chevrons approaching victory. generous evening, good evening, good. a generous evening flew over all the gardens to greet the people, a good evening, to the good people in vain, in one and never happened, this christmas, ukrainians make one, common wish.

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the only main thing on the air is the my ukraine channel and lyudmila dobrovolska and oleg panyuta are with you. good evening, this is what we will talk about today. on the eve of christmas, the russians shelled kherson, dnipro and kropyvnytskyi. we will show the consequences of the aggressor's air terror. the armed forces of ukraine destroyed three russian su-34 fighter-bombers carrying kha-59 guided air bombs. the same ones that shelled the kherson region. how many of them does the enemy still have? queues of thousands of trucks and a billion euros lost. this is the price of the border blockade by the poles. but the unlocking has already moved. in the shelled kherson is being stolen by russians. the occupiers inflicted a massive blow on the city two hours ago. the city's military administration says that residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged in the center. and

shipping districts of the city, there is a hit to the hospital and a rush to the gas networks, and in the afternoon the occupiers hit the high-rise buildings in the center of the city, this is how they look after the attack, no one was injured, and it’s just a miracle, the night before the russians hit the hospital, it was already it is not the first time it has suffered from shelling, windows have been broken there, a gas pipe has been damaged, the medical facility was without heating for half a day, the building was damaged. the russians attacked dnipro and kropyvnytskyi with rockets, one kha-59 of the zsu was shot down on the approach to the dnipro, several more in kirovohrad oblast, debris hit roofs, cars and... covered

fences. our yulia babak saw the consequences of the enemy attack on kropyvnytskyi. these are the sounds of explosions that greeted the morning of the people of krypnyv today. the first sounded about 20 minutes to 11. a total of five were heard in the city. the regional military administration reported that the defenders of the sky destroyed several over the kropyvnytskyi and oleksandriyskyi districts, debris damaged the roofs of buildings. fences and cars. this is what georgy chutkov's car looks like now. three fragments fell on the windshield. the man himself was on the street at the time of the shelling, barely in sight. there were two explosions directly above the store. three minutes passed and debris fell. i turned around, sat under the fence, and debris the size of a soccer ball began to fall. everything around me just fell asleep. debris also fell on the territory of the kindergarten and children's regional hospital. well

it rained a little on the roof, everyone was in the basement, parents and children. after the alarm was sounded, the residents of kropivny share photos of the debris in... the size of the iron shocks my leg and the sledgehammer , the police recorded about 70 appeals. it's certainly scary, but not as much as i worry about myself as a child. air force spokesman yuriy ignat said that the enemy's missiles did not reach any target. yuliya babak, artur perikhanyanyan from kropyvnytskyi. we are ukraine, marathon, single news. russia attacked a thermal power plant in the front-line zone. five people were injured energy workers they were hospitalized. tess's equipment is damaged and the shelling continues right now. as soon as it subsides, energy companies will start liquidating the consequences. this is the tenth attack on this front-line thermal power station in the last two months. well, now we have the opportunity

to listen to the traditional address of the president of ukraine. please speak directly. health, dear ukrainian men and women. this week is coming to an end. the week before christmas. the week that did. all of us, our state, ukraine, even stronger. it is important, as always, to say words of gratitude at the end of the week. is new support packs: germany, cheetahs, anti-aircraft guns, shells, caliber 155 and other necessary weapons. thank you netherlands, a package of more than 100 million euros that will help our sustainability. thank you. finland is already the 21st self-defense aid package. and also by more than 100 million euros. grateful: the potential of us sanctions has been increased, there are solutions regarding financial institutions that help russia circumvent sanctions and cooperate with the military industrial complex of terrorists. there are also new sanctions against those who help russia to export oil in

violation of price caps. click on those russian connections with accomplices are especially important. i am grateful for that. we are waiting for approval. package of american support for next year and is grateful to representatives of both parties for understanding that a decision must be made. this week we again proved how effective the strengthening of our air shield is, and not only for the protection of cities and forces from russian, drones and missiles, but also for frontline work, the ability to twist russian fighters. this is one of the keys to ending this war. to a just conclusion. i thank all partners who are with us are already helping with this, and who are preparing for appropriate steps in support next year. and of course, our soldiers, combat brigades in all directions from kharkiv oblast to kherson oblast and on the border, those who protect against

