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the company's service, further restoration of data transmission services is planned today. meanwhile, at night, the enemy launched 14 shaheds across ukraine. all the 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. another almost 1,100 made in russia were liquidated by the forces. of the defense of ukraine over the last day, and in general since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, thanks to our defenders, the russian the army lost about 34-44 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 cruise missiles were landed and burned. 24 cars and a tank and four

units of special equipment of the enemy, the data added by the general staff are approximate. and in the last two weeks, russian subversive and intelligence groups tried seven times to enter ukraine through the border in chernihivska, sumy and kharkiv regions. in five cases, our defenders managed to detect and inflict fire damage on the enemy, who retreated with losses, - told the commander. of the combined 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, fire damage was inflicted by mortars, artillery and small arms. soldiers directly at the observation post took part in this battle and in the zonal reference point. the state

border service of ukraine and the territorial defense unit, and gunners inflicted fire damage. fires are not abating in russia, a factory for the production of foam blocks caught fire in the village of bobrovsky near yekaterinburg. the fire covered an area of ​​1,300 m2, the propaganda media reported. 40 people were evacuated from the burning building. previously, no one was injured. the world bank allocates an additional 1 billion 340 million dollars to ukraine. this was announced by the prime minister of ukraine, denys shmyhal. the funds will be used to pay pensions, teachers' salaries, support for displaced persons and other priority expenditures of the state budget. the main part of this financing package is the funds of the government of japan, other grants from the usa, switzerland and the fund for the support of reconstruction and reform of ukraine. there will be 75 more opportunities

to block ukraine's accession to the european union. prime minister of hungary viktor orban said this in an interview. he said that he tried for 8 hours to convince other eu leaders not to support the official start of negotiations with ukraine, because this decision is allegedly untimely. i will remind you in time vote, the hungarian prime minister left the hall. orban stated that he did not...want to make a decision on the conscience of the country, so he left the premises. this is a great opportunity to make it clear: we must get what is rightfully ours, not half or quarter, we must get everything, we demand fair treatment, and now we have a good chance to get it. three ukrainian drivers were shot down on the border with poland. the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs told about it.

affairs oleg nikolenko. he noted that the incident happened on the eve of december 14. to the scene of the accident the ukrainian consul left immediately. more details are not disclosed at the moment. 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, she handed over seven wounded soldiers of the armed forces to the occupiers. this happened after the russians took over the hospital. medical personnel destroyed their documents and ammunition ahead of time 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 them wounded soldiers for this, she received encouragement from the rashists and life imprisonment from the ukrainian justice system. border on the castle. at night near the border with moldova, border guards

discovered a group of men hiding in a forest strip. with the help of a quadcopter with a thermal imager, it was possible to see four bright figures of travelers. it turned out that the detainees used the telegram channel, where they were promised help in illegally crossing the border, for only uah 60,000 each, administrative protocols were drawn up on the violators and cases were referred to court. preparing for new year's holidays, not every family will decorate a christmas tree, some will choose an artificial one, some will choose a live one, how much is being asked for a green beauty in the kyiv region this year and what assortment is offered, in the material of my colleagues from white tserkva. this year, the sale of christmas trees in the city officially started on december 1, as the chief forester of the bilotserkiv forest farm assures. this is due to the fact that for the first time in ukraine , all christmas and new year holidays are celebrated according to the new julian calendar. last year

, more than half a thousand trees were sold, and it is hoped that this will be the case in 2023 as well. they are cut down legally on special plantations where they grow from four to eight years. spruce tree. they cost from almost 200 to more than 500 hryvnias, it all depends on the height, but it will be more expensive for the hungarians, but the prices, says aren, have not changed at all, at our company we opened a christmas tree bazaar right here for the january breakthrough in bila tserkov, and we also opened a christmas tree bazaar in fastov, skvyra, the same aunty, stavishche, that is, in the places where our forestry units are located, christmas trees are sold directly there. and also come business people who also have them they take it legally, they take 100 or 200 pieces , they write everything out in bundles, that is , they sell them in any case on the market, we provide them with permits for that, we don’t cut them, we just cut that amount,

brought 500 pieces there and we are waiting for them to be bought there, that is, we have prepared them in small portions, brought them, implemented them, we are seeing that the implementation is coming to an end ... we will also deliver them here. not many new year's beauties are taken yet, because usually the rush is observed a week before december 31. for example, in the arboretum of oleksandria they were sold until 10. the price, according to the chief engineer, was also not raised. so you can buy a christmas tree here from uah 360 for more than 1 m, up to uah 600 for 3.5 m. they are also grown in a special nursery. who is the buyer who comes to the nursery? which christmas tree he likes, and the head of the nursery department measures its height and then sells it through the arboretum cash desk. you can buy conifers in the markets and locally in the city districts, but this year there are still few such places. low christmas trees on stands and

