we introduce you to new stars, champions and geniuses while they are still kids, but today we can safely say about them that they are all the best, please do not rush to grow up. hello, the program is on air, ekaterina andreeva is in the studio, the main event of the day. the day when the savior comes into the world, the nativity of christ, a holiday for millions of believers, the main service in moscow, in the cathedral of christ the savior and prayer services at peredopoliya. support at all levels,

a meeting of the president with the families of fallen special operation heroes and a special christmas service in church in the residence of the head of state in novoogoryovo. massive shelling of donetsk on christmas night, ukrainian militants hit all areas, the hospital was seriously damaged. health from the patriarch, the head of the russian orthodox church arrived at st. alexei hospital in moscow, where he is treating wounded participants in the special operation. the delight of meeting baikal. vladimir putin fulfilled the dream of a girl from yuzhno-sakhalinsk to see the deepest and cleanest lake in the world. wish tree promotion, a time of miracles for children who need special care. christmas.

about how the country celebrated christmas, anna kurbatova. the great festive bell rings across the country, crowning the solemn service, christmas, our savior was born, and we must feel in our souls, you know, that he was born in our souls. in the decoration of the temple, the main symbol of the holiday is the christmas star, which pointed the way to the newborn savior to the magi and which outlines the earthly path of christians for millennia. faith -

and it’s great that we have peace, wish our soldiers, our warriors, ask god, so that the lord would protect them, preserve them, and give them the strength to withstand their victory. vladimir putin congratulated believers on christmas today. one of the most beloved, long-awaited christian holidays unites millions of people around the ideals of goodness, mercy and justice. these unshakable values ​​play a special role in history. for centuries, countries have served as a reliable spiritual and moral support for society. it is important that the russian orthodox church and other christian denominations in russia make a huge, inspiring contribution to saving our rich historical and cultural heritage, strengthening the institution of family, patriotic education of the younger generation, and of course, deep, sincere respect, deserve the efforts of religious organizations aimed at supporting our heroes, participants in the special... and here are the shots

from the zone of the special military operation, christmas services were held there too, under the arch of the underground military cathedral. glory to you, our god, glory to you! in the krasnolimansk direction, a military field chapel was deployed at the bukhanka base, and so on in the donetsk direction, a christmas prayer for victory was heard, prayers for our soldiers on the front line that night throughout the country, of course, in the main temple of the russian armed forces in kubinka near moscow, “we are always with you, we always support you, we pray for you, in each of our new regions, we are all together, one huge great country, and i really want it to be the most beautiful, greatest country in the world, today the orthodox have completed a strict forty-day fast, christmastide is ahead, 12

bright holidays, a time of quiet joy, goodness, waiting for a miracle." anna kurbatova, olga gerosimenko, ivan prozorov, nika vishnikova, channel one. festive services in large cathedrals in small rural churches. a special liturgy in a house church , the salvation of a man-made image in novoogoryovo, where the president celebrated christmas with his relatives and the loved ones of the soldiers who died in the zone . vladimir putin assured the families of our heroes that they will never be left without attention without help. pavel pcholkin, will continue the topic. at a meeting at the novo ogorev residence, the president noted that christmas is one of the warmest families for russians. holidays, i want to say something kind to each other, to somehow support each other, christmas, according to him, the fraternal unity of the peoples of russia is especially felt, people of different faiths congratulate each other on religious holidays, i congratulate you all on this holiday, as you know,

many of our men, our courageous, heroic guys, russian warriors, are still defending this holiday with weapons in their hands. a signal to all my colleagues throughout vast territory of the russian federation , and at all levels, so that there is a clear signal that always and everywhere...

that we will always be there for you, the level of attention to the participants of the special operation and their families is evidenced by the fact that putin regularly meets with them , personally participates in solving their problems. on january 1, his meeting was held in novo-gorevo with members of the northern military district of various branches of the military. it was a detailed conversation about the situation on the front line and issues that concern the fighters. on the same day, the president visited the hospital vishnevsky, where he talked with soldiers undergoing treatment and rehabilitation after being wounded. and for today's guests -

putin decided to literally shorten the distance,

during the meeting the children shared their impressions of the holiday and stories about how they fed the horses, at some point , and first-grader ruslan said that the invitation from the president... guests shared the problems they face, touched upon the topic of regional payments to the families of fighters who did not live in the region where they were registered, sometimes in in such cases, the authorities refuse to pay, no one did it on purpose, because everyone has their own legal acts that need to be recognized.

