changed and that there is a proper control of them and that we are moving towards the transparent procurement for the army. this is what we are fighting for, not for having somebody fired, but to make sure that every single day we are becoming better in those processes and those matters. we understand that the war can be long run for us. this is why we need to prepare on a larger scale, not on the scale of one or two or three people fired. what does an opposition leader do at a time like this? when all of the talk of need for national unity, have you buttoned up your lips to a certain extent when it comes to critiquing the government and president zelensky in particular? yes, we are doing it behind the scenes. i am working as team ukraine,
and this is one of the huge challenges for our country. do you think. it should be clear to everybody you are actually the leader of an opposition party in kyiv, the holos party. so in a sense, before the war began, you were a harsh critic of zelensky when it came to allegations of corruption in high places in ukraine and the failure to take on the so called oligarchs. are you satisfied with what he has done in the recent days and weeks? we have seen various senior officials fired, allegations of corruption, even within the defence department when it comes to the procurement of basic goods like foodstuffs for the armed forces. zelensky says he is now on top of it. do you think he is? i think firing people and creating cases for people is a good start, but i will be satisfied when i see that the processes are
for one month, it is harder to be united for six months and it is very hard to be united and cohesive for years. but for us, the question is what is the alternative? 0n the political matter, it has been a year and we were doing very well for this year, we made the vow at the very beginning, at the first day of the full scale invasion to put political differences aside and to work as one. and no matter how painful it was, i think we managed to sustain it. but aren t there are now signs of fragmentation? i mean, one immediate example your defence minister was widely tipped just a few days ago to be removed. it was felt that zelensky wanted a new approach in the defence ministry. reznikov made it plain
so in a sense, before the war began, you were a harsh critic of mr zelensky when it came to allegations of corruption in high places in ukraine and the failure to take on the so called oligarchs. are you satisfied with what he has done in the recent days and weeks? we have seen various senior officials fired, we ve seen allegations of corruption, even within the defence department when it comes to the procurement of basic goods like foodstuffs for the armed forces. zelensky says he is now on top of it. do you think he is? i think firing people and creating cases for people is a good start, but i will be satisfied when i see that the processes are changed and that there is a proper control of them and that we are moving towards the transparent procurement for the army.
look how far we come and how much better we are, better shape with better equipment than we were a year ago. so there were so many impossible things that you and me would think, like, would never happen that actually happened, starting with the heavy weapons, right now the promises of the tanks is much better than no promises because we know that at some point we will have those. but sure, in the short run, they can t fight with promises, never mind the tanks issue where at least you have a commitment to tanks coming, when it comes to war planes, combat aircraft, president zelensky in london again made a passionate plea for these warplanes, he called them the wings for freedom. but we know that from 0laf scholz in germany and most particularly to joe biden in the united states, the answer still is