, options, absolutely. Clings, on the contrary, let it be popularized and let it sound and live as long as possible. Maybe time has passed for her to see the relevance of those words, thats all for encouragement, but if the people came, if they liked it, let them sing it, personally, about 50 times, bands and performers took permission to perform it, well, that is, they asked, both foreign ones, i mean, and ukrainian ones, of course, no questions asked, yes, boys and girls, perform, sing, no problem. And a lot of them are performed without permission, but honey, they translated it a lot, it was translated into almost 30 languages, well, the last time i was interested, it was translated into 29 languages, even japanese, korean, then such exotic languages for us, well, thats also cool, it also shows the popularity and the fact that there is someone there indeed, a code that even foreigners, that is , foreigners, when they listen, they dont understand the words, but its strange whether its us or not, i dont know. Where is the balance there, i dont want to analyze it, there was, there is, and thank god, you didnt stop at bayraktar, and by the way, you went through the most popular types of weapons, and you have a song about hymers, there is one there is such a song, it was written a year ago, after a rocket on vile enemies, releases all our anger, haimas, does everything without excess. Muscovites with shells are rowing in warehouses when it does my grandmother let the stroke, the fierce fear overtakes. In general, on, well, in the first days of the war, our facebook page, land. Troops of ukraine, we had 3. 5, it seems thousands of subscribers. And this is a comprehensive approach, we were all looking for ways to attract the audience as much as possible, to give the right information, that we are a reliable source , and we know what we are saying, we know how to say it, and we would not like people to rush to some unverifiable sources of information, even more so about fake ones, i wont bother, russian ones, and so here and then we understood that this is one, this, i am not saying that directly because of her, but this is one of the tools that influenced this, attracting the audience, expanding the audience, we already have it in a month or a half, when we looked, and in we already have 830,000 subscribers, we are clear from 3,500 to almost a million, and thanks to your songs, well, not thanks, including thanks, including, you are a humble person, no, no, thats true, well, because and information served not. Standard and were looking for methods to expand the audience, i. E. Songs are a weapon, of the armed forces of ukraine, yes, yes, i will tell you more, when we monitor society and, for example, we see, uh, before , there were queues under military checkpoints, now there are maybachs, uh, something must be done, and for example, then he wrote a song and the army, the army is you, the army is me, because there is also the army is me, the army is you, i can where you undress in the clip and get dressed, the girls notice how i undress, the boys how i dress so as not to look at it, yes, yes , by the way, the decision came about the clip, its just cool, im such a complicated scheme i came up with the shooting, then i think, stop, today its all a bunch, a bunch of people to involve , then editing, and its necessary, and then this idea comes in one frame, one take, i just took a sad citizen, dressed in a happy uniform, thats it, just this song, about which you say, about the army, there is already a message, as far as i correctly understood it, about what, if you are a real man, if there is such a war in your country, you have. Defend your country, you can drag a pike from the line to the former, and you can drag a box of mines to a mortar, you can also strain your biceps and dig in the garden, and you can dig up a couple of orcs somewhere in the east, and you can hold on and hold on to your skirt, suffer as your young brain endures, but you can rest, stay away from home, and meet the gentle and timid pike of the warcom. The army is you, the army is me, we are not invincible when it catches up with us, i will explain now, maybe like this , well, its not like that, frankly, its all in such a humorous form, well, to put it simply, to put it simply yes, roughly, the idea of it is like this, but actually, we well, we also see, when we look, that people have gone to bars and restaurants a little, those who are far from the front line, have forgotten a little that there is a war in ukraine, yes. Now, lets play a couple of songs so that it feels normal somewhere, so that they remember that now blood is being shed on boys there, so that you can give birth to life here, yes, this is logical, but lets not go too far, but it happens the other way around, lets see, ah, a little such depressive moods are gone, there is no optimism among the people, and then highmars, veyraktars and other songs appear, infantry and come on then, will it be a logical continuation of your line, when we finally get the f16 planes, should we expect another hit about the f16 from you, have you filmed the f16 yet . No, i didnt even try to do it, last year the song aviation is a state of mind was written for aviation day, well, its so simple, pop, but i think the pilots liked it, especially when i presented it directly. During the concert that he gave at the military airfield, and he already presented this song there, on aviation day, they were so happy, damn it, not about us either they forget, they come to us with concerts, they also wrote a song for us, if the enemy plans an attack on the spot, god will fly at katsaps from behind the clouds, fluttering mordinals, foreign aircraft will fly. I am this state of mind, when the pilot is at the wheel of a combat plane, the occupiers have been attacked, our work is like this, without a lunch break , we fry the stars in white clothes, aviation is a state of mind, well, this is the state of mind in general, this process will not stop, i will tell you exactly which one moment, thats for sure, now we all have our own curiosities, so to speak, but to me i had a dream that