so the probability of such an election is high, whether it is correct is hard to say because sometimes one person once told me that a terrible ending is better than endless horror, in this case we will see how things unfold, i will ask you a quick question, you give me a short answer, i was told that some of the potential candidates who can... take part in the elections already contract some people in advance, and this process is going on, you as a person who once knew the entire market of political technologists in ukraine, and who prepared this or that election, is there such a process now? and as far as i know, i am still not really involved in election processes, i certainly do not contract anyone and do not build headquarters, because today other challenges are facing all adequate people in ukraine, i repeat once again, but... but conversations about that

the back offices have already appeared in the op, there are ongoing and such conversations that people have already started working, well, time will tell how true this is, it is true, another event happened today, mark rutte, this is the former the prime minister of the netherlands, became the new secretary general of nato, he was and remains a supporter of ukraine, and today in his program speech rutte on... ukraine is one of the main priorities in his future work, let's listen to what the new secretary general of the north atlantic alliance said. my second priority is to strengthen support for ukraine and bring it closer to nato, because there can be no strong, lasting security in europe without a strong, independent ukraine. i know from my own experience, after the downing of flight mh-17 in 2014, that the conflict in ukraine is not...

is limited to the front line, so we must do our part, we must fulfill the package of financial commitments agreed at the washington summit and confirm ukraine's irreversible path to membership in the future, as ukraine's rightful place in nato. beautiful words, mr. dmytro, said vrutte, but membership in nato is not just a wish. of the ukrainian authorities and the fact that we constantly articulate that we need the north atlantic alliance, all ukrainians understand this, but we understand that the north atlantic alliance is also a series of requirements to the country of ukraine, not only of a military nature, but also regarding the development of various institutions, regarding the development of democracy, well, that is, the fight against corruption, the fight against corruption, yes, that's when the ukrainian government, which insists on that... biden to the end

of his presidential powers, he announced that ukraine will be invited to nato, or he made some such significant statement, which was written about by the foreign press, that the ukrainians insist on this, does he mean zelenskyi's team, is it ready now zelenskyi's team to such drastic actions regarding the implementation of these points, which are necessary for joining nato, that is, conditionally. saying that ryute clearly understands that he is not only making statements that we will support ukraine, ryute's next statement may be that ukraine started this movement, it is doing something, and we will see what they are doing there and how it corresponds to our criteria let's, if you allow, come from the other side, i will also ask questions, and we will come out with you for an answer. first, when we talk about the fight against corruption. and that string

corruption scandals that have been shaking society for several months, most of them are one way or another connected with representatives of the authorities, as i said today, everything is managed from the office of the president, that is, the answer to the question of fighting corruption, it is obvious how many were handed and they did everything to prevent the bab law from passing through the parliament, now they did the same to prevent the customs law from passing through the parliament, because these are all the structures that today generate shadow cash for the authorities , there is a part of they are supervised directly by the hetman, plus tax customs is also their area of ​​responsibility, and the answers are obvious, where do these rivers and streams of these gray or black finances flow, and what are these. structures

make money, the second question, you said about democracy, freedom of speech, you and i all know very well what a single marathon is, and when today the representatives of the authorities are shouting from every... from every iron they tell why taxes should be raised, because there is no money to support the armed forces of ukraine, they forget to tell the truth that, for example, this year they did not want to, i proposed, other, by the way, people's deputies proposed to take 1.5 billion hryvnias from a single telethon and send them to the armed forces of ukraine, they also pledge 1.5 billion hryvnias for the next year, it is in the state , in which it seems... there is no money, i am silent about the fact that they are forming a road fund, next year 46 billion hryvnias, in the 27th they plan to spend a quarter of a trillion hryvnias on roads, they will reduce the army, so this is just right not

