i would like to remind you that mark fegin, a figure of the russian opposition in exile, a former member of the state duma and a well-known blogger, was currently working on spresso. channels espresso and ukrainian pen present a project of their own name with myroslava barchuk. a series of conversations with ukrainian and western intellectuals who analyze and comment on the most relevant social debates. what news will be analyzed by the guests of the project this week, and actually, who would? will be a guest of the studio, we will find out already this sunday, definitely, the topics will be relevant, the guests will be special, their own names from myroslava barchuk, sunday 17:10 at espresso. we meet the first star together. christmas eve at espresso. traditional and not so traditional carols. travels through the christmas cities of our country. special guests and

extremely warm conversations. december 24: celebrating christmas with espresso. daniel frith, former coordinator of sanctions policy of the united states department of state, a person who knows about american domestic and foreign policy, if not everything, then almost everything, will be on the air of the tv channel. congratulations. extremely important story, the news came from the state of colorado, the local court gave ukraine and not only ukraine a chance, so donald trump may not get into the american election race. when we read the signals from donald trump, we understand that this can directly affect the containment of russian aggression against ukraine. it's a shame that the world doesn't see the best side of american strategic...thinking these days. donald trump

represents the so-called america above school , that is, the school of thought of the 1930s, when the united states had no real interest in european security. it was a disastrous policy. it is not about the policies of the united states government, then headed by franklin roosevelt, but about the mood of congress that prevented roosevelt from doing more in the fight against hitler. the disaster was that world war ii started, and the west needed stalin to defeat hitler. it was catastrophic for poland, for ukraine, for europe and for the united states. so trump represents this bad tradition, which i will be very clear about, as well as my disagreements with former president trump. you asked about the colorado decision. this is an unprecedented case in american history, because in spol. the united states has never

had a president who made an effort to cancel an election and engage in an insurrection against a political transfer of power. we didn't have this before. section 14, amendments to the constitution states that no representative of the government of the united states who engages in sedition against the government of the united states shall hold any office. this amendment was adopted after the civil war. for the purpose of prevent former confederates from serving in the united states government or congress. it was once applied, but never to a presidential candidate. the colorado supreme court ruled that trump was involved in rebellion against the united states. he also concluded that under the third section of the 14th amendment, trump is ineligible to become president, and therefore ineligible to appear on the ballot.

the other side's arguments could either be that trump was not involved in the insurgency, which is a difficult position as we've all seen to the contrary, or that he was not convicted of aiding or abetting a rebellion , and therefore the 14th amendment would not apply, that would be a legal question that the supreme court of the united states would intervene in, and i really expect them not to. .. will probably determine one way or another that trump is eligible to run. this will be hotly debated, but in my opinion, trump will still be the presidential candidate. it's not like i'm a trump supporter, i'm saying. i'm trying to give you an idea of ​​how things might unfold events of course, i could be wrong, but that's my initial view. i would like to ask you now to...

analyze the possible scenarios of the development of events related to the allocation of macroeconomic aid packages to ukraine and the state of israel. we understand how much ukraine will depend on the receipt of those tranches and , in general, whether the administration of president joseph biden is able to convince some republicans through large intra-american budget deals. secretary of state anthony blinkin used to say that if something happened, there was an option b. this is another one a case i would rather not talk about. the united states should have provided additional economic aid to ukraine a long time ago. i will not say that it is hers. blocked, rather delayed , by congressional debate over the security of the southern border. republicans in congress argue that a deal on the southern border is needed so that money for securing the southern border is allocated along with money

for israel and ukraine. the current united states senate is in intense negotiations to find a solution to the southern corridor issue, which opens the way for funding of ukraine. so far, such a solution has not been found, but the negotiations seem to be quite serious. i think that eventually a solution will be reached and aid will be provided to ukraine, but i cannot guarantee it. so we have the unfortunate case of american and european policies preventing both the eu and the united states from providing the financial assistance that we should be providing. in the european union about... the problem is that hungary, in the person of viktor orbán , is blocking decision-making for no good reason. then, like the republicans in the united states insist on resolving the issue of the southern border before they agree to help ukraine. not the best moment, neither for