he, the most high, told me when you write the 50th militarypatriotic song during the war , ukraine will win, russia will capitulate, and the war will end, how many, how many songs do you have now , the day before yesterday, the 36th, was laid out, 14 more songs, 14 songs to victory, im afraid, that s it, honestly. Saying, is saying such things, its a little bit, is it extremely responsible, or not, or irresponsible, on the contrary, i cant even determine correctly here, but at least there is some point, a point of hope, and i also like it, mr. Taras , tell me please, how did it happen that a Lieutenant Colonel of the armed forces of ukraine suddenly found himself in show business, and then that business returned to the armed forces of ukraine, what kind of twists and turns is your fate, explain to people how you are a talented musician and combine the position Lieutenant Colonel of the armed forces . Oh, well, look, in 2006, like many of my fellow officers, officers were cut, there was a total destruction of the armed forces. You were a military serviceman, yes, of course, i am a professional military serviceman, i entered the soborovsk school in 1988, then military school, military academy, adjunct, well, in one word, and in 2006 they shortened it, taking into account the fact that at that time i already had, well, such normal relationships with many Media Holdings in kyiv, and at some point, no at some point, specifically for. Three months before the start of a largescale invasion, i just got impatient, well, i see what is happening, and i see that there is simply no, no military or other propaganda, and what is happening, it is, well, not necessary there have 18 higher educations to understand what it all comes down to, there will be an invasion, and it will not be inevitable, well, such a number of troops are gathering around the perimeter, well, i went then, just with serhii cherevaty, who is now our spokesman, of the Eastern Group of troops, and he is my immediate commander now, and serhii just then to syrsky, he transferred to the commander of his troops and just in time headed the information monitoring and countermeasures center, this is the headquarters of the command of the Ground Forces of the armed forces of ukraine, and serhiy and i met, i said, i want to join the army, yes, he says, are you serious now, i say, well and why not, and i struggled for three months, not just me, it was so difficult. To go through that commission, but on the morning of the 24th they took everyone indiscriminately, so on the 24th i signed all the documents, accepted the position, and began to perform official duties on the same day in the morning, that is, on the 24th, the 24th you rejoined the army, and the invasion was not unexpected for you, it was expected, well, i m not an analyst, there is some serious and deep, well, there are some obvious things. or any person with some minor military education, thats all it can be predicted, how do you identify yourself now, who are you first of all, you are a musician, an officer, yes, first of all i am an officer, what my hobby is from my civilian life, well, it is not only from civilian life, but also from that military man too, a former one, ive been writing songs all my life, but ive never done it professionally, its never been , well, lets put it this way, my bread and butter, its my. My hobby is so repressed, i just get it, well its a huge thrill that you made a song, its like a new baby was born, and here my hobby became part of my official responsibilities, what could be better, what could be better, its just great, no, in parallel , we are doing many other things, just a lot of other things, if it was the first days of the war, i was more focused on songs. Then they came out almost every day and every other day, then more and more rarely the accents and directions of our activities changed, we were looking for some optimal forms of this contact with society and the army, we are just balancing this, this is the small town , which unites, by the way, in this context i wanted to say that the slogan, which is still quite often and can still be heard on the radio, on television, i dont want to say about the telethon, it seems that i havent heard it there for a long time, but the slogan, i believe in the armed forces, it has long lost its relevance, it distances society from the army, somewhere there zsu, and somewhere here in a warm bed i am, and i believe that zsu, that i will continue to lie here in a warm bed, no, this, this, it has been a long time, and how would you suggest to formulate it . Its me, its me, and thats when well talk like that, we, some with volunteer help, some with some kind of donations, some with what, who came directly with the army, knocked on the door, i am ready, made such a decision , then, now this narrative, i think it would be more accurate not to separate yourself from our army, this is how society distances itself from the army, it is just that these are two different organizations, and no, we are one and the same. Mr. Taras, i know that the military folk hit bayraktar is not your Favorite Song , you have another song that you think is clearer, more correct, more soulful, can you tell us about this song and you with the guitar today play it for us, ill play it in short, if it is february 28, that is, on the fourth day of the war. The song bayraktar was written, the next day, march 1, i sat down and thought, here i am now a simple man sitting, i dont know, there in zhmerinka, in konotop, in odessa, in kharkiv, i dont know where, in the village, they see what is happening, and they cannot understand, this chaos in the head, this unstructured thoughts, what to do, and what should i do, and what should the family do, and what is happening in general, and this is what i think, ana, taras , sit down, focus, concentrate, i sat down, yeah, yeah, i guess its like that, i would for i explained myself, i very quickly, again, it took 1520 minutes to. Wrote this text , a completely simple melody, took the guitar, kind of out of tune, out of tune, crookedly, from the first time, with a cheat sheet, sang, there