places, three weeks of blockade on the border with poland, formally the strikes of polish carriers and farmers are legal, and ukrainians expected a greater understanding from partners, friends and neighbors that we are at war and this transport corridor is vitally important to us. martial law and the state of war, what is the difference and why ukraine will not declare a state of war, see a special report. her land is more relevant than ever, her values ​​are humane and pro-european, she is like a nation, her conscience and strength, today is the 160th anniversary of olga kobylyanska, let's remember the outstanding ukrainian woman. so, after saturday's shahedas, with which the enemy so abundantly sprinkled ukraine, bad weather broke out over us on sunday. the entire south and a little of the center of the country fell asleep, shriveled, howled by the wind, demolished and crushed. almost a thousand cars, more than two, were stuck in the snowdrifts.

thousands of villages without electricity, dozens of accidents. residents of odesa and mykolaiv regions suffered the most, some even froze to death, but next to the russian barbarians and their attacks, even the strongest cyclone of nature does not seem so terrible and destructive our consolidated report is first in the issue. the league made a strong impact in 17 regions of ukraine. odeshchyna was the most affected. three people died of hypothermia in the region. person, another six turned to the doctors, strong blizzards abundantly covered the roads, in some places piles of one and a half meters high. currently , three highways of state importance, from odesa in the direction of kyiv, reny and yuzhny, are closed for traffic, because of this, more than 70 accidents occurred. the situation is still difficult. almost half a thousand cars, including 12, were freed from the snow during the day ambulances, in one of them there was a woman in labor, the woman and the baby are fine, from the slippery roads. nine regular

buses left, the work to evacuate people from the swept roads is still ongoing, rescuers, policemen, national guardsmen and border guards are involved, heavy equipment is working, in some places even armored personnel carriers have to be involved. now there are about 700 rescuers working at the call sites, every minute 101 receives messages from people who have been rescued and need help, many cars are in snowdrifts, odesa was also affected by the elements, more than a hundred fallen trees were left standing. public transport runs with interruptions, almost 2,000 utility workers are still dealing with the consequences of the bad weather. a storm knocked down a hundred-meter chimney of a boiler house in one of the sleeping areas, because of which tens of thousands of odessa residents were left without heat. there are significant power outages in the region, more than 300 towns and villages are still without light. there is no light at home, if there is no light, then there is no heating, because i have a boiler, it is electric. in the center of the city on the market street the house collapsed due to bad weather, people are promised to be resettled. and just as the heating was going on there,

the elements raged in the mykolaiv region, rescuers freed 140 cars from the snowdrifts, including six ambulances. 374 people were evacuated, including 37 children. rescuers constantly monitor the situation and are ready to help if necessary. the roads in the north of the region were covered with snow. in some places it was extremely difficult to drive the night before. separately. road sections were closed to traffic. in the regional center, communal workers clean non-stop damaged trees and clearing roads. a month's worth of snow fell in cherkasy in more than a day. forecasters estimate that such a traffic jam in the region is the largest in the last 20 years. snowstorms, blizzards and slippery roads have caused many accidents. cars flew into ditches. rescuers pulled out more than 60 cars from piles of traffic jams. some residents of cherkasy could not leave the parking lots and yards by car in the morning.

they cleaned the roads at night, but everything was swept by the morning again, if they didn't change the tires to earth ones, then everything may not go out at all, without lights more than 130 settlements remain in the region and more than 50 still have electricity with interruptions, the operational headquarters works around the clock in the region, more than 200 points of invincibility have been deployed. during the day , 35 people used it, mostly car drivers who decided to wait out the bad weather. in total , more than 2,150 cars were pulled out of snowdrifts in various... regions, saving almost 2,900 people, the patrol police of ukraine said. the injured were taken to invincibility points to wait out the blizzard until morning. through powerful the storm left 1,600 towns and villages without electricity in 17 regions, the ministry of energy reported. networks are repaired by almost 900 teams of specialists. tomorrow the weather will weaken. snowfall is forecast only in the west of the country. in other regions, frost, gusts of wind and icy.

