that russia uses these rights of people in the european union, belarus used to do this with lithuania from poland, and lukashenko also tried to use it, but this is a war, no, no, not a military one, if the war that is being waged, it used to be and it will continue, but i don't think it will turn into an actual military operation. escalation andres, you say that you do not think that the russian leadership will dare to somehow attack nato countries there. recently, the ministry of defense of estonia published such a victory strategy ukraine and the defeat of russia, and there believe that , in fact, this war can be won by ukraine within the next three years or even less, if the aid to ukraine is increased and by imposing, they say, the prospect of an unbearable level of exhaustion of russia. what do you think, do you agree with this and , in general, under what conditions it is possible. possible victory

of ukraine in the coming years? well, i'm even a little more optimistic here, because there is such an old rule, as if in political science, that war changes everything, and this war is not only being fought, as if, well, in ukraine on the battlefield, but this too, it leads to the destabilization of the russian regime, and we have already seen it, that's when... it would have been last year, or when there were those riots in makhachkala, but now these rumors about the fact that putin has already died, and these rumors come from moscow, they are not rumors that someone creates in vilnius or in warsaw, these rumors are created in moscow itself, and all this indicates that there is something in...

there is already an internal disorder in the regime itself, because it is the fact that prigozhin was preparing his rebellion there, it cannot be done there, well, the fsb or someone there knew about it, and for some reason they didn't do anything about it, and indeed russia was then on the verge of a civil war on the day of the ukrainian action, and that's why i think that if in... ukraine there will be some new victories, then it may lead to destabilization of the regime in moscow. thank you for joining, for your analysis andreas umland, candidate of historical and political sciences, analyst at the stockholm center for east european studies, was a guest of morning freedom, thank you. later in this broadcast, we talk about the following topics: to the deputy of the karytsk village council, who detonated grenades in the building. the salt council in transcarpathia

chose a preventive measure, this is detention without the possibility of bail, about the circumstances of the case, the condition of the victims and the suspect himself, we will talk further on this broadcast. polish carriers have announced a new promotion, which should start today afternoon. at the border , more than 25 trucks are waiting to enter ukraine. meanwhile, the third ukrainian driver died in the queue. what is the situation at the border and when is it unlock? if you are interested in what we discuss on this broadcast, be sure to comment, ask your questions to the speakers, and you can write in the comments whether you agree with what you heard or not, write your arguments and be sure to subscribe to radio svoboda channel. detention without the possibility of making bail is the preventive measure chosen by the uzhgorod city district court for the deputy of the kariatskiv village council who detonated a grenade in the building of the village council. this was reported

in the press service of the court. meanwhile, at the prosecutor's office resolve the issue of requalification of the husband's actions due to the death of one of the victims. now we are talking about the commission of a terrorist act that led to the death of a person. our zakarpattia correspondent iryna breze will tell the details of the high-profile case. good morning. good morning. indeed it is. the uzhhorod city district court chose a preventive measure without the right to impose it. status and detention of a 54-year-old deputy who hid the crime. currently, it is known that one person died, one was injured, according to preliminary data, this is a deputy of the bereziv village council a 55-year-old man, his leg was amputated and his organs were damaged. in total, 26 people were injured in the incident, three of them were sent home because they were not there. significant

injuries, six of these victims are in a serious condition, this is the situation at the moment, and, as far as is known,... the case was reclassified as a terrorist act, since a person died. irina, how did the local residents react to this event, what do people say, how do they react to it? people say, some of them, that they did not expect such drastic actions from the deputy, he was an activist for a long time time, previously he was engaged in road transport, always followed the actions. council, but no one expected that his activities would lead to such drastic decisions and such actions. now in the village council, maybe there in the district councils, well, what are they saying, somehow they will be taken seriously, maybe some inspections, frameworks will be put at the entrance,

