leave the hall for a moment. unfortunately, orban managed to block the 50 billion ua ​​aid package for ukraine. however, as the prime minister of the netherlands said, orban would not be able to sell two concessions to his voters at once, so this is just a short pause for us. the aid is planned to be confirmed already at the summit in january, and the current united and decisive position of the eu leaders gives reason for optimism. of course, we have a long and... simple path to the european union ahead of us, but most importantly, agree that this path has been opened for us, there would be a desire to go further, everything in in our hands, were very passionate and lasted the entire previous and current week, the opinion of the hungarian prime minister, known for his support for russia, became an obstacle, to convince viktor orbán not to put sticks in the wheels of ukraine and not to block the decision , the president of france macron, the head of the european council charles michel, but it seems that almost every european does. the leader who met with him

tetat. on the eve of the summit , the ukrainian president also had a frank conversation with orban. in the hall of the argentine parliament, volodymyr zelenskyi literally squeezed the hungarian the premiere is around the corner. and orban himself seems to have negotiated preferences for himself in europe, and they apparently decided to go to a meeting in brussels. before the day of the summit, the european commission unblocked 10 billion euros for hungary. this money was frozen due to the lack of reforms in the rule of law. orban has a bit of an oriental bazaar, we bargain , here you to me, i to you, you to me, i to you, that is, there is a little bit of bargaining, but despite this, the hungarian prime minister continued his game, went to the press and declared that this is no way will not affect his decision regarding ukraine. we put seven previous ones conditions, and three of the seven were not met, so there is no reason to discuss anything because the previous conditions were not met. austria and slovakia were of a similar opinion, and were in favor of blocking. the start of negotiations

regarding ukraine, but on the eve of the summit, they suddenly changed their minds. the position of the rest of the leaders was completely transparent. kyiv fulfilled all the conditions, therefore its place in the eu. i am sure that the leaders understand that this is an existential issue for europe, that our support for ukraine must continue and increase, because it the war is not only against ukraine, it is also for our security. on the day of the start of the summit , representatives of the country. members of the eu went to the meeting hall and talked informally for a few minutes. during this, the lenses of the press caught the usual gloomy orban smilingly shaking hands with scholz and macron. during the opening , the ukrainian president addressed the audience via video link. zelensky emphasized: ukraine has done its homework and urged not to betray its principles. today is the day when determination will be either in brussels or in moscow. people in europe don't they will understand if... "

putin's satisfied smile will be the reward of the meeting in brussels. we have adopted key laws, you all, i emphasize, all of you, know very well that we have fulfilled all obligations. but the main intrigue is whether orbán will use his right of veto and will not block the decision on the start of negotiations with ukraine, held on until the last. the discussions lasted eight long hours. after that, the head of the european council, charles michel, went to the press and announced that the decision had been made. this is a historic moment that shows the reliability and strength of the european union. we begin talks with ukraine and moldova, and georgia gets candidate status, this is very important, we want to support ukraine, this is a very powerful political decision. at the same time, hungarian prime minister viktor orbán published a video with his own statement, saying that this decision is very bad. hungary's position is transparent. ukraine is not ready to start negotiations on membership in... this is

absolutely irrational. the belgian prime minister immediately reacted to this statement. he was at a loss for words. if you don't veto the decision, after that you just have to to make a pelka i shouldn't have said that. so what happened behind the scenes during the adoption of this decision and why did urban not use the right of veto. according to insiders, when negotiations with the hungarian prime minister came to an impasse, the chancellor. germany's olaf scholz told him how to act if he did not agree with the other 26 countries. he suggested that orbán simply leave the hall during the vote so as not to interfere with the unanimous decision. in fact, he should leave someone alone himself when he goes out. but he didn't do it, he didn't want to block it, that is, until the end. it is noteworthy that later, during the approval of the 12th package of sanctions against russia, which should limit the aggressor's trade in diamonds,

