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greetings, espresso news time. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. an additional 1 billion 340 million dollars is allocated to ukraine by the world bank. this was announced by the prime minister of ukraine, denys shmehal. the funds will be used to pay pensions, teachers' salaries, support for displaced persons and other priority expenses of the state budget. the main part of this financing package is funds from the government of japan, the rest - grants from the usa, switzerland. and recovery support fund and reforming ukraine. meanwhile, at night, the enemy launched 14 shaheds across ukraine. all drones were shot down by our defenders of the sky over mykolaiv, kherson, khmelnytskyi and poltava regions. this was announced in the air force. the occupiers attacked with drones from the krasnodar region of russia. over the past day , the enemy has attacked 102 times. shelled the kherson region, one

person died, two others were wounded, - reported the head of the regional military administration oleksandr prokudin. the russians targeted the residential quarters of several inhabitants points, and also hit the enterprise and the grain terminal in the kherson district. almost 1,100 more made in russia were eliminated by the defense forces of ukraine in the last day. and in general, from the beginning. of the full-scale invasion, thanks to our defenders, the russian army lost about 344 thousand of its soldiers, this is information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. ukrainian defenders also burned 14 enemy tanks, 38 armored fighting vehicles and 11 artillery systems. in addition, 20 russian drones and three winged ones were landed rockets, burned 24 cars and tanks and four units of special equipment. the enemy, the data

added by the general staff are indicative. and to operational information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. 110 combat clashes took place at the front during the past day. the defense forces repelled 11 enemy attacks in the bakhmut direction and 15 attacks in the kupian direction. currently, the most difficult situation is near avdiivka. there, the occupiers attacked our positions 23 times. however, the armed forces of ukraine gave a worthy rebuff. enemy, ukrainian soldiers also continue to hold their positions on the left bank of the dnieper, there is a counter-battery fight. during the day, the ukrainian aviation struck the area of ​​concentration of mozkovites and their equipment, and rocket launchers hit the control post and two ammunition depots of the enemy. in the past two weeks , russian sabotage and intelligence groups have tried to enter ukraine seven times. across

the border in chernihiv, sumy and kharkiv regions. in five cases , our defenders managed to detect and inflict fire damage on the enemy, who retreated with losses. this was announced by the commander of the united forces of the armed forces, serhiy naev. in the area of ​​myropyllya, this is the sumy region, a sabotage and reconnaissance group tried to cross the state border of ukraine. with the help of technical means, they were detected in a timely manner and applied. damage by mortars, artillery and small arms. soldiers directly at the observation post and in the zonal stronghold took part in this battle. the observation post was moved by the state border service of ukraine and a territorial defense unit. and gunners inflicted fire damage. fires are not abating in russia near yekaterinburg in the village of bobrovsky for... the entire factory for

the production of foam blocks, the fire covered an area of ​​1300 m2. this was reported by the propaganda media. 40 people were evacuated from the burning building. previously. no one was hurt. the events in ukraine are not someone else's war - the coordinator of the us national security council , john kirby, emphasized after the statements of the president of the russian federation , vladimir putin, regarding the goals of the war. kirby once again called on the us congress to urgently pass a decision on aid to ukraine. according to him, if such dictators as putin succeed, it will have profound consequences for freedom and prosperity around the world. almost 20 months after the start of the brutal and barbaric invasion, putin has said that his aggression in ukraine will not end and that peace will only come when, quote, our goals are achieved, but i really hope that those republicans in the house

of representatives who for months held critical aid to ukraine hostage, heard putin's message loud and clear. prime minister of hungary viktor orban vetoed the aid package to ukraine in the amount of 50 billions after he abstained during the adoption of a decision regarding the negotiations on ukraine's accession to the eu. it was a kind of compromise, according to orbán, they will return to this issue next year, after proper preparation. the head of the european council, charles michel, confirmed that the leaders of the eu countries could not agree on the inclusion of aid to ukraine in the budget plan of the european union and that they will return to this issue in january. one leader could not agree to this bargaining pitch. this means that there is strong support for all components of this of negotiation boxing, expressed by most leaders. i hope sweden will follow

suit. all priorities are important. support for ukraine, migration, the solidarity fund, defense are part of this negotiation box. and that means we 'll be back to it. at the beginning of next year and we will try to achieve uniformity. representatives of transporters and farmers in poland continue to block the three crossing points of ravaruska, krakowiec and szegyny. today , there are about 2,600 trucks in queues to ukraine, most of them at the checkpoint sheghini, - noted the spokesman of the state border service andriy demchenko. the best situation is at the yagodin crossing, which was unblocked on december 11. direction , the flow of trucks is increasing, so far there is no information about the lifting of the blockade at the other three checkpoints. argentina will hand over to ukraine two helicopters that it previously purchased from russia, local media reports. as noted, negotiations are currently underway regarding

