that is, official diplomacy goes to africa, and not official diplomacy goes to europe and the united states of america, well, if it happens in a different and different way, but if i were in the place of our western partners, i would be surprised by such a step of the ukrainian authorities. well, western diplomats and our western partners are surprised by the events that are taking place in kurtshchyna during the last three days, a large military special has begun. operation, now we can talk about the fact that the armed forces of ukraine are involved in this major special operation, but it all started with the fact that general the headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine did not comment on this event, the ministry of defense, of course, did not either, and only russian propaganda media reported on the advance of ukrainians deep into russian territory, and even international agencies, international media wrote with reference to russian propagandists, yesterday he even

took offense and wrote about the fact that we called the general staff, no one in the general staff picked up the phone, no one commented to us, how in these conditions, colleagues, journalists should react to such events, because these are important events for ukraine, they are important the events that need to be told about from the tv screen, from the mass media, from the electronic mass media, there is no information at all, there are only rumors. there are only z-bloggers, there are international media to which the general staff does not respond, not to mention that the ukrainian media too, the general staff does not give any information, larisa, well , again, we see that some foreign media, at least public platforms , such as deep state, they announced right away that they would not be updating their maps because they want to keep the secret as long as it is kept by the general staff. they update it two days

later, they warn that it is not up-to-date information, although before that they always said that their maps are the most up-to-date, we see similar things, for example, being covered in the same israel, well, we all understand, that these are the ukrainian military, but we don't know what to call them, the russians say that they are the ukrainian military, for example, israel always explains something about lieftenstein's planes, something else. that is, israel is a country that is already well 70 years, more than 70 years is at war, they have learned, their media is quite objective, quite toothy, critical of the authorities, but nevertheless, this is the lesson, it should be, i think we should also learn this and we are learning, because i see that for the most part there are people who want to comment, referring to russian tv'.

channels, but i see that the majority of ukrainian media somehow, such respectable, somehow understand the fact that the general staff is silent. well, of course, the general staff is silent, and, well, there are several options, you are sitting on the air, these hostilities begin, some, some information appears, and you don't know, say, it's the ukrainian army, or maybe it's the russian volunteer corps, or maybe it's the legion, free russia entered, because all these, special operations were previously carried out . russians, people who have a russian passport, who are fighting against putin's regime. we can only record how today, when they showed this synchronization, when fighters entered the city of suju, they say that we are fighters of the 99th mechanized battalion of the 61st separate mechanized steppe brigade, we captured, control the strategic object of gazprom, this gas distribution station, this is the only verification of this information that i have seen in... during

the last three days. andriy, you have come across similar things, and not only during the war, when it is difficult to obtain this verification. and the viewers and our readers, they still need information, because they don't read these russian zriots and telegram channels. yes, i would advise you not to read unverified sources in any case, read ukrainian from... read the espresso site, this is 100% verified news, it is important here actual journalistic work, journalists who know how to work with open sources, verify real videos, during hostilities a lot of fakes appear, very often throw-ins are made from previous wars, or here is a photo of a ukrainian military already 10 km from kursk but then journalists

and fact-checkers noticed that kursk was written in ukrainian on the road sign, that is , most likely they just drew a zero there, there were drains. kilometers, but it turns out to be like 10, so there are so many on both sides, it is important to check all information carefully, this is done by professional journalists in publications from the white list, read such publications and you will be aware of events. well, by the way, here we are recalling the information that has appeared in the media over the past few days, yesterday there was information about the sumy city council. made a decision to join the suzhan district or suzha to the sumy community, then they spread all this information, then a refutation appeared that this is not really the case, although i myself come from sumy region and i know suja, well, it is literally 30 or 40 km from the places where i grew up, and we

always perceived that it was part of these regions, they were handed over to russia, but... but these are ukrainian regions of suja, you you know all these stories, without me, but in the current situation, of course, it is important, it is important that we understand what is happening there in the kurshchyna, you now have an understanding of how this situation develops, if we all have one thing understanding, we can properly explain to our viewers and our listeners and readers because there are many... there are reflections and victorious reflections, and it is not clear whether there are any grounds for this and whether there are any successes for this, and only the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine can confirm this. larisa? well, the first thing i would like to point out is just the kind of

