in relation to russia and sets aggressive goals in ukraine. therefore, we are not going to give up our svo goals either, - said putin. meanwhile, the security service of ukraine does not let the invaders relax and sends them surprises. it was hot this week in the bryansk, rostov, kaluga and moscow regions. so see our review for more about cotton in russia and the temporarily occupied territories. where did it burn in russia? on the night of december 17, the security service of ukraine and the armed forces struck a russian airfield in the rostov region with drones. the russians have traditionally denied that all the drones were shot down. however, our forces inflicted significant damage on enemy equipment. it is known that there were up to 20 su-34 aircraft and three radars at the airport at the time of the attack. valuable

stations and other equipment, as well as the bomber aviation regiment of the refian aerospace forces is located there. moscow airports were covered by the kavior plan, allegedly due to mass drone attacks. on tuesday , departures and arrivals were not accepted at three airports of the capital of the russian federation. vnukova, damadedova and zhukovsky. the kamikaze drone was also shot down in the morning over the bryansk region of the russian federation. on friday , unidentified drones flew to the body and to kaluga. flights were temporarily not accepted at the local airport. the propagandists reported that all the drones had apparently been shot down. friday, december 22 brought good news. in particular, in the south , ukraine destroyed three russian su-34 fighters at once. there are dead people among the occupiers. the wasteland of guided air bombs, which they considered to be remote, that is, the planes did not go to

the air defense hit zone, but did damage by sending these guided air bombs, today they received a powerful signal that this distance of 50-60 km from which the kabis were released is no longer safe for them. also, on friday, unknown drones were spotted in several regions of the russian federation. they allegedly attacked an oil storage facility in bryansk. the russian media wrote about it. of course , the occupiers cheerfully announced that they had shot down everything, but later drones were spotted in the rostov region, in particular in taganrog. they do not tell ukrainian intelligence about the targets and assure that all the birds have arrived as intended. over the course of a week, almost every day , the bases of the invaders burned down several times temporarily occupied cities. explosions rang out in donetsk, in dzhankoya. sevastopol,

simferopol, kerch. on december 20, a drone struck a border post of the fsb near alushta. one man was injured. damaged equipment and satellite antenna . that morning, a rocket hit the center of long-range space communication in the village of vitene, saksky district. at the beginning of the annexation of crimea , the occupiers kept powerful equipment there. for russia, the space communication center is a strategically important base. the destruction of the center of long-distance space communication can lead to the fact that return to the previous accuracy and loss of orientation of missiles that will fly to the territory of ukraine. there were powerful means for determining seismic events on the surface of our planet, which means that... they

cannot now accurately track the points on which they hit, where they aimed. the security service of ukraine is intensifying its work behind enemy lines in order to move the war as close as possible to the kremlin. among the priority targets are warships of the russian federation, military bases, logistical corridors for the supply of weapons. this was told by the head of the sbu, vasyl malyuk, politico publication. the special service is already working on it. in order to push the black sea fleet of the russian federation away from crimea, and it is doing this with the help of naval drones, those that previously struck the crimean bridge, as well as several russian warships. vasyl malyuk emphasized: the sbu is always looking for new solutions and promised that bavov will continue to attack. ukraine and poland reached an agreement on unblocking the border. at the meeting in kyiv on friday. until december 22, representatives

of the polish ministry of infrastructure and the ukrainian ministry of community development, territories and infrastructure agreed on an action plan and promised to solve the problem. in the coming days. meanwhile, according to the state border service , more than 4,000 cars are waiting in line at the ukrainian-polish border. on saturday morning , four directions were blocked: rava ruska, krakowiec, jagodyn and sheghini. the blockade of the polish border slowed down the growth of ukraine's gdp. according to the ministry of economy, the growth of the ukrainian economy slowed to 4% in november 2020. for the third year compared to 10.5% in october. a few days earlier, on wednesday president of poland andrzej duda held a meeting of the national security council, where he emphasized that ukraine's accession to nato is important for his

country as well. after all, such a step will push nato's eastern flank away from poland and increase its security. ukraine's membership in nato, as well as accession, is possible. to the european union fully meets the interests of poland - said duda and emphasized the need for joint actions with the new government to implement ukraine's intentions to join the eu and nato. representatives of the new government of poland were also present at the meeting led by prime minister donald tusk. and already on friday in kyiv, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi met with the new head of the ministry of foreign affairs of poland. gladly. de said that the polish side is preparing an official visit by the head of the polish government, donald tusk. and this obviously increases the chances of unlocking the western border for our goods.

