"Вовки в овечій шкурі" — Transcript

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1. 0:00Good day, dear Ukrainian community and
2. 0:02the community of Chervone village.
3. 0:06First of all, I would like to introduce
4. 0:08myself.
5. 0:09I am a serviceman named Vasyl, serving
6. 0:12in the Kharkiv direction.
7. 0:16And for me, as a soldier, as a simple
8. 0:18citizen of this village and a citizen of
9. 0:21Ukraine, one important issue hurts me,
10. 0:24which I found out about by pure chance
11. 0:26recently: the city council's intention
12. 0:29to put this plot of land that you see up
13. 0:32for auction for lease rights to local
14. 0:34oligarchs.
15. 0:37It hurts that today, in a time of war,
16. 0:40in a time of bloody war, when many
17. 0:43people, soldiers, and civilians are
18. 0:46dying, such brazen and complicated
19. 0:49things are being done here.
20. 0:53Things are happening, decisions are
21. 0:55being made without the community,
22. 0:58without society, and without the
23. 1:00servicemen, military personnel, and
24. 1:03veterans who truly deserve more respect
25. 1:06and should have more say in resolving
26. 1:08such delicate matters than our local
27. 1:11authorities, who,
28. 1:14in my opinion—and I think the majority
29. 1:17would agree with me—do not consult and
30. 1:20do not perceive the people as people at
31. 1:23all, but simply as ordinary, well, I
32. 1:25will allow myself to say it, as cattle,
33. 1:28unfortunately, as cattle.
34. 1:31And it should not be this way. And that
35. 1:33is why I cannot remain silent about such
36. 1:35brazen things.
37. 1:37I wanted to speak out; thanks to the
38. 1:40zoochivnet portal, I can convey my
39. 1:42opinion and my truth to you, dear
40. 1:45citizens of our state of Ukraine and
41. 1:47residents of our settlement in general.
42. 1:51The issue concerns this plot of land, as
43. 1:54I said above. Our opinion is shared. It
44. 1:56is not just me personally who is
45. 1:59outraged; people on this street, Lvivska
46. 2:02Street in Chervone village, are outraged
47. 2:06regarding the granting of this plot for
48. 2:09auction for lease rights.
49. 2:12I think it will not stop there, and in
50. 2:14the future, it will be the right to
51. 2:17purchase it into ownership.
52. 2:20My opinion and the opinion of the
53. 2:22majority of people—we are, by the way,
54. 2:24preparing a formal appeal to the city
55. 2:26council, a petition to resolve this
56. 2:28issue in favor of the community.
57. 2:32It would be better to create a public
58. 2:34space here, because as our people say,
59. 2:37this plot of land in the center of the
60. 2:40settlement on Lvivska Street is called
61. 2:43the "distillery" by the locals.
62. 2:47I would call it more culturally and more
63. 2:49promisingly a public space for us, for
64. 2:52citizens, for people, for our future
65. 2:54generation, and even for military
66. 2:56veterans.
67. 2:58Because creating something here, for
68. 3:01example, a park named after someone, or
69. 3:04anything at all, or as a last resort, if
70. 3:07you would be so kind—and I think the
71. 3:10majority of people would support this—
72. 3:13then distribute it to servicemen and
73. 3:16veterans in small plots.
74. 3:20Let our military know and see respect
75. 3:23and dedication from the authorities and
76. 3:27from citizens, because the people who
77. 3:30risked their lives deserve these land
78. 3:34plots and everything else more than
79. 3:37those oligarchs.
80. 3:40Because, well, it cannot go on like this
81. 3:42anymore, you understand; it has been so
82. 3:45long, the war has been going on for more
83. 3:47than five years, so many people have
84. 3:49already died, so much blood has been
85. 3:51shed, so many service members have given
86. 3:53their lives for our country, Ukraine.
87. 3:56And today, in such a time, in a time of
88. 3:58war—think about this, ladies and
89. 4:00gentlemen—it’s not after the war, not
90. 4:02before the war, it’s during the war,
91. 4:04when some people are dying and others
92. 4:05are profiting.
93. 4:08I am not against people earning money,
94. 4:10but it has to be honest, it has to be
95. 4:12fair, and it has to be done, to some
96. 4:14extent, with respect for the military.