russian drgs, those who destroy shaheds, those who hold our borders. i thank you all, especially today i want to recognize the boys. from the 128th separate mountain assault brigade, soldier vasyl polishchuk and sergeant oleg bernadskyi, both extremely effective, both wounded, both exemplary brave. thank you. shooter of the 23rd separate of the mechanized brigade, soldier oleksiy kopytsia, now in the avdiyiv direction, defensive battles and shoulder-to-shoulder battles in the south, heroic assault actions. thank you, soldiers. soldier of the 56th separate motorized infantry brigade of mariupol, senior soldier ivan kireev. thank you for the cossack courage, soldiers, and for saving our brothers. 92 separate assault brigade, soldier yevhen lisovenko and senior sergeant

kostyantyn volokonskyi. thank you guys for your determination and actions that save the lives of your brothers. 28th... mechanized brigade soldier mykhailo karpyuk, senior soldier volodymyr lebedev and senior lieutenant oleg kryvenko, guys, the tank crew, thank you for the successful destruction of the occupier and for being a strong team, well done, one more thing, there are new sanctions decisions of ukraine, i signed the relevant decrees, they have already been published, it is in total more than 130 legal entities and more... 20 individuals, those who work for russian aggression, those who help it, those who took the vile path of collaboration with the terrorist state, all of them will be responsible for their actions, we will protect ukraine, i thank you to all who are with ukraine, glory to ukraine. the russians

are attacking in the kupyansk, marinsk, and bakhmud directions, the armed forces of ukraine are repelling attacks in the areas of senkivka in kharkiv oblast and stelmakhivka in luhansk oblast. are holding back the enemy near bohdanivka and andriivka in donetsk region. in avdiivka, the occupiers are trying to push through the ukrainian defenses. they do not stop trying to surround the city. they fought back for ssu. 22 enemy attacks east of avdiyivka and 13 in the pervomaisky region of donetsk region. next - promptly. these shots are from advanced positions avdiyivka enemy artillery works non-stop. the sounds of cannonade are constantly heard. the russians do not stop attacking, pushing from three directions and trying to drive a wedge between the steppe and avdiivka koksokhim, in order to surround avdiivka. assaults are carried out both during the day and at night, there are especially many in the morning

, that is, it is a process that can be called wave-like, they support their attacks with artillery , their epividrons are constantly working , around the clock, practically, there is an accumulation of forces in the avdiiv direction towards the enemy, so we are waiting for new waves attacks and we must be ready for this they throw everything they have at the assaults, the infantry goes into battle with the support of armored vehicles, covering them. enemy artillery fire. the enemy is trying to use many armored vehicles for offensive and assault operations. for three days now, he has increased the number of airstrikes and artillery shelling, the number of the latter is holding, well, at the level of about a thousand per day. they also use chemical weapons and cluster bombs, prohibited by conventions, and resort to tricks. they attacked bmp, planted dummies. accordingly called fire on itself, the infantry tried to come down from the other flank, but was also repulsed. in the areas

where our brigade works, they had no advances, they tried to enter the village of stpv again, but were knocked out from there, the defense is holding. bloody heavy battles and close to bakhmut, shooting and artillery duels continue there constantly. however, now the enemy has stopped the assaults, - say the military. the enemy loses his composure and tries to regroup under it. fresh reserves, so far temporary, temporary conditional comfort, which is expressed only in the continuation artillery duels. when the weather gets in the way, the russians throw live assault units into battle, but qualified military personnel also fight there. in the direction of bakhmut, marine infantry units, amphibious assault troops and units of assault units are fixed, kamikaze drones are actively used. but the units of our armed forces maintain the defense of the cities despite enemy attacks and difficult weather conditions.