the vast majority of ukrainians are going to celebrate christmas in 2023 according to the new church calendar, i.e. december 25, according to poll data. prime minister of ukraine denys shmehal said that in 2023 in ukraine, christmas on december 25 is an official working day. and it will be a holiday and a day off only after victory. as for the date of christmas itself, discussions have been going on for years, only in the current second year of the full-scale invasion of russia, ukrainian churchmen have come to a common decision. my colleague natalya stare pravo will tell how the leading christian churches of ukraine took a historic step, changing the church calendar, and how the majority of believers will celebrate christmas on december 25 for the first time. this year, believers

of the orthodox church of ukraine and ukrainian the greek catholic church celebrates christmas together for the first time on december 25. a few years ago, the issue of transition to a new calendar was still under discussion. this year, this is a decisive step not only of a socio-religious nature, but also of a geopolitical nature, because it means a final separation from the moscow church. there are several reasons why ukrainian churches decided to leave the julian calendar. first, it is astronomically inaccurate. the earth revolves around the sun 12 minutes slower than the ancient romans thought. hence, for 1500 years, the julian calendar fell behind by

10 days. concerned about this, pope gregory 13 decided to reform the calendar in 1582. therefore, from october 4 it came immediately. 15, and the new julian calendar was named gregorian. before the bolshevik coup, the russian empire followed the julian calendar at a time when all of europe had long ago switched to the gregorian calendar, which the ukrainian people's republic did. russia did not take such a step due to religious and ideological reasons. and the orthodox church, which remained at that currently the only orthodox denomination in ukraine, also followed only the julian calendar. and it turned out that society had long since switched to a new style, and the church stuck to the old one. therefore, the julian calendar today is delayed by 13 days. since 2014, ukrainian churchmen began to actively talk about the transition to a new calendar. so, in 2017, the verkhovna rada added a non-working day

on december 25 for those ukrainians who celebrate christmas according to the gregorian calendar. in december 2020, metropolitan epiphany of kyiv. noted that the orthodox church of ukraine will switch to the new calendar only when the believers themselves are ready for it. not long after this statement , his beatitude svyatoslav noted that the ukrainian... greek catholic church will switch to the new calendar only from the orthodox church of ukraine. christmas should be celebrated together, together with your parish, together with your church. because christmas is not a private event, it is very personal, although it has a personal dimension. christmas is a holiday for the whole people. russia's full-scale war against ukraine accelerated the transformation in society therefore, the question of transition to a new calendar has acquired national and political features, as another way to get rid of the russian

fraternal myth. therefore, from 2022 until now, many religious communities are transferring from the moscow patriarchate to the orthodox church of ukraine. the transition to the new julian calendar was announced at the synod of the ukrainian greek catholic church in february 2023. in the orthodox church of ukraine about this. to speak in may, however, the final decision was made at the local council already in july. therefore, the transition to a new one the calendar became the decisive step that had not been taken for decades. in general, the majority of ukrainians support the transition to the novylyan calendar. according to the opinion poll of the razumkov center, more than 80% of greek catholics and more than 60% of orthodox have a positive attitude to this. a little less. statistics in the eastern and southern regions of ukraine, however, even there more than half

feel good about it, and even the parishioners of the moscow patriarchate are also preparing to switch to the new julian calendar, however , this share is somewhat smaller. happy christmas on december 25 or january 7th? no, january 7. and why, why don't you switch to december 25? well, because that's how my parents celebrated, that's how my great-grandfathers, grandmothers, grandfathers celebrated, and i celebrate that way. now we will celebrate twice, because the children want this year, and we, our generation, are still getting used to it, i think that it will change someday, but it will take time, there should be only one holiday, so december 25, that's all there is no second one, that is that in relation to christmas, the transition to the new calendar this year is not yet... mandatory. ukrainian greek catholic the church gave time for adaptation until 2025.

