nitsy of the national museum of the history of ukraine was with us, my part of the program is over, all is well, see you next week, i wish everyone a calm, peaceful evening and night. 20:00 in ukraine, for your attention news release on the espresso tv channel. in the studio of iryna koval. greetings to all viewers. let's start with the situation in kherson. two people died, seven more were hospitalized with serious injuries. the russians hit kherson with barrel artillery. this was announced by the head of the region oleksandr prokudin. regional blood center. on

tomorrow, december 4, needs donors of the second positive and negative groups to help the victims. today, the invaders also broke into a high-rise building and the territory of two hospitals, as a result of the attack , the facades of the buildings were damaged. there was such a huge explosion, i pushed me right out of the room, i shook myself so much, i tore my hands from the phone , such a huge explosion, i rang with smoke and howled. we went out and looked there, everything was knocked out, the frame was completely knocked out, completely glass, and the door to the room, the window, the russians attacked the nikopol community three times a day with heavy artillery and drones, drones were also launched over the marganes community, serhiy lysak, the head of the dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, informed. fortunately, people were not injured. the unpleasant

remnants of the occupiers, 828 explosive objects were defused this week on the territory of ukraine. this was reported in the state special service of transport. demining units managed to secure an area of ​​more than 7,000 hectares. mines were found on highways, railway tracks, and in water. to bring our victory closer television and the human and law charity fund continue to collect. together with you, our viewers, we are collecting funds for powerful portable velström battery stations with solar panels for the 108th dnipropetrovsk separate brigade of the territorial defense forces of the armed forces of ukraine. in order to effectively destroy the enemy, military equipment must be systematically charged. stations can replace generators and provide power to fighters. even in

field conditions. our goal is uah 1.2200. we already have 441000 in our account. so join us and contribute to the victory of ukraine. you see the details on the screen. one man was injured as a result of a fire at one of the capital's sto. he turned to doctors with burns on his left hand, the state emergency service reported. a fire broke out beforehand. in the boiler room on sumska street. the fire covered an area of ​​20 km. the fire was promptly extinguished, and law enforcement officers are investigating the cause of the fire. the police exposed a drug dealer in chernihiv. the convicted 33-year-old resident of the city was a trader psychotropics the suspect was detained after another sale of the goods. during the searches , narcotics were found and seized from the man . soli, he was informed of the suspicion.

a crime against humanity. belarusian far-right biker communities kidnap ukrainian children. such a statement was made by ms. betvan saak, the us ambassador-at-large. according to her, children from ukraine are first taken to russia, and then to belarus. there , non-governmental organizations join the crime. they did not know, american intelligence did not have information about the plans of hamas to attack israel, the us national security council strategic communications coordinator john kirby said in an interview. recently , information appeared in the american press that allegedly israeli officials knew about the terrorists' plans a year before the attack. information was built on the analysis of documents, e-mails and interviews, after which it was summarized. the conclusions were distributed among

the israeli military in the form of a secret document. they were either not taken seriously or ignored. american authorities officially declares that she didn't know anything. the intelligence community has indicated that they do not have access to this document, and there is currently no indication that they had any prior access to this document. a us warship was fired upon in the red sea, information about the attack was confirmed by the pentagon, but the details have not yet been announced. according to the reuters agency, near yemen , the american destroyer yuz karnia and at least two cargo ships were attacked by drones - it was reported and it is also known that the houthis, confirming the attack on civilian ships, stated that the ships are related to israel,

help and support, are in business, provide grants to entrepreneurs for innovation or export needs. the application can be submitted through the action, after several selective stages you have 4,000 € in your pocket for business development, my colleagues will tell you in more detail. oleksandr, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war. on february 25, 2022 , the man himself joined the army, fought in the east and south of the country. in may of this year , he resigned from the service in order to take care of his mother, who has a disability and could not sit idle, that's why he helps the front with what he can, namely repairing cars. cars are repaired on these hundred. exclusively for the military and volunteers, motivation, motivation, and drive them out of here as quickly as possible, some kind of contribution to put a car here, i know that these cars, if, of course, they are not armored, they will not be there for long,