guests with social guarantees and the status of priests who are in the troops in the northern military district complained. at the end of the meeting, the president addressed the guests with a request to congratulate the soldiers who are now on the front line on christmas. one, two, three, congratulations. next , vladimir putin invited the families of the heroes to a christmas dinner arranged in their honor. in addition, today, together with the guests participated in the christmas liturgy in the church of the holy image in the village of usal.

along its entire length, in one day the armed forces of ukraine lost over 600 militants, a large amount

of equipment and weapons, including a french caesar self-propelled gun, three polish crabs, an american m-119 howitzer and two british fh-70 guns. 14 hymers hurricane missiles, six neptune anti-ship missiles and almost four dozen drones were intercepted. more about our defenders, sergeant vladislav sidorov with a group of fighters blocked two enemy dugouts and held. they were under fire control, until the fortification was destroyed by armored vehicles that arrived in time, and the machine-gun crew destroyed them, throwing several grenades through the firing hole. private dmitry lomakin intercepted a ukrainian drone using an anti-drone gun. it turned out that it was a reconnaissance drone; rather, enemy artillery struck, but our units managed to quickly change position. on christmas night, kiev terrorists launched a massive attack on donetsk, using multiple launch rocket systems all at once. on several districts of the city, one of the targets was the sixth city hospital, patients were injured,

the building was seriously damaged, gorlovka, makeevka and yasenovataya were shelled. in just one day, the ukrainian armed forces fired more than two hundred munitions, including cluster munitions, across the territory of the republic. at the moment, three people are known to have died. the film crew of sergei ponomarev is working in the capital of the dpr. his report contains footage of the consequences of another war crime committed by ukrainian militants. this is what the surgical building of the sixth city hospital in donetsk looks like now, from the first on the third. within a matter of minutes he evacuated everyone to the basements, were you scared? no, i'm under

fire all the time to the north. investigators were working on the hospital grounds today and found fragments of three shells. presumably the shelling was carried out by the hurricane multiple launch rocket system. fragments of ammunition were found at the scene of the shelling. these fragments will be seized and sent for examination to further clarify the exact type and type of projectile. this is enough -

ukrainian militants fired more than 200 guns at residential buildings on the territory of the republic ammunition, three people were killed, shelling continues. sergey ponomarev, dmitry matyushin, roman serebrennikov and mikhail vasiliev, channel one. now about the heating situation in podolsk, moscow region, in the klimovsk microdistrict. let me remind you that the other day 170 houses were left without heat, and by morning we managed to restore the supply of hot water to 60 of them. most of the remaining heating is promised to be returned to the nearest.

not to congress, much less to ordinary americans. secret hospitalization ceased to exist after the official press release pentagon. lot austin, of course, apologized, but this is unlikely to help. the press is expecting high-profile dismissals for the completely unacceptable behavior of the minister of defense, as former vice president of america mike bence called him. a wave of bans on the operation of 737 max9 aircraft swept across the world. the united states was the first to do this. later they were joined by the countries of the european union. this plane and turkish carriers do not take off, all this after a serious incident with an alaska airlines airliner, which was at an altitude of 5 km knocked down the emergency exit door. the footage taken by eyewitnesses the day before has already been all over the news. let me remind you that the emergency landing went smoothly, no one was injured, which cannot be said about the reputation of the booing company. max generation aircraft have been plagued by critical failures and

disasters from the very beginning. in 2019 there were two of them at once, then more than 300 people died. the unexpected happened in riga, no matter how hard the authorities tried to force people to stop speaking russian on the bright holiday of christmas, it did not happen. at the christmas market russian folk songs began to sound, very popular. if you consider that the local authorities are pursuing an absolutely russophobic course, you can imagine what a commotion has begun. they promised to figure out who organized the fair, but later information arrived that confused everything even more. it turned out that the organizers of the bazaar personally selected all the songs so that not a single one would mention russia, everyone present spoke only latvian, the result was lesya, a daring song, then everyone started dancing. christmas color works of mercy. patriarch kirill,

