only a conversation about the issue of national minorities, and it will be about our bilateral relations, and this is a wider range, actually, of issues that can be considered at this meeting. our viewers anna yevamelnik, to whom we are ready to give the floor, is ready to share more about what you need to know right now with all of us. anna, congratulations, we congratulate you on christmas, and by the way, please tell us what you will tell our viewers about. happy holiday to each other, colleagues. and i will talk about the most important thing together with the team news, i'll start with why the russians increasingly refuse to go on an assault, simulate attacks and surrender themselves. the russians

are increasingly refusing to participate in assaults, the invaders began to surrender to ukrainian prisoners in groups, said oleksandr shtopun, the spokesman for the defense forces of the tavria region. over the past three days, the armed forces of ukraine took a group of six invaders in long-term battles, and another one surrendered without a fight at all. one of the reasons for such actions is the inhumane attitude of the command. russian officers examine the soldiers, undress planted in cold pits, beaten. and threaten to shoot, that is why soldiers from greater russia sabotage or simulate attacks, shtopun noted. on christmas night, the team of evasive rowers did not reach the other side of the tisza river. the three men were on their way to hungary , bypassing checkpoints. they paid $17,000 for a christmas tour on a rubber boat, the state border service said. the city

received protocols on an administrative offense. the border guards referred the cases to the court. in general, in the pre-christmas week, border guards of the mukachevo detachment detained 46 violators. i would like to remind you that the espresso tv channel together with the public organization baza ua is collecting funds for atvs to transport the wounded and other needs of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the kholodny yar armed forces. ukrainian military over difficult conditions. victory is won every day without leaving wounded comrades on the battlefield. with atvs, evacuation will be faster and easier, and therefore the chances of saving the injured are much greater. our goal is uah 800,000. with your help, we raised more than 700,000. your donation is a thank you to those who protect us battlefield join this gathering. you see the details on the screen. propagandist anton krasovsky was poisoned. about this.

reports rbc with reference to intelligence sources. the former director of the russian tv channel today was hospitalized. in his telegram channel , he wrote that he had a stomach ache, and then nausea began. he fainted and ended up in the hospital, but now he is coming to his senses. rbc writes that according to gur, krasovsky's condition is deteriorating. let me remind you that the propagandist repeatedly called for the genocide of ukrainians and murders of ukrainians. children the death toll from the earthquake in china has risen to 149. two others are still missing after a week-long search. this is reported by the reuters agency with reference to the chinese state media. the work of the rescuers was complicated by a significant cold, because people who were under the rubble in sub-zero temperatures could live from 5 to 10 hours. i will remind and

the epicenter of the earthquake was in the provinces of qianhan and gansu. as a result, more than 200,000 houses were destroyed, and another 15,000 were on the verge of destruction, about a thousand people were injured after the earthquake. for the first time in over 100 years, orthodox ukrainians celebrate christmas today. a festive liturgy was held in st. sophia's cathedral in kyiv. it was headed by fr. patriarch of the orthodox church of ukraine epiphany, metropolitan emphasized that the decision to switch to the new julian calendar was a responsible one. it will unite ukraine with the majority of local churches and promote unification. during the liturgy, the head of the ocu prayed for all the soldiers who are nearing victory at the front. let me remind you, orthodox the church of ukraine switched to the new julian calendar on september 1 of this year. this reform has been implemented. already in life, and even i did not expect

that the absolute majority of our parishes have very few left in ukraine who want to stay on the old style, and that is why we are happy. together and today we ask god to give us victory and establish a just peace in ukraine. i have been waiting for this since i was young, for us to have our ukrainian church, for us to be together with europe, i have tears in my eyes, with the whole world we are together, for the first time, this is such a historic event. in fever and new year's troubles. it is important not only to put up and decorate the christmas tree, but also not to spend the entire family budget on the purchase of products. our correspondent iryna skrypacheva found out how much kremenchuk residents are ready to allocate to appease the wooden dragon symbol of the new year 2024.