the united states nor for europe, but i think that in the united states we will manage to find a solution and help ukraine. how europe will cope with viktor orban. i can't say yet, well , it will mean that the european union is going through an extremely big crisis if it does not manage to neutralize the influence of viktor orbán on the adoption of geopolitical, historical decisions, on the other hand, we understand, well at least we in ukraine have always hoped that common sense and i don't know, intra-american stories, they can be stronger than this or that pro-trumpist group called maga and... accordingly, we understand that it's possible, it's just an additional the expression that they do not want to raise the degree of escalation and containment of the russian federation, maybe not. the european union will have to find a way

to prevent viktor orbán from blocking processes of strategic importance. orbán will not have an ally in poland, without whom he will be isolated and the european union will find. way to handle it. i don't know how long it will take, i hope it won't be long. support for ukraine in the united states is still strong. after all, we understand how to conduct politics in such a way as to receive help for ukraine, which will be both in our interests and in the interests of europe and ukraine itself. we will get there, but it is a difficult time and i am very sorry. i say this without an iota of pride or pleasure. the period is difficult, and he gives putin. the opportunity to continue to put pressure on ukraine, realizing his dream that the event would take place divided and paralyzed, and we must gather our strength to fight back against putin, fight back against russia, and help ukraine succeed. i sometimes have

the feeling that we may find ourselves in the role of the polish republic in 1939, because literally a year ago we heard completely different things when... it was about macro aid and security aid. i would say that the position of ukraine now is much better than in poland in 1939, which you mentioned. poland was in a hopeless situation between hitler and stalin, it was being eaten alive. geography ukraine is much better. you are open to russia, but friends, not enemies, await you in the west. hungary will be left out for now, but poland is your friend. i have not forgotten about the blockade of truckers and all other disputes, but despite all this, poland is your friend. and ukraine has so far successfully restrained the russian onslaught. not in all aspects, but you did not let putin destroy ukraine. i do not know how the war will end, but

i am sure that it will not end with a russian victory parade in kyiv. this is a great achievement of the ukrainian people. the question is in the further course. war, however it is extremely unlikely that it will tear ukraine apart. so that russia does not advance further, so that ukraine can regain as much of its territory as possible. we in the west must support ukraine, for this we need to restore the flow of aid, and it depends solely on us. what possible scenarios, mr. ambassador frith, do you see in order to improve our geopolitical and ultimately domestic economic situation as soon as possible. we understand that war is about resources, military resources, financial resources and resources human there is another source of resources that you have not mentioned. ahead of

russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine in 2022, the g7 countries have frozen more than $300 billion worth of russian sovereign assets under their jurisdiction. now this money remains frozen. the question is whether they should be used to help ukraine or to compensate for the damage caused. aggressive war of putin. for various reasons, european governments and the united states government are hesitant to take this step, but it appears that are gradually approaching it. i support such a step and believe that we should use these russian funds to help ukraine. the political debate is moving in this direction, and the sooner it reaches a good conclusion, the better for the world. this is a potential solution. for ukraine, however, even under the best of circumstances, these resources will not be available immediately, and yet they will be

available, and using them is the right decision. if we talk about the so-called long geopolitical scenario, if we try to outline the trajectory for the next six months. there can be no accurate predictions in war. in the year that has almost passed, the ukrainian counteroffensive was not so successful. as you and i hoped, but the russian offensive also failed. the ukrainians managed to force the black sea fleet to retreat and partially open the black sea for ukrainian shipping and exports. i don't know what the next year will bring on the battlefield. if general zaluzhnyi is right and the lack of modern military technology works in favor of ukraine, then the russians will not be able to advance far perhaps the ukrainians won't be able to either. the question is what additional economic pressure we can put on russia, and

what ukraine can do to make it more difficult for the russians to supply crimea. i think that the united states should provide more long-range missiles so that ukraine can make it difficult to hold russian positions. i don't know how the war will end, but certainly not with a russian victory parade on khreschatyk, as i already said. in the new year, the russians will attack again. and we must help ukraine repel this attack. general zaluzhnyi v in his article, which was published , the economist asked for aviation. we are still waiting for help from the air component. so. we understand that this issue is strategic and that the kremlin could have seriously warned the united states, in particular regarding aviation, through certain closed communication channels. well, in any case, the f-16 is still not... in the ukrainian skies, we are extremely counting on the f-16, and on the other hand, we understand that

