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we got there fine, nothing broke, that’s all , mom, come on, i’ll dial later, sir, what are you doing, be careful, so i mean, it’s kutya in banks, but i, to be honest, somehow not very good, then mom is for you i was cooking, i'll come, if you don't eat, i understand, plus, come on, we'll leave. and we reworked it a little, it's a really powerful thing, a mattress, petrovich, and what did you order pizza, but no, it's a really powerful thing.

the ice did not kill itself, they will install generators here, put them on the balcony, the generator emits carbon monoxide, so only in the yard six meters from windows and doors, safety rules are followed, they save lives. greetings, in this interview we talk about how ukrainians missing as a result of the war are being searched and about the return of military and civilians from russian captivity. next to me is the head of the patriot group public organization, ex-commissioned officer for missing persons, oleg kotenko. mr. oleg, i congratulate you. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, have a good day. you are meeting in odessa with the families of the missing and those who are in polonia. tell me in which one status are you here? where you are and what

are you talking about with them? to begin with, i will say that the public organization patriot group has been dealing with this issue since the 14th year, ah, that is , we are engaged in both the release of prisoners and the search for missing persons, we have a lot of experience in this direction, that is why i was probably offered this the position of commissioner for issues of missing persons under special circumstances, and why are we in odesa, i have already been to many regions of ukraine before this, and because there are our representatives here. our organizations of the patriot group , which are located in the regions and work with the families of the missing and captured, are both psychological assistance, legal assistance, and search assistance, that is, we are looking for people, and we are engaged in searches, but what is the difference between search and search , i will simply explain to you, the search is the criminal search of the national police, that is, we have search operations, we deal with this issue, the search is when we clear the territory, and our...

search teams go to the places of disappearance of people and the bodies of our fallen boys are rubberized, and do you help with the search for missing persons by any other methods, perhaps not only in the de-occupied territories, but when the territory is still occupied, but you try to find out in advance what is wrong with the person, yes, because that is the most important thing, why did we create our organization, it is to help in the search to find and return, that is, we have such a slogan, we say it ah... we say it for people as well, that is , first we need to find, unfortunately, there are dead people, and we find them already dead, but bodies must be returned to families for burial, and so can people is in captivity, how does it happen, and from the very beginning, when a person is missing, if we talk about the military, that is, we find out, we find out from the military, we also find out from the families who turn to... on us on our hotline, and

the hotline, by the way, 0800-339/247, can be called by all people who are missing, who have disappeared. relatives under special circumstances, when people turn to us, we start the search. the first thing that interests us is where, in what place it is taking place, we know the fate of many of them there those people we are looking for, and also we cooperate with our, with our brain, well, in terms of dna matching, because we collect information about dental records, tattoos, maybe some personal things that were with er. .. to a person when he is missing, when the bodies get to the morgue, it helps our investigators a lot. we, as a public organization, want to cooperate with state authorities, and we cooperate with state authorities to speed up the search for missing persons, and because relatives expect from

the state, from such volunteer organizations, as our answers to the question: where is a person and when will he return home. that is, it is a group of volunteers that communicates with the authorities, and it is some kind of... analysts that look at these telegram channels? this is the analytical department, there are many people who not only work on the fact that telegram channels are reviewed, we have an interactive map where we show the places where a person has disappeared, this makes the work easier if, for example, we de-occupied the territory, we know exactly where to go to our search groups, we give tasks and they go to these places, after they pick up the bodies, they turn them over to the national police investigators. here are the protocols for the morgues, well, everything is going according to the law, that is, we still have our groups with drones working, that is , we can look at the places where the bodies can be, that is, well, this is such

a big job, this is for a story for hours, you resigned in september from the position of the commissioner for the issue of missing persons, the body itself, if i am not mistaken, he was previously in... the ministry of reintegration, but now his distributions between several other departments, how many why did you leave? well, this is a difficult question, i don't understand why this happened, but i know that now it is not better, but more difficult. i understand this, why i stayed and started to deal with this issue, to continue, to continue the issue, to search for information about the missing, because i understand that coordination between state bodies is needed, it should be, it is firstly, secondly, necessary. nevertheless , they did not suggest to state bodies some points in which it is difficult for them to understand, i apologize to you to transfer to some other structure from these and still work with an official status, because it seems to me that this is more authority than in the status of a public figure, i will simply answer you, yes, i was offered to transfer to

