greetings, iryna koval is in the studio, and these are the results of the week on the espresso tv channel. news, summaries of the week, every saturday at 21:00 on espresso. vasyl zima's big broadcast. this is a big atar, my name is vasyl zemai, we are starting. two hours of airtime, two hours of your time. we will discuss many important topics today. two hours to learn about the war. now we will talk more about the war. serhiy zgurets is with us, but what does the world live on? now. an official of the kyiv military administration helped the deputies of the city council to evade services this was reported to the state bureau of investigation. the head of the apparatus directed the mobilized. capital deputies to one

assistant, allegedly on a business trip to the kmva. all this in collusion with the commander of the teroborona military unit where the men were supposed to serve. as a result, instead of performing combat missions, they sat out and received military salaries. the extras did not show up for military service for almost a year, but they received financial support from the unit. in august 2023, all four were notified of suspicion of evasion carrying both. military service, which was committed by a group of persons based on a prior conspiracy. currently , the suspicion under the same articles has been reported to a high-ranking official of the kmva, who contributed to the registration of the july business trip. the sanction of the articles provides for punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty for a term of up to 10 years. fortification of ukraine's borders with belarus continues. despite the weather, the engineering groups of the state border service continuously build fortifications there . spoke the spokesman of the service andriy

demchenko. the military sets up trenches, shelters and firing positions, too erect a barrier fence with barbed wire. local residents of the border regions voluntarily join the strengthening of the state border. despite the fact that we are at the very border, none of the residents of our community were afraid. and everyone came to the defense of our community and our state as a whole. everyone is doing something, we help, it's hard for the guys there in the trenches. that's why we are too. we try to help people. currently, the state border service does not observe a formed group on the other side of the border, which was ready to carry out recurrence. also , non-standard situations along the state border are not noted. the situation remains fully under control, but given that belarus continues to support russia, we must be prepared for any situation and the border guard orders will not be canceled.

eight iraqi citizens were detained in lviv region. they tried to come to europe illegally, the state border service reports. foreigners came to ukraine legally, but decided to enter the european union outside the checkpoints. the police found out violators near the border during an inspection of a minibus driven by a ukrainian. the passengers, including four children, did not have documents with them. the further fate of the detainees will be decided by the court. at half-mast flags on the buildings of state institutions and mass. services throughout the country. in the czech republic, today is a day of national mourning for the victims of the shooting at charles university. president peter pavel personally visited one of the memorial masses. also, at the call of the government, at noon , all citizens honored the victims of the terrorist attack with a moment of silence. let me remind you, december 21 in prague a 24-year-old student committed a shooting at the faculty of philosophy. according to the police, 15 people died, including the attacker, who later committed suicide.

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, various, and all our locations, you see, i'm in another location, everyone is busy with people just starting, or rather continuing to prepare for the evening's festivities, for all the events that are about to be with us together, and you will be together with espresso, i hope, so i wish everyone happy holidays in advance and so on and so on, we will start, as always, with the situation on the fronts, vladyslav seliznyo, military expert, spokesman of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine from 14 to 17 years old. good health, mr. vladyslav, thank you for finding me for us at such a pre-holiday moment, time. i congratulate you, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. look, here i have it written, i don't understand anything myself, but the general staff says my editors, they write to me the editor, the enemy is advancing from kupyansk to kherson. and we... what are we doing there, we repel attacks, or he will attack, because what is wrong with me, i am not

a military man, i do not understand anything that an attacker, he goes forward, he advances, he goes and goes, but we stop him somewhere, reject him somewhere, this is an important question, because it seems that he goes, and we, what about us, sir mykola, you're right, the devil is always in the details, and in fact, a lot depends on the pace of the enemy's advance. and it is relatively small, the enemy is slow, the enemy suffers incredible human and property losses, but to say that he has a serious loss on the battlefield is probably not worth it, but not because the enemy is clumsy or incompetent, the point is that the ukrainian army is constantly resisting , and it seems to me that now there is not a single calm section of the front, well, at least with the exception of the uglodar direction, where the enemy is the last sometimes it does not carry out its attacks, and yes , in fact, from and in the kupinsko-limansk direction and in the bakhmuda area, and in the avdiyka area, then... or fierce battles in the marenki area, despite the fact that we have heard a lot of statements from various experts that marinka