the austrian prime minister also left the hall, he tried to remove the austrian bank raiffeisen from the ukrainian list of war sponsors, which also works in the russian federation. these votes in ukraine showed that... it seems that in brussels, where they usually know how to negotiate, they invented an unusual way to fight such one-person vetoes. this is confirmed in the professor of the brussels school of management gave an exclusive comment on the fact of the week. an important decision made without one country is really unique, and i don't think it will happen often in the future. it could be a signal like, ok, let's move on to another decision-making system. taking into account the majority when necessary. but the key question is what next? the beginning of the process of joining the eu is, without exaggeration, a fateful decision. for ukraine, this is an important stage on the way to membership in the european union, but there is still a lot of work ahead. talks about accession is, in fact, the first step on the way to

joining the european union, and for this ukraine must prepare well, implement the relevant eu laws and standards. after that , it remains to prepare the formalities for accepting the country. to the european community and the signing of the agreement itself. ukraine is really the frontier of the war against russia, so this time there are different rules in terms of negotiations. however, when it comes to actual membership, the rulebook must be followed, and ukraine will be no exception, so we are talking about years, not months. how long can this path take? previously, the eu announced forecasts until 2030. but what about now, when ukraine is rapidly adopting the necessary laws? facts of the week asked the president of the european parliament roberta mezzola about this personally. how long do you think it will take ukraine to implement european standards? i would

prefer not to focus on time frames, i would say that if the conditions are met, when the requirements are met, then we need to match our words with our actions. but more urgent in war conditions for ukraine now there remains the question of help with money and weapons, and this is precisely where the prime minister of hungary played his card. during the decision to allocate 50 billion euros to ukraine, he still used his right of veto. hungary always blocks decisions to get something from the european union. it has now managed to get 10 billion to ensure the expansion process. so probably the eu again... should give her something in january and so on, it's a shameful process, but unfortunately it's probably the only one that allows for really important decisions to be made. according to bloomberg, orban instead of the promised 10 billion, he wants to receive all 30, which were frozen by the european union.

they promise to return to voting on aid to ukraine in brussels already in january during an extraordinary summit. then, as already now, they began to look for a backup option. one of them is to allocate 1.5 billion euros every month. if hungary continues to insist that it is blocking, then there is an option at the bilateral level that the european union can highlight. then, in general, there was also a proposal that hungary should pay the 280 million that it should pay to ukraine, well this general european package, remove it from hungary and distribute it among others, distribute it little by little. and in the coming days, the eu will transfer 1.5 billion euros to ukraine. this was already stated by the head of the european commission, ursula fondeen. this will help you. this will allow ukraine to meet its needs in early 2024 and will be a small but important bridge. but the main thing is not this, but the important message that this meeting in brussels sent to kyiv, and now also to moscow. the west does not waver, and as before, will help in

the fight against the aggressor. european union countries are ready to continue to support ukraine, not only in words, but also in actions. and this summit is another confirmation of that. and for this she has. difficult to go even for non-standard solutions. from brussels, artem kulya, facts of the week, ictv, single news. the president of ukraine could have been at the historic summit in brussels, but at the last moment everything was overruled, perhaps in order not to demonize orban once again, or perhaps there was simply not enough time, because this week volodymyr zelenskyi made a huge number of foreign visits and meetings, traveled in but. not in the hemisphere, yes, it started with argentina, with the inauguration of the new president javier miley, who came out in support of ukraine, and this is a great chance to strengthen our position in latin america, where russia traditionally has a strong position, and this, by the way, is the first

visit of the ukrainian president to latin america, it seems that for two dozen years, president zelensky tried to strengthen the position of ukraine in the united states, where he went next, the key goal of the meeting in both the senate and the congress with... the leaders of democrats and republicans, of course, unblocking aid to ukraine, to convey, to convince that ukraine is not going to concede in the battle, that our victory is beneficial to the americans themselves, well, that's about it. president joe biden is already talking about it all the time, and we will talk about the results of the meeting with the head of the white house, about the prospects for receiving us aid today in detail, later in the program, but president zelandsky did not limit himself to a visit to the american continent and continued to fight for military help already in europe. in germany , he visited the european command of the us army, discussed the logistics of ammunition supply, repair of equipment, etc. money was already discussed in oslo at the summit of the nordic countries of europe, where the prime ministers of norway, denmark,