the tank component, the same abrams tanks, is very good, but extremely important moment, this is the number of abrams m1 tanks, 31 one unit is good, but we understand that for a full-scale war with the russian federation , much more is needed. the us intends to provide ukraine with f-16 fighter jets, which... are capable of helping ukrainian troops on the battlefield. i'm not a military expert, but military experts seem to have concluded that one of the problems with ukraine's ground offensive this year is its lack of air superiority. and f-16 fighters can help ensure it. there is no magical weapon that will change everything immediately, but giving in 16 can help this will certainly make it difficult for the russians to dominate in the air. over the battlefield, which they succeeded in the summer and autumn of last year, so i hope that

the fighters will soon be in ukraine. we hoped that the russian economy would collapse much faster and much louder than it did. well, at the moment we see big problems in the russian economy, but the key story is whether the so-called irreversible process has already been launched, whether the kremlin has now managed to reorient itself to... the markets of third countries, the people's republic of china, india and so on further, and perhaps turkey. the bad news is that the economic pressure on russia hasn't made putin stop. the good news is that the pressure is on. we in the west, europeans and americans, have the opportunity to increase economic pressure on russia. this economic pressure is that while russia focuses on military production, it is starving its civilian economy and creating economic imbalances that harm it. but how quickly

can we inflict economic pain on russia? here it is very important to strengthen. economic pressure and sanctions much of this has to do with enforcement. the european union has announced its 12th package of sanctions. the united states itself announced a new package of sanctions a few days ago. we must continue to prevent others from circumventing the sanctions to put ever greater pressure on the russian economy. and as i said, we should use the $300 billion in frozen russian assets to help ukraine. mr. ambassador, if we talk about intra-ukrainian transformations, changes and ukrainian politics through american eyes, we we understand, a lot of things are not brought into the public sphere, on the other hand, we understand that rather the administration of president biden, maybe the pentagon and so on, they gave very clear signals, so we can only, well

, i personally can only guess about what specifically , during the last month, they could speak and advise representatives of... the supreme ukrainian authorities, while we in ukraine were extremely painfully experiencing, so to speak, rumors that the commander-in-chief of the armed forces was dissatisfied with the administration of the ukrainian president of ukraine by general zaluzhny and so on. i don't want to start commenting on ukrainian domestic politics. of course, there is a wide spectrum of political views in ukraine, both from ukrainians and from american friends, i have heard calls for the creation of a national government. but this is not the position that my government takes, it is just an idea that exists, it is not for me to say what political arrangements will bring the most benefit to ukraine, it is absolutely true that during the most difficult period of the second world war, winston churchill

invited his political opponents to military cabinet, this is how the government of national unity was formed. however, such a model may or may not be applied in ukraine. only ukrainians can decide this. the world admires president zelensky's leadership. he became the face of ukraine. but of course, we also realize that ukraine is a democracy. and even winston churchill , after a successful victory over the nazis, was removed from office almost immediately after the war. therefore, politics can be relentless. however, we cannot and do not want to interfere in ukrainian politics. it's none of our business. we want to see democratic, sovereign, successful ukraine. whether in the united states and in general in the civilized world, in particular, i do not know, at the g7 level, recognize the process that in russia or in the kremlin is called presidential elections. we understand that putin will appoint himself in

a few months, but the key story is whether it will be recognized by the world and what consequences it may lead to. if it will be about fixing the moment of usurpation or seizure of power. it is hard to imagine that europe or the united states will recognize these pseudo-elections. it is quite obvious that putin has no intention of conducting them honestly and democratically. for me, the recognition of such an election is somewhere between impossible and highly improbable. we think of putin as a dictator, a man who will maintain his power through fear and force, and sometimes murder. imprisoning or banishing their opponents from the country. that is why he manages to stay in power. he continues to act in the style of stalin, and this will certainly not lead russia to good. instead, there will be a lot of pain until the russian people wake up and realize what this leader has done to them and to by russia therefore, we must help ukraine, and

the more ukraine succeeds in its struggle for survival, the closer the day will be when the russian people will be able to choose a different course. thank you very much, dear mr. ambassador, frit, for this extremely important conversation , i would like to remind our viewers that the former coordinator of the us state department's sanctions policy worked on spresso, a person who is extremely well informed, in particular, in those decisions that are made at the highest level in washington. thank you. glory of ukraine. glory to heroes. the time of our program has run out, stay with the tv channel. from the press, my colleagues will inform you about all the most important events of this day, i wish you a peaceful and safe christmas holidays. wash it well - it's when everything is as you want, click and you are in the world

