this was announced by the chairman of vtb andriy kostiv in an interview with russian television . a decisionas made to restrict the population's free issuance of funds in foreign currency; 26 billion dollars were withdrawn from our accounts to western countries; we remind you that they blocked the access of several large russian banks to the international payment system swift shortly after the full-scale invasion, the largest creditors oschadbank and vtb were forced to close operations in most of europe. and by the way, the sanctions hit vtb earlier than most other russian banks. in addition, it is highly dependent on international markets. well, vtb did not even publish financial results for 2022 is the year. well, let's return to the analysis of the operational situation on the fronts. vladyslav seleznyov, military expert, former spokesman of the general staff, colonel of the armed forces of ukraine, we congratulate you, sir. vladyslav glory to ukraine glory to the heroes well, what would we like to ask you about your vision of the situation in the east in general, we understand that the e