iceland, sweden, the president of finland, and these northern countries, among the leaders of aid to ukraine, gathered, and they do not betray themselves, and neither do we. according to the results of negotiations at the summit , norway announced a five-year package for almost 2 billion dollars, this is money for the economy, for reconstruction, and for defense, and the country is also transferring additional air defense systems to... sams. yes, and denmark approved the package on almost a billion euros, which will include tanks, ammunition, drones. similarly, finland announced another aid package, and sweden is also preparing a winter package. and this country has already given us archers, aris, cv90 power. our fighters are incredibly grateful for this. on the front line, western equipment works in various directions near avdiyivka, maryanka, kurakhovo, where it is currently. it is also very hot in the zaporizhzhia direction, what is currently happening there, an exclusive report by pavel

vasiliev. the road to robotin, russian positions, the assault of which allowed the movement to begin noon, somewhere around four o'clock what is happening now on the zaporozhye front, somewhere meters from me. four in a group, the first kamikaze, then here closer, and how do our aerial scouts hunt enemy pilots? we want to catch them, they want to catch us. exclusive reporting of the facts of the week from the zaporizhzhia region. orihiv is a district center in the zaporizhzhia region, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the city was almost on the front line. there is no water, heating and electricity here, almost everyone has left. local residents, because not a single surviving house also not left. orihiv is a small city

with 14,000 inhabitants until february 22, a kind of gate to the south of the zaporizhzhia region, from here opens the way to pology and tokmak, 35 km to each of these temporarily occupied cities. and it was from here that the summer counteroffensive of the armed forces began. the facts of the week moved in the direction of robotino. this is already a liberated territory, but itself... now the occupiers are trying to regain what is left of the settlement. under your feet, are you looking? accompanied by the soldiers of the 65th brigade , we go to the legendary position, known somehow it was from here that the ukrainian counteroffensive began from these positions, which were previously russian, to the robotic one in that direction, about 3.5 km. the front is so close that you can hear shells flying overhead. there were many russians, but

in comparison, for example, with other positions , a little less, because our artillery gradually knocked them out, but they were constantly wounded and killed, and they did not expect the next day when we arrived here, well, that is, we did not come here, we spent the night here and started just after dark. next to me commander with the call sign poltava. up to the 65th brigade , these hills tried to capture other units, but by that time the russians had already managed to build a strong defense , they covered so much that there was very dense shelling from mortars of various different calibers, only 120-e tanks, and kamikaze , but in this position, when he was in only two hours here, somewhere around 10 stones were drunk in that position, just as they, when they saw. someone is moving here, they are like that completely, then it turns out from me, i was here here, about four meters from me

hit the first kamikaze, then closer here, scout baron one of the first to break into the enemy trenches, this was such an important height for us, and for them and for us, because when we took this height, we were able to expand and go further in the counteroffensive , the ukrainians were... fortunately, part of the occupiers then withdrew from their position, it was difficult because there were katsaps, and it was also lucky for us that there were, as you already know, very few, because... most of was on shift, and slowly, slowly we became our brothers the iks knocked out this position, somewhere around four o'clock the battle started, the liberation of these trenches was going on, so to speak, and in such a period of time we knocked them out, during the fierce assault the ukrainians

were lucky again, no, we had no losses, 1,300. this time we worked very well and without any losses at all, although before that there were a lot of losses. for the facts of the week, the fighters conduct a short tour of former russian positions. the russians ran away from here so quickly that they left a literally crazy amount of ammunition. in some dugouts the bodies of the occupiers are still lying abandoned and their propaganda leaflets are literally everywhere. most with bows to those who will not. the seal of the earthquake, but it is too close to the front , it is too risky to stay in one place for a long time, russian kamikaze drones can appear out of nowhere, this drone can be heard, if, for example, it is very quiet, or, for example,

there is no such intense shelling, then you can to hear, it differs from the mavik in such a way, a mosquito, but when you hear it, i first saw it, then i already started to distinguish from how an fpv drone works and flies. in this war, small and large drones have already become the weapon without which neither attack nor defense is possible. this bird is piloted by seiver, one of the most experienced pilots of the 65th brigade. aerial reconnaissance of the artillery, thanks to the north. and his brothers, only a few tens of seconds can pass from the detection of the target to its destruction, this is how an enemy tank was recently destroyed. the russians still have a certain advantage in drones, but not in everything. in our country , i did not see how many wings, how many of them fly, eagles, halls, lancets, these are all very many, and they use a large number. in