is completely under the control of the enemy army, but nevertheless the fighting there continues and our army is putting up considerable resistance there. of course, the attention of the majority of our population is focused on the events in the avdiivka region, but against the background of avdiivka, the incredible intensity of combat clashes it is also worth remembering that no less than hellish battles continue. and on the territory of the south of the zaporizhia region, it is just as hot on the left bank of the dnieper, in the kherson region, where our marpiikhs are already fighting defensive battles, they have established themselves on at least three patzdarmas on the left bank of the dnieper, and accordingly , all the enemy attacks take place there time after time. yes, in fact, the ukrainian army has de facto switched to strategic defense, it digs into the ground and conducts its combat operations from precisely such positions. why? because it's a question of resources. we were in for quite a long time offensive position, we have been conducting active

combat offensive operations since the beginning of june, of course, during this period of time our resources have been depleted, in order to replenish our combat units and units, it takes time, the same resources are needed, we see how many problems we we receive from our highly respected western partners, due to the delay in certain deliveries of weapons and military equipment, and this, of course , literally forces us. us to go to the format of defensive actions, so that while only our soldiers hold defensive lines and positions, others were able to prepare, get replenished, get new equipment and... weapons and ammunition for those weapons, and then, being unprepared, continue to move forward, realizing that important mission of liberating our country. mr. vladyslav, an important, very important question, i am thinking about it, today i had a conversation with the guys who returned from the front for rest, and i have a question, mobilizing 450, 500,000, this, well,

if i were to ask like this, is the imagination of the command and civilian, i.e.... the president and military, i.e. mr. zaluzhnyi, he understands where to get them, whether these half a million people will be found, because i keep saying, those who wanted to take up arms, they took them, and they are already at the front, and those in the rear, we, we imagine how many men in the rear, and what percentage of those in the rear, in the event of a mobilization announcement, will come and say, okay, give us weapons, we went to fight, this is an important question. that's why i think both the military and civilians are very careful, they say very yes no no no loudly not without shouting: yes, we need to mobilize, but no one says, we start tomorrow, because everyone understands that and suddenly we start tomorrow, but we don't start, and then what? and in fact there is a problem, because in the law of ukraine on

mobilization training and mobilization there is not a single hint about voluntary arrival. it is not mentioned, there is a provision of the law that obliges every male citizen of ukraine aged from 18 to 16 to 60 years old, in the event of an announcement of mobilization, to arrive at the territorial recruitment and social support center at the place of residence in order to clarify his social demographic data, pass the military medical commission if necessary, and then wait for the decision, of course, that hanging is not a kind of ticket to the front, but nevertheless... of course, half a million people need to be recruited into our army, i hope , that the whole process will be organized in the same way as the same book writes, that is, the norm of the law, and it also provides for thorough and high-quality training of personnel, that is, training on training grounds, combat coordination, as well as provision of everything necessary, which should be in accordance to supply norms starting from

military uniforms, ending with weapons and military equipment, and on which the mobilized... has to perform his combat tasks, of course, there are a lot of questions, that's why i emphasize that we have this situation, when part of the ukrainian army is in strategic defense , repeatedly carrying out enemy attacks, the other part of the ukrainian defense forces is engaged in increasing and strengthening its combat capabilities at the expense of accepting newly mobilized personnel at the expense of conducting appropriate exercises, the account of receiving military-technical... assistance from our western partners, as well as appropriate equipment and weapons from enterprises of the ukrainian defense-industrial complex, because our manufacturers are also working to ensure that ukraine has a sufficient number of weapons and military equipment. mr. vladyslav , look, it is an important question, we have been with you several times, you at least accurately used the phrase strategic defense, i