assembled compositions cost from uah 150, larger trees from 300 to 600 uah. arriving at one of the sales points, we did not notice the kramer and the tags, but after a few minutes. a man came up to us and assured us that everything is legal, pop, see, look, it is specially grown by people, it is written, a christmas pine tree, and there must also be some kind of documents for it , of course, well, this is a contract of a natural person, whatever that he has fields and grows new year's sauce, ugh, an entrepreneur, that is, these christmas trees came to us from the poltava region, the poltava region, ugh, the village of lesne, kobylyansk, the community of kobylyaki fop, orphanage, and despite the fact that in the city you can buy a christmas tree for any taste, local poachers want easy money, so they go for unauthorized felling of trees, so recently two people cut off the tops of almost 20 christmas trees and pine trees, not far from the suhoyar cemetery, they

were taken on a sleigh, but the policemen spotted them in time. an administrative protocol is drawn up on the spot, if it is minor material damage according to article 65 of the administrative code of ukraine, if it is significant and already exceeds the notarial damage, then an investigative and operational investigation is called group and relatively. article 246 of illegal felling of forest plantations, a criminal offence. yaroslav hopadtsa, oleksandr kuga, spresso, bila tserkva. with this i conclude our issue, take care, we still have victory to meet. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my

name is serhiy ordenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. in the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, about the world, about war, about victory, and about our successes in the euro-atlantic direction, because today the leaders of the european union are at the summit in brussels approved the recommendations of the european commission on the opening of accession negotiations. of ukraine and moldova to the european union. it was quite a tense day in brussels today, and it started with the fact that orban, the prime minister of hungary, was against agreeing to the opening of negotiations with ukraine. why this happened, why orban actually protested so much against the start of these major negotiations between ukraine and the european union, we will talk about in the first part of our program. because among the guests of today's program will be our correspondent in

european institutions, tetiana vesotska, and i think she will lay out on the shelves why orban was against ukraine and in what way the leaders of the european union overcame hungary's opposition. vladimir putin's big press conference was held today, and he said a lot. he said, he said a lot of old things, but what he said for sure, that the goals of the so-called special military operation remain unchanged, are the denazification, demilitarization of ukraine, and he will go to the end, which means going to the end from putin himself, we will hear by roman tsimbalyuk, and in the third part of our program today. it will be ihor lapin , a special agent and officer of the armed forces of ukraine, who, i think, accurately predicts

how events will develop on the russian-ukrainian front, under the conditions when the united states of america postpones, postpones the provision of financial assistance to ukraine in the amount of 61 billion dollars, congress and the united states of america went on christmas vacation, but the decision on aid to ukraine was not approved. in the second part of our program, there will be two people's deputies, this solomiya bobrovska and mykola knyazhytskyi. they will already comment on the decision of the leaders of the european union regarding the start of negotiations with ukraine, regarding the accession to the european union. mykola kniazycki is currently in poland, and we will hear live the reaction of our polish partners to this decision and what warsaw thinks about it. solomiya bobrovska, i think, will also comment on what still remain controversial issues, unfulfilled tasks

by ukraine from the european union. however, before we start this big conversation, which will last two hours, let's watch a video of how the occupiers use ukrainian prisoners as human shields during attacks. this video was published by radio liberty, and the investigators of this radio campaign verified the video and clearly identified it. that it happened in the zaporozhye direction in the vicinity of the village of robotyne. the zaporizhzhia regional prosecutor's office began an investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war by the russians. let's watch this video.

