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interviews, reports from the hottest points of the front. svobodalai, frankly and unbiased. you draw your own conclusions. good evening, we are from ukraine. so, let's start talking about what happened today, during the day more than 80. critical infrastructure was destroyed in pokrovsk, serhiy dobryak, the head of the city's military administration, reported this. at the moment, the occupiers are located 7 km away, they are 7 km from the city, despite the danger in pokrovsk, there are almost 13 thousands of residents. among them are 94 children. according to dobryak, the occupiers are trying to leave the city without electricity, water and gas. people are urged to evacuate as soon as possible. another wounded man from... turned to medics

after the shelling of bilozerka in the kherson region, he received an explosive injury and a bruised hand. in total , three local residents were injured. unfortunately, one man died, the regional military administration informed. at least three private houses were damaged in the village. and the swiss company will join the demining of the kyiv region, the leader said of the regional military administration ruslan kravchenko. he signed a memorandum of cooperation with his swiss colleagues. the company has engineering and manufacturing facilities in germany and provides a wide range of mine countermeasures assistance. project management, consulting, surveying, site clearance and training. the roots destroy your lungs, public activists, doctors and parliamentarians presented the initiative of fathers for ukraine without tobacco and nicotine. in particular, they propose to increase excise taxes on tobacco products, to introduce medical graphics.

prejudice, inform about the consequences of smoking and ban flavored tobacco products. let me remind you that according to the ministry of health of ukraine, smoking takes an average of 130,000 lives every year. we want to completely ban advertising, so that cigarette displays in places of trade disappear, because today kiosks are essentially cigarette showcases, to increase excise taxes on tobacco nicotine products, because in this way... it will become more expensive and less accessible to children and young people, implement graphic medical warnings on all tobacco products nicotine products, modern society has been misled by replacing regular cigarettes with electronic vapes, because they give it as if it is a healthy root, but you know, as an oncologist-doctor, i must tell you, there is no safe, much less healthy root, any smoking tobacco products leads to patterns... end of life, will

this kind of life be promoted by the pseudo-beautiful, pseudo-fashionable, show industry, i think it will, does she earn extra money from it, i think she does, but each of us must start with oneself, and take it upon oneself the responsibility not to do any wrong things and not to promote them, well, by the way, i will only add that i would definitely do the same... just like on cigarette packs they draw these scary pictures of cancer diseases, then when the legs there are rotting teeth and so on, throat cancer and everything else, the same pictures are painted on alcohol bottles, because in principle alcohol also leads to cirrhosis of the liver, to heart diseases, to violence in families and to many problems, well and such, you know, draw vodka on the shoulder, for example such a swollen, swollen face of such a drunkard, well, that's also true, that's how it works in our country, well, i'm against any bad with...

but well, that should be all, people should understand that both evil and evil , then in our country it is a great evil, or it is a lesser evil, no, it is all evil, and in principle, ukraine should be a healthy nation, a reading nation, we are actually moving on to this topic. does my voice matter, this is how one of the templates at the 31st international literary festival bookformuyu 2024 sounds. our correspondent ema stadnyk is now arriving at such a discussion so congratulations emo, please tell me about the event . vasyl, congratulations, we are connecting from the main location of the 31st international literary book forum, a festival that has already become traditional for... the city of leo, at the moment there is a discussion going on here called democracy 2024, does my vote matter: interesting it is the fact that four speakers took part in it, in particular and not only ukrainian ones, it is a conversation between the mexican writer and journalist lidia cacho, the american journalist terel

jamer star, the nigerian poetess, cultural manager and activist laura shonein, human rights activist, nobel peace prize laureate oleksandra matviychuk. despite the security factors, these foreign speakers of ours were still not afraid and came to such a traditional festival for lviv. we will sum up the results of this discussion after its conclusion, and i will remind you that despite the height of the working week , there are really a lot of participants on the platforms of the book forum. some of the halls are really full, in particular the hall where the platform is happening, this morning was also full, it was a conversation between vitaly portnikov and yaroslav. hrytsak, the topic of their discussion is new ukraine in new europe, and now you will have the opportunity to hear several theses directly from vitaly portnikov. mr. yaroslav hertsiak and i talked about what ukraine should look like. and in principle, we have a common vision, this is a democratic european