the usual marketing move for the new year. champagne near the kaz in one of the supermarkets in kremenchuk. the townspeople, calculating the expenses for the new year's table, mention alcohol as something for which. you can save, people say that they do not count on a large amount, on a family of four up to uah 2,000, and it is much more modest than usual, - says ms. victoria, salads, of course, there is a sweet table, mix it up, there will definitely be something there, with poultry, because it is cheaper, what can you take , well, for such tasty poultry, you should go to the central market, which raises the poultry itself, claims that there is a demand for it, such an average bird weighs 400 uah, 150 per kilogram, people are used to the fact that on holidays , the table is always prepared, but they take them , so in our country it is established that the new year's table should be a table, they yelled and take it, and you for

you cook yourself, of course, but what do we do, and what do we eat, and there is such an interesting recipe, oh, honey, there is, my job is to eat what she prepares, usually men cook better, no, no. no, i don't cook, i only eat. as of mid-december, according to the calculations of scientists of the institute of agrarian economics, a traditional new year's table in 2024 for a family of four will cost uah 2,864, which is 8% more expensive than last year. meat, chicken, vegetables, butter, dairy products are among the products whose prices have increased. but kremenchug meat sellers complain that last year the prices were higher and there were more buyers, this year it is exactly the opposite, the prices are already being reduced, but the buyers are not added, mostly legs, legs are asked for jello, yes, yes , yes, and what is cheaper , but they don’t take expensive meat, it’s so big that no one asks

who they are anymore, but the most expensive meat, well, we have the rear pure softness of 180. and the front in general 160, but here are the prices for fruit for the year decreased by almost 10%. tangerines are taken very well, blueberry is taken very well now, kiwis are taken, the spanish orange is the sweetest, very tasty, and the cheapest is the mandarin now, it is currently on sale for a lot, it is tasty without a stone, and the most expensive fruit, the most expensive. probably pineapple, who can't afford a pineapple for 200 hryvnias, you can buy such home- made christmas goodies for 10 hryvnias. well, these are homemade products, but tell me everything natural , you do, before the new year, and how much do you charge

per piece, how do you sell it, so we can give it to you there for free, and it is there 5-10 hryvnias , the output of the thing is 300 hryvnias. many of those interviewed by us people think that it is not the right time to celebrate the new year now, because the war is going on, we will not spend anything at all, we are not even buying a christmas tree, but why, well, it is not the right time, now my husband is working, well, we have a holiday, it is four day, i came to him for dismissal, that's all. we don't have a holiday in our family, we will have a holiday when there is a victory. iryna skrypacheva and mykyta litskevich from kremenchuk for the tv channel. the christmas adventures are coming to an end. santa claus has already visited all continents of the world and delivered almost 7 million

gifts. this was reported in the united command of air and space defense of the north american continent norat. according to tradition, who tracked. and its movement. the military uses radar systems, satellites and fighter jets to determine santa's location. the website shows the way through in real time. we still don't know all of santa's magical abilities, like how he moves so fast. we know he travels in a different time zone than we do. ordinary people can track. exactly he can distribute many gifts around the world in such a short period of time. and we still don't know how santa, who weighs about 260 pounds, can even get down to any demarcation. but then again, that's the magic of santa claus. and the spirit of christmas. these are the things for the moment, i tell you, see you at

4 p.m. read more about current events on our spresso tv website. also, subscribe to our channels on social networks, we are on youtube, telegram, instagram, twitter, stay close. the christmas broadcast of the espresso tv channel continues, within the next hour, we will inform you, dear tv viewers, about all the most important events, of course, we will involve competent and informed experts. the great holiday of christmas, we are working for you espresso studios, live marta oliyarnyk and valentin borkovsky, we are already adding it to our broadcast valery rybykh, military expert, director of development of the information and consulting company defense express. congratulations, mr. valery. christ was born, let's praise him, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, mr. valery, here

we have information that in january of next year in paris , the artillery coalition to strengthen the armed forces of ukraine and planned tests of the sao caesar fire control system using artificial intelligence will begin work, the ministry of defense reported. please share with us everything that is known about this planned situation in... paris and what will happen there. well, we can judge from what was shared in the ministry of defense, here in essence we can say that our armed forces of ukraine are interested in continuing such very fruitful cooperation with french manufacturers and aimed at obtaining more systems from the french. because caesar, of which , according to various sources, there are