state duma vice speaker anna kuznetsova, and heads of specialized medical departments visited st. alexei hospital in moscow. here they can receive assistance regardless of registration and place of residence. liliya yaichskaya was admitted to st. alexei hospital 4 months ago from severo-donetsk. very good

attitude and, well, all the doctors, medical staff , i’m undergoing chemotherapy, well, they treat everything for free, at least i don’t have any insurance or anything, i, well, everything is free, thank you.

special equipment has been sent to donbass since may 2022 volunteers are being trained here to care for the wounded; patriarch kirill also met with the sisters of mercy staff today. in

this place, this covenant, this commandment to do good deeds, is implemented in such a large-scale way and manner. i would like to sincerely thank everyone who works here, the medical staff, the technical staff, and the administrative staff, thank you. first of all, for the good feeling that you have in your hearts towards those who need your help. i would like to appeal to our medical workers thank you, in the zone, today many of them really help, together with all the other medical workers , a lot has been done, this is planned care, and emergency care, volunteers who go to training here to help. thank you very much for your support, thank you very much for that. that a hospital has been created, which today is the basis, everything else is developing around it. i must say that together we are moving in the right direction. the primate

of the russian orthodox church visited the hospital church and presented the vladimir icon mother of god. last year, the staff of st. alexei hospital celebrated a big anniversary of 120 years. today it is a large multidisciplinary medical center, more than 400 operations per year, three branches in the moscow, ivanovo and yaroslavl regions. in the new year the cardiology department will open, we are now in the intensive care unit, there are monitor systems, there are consoles with supply of medical gases, a ventilator, devices for infusion of long-term medications, devices for electrophysiological therapy, defibrillator, new departments continue to be equipped with the latest technology, so patriarch kirill today handed over to the head physician a certificate for the purchase of equipment for diagnosing arrhythmia. anastasia kovuzeva, alexey labushkin, guram razilov, larisa nikitina, kirill danilov, channel one. today is fairy tales day at the grand exhibition of russia at vdnkh. the christmas atmosphere

can be felt in everything. fairytale forest, towers, young artists perform performances; all fairy tales have a happy ending, even those that were intended by the authors to be sad, because what to think is one thing, to create a scene is completely different, our correspondent, yana podiban, plunged into this extraordinary christmas atmosphere. and if the snow maiden is not alone , and even with drums, yamelya runs circles on the stove with those who are not too lazy, children throw pine cones, adults ask them to play around, the second time, and the man, so you understand, in this russian fairy tale everything is the other way around, the pavilion is here special, alive, a fabulous northern forest has grown, it is a labyrinth of fir trees and here the stone offers things in the best traditions, but the trick is, that no matter where you go, it’s all the same... and it’s quiet, this is

a master class in a glass ball that has been decorated by frost, christmas tree balls are being painted, here in every pavilion someone is doing something, it’s impossible to pass by, the tension of the creative act hangs in in the air, a glass, a candle should stand here and there will be a dress here, and a hat here, when you make it with your own hands, it’s very cool, it’s all such an atmosphere, i’m making a candle, i’m imagining, cool.

the most beautiful fairy tale is life, as anderson said. it's amazing when young the audience is told the story by their peers. and there are really a lot of children here today, almost four hundred, from young to old, some of them are teenagers, without parents, they are interested in touching, trying and commenting on everything. it seems to me that he wants to say hello to you. the dog, i'm afraid of him, i really like this dog because it performs such tricks, gives a paw, can perform a jump, the guys flew in from all over the country, everyone was waiting for them in the dnh, region after region, stand after stand were tested for strength, i wished that everything would be fine in my life, i passed the exams, the most interesting thing is what unprocessed

buckwheat looks like, in order to collect a considerable amount. cities and she should be proud, admired, and as soon as the children find themselves at home , near the stands of their regions they break into smiles, it would seem that only from there, matvey on the road map, where the scale does not allow even showing houses, found his instantly, somewhere in this area, the embankment there is very beautiful, i want to say hello to my mother, i love her very much, someone was left without at home or afraid to return to where the fighting is going on, i didn’t expect to find a new home, i was very surprised by the people, they are so