the transfer, which can be done in the next few days. negotiations are also underway to deduct the cost of these helicopters from in the form of a discount from the first purchase payments. f-16 aircraft to the usa by argentina. next year, australia will expand the training program for ukrainian armed forces recruits as part of operation caudu. this was announced by the ministry of defense of australia. over the next 12 months, the number of australian military instructors will increase to 90. a junior commander training program focusing on combat skills will also be established and continued. actions including urban and trench warfare, first aid, explosives awareness and shooting australians have helped train more than 1,200 recruits this year as part of a uk-led multinational mission.

valentina chekhova, a doctor from occupied mariupol, received life imprisonment in absentia. according to the investigation , during the battles for the city. in march 2022, it handed over seven wounded soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine to the occupiers. this happened after the russians took over the medical facility. medical personnel destroyed their documents and ammunition in advance and registered them as civilian patients. however, chekhova pointed out to the occupiers the beds on which soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine were lying and betrayed one of the doctors who tried to save the wounded soldiers. for this, she received encouragement from the rashists and a life sentence from ukrainian justice. and in dnipro , firefighters extinguished a fire at a service station. previously, the fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise, the insulation of the roof and structures on the roof were burning, the state emergency service reported. there are no dead or injured. i don't

get tired of reminding you about our meetings. we are currently collecting, together with the public organization baza ua, funds per square. called out to evacuate the wounded and other needs of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine kholodny yar in extremely difficult conditions , the ukrainian military daily chooses victory without leaving behind... the evacuation of wounded comrades with atvs will be faster and easier, although the chances of saving the wounded are greater. in general, our goal is uah 800,000. with your help, we have already collected more than uah 380,000, so i believe that we will close this collection as quickly as always. now you see all the necessary details on your screens, so scan and donate. for now, this is all the news for this hour. next , my colleagues lesya vakulyuk and andriy saichuk are waiting for you on the air. to find out more interesting and

relevant information, follow the updates on our website espresso.tv. dear friends, we are back on the air and this is our final part of the espresso marathon for today. thank you for being with us and thank you for also joining the collection for special powerful portable battery stations, we have already collected 13 hryvnias for today, something like that, you know, not much a beautiful amount, wait, it's not yet evening, it's not yet evening, evening, but it's already, but it's not morning, well , it's such a late morning, so let's change this amount a little and it won't be. by the evening it will be 36 , 39, that's what i'm talking about, actually yes, actually,

that's what i'm talking about, so join in, please, 740,912 uah are now in our account, we need to collect 1,220,00 uah, and already most of the amount in we have for this morning, let me remind you, 13 hryvnias have been added, and you and i will do everything to change this... opinion a little, you see, muscovites have this, mobilization of the entire economy, we have, but love for ukraine, all ukrainians and espresso tv viewers, there are 100 times more than any other, who send those funds and help the army not with words, but with their penny, and by the way, we must to say, i will remind everyone that in our country, for example, we pay for gas many times less than we should pay, and therefore everyone can save a penny, well, a penny proportionally. to postpone someone for someone it means 10 hryvnias per month to send for some fees to someone whom we

trust and for someone it means you can send 10,000 for fees if you earn 200-3,000 uah there per month, then the qr code so that people can scan it, here is the card number, the qr code, use the moment , transfer the funds, for now, i can transfer 100 uah, for me it is painless, i can honestly say well, that's the price , don't take two coffees, save your heart, by the way, it's still 1:00 p.m., but already with a tail, i hope that very soon it will be 2:00 p.m. for this morning. dmytro levus, political scientist, director of the center for social research, the ukrainian meridian is already with us in touch mr. dmitry, we congratulate you. congratulations. such wonderful news happened yesterday, although something good should happen in our lives, in a word, ukraine started negotiations with euros. started negotiations with ukraine on joining the eu,

somehow orban was outwitted there, or orban outwitted others, this whole vote took place without him, he disappeared somewhere at that moment, he arranged such a trick, and what after the joy, what awaits us, well, what awaits us the beginning of negotiations, and here it is already really... it is problematic enough, they may, may, may be, yes, why, because during the negotiations, we are talking about specific things, yes, and yes, it is clear that in europe they understand from a moral point of view that really no country has, did not go to the european union and is not going to the european union because of such trials. because of such losses , as ukraine is going, and therefore even this simply