about democracy and the rule of law, freedom words, and this is about trying to create a warm bath for yourself at the expense of the state and... such a resource that will praise you, and only for you, because no one watches that one telethon anymore, this is the first, second, when the president, where is he in america, he said that the journalists themselves united in order to highlight the truth and show the truth in ukraine, well, first of all, if they themselves united, i have a question, why me and why you, as citizens the state should fulfill their wishes, highlight it. the only marathon, then, if they themselves made this decision, they themselves have to provide it, financially, including, but i think that here the president told a lie, or in other words lied, because we all see how the single telethon works, and for whom it works today , if we are talking

about elections, this is also one of the requirements for being a full-fledged member of the european union and nato, and elections are not appointing yourself to a position. this is when you are really elected, and for this there must be absolutely transparent, clear, fair election processes, on unfortunately, if we are talking about today and how to hold elections in the realities that exist today, then it will be either impossible or almost impossible to comply with all the requirements and principles according to which elections are held in normal democratic states, or... it is impossible, because the desire to hold fair elections does not exist today, that is, the question that zelenskyy once asked biden at the beginning of his presidential career, why ukraine is not in nato, this question can be asked , including within the state and asked, and in

you see us, what a very strange and specific story, it is cyclical, i think that many of the questions that presidential candidate zelensky asked at the stadium. another candidate could be addressed today to president zelensky himself and the answer and answer to them, he is unlikely to be silent, especially about why all the president's friends have two hands, yes, yes, and about nepotism and many other things. let's talk about one more topic, mr. dmytro, actually about russia and about their existing plan, nuclear plan, new nuclear plan, because they... announced that they are changing the nuclear doctrine and, rather, the concept of nuclear deterrence, nato members should not refuse to provide more military aid to ukraine because of the irresponsible nuclear rhetoric of the russian dictator putin, said the now former

head of nato jens stoltenberg in an interview with reuters. let's hear what he had to say. every time we increased our support to ukraine with new types of weapons, battle tanks. artillery or f-16, the russians tried to prevent it, they failed, and this latest incident should not either prevent nato allies from supporting ukraine. mr. dmytro, how and in what way should ukraine respond to new realities, because one way or another the nuclear concept has changed, the concept of nuclear deterrence, it is clear that this is rather a signal. to our western partners, who also have nuclear weapons, but the question is, as in the current situation, a non-nuclear state, which is trying to protect itself from the nuclear state of russia, what to do when this neighbor is constantly waving a nuclear club, well, he is waving it,

starting with a full-scale invasion where in in principle, i have done this before, and i think that russia also understands the consequences that will occur if nuclear weapons are used, here the question is different, where they will do it, either on the battlefield or on their territories, in order to to demonstrate to others who have nuclear weapons that they are serious, and there is a real question here, because there were talks that they could strike even on their territory, and knowing the completely inadequate and inadequate approaches of the kremlin, this it can be like that, but in fact we have to continue to do what we are doing, to defend and try to protect our state. despite the fact that the enemy is serious, i always believe that one should not underestimate

the enemy, it is necessary to understand that we are fighting a great power, with nuclear potential, but nevertheless, thanking the armed forces, by the way, i would also like to congratulate everyone , who defends our country today at the front and not only at the front, we must understand that this is a serious enemy, and we must still go our own way. thank you, sir. thank you for talking, it was dmytro razumkov, a people's deputy of ukraine, chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine in 2019-21. friends, we are following what is currently happening in the middle east, the situation is developing, that is, literally from minute to minute, information is changing, biden has already instructed the american military to help israel shoot down iranian missiles, now there is a massive attack by iranian missiles on the territory of israel, but... we will talk about this after the story on our tv channel, we will have diplomat oleksandr

khara in touch, we will analyze this situation in all its components, for now, look at our wonderful employees, employees of our tv channel, 22nd military personnel defend the homeland in the war zone, today is the day of defenders of ukraine, we will tell about our courageous colleagues who are now... keeping our peace, we are watching russian hails across kherson, in military correspondent and news presenter, vitaly bakumenko, in the combat zone and the occupied territories, the journalist made many operative inclusions and interesting reports. in 2023, vitaly joined the armed forces. we know what we're here for, we know against whom we stand, and we know the main thing, for