learned about it some two months ago, secret sources told me that what the plans will be, and in the question for me then: but for defense, for stopping the enemy, we have forces now, okay, i understand, accumulation for spring events, all these moments, and i am constantly afraid that as long as we lack something, they can advance not for 100 m and not for 200 and for a kilometer, but somewhere there for 100 km, that is , i understand that it is better to defend than to attack in the sense of what you can if. well , it is better to stop than to go forward, and now we have everything for this, to at least understand for sure that we can withstand two or three months, the same fortifications, the same concrete, about which many people say that it is necessary to dig into the ground, under the ground and so on, and hold there, your, your opinion on this, please, is actually a very difficult question,

because of course that no one the ukrainian ministry of defense or the ukrainian general staff will not state in general, we have nothing... to wage defensive battles, but there are certain indirect statements, in particular by the same general tornavskyi, who is in charge of the group of ukrainian forces, tavriy, and exactly his subordinate units are conducting defensive battles in the area of ​​avdiyivka, regarding the fact that we already feel the lack of ammunition, but we are covering that problem now due to internal redistribution, that is, where ammunition is not such an important component, the introduction of defensive battles, they spill over into other more... major areas of the front, but how much such resources will be enough, hardly, hardly anyone will tell us here and now, because of course, no one is in such detail about the resource capabilities of the ukrainian army in general says of course, there will be no fighting with enemy tanks, head-on, there is very little perspective, the result of the two battles is obvious to everyone, but

we have no other way than to dig into the ground, than to use the resources that are available, because the enemy , if he moves forward, he will implement the same tactics that we see on the example of the temporarily occupied territories of the south of kherson region, zaporizhzhia, what he is doing in the territory of donetsk region and luhansk region, in part of... kharkiv region is evidence that the enemy is ready to go to any war crimes to achieve their goal. and here we must understand that we have no other options than to destroy the enemy who will attack our land with weapons in their hands, because otherwise, de facto, the enemy will be ready to create a continuous network of concentration camps on the territory of our country, where literally annoys every ukrainian, because putin utters his... er statements under the guise of the following: he dreams of destroying ukraine as a state, and ukrainianness as a constituent community of peoples of the world, so that we have no option left, no weapons in

hands to kill the enemies who invaded our land. another question about defensive fortifications, well, there is potential, well, i imagine, it's concrete, it's some slabs, it's some reinforced concrete pieces, fortifications and so on and so on, just for comparison. some experts or non-experts or non-experts say that the russians have created this sorovikin line brilliantly, it is powerful, strong and so on and so on, then the question arises, if they have logistics from russia to introduce it, and we have it from ukraine much closer, that is, we have the potential to build it for a month or two or three in such a way as to understand for sure that the enemy will not pass. of course, we have the resources, because pay attention, the russians and examples for the construction of the same defense structures, as we know under the name of the severovykin defense line, involved

including civilian enterprises that performed the same tasks on contract terms, at the same time , when the russian occupation army was directly involved in the implementation of combat tasks, this is a completely rational approach, so we do not have specialized military parts, as it were. earlier at the beginning of our independence, the military construction units , by the way, at one time i began to hide my service in officer positions, yes, there were specialists of such a level that they were not even given weapons in their hands, and they used another chance tool to implement its mission , to serve for the loyalty of the people of ukraine, so it is obvious that if we do not have such specialized military units, then civilians, civilian under... organization, construction organization, this is an absolutely normal option, the only thing that is not we must delay, engineering and fortifications are needed now, because the enemy is pressing, the enemy has a total advantage in the aviation

component, he has a serious advantage in the artillery component, and therefore we need defensive structures that will protect the lives and health of our soldiers, which will be in the near future, let's see, taking into account the fact that this task has been defined by president volodymyr zelenskyi, i hope that he will, well, first of all, this issue... control, and then report to the ukrainian people, regarding those developments that are currently available. the last question, i think, is what happened to the russians, or what happened to the eyes of the ukrainians who shot down three planes in a day, it ’s either somehow very sharp vision started to work, or the muscovites somehow got drunk on some kind of alcohol and flew or, well, something it happened, because three is like that, if every day was three, then it means a year... of war, well , the result would be wonderful, yes, under 10 00, yes, it would be for us, well, not under 10 , ask, but nevertheless it would be good, but we must

understand this, we must not underestimate the enemy, it was precisely on this slippery trope, path that the russian aviation entered, it decided that the ukrainians did not have the resources to target the same fighters... bombers 134, which systematically and methodically launched the same guided aerial bombs that we aimed at our defenders operating on the left bank of the dnieper in the krynka region, and accordingly at kherson and its suburbs, the same guided aerial bombs arrived, in order to somewhat quell such a brazen behavior of the enemy, and a special operation, regarding the hunt for those fighter- bombers. s300, we have these for armed forces.