terms of quadcopters, in terms of mavics, i believe that, like us, they also have somewhere in the middle. everything is decided by people, how many subdivisions, how many calculations are sitting on one plot. recently, the enemy has started using kamikaze night drones, and they are a real dangerous weapon, sever says. yes, today it is a big problem, a big problem, because all the logistics are blocked, but i think we will cope with this problem, we will find a solution to these issues, we will also use these kamikazes, what are they. the victory is definitely ours. and in no other way. drones are controlled by guys from safe shelters, to catch careless enemy aerial scouts - aerobatics among pilots. we want to catch them, they want to catch us, you know, the pilots of the pilots are very controlling, simple. it goes, you know, some, well, catch the pilot and

adjust the artillery well in the place where the pilot adjusts. it's a lot of luck, and it can do a lot. save a lot of infantry, because one pilot takes a lot of time to learn to get this experience, to see a bird on the tablet screen, to save more than one life of defenders of ukraine. the eye is already , you know, it's already used to it, and these little nuances, these little movements, you just immediately react to them, and only then, seeing this quadcopter, you watch it, you just lead it to the place where the pilot will get out accepts it. in memory, the fighters of the 65th brigade are asked to sign a special flag for zmi representatives. from the cold and frozen steppes of the zaporizhzhia region, which are still there a place of very hot battles. pavlo vasylov, weekly facts. the only news. rebooting

polish-ukrainian relations, which have recently become'. colder, this is exactly what we expect most from the new polish prime minister donald tusk, who this week headed the government there. for tusk, this is a big return. he was the prime minister of poland for seven consecutive years, from where he moved to the chair of the chairman of the european council in 2014. that is, he is a mega-experienced politician of the european scale. and what is most important for us, tusk is a great friend of ukraine he confirmed in his inauguration. he reminded that russia's attack on ukraine is an attack on the entire west, and his government will demand from the west to... tusk called the unblocking of the polish-ukrainian border. even before the election, he criticized the morovecki government, which

sided with the protesters, as it turned out, the political will of official warsaw works wonders. a day before the appointment of tusk as prime minister, the authorities of the village of dorogusk ordered the polish transporters to close the blockade near the checkpoint of the same name, and then also rejected them. application for a new protest action. the carriers did not calm down, went to court, and he took their side. polish media reports that protesters may again block the dorogutsk jagodyn checkpoint on monday. but convinced all this is temporary. the movement started because, i repeat, there is the political will of the new government to solve the problem. they understand that such blockades play into the hands of moscow, which is constantly trying to send...ukraine in various ways. this week, kremlin hackers did what we'd expect at the start of a full-scale invasion, they made a connection.

the largest mobile operator in ukraine, the kyivstar company, whose services are used by several tens of millions of ukrainians, was attacked, that is, the cyber attack affected almost every family. why kyivstar? did hackers manage to gain access to personal data of ukrainians? how protected are other operators and where might the next strike be aimed? the investigation of serhii kostazh. cyber ​​attack of the year. how did russian hackers get to the heart of kyivstar? arms and legs are in place, but the brain has turned off. does it threaten subscribers and owners bank accounts? these days, we opened twice as many accounts. but the main thing is how to protect against similar attacks in the future. in the united states to our main strategic partner, this equipment is prohibited at all. the facts of the week found out all the details of the large-scale failure and will give specific advice on how

to act in case of force majeure. tuesday, december 12, not every shopping center has huge queues, and people storm mobile operators' stores not because of new year's promotions. how is everyone? and you don't have kyiv except kyivstari there was nothing, nothing. one card fits into the iphone. the connection disappears. almost instantly, followed by terminals and atms tied to the largest operator. due to network failure in some cities, the alarm warning does not work. kyivstar advises to switch to national roaming, but he is also silent. roaming was blocked by the state authorities in order to save the other two networks, because if several millions switched to the network of lifecell and the so-called vodafone at the same time. these networks would be available to new subscribers instantly. at for some reason, no one forbids them to buy sim cards of other operators, and people rushed to the shops. we work from 9 to 9, i