country that will help europe find its place in the future, because, as paradoxical as it may sound, it is precisely from the victory of ... countries in this war that depends on what europe will look like 21st century, and me i would like to remind you that you can watch live broadcasts and recordings of all discussions from the main location of the powder tower on the youtube channel of the book forum and the espresso tv channel. vasyl, as of now i have everything, so i pass the word to you. thank you very much, emma stadnyk, our correspondent from the locations of lviv book forum 2024. i wish you a good evening and good impressions from this. events, well, we continue further and i have more news for you: a rare harmonica, a cabinet with theatrical costumes and boots of the princely era, almost 100 theatrical exhibits were presented in lviv national theater named after maria zankovetska. the exhibition combines

theatrical objects and modern sculpture. for 2.5 months, pavlo gudimov, the founder of artentru and gallery, collected exhibits from the theater's funds. this is the first event within this year's week. curated tours, exhibition projects and conferences will continue in the city until october 31. we pulled down so many things to create a labyrinth, so when you come in here, you start to get lost in this space, and you you, for example, if it's a wardrobe, it's used from two sides, from the front and from back side, and if we talk about the participation of modern artists, there are more than 30 artists who took part in this project, then they. the so-called intervention, we are planning a performance about maria zankovetska, about our patron of our theater, i think that this exhibition will become, this performance will be immersive, we will walk around the entire theater, each

location will have a year, some event, i understand, that this exhibition and these exhibits will become part of this exhibition, until the full-scale... natural disasters, and now they are eliminating the terrible consequences of russian attacks. in order to save human life, they dig up debris, put out fires, and in some places may come under enemy fire and repeated enemy fire, which is not uncommon for russian terrorists to do about the history of one family, where the profession of firefighters is already a whole dynasty, my colleague will tell. dmytro hyrevets has been working as a lifeguard for over 23 years, he began his service in the white church as a lieutenant-inspector, he says, he mastered this profession at the call of his heart, because his father was also a fireman and liquidator in an emergency. coincidentally, dmytro also worked in chernobyl for 5 years during

the construction of the safe confinement, or in other words, the arch over the destroyed fourth power unit, and now he coordinates firefighting units. the dispatcher reports to us. about the emergency situation that arose in the area, and how many units were involved in the other fire and... if the fire is complicated, then we make a decision and go to the place, and manage the actions of the fire department on the spot. during calls he manages a considerable number of people, deploying forces and means in such a way as to eliminate the fire as quickly as possible. he claims that he puts the safety of his colleagues first, because everyone has a family. in general, during the full-scale invasion , the rescuers went to more than fifty large fires, had to free... both people and animals from the fiery trap, no one ever knows how

the duty will end, that is, we react according to the situation, that is, there is a challenge, we went, if it is large-scale there, or if it is permissible there, the head of the duty unit or the head of the guard calls for help, and we also immediately pull our car and i leave at the head of it. unit, from the last ones, probably the one that is remembered in memory is the oil depot in krychka, there was a complex fire where everyone worked, starting from privates, ending with colonels and so on, often the firefighter had to stay on extinguishing even for a day , his beloved wife is waiting for him at home, dmytro has been married to mrs. alla for 18 years, the woman shares, she is used to risky. she remembers her husband's work, at first she was very worried and had sleepless nights. when,

of course, when he leaves, i know that it is dangerous there, well, i don’t know, there are some mass shootings there, well, no shelling, he went to some oil bases or something like that, then of course you worry, you call, especially when he doesn’t answer the phone, especially when someone there picks up the phone instead of him and says that everything is fine, well, you think that everything is fine, but inside the meaning is not good, not calm, still there are certain departures just time and not just for a fire, for example, there for arrivals, it's scary. the father and sons are proud, the eldest followed in his footsteps and is also studying in the first year of higher education to become an emergency officer, but the youngest only dreams of continuing the dynasty of firefighters in the family. i like to save, i like to, well, i was at my dad's, well, in the department. i see a lot of things there, it's cool, the uniform, everything is there, i like it very much, being

a rescuer is not an easy task, because you need to have good physical health, endurance and not be afraid to look into the eyes of danger, so in such a difficult time for the country , we thank each rescuer for strength and power. lyubov gerashchenko, oleksandr kuga, espresso, bila tserkva.