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and obviously not very good for the near east, and let's start with that, i guess, because iran attacked. israel will find that information is just coming in every minute and is being developed, they are writing about the fact that, apparently, according to preliminary data, about 400 rockets were launched into the territory of israel, biden has already instructed the american military to help israel shoot down iranian missiles, a video appears of these missiles flying over israel, israel says that it is a declaration of war. and an unprecedented answer is expected, how the current situation in the middle east will affect, well, first of all, ukraine and the russian-ukrainian war, and whether the emphasis and attention of the world community will now be shifted to the middle east, and this is what putin sought so much at the time . well, first of all

, it should be said that israel has, despite the difficult situation there is... a luxury that ukraine does not have, that for decades the united states supported israel, its defense capability, this is the first thing, and secondly, they did not have so much leverage on the israeli government and eltsey in particular, but actually in order to survive , in order to punish all those who committed terrorist acts, to free the hostages of israel, first to clean up the hamas terrorists, and then to take on ... that iran's strategy was to support various terrorist organizations, this is the so-called ring of fires, that is, it is such a circle of fire, and in this way to prepare for the destruction of israel, and in the case of israel's readiness to fight for iran,

to cause unbearable, irreparable damage to israel. but israel destroyed virtually the bones of the main part of hamas, now a very good cleanup has taken place and the leadership of hezbollah, a more powerful force, well, at the really great request of israel, and of course tehran had to respond somehow, and it responds with missile terror, but i don't think that this war will develop into a direct conflict there already on the ground, i do not think that the iranians want it or are ready for it. most importantly, i was talking about this advantage, this distribution that israel has. the united states can criticize netanyahu, can say something, suspend supplies. armed, but as soon as the situation escalates and there is a threat to the security of israel, the united states will not look at any escalation

steps or anything, they will defend israel, and of course the allies will join in. we don't have that luxury, do we of course, we are grateful to the americans for the help they provide us, but there are no... here restrictions on the means that are provided to us, and even more so, how we can use them, in relation to russian territory. i hope that the naramtains will take half a step forward and allow the european allies to not forbid ukraine to hit stormshedova and french scalps on russian territory, and later, since there will be no nuclear escalation, then it will be possible to hit atakamsk and i ... i think , that you don't need to give permission, and then strike first strike, it is necessary by and large to move away from a ridiculous, incorrect, very

expensive strategy for ukraine, when putin had many options, and ukraine and our partners, they narrowed these options, that is, that we cannot do something like that, and of course , that i would like ukraine to be like israel, to have stable support for any government. any president, unfortunately, we now see that ukraine is a hostage of domestic political problems in the united states, and one, one candidate says that we must support ukraine, another says that we must to stop the war, and the statements he voiced definitely do not coincide with our national interests and definitely do not lead to a stable, just and lasting peace in ukraine. but why, mr. oleksandr, we are during volodymyr zelenskyi's last visit. to the united states of america got such a result, that is, even in trump's behavior there was such disdain for the president

of ukraine, maybe the ukrainians made a mistake by going to pennsylvania to that plant, which, by the way, was recommended pentagon, ukrainians didn't choose this plant in the town where biden was born, but on... after zelenskyi's meeting with trump, the candidate for vice president of the united states of america from the republicans, jd vance criticized the president of ukraine at a pre-election rally for his a visit to the pennsylvania plant in the company of democrats, this is already after zelenskyi met with trump. let's hear what jd vance had to say. he came to the election campaign with the democratic leadership of this country.