oleksandra chankova, luiza yeremina, iryna tsymbal, fakty actv, only news. our own correspondent oleksandra chenkova will tell us what the situation is in odesa region right now, joining us live. i congratulate you, oleksandr, so i see from the video odesa, that the situation has stabilized a little, but as far as can be predicted, the work of rescuers and energy workers is still enough, right? congratulations, olena, this is true, because the odesa region suffered the most from the bad weather, so communal services, police and rescuers are still eliminating its consequences, even at this time, heavy machinery is working on the roads, since some roads in the oblast have already been opened, in particular odesa-yuzhne , but on the roads to kyiv, reni and kuchurgany, only a truck will not be able to pass, i note that there are still more than 300 settlements, the situation is not easy in odesa itself, due to an accident at one

of the city's boilers in the peresap district, more than 120,000 people were left without heat, in particular , 25 educational institutions and medical institutions are not heated, emergency works have been going on for almost a day, according to the forecasts of utility workers, they will continue for at least 10 -15 days. as for educational institutions, they will operate in a mixed format, face-to-face for students who will be in schools and remotely for those who will not be able to get there due to weather conditions or lack of light or warm to their schools, and even though the bad weather has subsided, but for a short time, already tomorrow in odessa , it was announced, for tomorrow in odessa , a storm was announced... a warning is expected of ice, strong wind, sometimes wet snow in the region, and in general, worse weather conditions conditions are forecast for the entire territory of ukraine, so people are asked to be cautious and respond and implement recommendations from the local authorities

of their region. elena, i thank you, oleksandra, thank you for including for such a detailed story, take care, so it was oleksandra chenkova who told us about one of the stormy situations that occurred in odesa last weekend. therefore, the stormy and merciless cyclone only added to the trouble of our energy workers. it's not enough that the russians dream of burying us in blackouts, so nature has also begun to test us. the first frosts and blizzards showed that we should prepare for power outages, and let them not be large-scale and long-lasting, they will happen. therefore, it is worth first of all to take care of the economy of the res. simple steps work wonders: do laundry at night, check the light bulbs in the apartment for energy efficiency, shopping centers, restaurants and cafes should turn off the overly luxurious hollywood street lighting with advertising when the network is working at the limit. be

thrifty at work too, turn off the lights behind you and don't leave your computer on when you go home, a few simple exercises and extra kilowatts. three days before winter , oksana mykhaylova will remind you how to support and help our energy industry. missile attacks, a worn-out system and excessive consumption of electricity are the main challenges of the ukrainian energy industry this winter. these days, a year ago we recovered from the first blackout at that time, 11 regions were left without electricity due to the missile strike. there was no such thing, there was no such thing at all in the historical system of ukraine. this is not the case in ukraine, this is the first and i hope the only time. only. we are, in principle, without worries, immediately. that where and how it is, we spent literally 3-4 minutes of time and gradually with avalanche shutdowns, and then scheduled ones, the specialists restored the system. today, experts say, the level of protection, even though it is a secret, is much better, the air defense system, including mobile groups, works, and most importantly, our power engineers already know and know how

much more. and from the point of view of the speed of reaction, which is not less than what i see now, the situation is also much better than the last thing, that is, the energy engineer. did their homework diligently during the offseason, during the summer, and prepared. but the first frosts showed that even without shelling, we should prepare for possible shutdowns. on the one hand, the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is still occupied, but at the same time , energoat put all units into operation and completed repairs 66 days earlier. we are ready to pass the autumn-winter period at the maximum possible capacity of ours power units, which will become 7,900 megawatts of electric power for ukrainians and for our energy system, for our industry. at the same time, thermal power plants, which are more maneuverable, especially during peak hours, are very worn out, because their units were built back in the 60s.

experts say that it is impossible to complete their complete modernization in the off-season. in order to modernize the power unit, depending on the volume of work, it is, well, nine months plus or minus. that is, in the off-season, there was no opportunity to modernize the root ball possibility only for planned repairs. so, every week the emergency system falls out of two units. in such cases , ukrenergo looks for an alternative in imports. this year, ukraine doubled its capacity, but it is often not profitable for western sellers to sell it, because it is cheaper due to our price thresholds. if we compare with the last heating season, instead of 500 mvv, which we had then, we had the opportunity to import electricity from europe. now we have 1200 megawatts. and literally the other day we expect a decision from ours. european colleagues, regarding the revision of this value in the direction of increase, that is why imports for us

next winter in the heating season will be such an important source of energy, we wanted ukrainian european companies to import electricity from europe to ukraine in a planned manner. at the same time, there are situations when even this electricity is not enough, this was the case last wednesday, when as many as seven thermal units of the contracted import failed at the same time. failed and ukrenergo made an emergency request, neighboring countries are asking their generation park if there is the capacity we ask for, and they provide it, the only thing is that this assistance is not provided for free, that is, it also costs money and is provided at the price of the balancing market, so very often this assistance will be more expensive than the price under long-term import contracts. and for this we pay in the end, not as direct consumers, but as taxpayers