for example, are there any such changes, ideas that they want to introduce at the local level? currently, there is no talk of changes, the investigation is still ongoing, silra is not working, for now we are waiting for further information, any changes in the work of local councils have not yet been foreseen. iryna, what is known about the condition of this deputy who is suspected of terrorism, where is he now and how is he feeling? the deputy came to his senses, he was in the intensive care unit, he is already being investigated, this is all the information from. law enforcement agencies at present. iro, thank you for joining in and telling us about the situation. iryna breza, a correspondent of radio svoboda from transcarpathia, joined our program svoboda ranok. next, we talk about this topic on our broadcast also. i will remind you that we are talking now about

the situation that happened the day before, a few days ago, a deputy of the village council came to the meeting of the village council with grenades and... they exploded, it was all visible on the live air, since the meeting of the village council was broadcast on the internet, more about the circumstances of this case, what is known, at least officially, and what can be told to us, we will also talk on this broadcast, we just heard the correspondent of transcarpathia, who told about the fact that, well, obviously the local residents were shocked by the events, they did not expect this from this deputy, then wanda milyo, spokeswoman of the sbu in zakarpattia oblast, joins our broadcast, we welcome you. ether, can you now, good morning, thank you for joining , can you summarize as of monday morning how many victims, what condition people are in, what are the consequences after what happened in the village council? and yes, the investigative security service qualified

the detonation of three grenades as a terrorist act that led to serious consequences, the detonator, who is a local deputy, was informed of suspicion under the second part of article 258. my of the criminal code of ukraine. as a result of the explosion, 23 people were injured, including the suspect. they were hospitalized in several medical institutions of the region, these are 16 men and seven women aged from 28 to 68 years. they received bodily injuries of varying degrees of severity. most were diagnosed with shrapnel injuries. as is known, one of the victims of the grenade detonation died. in the hospital, the bomber himself was detained, he regained consciousness and is currently in the hospital under the supervision of doctors and law enforcement officers. and it is also known that the law enforcement officers searched the place residence of the person involved, where, among other things , a suicide note was discovered, the content of which is currently

being studied. the pre-trial investigation continues, now all the circumstances of the crime, as well as the motives of the thief, are being clarified. uh, tell me, please, polite correspondent. radio svoboda spoke about the fact that the investigative actions, in particular, i understand, were carried out with this deputy, have the law enforcement officers already spoken to him, has he already given evidence? yes, the law enforcement officers are conducting investigative actions with the suspect, he regained consciousness, now he is detained in order article 208, and later he will be transferred to a special ward in another medical institution of the region, and taking into account the fact that there was a death of one victim, the issue is resolved... regarding the change of the suspicion previously notified to him to the third part of article 258 of the criminal code of ukraine, which refers to the commission of a terrorist act, which led to the death of a person, and i would like to remind you that the sanction of this article provides for punishment in the form

of imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years, or life imprisonment. you are talking about what happened, that is, he wrote the obituary note, that is, he did not expect to survive, what were his... motives, how does he explain what happened? currently, this information is being clarified within the framework of the pre-trial investigation, as well as all the circumstances of the crime and, accordingly, the motives of the bomber. for now, this is all we can announce at this moment, all the information is being clarified and we will be able to announce all the details a little later. and tell me, in what condition did you say that he would be transferred, that is, in what physical condition is he, and will there be, for example, a check of his psychological state, mental state? regarding this, it will probably be necessary to check with the doctors, i think they will be able to comment more on the state of his health. and speaking further, in the same way, what is his physical condition, and

what will happen next, will there be detention there, not in the hospital, what is the prospect, when it can happen, that is, how serious is his physical condition? currently , he is in a hospital in the city of svalyava, he is under the supervision of doctors, so far he cannot be placed in a pre-trial detention center due to his condition his health, probably from... later, depending on the state of his health, he will be transferred to a special ward in another medical institution of the region. wando, can you tell me, or is it already known, where he got these grenades? currently, this information is also established within the framework of the pre-trial investigation. i can also note that the investigators of the national police are also conducting a pre-trial investigation into the fact of illegal handling of ammunition under the first part of article 263 of the criminal code. thank you for getting involved, for informing the public through our media about what is happening, wanda milio, spokeswoman of the sbu

