iryna vereshchuk noted that we managed to get our prisoners of war and our soldiers out of captivity,ast more than a dozen civilians surrendered, and i am very often asked, in particular, by acquaintances and tv viewers question the russian federation captures civilians, well, it looks like this is not entirely in accordance with the rules of customs for the introduction of war. who are these people, that is, we are talking about public activists of the local level of politics, who is targeted , this stream of the russian federation on people who know how to think, speak and act, this is about ukrainian activists, citizens with a clear public pro-ukrainian position, those who know how to earn money and do not want to give it to the occupiers, those who have authority in society in one or another community and they don't want to cooperate with the occupier, this is also a kind of opposition and it is against the power, you will understand when a respectable person in the village comes to him, the occupiers say we need you to tell the people , they say go to hell, and for the next hour

just a few hours ago, the ukrainian deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk said efforts were under wayeseiged city of mariupol today. we arejust we are just getting news now from the reuters news agency that ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has spoken with the british prime minister borisjohnson about a new face of military aid including the provision of heavy weapons. his deputy chief of staff said on saturday. speaking on national television, he said the pair also discussed further financial support for ukraine on the call and we will be getting more information on that for you as soon as we can. just a few hours ago, the ukrainian deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk said efforts were under way to evacuate women and children from the beseiged city of mariupol today. we're now hearing that the evacuation attempt has failed, this comes amidst russia's renewed efforts to gain control of the southern part of the country. joining me now from western ukraine is an advisor to the ukrainian defence ministry, yuriy sak. thank you forjoining us. what more can you tell us about those e

personnel, and this is prohibited by the geneva convention , according to deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk, which ukraine refused to call on russia to return ukrainian civilians, there is numerous evidence that the occupiers forcibly deported across the border, a large number of civilians after the invasion of ukraine in february varishchuk noted that ukrainians are using people as hostages in prisons and pre-trial detention centers, kursk, bryansk, ryazan and rostov, hellish battles in the east 14 14 the attack of the russian nazis was repelled by our defenders in luhansk region and donetsk region, and muscovites are trying to advance in order to completely seize the donetsk region of luhansk and also to hold the land corridor to the crimea. 11 russian tanks and almost three dozen armored combat vehicles got wet there forever, and seven art systems of sixes give peace to the occupiers and the peaceful population, the enemy inflicts air missile strikes and carries out artillery attacks on civilian and military infrastructure objects in the depths of the territory of ukraine, the positions

soldiers, among them a pregnant woman and the same number of civilians , deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk informed her telegram channel of the process. strip and further use is impossible, the spokeswoman of the southern defense forces nataliya humenyuk reported, we will try to find out the details from our correspondent oleksandr ponomarenko oleksandr i i congratulate you. tell me when the strike was carried out and whether there were any more rocket attacks today at 18:00. congratulations, at 18:05 in odesa there were explosions and immediately they turned on the air alarm signal. of the airport and for now the further use of the runway is impossible, the details of this were told to us by the head of the odesa regional military administration, maksym marchenko, well, tell me, were there any wounded or killed during the attack maksym marchenko also said that fortunately there were no injured or dead, because the airport has not been functioning for a long time since the beginning of the war, and i also want to note that this runway is a new one, it has been reconstructed, you have been

and this is prohibited by the geneva convention, according to deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk, ukraine refused and called on russia to return the civilians there is ample evidence that the occupiers forcibly deported a large number of civilians across the border after the invasion of ukraine in february. vereshchuk noted that people are being used as hostages. ukrainians are in prisons and pretrial detention centers in ryazan and rostov, kursk- obryansk. after the bombing, ventilators were taken out of the city, while before the war there were 60 such necessary devices, the mariupol city council informs me of the location, the city blocked by the russians for more than two months , several thousand civilians remain in the siege at the azovstal plant they are not allowed to leave, instead , the occupiers are shelling and bombarding mariupol, and in particular the combine russia is trying to take full control of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 8 workers a day and therefore daily demand reports from ukrainian specialists on confidential issues the international nuclear energy

fifth month of pregnancy , the minister of reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories iryna vereshchuk reported, peaceful residents of donetsk region are once again suffering from the russian army , the residential quarter of dobropillia came under enemy attack, seven people were injured, including three children, the head of the regional military administration, pavlo kirylenko, said there was also damage there at least six houses and one non-residential premises the day before, the enemy launched an airstrike on a school in the village of luhansk in three out of six gas is partially missing in some settlements , another gas pipeline in lysychansk was damaged by a russian projectile yesterday, the head of the luhansk oda, serhii gaidai, reported that 42 settlements, 29 completely and 13 partially, have been cut off, according to him, gas workers and electricians are still somehow restoring energy supply in large cities where minor damage occurs in small settlements it is already difficult or even impossible to do it. how, for example, in the mountain community or in the village of pap