97. 4:17Because when they tell you one thing
98. 4:21today and show you a staged picture of
99. 4:25how they meet a service member who,
100. 4:28unfortunately, died for Ukraine, or when
101. 4:32they lay flowers on holidays and create
102. 4:36a so-called image.
103. 4:38In reality, they are just wolves in
104. 4:40sheep's clothing, who show one thing but
105. 4:42do something completely different.
106. 4:45And here is a live example today of what
107. 4:48is happening in the village of Chervone
108. 4:51regarding this land plot.
109. 4:54The conflict is not in the plot itself,
110. 4:56but in this very situation, where they
111. 4:59arrogantly ignore the people and the
112. 5:02community, without consulting anyone or
113. 5:05asking for our opinion; they simply
114. 5:07decided at a session because that’s what
115. 5:10they want.
116. 5:12Well, it won't be like that, friends. It
117. 5:14won't be like that, friends, because
118. 5:17that is not why we are standing there
119. 5:19and fighting today. Not just me—I think
120. 5:22the majority will support me because
121. 5:23everyone has someone.
122. 5:25If not a brother, then a husband. If not
123. 5:27a husband, then perhaps a daughter.
124. 5:29Perhaps someone has a grandson or
125. 5:30great-grandson fighting. Unfortunately,
126. 5:33maybe someone has already lost a loved
127. 5:34one.
128. 5:35We must simply unite and say our "no" in
129. 5:39this case, because this is just painful
130. 5:42.
131. 5:43It personally hurts me as a service
132. 5:46member and as a citizen.
133. 5:49Not even as a service member, but just
134. 5:51as a citizen of this community where I
135. 5:53grew up and lived.
136. 5:55Well, where I live. Though, for these
137. 5:57reasons, I am rarely in our village now
138. 6:00. And, by the way, I grew up on this
139. 6:03very plot. This was truly a public space
140. 6:05. There was a football field here; we
141. 6:07played basketball and football here.
142. 6:11I think many people watching this video
143. 6:13will agree with me that we really lived
144. 6:16here.
145. 6:17And this plot of land has been here for
146. 6:19so many years, nobody touched it.
147. 6:22And then suddenly they wanted it,
148. 6:24because they came up with something
149. 6:26there without asking the people.
150. 6:29I ask only one thing of you, dear
151. 6:31citizens and residents, especially of
152. 6:34our village of Chervony, please comment
153. 6:36on all of this.
154. 6:39Do not be indifferent.
155. 6:41And I want the authorities, well, the
156. 6:44so-called authorities—because it's
157. 6:46impossible to call them anything else—
158. 6:49to finally hear us, to know that the
159. 6:51people still exist.
160. 6:54And you, dear authorities, you are not
161. 6:57some kind of high-ranking rulers, but
162. 6:59servants of the people who must listen
163. 7:01to the people who elected you,
164. 7:02unfortunately.
165. 7:05Something like that.
166. 7:07I would also like to add that I have
167. 7:10contacted many authorities, and most
168. 7:13importantly, the city council, regarding
169. 7:15, for example, allocating this land plot
170. 7:19to military personnel.
171. 7:21So, there was a kind of conversation,
172. 7:23and that's it.
173. 7:25And from this conversation, I found out
174. 7:28and can tell you for sure that a
175. 7:30decision was indeed made to put this
176. 7:32plot up for auction for lease rights,
177. 7:35because that was clearly stated to me.
178. 7:39I also reached out to the local
179. 7:41authorities, that is, our village elder
180. 7:43.
181. 7:44Unfortunately, I was not heard.
182. 7:47Unfortunately, as always, I think most
183. 7:49of our fellow villagers know how our
184. 7:51local government works here in the
185. 7:53village.
186. 7:55I will tell you more, because this hurts
187. 7:57me.
188. 7:59I thought for a long time whether to say
189. 8:00this on air and to the general public,
190. 8:02but I think I will say it anyway.
191. 8:05Maybe I will pay for these words, but I
192. 8:08will say it nonetheless: when, you know
193. 8:10, because it hurts, when you just see
194. 8:13death in their eyes, and when you
195. 8:15approach a person today who we consider
196. 8:17to be the authority in the village, and
197. 8:20you talk to them about this problem,
198. 8:22about this issue, and you hear no answer
199. 8:25, nothing, no response at all.
200. 8:29Only, you know, with sarcasm, I would
201. 8:32say, with such, um, superiority and with
202. 8:36such, you know, some kind of—I don't
203. 8:39even know, I can't find the right words
204. 8:43to avoid not expressing myself in our
205. 8:46proper literary Ukrainian.