in zakarpattia oblast, joined svoboda ranok. thank you. let's talk about the situation on the polish-ukrainian border. today, polish carriers are planning to start a new protest action on the border between ukraine and poland, and starting at 3:00 p.m. outside kyiv , it should take place at the yagodyn dorogusk checkpoint, this is reported by... the publication, and here, according to one of the protest leaders, the blockade may last until march 8. polish carriers are on strike at this checkpoint began on november 6, exactly one week ago, the minister of infrastructure of ukraine, oleksandr kurbakov, announced that this checkpoint had already been unblocked. the customs office worked as usual, but after that the polish carriers submitted a request for a new permit for the protest. polish carriers continue to demand the introduction of transportation permits for ukrainian companies. and liquidation of the electronic queue on the ukrainian side. and according to the state border

service of ukraine, there are currently more than 200 trucks in queues at the polish border, and i will add that this weekend the driver of a car who was standing in line at the kraków korchov checkpoint died at the border. this was announced by the vice-president of the association of international motor carriers, volodymyr balin. and this is already the third death of a ukrainian driver since the beginning of the border blockade. polish carriers. we will talk about the situation on the polish-ukrainian border further. andrii demchenko, spokesman of the state border guard service of ukraine, joined our broadcast. i congratulate you. greetings, studio. tell us in general what the situation is like the polish-ukrainian border as of this morning, and do you expect the polish carriers to renew the blocking of the doroguska jagodyn checkpoint? well, as of this moment, three directions remain blocked, these are checkpoints. ravaruska hrebene, krakowiec korchova and sheghini medica.

in all these three directions on the territory of poland, towards ukraine, according to the information we have from our polish colleagues, there are a little more than 2,000 freight vehicles in queues, half of them in the direction of the shegyny checkpoint, traffic is certain, nevertheless, through these checkpoints it is like entering ukraine. as well as on the way out, but it is much less than it was before the blocking actions, as you know, on the 11th, on december 11, the direction of the yagodin checkpoint was unblocked, all this week there was traffic, every day the number of cargo vehicles crossing , crossed the border in the direction of the yagodin checkpoint, the road has increased so much over the past day, for example. about 1,100 trucks crossed the border here in both directions, the day

before it was 1,500 means, two days ago, it is about 1,200 trucks, of course, that both drivers and carriers began to more actively choose this direction for themselves, because the traffic here is quite intense and as of this morning opposite yagodin in the direction. as of today , about 2,300 trucks are waiting for checks to cross the border to ukraine, but unfortunately, we have information. and about which you just spoke, we actually saw it in open sources, that blocking actions in the direction of the yagodin checkpoint may resume today around 3 p.m. and the participants or even the organizers of this blockade were probably unhappy with the fact that they

were canceled the possibility of holding their blockade action, so they sought through the court its... renewal, well, as we can see, such actions can be renewed today, unfortunately, because the direction of the yagodina checkpoint is one of the largest such infrastructural directions, where a large number of cargo vehicles can cross the border in both directions, both for entry into ukraine and for departure. mr. andrii, and this week there was such a moment that it was possible to say that the border was unlocked. well, again, three directions, they were not unblocked, for one hour, what we noted during the week, the dynamics of crossing the border per day actually came out, because even two days ago it exceeded the indicators that were before the actions, before the beginning of the blocking actions until november 6,

we can say that this direction was also unblocked by drivers. and carriers began to choose it even more for crossing the border, because the queue in this direction began to grow, that is, it was a demonstration that people choose this direction for crossing the border. this blockade has been going on for so long, and is it possible to say how long the earliest deadline is, how long ukrainian drivers have been at the border and cannot cross it, do you record such moments? we cannot control or record such and such information for each vehicle individually, but of course it can be weeks when a truck with a driver waits accordingly for the possibility of crossing the border, because, nevertheless, i will point out once again that certain traffic every day through

the border, even on blocked directions, as well as when the direction of the yagodin checkpoint was blocked. it happened both for entry into ukraine and for exit, but simply the dynamics and intensity of traffic was quite small, so we see, due to what is happening on the border with poland, of course, that drivers and carriers have started to choose other directions where they can cross the border, in particular the border with slovakia, in particular the border with hungary, as well as in the last week... this is also the direction of the border with romania in the direction of the porubne checkpoint. mr. andriy, can you confirm the death of the third ukrainian driver who was standing in the queue at the state border inspection service. such information can be further confirmed by our, our diplomatic institutions in poland, because at our level we communicate and contact