the ministry of internal affairs, i refused, i will tell you honestly, because the most important plus was the authorized person, this is the coordination between state bodies, that is, i , as the authorized person, could... communicate with all the authorities and it was not a conflict of interests, that is, well, what is there to hide, we know that our authorities are not very communicate with each other and this sometimes interferes with the search, i had coordination, we created working groups , we worked on the issues of bills, new resolutions in order to improve and speed up this issue of searching for missing persons, by the way, we already have two for... the project, and we are currently negotiating with a member of the verkhovna rada in order for what i did not have time to do in office, which is all the same, for these bills to work, this is a bill on dentistry, these are amendments to the law on registry for missing persons, that is, i continue on this matter

to work when there was this distribution of these powers, maybe it will work, and indeed those state bodies that are responsible for it, maybe they... and will do it better than it was, but at the moment you see that you have to meet with relatives , to explain, to continue these search actions, for the fact that people are waiting for help from the state and from us volunteers, how many missing persons are there now in ukraine, when i was a representative, i had the right to voice these numbers, but now i cannot voice, but for the time when i have already left with we had this position. about 16 thousand missing and missing people, and of which we know, well, almost half, that they are in captivity, i don't know how many are military, how many are civilians, somewhere around 15 percent are still civilians, and the majority are military, who is easier to find, military, military, for

civilians, the situation is quite difficult, because, well, first of all, not all civilians contact us, they simply do not have the opportunity, because they are in plain sight. full territories about our phones, about our telegram channels, you don't know anything at all, and in order to prove this, let's say, information to something, well, to the people who are there... to contact us, well, it takes a lot of time, according to the military, then this is understandable, if a person does not get in touch, then the relatives immediately know where to turn, and thank you, because a lot of government bodies deal with this issue, a lot of hotlines, call centers have been found out, they contact everyone, and that 's right, i'll say to myself, well, we don't know which organ will work better, so here it is universal advice, the more appeals the better, yes, almost two years. of a large-scale war, and you see, after all, the state's communication with the families

of prisoners and missing persons is still improving or not, so really, i'm sure that the state is paying attention to it, to the extent, let's say, she can help, well, that’s another question, but i know that at the headquarters there are meetings every day, well, except for saturdays and sundays, there are meetings with relatives every day, which is very good, but... not always the answer to the question, it's just like in our organization, we can't always answer the question of a relative where he might be today, but believe me, more than 800 have been found during the time that i have been in office, and i know that every day we find people whom we have been looking for in relation to the publication of posts on social networks about missing persons, mostly from the military, what can you say about this, because you can often meet this kind of thing, relatives make it possible and impossible for this and that , to find their native, then they

they apply and in the social network they also put out a lot of information, that is, you often find specific information there , the phone number, military unit, even the district, the last combat mission, where it took place, there is no need to do this, i applied on my telegram channel and in the media mass information to people so that you don't do that because it can just hurt people. i, we know a lot when a person is taken prisoner, and he is an officer, and he says that he is a private, and then somewhere on some internet resources it is visible, that he is standing there in an officer's uniform or something, or is it called a military unit, what do you think is your guess, that's why we haven't seen any public exchanges or mentions of pows for a long time now, the last one seems to have been sometime in august. moreover, i will say in july, and i

will tell you this, it is difficult for me to talk about it there, but i know that the russian side is primarily to blame for this, and because if the exchanges do not take place, it is not because ukraine does not want to take their captives, yes, maybe there are some moments that not finalized by us. that is, maybe it is necessary to conduct negotiations in a different way, maybe some, i don’t know, offer international organizations to join, be a third party, maybe there, well, i don’t know, there are countries, maybe others, that is, to involve in this process, that is maybe ukraine is not, but in general, i understand that it is in the hands of the russian federation that people go to the streets, with flags, and oppose the government, and that's just the way it is. the russian federation needs to, and maybe, maybe i don't sure, but maybe this is