206. 8:49I will restrain myself, because we are
207. 8:52Ukrainians, and we should, um, restrain
208. 8:55ourselves.
209. 8:56And when they tell you to your face what
210. 8:59kind of soldier you are, and we know
211. 9:01what kind of soldier you are, and when
212. 9:04you, well, not out of kindness, but you
213. 9:07understand that you have to protect,
214. 9:09unfortunately, people like them, well,
215. 9:11it’s hurtful, to be honest.
216. 9:15And when people who haven’t seen war and
217. 9:18won't see it—neither they nor their
218. 9:20relatives—tell you this, well, it’s a
219. 9:23bit...well, you need to think a little
220. 9:25about what we’re saying and what we are
221. 9:28even talking about, and how we are
222. 9:30supposed to live on, because the war,
223. 9:33sooner or later, will end after all.
224. 9:37And the question is this: are these
225. 9:39lives being lost in vain?
226. 9:42And are the human losses of these
227. 9:45military personnel not in vain—the ones
228. 9:48who, I repeat, are being brought, among
229. 9:51other places, to our Zolochiv community
230. 9:54.
231. 9:55They are met as if with honors, but,
232. 9:57unfortunately, as I said, these are
233. 10:00wolves in sheep's clothing.
234. 10:03And I will repeat once again, I am not
235. 10:06against people working for the good of
236. 10:09the Motherland, but it should be done
237. 10:11reasonably, not with such underhanded
238. 10:14things and such secret agreements.
239. 10:18As if whoever has more money is the
240. 10:20master of the world, and whoever is
241. 10:22without money or has a bit less, say,
242. 10:24power, then they should be treated like
243. 10:26the lowest of the low.
244. 10:28And this includes, by the way, military
245. 10:30personnel.
246. 10:31And this concerns not only our community
247. 10:33now, but the state of Ukraine as a whole
248. 10:35, because, for some reason, they are
249. 10:37treating the military like the lowest of
250. 10:39people.
251. 10:41But these people are the ones who truly
252. 10:44deserve respect, kindness, and a good
253. 10:47word, regardless of whether it’s a
254. 10:50soldier serving in Zolochiv, in Lviv, in
255. 10:53Western Ukraine, in Eastern Ukraine, or
256. 10:57if they are on the front line itself—in
257. 11:00a trench—or if it’s a soldier serving,
258. 11:03say, in the Kharkiv or Donetsk or any
259. 11:06other direction,
260. 11:09but perhaps a little further behind the
261. 11:11lines.
262. 11:13Well, everyone does their job and
263. 11:15everyone must fulfill it.
264. 11:17We, well, I hope we are fulfilling our
265. 11:21duty conscientiously—the task that has
266. 11:24been placed upon us before the state of
267. 11:28Ukraine and before you, as citizens of
268. 11:32Ukraine, whom we protect and will
269. 11:35continue to protect, no matter the cost
270. 11:38to us.
271. 11:40But all the same, I would like to repeat
272. 11:43, we deserve at least some elementary
273. 11:46respect.
274. 11:48And I will say once more: esteemed
275. 11:51Zolochiv council, esteemed authorities,
276. 11:55esteemed village elder, remember one
277. 11:58single thing.
278. 12:01You are servants of the people, and you
279. 12:04must, first and foremost, respect the
280. 12:06choice of the people.
281. 12:09If the people said no, that means you
282. 12:11have to listen to us and step aside,
283. 12:14because, well, the source of power is
284. 12:16still the people, just as the
285. 12:18constitution says, I didn't make that up
286. 12:20. Well, for those in power, I think for
287. 12:24our local authorities in this settlement
288. 12:28, well, it's time to go, time to head to
289. 12:32the political trash heap. That's all.
290. 12:35Well, that is my subjective opinion. You
291. 12:38comment. Uh, state your opinion, maybe
292. 12:40they have done something better for
293. 12:42someone. Well, I rarely come to the
294. 12:45village, but I just see it, and I just
295. 12:48want to express what is really weighing
296. 12:51on me, because, well, there's no
297. 12:53strength left to endure it. That's all.
298. 12:58Thank you all sincerely for your
299. 12:59attention, and may God protect you and
300. 13:02take care of yourselves.
301. 13:04Thank you. Yeah.