, so it is obvious that we all have to make an effort to save electricity during peak loads, especially when there will be stable sub-zero temperatures, this applies to both ordinary users and large enterprises . last year, during blackouts, we showed that we can save money, and if the electric kettle boils, we don't turn on the iron, oksana mykhaylova, ictv fact, the only news. bad weather, which is the last. for several days, it will be observed in ukraine that there is no obstacle for russian attacks with shahedes and rockets. according to the spokesman of the air force of ukraine, yuriy ignat, certain difficulties may arise with the enemy. it is about icing of individual elements of kamikaze drones as a result of temperature changes. this can affect the aerodynamic properties of the glider, as well strong gusts of wind greatly complicate the piloting of both aviation in general and drones in particular. on the other hand, bad weather does not cause any harm to the work of ukrainian air defense. 79 skirmishes,

the situation at the front was so hot. russian troops continue to attack the territory of ukraine, launched one missile, three air strikes, 13 times, the occupiers used rocket systems of salvo fire. three enemy attacks were repulsed in the kupyansk direction, the enemy launched unsuccessful assaults in the lymansk direction, battles continue near bakhmut. and vdiivka and further at. for russian troops. the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reports about 21 unsuccessful assaults in this direction, the situation is relatively calmer on the zaporizhzhia sector of the front, where the enemy twice tried to restore positions near the robot, but the plan failed. the defense forces of ukraine continue to gain positions on the left bank of the kherson region, units inflict fire damage on the positions of the occupiers. our military correspondent vladyslav kruglov works on the frontline. now joining us live, i welcome you, the authorities, so, a what is the situation in the eastern direction today?

greetings olena, in donetsk region , 61,000 families in 47 settlements are without electricity due to bad weather. 60 groups of electricians are currently working to restore electricity at the facilities, and not only bad weather causes damage. the russian occupiers continue to attack the cities and villages of the region from everywhere. available weapons. the russians are actively carrying out airstrikes in the avdiyiv and marin directions, reports the press center of the defense forces of the tavri direction. in the avdiivka district, our defenders repelled the day before 30 attacks. the russians are also attacking fiercely in the bakhmud direction along the entire line of the bakhmud front. heavy fighting continues, the sounds of which can be heard in kostyantynivka. as reported by the soldiers of the third assault brigade. our defense forces continue to storm the southern ones. causing great losses in manpower and equipment to the russian military, under

enemy missile fire and strikes from toretsk and new york aviation. the regional police reported eight airstrikes in this direction during the day. fortunately, during the last 24 hours there have been no civilian casualties no, unfortunately one resident of donetsk region was injured. we have just returned from the artillery position holding the defense in the turkish direction. during the shooting, we witnessed a rocket attack on the city of toretsk, so more details in our next story. we see that the enemy is constantly dropping rockets and aerial bombs on the city. regardless of where it is, this is toretsk, a city in donetsk region, which is growing every day, bahmud reminds us, not a day goes by that aerial bombs or rockets did not fly over the settlement, defenses on the outskirts the city is held by the artillerymen of the 24th brigade named after king danylo, which we managed to get to thanks to the bad weather, the russians simply did not see us, more or less quietly, i say it in such

influxes, influxes, armageddon is made, then a lull, well, this is like a way of war, i think so, because it is necessary to carry out both the wounded and the 200th, and to drive away the equipment and to reorganize something, that is why it is going in such a rush. it is calm here today, the fighters say. there was a lot of work at night, dozens of 122 mm shells were flying at the heads of the russians, so now the enemy has quieted down. our second or third task once placed near the target and for this target to be hit, and the target hit is literally 5-10 m, the target is already hit. that's our task, that 's it. the first one goes, the first shot goes almost to warm up the barrel, already the second and third we have to set a more or less target. gunners closely cooperate with air reconnaissance and infantry, often it is the infantrymen who transmit the coordinates that need to be worked out. more generally, we support the infantry, we support the infantry, well, of course, if we find a slightly larger target there, a tank, an armored personnel carrier, something, then on them

we work, we are given rations, guys, there is work, we work, i say yes. there is a target, they gave the target, the coordinates, we worked it out, and that’s all , but it is sometimes dangerous to open fire on the russians, because before firing , they raise drones into the sky in order to calculate from which position our gunners are working on them, they have good equipment that calculates the shots ours, that is, the direction, they don't know exactly, but the direction from which we shoot is there, and then they cover whole squares, ugh, whole squares, that is, they hit, missed and that's it. at the enemy ammunition is unlimited, and drones have increased recently, but even with constant eyes in the sky, the raiders cannot accurately calculate our fire points. beer works, well, it is not able to beat it all, but it works very often , that is, their drones fly, look for us, try to find us, thank