russian delusion that all the commentators have fallen into, is that they said the ukrainian army, but it came and no one, no one was there, well , there was no one at all, only one there ... the kadyrovs or the kadyrov people hid somewhere in the bushes, and also got away, they said it was easy, but in fact, it is not like that, as far as i understand , and the western media also write about it, and analysts, ukrainian military analysts say that there were defense lines, that is, it is not a simple walk, it is a really thorough, absolutely lightning-fast military operation, and the fact that the russians were caught off guard does not mean that this... because it was easy for us and we went there almost in open spaces, no, it speaks of the skill of those who planned and those who executed , the second thing is that it is clear to me what is happening there, well, it is obvious that when there is a breakthrough of the defense line, and in front of it, we remember, mini fields, lines there

of some type of suravikin or someone else, some dragon's teeth, here the troops have passed, they have gone through the breakthrough, it is obvious that they are somehow beginning to spread out into the expanse, and this it can be seen that they... are trying to occupy, to create this zone, a sanitary zone, in order to reduce the pressure on sumy oblast, because there even the city of sumy is very close to the border, that is , well, it is dangerous, and we understand that the russians tried , they would still plan to advance there, and here, well, it is better for the ukrainian military to sit on foreign land and watch russian villages burning behind them or in front of them, than it will be ukrainian villages. ukrainians, that is, this is an obvious reason, but there is another reason that i also absolutely understood what happened, the fact is that the russian army, it is on its offensive, which it is conducting in donbas, we must understand, and about many people say that

they are very reluctant to transfer troops from those war zones on ukrainian territory, which is, that is, they are actually a little shocked by what happened in terms of what they were planning to push. somewhere, somewhere to go to some frontiers, on ukrainian land, to stand somewhere, that is, their advance has already begun to slow down, and kyrylo butanov spoke about this, and western analysts spoke about this, that they will stop in 6-8 weeks, that is, they do not have the resources, and here the ukrainians, the ukrainian army forced them to immediately prepare to fight in other areas of the front, that is, it is unbelievable, that is , the russians now because of the fact that they are starting to stop in donbas. well, it’s not quite noticeable yet, but nevertheless it is visible from the existing equipment, from the reserves that are available, that they have, that they do not have the strength to fight there for another six months in the same way, to take that pokrovsk, well, no they have such forces, and when they were already ready to stop, the ukrainians forced them,

those troops, who are exhausted, to transfer without reserves, what they have there, instead of replenishing the pokrovsky direction, the otorets direction with these reserves, now those reserves will be sent here, that's great. but what do we hear like this discussed in ukrainian society? the kursk aes or not the kursk aes, are they distracting the attention of the ukrainians or someone else, good russians say, are they... distracting the attention of the russian army, no, the ukrainians conducted an incredible military operation, an incredible one, and in fact, first of all, it was carefully planned, secondly, it was very risky for those who went on this offensive, so let's wait, we have to wait another week, in order to understand which territory is still captured by ukraine, and what we will do next with those peaceful inhabitants, which are there, returned territory. that is, let’s say so, free from the tyrannical putin regime, i would say so, yes, but

from the reaction of putin and from the reaction of gerasimov and from the reaction of the security forces, that is what could be understood, and it is clear that they took it seriously, if we let's remember those sorties of the russian volunteer corps and the legion of freedom of russia, i understand that they were more for the pr effect, let's say so. but we slightly weakened the attention of the russians to such attempts to cross the border, they maybe this time too they thought that it was something not serious, but then it turned out that everything was not so, and it is important that this time the west supported us, and we saw these questions, even from opposition russian journalists who asked the american representative, but how yes, what about the united states of america, and they're... unconcerned, it turns out that they're not concerned, that the operation was agreed with our western partners, and