in the conditions of a lack of ammunition, only at the expense of people working on the front line, it was possible to knock out such a backbone of the offensive, in we have time to regroup, to review our fire system, to prepare for the next battles. drinking the city of kupyansk, another number one target for the enemy, does not stop storming and began to fire artillery even more actively, more than half a thousand artillery shells per day and raids by kamikaze drones. the enemy continues offensive actions on kupinsk, for this he needs to capture synkivka in order to create a fertile ground for further offensive. they are also trying in the liman direction to advance, use units of storm units. storm, storm z, storm b, pull up certain reserves of these assault battalions to organize the offensive. currently

, there is no relatively calm place on the entire front, because the russians are trying with all their might to regain the initiative in their hands, and they are hindered by brave soldiers who repel enemy attacks in extremely difficult conditions and hold the defense at the cost of their lives every second. daryna dobrovolska makraina marathon only news. the netherlands is already preparing to hand over the first 18 f-16 fighters to us, volodymyr zelenskyi said about this after a telephone conversation with the prime minister there, mark ryuta. before that, they still have to make sure of the readiness of the relevant specialists and the availability of the necessary infrastructure in ukraine. the f-16 should radically change the balance of power and put an end to the superiority of the russians in the air. it accelerates to 2,500 km/h. and rises to a height of 17 km, sees a target 15 km away and

monitors 10 objects at the same time. currently , ukraine has four types of soviet- made aircraft - these are su-25, bombers su-24m and su-27 and mig-29 fighters. the multipurpose f-16 combines the functions of all four types and also works as a uav. well, ukrainian defenders knocked out 1,040 invaders from the battlefield in the past day. since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, russian losses have exceeded 352 people. during yesterday's day, apart from planes, the occupiers did not count any other equipment, ukrainian defenders destroyed 51 cars, 28 armored fighting vehicles, 17 tanks and 36 artillery systems, and also shot down 19 enemy drones. well, that's why i have it for the second day, the mood is very good. the zsu

destroyed three russian fighters, su-34 bombers. carriers of guided air bombs kh-59. the same ones that shelled the kherson region. oleksiy danilov, head of the national security service of ukraine, called it a perfect result and revealed that the hunt for the enemy su had been going on for a long time. well, it was possible to catch them, as they say, because when they got angry, they tried to direct the guided air bombs much further beyond the contact line than usual. so how many of these drylands did russia lose in total during the full-scale war and how dangerous are they and how many of them are in is there an enemy? vlad palivoda will now tell us: fighter jets were one of the first to invade the territory of ukraine in 2022. they are still an integral part of the enemy's aviation, they fire at the front line and drop aerial bombs on civilians. however, the russians

do not manage to fly calmly on their planes, they are expertly landed by the armed forces. of ukraine. in just one day, the armed forces shot down three russian su-34 fighter jets in the southern direction of the front - our air force reports. and at the same time, there are also losses among pilots. about this the russian media are already writing. this is a two-seater fighter-bomber, capable of working on both air and ground targets. one of the newest russian aircraft they have in their arsenal. it is extremely difficult to do such operations, because it is not just some kind of start-up. the stop is one, as there is a single one, so you need to understand that the battery of the missile complex is not a single car, it is a complex of machines, even if the battery is not fully assembled, it is necessary to carry out certain measures, hidden movement, masking and so on, and the russian fighter jets are already achievable targets for our military, they have been shot down quite

often recently, in the summer the armed forces of ukraine destroyed a russian su-25 with igla manpads, in october the last. the flight was sent by a modern enemy su-35. two su-30 planes were shot down near odeshchyna. another su-25 enemy combat plane did not return home from donetsk. and in may of this year, a real plane crash happened in russia. in bryansk region, our forces hit five aviation units, including two fighters. there are no analogues, su-34 and su-35. they came from the blayansk region. to our borders, percussion a group of aircraft, su-34 and so-35, accompanied by two attack aircraft, i.e. mi-8, these are special helicopters that ensured the work of this strike group, well , there was another helicopter, some also performed some special tasks, thus when they came here, they launched guided