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there is also a broadcast, during our program we conduct a survey, we are not asking you about the european union, because... the start of ukraine's accession to the european union has already taken place today, and that is why we are asking about nato, do you support ukraine's accession to nato, yes, no, and this is not a rhetorical question, because i'm already watching, the voting on youtube has begun, and there are some people who said no to ukraine's accession to nato, vote, and at the end of the program we will win the results of this vote if you are watching us on tv, please pick up your smartphone or... phone and vote, if you think ukraine should be in nato, call 0800 211 381, not 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, at the end program, we will sum up the results of this vote. and we have a journalist, a special correspondent of the espresso channel in

european institutions, tetyana vysotska. tatiana, i congratulate you. and i congratulate the decision of the leaders of the european union regarding the start of the negotiations of the european union from ukraine. i congratulate sergey and the same congratulations on this truly historic decision. let's explain to our tv viewers what this decision means and whether it is already, let's say, 50 or 60% of the fact that we will go through all these big negotiations. because ukraine is entering the negotiation process, and we see that the negotiators, both slovakia and hungary, are quite difficult, what does this decision mean, and what further actions should be taken by ukraine and the european union, in what way do they proceed? so, but first of all i would like to say a few words about exactly how this decision was made, because the decision was actually made uniquely for

of the european council, for the format of the meetings , because, as is known, similar decisions about... the expansion of the european union must be taken unanimously, that is, all the leaders of the member states of the european union had to vote in favor, that is, when the question of the enlargement of the eu and the opening of negotiations about membership with ukraine and moldova was on the agenda, viktor orbán left the meeting hall, and thus he was allowed to save face, he did not vote for, but he did not vote against, and with such wording that none present at meetings... the leader of the european union did not vote against, with this wording the decision was approved. we will find out very soon what was promised to orban in exchange for the topic, because the meeting of the leaders of the european union continues, important financial issues are on the agenda ahead, including the very important for us allocation of 50 billion euros for the next four years of financial support

to ukraine, and this the issue is quite complicated, we can also talk about it, because... for example, it has already become known that it is not public information, but this is insider information that since the very morning, the president of the european council, charles michel, proposed to reduce the plans a little, not a little, to significantly reduce the plans for increasing the european budget for the next four years, and if the european commission asked for 66 billion euros for four years and there should have included 50 billion for ukraine, now it is on the table. negotiations of the eu leaders , there is only 22 billion euros with a small tail, this is what would happen if there was a leak from behind the closed doors of the negotiations of the european union leaders, so we are still waiting news, tense, interesting, we will wait for them as well, and what's up, yes, yes, tatiana, today

they decided to start negotiations with ukraine and moldova. and also voted to grant candidate status to georgia, this is a very big event for russia and for vladimir putin personally, a negative event today, because he understands that the european union will be next to him, and if the european union, then obviously nato too . should this be perceived as a response to putin for all his aggressive actions, statements that europe has decided that europe is ukraine, this is moldova and this is georgia, which means that these are future members of the north atlantic alliance. yes, absolutely, and it's a shame that this decision was not made during putin's press conference, it would be interesting to see his face at that moment, and of course there are very high

expectations now of how these same talks with with ukraine, with moldova, there is still no 100% clarity here either, because directly to start negotiations, a document on the negotiations must be adopted. framework, and if, for example, we look at the statement of the president of ukraine, to the speech of the president of ukraine during today 's meeting of the european council, he addressed the eu leaders via video link, and during the speech he said that the very framework of membership negotiations must be defined in march, perhaps it was already such a preliminary agreement, and he knows more than we do, and it is possible that exactly this will happen because , again, if we recall last month, when the european commission made a decision to start negotiations with ukraine, regarding the accession to

the eu, it was said that in march the european commission will prepare another document on this matter, and the same negotiation framework will be defined, that is, it is possible that the negotiations themselves will begin in march, but now, after we learned that orbán has agreed to... the beginning of negotiations, here may there may be any news, there may be an extraordinary summit in january or february, which was also talked about on the sidelines, but actually was not believed, since orbán constantly stated that he was clearly 100% against the start of negotiations with ukraine, so we will now follow, i i think, maybe even these minutes some more positive news is coming for us. already in the video address of zelenskyi to the leaders of the european union that you mentioned, he said that today the determination will be... either in brussels or in moscow, but it was not clear what to do with orban until almost the evening, because orban today and

both macron and scholz invited him to breakfast there, they convinced him that there is no need to put sticks in the wheels of the european integration of ukraine, let's listen to what orban said and how he explained his position, because this is also indicative already in the context that the actual decision was made by the leaders of the european union, but... orbán obviously stuck to his opinion, although he did not vote either for or against. let's hear what orbán said. the enlargement of the european union is not a theoretical issue. extension is an achievement-based process, it is a very detailed process that has prerequisites. we have established seven prerequisites, and even according to the european commission, three out of seven have not been fulfilled. so there is no reason to discuss negotiations with ukraine now. well, this was the position of orbana, in argentina zelensky, as is known, communicated with orban, and, as zelensky himself later admitted, he asked viktor orban