in any case, the result is very serious, each of these birds is worth, according to various estimates, from 37 to 50 million dollars, and therefore a minus of at least 100 million, even more, and the key thing is that the crew members died, to prepare an italian such a conscious pilot of such a serious aviation equipment - this is not a cheap business and it is quite long, besides, they managed to fall in... empty planes, they now do not dare to approach kherson at a distance closer than 150 km, and besides, they looted so much that they actually flew at a distance of less than 40 km from the line of combat contact, so it’s a great job, i think it will continue, because if ukraine receives additional batches of missiles, and our westerners are hinting about this to some extent partners, this means that we will receive additional resource opportunities to literally send russian

pilots to hell. thank you very much, vladyslav seliznyo, military expert, spokesperson of the general staff of the armed forces from 14 to 17 years, was in touch with us, now i hope to see oleg sahakyan, political scientist and co-founder of the national national platform of stability and cohesion, if i see, i will ask a question, i see, i will ask a question, good health, mr. oleg, i am glad to see you, as always, i have such philosophical questions for you, and not some such grounded, so... excuse me, i have a question about this abstraction called attitude, i recently, i have a kind of bifurcation in my head, what i see on the ground, what i read every day, no i have not seen such, even such changes in the mood of people, people, oh, here we have problems, and there are problems, and there are problems, and we are here like this, and here like that, and even conversations begin that people

are internally disturbed. and that there will be a maidan and that the troops are dissatisfied, i sit, i think , well, maybe i have some, maybe i have some rose-colored glasses, and i walk in them and do not see that people are disturbed and the troops are disturbed and everyone is dissatisfied, and tomorrow half-tomorrow they will depose zaluzhi, they will depose zelensky, the government will be dissolved, there will be a maidan, putin will win, everything will be fine, as these wonderful alarmists say, what do you say? i will tell you that the real situation is hers perception and media, media discourse, these are three completely different situations, and very often they can not only not coincide, but sometimes even contradict themselves. perception depends on many factors, first of all, we are of such a soft nature, that is , seasonality affects certain expectations that have come true or not, but the key thing is that

people live by... a narrative, well , the human psyche is built in such a way that we all described as a story, we have a character everywhere , or we tell a story about ourselves or someone, everywhere there is an idea of ​​what is good, what is bad in this story, it doesn't matter if we're talking about what we ate this morning, or if we're talking about the events of three years ago, or what we're going to do tonight together as a nation, it all has a narrative part in one way or another , we missed narrative leadership and accordingly. now the situation flows as it flows, and people interpret it through the prism of the collapse of those illusions, the perception that was there, a great vacuum and, accordingly , uncertainty appeared, and people, falling into this uncertainty, start by themselves worry, worry, and it may not correspond to the real situation, something very good may happen, and we may not notice it, something bad, and we will ignore it, but we can focus on some small things and the opposite may act,

accordingly... currently, we understand that the ukrainian offensive did not go according to the patterns as suggested, there was no quick victory, we remember this name, the 23rd year is the year of victory, as when i first saw this die on the air, let's call it that, and one , then my hair turned a little black, because it was programming the very beginning for yourself is a self-fulfilling prophecy , which is doomed not to come true, that is, if it were... 23 victories, then great, we would all advise , but why program at the beginning of the year and drive yourself into a narrow corridor of actions, in order to justify ourselves later, we ourselves talked about the fact that the professional russian army has already ended, now only the army of amateurs, that the russian army is the second in ukraine, and not the second in the world, and all this actually created an infectious enough hangover after a certain bravado sp i wonder if this is a real situation

so bad? no, ukraine controls the initiative.