god, for now, and god forbid that it will continue , they did not find us . artillerymen... 24 brigades say that from time to time they work on the russians not only with combat shells, we even worked with propaganda shells, tried with by the way, people have already been captured by those propaganda, because there is such information , that is, they read, during the recording of an interview with a soldier, we witness the shelling of the civilian population, well, it's high and simple to listen to where it flies, well, flights through us and went in that direction, and what is this, please tell me, it is also an aerial bomb, they drop an aerial bomb from this plane, it flew over the city, it flew over the city, so it roughly hit somewhere in the city. peaceful people fly to turkey and new york at times more than

positions, say the military. the day before , the russians destroyed a house in the private sector, where local people lived, with a direct hit. at the moment, it has started to fly very often against the local population, against the civilian population, very often aerial bombs arrive , drop, fly, hail, tornadoes, well, everything they can send here, they get, and neither enemy artillery nor bad weather can affect to our defenders, we want a faster victory, to end it, to live in a free country, in fact, to raise children and grandchildren. and not even to remember all this at home and family, count, we are already the second year, we are from the 24th, we are from the first day, everyone is here from the first days practically, a little tired, but the mood is fighting, the main thing for us is ammunition, from the frontline vladyslav kruglov, yevhen tur, oleg tsimbalyuk, ictv facts, the only news. often after returning home after being wounded, soldiers feel

abandoned, run around offices looking for information, looking for a good rehabilitator or lawyer. to get the status of a participant in hostilities, there is a patronage service for this, and in some brigades there are already people who know how to resist this internal enemy, the military bureaucracy, they know how to transfer to the desired hospital, quickly pass a military medical commission or get a disability group. the most successful patronage service is at the azov brigade and the third assault brigade, and it is currently being adopted by other military units, and the government of khrystyna gavrish is also starting a pilot project about the potential of the required service. in order to storm, you need to be, in fact, in such a shape as a professional athlete. bohdan is a fighter of the third assault brigade. he has been out of action for the eighth month. but is doing everything to get back there, it's not easy with his injury. you see, there is such a dent here, one very important

muscle is missing, and now all the work is aimed at making other muscles replace the function of the missing muscle. the recovery process is monitored not only by doctors, but also by the patronage service. it was created in 2014 for the then azov regiment. currently , she also takes care of the third assault unit. an hour after the injury, bohdan had his medical coordinator. the curator gets in touch with you and solves all your urgent problems problems first of all, it provides basic necessities. i ended up in dnipro, without the clothes that were cut off during the evacuation, they provided me with clothes, chargers, and contact with relatives. then he closely monitors the treatment process. there are ten medical coordinators working in the patronage, dvenislava, one of them, is currently visiting her ward mykyta, this is not the first time he has been injured, we counted from our correspondence how many times

we started with him hello, you were presented to me as wounded, three or four, how are you? old, i understand, i already know my mother, she writes to me there, wishes me happy holidays , the coordinators accompany the fighters throughout the entire path of treatment and rehabilitation, we are good managers of their treatment, that is, we understand, there are also black lists of medical institutions, now we are no longer where they will be transferred next, we are already roughly orienting ourselves, what kind of help will be provided in this or that hospital in this or that city, we allow evacuation to this or that hospital, because we know that nothing good will happen to them, nachmyed and i are constantly on connection, he prescribes a referral, we agree with the command of the medical forces and transfer, including to private clinics, almost all of them are in such... the wards of the patronage service are undergoing rehabilitation, because in state institutions there is neither equipment nor hands, bohdan felt this too,

he was also transferred here from the state rehabilitation center, for comparison, when i arrived, i could not bend my knee, it was actually in such a state , i could not scroll through everything, one day of rehabilitation in such a clinic costs approximately uah 3,000, patrons help , and ukrainians with their donations, you can join the collection by scanning the qr code on the screen. some clinics independently look for benefactors, optimize programs for the military and offer discounts. if they took it in full, at full cost, then it would be, well, many times more expensive. the patronage service helps with the bureaucracy, collect the necessary certificates, go to the military medical commission, take care of soldiers who have returned from captivity, and even take care of military families. for mykhailo, this is a story about something incredible. he has been trying for four months. to recover his hand after a serious injury, he says that during this time he felt helpless more than once, he got where he got, and if something is wrong there, you

can no longer do anything, it seems that he was cured, enrolled, sent on vacation due to the injury, so that it would heal , and then again, where to look for yourself, because no one cares about you, and every day is important for a successful recovery , the boys are just driven around and they don't know what to do with them, valuable time is lost and they become disabled. currently patronage services are trying to create other units. human rights defender maryna khromykh mobilized to the voovka davinci battalion two months ago for this very purpose. i am still alone in the patronage service, and there are people from civilian life who help a lot in various matters. however, of course, we plan to expand. medical coordinators and lawyers will definitely be needed. who will take over the military bureaucracy, servicemen who have really, well, given their health for the defense of the motherland, they