to name at least one reason that hinders ukraine's integration or the start of negotiations with the european union. considering the position, the special position of orbán, will he not be the same trojan horse again and again ? of our process and regarding european integration, because we will still conduct bilateral negotiations with hungary, well, in the future, regarding accession to nato. in fact, yes, this is exactly the system that european leaders should adopt the leaders of the european union must make fundamental decisions unanimously, that is, decisions on the budget, decisions on expansion, decisions on defense issues, that is, all decisions that now primarily concern ukraine. steady and that is, orbán now has the opportunity every time at the european union summit, which is held once a quarter, to present some new claims and demands to the european union in order to

trade something in exchange for the removal of the veto. and in fact, here today, and not only today, during this parliamentary term last week at the european parliament, the european deputies talked about it more than once, that now, after the european commission went to... the year with orban, part of his funds were unfrozen, 10 billion euros were unfrozen yesterday, and after that it is quite possible , that several of the same orbáns will grow inside the eu, because other states that are not democratic enough to understand the importance of the decisions taken at the european council, they can also start blackmailing and can also start vetoing various initiatives to get more money, preferences and so on, therefore... it is this system of the european union, one can say, that plays a negative role, that the european union is too democratic, and why this happened, because the european union, as we remember

let's start with... a big elite club of states, states that are like-minded, states that think alike, that have roughly the same level of financial support, and with each enlargement the european union has become, although stronger, but more unwieldy in decision-making, and in fact, at the last session of the european parliament, the european parliament adopted a resolution in which it proposed to change the fundamental agreements of the european union so that not all... the issues of the plan of defense, financial expansion, so that not all these issues should be adopted unanimously, in order to move to a qualified majority , which does not require the vote of all the presidents of the eu member states, but in fact, i also spoke with experts, with members of the european parliament, it is possible, but it is not a matter of months, it is a matter of years, at least

as it looks now, and therefore... already at the march summit of the european council, we can meet again with orbán's veto and we can again start worrying about what the european union will promise orbán in exchange for lifting the veto on the ukrainian issue, that is, here such a problem, i.e. orban is such a european speculator or blackmailer who bargains for himself 50 billion there, it seems like a general tranche and now he was promised 10 billion, i.e. orban is actually a political speculator who takes advantage of the fact that procedures for the country's exclusion from the european union, well, as such do not exist, that is, he is actually a parasite on this, that is, he says: well, wait, now we cannot agree with ukraine, and then he and moldova may or may not agree, and then they will he has complaints against georgia as a candidate for the european union, because hungary is actually

a country that... takes a lot of money from the european community and the european community can't do anything about it, right? absolutely right, absolutely right. orbán is a blackmailer, and there is great danger that orbán will not be one such blackmailer within the european union, and that is why european leaders understand this problem, but cannot do anything about it. such laws are fundamental, democratic laws of the european union. as for how long this time can be negotiated. to be in ukraine with the countries of the european union, that is, there are 27 participants who have to conduct 27 rounds of negotiations with ukraine, how long can it last, or can it last as it once was in turkey, they conducted these negotiations there for 30 years, as a result the european union refused to negotiate with turkey at all, because there were other issues that were not tolerated by the european

union itself. the negotiations may last an infinite amount of time, but there is still hope that they will end sooner, for this it is necessary, we have already talked about this several times even during the broadcasts with you, that for this we need , first of all, the political will of the states of the leaders of the european union for for them to agree, and we already have such a plus, if the deadline, which was set a few months ago by charles michel, the head of the european council, he said that it would be desirable to see the new process of...enlargement completed by 2030, and also yesterday the european parliament approved a resolution on the enlargement of the european union, which also said that negotiations with ukraine and moldova and bosnia and herzegovina should be completed by 2030, that is, at least we can hope for it, but here everything depends on how each state will

negotiate with us, it absolutely depends on the will of the people. well, by the way, the new prime minister of poland donald tusk spoke about that the victory of ukraine is the future of europe. let's listen to what donald tusk said. i cannot accept any such mood, apathy towards ukraine or fatigue. this is something unacceptable, because in reality we are not only talking about ukraine, war and russian aggression. no, we are definitely talking about our future. what is interesting, tatiana, tusk says that ukraine and the victory of ukraine is our future, and urban does not say that, he says that there is a war going on there, and this is actually an obstacle, as, among other things, and fico, who before that said that the war would interfere ukraine in the european union, well, in the perspective of negotiations, why the eastern eastern european countries, which in principle know.