proves that ukraine can and has the right to be a european country, and again , all of these can definitely be highly appreciated and all the efforts of ukrainians, it is definitely thanks to that ukraine stood at the front. it is definitely thanks to the defense forces of ukraine, it is clear that we can say that the ukrainians also showed this. themselves in europe , including, well, people about whom not too much was known, but they showed themselves from the best side, and yes, of course, there are different nuances, but in reality everything looks exactly like this, as well as the diplomatic efforts of ukraine were absolutely logical

when zelensky spoke with orban in argentina, right? that is, it was once again a demonstration for the whole of europe that ukraine is looking for opportunities to find a compromise, just as zelensky's speech was also completely logical when he spoke about the fact that it will be a gift to putin otherwise, yes, that is, it may have seemed too harsh, but actually from a moral, moral-psychological point of view'. well, it was really a victory yesterday, and even purely technologically, because if this had not happened yesterday, even in the case of a postponement to the next summit, a special summit, as it is now regarding economic and aid, then this decision would have been adopted is much

more complicated, you can even just mention that, for example, yesterday putin... in his so-called this straight line, very spoke about orban, that he is a pro-nationalist politician, not a russian politician, yes, that's why here, that's why it's clear, it's true, and it's really a victory, but the path of negotiations is a difficult path, why, because , for example, we, well, we see very different examples, yes, from ... a year, as it was in the case of austria, to 18 years, it seems 18 of turkey, with a clear, what result and again, with a clear, what trend , and therefore again, this is already the third stage

of the introduction, that is, it is also about directly negotiations with... with specific countries, and that is, these threats from orban himself have not gone anywhere, yes, that there may be, that is, with blockages on specific issues, although in fact, in the case of orban's hungary , we see absolutely specific things, and the lack of principled those questions that are asked as in yes, well, like these, which are an obstacle, and very quickly they are blocked and then, for example, last week orban said in general that the issue with ukraine is a historical issue, yes, that is, it one moment and, therefore, here, here i, you know, just in terms of these negotiations, was quite calm, why, because, well, we see that,

since this principle is absent, and again, there is a practice of how such an institutional pressure on orban , then yes, it will be unpleasant, it will be difficult enough, but our systemic problems, which really exist in terms of the economy, in terms of overcoming corruption, despite the fact that we have laws passed, such as were with additional conditions, it will be accepted by march, of course, it will be accepted by march and the law on lobbying, here it is, here it is, this systematicity of these problems and practices that exist in ukraine, it can be, it can delay the process much longer than these

issues that are invented by pro-russian agents in the form of. leaders of individual european countries, by the way, about this moment, such a technological holding of these negotiations, yes, namely, the fact that orban, my good friend roman zichenko, who is one of the founders of gruincubator, from the actual green energy, a public organization , left somewhere , which promotes all these things, because he wrote yesterday that he would like to live to find out in some memoirs what really motivated him then. she will leave, but we already know the answer , it turns out that it is olaf scholz, who solved this problem in such an original way, simply by telling politicians that orban will simply leave, and we will vote without you, and you will keep your vote. and we will finally do what is necessary, and you see, such a non-standard approach actually surprised everyone olaf scholz, i see that everyone is now posting all kinds of other moments where he surprised with his

original behavior, non-standard , so to speak, thinking, so it turns out that scholz is not as simple as we thought, well, i also decided to make a little joke on this topic, i say, you know, in our country, i understand that many people know this ukrainian journalist oleh manchera , who proposed the idea that these are actions, so to speak, of ukrainian corrupt officials, people 's deputies who once took money, yes, even during yanukovych's time and before, and instead of voting, simply left at the right moment hall, yes, that is, this one is here a way, so to speak, the russian influence remained without, well, without a specific content. that's how it happened too , so we, we can assume a lot, but that 's right, mr. dmytro, of course, this is a historical decision, and it opens up

an absolutely historical perspective for us, it cannot be downplayed in any way, i will be extremely comforted, for example, and, but on the other hand, does this mean that tomorrow we will be in the european union or the day after tomorrow, how many days are left in your opinion, that is, what is opening up to us now, well actually yes, it really is not means that this is the beginning, well, ours. of our path, yes, that is, it is clear, and of course, really, this is just the process, about which i said as much as he can, the fact that it is not years, we should realize this by now, by the way, i do not think that someone in ukraine does not understand this, yes, that is, i, well, i did not have such an impression, yes, especially since we have... after all, there is a threshold, we have different people, yes, but we still have after all, at the threshold of realizing that there are no such people, a wizard will suddenly fly there