haven't had breakfast, i haven't had lunch and i won't even have breakfast and lunch. and what kind of package do they take, well, most of yours, if there is anything, everything has been disassembled, there is nothing . very soon it becomes clear that the most important communication operator has become the object of a powerful cyber attack by the enemy. the digital infrastructure of kyivstar was damaged. critical damage, so it takes us time to recover with all security protocols in place. tim at times, kyivstar gradually begins to restore the network, the chaos essentially lasts only one day. as early as december 14, the connection appears in large cities, and by the end of the week mobile internet will come to life in the network. in kyivstar stores , visitors are visible again, and the sellers reassure, those who lost contact are waiting for bonuses. when the connection is restored, people will be compensated. but how did it happen that... they were able to hit the largest operator of ukraine, which has more than 24 million subscribers, judging by the nature of the damage, kyivstar was hit in the very heart. arms and legs are in place, but the brain has turned off.

the attackers got to the so-called core of the system just in time for the holiday of saints. it's, well, a network of networks, roughly speaking. and without it, mobile communication will not work. high-end mobile devices, servers turn into ordinary iron. can be destroyed. all management programs, you can destroy all databases there, it does not work without a database, because it needs to match your sim card with your phone number, with whom to debit this money, there are many, many parameters, but how is it possible , representatives according to kyivstar, access to the network occurred through a compromised account of one of the employees. when the circle of the company's employees is determined, then... they start to be contacted, some short links are sent, some, please go, click, have you won something here, does the promotion end in two hours, or

do you have a look? appreciate the video, people click, oh, and they, their smartphone there is already infected. however, one should not think that kyivstar could so easily allow foreign intervention into the system. we speak with andriy masadchuk, the company's former director of regulatory support. he assures that the protection barriers in the company were simply grandiose, but the problem is that hacking technologies are always one step ahead of protection technologies, because they always react to a new problem. it's not something you and i can go and learn. to get a diploma at a university or institute and then we will be specialists, this is such a field, for sure, which changes daily, hourly, somewhere someone will come up with something, and it is a constant competition. and this is not the first large-scale russian attack hackers on ukrainian companies. our critical infrastructure has experienced them before. in february 22, they attacked all mobile operators, all major providers.

internet access of all telecom operators, perhaps after this file they decided to focus more on something specific, for example, to choose the operator with the largest number of subscribers, and most importantly, how does this threaten ukrainians with bank cards linked to kyivstar, we asked the co-founder oleg horokhovsky monobank, observing the activity of our clients, that is, we saw that we opened these days... two times less accounts, we ran out of e7, these are cards that we sell together with life and vodafone, and there was a very high demand for them. however, this did not affect the work of the monobank in any way, gurukhovsky assures. the protection system has been fixed, because their bank has been continuously attacked since the first days of the war, because many donations for

the armed forces are collected through its services. began to carry out very large attacks, and especially when large gatherings began, the quality of service did not affect us in any way, what happened with kyivstar, now we are working normally, but it is advisable to change the passwords, moreover, no one knows for sure whether they were able to download any personal data from the kyivstar database, kostyantyn korzun assumes that the attackers were in a hurry and quickly erased all the data. instead of quietly sitting on the network and using them, why would it be much more interesting for them from the point of view of intelligence to have hidden secret access to living bases, yes, not to the entire base, but to make point requests there for specific people, for specific goals, we know that the russians are hunting for state leaders, perhaps the plan was for kyivstar subscribers to overwhelm other networks with their influx, i think that if a...

the accident lasted 3-4 days, how could it be, that is, there would be a complete blackout in the kyivstar network, rather after all, the other two networks would also fall, because if all these new sim cards began to be actively used, i doubt that vodafone lifecell would be able to provide, so it is a story that the state, on the one hand, managed to react by banning roaming, and on the other hand , she overslept the moment when it was necessary to suspend or give command to suspend the sale of new sim cards. what should be done so that this does not happen again? oleksandr alshanskyi says that anyone can be attacked, and such attacks are part of modern warfare. and that's why every company should establish a special storage of its data, which no one will be able to access without the internet. you can put it there, and take it from here or somehow modify it.