iryna vereshchuk well, she already repeatedly says that it is very, very difficult for russia to agreebout mariupol, of course there are no humanitarian corridors there , after the visit of the un secretary general to moscow, the situation may change, putin sardogan because he flew to turkey in order to receive this support and uh, and what is your father holding for you today , officially, uh , officially? more properly and if it doesn't look like someone will stop him, someone influenced him somehow but it's like it's hitting the owner of the same thing yes that is , putin behaves like a match that is, i don't happen to anyone, i'm not afraid of anyone, but i can still listen to myself there , so because of today he does not represent that real authority, not himself and his organization and the beginning of such a mess that he is on the planet not only today. yes, for all the last years of the reign of kuchenu, we are not a model, just uh, i think so waiting waiting they uh it can be positive if you really value relations with turkey, and specifically with the president, the body if

able to receive full treatment and undergo a rehabilitation course, minister of reintegration iryna vereshchuk informed about this, this is already the seventh exchange since the time of full-scale war in general during this period, 292 ukrainians were able to return from russian captivity, among them military and civilians , but only with russia to atone with blood for the guilt before the homeland, the former vice president gazprombank ihor volobuyev moved to ukraine and wants to defend the land where he was born with weapons in his hands. he also talked about the internal kitchen, the structure of gazprom and about the strange deaths of russian gas officials, and tsn correspondent maria vasilievna spoke with him. and here is his story in the 14th year. i promised myself that if russian tanks came to my hometown in october, i would go to play with it. former manager of gazprom and ex-vice president of gazprombank igor golubuev was originally from sumy region. he went to study in moscow during soviet times and he was never a citizen of ukraine, but he did not lose contact with his native land

about this deputy prime minister for the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories iryna vereshchukorted that 45 ukrainians were released, 13 officers and five of them were soldiers of the 20th. unfortunately, the wounded are also returning home, 12 civilians are the only news together we are strong support the ukrainian army with money scan the code for every nation has its own front in the war yes 46-year-old nadiya stafurak from prykarpattia wears a balaclava for our defenders, despite the fact that the woman has been confined to a wheelchair for many years, she has been helping the military from the first days of a full-scale invasion how many such masks hope has already been sent to the frontline, our correspondent andriy kalytyuk will tell us, he is with us live . good morning, andrei, i have a word for you. good morning, colleagues, and indeed, each of us should have our own weapon against the enemy for us and you. the victories of such weapons. -e balaclavas actually eh at first she didn't want to help but she just wanted to do what she knows best is what you knit and at fir

receive full treatment and undergo a rehabilitation course, the minister of editorial affairs, iryna vereshchukormed about this. this is already the seventh exchange of time of a full-scale war. actually, i have everything for this hour. glory to ukraine, keep moving forward only to our victory, our invincible marines, azov warriors, our dear ones, you became the very rock against which the russian offensive crashed. mariupol is the fortress of god, in which are our angels who protect us , any words do not matter, they are ashes for you our love our respect and our prayers ukrainian soldier in the armor of god fight we really believe in you now take care glory to ukraine glory to the defenders of mariupol who searches and does not lose hope always finds together with the team we created a telegram channel the search has disappeared every day we are attracted by those who care ukrainians, together we find those who have not been in touch for a long time, together we return lost children and adults to their families, together we are stronger, remember that even after the darkest night, the dawn c

able to receive full treatment and undergo a rehabilitation course, minister of reintegration iryna vereshchukthis is already the seventh exchange since the time of full-scale war. in total, during this period, 292 ukrainians were able to return from russian captivity , among them soldiers and civilians, but only with russia to to atone with blood about

receive full treatment and undergo a rehabilitation course, the minister for redistribution iryna vereshchukis, this is already the seventh exchange since the time of full -scale war. to my son, i wish you endurance, happiness , fast. take care of yourself, keep moving forward until our victory. the fortress of god, in which are our angels who protect us, any words do not matter, they are ashes for you, our love, our respect and our prayers ukrainian soldier in the armor of god, fight we believe in you very much, every family now take care glory to ukraine glory to the defenders mariupol who searches and does not lose hope always finds it together with the team we created a telegram channel the search for lost every day caring ukrainians join us together we find those who have not been in touch for a long time no your call together we return to the families of the lost children and adults, together we are stronger, remember that even after the darkest night, the dawn comes , victory is behind us, we will bandage up, we will bandage up , we will overcome the stubble news together, we are stro