precisely the moment why the exchanges do not take place, why the russian federation blocks these exchanges, how can you influence the exchange regime, which does not value the lives of its own citizens at all, and you understand, they they also play the geneva convention, that is, for me, for me on the table book... the book, when i was a delegate, these were the geneva conventions, i studied them, i will tell you this, and when i had the opportunity to talk with the russians, i told them, we fulfill the women's convention, why you don't fulfill it, you know, it worked, in some moments, you can give an example, i can, well, first of all, you know that this convention already says that the transfer of bodies after the end of the conflict, that's what it says in these conventions , that is, we are now carrying out the transfer of bodies, that is, he... is leaving, and the transfer of bodies is taking place, i already said that let's do it, it is written like that, but

let's work like this, they said, okay, and they still do, i don't i don't want to bother you, everything is still going on, the transfer of bodies is going on, then, ah, well, for example, we, when transferred, well, that is, into bodies, we transferred bodies, well, in a frozen form, and they transferred bodies, well, in a very complicated form, this is what we are talking about azov now, yes, and here i made a remark, if we, let's agree that the bodies will be transferred in the form in which they are, which is why i invited the international red cross to be present at the transfer of the bodies, so that they could see what was happening, and they would also make remarks to them to the russian side, and i can there is a lot to tell about such small nuances, which they listened to in their time and began to do it. mr. olagoyu, let 's finally remind the relatives of the missing persons of the algorithm, how they should act, how to apply, well, first of all, if a person does not

get in touch, we used to have the following algorithm: we suggested... people to contact the national police , now we have changed the algorithm a little bit, we want that, if a person does not get in touch, that they contact the tsk and the military unit, this is the first step, what is needed, the second step, still contact the national police with a statement about the disappearance of a person, why is it necessary, because we have a register of missing persons who have disappeared under special circumstances, if people contact the national police, then he is automatically entered into this register for identification. so that it is possible, so that people can then get an extract from the register of missing persons, the third thing we want you to contact the national information bureau, this is the national information bureau, she has the ability to communicate through geneva with the number 1648, yes, she has the ability to communicate with by the russian side through geneva and have

information, perhaps the person who they are looking for her, she is in captivity, but it seems that you need to know that this person is missing, that is, this is the third step, the fourth step is to apply, well, we recommend all the available authorities, the coordination headquarters, there are organizations like ours, there is the patriot group, for example, there, that is, but distinguish it, because you can also run into fraudsters , which, by the way, very often happens that people turn to an organization and the organization demands money, which you understood, not the state, not... organizations, who search for missing persons, do not ask for money, a group the patriot does not do this, and i know that the organizations with which we communicate and the signed memorandum do not do it either, if someone demands money for the search for missing persons, you need to pay attention to it, that is, there are many organizations that, well, do much more work and they don't

take money for it, i don't know how to take money from those people who have grief, this is it... is correct, oleg kotenko, head of the public organization grupa patriot, commissioner for issues of missing persons , thank you for the conversation, thank you chevoron, that bring victory closer. my, and the cuckoo , generous evening, good evening, good people for the old days, all the gardens and flew around, good evening, good evening, good people for the house, in one

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the final press conference of the president of ukraine had just ended, the conversation with journalists lasted two hours, among the topics was mobilization. the president said that he was approached by the military. during a meeting of the supreme... people who need to be mobilized. as the president says, the plan is being developed. summon such a number of people it will be difficult, including financially. another topic is the support of international partners. the president hopes that they will fulfill their obligations. zelensky also spoke about the settlement of the situation on the polish-ukrainian border. let me remind you that since november, polish carriers have been blocking the movement of trucks, demanding to renew.

one, well, sir, and the other, you know, works on the ground, it can't be like that. well , we will tell all the details from the press conference in a few minutes in the direct inclusion of our correspondent. the man was wounded under the time of the drone attack in boryslav, kherson region. a drone dropped explosives on a man with a shrapnel wound on his leg, he was taken to the hospital. kherson regional military informs in telegram. the administration shelled the enemy as well as kherson itself, tokarivka, tyaginka and ivanivka. one missile and 10 air strikes were carried out