polish border guards, and they perform tasks at checkpoints. ah, so, uh, deaths, deaths can happen outside the checkpoints at a certain distance, and there it is already the responsibility of the polish police, well, it is actually the work of our diplomatic institutions in order to check and officially confirm such information. tell me about the conditions, is it possible for ukrainian drivers to evacuate, are there any conditions for the delivery of water, fuel, food, is that enough? this is not enough for drivers who have been waiting in line for weeks, well, the ministry of infrastructure previously informed that it is creating such a headquarters to help ukrainian drivers, that is , the ministry of infrastructure, ukrtransbezpeka collects the needs and information from drivers that they urgently need now in order

to , to deliver these things in the future, this and food, medicine, fuel. to ease the conditions of their stay in queues, or to what extent the polish side joins in helping ukrainian drivers standing in queues, it is difficult for me to say, because again , the zone of responsibility of polish border guards is directly the border line, and the queues stretch for kilometers deep into the territory of poland . mr. andriy, thank you for joining, andriy demchenko, the spokesperson of the state border service of ukraine was there. gosym svoboda ranok and we talked about the situation on the polish-ukrainian border. it freedom morning, i encourage you to subscribe to the radio freedom channel here on youtube as well. we are on various social networks, in order to receive operational news and high-quality analytics, subscribe. next, let's talk about such a specific topic, a very important one, about

abortions in russia, and they are not prohibited there, despite previous conversations about the fact that they are not prohibited, during the direct line, russian president vladimir putin said, although literally a day before, deputies of the nizhny novgorod oblast sent a draft law on... burial to the state duma of russia abortions in private clinics, this is not the only initiative in russia, the official goal of which is to increase the birth rate in the country, demography has been paying a lot of attention there recently, but putin even emphasized, declared next year the year of the family. my colleague iryna ostrovska will tell you why russia should improve the birth rate, whether demographic problems are related, and how women are encouraged there to give birth. the next year is 2024 , putin. has already declared the year of the family in russia, all in order to preserve the so-called traditional family values ​​and popularize national demography project, however, they have already begun to increase the birth rate in russia

in various ways. in russian regions, one after another , reports began to appear about the alleged voluntary refusal of private clinics to provide abortion services. this happened in mordovia, lipetsk and kursk regions, and the same step was taken in the crimea occupied by russia. in the tver, nizhny novgorod, and kaliningrad regions , there were fines for abortion. the russian publication vyorstka, which calls itself independent, writes, that one way or another abortions have already been restricted in 11 russian regions. and it's not surprising, because russian president vladimir putin calls abortion one of russia's biggest problems and calls on russian families to have many children, as was the case in ancient times. let's remember that in russian families, in many of our grandmothers. grandmothers had seven, eight children each, and even more. let's preserve and restore these wonderful traditions. having many children, a large family should become the norm, a way of life for all

peoples of russia. however, it must be said that to increase the birth rate in russia, not only bans have been taken, but there are also initiatives, so to speak, that should stimulate the birth of children. for example, the head of the council of the federation of federal assemblies, valentina matvienko , offers to give russians an apartment for their third child, and this is not the first time. she made the same statement a year ago. the liberal democratic party of russia proposes to pay women 2,000 rubles for the birth of a child, which is true only for those who gave birth before the age of 25. deputy from this political force yaroslav nilov suggests introduce kindergartens in higher education institutions. senator olha kuvitidi says that pregnant students should be given the right to transfer from a paid form of education to a budgetary one, that is, free of charge. but senator margarita pavlova generally believes that a woman... education is not needed, they say, precisely because of it , the birth rate in the country decreases. it is necessary to stop orienting girls to obtaining higher education, it is necessary to stop producing