several dozen in service with the armed forces of ukraine somewhere, and they show themselves very well, and besides, well, as far as can be judged from the same notification of the ministry of defense, it is france that is also engaged in the supply of ammunition for these high-precision, well, very effective... systems on the battlefield, and it was they who showed high efficiency of destruction enemy equipment, and now, well, as far as it can be understood, we are talking about planned work , let's say, with french manufacturers who want, well, to take a leading role here in improving artillery capabilities. of the armed forces of ukraine to destroy the enemy, and here we are talking about

improvements, including the control system, which can also receive such an addition in the form of support based on artificial intelligence, and according to experts who are close to the topic, then such an innovation can allow... to significantly increase accuracy systems and thereby reduce the consumption of ammunition by about a third, and if we take it in absolute numbers, then this is very significant, and especially in a period when we know that there is a lot of talk about a shortage of ammunition, and of such a caliber. 55 mm , then this is such a significant improvement, and of course this

also reflects the trends on the battlefield, when all these systems are ineffective, old, they are replaced by modern systems that allow you to complete tasks in less time at greater distances and with less ammunition costs, so we can talk here. what's up here we are on the right path and we should thank france and french manufacturers for the fact that they are going, well, confidently on the path of supporting ukraine and... showing their leading role, let's say, in this case in the matter of supplying artillery systems, it should be noted that well , in ukraine there are systems, as purely, let's say, those that the french delivered to us, yes, and those that were manufactured for denmark already on a different wheel

base in the form. in the tatra 815 high-terrain vehicle, and each of these systems shows its reliable results and has their differences, so the more such systems there are, the closer the victory will be and the faster it will be possible to expel the occupier from the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. well, mr. valery, our air defense forces demonstrate miracles - miracles of skill, so a couple of days ago... three russian aircraft were destroyed this christmas eve , two were destroyed, su-34 and su-30. well, according to russian media, propagandists are dispersing information that, they say, our fighters there brought the patriot system closer to lines of demarcation and thus this method

was fried. i don't know if this is true or not, but extremely good accuracy and extremely good practice. we would like to ask for your comment, well, why can we welcome such a thing and say that something has changed, and it can be like that, as the same russians say, because they may be more sensitive, or maybe they saw a little something wrong there , but you can't exclude everything, from the fact that it was announced earlier that the same f-16s were supposed to appear there in the near future, who knows, maybe they did. maybe just this one the productivity increased precisely in connection with this, but of course, according to the estimates of some experts, such a powerful use of air defense systems, of which we have become more and more of

different types, is not excluded there, for example, with receiving by ukraine through the same additional system. and in addition, it may coincide with the arrival of the same systems that are developed in the framework of the frankensam program, some of which may also be used at long distances, including used to carry out such a fire anti- aircraft ambush, when it is the same anti-aircraft missile. the system is pushed as close as possible to the areas of military aviation, the enemy as often as such that he did not feel this, or rather felt impunity in his actions to inflict the same bomb strikes on the front-line cities, and here at some

suitable stages of the next planning another terrorist act could have happened. captured these enemy planes, and well this harvest, of course, it is very so powerful, and those four su 34 aircraft and the same su 30, well, it is very powerful, and even if we talk about calculations there in monetary terms, then we are talking about hundreds of millions. dollars , well, at least there are 2.5, probably hundreds of millions of dollars for this batch of enemy aircraft, not to mention the collateral damage, including, for example, the moral and psychological impact on the same enemy aviators who understand that each of their sorties becomes increasingly less and less

impunity, and each such pilot, when he takes off... and he worries, and of course it leads to his mistakes and to further, more and more destruction of precisely enemy planes, so he needs, as yuri ignat says, eternal flight, brothers, we just wish eternal flight to these pilots you mention, and let they fly their eternal flight there, but you know what, mr. valery, we still want to have time to discuss with you a rather serious statement that was being made now. one of the european intelligence reports that russia seems to be planning to invade europe and attack it, and this may happen in the winter from the 24th to the 20th just in the period when the elections are to be held in the united states, and the actual new president is to take over his duties, how do you generally evaluate such a statement? well, listen