are no notes i came across, god bless him, quickly a clip from a youtube video, which i made, threw it away, and how proud i was then, how it resonated with society, because in my homeland in vinnytsia, at least thats what they say, i hadnt heard it, but compatriots say that it sounded on local television, well, almost like an anthem there every 12 hours together with the national anthem, and this is very cool, because that song had enormous power, and i am convinced that it still has this power, there are some, i wouldnt say masculine, but really masculine patriotic songs in it , family and social and community, and there are a lot of values, somehow they are collected, they were imprinted there easily between the lines, yes there are things there, maybe some maximalist things there. There is only one phrase, but i will not change it, i will leave it as it is, and i will leave this song, it remains for me, i am i love all my songs, otherwise why write them if you dont love what you do, but this song is the most iconic for me, it was then, despite the fact that it was the second one written during the war, but it remains the first for me even now , we are ready to listen to it, i am happy, the song is called, so lets have a little. Im happy that im here now, im happy that theres a war, its wrong, and its not treason, its just that greatness has a price, and billions of people in the world support us at this time, because whether we cry for them or rejoice is directly up to us, im happy, that brothers and sisters put their shoulders up, if i. Will be next to them, the enemy dies or flees, each of us cares not for himself, but for the blossoming of the future gardens, and is ready to go to heaven, with complete peace to my grandfathers, i am happy, that i can prove that i am a man, although war is not my dear, but i could not get out of it, and why are you making such a fool of us, why are you with us like this, even though i know that you just want us to destroy these dogs, i am happy that ukraine has proven that its people will not kneel down and silence russia. Convinced soon nato after our struggle, ukraine will beg to join it. I am happy that i have the strength not to be afraid and not to run away, because the angels of our wings are supposed to save everyone. Know my love, i will return home, take care of the bush along the river, because i promised the little one that i would catch him a roach, i. That i have roots that i will not let the hordes destroy, and i will proudly pass them on to my future generations, i am happy not to lose them gift, and the hand clumsily strums on an old , battered guitar, a ukrainian leveler, somehow, ants to the skin, thank you for every word, you right . Somehow it happened that all my thoughts at that time about the situation, about what should i do, and when you hear this song, it gives certain answers, its like an algorithm, what to do, go, win, return, live on, to be a man, to be a defender of ukraine, yes, i am sincerely grateful to you, please. An incredible song, i like it too, tell me, in general, do you Pay Attention to how ukrainian singers behaved during the great war, what do you think, ours is a singing society, show business, it responded worthy of this one. A challenge to fate, i think, yes, and, moreover, in this context, in the first place, as for me, it responded, just, no, not top singers, i will tell you more, but today i talked with someone, i dont remember phone, and we came to such a conclusion that now during the war, a completely different cohort of musicians was formed, absolutely those who. Before that did not exist, or they were little known, these are the people who sing about the war , which, i understand, is a topic for a long time, and after the war will be cultivated in. In in show business, in musical creativity, in principle in society , but first of all, many, many diamonds were found, were found , right now in ukraine, from some ukrainian creative hinterland, who first of all appeared and sang such songs , which touched the soul of the people, which became peoples favorite hits, and um, then yes, this one, it became , lets say popular, or mainstream to sing something about the war or about it, it s wrong, it probably will be, and its absolutely right that on this the theme is sung, of course one should not forget, one should also sing about love, and about i dont know what there is, and the cradle for the baby and about the mother, all this does not disappear anywhere , and something is even possible entertaining, but the military theme, we all understand, according to all the laws of drama, external circumstances dictate the line of behavior, dictate the theme songs, themes. Creativity and therefore it is right, it is logical that a lot of singers, bands began to perform songs on the appropriate theme, in order to support the cause, in order to cheer up society, in order to keep an eye on the enemy , each a song has some, some task, and that s cool, and thats cool, in your opinion, should singers and musicians set their own example of high behavior in real life . Because now we, we, we now see, heres what im leading this to, that there are a lot of hate scandals in social networks, because of what the singer said, or didnt say, or did, or didnt do, we are all people, from the president to the last village grandmother, who can no longer even hold a goat because of state of health, i now it is conditional, we each have our own character, we are all individual , and we all have the right to make a mistake, just as we all have the right to a chance, and therefore you cannot be so categorical, but you know, during this time of the war, several things happened to me revaluations, of some values, tell me what kind of revaluations of values, well, first of all, when the war started and i lost 9 kg in three months in the first month of the war, because there was simply nothing to eat, i was constantly sitting, engaged in content, we scattered us all over ukraine, and we they worked remotely, since i have, i have the opportunity to work in studios, i stayed there and already made content there, accordingly , volunteers go somewhere, they brought something, they brought some kind of stew, they stayed at my place for the night, there was Something Like that, Something Like that was crazy. And then, when i once went out to people and looked, something appeared in the shops, i stood and looked at a small amount of caviar, and i was always there as usual, you know, you pass by, and i will buy it there for some holiday, the fuck is waiting for that its a holiday, you want to buy, eat a piece of cake yes and calm down, no suffer, you are not worthy of this or something, you have the opportunity to do it, thats all, i saw a nice piece, bought it, left happy, dont regret anything, damn it, the war is outside, and what will happen tomorrow, old man, and there was a second reassessment, this well, it happened, as i say, im even a little, well, uncomfortable in front of my brothers, because many of us get wounded, many lose limbs there, i dont know, well, some die, but those who die and who get injuries, then they go there for treatment, and abroad somewhere, including, well, thats how it is with me it happened that the cancer was already very critical, the stage and there was literally a bill for some weeks, months, at most. I was there for about a month, i found my way very quickly, thank god, i used the program, our military doctors suggested, medical evacuation is a program of the European Union and initiated by the european commission, i got to denmark in copenhagen in the royal hospital, i was operated on in the royal hospital, that is, thank god, its okay, im back, im still working, i wrote a lot of songs in copenhagen and even shot one music video, why did people become like animals for. Forgetting that god bequeathed us the land so that we could live in peace, without killing, and without enemies, all people received the right to live on our land, grow golden grain, and raise children in love, but tyrants do not appreciate this , plunderers. Grim, forgetting that the earth is ykean, the sun belongs to everyone, the war gave you a second life, yes. So it was the second reassessment, the first one is that you have to live today, dont waste a day or a minute , ugh, and the second one is, i really, well, i treated my health in the wrong way, i went around medical institutions itched it will itch, it will hurt, it will get worse, somehow, and then, when i realized that it already hurts so much that the hike wont get over it. And after that i realized that no, people, you must, you must take care of your health, because it is a great value, and then you regret so much for some lost opportunities when you could have had little, to put it mildly, little blood i know all this, mr. Taras, i know that you are very popular in the army, and you ride, lets say, with tours, i dont know how to say it correctly, there are tours and there are such pointy side charges, tell me please, how are you . Do you feel that it is now well received in our army, that what our military wants to hear, this is what they care about , maybe you will play it for us, that is what the military wants to hear, and we will touch on this too, fine, but you know, heres what the atmosphere reigns, when you are gathering, the people are coming, tired uncles are coming, we have several videos, by the way, where you. Recently you are just singing for people, so we want to know how you formulate it for yourself, i i will explain to you now, everyone, there is nothing the same, there is something in common in each of these performances concerts, is it something or some creative evenings, etc. , but they all have something in common, they all have , but there are also some peculiarities and nuances, when it starts and you see, so people are a little skeptical, but someone understands, there are some selfies here and there, and at the end everyone. Shouts two paris, in short, everything is so normal , and you understand what you have done, this is an injection of happiness, creativity and to forget a little, from this mundanity, hope, yes , but why the skepticism, once at one of the concerts a soldier, probably older than me, came up to me and said, you you see, i didnt want to go to the concert so much, because we have previous ones. We were so tired, we didnt sleep, i dont know how much, there , i wont say what we were doing, but there was a lot of work, arranging the positions, and he says we all wanted to sleep so badly, and these are children, well, we didnt lets be offended, the children came with a concert, they came there, they laughed with these legs, they talked in these funny voices, we put these pencils in our eyes, somehow we looked out, then we exhaled and thank the children, they came well, we understand all this, yes and really, then she says, then the second concert, she says, there were three concerts, your third, like, the second concert was when a folk choir of grandmothers came, who sang folk songs in beautiful embroidered dresses, they were getting ready, they were all clean, neat, tidy , they try, they sing these songs, its cool, its cool, well, he says, well, we want to sleep , were tired, and he says, and the third concert, we were already afraid to go, we didnt know what it would be and well, if not no one announces in advance who will be there and what, and then once, oops, gone, pay. And moreover, some songs are so close to them, the same land forces of ukraine, well, there with the matyuks, so i will not sing it now, by the way, i have very few such songs, but sometimes i allow myself, well, since it is such an impressive language and songs, which are partly addressed to them, i allow myself a strong word, but mostly i try to be cultural as much as possible, play us something that goes into what goes into, at once. So now, the occupiers have come to us in ukraine, the uniform is a brand new military vehicle, and its a little wet their inventory. Bayraktar, payraktar. The russian tankers hid in the bushes to soak up the dobanishchi with their feet, and their ears overheated a little bit of navar, baeraktar, baeraktar, you can imagine, i forgot the words, i often forget the words of my songs,