well, they will still bring some help, oleksandr works at the maintenance station , which was opened by a group of volunteers, since the beginning of the great war, they have brought cars for weapons, several times we encountered poor quality repairs and decided that we need to control the quality of repairs ourselves, so we rented a garage, hired two mechanics and started repairing only our cars, which we drive, but there were so many cars that the volunteers decided to expand, there was enough money for repairs and premises, but more is needed. .. there was special equipment, a grant from the european union helped with it. we went through training and also won a grant, which we spent on lifts and several other pieces of equipment. we focus on military vehicles, sometimes

we can take a volunteer car , for example, there is a volunteer car that transports aid to the military to the front, that is, we are now... exclusively with what is needed for the front in hot spots, the main purpose of grants from the eu is to support the activities of small and medium-sized businesses in ukraine, primarily in the affected and de-occupied territories, as well as to strengthen the resilience of small and medium-sized enterprises in war conditions and their potential for reconstruction. there are many small and medium-sized businesses in ukraine, and we believe that there are the backbone of the economy, some of them were badly affected by the russian invasion, had to relocate, so we provided immediate direct support, and that's why small grants of various sizes, so that businesses could adapt to the new realities of the war. we have allocated €7 million in grants since the start of the full-scale invasion.

repurposed some of our direct support programs through grants or equipment purchases. in addition to grant funds, volunteers also use their own military resources. wreckage of russian equipment is transferred to the front, from they are made into souvenirs and sold at auctions. the stolen funds, which are already more than uah 5 million, are sent to purchase new cars, and the repair of cars for the military is free of charge. we have a separate bank where donors drop money specifically for car repairs. if other volunteers bring us machines for the front, we ask you to pay, because we have to pay the salaries of the mechanics, here, but we have established. the most affordable prices, that is, we do not have spare parts with such a markup as sto, and in general, the price of work is lower than others. sto plans to create its own office and additional places for repairs, for this they want to receive another grant, and for now

they invest all their funds and efforts in the victory of ukraine. dmytro didora and oleksandr burlevich, espresso tv channel. such were the news for this. i'm iryna koval, i'll say goodbye to you until tomorrow, well, meet my colleague vitaly portnikov later on the air. greetings friends, politklub is on the air on espresso tv channel, vitaly portnikov is with you, the main events of this week, the main challenges, the main crises, the war between russia and ukraine, the war on middle east, crisis on the border between. ukraine and poland, the hungarians are trying

to block ukrainian european integration, here are the main aspects that we will talk about in the next hour. our first guest, dmytro snegiv, a military expert, co-chairman of the right-to-right public initiative, i congratulate you, mr. dmytro. congratulations, well, let's start with the results, the military results of the week, let's try to understand what is happening near marinka, please, let's talk about the fact that the message of the russian media, respectively, the so-called military commanders, about the full control over this settlement do not correspond to reality. marinka are still the strongholds of the ukrainian defense, and accordingly, it is not about the complete establishment of control over this settlement, i emphasize once again, it goes without saying, it is worth saying that marinka... the occupiers have repeatedly reported that they have full control over marinka. there were even cases

when the leader of the quasi-formation of the dpr, pushilin , reported 90% control over marinka, and after kaderiv's detachments were transferred to this direction. field commander akhmat reported that the armed forces of ukraine currently control 30 to 40%. therefore, accordingly, the question arose at that time, either the armed forces of ukraine conducted a successful counterattack or the corresponding message of posylin was not true. it is worth noting that marinka ceased to exist as a habitable settlement. the coefficient of ruin of residential buildings is up to 90%. the attempt of the russian occupiers to create an operational encirclement in the district of maryanka did not succeed. it is worth mentioning that the occupiers used so-called local tactics boilers, strikes on the flanks of the ukrainian group, in particular from the district settlement of pobeda. i emphasize once again that currently there are