air bombs on the ukrainian territory, and were accordingly destroyed literally in about 5 minutes. they were destroyed by our rocket pilozyra. the main task of these planes is to help their troops from the sky and terrorize the frontline cities. it is from them that they are dumped guided aerial bombs and launch short- range missiles. therefore, the reduction of the russian aircraft fleet is extremely important - says the aviation expert. and we are working on it. since the beginning of the full-scale war, the enemy has lost more than three hundred of his planes. these are the data of our general staff. here you can see that this is an anti-aircraft missile. the complex at a great depth is capable of shooting down russian planes, those that do not even fly in the same group, and do not fly next to each other, that is , the russians will be forced to sharply reduce the dropping of these winged aerial bombs, which until now, there were days when they dropped hundreds, and now they have to drastically reduce,

otherwise their losses will increase dramatically. the air defense systems provided to us also help to shoot them down successfully. the russian naltchik , who is carrying out the task, already thinks three times whether to fly closer to him or not, a serious psychological factor and the air force, well, accordingly, the command will also think whether it is worth taking a risk when ukraine has systems capable of destroying at long distances. such blows definitely hit the military-industrial complex of the russian federation, says the aviation expert, because they are manufacturing modern ones aviation is not simple, planes need modern electronic... systems, and it is not easy to get them under the conditions of russian sanctions. the basis of this aircraft is not the glider or the engine, but the radio electronics on board, which are now more sophisticated. the supply of the most complex electronic components for these aircraft is monitored, so this year the production of combat aircraft in russia has fallen even compared to last

year, and it is still too early to talk about a significant decrease in the number of russian fighters, they still have hundreds of units on weapons and can make new ones, so to drive the enemy further from our borders, we need more long-range air defense systems, and for... the air force adds that the hunt for russian fighters will continue. vladyslav palivoda, we are ukraine, marathon, single news. ukraine managed to bring home the bodies of 66 dead soldiers, reports the coordination headquarters on the treatment of prisoners of war. first, they will be examined by law enforcement officers and forensic medical experts to identify individuals. earlier, ukraine returned 94 bodies fallen soldiers and those who were considered prisoners of war, but the exchange of prisoners has not been taking place for several months in a row, this process has been stopped by the russians.

president zelenskyi introduced new sanctions against 51 individuals and 134 companies that harm the interests of ukraine. most of them have russian citizenship and registration, but there are latvians, cypriots and even ukrainians. among the legal entities there are companies with temporarily occupied. crimea, in particular those in which the czech businessman tomáš fiala has a stake. these are kedr, avtogrup krym and voyage krym enterprises. sanctioned persons have their assets blocked on the territory of ukraine, trade operations are suspended and licenses are revoked. well, in the meantime , joe biden has signed the national defense appropriations act next year, a record 886 billion for us defense needs. for ukraine, but the funds that are pledged to support ukraine, they are provided separately in the us budget, the law on this, on additional

funding for 111 billion dollars, is still stuck in the congress, so what exactly has become a stumbling block for republicans and democrats, why the american legislators yes they can't come to an agreement for a long time, and what are the chances of approving aid right after the new year? gula from the united states. aid package to ukraine - in exchange for migration changes. this is how to briefly describe what republicans and democrats in washington have been arguing about for several months. but the main problem is not in the us capital, on the border, while the russian army is attacking ukrainian land, the american land is being stormed by migrants from mexico. they dig underground tunnels, swim across rivers and... climb high fences. 500 migrants arrive daily southern border. it is a really painful issue for the united states, on which legislators are speculating on the eve of the presidential

elections. republicans are threatening not to support funding for ukraine if they don't pass immigration legislation. democrats demand to vote for everything in a package. aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan along with strengthening border protection. after heated discussions of this. republican leader mitch mcconnell said last week that neither the party nor he had changed his mind, nor had the blue-and-yellow tie he wore for another week therefore, at the meeting with volodymyr zelenskyi. regarding our border negotiations, i think it is safe to say that we have made significant progress, but it is clearly not enough. the border issue should be part of the overall request for additional funding, which is extremely important. i think this is the most dangerous time since the fall of the berlin wall. we have the first major war since the second world war, so there is no doubt that this package is extremely important, it will not be easy, but we are working hard to get a result, because the country needs it