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it is very good that there is a training course , both basic and professional, because a person can reveal his potential and provide benefit to the defense in the defense of the motherland as effectively as possible, this is such an important decision, and everyone makes it independently, but i think ... , that everyone needs to decide where he wants to go and in which country he wants to live, for example, in our collection there are many people had doubts, whether to go or not to go

, they were mobilized, but when they came here, when they came to combat coordination, when they learned, thanks to our instructors, revealed their potential, they are already completely different people, they are already much more motivated people, much more already professional soldiers who... can protect themselves and their brothers, and this reveals a lot of human qualities in a person, because 24 hours a day he walks on the edge and tests himself. we are looking for 17-year-old denys smirnov from odesa. the boy disappeared on the day of the saint. nicholas december 6. i know that he was in the hospital and voluntarily left it around 12 o'clock in the afternoon. the boy never returned home, and

no one knows where he is now. the police say that denys has never run away from home before and they really hope for your help. so, pay attention to the photo: denys smirnov looks a little older than his 17 years. he is slim, about 175cm tall, with short dark hair and dark eyes. if suddenly anyone has seen the boy or knows where he might be now, do not delay and call us immediately on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 1163. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free, or write to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram, any information is important. i also want to remind you about the search for 16-year-old karina kanivets from the kherson region. her mother told us about the girl's disappearance. imagine, a woman does not know anything about the fate of her daughter for six months. i turned everywhere

i could, i'm already screaming as hard as i can. it so happened that karina's parents separated long before the start of the war and lived separately. the girl lived with her mother on a permanent basis, but on the eve of the full-scale invasion, she was with her father, and when the russians entered, she ended up in the occupied territory. from time to time, the woman says, she corresponded with her daughter on social networks, but in april the connection with... mysteriously broke off, the girl stopped logging into her accounts, and no one knows where she is now, i have already written everywhere, even here on this territory to search for a child, because i don’t know where to shout, how to find a child, i can’t, i am an adequate mother, for me a child, this was my life, the girl's mother is now also in the occupied territory, but continues to do everything in her power to

find... my daughter, i want to appeal to everyone who saw or who - someone knows something about my child, who has been missing and stopped coming out since april 2023, this is karina igorevna, a horsewoman, born on august 9, 2007. if anyone has seen karina kanivets, or knows anything about her possible whereabouts, don't delay contact the tracing service immediately. magnolia by short number 11630. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free. if it is suddenly not possible to call, write to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram. i am asking my beloved child that if she sees me, she will hear me, that she will respond, i am really waiting for this. thanks to everyone who can help. i have told you only two stories of missing children.

in general, since the beginning of the war, we have received thousands of appeals for help in the search. fortunately, the vast majority of children have already been found, but the fate of many remains unknown, especially in the temporarily occupied territories, where the work of the police is practically paralyzed, where it is impossible to leave and there are communication problems. anyone can help find missing children. take just a minute of your time and stop by. to the website of the magnolia children's search service, here you can view all the photos of the missing, who knows, maybe you will recognize someone and eventually help find them. we've created a resource where you can report any crime against a child, anywhere city, at any time, just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible

mechanisms of punishment from... we start the information day on the espresso tv channel in the broadcast of the news in the studio. is khrystyna parubiy. a powerful explosion thundered in a residential building in lviv late in the evening. two people were found under the rubble. a 70-year-old resident of an adjacent building also died. it is known that six people lived in the two-story building. everyone suffered. two children and two women were taken to the hospital with burns, but their condition is not serious, the mayor said andriy sadovy. he also noted that the explosion occurred in the garage on...