cells of organized resistance to the armed forces of ukraine, which say that marienko still has a certain part of it under the control of the armed forces of ukraine. what do you think about avdiivka? as much as possible, yes, please, please, i'm sorry. the situation is difficult, let's be frank, the occupiers are again trying to press the flanks of the ukrainian group, in particular there are certain tactical successes, both in the stepov region and in the avdiyiv coke plant area, the main task of the occupiers is to cut off the locations of the armed forces of ukraine. let me remind you that the distance between the flanks of the russian invaders is approximately 6.5-6 km, depending on, say. that is , currently the main task of the occupiers is to establish direct control over

the locations of the armed forces of ukraine and create the prerequisites for pushing adiev out of the sssu. it is worth noting, mr. vitaly, dear society, that this week the statement of the president of ukraine about the need to build additional lines of fortifications. but here the question arises, why we counted exclusively on the first line of defense in avdiivka and others. settlements that were built since 2014 and during these almost two years of war , second and third lines of defense like the russian lines of suravikin were not created, the question is rhetorical, but less so, the main combat force used by the occupiers during the assault on ukrainian positions , these are local collaborators from the so-called first army corps of the dnr, and accordingly, stormz for which consists of ex-prisoners who signed a contract with the ministry of defense,

therefore the statistics of the occupiers' losses, which are already approximately 12,000 personnel during the entire period of fighting, have not been particularly reflected in the social protests in the russian federation since october, i emphasize once again, the left part losses are, accordingly, local collaborators, therefore and similarly... the tactics of using them as cannon fodder, from the situation in maryanka, currently due to severe weather conditions, the occupiers do not have the opportunity to use assault aircraft, as it was before of this time, and accordingly of strike drones, this is a positive, but from the negative we can say that weather conditions also affect the possibility of using wheeled tracked vehicles with the armed forces of ukraine. to sum up, the situation is difficult, but the armed forces of ukraine are firmly holding their lines. i cannot

say, mr. dmitry, that i believe that the question of defensive fortifications is a rhetorical question. therefore, especially after... february of last year, maybe we simply treated the war not as a defensive war, but as an offensive war? and only now is it becoming apparent that only the ratio and, i would say, the alternation of these two types of war can lead to any success? mr. vitaly , the tactics of the russians are that , demonstrating the nature of active defense, that is , the attack of the group behind the backs of the russians, at the moment of a possible advance deep into ukrainian territory, engineering units appear , which immediately create lines of defense, knowing full well that they can squeeze out the russians at any time from occupied positions. this tactic has been used by russian troops for two years years why? i understand that it is not worth taking an example from the occupiers, but it is less

about what the armed forces of ukraine are demonstrating. er, let's say, the tactics of active defense and , accordingly, the counteroffensive only in the last six months, and since february, as you rightly noted, it would be worth paying attention to the creation of defensive structures along the entire line of the russian-ukrainian front. you have already mentioned the weather, which is now changing the situation, as far as, in principle, it is possible to talk about active military operations during the winter months? you can it is, you know, a big mistake to believe that the winter months can somehow affect the nature of offensive actions, let's remember with you people the year 22, when russian troops launched a large-scale offensive across the territory of ukraine, and accordingly the events of 2015, yes the month of february itself is the beginning of the so-called

debaltsev operation, that is , the statements of numerous military experts that the winter period can freeze, literally and figuratively, military actions on the front line do not correspond to reality. and in principle, how much do you think the activity of the russians now in terms of strikes on ukrainian critical infrastructure will resemble last year, why i ask, december has actually come, right? last year at this time, the russian attack on ukraine's critical infrastructure was in full swing, on the other hand, it was absolutely... unclear what the results of this attack would be, and many believed that ukrainian energy would simply be destroyed by these attacks, now we we know that this is not the case, will the russians take it into account last year's experience, whether there will be the same attacks as there were, have already been taken into account, let 's also talk about the last massive strike by drones on kyiv, it is worth talking about the fact that