in a blue helicopter, and he will solve everything, yes, after all, the situation has changed, all the more so in the conditions of war, all the more so because in the conditions of war it is clear that a political decision on the acceptance of ukraine is unlikely to be made, yes , that is, we... i think that at least this is the way, well, at least for 5 years, although they tell me, for example, that it is too optimistic, and they give the examples that i myself said, but i want to remind you that in fact, after all, the situation has changed and the processes have accelerated, yes, because after all, well it has passed... since the maidan has passed since the start of the maidan, 10 years have passed, but in fact, russian aggression and war and

the signing of the association agreement before that have taken place, and in a year the path from the candidate to the start of negotiations, even though they say that this is a status as if the status of ukraine has not changed here , so i think that. here it is, and again , perceptions in europe have changed, why? because if we used to say that this is all of europe, that the complete architecture of europe is europe with ukraine, then there was always something like that to say, well, skepticism, yes, that is, in addition to individual people and politicians and experts there in poland, in the baltics, it is possible somewhere else, but with... now, in principle, it is no longer something that does not cause controversy there , of course, which causes and many would like to play back,

but, but actually this is an idea that, that exists, that is really being implemented, so i think that we, well, we are going to have a difficult period, why, because it does not end in fact , a war awaits us, difficult negotiations, yes, in fact, they will also be quite difficult, and even due to the fact that it would to say, the last line of defense of urbanism, yes , whoever it was, did not come behind this, that is, behind this call, yes, that is, that's why here, i think that this is what we need to prepare for now, about the defense of urbanism, but on another continent, congress passed a law that... would not allow any president to single-handedly take the united states out, the united states out of nato, it's such a safeguard against

a possible presidency. trump or someone else who throws some such crazy ideas? i think you know, here we've always talked about the united states being so there is an example of the restraint of the counterweights and the political system, although during the presidency of donald trump, they really made sure that even such a system can, well , it can withstand, yes, such shocks, but... it can be, especially since i think that it is, these are precisely those fuses that were created, by the way, you can also recall ukrainian history, and when it was adopted by the eighth convocation of the parliament, a reference to the european and euro-atlantic path of ukraine was included in the constitution, and about integration into nato and

the european union . that's how i can even here to say that ukraine is somewhere ahead in a certain way, all the more so, this is a fuse, i would say more broadly, not only with regard to donald trump, in general with regard to isolationists, yes, american ones, that is, they really exist, they, moreover, as practice shows, modern mass media and, well, social networks, they can influence people. very actively, therefore, therefore, in principle, it could happen that such decisions will be made, so i think that there is an interesting point, well, since it has been made, i don't think that it is seen as directly a threat, but this is an attempt to establish the role of the united states in... you

exactly as such on a global level, yes, yes, i think you are right in that regard, i also wanted to say about one appointment that i personally fear i like, in your opinion, what it will also mean for ukraine and for the european union, namely, i looked at who are the new ministers in donald tusk's government, and one of them is, of course, radik or radoslav sikorskyi. the minister who now headed the ministry of foreign affairs in of poland, by the way, karl bilt, by the way , wrote, commenting on this, the former prime minister of sweden, that he is glad to see radik sikorski, who has returned to head the diplomacy of poland, he will have to do a lot in order to restore the trust that damaged over the past few years, and allow competence to return to...

the diplomatic service, ours is a united europe needs a strong and confident voice from poland, commenting on radik sikorski's own return. who is radoslav sikorsky, what do we expect from this appointment, ukraine in particular? well, you know, i'm sure you can, but remembering how it was, you can definitely say that it won't be boring, yes, so to speak, that's for sure. well, you know, i wouldn't want to highlight why, because here, after all, i hope that there is, in principle, well, i don't hope, here we can say unequivocally that tusk's government, in my opinion , is here with a strategic such trunk line. in many ways in the plan. and

therefore, in principle, i think that we have already seen siborsky and have seen him already with these decisions that were, so i think that as in principle, it's all logical to me, and well, i think it's positive, yes, that is, although i remember ambiguous certain things, but... in this context, i think that this, this, this, in the principle is not bad, well, thank you very much , mr. dmytro for the conversation, dmytro levoch, political scientist, director of the ukrainian meridian social research center, was with us, we are going for a short break, and then olena vostrova, a specialist in the field of mental health and psychosocial support, will be with us, in particular we will talk about psycho psychology during the war, mental.