kind here, especially at... exhibitions, it’s very nice, especially when i find out that we are from the dpr, everything is so good react , warmly, it’s very warm and as if they came to a family, there’s a mailbox and paper, children write to the front, in legible handwriting not like in school, they try, they fight for us, they want us to there was a peaceful sky overhead, they were alone there without us, they were for us are you bored? they taught adults and children to be together at christmas by casting spells and dizzying round dances, this is a miracle. yana podzyuban, veronika lvuchenkova in andrey sychuk, oleg krupen, dmitry bedrev, igor alekseev and vladimir belyaev, channel one. the honorary status of the new year's capital of russia passed from suzdal to kirov. the symbolic ceremony was held simultaneously in two cities; they were connected by a teleconference. a distance of 600 km is not an obstacle to a good mood. there are concerts,

ice shows, and christmas parties on the suzdel trade square. bell chimes, fireworks, new year's celebrations in the city lasted exactly 2 weeks, the marathon was opened by the visit of santa claus, fairs with tea and pies, ice slides and a cat were open for guests, and today the symbol of the new year's capital, the snowflake, took over the baton from kirov. this year it turns 650 years old, there will be a lot of interesting things and, of course, a special festive program planned for the next new year holidays. and here is how these holidays end in suzdal, fireworks that are visible from anywhere in the ancient city. tree of wishes continues to bring joy to children, this kind new year's event is held in support of children with serious illnesses, those who find themselves in a difficult life situation, and those whose parents serve in the northern military district zone. the balloon with christina's dream from yuzhno-sakhalinsk was removed by the president of russia, and the girl dreamed of going to lake baikal, the treasure of russia with the cleanest water, the largest freshwater reservoir. kristina became the third child whose dream

vladimir putin helped fulfill. kristina has already... been to ormitage, in general, your dreams will come true, our correspondent, alina sanueva, will tell more details. what are we going to braid today? two braids? two braids? okay, my favorite hairstyle for the most important day, christina was looking forward to it. last night at the hotel i even woke up several times, i was afraid i wouldn’t hear the alarm clock. worried, worried, all these days until today, of course, we were very much waiting and worried. kristina ’s mother suggested that she take part in... the all-russian wish tree event, there was no doubt about making a wish, the girl was preparing for the school olympiad on the internet, she saw baikal and fell in love, called at first sight, but why? well , because baikal is the deepest lake

in the world, the cleanest and most beautiful there. vladimir putin removed the ball with christina’s dream from yuzhno-sakhalinsk from the wish tree in early december. christina sin, 8 years old, dreams of visiting lake baikal. yes, i, well, i could never imagine that i would one day end up here, listening, as far as i understand, you want to maybe become a journalist later, right? yes, i want to become a journalist in the future, yes, yeah, well,

this is practically your first internship, yes, there is every chance of entering a very good, prestigious educational institution, especially since you are already starting to master a profession, baikal, hello, finally, christmas has come true for christina, baikal has not yet been completely covered with ice, but near the shore it is already possible walk around, look at the cracks , frozen bubbles of air, which christina dreamed of, like glass, christina has a serious illness, weak immunity to support it, the girls constantly need to take medications, but this does not prevent the christening from living an active life, she has been studying for several years aerobics, and now i decided to switch to acrobatics, wow, this is a split, i saw baikal today and my long-awaited dream came true, i am now very happy, very glad, i am simply delighted now. these happy moments with christina were shared by her mother and father. i am happy when my

child is happy. we are incredibly glad that our child’s wish came true, we are incredibly grateful to the president for the fact that we were lucky enough to be here to fulfill our dream. how our ancestors lived and rested, christina tried everything on herself, she studies at the gymnasium excellent, so i enjoyed sitting at a desk that was over 100 years old, and also rode a horse-drawn sleigh from a hill, oh, a wonderful hill, i also visited

a singer’s station from the 19th century, this was especially interesting for her, because in the future christina plans to become a doctor, i want to become a doctor to help people and do good.