the orthodox church of ukraine did not set time limits. instead, it is known that 120 orthodox parishes out of 8,500 remained on the julian calendar. one such community is known in lviv. well, festive services with the participation of the heads of the greek catholic and orthodox churches will be held on december 25. despite the full russia's large-scale war against ukraine, our military also celebrates christmas on the front lines, and for the second year in a row they do it on december 25. on the eve of our soldiers recorded a touching video where they reminded that the transition to the new church calendar is the right choice. this is really powerful stuff.

this is how our team saw this week. despite the fact that there is a war in the country, ukrainians are preparing for christmas and the new year. but during preparations, do not forget about our military, who need help every day. and also take care of your own safety, because the enemy continues shelling the... bridge, do not neglect the messages about the air alert, merry christmas and watch the news, the week's summary on the espresso tv channel, every saturday at 9 p.m. and on sunday at 9 a.m., and take care, watch this week's program judicial control with tetyana shustrova, dubious fortunes, fictitious... and attempts to avoid qualification assessment, which judge pavlo gorbasenko is known for. why didn't the supreme court

suspend the judge from administering justice? congratulations, you are watching judicial control and i am tetyana shustrova. we continue to monitor the judicial reform in ukraine, the implementation of which is one of the key requirements on ukraine's path to the european union. until the completion of the formation of the main bodies of the judicial system, which are responsible for ensuring that the judiciary is transparent and independent, the judges are virtuous , so... the judicial corps should soon be purged of unworthy representatives, but until this happens, we continue to tell you about those who flout the mantle, but first to the news. the higher anti-corruption court sentenced ihor

ratushnyak, head of the tevriv district court of vinnytsia region, to seven years of imprisonment. the town hall was exposed for bribery back in august 2021 for $4,620. the judge undertook to recognize the right of ownership to a land plot of 3 hectares. now, according to the court's verdict, ihor ratushniak must spend seven years behind bars. a part of his property will be confiscated as part of the state's income. he was also deprived of the right to hold positions in courts for a period of three years. the appellate chamber of the higher anti-corruption court finally put an end to the case of mykhailo pak, judge of the mukachevo city district court of zakarpattia oblast. he was sentenced to five years in prison with confiscation of property. detective. nabu was exposed to a judge for a bribe of uah 2,000 back in 2017. according to the investigation materials mykhailo pak made the necessary decision in the case of social security management of the mukachevo administration. and what?

and there you can say that you can. in 2019 , the higher anti-corruption court sentenced mykhailo pak to seven years in prison. this sentence was overturned by appeal, but the supreme court sent the case back for a new trial, and only now mykhailo pak received the final sentence. the higher qualification commission of judges continues to conduct interviews with current themis employees and evaluates them at the appropriate level. positions, in particular analyzes integrity, professionalism, as well as whether the wealth corresponds to the official income , not everyone passes the interview, many judges have already been recommended for dismissal, some are trying to grab the lifeline, this is pavlo gorbasenko, the head of the economic court of the kyiv region, he is also one of the most scandalous judges and one of the of the most influential people of kyiv region, and today

gorbasenko is waiting for his verdict from the supreme court, whether he will continue to sit in the judge's chair is under consideration. the issue of supporting the decision of the board of the commission adopted within the framework of the procedure qualification evaluation of local and appellate judges for suitability for the position held by pavlo volodymyrovych gorbasenko of the economic court of the kyiv region. pavlo gorbasenko was appointed a judge of the commercial court of the kyiv region by presidential decree in 2010 . he remained in office even after the revolution of dignity. until now, the judge has managed to get into several scandals and live off a considerable number of square meters. this attracted the attention of anti-corruption experts. we drew attention to him when he underwent a qualification assessment a few years ago, because gorbysenko received a negative opinion from the public integrity council, and this opinion was primarily based on the candidate's wealth, because