and needed as soon as possible. if in words the republicans support the allocation of aid to ukraine, then in practice they slow down. such populist steps have been repeatedly criticized by joe biden and representatives of democrats in the senate. their leader chuck schumer said the other day: the former president of the usa, the republican donald trump can interfere in... the ukrainian issue - to incite fellow party members to vote against the allocation of aid to ukraine. these are difficult negotiations. we know we need more time, but i am much more optimistic today than i was last thursday. and optimistic based on negotiations that took place last weekend. we have only one way out - to succeed. the stakes are too high for america, for europe, for the middle east, for the world, period. our goal is to resolve this as soon as we return from the break. and we're going to find the best way to do that. the white house believes that a breakthrough in negotiations with republicans in the senate has taken place and that a package of additional funding for ukraine

is possible. will be approved after the new year holidays, the coordinator of the council assured at the briefing us national security, john kirby, and secretary of state anthony blinkin reminded that the united states government has funds for only one package of military aid until the end of the year, but it is ukraine in the conditions of war that helps the american economy to develop. putin is betting that our differences will prevent us from helping ukraine, and we proved him wrong, and we'll prove him wrong again if congress does pass an extension. in the country, then our fellow citizens, our enterprises, our employees, our allies and partners will benefit from it, and also people around the world who hope that the united states will lead the way, and that if the bailout vote fails, then moscow, tehran and beijing will win. the congressmen will return from vacation to washington on january 8, but they will not deal with the ukrainian issue before the middle of the month. legislators have important internal issues, such as budget resolutions, to

prevent... another shutdown in the country, so against the background of the blockade of aid in the us congress , they again talked about the confiscation of frozen russian assets in favor of ukraine. new the york times, citing its own sources , writes that the administration of the american president has begun urgent negotiations with the authorities of great britain, france, germany, italy, canada and japan. the white house is being asked to develop a strategy for the use of russian funds by the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation. it is about more than 300 billion dollars, whether it will be possible to use it for the purchase of weapons or only for the recovery of the economy of ukraine, negotiations are still underway. from new york, yurii gulami ukraine, marathon only news. well, that's not it yet that's it, let's talk about this next. no communication. we will be able to feel the real consequences of the largest ever cyberattack on kyivstar in the future. so what is the main purpose

of the operation? specially trained dogs help demining our land, our ukrainian dogs work with shepherd dogs from belgium and slovakia, do they find a common language? polish farmers temporarily stopped the blockade of one checkpoint on the border with ukraine. tsheghini is a doctor. they agreed to let the cars through for just a few days and under certain conditions, if they were given subsidies for purchase of corn, will keep the agricultural tax at the same level. year and will extend liquidity loans, the polish vice-minister of the ministry of agrarian policy reports. at the same time , the poles will block the dorogusk checkpoint on christmas day as well, only one truck will be allowed through there every three hours, instead of three every hour. the good news is that the action plan for unblocking the ukrainian-polish border has finally been agreed upon by the polish ministry of infrastructure and the ukrainian ministry of

community development. well, the news is even better: changes to of the current agreement on the liberalization of freight transportation, which is actually what the polish carriers are demanding, is not even discussed. the next stage will be negotiations between the polish ministry and the protesters. what prospects rostislav sysoev knows. drivers who stand in line today will most likely meet both christmas and new year here, because there are hundreds of trucks ahead of them. passing units, traffic through some checkpoints is more intense, in other directions less intense, but it is of course significantly less than it was before november 6, when such a general campaign to block traffic for cargo vehicles began, this week more than 900

trucks were stuck at the border, a record queue at the entrance to... a truck was collected by the polish dorogusk for the exit, the longest queue at the kraków checkpoint, as of wednesday, there were 1,452 cars . a day of downtime costs truck drivers about €300. they could earn this money if they did not stand, but drove, and if we calculate the losses on a state scale, we will get figures that are already impressive. according to experts, ukraine is already behind this one period... it lost somewhere around one billion euros, but it cannot really be said that poland will gain anything from this, as it loses trade turnover, it loses transit opportunities. polish carriers are demanding the cancellation of transport visa-free, which allows ukrainian colleagues to work in eu countries without unnecessary obstacles, and such competition.