should not face these difficulties, and frankly speaking, they should not go through this humiliation , any brigade can create a patronage service, olena tolkachova is convinced, there is no need to invent new structures or positions, this work can be undertaken by officers of the civil-military cooperation group. which are part of each brigade, as well as the orderlies of the battalions. a paramedic can do the same work that our medical curators do, they are also in our positions and stand in brigades. the state is also trying to create similar services. the ministry of social policy already has been preparing a pilot project for six months, in the near future they promise that the foster homes will work in five battalions, each of which will have five social workers, civilians. they will work directly with the military and members. of their families, whether it is the preparation of documents, whether it is counseling, whether it is psychosocial support, yes , that is, there will be very individual cases, if the pilot project shows its effectiveness,

next year such services will be extended: to other units as well, with plans to cover about 30 fought so that the defenders felt that they were not abandoned during the most difficult period of life and recovered as well as possible after the injury. khrystyna gavrish, ihor shatataylo, ictv facts, single news. volodymyr zelenskyy made an online call to increase pressure on russia to ensure safety at sea at a meeting of the un international maritime organization. in addition, he emphasized that despite all attempts, the country. disrupt the grain agreement: ukraine is doing everything possible so that ukrainian food can be shipped abroad. he who destroys the freedom of the chronoplast cannot remain unpunished russia should not have a place in the imo, in any of the governing bodies of this organization, because no one has done more damage to the freedom of the rule of law in recent decades than russia, and must be held accountable for this. in november, the government

again extended martial law, and with it general mobilization, this is already the ninth such decision since february 24, 2022. in time , you can hear reproaches, saying that the military machine in ukraine does not work perfectly, because we have not even introduced a state of war. facts decided to turn to experts to explain the difference between martial law and a state of war. in ukraine, not war has been declared, but martial law, because according to international conventions. war must be declared by the attacking state, not by the attacked state. by the way, russia did not deliberately declare war on ukraine, but only a special military operation, because it hopes to avoid responsibility for its war crimes in the future. on the other hand, if ukraine declares war, it may jeopardize receiving military and financial aid from our partners. daniil samsonov was well versed in legal subtleties. today in the morning

president putin announced a special military operation in donbas. we are imposing martial law on the entire territory of our country. ukrainians learned about the beginning of the war and the introduction of martial law from the president's address on the morning of february 24, 22nd. until now, during the entire history of independence, martial law was declared in ukraine only once. in november 2018, when russian boats were seized in the kerch strait. three ukrainian warships. 26 ukrainian sailors were captured by russia. then martial law was declared only in 10 regions and it lasted a whole month. when russia started the great war in ukraine , martial law was again introduced, along with it a number of prohibitions and restrictions came into force. in particular, it is not possible to change the constitution and hold elections at this time. during martial law, general mobilization,

prohibition of travel abroad, reorganization of enterprises for military needs, control over the military, curfew, etc. are possible. everything is spelled out in the law on the legal regime of martial law. the president issues a decree, the parliament approves it, then the cabinet of ministers of ukraine, other central bodies of executive power already regulate the procedure for the implementation of those restrictions, which are enshrined in the presidential decree. in addition to the cabinet of ministers, certain restrictions can be implemented by local authorities, such as a curfew or a ban on the sale of alcohol. similarly, the regional military administration can, if necessary, on a paid basis. to confiscate your property, housing or for the needs of the army, but first experts must describe and evaluate them, the state can confiscate only non-private property free of charge, there must be a decision of the military leadership of a certain region, regarding the acquisition of this property in the interests of the armed forces of ukraine or in the interests of the infrastructure there, while the compensation can be either immediately or over a period of five years.

martial law in ukraine has lasted for 642 days, on february 24, 22, it was extended nine times for 90 days each time, it will last at least until february 14 next year, according to the law , the president and parliament declare martial law in the event of armed aggression or threat of attack, but russia has been waging a full-scale war on the territory of ukraine for more than a year and a half, despite this, there will be no introduction of a state of war in ukraine, according to international law, war must be declared by the attacking party, not the victim of the attack . war, this is more such an international concept, and it refers more precisely to the international representation of this russia as an aggressor for international society, so that they either provide us with help or not, so at that time, of course, in order to defend our country, the adoption of martial law was important for us. current legislation does not define a state of war.