he has quite a lot of it. a housewife's mother helped the judge to earn his property. at least this is what he assures, it was his mother who, according to gorbasenko, gave two apartments of 116 and 136 m2 in the summer area on the obolon embankment in kyiv. according to the state register of super 2008, bolita is the owner of a significant amount of real estate, total the value of which, in the opinion of the public council of dobrochesta, does not correspond to the declared value. my mother gave me two apartments and a car. here are some of the most expensive housing. complexes in obolon with picturesque views of the dnipro, and natalka park is a 3-minute walk away. businessmen, prosecutors, deputies, stars live in these houses, and even president volodymyr zelensky himself once lived there. prices for apartments start at $100,000 for a simple one-room apartment, and the gorbasenk family actually owns an entire floor. i wonder how much such pleasure cost? having given

apartments for my son. pavlo gorbasenko's mother built a house of more than 800 m2 for herself in the village of lebedivka near kyiv. next to the picturesque green forest, on a huge private territory of more than half a hectare, there is a two-story building, a swimming pool, altanka. all this good is surrounded by a high fence and closed from prying eyes. the judge likes to spend his weekends in this house - said the head of the village. does he hang out here at all? well, only on weekends, i guess. it happens. yes. where does the housewife's mother get the money for... such a big house, pavlo gorbasenko assures, all the money wealth of the businessman's father. father is a builder with many years of experience, and in addition to construction, he is engaged in various... indirect types of activities related to construction,

including design, implementation, leasing, and securities. judge volodymyr gorbasenko's father will start his business in the occupied crimea, where he obviously pays taxes. already after the beginning of the occupation of the peninsula, he became a co-owner of two limited liability companies, syvele nastok and yuginvest, as well as an apartment on the embankment of yalta square. it is interesting that pavel gorbasenko's wife, hanna svyredenko, also had a business similar to her father's, building and renting housing, and also in crimea. during the qualification evaluation in 2019, the judge explained that these are residential buildings, but the small size of the residential building is indicated, i am simply explaining that it does not look like a residential building at all, it is more like shacks built of foam blocks. er, the wife acquired her own plots of land and built on them certain such together, again, for her companies certain such shacks and they

rented them out, that was the activity. some land plots in crimea - these are four non-residential premises in gaspri, which is near yalta, and several more land plots in sudak and a house of more than 300 m2. no matter how hard it is, it doesn't look like a shack. hanna sveredenko, deputy of the kyiv city council. according to the documents, it is the second time. divorces the head of the economic court of the kyiv region. they allegedly broke up with gorbasenko for the first time on december 24, 2014. however, they remained in such a wonderful relationship that 5 days after the divorce went to europe together. we broke up with her in the 14th year, and that's why i didn't mention her in the future. but we continued our communication. there are simply two circumstances under which i have to declare it. after the divorce, they remained friends. communication was apparently so fruitful that in february 2017, the former couple had a joint child, followed by dozens of joint trips abroad, even

during the war. we are roommates, that is , just in the 14th year, when we broke up, i took things and moved them to a neighboring apartment, in the 17th year, we had a common child , but we still didn't start living together because of this, such warm neighborly relations, however, for... it is already too similar to the manipulation of the norms of the law, probably precisely in order not to declare property. the public council of virtue drew attention to a possible fictitious divorce of a judge. there are many reasons to believe that at that time pavlo gorbasenko and hanna sveredenko, despite the divorce on paper, still maintained their marital relationship, and in january of that year they got married again and again in the fall of this year decided to divorce, just before the beginning of the qualifying round. and opening of the register of declarations. gorbasenko does not hide his efforts to speed up this process. it succeeded. the matter was resolved literally in a day. my ex-wife and

i tried to file a lawsuit in the order of a separate lawsuit, in order to speed up the proceedings. the judge considered the case too quickly, then almost on the same day i granted recognition of the claim, the ex- wife received knowledge of the claim and therefore there was no time to wait for the appeal sense, so i believe that it is precisely because of this that the judge considered how quickly. during the qualification evaluation, gorbasenko submitted a petition to the members of the vkks demanding that the video broadcast of his interview be prohibited. obviously, he did not want everything discovered by the public integrity council to be made public in general. the commission supported this decision only in terms of disclosure.