good evening, we are from ukraine. thank you for being bored and waiting. the great aether returns. i remind you that my name is vasyl zemai, now it's time to talk about events that happened outside of ukraine. yuri fizyk is next to me. the world about ukraine. yury, good evening, please. good evening to you vasyl, good evening to everyone who joined us today. today it is about ukraine, the united states of america and russia, but everything will revolve around ukraine. about this and other things already for well, today there is a lot more about such

an interesting, interesting topic, the strange confession of boris johnson, although in the end, why is it strange, he has already said the same thing several times: vladimir putin would not have invaded ukraine if the president of the united states of america was donald trump, and the world in general would be much safer if the us had one. the leader , the ex-prime minister of great britain and a very good friend of ukraine, said this in an interview with the telegraph publication, while he explained what he meant, the former prime minister believes that unpredictability. there would be trump enough to convince putin not to risk and go to war with a sovereign state. next is a short quote from boris johnson. from the kremlin's point of view, there was a real risk that trump would interpret an attack on a european country as an insult to america and the world order and could resort to harsh measures. well, that's not all that

boris johnson said about ukraine. let's hear one more direct speech from him. we are listening to the ex-prime minister. britain. it is very, very important that we understand that ukraine's struggle is absolutely existential for freedom and democracy in europe. if ukraine is defeated, it will be an absolute disaster, and he understands that. i don't think he will want to go down in history as the man who began his second term as president not by making america great, but by making the soviet union great again. well, i don't know. is it possible to trust the unpredictability of trump, especially everything he does in ukraine, but let's go further: the 45th president of the united states of america, donald trump, this is again, continuing this topic, is already negotiating a settlement, an end to the war in ukraine, in case he returns to the white house in case of victory in the presidential elections, which are scheduled for

november 5 of this year. about this during a speech at the british analytical center policy exchange. said former us secretary of state mike pompeo, followed by a brief quote from mr. pompeo. he may not return to power. he may lose the election, but in case he wins, he is already sending signals to the world. this is the end of the quote. well, i will remind you that under during the meeting with volodymyr zelenskyi, donald trump expressed the hope that if he wins the elections, he will be able to find - quote: a good solution for both sides of the conflict in ukraine, and will do it... even before the inauguration on january 20, this is the kind of pragmatism, trump's pragmatism, the pragmatism of volodymyr zelenskyi's victory plan, the pragmatism that the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine currently has, everything revolves around the end of the war, and i will now talk about this with my guest, who has already joined us, this is taras zhovtenko, an expert

on international security of the democratic initiatives foundation named after ilko kuchariv. mr. taras, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine. i congratulate you as a hero of glory. mr. taras, this pragmatism, i just quoted boris johnson, mike pompeo, such serious people, and they trust donald trump, they say that everything he says about his ability to end the war in ukraine and even even before the inauguration, that is, until january 20, this is normal, you can believe it. er, but in your professional opinion, does ukraine have a place in trump's pragmatism, or is he simply revolves, revolves around what the president of the united states of america will do well for the united states of america? well, actually, i would call, for the sake of clarity, so to speak, yes, the analysis of the situation, i would call, characterize, or rather, this is