they think it's absolutely fair, plus i think the important thing is just , that we do not create these authorities that were created the russians in the territories they capture, we talked a little on the air, mrs. larisa emphasized that it is important to observe all international norms, the geneva conventions, when you are at war, including on foreign territory, that is, we do not touch civilians, we do not touch civilian life, we see, we don't endure, how they destroy our cities, those bahmuts, that is , our troops, the troops are advancing, advancing, peaceful, peaceful residents, well , it is clear that there cannot be without losses, because this is a war and, because this war just happens. which cannot be avoided, but we are not we are engaged in demolishing cities

completely and leaving no ruins, it seems to me that the ukrainian troops are advancing cautiously, well, this is in accordance with the un charter on the protection of any right to the protection of any state against which aggression has been committed, i.e. that , what we are doing is self-defense and the protection of the ukrainian people, well, we will monitor this development. in kursk or in suzhi, but i hope that in kursk, and in rynsk, and in koryanevo, everywhere, everywhere, where the armed forces of ukraine reached. friends, i remind you that we are working live and throughout the broadcast, we are conducting a poll, we are asking you about whether you think ukrainian diplomacy is effective, yes, no, if you think this ukrainian diplomacy is effective, you can also call and vote on the number 0800 2011. 381 no 0800 211 382 all calls to these numbers are free,

vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. one more topic, colleagues, it arose yesterday and after an interview with the head of the office of the president of ukraine andriy yermak, serhiy sydurenko from the european i actually did a big interview with yermak, and yermak in the questions and answers, it seems to me that these... and the questions and answers, they, in principle, will probably be of interest, first of all , to the western audience, because the western press during the last six months is enough actively writes about yermak's role in zelenskyi's entourage, about the fact that he performs a lot of tasks from zelenskyi, that his powers are much wider than those of the head of the office of the president of ukraine, how yermak explains his role in international politics, and let's listen, because he compared his role with national security adviser. i

think no one will argue that the main diplomat of the country is the president volodymyr zelenskyi, and we can see this from the results, and therefore, of course, as the head of the president's office, fulfilling the president's instructions, i deal with many issues in... in this the way i work is to compare how national security advisers work in other countries, and that's why i talk to colleagues from the ... states, for example, with jake salevan, with jens plötner from germany and many others. colleagues, why does yermak have to justify himself, that he is a national security adviser, that he is in the president's team, that he only does what the president tells him. larisa. you know, it's interesting that we're talking about kursk, about

yermak, it's some, for me it's just some kind of déjà vu, because putin's regime was starting. no one understood the fundamental question that everyone asked each other in the west, fuck putin answers the same question, who is mr. ermamak, and he found a role model for himself, i congratulate him, now it turns out that he is a sullivan, thank god, but i understand that the adviser on international affairs to the president of the united states is a position that... is, it is, it, that is, there are clear things, there are his powers, who he can give orders to, who he can't, can sullivan give orders to blinkin, i don't know, most likely not that maybe yermak, he has a completely different position, well, that's all he is tries to explain why he is playing the role of sullivan, well, conventionally, as sullivan under

the president, yes, hesitating, but you can't justify it with official duties, if ... you need an adviser on international affairs to the president, who has certain powers and weight internationally, international spaces, well, create this, create, let it go, you, you can, you, you have both the legislative and executive branches of government, don’t ask, but why, well, this, it’s because a person simply performs not their powers, and i understand that many in the west are very concerned about the great influence of man. that this influence goes beyond the boundaries of her official duties, and this scares the person for whom they did not vote, that is, this uncertainty scares the representatives of western democracies, where democracy is primarily a procedure, and therefore they do not understand it role, he looks like some kind of favorite under some emperor, well, that is, under