it was in 2007 that pavlo gorbasenko, who worked as a legal consultant in a private firm. company suddenly decided to change its activities and got a job at the commercial court kyiv region, was a secretary and assistant judge until he finally became a judge in 2010, just during the time when his father-in-law was a member of the supreme council of justice, an interesting coincidence. the judge provided evidence of false or distorted information in the valuation procedures and tried to evade the qualification case. in particular, pavlo gorbasenko literally spammed the courts with lawsuits. in the odious district administrative court of kyiv, he challenged the negative conclusion of the public council of virtue, then tried to challenge the decision of the vkk itself in the supreme court. these actions

growth experts. as an attempt to avoid passing the qualification assessment, the higher qualification commission announced a break to make a decision on pavlo gorbasenko's suitability for the position of a judge in order to study additional documents and provide him with explanations. the decision to adjourn the meeting is announced, because several points, several points in connection with which the commission cannot. assets of dubious origin, likely fake divorce to hide them, attempts to evade qualification assessment and use of family ties for career advancement in the business jurisdiction. we hope that the higher qualification commission has discovered and thoroughly investigated all the skeletons in the closet of the head of the commercial court of the kyiv region, pavlo gorbasenko.

we will find out soon whether the vkks will keep him in office. for today, i have everything , you watched judicial control, i am tetyana shustrova, inform us about the known facts of corruption in the judicial system, write to the e-mail you see on the screen or to me on facebook, we will meet in exactly a week. carols and completely new author's carols in performed by sofya fedina, as well as the history of people who devoted themselves to the defense of the country. as a volunteer, at first, that's how i traveled, helped the guys, got to know the guys, and that's how it all started. feel the christmas miracle, feel the power of the unity of caring people. volunteer christmas, december 24 at 6:15 p.m.

kanal spresso and ukrainian pen present their own title project with myroslava barchuk. a series of conversations with ukrainian and western intellectuals who interpret and comment on the most relevant public discussions. what news will be analyzed by the guests of the project this week and actually, who will be the guest of the studio? we will find out already this sunday. undoubtedly, the topics will be relevant, the guests will be special. proper names with myroslava barchuk. sunday: 17:10 on... friends, my greetings, today we will dedicate our issue about the culture of victory, mostly because, well , we will start with a super mega victory, i think you have already heard that 20 days in mariupoli

documentary film... made it to two oscar shortlists, well, yes, let's say, such a simple folk name, and awards from american film academics , two shortlists in the nomination, more precisely in the category of the best international film and the best documentary film, ahead of this tape to get into the nomination, if everything goes well, and if 20 days in mariupol gets already into the... nomination, then this will mean , that our cinematographers will go to los angeles, and will come to this famous ceremony and will immediately claim the victory, there is such confusion among many people about the names and how this selection takes place in general, how this oscar race is happening, because it is also very often when only a certain country, ukraine in our case, nominates a ribbon,

or... it fought for an oscar, very often there is less in the media, but there was such a thing that they immediately called it a nomination, no, friends, this is just a nomination, a nomination is when five or six tapes that are fighting for victory directly go to the finals, and here, i emphasize, in 20 days in mariupol ahead, only this one stage of getting into the nomination remains, and then god will give us a win, so we cheer for this one tape, let's watch it now, you can... watch it, i'll remind you about it, it was in the ukrainian box office, you could watch it, i generally encourage such tapes, but watch it on the big screen, because the emotions from it are simply colossal, i will tell you that there are many of my acquaintances who were afraid to watch it, but i do not suggest it to you.