trump's approach, not just pragmatism, but very subjective pragmatism, because... mr. johnson very correctly characterized, well, let's say this, the main feature of donald trump both as a politician and as a president, well, obviously as a person, this is his unpredictability, and that's his its unpredictability originates, well , let's say this, not from his personal deep understanding of the situation, but of international politics, international security, not from those people who surround him, not from the good advisers who advise him there, well, there are some good ones. right things, we saw that actually, during his presidency, all these moments, they didn't work, but his pragmatism, it actually takes its basis, well, in the very ego of trump, yes, that is, he actually believes that he best understands various things, even those things about which he knows little, his intuition, his

previous experience, they allow him to make the right decisions, as they say, on the go, and at the same time he can absolutely. not to listen to his surroundings, not to listen to his warriors, and this actually explains her during his presidency, that such key positions changed very often, for example, the president's advisers on national security, the heads of some special services under him changed, the head of the analogue state department changed of our ministry of foreign affairs, that is, actually, we have to understand that when we talk now that trump has the form of... ending this war and trump has the formula, so to speak, of settling the situation with russia, then we have to understand that, actually, trump now and trump of the previous, yes... the first presidency, these are two very different trumps, and this adds even more uncertainty and unpredictability to his, so to speak, current and campaign, well,

actually his foreign policy and security strategy, and therefore, in fact, mr. johnson and mr. pompeo, they contradict each other because, well, if you go by mr. johnson's words about trump's unpredictability, then you can hardly say, as mr. pompeo says, that trump will definitely ... end the war on terms that, well, let's say that american democratic values ​​are upheld, under conditions of restoration of american leadership, trump can simply isolate himself and say to the europeans, mind your own business, i'm not interested in you, because you spent little on defense, so you should, well that's true maybe, let's talk about one more geopolitical pragmatism, but this time in ukraine, so a few days ago the british edition of the financial times wrote: an article and in this article a whole paragraph is dedicated to the minister, the new minister of foreign affairs in ukraine andrii sybyza, i even now to quote this paragraph,

many european diplomats who participated in the un general assembly in new york say that there has been a noticeable shift in the tone and content of the discussions surrounding the potential settlement of the situation in ukraine, they note the greater openness of ukrainian officials to discuss the possibility of reaching an agreement. on a cease-fire, even if russian troops remain on their territory, and more open discussions among western officials about the urgency of a deal. according to diplomats, ukraine's new foreign minister, andriy sebyga, used private meetings with western counterparts during his first visit to the us to discuss potential, and here i emphasize compromising decision and was more pragmatic about the possibility. negotiated land in exchange for security than his predecessor, namely mr. kuleba. mr. taras, what about this pragmatism,

andrii sebig, well, to call it pragmatism, firstly, can it be called pragmatism, and how exactly can it be correlated, firstly, with the pragmatism of trump, which we just talked about, and also with the pragmatism of zelenskyi's victory plan, which we still do not actually understand. what is it anyway? well, in fact, the context in which this article was published and accordingly is important here these opinions were published, which, well, in principle, they can theoretically take place, but this context, which i, which i want to emphasize, makes a little correction in the understanding of this possible change, let's say yes, accents in the way we broadcast to our western partners. our position, one of the main points is that in reality our partners do not have a clear vision of the end of the war, the victory of ukraine and, accordingly, the defeat of the russian federation,

that is, such geopolitical dimensions and geopolitical configuration of this defeat of russia, they remain completely incomprehensible to our western partners, yes, that is, everyone in the west says our allies that russia should not win this war, but no one takes the courage to voice, and what will defeat mean ? of russia, and that is, this is the collapse of russia as a political entity, this is the collapse of the putin regime and the corresponding processes that will take place inside russia, or is it simply the weakening of russia, and if it is a weakening, then what kind, yes, that is, it must be crushed that a military group that is located only on the territory of ukraine, is it necessary to dig into the russian military and military-industrial infrastructure on the european territory, let's say, the russian federation, and actually our western partners are the main problem, and that's all. what they are doing and what they are voicing is that they do not have this single strategic vision neither in washington, nor in brussels, nor in london, and the specific, let's say,

