukrainian truck drivers held an action near the krakow-korchov checkpoint. the head of the organization of international road carriers of ukraine says: the blockade harms not only ukraine, but also poland and nullifies its help to our state.

we cannot understand how exactly we create competition for them, since we do not have the right to carry out transportation in europe, we can do from ukraine to europe, for example, from ukraine to poland, ukraine, germany, there is ukraine, i do not know, denmark, and back and that's all, and the polish carrier can carry out transportation within europe, and this is allowed, because they are members of the european union, so we are definitely not their competitors, blocking the border already affects critically important supplies of energy resources, gas at ukrainian gas stations is becoming more expensive and is disappearing in some places - says serhii kuyun, director of the consulting group: a95. on thursday, polish strikers blocked another checkpoint - medica shagyny. thus , all four crossings with poland are blocked for cargo. checkpoint: yagodin dorogusk, polish strikers threaten to block until february 1, 2024, they don't like ukrainians taking jobs and gaining

access to the eu market. according to the european business association, during one day of the cargo blockade, ukraine loses approximately one million hryvnias, and while on the one hand, russia is blocking the sea route, on the other, the poles have taken away from us the opportunity to import what we need. highways rafal mekler is the official organizer of blocking the ukrainian border with poland. he is the owner of a transport company and the head of a branch of the pro-russian party, the confederation of freedom and independence. his company carried out transportation to the territory of belarus and russia. since the start of the full-scale war, meckler's employees have repeatedly protested demanding the lifting of economic sanctions against russia. i was like that. the strike has a political character, i believe that all are interested in this situation, firstly, protectionist forces, secondly, nationalist forces, thirdly, forces interested

in the deterioration of polish-ukrainian relations, they work to weaken ukraine, because this situation makes it difficult as well as the export of goods from ukraine that are intended for foreign markets. the blockade of the border for the movement of trucks continues, in fact, during the period of interregnum in poland. the formally leading party is still law and justice with prime minister moravavacky. in mid-december, a new government will be formed by donald tusk, and all problems with the blockade will have to be solved by him. it is right and fair to form a coalition of its deputies from the confederation and to persuade deputies from other political forces that have entered this structure. this is one plan, a plan. a, and plan b is to create as many problems as possible in poland, when power there is transferred to tusk, he will already have a lot of problems

and he needs to solve these problems. the association of international carriers of ukraine is preparing a lawsuit against the polish demonstrators. if the government of poland does not convince its own carriers to stop the blockade, the european commission can help the situation, for example, block poland. access to european money, as is the case with hungary. natalya stareprava, andriy polikovskyi, espresso tv channel. it is not surprising that now everyone is talking about the involvement of the russian special services in the blockade of the polish border, because the official organizer of the blockade is rafal mekler, who is a representative of the branch of the pro-russian confederation of freedom and independence party in the lublin voivodeship, and this political force has close ties. with moscow. so what? what the polish carriers actually want and why the polish authorities cannot stop it all, we will talk further.

ilya neskhodovskyi, the head of the analytical direction of the ans network, is in touch with us. mr. ilya, i congratulate you. i congratulate you. so, in general, the polish carriers put forward six demands to ukraine, which were discussed by the deputy minister of community development, territories and infrastructure. structures of serhiy derkach, let's not voice them all now, because we have done it more than once, but even during the tripartite meeting on the polish border, we reached the point that it is impossible to meet the requirements, as it depends not only on the ukrainian side. so what do the polish strikers really want, and what are the real reasons? well, i would like to correct this point a little bit, for example, it was determined that why the polish authorities cannot stop this, i will say more , the polish authorities at the moment support this protest, because it is not the polish carriers,

those who represent, sorry, there are 15 people standing with trucks, and that's absolutely what could stop an international beauty. the second point is that they violate both polish and european legislation, european requirements that do not allow private international highways, the police that are there , it is not that they do not disperse them, they actually stop any movements by ukrainian drivers, we already have more than a thousand cars stuck at the ukrainian border, and not only are they stopping, they are actually that force, the polish police, which is exclusively aimed at supporting this protest, so it all happens with and maybe, but definitely with the support of the polish authorities, you are very right there noted accordingly one

a comment about the fact that nationalist forces have coincided there, this is one of the points so that you understand that ukrainians do not compete with poles within the european union, they do not have the right to transport goods there, and the only possibility is to register a polish company and continue to transport, but for today certainly not the volume that would create competition for the poles, at the same time, the poles simply set their sights on transportation from and to ukraine, i will explain why, the first point is for you to understand the volume, cost of transportation from of ukraine and to ukraine, one transportation costs around 1,500 €, and to date, 600 € due to downtime, which is approximately 3,000 €, if we take the average transportation like that, ukrainians have already made a million transportations, that is 3 billion dollars.

and in fact, these carriers have set their eyes on this volume and want to raid it, raid it from the ukrainians, and they faced the following problems, those carriers , polish carriers who went to ukraine, poles did not go there, ukrainians went there who were hired by polish companies, as a result, now these ukrainians, who before the war, were in poland. stayed there, they now refuse to go to ukraine, because you understand that as soon as they cross the border, no one will let them back, that is, they will remain in ukraine, and their first demand is precisely that ukrainian drivers for polish companies transport ukrainian cargo, and they will receive profits, this is completely a matter of money, poland decided to simply raid

ukrainian transport... transportation, so that they were carried out by polish companies, ukrainian drivers, and the profits and funds went directly to them, so i believe that the position of the poles is very weak, completely unfounded, we should go to the european union and demand compensation, which, accordingly, now we are not the losses that we bear, this the first moment, and the second moment as well, perhaps it is worth the same germans, french italians , who were pushed out of their markets by polish carriers at one time, they might do the same to cross the borders with poland, so that they do not have the opportunity to enter the markets of the respective countries, so poland, well, actually speaking, you almost, almost answered all my questions, i wanted to ask you for the polish authorities, you started from this to give your first...

answer, the european commission promised to apply against a punitive procedure for poland, if the polish authorities do not solve the issue of blocking checkpoints on the border with ukraine, then if they have already talked about this more than once, why is the polish government not afraid of it, why does it not solve this problem, and what are the ways to solve it you see this situation, you have already said a few words about it, as a matter of fact, but maybe you can add something else, well, i would maybe add it' union, and in principle, they do not understand why they should act differently in relation to ukraine, which is much weaker than, for example, germany, when they were negotiating, they very strongly defended all their spheres economy, received huge subsidies, including for their farmers, in

including for the economy, received huge investments, where necessary, on the contrary, they acted that pragmatism, the same of france, spain, italy, it is unfounded, and therefore polish carriers must enter these markets, and therefore they will act in the same way ukraine, to be honest, the ukrainians, well they, we cannot say that in this context, that we are really partners, they act exclusively in their own interests, and when they helped us, and this is a huge thank you to the poles, that they helped us helped, but we must not forget that every aid , it has always been compensated by the european union, including military aid, at one time last year, they did not hand over the planes to us, because they did not receive confirmation that the usa would provide a suitable alternative with more modern planes, instead of the soviet one,