was not even about the women and children who are now remain there in the bomb shelters, but iryna vereshchuk that no green corridors were agreed upon, but to go on unagreed stories - it is simply not safe a-a please tell me if there are any prospects that we will be able to agree on something, is there anything left from us? we have done , all that remains is for the russian side to provide an opportunity and provide a green corridor and cease fire so that we can withdraw the civilian population as usual. it is very difficult to negotiate with the armed forces of the russian federation what are they? as a rule , they promise one thing, but then the promise is fulfilled, and it is always difficult . with constant shelling that the occupiers are even starting to establish their own administration in the city, it is not known what the administrator is there at the moment, but physically, even the curbs are starting to be painted white. please comment on this, well , i have no information about the curbs, but what the administration was appointed, it came already two weeks ago, er, the administr

iryna vereshchuk said antonio guterres, the secretary—general, and the un as a whole, have simply beents as they happen, and has said that as 100,000 people are currently trapped in mariupol, it's extremely important for them to intervene. there have been some developments in last hour or so regarding the un. we now understand that we will see a visit to moscow by the un secretary—general, with the chief — that is anybody�*s guess, but this is a breakthrough in terms of the un acting up, as they have been under pressure to do so? that is absolutely right, they did announce that antonio guterres is going to go to moscow on tuesday. the plan so far is that he will have a working lunch with the foreign minister, the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. and they said that he will be received by president putin, it is unclear if it is an opportunity for them to have substantive conversation, seperately, they were also going to be meeting with president zelensky in kyiv. the fact is, the un so far hasn't had these sort of direct talks at these higher levels, and haven't been a warning tha

this is partly why the deputy prime minister of ukraine, iryna vereshchuk, has told the bbc that thevene themselves when it comes to these corridors. that they are these corridors. that they are the only organisation that has the only organisation that has the strength and capacity to ensure they can work, and that secretary general antonio guterres needs to get involved and intervene immediately to save some of the 100,000 people currently trapped in mariupol today. she also had some criticism, saying so far all the un has done is watch these events happen. the the un has done is watch these events happen.— the un has done is watch these events happen. the un does seem to be reacting _ events happen. the un does seem to be reacting to _ events happen. the un does seem to be reacting to that _ to be reacting to that criticism, we saw announcements made earlier?— made earlier? yes, now we note the secretary — made earlier? yes, now we note the secretary general _ made earlier? yes, now we note the secretary general will - made earlier? yes, now we note the secretary general will be -

today another exchange took place minister of registration of temporarily occupied territories, iryna vereshchuk, 13 officers and 20 soldiers were released, and it is true that five of them were injured, and 12 civilian consequences of shelling by russian tornadoes after tornadoes were published by the head of the mykolaiv regional military administration, vitaliy kim, as reported in the operational command of the south in mykolaiv by the enemy shelling in the morning damaged dozens of private households, cars, shops, even a playground and the yard of an educational institution at the moment, the information about the victims is being clarified, two dead and six wounded in the kharkiv region, and this is only for today, the occupiers do not stop and continue to destroy residential buildings and the lives of the civilian population, what is the situation in the region as of now, we have the opportunity to ask iryna antonyuk, she is already in direct contact with us call me and we'll listen to you a-a faith, to the victims you just told about, uh , new numbers have just appeared. new victims, we k

in the past hungary has its own interests in ukraine romania ukrainian deputy prime minister iryna vereshchukng our transcarpathia local the hungarian community of about 150,000 people recently turned to budapest with a request to support a referendum on reunification with hungary the reason for the oppression of ethnic minorities by ukrainian nationalists. they are discriminated against by ukrainization, and they ask the hungarians to protect them. therefore, in this situation, having hungarian passports, having hmm legal personality. they may well claim that hungary took them under protection, including under the protection of these territories, a similar mood among ethnic romanians in the chernivtsi region of ukraine 8 years ago, adopting an extremely nationalist ideology, where peoples are divided by the court of their , that is, real ukrainians and all the others, as never before approached the collapse of future, i think. but there is still a future. president putin made it clear from the very beginning that he was not going to occupy and did not want to make ukraine part of russia, but

for them to get involved with these humanitarian corridors, and was quite biting criticism — iryna vereshchukthe un as a whole has just been watching events as they happen, and has said that as 100,000 people are currently trapped in a mariupol it is extremely important for them to intervene. , ., , extremely important for them to intervene. , . , ,., intervene. they have been some developments — intervene. they have been some developments in _ intervene. they have been some developments in last _ intervene. they have been some developments in last hour- intervene. they have been some developments in last hour or - intervene. they have been some developments in last hour or so | developments in last hour or so regarding the un, we now understand that we will see a visit to moscow by the un secretary—general, the chief, thatis secretary—general, the chief, that is anybody�*s gas, but this is a breakthrough in terms of the un acting up, as they have been under pressure to do so? element that is right, they did announce that antonio guterres is going to go to moscow on tuesday. is going to go to