the tactics and strategies of striking have changed , if before it was a combined strike with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, respectively cruise missiles, so far we have seen the use of exclusively drones, but in large numbers, in what is a change in tactics and strategy, the use of composite materials that make drones smaller, notable rls systems, plus, accordingly, they began to be painted in a dark color to make it impossible for mobile groups to work effectively, and the second is what you remember, dear society, and dear mr. host, when two swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles were launched, the first swarm came earlier to of kyiv, circled over the kyiv region, waiting for the second one, and accordingly, at a certain time, a concentrated strike was delivered. why use only drones? they are suitable exclusively from economic pragmatism. the cost of an unmanned aerial vehicle is 30 - 40,000 conventional units. cost

cruise missile 6-7 million dollars. that is, we can say that the largest attack with the use of drones was in september, i remind the company, then 500 drones were launched on the territory of ukraine, costing the occupying country a small amount compared to the use of cruise missiles , that is, the cost of two cruise missiles, and the destructive the effect was much greater, so most likely we will be talking about the fact that the russians will massively use precisely drones, and already modern ones... under the conditions of the winter of 23-24, do you think we can to talk about the beginning of a defensive war, whether there will still be any offensive actions from the side. of the armed forces of ukraine as well? well , let's talk, they don't stop, in principle, in certain areas, there are certain tactical successes in the so-called takmat direction, this is

the zaporizhzhia region, in the area of ​​vrbv and, in the area of ​​novoprokopivka, the zsu expanded its area of ​​presence, plus the armed forces ukraine managed to expand the area of ​​presence on the left bank of the dnieper, that is, we can say that this is at least a partial tactical success. but that's all a demonstration of the capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine. in addition, over the past week , the tactical position of the armed forces of ukraine in the lyman direction has been improved, in particular in the bilogorivka district and in the serebryan forestry area. currently, the occupiers are trying to regain their previously lost positions. plus, the armed forces of ukraine demonstrated the active nature of the defense, namely, they launched a counterattack in the kupyansk direction in the yagidna district. previously lost positions were regained. that's why we can talk. that there will be a combined nature of hostilities, i.e active defense, and accordingly, if it is possible to create preconditions, the transition to a counteroffensive, how do you feel about the concept

of general muzhenko, recently presented in an interview with the bbc corporation, when general mozhenko spoke about the fact that what is needed is active defense with specific actions in separate sections of the front. it should be noted that general muzhenka is a professional, the head of the armed forces of ukraine zaluzhnye also spoke about this, and the political leadership of the country should listen to the advice of professionals who do not play politics, but protect their homeland today, there is a question of reducing the amount of military-technical assistance from the countries of the west and, accordingly , strengthening the mobilization processes in the russian federation, these two negative facts will influence, respectively, the nature of hostilities directly on the frontline, therefore the advice of ukrainian generals, they are more than correct, in principle, now,

when we are talking about western military aid to ukraine, it will now be decided from the point of view of those changes that should take place in the united states, in the european union, changes, first of all, in the voting... of deputies in the european parliaments in the united states, will the nature of military aid change, maybe not even from the point of view of money, from the point of view of nomenclature, if we are talking about greater defense, should we think about it? mr. vitaly, things have already changed, let's talk about the fact that currently the main aspect is the transfer of air defense systems, respectively, both air defense systems themselves and missiles for their needs, and the emphasis is currently on defense. strategies of the armed forces of ukraine, i.e. partners as well will take into account the external challenges facing the armed forces of ukraine. it is very telling here that

general zaluzhnyi took part in a meeting within the framework of ramnstein, and it is quite telling, you know, well, it is nonsense in general, when the head did not take part in the meeting of the ramshtein contact group, where the issue of military material support of the armed forces was resolved. forces of ukraine on the part of our western partners, but this shows that the west has clearly understood who is actually a person, which builds the defense and offensive strategy of the armed forces of ukraine, accordingly, understands the need for the armed forces, but let's very briefly refute the possible betrayal regarding the fact that ukraine will be left alone with the russian federation, no, i'm talking about numbers, the german government has already announced the fact that the amount of military and technical assistance to ukraine for the year 24 increased from 4 billion to 10, four additional from the budget and two from the corresponding funds, the netherlands announced the allocation of 2