, in principle, any intelligence can take place here, it makes its own assumptions, not always, let's say, well, they happen, as we saw from previous forecasts, including. in relation to ukraine, that the russians will be able to take kyiv there in three days, they do not take it, they may not always be justified, but it is arranged in such a way that they are always, let's say, worked out several scenarios up to the worst, and, for example, the fact that the russians will be able to attack some nato country, well, it cannot be ruled out, and i would not first of all talk about some kind of symmetry there. action, and most likely an asymmetric, hybrid action, as it was in 2014 against ukraine, we saw

exactly what the confusion and unpreparedness of the authorities for such a confrontation led to, and these are the consequences that we have now, and the same could be the case with nato, where the vulnerability is also quite high, although a lot of work has been done... and with regard to, for example, the reduction of similar defects that exist in nato, which is connected there with the need for unanimous decision-making, however, we see that several disagreements have not yet been overcome, and already this year the enemy has groped again for the same russian - the finnish border for the purpose of these illegal migrants there. the same can happen there and in other directions, and here we can most likely talk about the possibility of probing by the enemy, and to be honest,

the russians can go exactly as far as they will feel that they are not are receiving sufficient resistance, so here, of course, everything depends on... the very intelligence of these countries, which are spoken by such and such give such alarming statements, and here the main thing is that behind these statements there should also be a readiness to adequately respond to such actions. mr. valery, and we also want to ask you what is actually happening in the black sea, and there is a recent statement by the sbu about the use of the mamai high-speed drone, which, by the way, we have never heard of before and it would be very interesting to find out , what is known about him at all, what what kind of drone is it, how is it different and in general, is it a ukrainian development, or is it some kind of

western development, what do you know? well, i do, judging by the mass of information that was made public, this is still a continuation of the developments that many ukrainian manufacturers are currently involved in, and this very one... is directly supervised by some components of the defense forces, at least among them the mentioned security service of ukraine, the main intelligence department, well, and of course the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine, and so, that's exactly what was reported about this kazak naval drone mom, as the security service of ukraine claims, we can say based on these words that this is the highest speed. object on the black sea, because this drone can reach a speed of up to 110 km, and from what is known, it

has a length of up to 6 m, that there is a surveillance camera and a satellite system on top of the platform, and most importantly, we have not heard there about this name, but they have already seen the results of the activity of these drones, and just then the security service reported. this very drone, it hit the russian ship alinigorsky garnyak on august 5 of this year and the same tanker zik, and it must be remembered that it was just such a surprise for the russian occupiers, when they temporarily withdrew their ships from the waters of sevastopol and removed the temporarily occupied crimea from the eastern and western coasts. er, they thought they would be safe in the bay of novorossiysk, but just as these kazak-mamai drones struck, they came

right into the air. from the novorossiysk port and led to the further decision of the occupiers to withdraw more and more from the shores of even crimea, and at the same time we we also heard about the plans of the occupier to develop a base on the temporarily occupied territory of abkhazia, so this is a revolutionary such... event, and yet here it is next to the three drones that we know about, and this is just see babybi and the same cossack mamai who we mentioned, it is most likely a strike, unlike the sibebi, which is a multi-purpose platform, and also like the magura v5 from the general intelligence directorate, which can perform many tasks, then most likely we will see and submit.

the development of this direction is not excluded, what will we hear next about different drones and about their different uses, such as with the same magura, which is already laying mines on the paths of movement of enemy students, ugh, thank you, valery ryabikh, military expert, director of development of the information and consulting company defense express , was in touch with us, now we will take a short break, we will literally have an informational espress marathon for a few minutes. the festive christmas espresso marathon continues, so stay tuned. turn on well - it's when everything is as you want. klatz and you in the world of cartoons, click and around the universe of cinema. and then, oh, what is needed. meg turn on hundreds of channels, thousands of movies and sports. attention, an incredible novelty from rozpak. super warm and

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