an undemocratic leader, that's the point, by the way, you mentioned putin, today is exactly... 25 years since he was appointed prime minister of the russian federation, that is russia's collapse under putin began 25 years ago. to andriy, regarding andriy yermak, why is yermak trying to justify himself, although zelensky clearly said that everything he does in public, that yarmak does on my behalf, he does on my instructions. actually, more than one president of ours tried to justify the head of the president's office or the head of the administration, yushchenko once said at the faction that baloga is me, well, zelensky also said the same thing, that's how i wanted to emphasize that we have heads the administration of the president or the office of the president, they are always demonized a little bit, therefore, in principle, it is in the ukrainian tradition that the role played by yermamak is actually performed, i think

that it is not decorative, he is really an influential person, but i personally have fewer questions about international politics than questions about domestic politics, namely international politics is such a beautiful track, it's a peace summit, it's a weapon, and it just works there, i agree with andriy borisovych here that volodymyr zelensky is the main diplomat, it's just his speeches that make parliaments all over the world applaud, it's just his charisma on television. attracts the attention of citizens of different countries, forces them to donate to the ukrainian army, to support him, he is a wonderful actor, we know his previous profession and works well, he reads wonderful speeches, and yermak’s role is organizational , perhaps, but there is a huge apparatus that

prepares all these meetings, trips, that is, well, and the speeches that pishermak writes. of course, of course, and i also have a question, well, you talked about, let's say, the bright side of yurmak, where he can promote himself and say that this is where i was at the international meeting and here i met with important people, but what about domestic politics, this is the most interesting thing that in our country, what does the president's office do, how do they work with business, we know business complaints about the actions of the president's office, how? the government from the president's office, i.e. there are many questions precisely regarding domestic policy, well, regarding foreign policy, yharmak said that the president clearly understands which functions... should be performed by the ministry of foreign affairs, and which should be entrusted to advisers, let's listen to this fragment. today, such traditional

diplomacy, unfortunately, has its limits, for us today it is necessary to achieve a result without having these boundaries, and therefore we all work as a team of the president, and i do not see any problems with the delimitation of these boundaries. that is, and the mandate of the president obviously never ends, so my powers are unlimited so that the president does not mandate, well, obviously, i think that the evaluation of the activities of yermak and zelenskyi will be given by the voters, we can only talk about the statements and analyze these statements. obviously, if zelensky clearly said that yermak will leave his post only when i leave my post, because he works exclusively for ukraine, we can rely on

the president of ukraine, he is the person elected by the ukrainian people, and the ukrainian people obviously have to evaluate, what do you think, larisa, how will the ukrainian people evaluate zelenskyi's presidency? i have no doubt that there will be a negative assessment, and not that, and it does not apply to the gentleman himself. and the results of his work are simply, well, first of all, there will be fatigue, and secondly, during his tenure, a suspended tenure , a war took place, and this is always an effort, well , that is, it is always a shock, after the experienced shock, obviously there will be, people will try to find who is guilty, who did not save, these are obvious things, here is another question that the ukrainian people, well, first of all, in addition to the assessment , they must draw conclusions, the conclusions are that for many years almost for... every president, in our country there was an attempt to increase the powers of the president by usurping local authorities to one degree or another, their people, local authorities,

the judicial system, that is, this struggle for the expansion of the powers of the president beyond the limits of his constitutional duties, it is always lasted, and for the first time in ukrainian history , the ukrainian people gave the president colossal carte blanche in the parliamentary elections as well. and at the local level, and everything that is happening, everything that is going on now, he criticizes what they say, and the parliament votes, does not vote, then went on vacation at the most inopportune moment, then the local government does not allocate budgets that way, friends, in fact , you did not elect the local government, you do not know the names of these people, you did not elect the parliament, you did not know the names of these people, when you went out to vote your majority for the servant of the people, you gave all full power in the country to one person, and this is too much, even for a brutal president, seriously, that is why this conclusion, how important is democracy, how

important is the distribution of power in the country, these branches of government, and it is not a question of good, bad, when there is a balance, there are distributions, there is a political process, there will be more, more profit for the citizen and for the country, well, yes, during the war, five or six managers cannot manage the country in difficult conditions. because it is not dangerous in the first place, because these five or six people can also be under in the sights of the russian occupiers, and andrii, in this situation can we say that from the next presidential campaign, because i think that zelensky is still thinking about the next presidential term, yarmak said about this in one of the previous interviews , whether the presidential team now has enough arguments to explain a lot of things in the country, and corruption, and how some tenders are trying to be awarded at