by the enemy during the day on the territory of ukraine. the general staff reports this in the evening summary. he fired 40 times from multiple rocket launchers. the leader of dnipropetrovsk ova serhii lysak also wrote in a telegram, that the troops of the east air command shot down over dniprovsky in the afternoon. enemy missile. at that time , the threat of the use of ballistic weapons was announced in the region. two enemy drones were shot down in khmelnytskyi region that night. the air force reported this in a telegram. shahedy, a russian , was released from the primorsko-akhtarsk district in russia's krasnodar territory. this is how a group of noy attack drones destroys russian equipment in the kherson region. the south's defense forces released the video in a telegram. ukrainian soldiers took aim at the enemy saw, a truck and more one car insufficiently protected and

not intended for combat, nevertheless, the ukrainian mi-8 helicopter carries out regular combat sorties in the east of ukraine. the shortcomings and obsolescence of the machine are compensated by the skills of the pilots. doichivela correspondents met with the helicopter crew before the next departure. flying as low as possible, this is how the crews of military helicopters survive in the east of ukraine, they approach the targets at high speed, shoot at the right angle and fly back. we meet the crew in the middle of the field. this mi-8 aircraft is still on the move since soviet times, it is controlled by the pilot ivan. he says that initially the helicopter was not intended for combat operations. we were happy that this helicopter is multifunctional, and we can use it in a combat version. the mi-8 was designed mainly for the transport of troops, cargo and wounded

soldiers. it can now attack enemy positions with onboard missiles. this is a block of unguided air missiles, you can look into them. this c13-caliber missile is called the c13 type. such rockets are used to hit area targets on... earthly targets, that is, you cannot expect any accurate hit from them, because the main hurray will come, it is from the lanka. ivan has already flown 100 sorties, which he says is not much, but he knows what he risks every time he takes to the sky. according to the armed forces, this is a russian helicopter shot down by the ukrainian military. a similar fate may befall ivan in his mi-8. here , only the plates around the cabin are armored, the rest - even the fuel tank, is unprotected, there is always danger, i'm used to it, no matter how

scary it sounds. in my first rotation yes, there was excitement, there was great fear, but with each flight, more confidence appeared. the army and air force suffered losses of valuable aircraft. the pilots hope to receive the f-16 aircraft promised by the western allies. in order to achieve the kind of success that people expect, it is necessary to use all possible and available tools. that is why it is said about these planes. so that ukraine could finally get some advantage in the air. ukrainian pilots have to compensate for lack of equipment and equipment with their own skills, tactics and courage. less, but more actively, the russian invaders changed the tactics of storming avdiivka. now they don't attack as often, but use more equipment and troops.

the manager told about it in public. vitaly barabash of the avdiyiv city military administration. evacuation continues in the city, 1,223 people remain there now, says barabash, and before the full-scale invasion there were about 25,000 . what was the city like before the war came there. julia magdalis will tell. almost 2 million tons of coke per year. he produced such volumes coke and chemical plant located in the city of avdiivka. these are data up to march 2020, which were provided to the public by the director of the enterprise. we produced about 30 types of products, these products were used not only in the ukrainian industry, but also at enterprises in poland, the czech republic, and egypt. the enterprise provided more than 5,000 people with work, and the city with heat, avdiivka is located 8 km from donetsk. occupation troops since

2014. constantly bombarded the city, and with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, they did not stop trying to capture it. stanislav zavdiivki worked as a driver at the factory when the full-scale war began, he stayed in the city and helped with the evacuation of workers. everything possible was flown, there was no panic, because the war had already been going on for many years. stanislav says, the most passionate. the day for him was in may 2022, when the russians shelled a bus stop at the factory where there were workers, then about 10 shells hit the bus station, up to 10 people died, 20 employees were injured, we were taking people to pokrovsk, mirnograd, wounded from there, well, it was scary, to see all this, to see. dead, wounded

, there were a lot of them at that time, this is a native home, the city is also quite warm without it, everything is the same, after all , there was an enterprise that gave, the town lived at the expense of this enterprise, therefore, well, it is a native home. after the shelling in may 2022 , they decided to stop the plant, says where... the batteries were completely extinguished, they are cold, it is very bad, but it is not critical, there is technology, there is an understanding of how to get out of this preservation, so we did everything right by technology. december 8 from avdiivskyi of the coke chemical plant, the last 12 employees of the plant, who ensured its conservation, were evacuated. we took it out.

all products that were at the enterprise.