the number of young people who receive higher education, but who then, in fact, are of no use to them does not lead, they either start working in other specialties, or something else, and this search for themselves drags on for many years, and as a result, this reproductive function is lost. over the past few weeks , yevgeny fedorov, a member of the budget committee of the russian state duma, proposed to introduce a tax for the childless, or to release women convicted of minor crimes from prison in order to have children, this was proposed by deputy valery seleznev. many of these women are able to give birth to children. the state can offer them a unique an agreement under which a woman's term of serving her sentence is interrupted, and in the event that she gave birth during such leave, the remainder of the term. duma vice-speaker petro tolstoy proposes rewarding doctors who prevent women from terminating pregnancies, and deputy sultan khamzayev generally says that if a woman

plans to have an abortion, the state should buy back her child. i propose for consideration the idea of ​​financial incentives for women who have decided to give birth to a child instead of the previously adopted decision to have an abortion with subsequent transfer of the child to the state for upbringing. i think that saving a child's life is paramount in a reduction strategy. abortions in russia. however, all these ideas remain ideas for now, but the federal law banning abortions in private clinics can still be passed. the russian state agency rian novosti announced that the bill will be brought to the state duma in the spring of 2024. however, nizhny novgorod deputies decided not to wait for spring and have already sent the bill to the state duma. only independent demographers say that the ban on abortion will not increase the birth rate in russia will help at the end of the 20th century and in the 21st century, the ban, restrictions, relaxation of abortions do not significantly affect the birth rate for a long time, we do not see this in any country, in any

region, this is simply not... raksha says that to maintain the birth rate in russia, completely different things are needed measures, but for some reason they are not being implemented. the first step is , of course, the introduction of material capital of 1.5 million rubles for the second and third child, it will take less than a trillion rubles each year, for reference, more than a trillion rubles a year are spent on child benefits to families according to the criterion of need and targeting, which has increased the number of divorces, that is , the state can afford it, but does not want to, why the question is not up to me, or those who make decisions are not global fools, or the goals and objectives of these people are not at all what they loudly declare, if the restriction of abortion is not effective in increasing the birth rate, then why do russian politicians propose such a measure? political scientist ivan preobrazhenskyi told me his opinion on this matter, he

says that ideological... in the harmfulness of abortions among the russian political community, as well as traditional views on it among some russians exist, but the power of abortion in tatarstan came from the women of kazan. residents of nizhny novgorod oblast collected 2,000 signatures on an appeal to the governor asking not to limit women's right to abortion, and some deputies of the state duma proposed to fine those who offend the feelings of women, in particular, expressing initiatives to restrict their rights and freedoms. despite the fact that they show. despite what they show about the kremlin opinion polls, more than 50% of russians are definitely against the ban and severe restrictions on abortion, and most likely putin will use it as part of his so-called election campaign, that is, the campaign in which he is going to re-appoint himself as the president of russia, and most likely he will come up with some kind of mitigation restrictions of the statement and will receive additional sympathy, and most importantly - will not receive antipathy. however, in the end, bans

will still be introduced, preobrazhenskyi believes, because in general russia is moving in the direction of restrictions rights and freedoms of citizens, but it will be after the presidential elections, when putin is expected to win another victory. you can always find more analysts of exclusive interesting stories on the radio liberty of ukraine channel. but today, december 18, the european union can adopt the 12th package of sanctions against the russian federation, a short written procedure for adoption and the publication of the list of introduced new sanctions are planned. this is reported by the publication. politician and the publication notes that austria has withdrawn its reservation regarding the 12th package of sanctions, and for for its part, this opens the way to the beginning of the written procedure for the final approval of the package under this law, i urge you to follow the news also on the telegram channel of radio liberty, subscribe, and we will meet with you on this morning broadcast of svoboda ranok tomorrow at 9 o'clock here on youtube on the radio svoboda channel and also on the espresso tv channel.

it's 10 o'clock on the clock, it's time to find out what 's happening in ukraine and the world, at this time the studio is working. khrystyna parubiy. at night , muscovites launched five missiles at ukrainian cities shahedov all drones were shot down by our defense forces within mykolaiv, dnipropetrovsk, vinnytsia and khmelnytskyi regions, the air force of ukraine said. the shaheds flew from the primorsko-akhtarsk region in russia. a 29-year-old man blew himself up.