inflated prices, and how what is happening in the ministry of defense happened in the ministry of defense, i don't know what's there now is happening in reality, but we are faced with this information every day, and here we must give credit to our colleagues, investigators, because if it were not for yuri nikolov with his investigations into these e... contracts regarding eggs there, we would never know what the army is buying one egg costs 17 hryvnias there, and this too, in principle, we must give credit for the fact that during a difficult and difficult situation in the country , investigative journalists do their work , how do you think, how will this era be determined already after powers after all, it will end, let there be an election campaign, how can this period be characterized? i think that alone , in one word, it is difficult, and moreover, the press,

journalists and investigators, of course. they expose cases of corruption, but there is also a reaction, not as we would like, not everyone is sitting, but it cannot be said that these investigations have been ignored, that is, we know that after the investigation about eggs on 17 there was the dismissal of the minister of defense, after the investigation according to prokhmedit, the tender was canceled, that is, there is an attempt somehow react, at least public scandals, they cause a reaction. of this government, but if they did not cause any reaction at all, well, then the writing disappeared, then of course it is impossible to have anything in common with such a government, here i think that there will be many supporters who will still support zelenskyi for a second term, if he will leave, and corruption will not be a minus for him, because they will write off the fact that it was someone else, and we reacted when it became known, well, when it became

unknown, then... it is clear that the reaction was not was, but will it be possible to repeat such a success as it was in the 19th year, definitely not, i think that support will fall strongly, and if we talk about the parliamentary elections, then there will be a very colorful and interesting parliament, where it will be very many, i would say not one opposition party, there will be a lot of opposition parties to the current party regime, well at least there will be no monopolies and there will not be, and there will not be this and this is best, i agree, it will not be without responsibility. friends, i would like to remind you that throughout our broadcast we are conducting a survey, asking you about such things, do you think are you effectively ukrainian diplomacy? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, either yes or no, write your comment under this video if you have your thoughts on ukrainian diplomacy, and if you are watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote on the numbers 0800 211

381. if you think ukrainian diplomacy is effective, if you don't think it is effective, 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free. another topic, colleagues , is the existence of such a platform called telegram, because on march 24 mykola knyazhytskyi started talking about the need to create conditions to regulate telegram and contact the founders of telegram in order to... clearly understand what kind of platform it is, who owns it, how they respond to the requests of the ukrainian authorities, practically that nikita poturaev from servant of the people also said this week, he said that we need to understand how to keep telegram under control, or at least contact those who hold this platform, how russia uses it, the head of the parliamentary committee

on issues of freedom. yaroslav yurchyshyn supported the idea of ​​regulating the activities of telegram in ukraine on the air of our tv channel. let's listen to what yurchyshyn said. because the response mechanism is at the level of official authorities, and it should be quite prompt. or the so -called media literacy telegram is a russian network. and therefore hand it over to her. private data means questioning the safety of everyone around you, and you first of all. there are no cities in ukraine, perhaps with the exception of uzhgorod, but still it flew to the transcarpathian region, to the district volovets, yes, which would be attacked, and at the same time tolerate the network, which most likely has relations and has a clear subordination to the russian special services.

only because it is somehow more convenient, well, in principle, it is simply a matter of a lack of desire to survive, we have to survive in a war, and in an information war, telegram, tiktok are weapons that are used against us, that is tiktok in the united states the americans banned, as far as i remember, and because the chinese did not want contact... with the american authorities, we had our own practice, with similar resources, of bans, including the vkontakte of classmates, this story began in 2014, and during the term of president poroshenko , these resources were banned, although i remember how, how the users of these networks howled , what will happen, i will not be among my classmates, i have all my classmates there, all my relatives from russia, i have lost them.