circumstances in which this or that thing was voiced about the new minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, these are actually a few key points, the first point is that a statement was voiced, well, let's say, the intentions of the alleged administrators were voiced. and president biden to agree that the status of ukraine can be changed, let 's say, the expectation of our membership in nato, yes, that is, that obviously a decision can be made that we should be invited now, and the procedure for ukraine's entry to be launched then, when a consensus will be reached among all the member countries of the alliance that, well, if such things are possible, we can start doing them, and accordingly, these are the points about which... our western partners, including, like to talk so much about these territories in exchange for security, here we must remind that there is the so-called rasmussen formula, ukraine's entry into nato,

which is not the only one. is discussed far, and it is actually a solution and a way out of this situation, so when ukraine can be accepted into nato even in those circumstances when ukraine does not control part of its territories, but at the same time the condition is set that the fifth article of the washington treaty applies only to the territory that ukraine controls, ours fighting for the liberation of, for example, donbass and crimea is our responsibility, and nato does not help us here. but if the russians move further, they risk running into, so to speak, the response of the entire system of collective security. and here is actually such a formula and the discussion of such a formula with reference to the fact that the administration of president biden can theoretically give the green light to the change of the status of ukraine, regarding our future membership in nato, i think that these things are simply now is being discussed, well, the only thing is that some western publications, they put it a little in their own way

as to how ukrainian diplomacy reacts to such initiatives, it is clear that we should not immediately reject these initiatives, we should listen to them, after all, we are about even about such initiatives should lead a dialogue with our western partners. it is obvious that, in this case, this article of the western edition of the economist, it simply put a slightly different emphasis, so it focused attention not on the fact that the process is moving, but on the process of dialogue about the probable scenarios for the political settlement of this war, and... and the fact that suddenly ukrainian diplomacy began to react in a different way to these possible compromise scenarios, although in fact there is nothing new in either the first or the second. of course. thank you very much, mr. taras, for participating in the program, thank you very much for your professional comments and for explaining what is happening. taras zhovtenko, international security expert of the democratic initiatives foundation named after ilko kucherev, spoke about this geopolitical, explained to us this geopolitical pragmatism, and what can

wait from from our management and from our partners, well, for today and in the end, as for this week, i have everything, i will meet with you already on monday, but you do not switch now, because we still have a lot of interesting things, thank you very much yuri, well, just now the economic results of the week with oleksandr morchivko. oleksandr, good evening, please, good evening vasyl, good evening viewers, the next few minutes. you know what was most important this week in the world of money, it is about taxes, about energy, also the agricultural issue is important, wait, everyone details in a moment, this is a column about money during the war, i'm oleksandr morchyvka, in the next few minutes i will summarize the economic results of the past week, and finally we waited for

the ministry of economy to approve. economy booking solutions. people's deputy yaroslav zheleznyak informed us about this. according to him , it is planned to move from the criticality of the enterprise to the criticality of a specific employee, the importance of the employee. however, it still has to be approved by the higher political leadership of the state, but there are movements, and i am sure that soon all the necessary power structures, this initiative will be supported. and about the historian. his business expects an increase, as do you and i, ordinary consumers. the profile committee of the verkhovna rada supported the draft law on increasing taxes. the initiative will be submitted to the second reading. in particular, we are talking about the introduction of a military levy for fops and an increase in their payments to 5% from the current 1.5%. the draft law also provides for a 50% tax on excess profits of banks and 25% for financial

companies. well, the verkhovna rada has a draft law will be considered next week, it will be heated, the discussions will continue and we will follow it. also, october began with the initiative of the national bank. from october 1 , there is a limit on card transfers for ordinary citizens. the limit of uah 1,500 for transfers from card to card once a month will be valid for six months. the limit applies only to outgoing transactions. so, the limitations. will not be applied to volunteer accounts, they have certain criteria from the national bank, they are defined, i will only add that according to the nbu, 98% of clients make monthly transfers, which do not exceed this amount of the limit, so those who need to transfer money will act within the norm, and ordinary consumers of financial services, this limitation, this limit will not bring problems.