thanked that this plant was built, because it produces weapons, and taxes from jobs remain in pennsylvania, why is it so hot now... this, well, let's put it this way, the ukrainian theme, the ukrainian map, is played out by the headquarters, in particular trump. well, let's all say that these are double standards. speaker mike johnson, who delayed aid to ukraine for more than six months, he did it, not because there was no political will in the congressmen to vote it or anything, he wanted to, and more precisely, he followed the instructions of donald trump to block. solving the problems of the south border, which was packaged together with the help of ukraine, israel, taiwan, and only, having such a perspective that something

very bad could happen in ukraine, ukraine would lose a big city, and there could be some, well, absolutely catastrophic consequences for the ukrainian defense forces, because then trump, not wanting this evil to hang on him, he gave the go-ahead and then, johnson put it to the vote and in fact everyone voted, so, let's say , accusing ukraine of interfering in internal affairs, it is completely groundless, we are a factor, and trump, his the team is trying to use us. the second point, well comrade orbán was in marlag, several other leaders from the middle east were in marlag, and then after that they were saying how they were looking forward to the fact that... would come to power and bring order to the world there and that and something like that, no comments from the point of view of inclusion in the internal affairs

of the united states from... there were no republicans, they like it when they say that there should be a president, the president of the country did not say a single word that he is in favor of democracy, he came in this factory pennsylvania, in order to actually thank the american people, the bipartisan support of ukraine, as well as president biden, who , by and large, is in charge of this strategy of supporting ukraine, and there is nothing wrong with this, it is definitely not... an interference in internal affairs, by the way, it's very interesting that mike johnson demanded that the president of ukraine release the ambassador of ukraine to the united states, but during the negotiations themselves and after that the public part, i did not hear from trump that he said that this was interference, and mr. president, i am waiting for you to release this person who advised you, i am not talking about how all this was organized, which is

clearly and minutely. of foreign affairs and our embassy in washington worked to ensure that the meetings were balanced, that there were both democrats and republicans, and both presidential candidates, because we do not know who the american people are fooling, so this is a question of domestic politics, and this is a question it did not appear during the visit of the ukrainian president in the fall of this year, it was created in the 16th year, then trump blamed us. because we the previous president sided with hilary clinton, one of the ukrainian oligarchs helped hillary clinton and financed a certain program there, so that ukrainian hackers interfered with the work of the servers of the democratic and republican national committee, but you know that then the information was released exclusively against hilary clinton, and it is clear that the russians did it, by the way, it

was also proven by american... special services, but trump has a negative attitude towards us, and in fact ukraine was chosen as a whipping boy, that the biden administration gives a lot of money to the corrupt regime in kyiv, which steals this money and launders some of it and gives it back to joseph biden, this is a lie, this is manipulation, because most of the aid that comes to us, it is generally not fin, that is , it is not financial, they give us weapons and ammunition. technology, or buy from other countries on our behalf what we need, and so all these things, they are needed to show how bad joseph biden's government is, that he spends a lot of money on an endless war against russia, which can start the third world war, does not solve the problems of the average americans, but now there is a new topic, which means this hurricane, which was in the united states and had

terrible consequences there. and now the trumpians are accusing joe biden of spending a lot of money on ukraine, instead of wanting to spend money on americans in the suffering states, even though the republicans, including gidey vance, including matt gates, this is another big trumpian, they voted against allocated money to fema, well it's kind of like the emergency ministry , meaning they've been blocking these. they blocked advance payments to other states for such natural disasters that they encountered, that is , the americans, that is, this is such a disgusting policy of politics with double standards, where ukraine is a hostage, of this situation, it is used, and of course, they were not treated, at least i can to say from the point of view of trump and his closest circle, with respect, with understanding, that we are doing here, that we are protecting not only our

own lives. that we are not only protecting european ones borders and security in europe, but that our battle, our war, it is extremely important for the security of the united states and other democratic countries of the world. mr. oleksandr, after the visit of the ukrainian delegation, the british publication efti wrote about the fact that andrii sebiga, the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, allegedly held talks and discussed possible topics. territorial concessions in the war with the russian federation, the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine denied this information. heorhiy tykhi, the spokesman of the ministry, stated that there were no proposals at any meeting discussion or even hints of any territorial compromises, and here, well, the question is enough.