billion despite the election results. rutte confirmed, in fact, that the netherlands fulfill their obligations. belgium 3.2 billion by the 27th year, great britain has already allocated 500 million. that is, we can talk about the total nature of the aid. countries of the west is not decreasing, the only diversification of military and material aid to the armed forces of ukraine took place, from the united states, which acted as the main partner, the emphasis shifted to european countries. plus, let's remember with you that the eu has clearly stated that ukraine will still receive micro-macroeconomic aid in the amount of 50 billion, despite the blockade this issue from the side of hungary. thank you, thank you, mr. dmytro, dmytrosny. a military expert, co-leader of the public initiative on the law of the case was in touch with us. the 648th day of russia's war

against ukraine is also the 58th day. the war in the middle east, we will now talk about it with our next guest, zaev khanin, political scientist, professor at barylan university, welcome mr. zaev, congratulations to you, congratulations, congratulations to your audience, so let's start with what is happening now in the south gas sector, if you can explain to us how much in principle, we can talk about the fact that the operation has already started there, what was said now by the er, leadership of tsagal, and how resonant this operation will be, from the point of view of the international reaction, because it is clear that the north is not the south, where a large number of civilians may have accumulated in the sector , please, i will continue in russian, if you please, please, yes, thank you, the main thing is that we understand each other, we understand each other, russian, it will probably be better than,

oh "hey, in any case, we are more or less, we use or ask the same information as everything, unfortunately or fortunately, i did not attend the meetings of the war cabinet, the expanded military-political cabinet, but from the information published by the israeli mass media , sorry for the taftology, we can do the conclusion that, well, first of all, military actions are gradually being transferred to the south. eh, there will be several new challenges in front of the saga, the first challenge is that there is also a fairly deep echeloned defense system of the military wing hamas, it looks a little different than in the north, so the israeli troops will have to adapt to this new situation, as far as we can judge, the general staff has enough information, as well as the command of the southern district, actually the three divisions

that are in gaza - that's it. .. for the first time since the second lebanese war, this is a corps-scale operation, usually everything in the gas operation was, so to speak, the result of the activities of several reinforced brigades, now it is not even a single division, it is just a corps, by the way, they have information yes, work and activity systems have been tested, new technology has been worked out, in general, a lot of what was purely experimental, i mean. weapon technology, they are used in gas for the first time, the military does not complain, they believe that even they are more effective than they expected, so that in this sense, on the one hand, tamas can surprise the israeli troops with some kind of novelty, and the israelis , the israeli fighters will also be clearly surprised, the second point, this is also a kind of complexity, and a rather serious one the difficulty lies in the fact that in

the south... there is, in addition to the population of gaza, which is actually in the south, almost a million people moved there from the north, so what sagal is trying to avoid is precisely in the north not to fight densely populated , we will have to deal with this in the south, it is clear that mr. blynkin, when he was here a couple of days ago, his next visit is already the fifth or sixth, he is practically spending the night here, so that's basically how it happened. is an informal member of the israeli military-political cabinet, he said a wish from his boss, so to speak, from the president of the united states, and mrs. biden, so that, on the one hand, israel fulfills the task of eliminating hamas as quickly as possible, and on the other hand, does everything possible so as not to harm the civilian population, i believe, that the military understands that these two, shall we say, mutually exclusive tasks. or

at least, these are two tasks, the implementation of which is quite difficult at the same time, it looks quite difficult, that is, if you act quickly, then, accordingly, not looking back at where and in what manner and who is there in general, yes, well, if it is based on that norm of international law, uh, which says that the aggressor is responsible for his victims, uh, the aggressor is hamas, so israel can theoretically, if he was anyone, like any other country, like... the same united states, for example, how they acted in the same afghanistan and so on, could not pay special attention to humanitarian aspects, well, israel is under the microscope, international communities, what is required of him is not required of others, and accordingly, the israel defense forces have to plan their actions in the south.