this is why iryna vereshchuk was quite biting in her criticism of the un on, saying they had just beenon. and she said antonio guterres needs to intervene to help people trapped in mariupol. and as we know, he is heading to moscow. he and as we know, he is heading to moscow— and as we know, he is heading to moscow. he may or may not have talks — to moscow. he may or may not have talks with _ to moscow. he may or may not have talks with president - have talks with president putin, he will also have talks in ukraine. it does seem that the un role now is saving lives through humanitarian corridors and aid, rather than stopping the war, but the pressure is on, isn't it? the war, but the pressure is on. isn't it?— the war, but the pressure is on, isn't it? yes, and this is why they — on, isn't it? yes, and this is why they have _ on, isn't it? yes, and this is why they have made - on, isn't it? yes, and this is why they have made this . why they have made this announcement, partly, these trips. he will be meeting with sergei lavrov, and it is said he will meet with putin, but it is unknown

we were speaking yesterday to iryna vereshchuk. she is the deputy prime minister here.ions were really quite explosive. she suggested that the russians are notjust imprisoning people, but that people that have come back have had signs of torture, have had amputations done without their consent. and there was one bit that was really striking — she suggested that the russians have been trying to do prisoner swaps but not prisoner of war for prisoner of war, but captured civilians for russian prisoners of war. so russian soldiers here. now, if that is true, that is a breach of the geneva conventions. so, as i say, your interpretation of the movement of people very much depends on which side of the border you are standing. there are also claims that farm produce in ukraine is being expropriated by russia. what are you hearing about that? yeah, so you will have heard the phrase ukraine is the breadbasket of europe. this is a huge grain producing of, lots of produce comes from here. the suggestion is that it's the silos down in kherson have been raided by russian forces, with

the ukrainian deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk said that if all goes well evacuation from mariupolivilians currently remain in the city. previous attempts to evacuate civilians have failed. let's get some analysis about the situation on the ground. i'm joined now by drjack watling, a land warfare expert at rusi, a british defence think tank. good to have you with us. do you think these humanitarian governors have any hope of potential to work this time and in the past they haven't? ., , , this time and in the past they haven't? . , , , ., haven't? that is entirely up to the russians who _ haven't? that is entirely up to the russians who have _ haven't? that is entirely up to the russians who have at _ haven't? that is entirely up to the russians who have at times - haven't? that is entirely up to the - russians who have at times disrupted civilian evacuation and other times they allow it and is tactic we have seenin they allow it and is tactic we have seen in numerous instances where the russians will terrify people by striking hospitals and other things to display civilians and wi

ukrainian government minister iryna vereshchuk announced the opening of humanitarian corridors on saturday. the eu pledged $1 billion during a stand up for ukraine event in warsaw. the event raised nearly $11 billion in total. dozens of celebrities took to social media with the hashtag stand up for ukraine trying to bring awareness to the fund-raiser. >> i'm jon bon jovi and i'm standing up for ukraine. >> reporter: the russians are not only resupplying and massing their forces in the east, they've appointed a new commander for all their operations. he is a general who oversaw their brutal intervention in syria back in 2015. it will make those forces more effective and maybe more frightening even than they have been so far, and you can see why president zelenskyy is warning his people of this hard battle ahead. janai. >> our thanks to terry and joining us now is our military contributor retired u.s. army general robert abrams. i want to pick up where terry left off. these reports about the russian military command structure. what do they tell us about the challenges that russia is facing i

and finally, ukraine's deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk says it won't be possible to open humanitarianbecome clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of being ukrainian and the evidence is mounting. more evidence is coming out of literally the horrible things that the russians have done in ukraine, and we can only learn more and more about the devastation. and we will let their lawyers decide internationally whether it qualifies, but it sure seems that way to me. let's speak to our correspondent danjohnson, who is west of ukraine in lviv. i want to ask you about president brighton, but first, mariupol, is it about to fall totally to the russians? that seems to be the centre. they claimed that it happened yesterday. the ukrainian resistance claims it is clinging on, but some of its soldiers are trapped in the city, encircle, can't get fresh supplies. there are reports that more than 1000 ukrainian soldiers in mariupol have surrendered, they haven't been able to keep up their resistance and have put down their weapons and handed themselves over to the russians.

and finally, ukraine's deputy prime minister iryna vereshchuk says it won't be possible to open humanitarianus. let's just listen to what president biden had to say. i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin is trying to wipe out the idea of being a ukrainian. the evidence is mounting and more evidence is coming out of literally the horrible things that the russians have done in ukraine and we are only going to learn more and more about the devastation and we will let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not it qualifies, but it sure seems that way to me. russia's defence ministry says that more than a thousand ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in mariupol, a strategic port city in eastern ukraine that has been besieged by moscow's troops for over a month. general igor konashenkov described an alleged capture near a key factory. in mariupol, near an iron and steel factory, as a result of a successful offensive of russian troops and militia forces, 1026 ukrainian militaries from the 36th brigade have voluntarily laid their arms down and surrendered.