solution dear friends, thank you for being with us, we will be back at 14, and stay with us because etereso continues and there will be a lot of celebration today. greetings, time of news in ether espresso. katarina shiropols works in the studio. air raid alarms sounded in most regions of ukraine at night. ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 21 kamikaze drones. the military recorded a total of 49 shahed launches. this is reported by the air force. russia launched shaheds from three directions of the primorsky-akhtar district, cape chaud, which in the crimea. and kursk region. the drones flew

west and north. the south's defense forces report that enemy drones were hit in the kherson region. there, several private houses were damaged in the tyagnen community. and in odesa, debris from a downed uav caused a fire in the coastal zone. double attack on kharkiv. 28 people were injured as a result of shelling of the city the previous evening. according to the regional prosecutor's office, the enemy hit the 12th floor of a five-story, five-star hotel at least six times with iskander missiles in the middle of the city. a british journalist was injured. among the injured are also two teenagers, 16 and 14 years old. debris from the rockets and the blast wave hit the hospital, residential buildings, a kindergarten, administrative buildings and a store. and within a few hours , shaheds also flew to kharkiv, at least four hits were recorded on the central street, administrative buildings were destroyed. and office buildings, another

terror against the city of kharkiv, six rockets were fired at a residential building in the center of the city, a hotel was also hit in the center of the city, fortunately there were no people there the victims went down to the shelter in time, we are working on the spot, at one o'clock in the morning the russians carried out a search of the shaheds in the central part of the city. the kyiv district was under attack, a total of four hits were recorded, resulting in the partial destruction of several administrative buildings, a cafe building and a bank. as a result of a nighttime russian attack in the kyiv region , a fire broke out at one of the critical infrastructure facilities. it was quickly liquidated, said the head of the kyiv regional military administration, ruslan kravchenko. victims and victims.

there is no among the civilian population. meanwhile, the number of victims of the missile attack on kyiv increased to 19. in the shevchenkiv district, emergency workers unblocked two more people who died during the russian attack on december 29 from under the rubble. eight were saved. in total, firefighters removed more than 100 cubic meters of destroyed building structures. the search and rescue operation is ongoing. and seven people have already died in the dnipro as a result of the massive attack that took place on december 29. a 45-year-old man died in the hospital. serhii lysak, the head of the city's military administration, said. according to him, 18 patients remain in hospitals. among them is a one and a half year old boy. two victims are in serious condition. the russians continue to terrorize sumy region. at night, the enemy army carried out. four

mortar attacks on the border territories and populated areas of the region - the sumy regional military administration reports. a total of 21 explosions were recorded. myropil and medrebo communities came under fire. well, to the losses of the enemy. 960 occupiers will never see new year's again blue light and in general, they will not enjoy olivier and will not raise granchak to the performance of the dictator putin. 300. 59,230 russian soldiers burned with flares and muscovite equipment, yesterday the armed forces of ukraine burned eight tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, 30 art systems and 48 cars, as well as eight units of special equipment and four rocket salvo fire systems. there were fewer russians, the russians also had anti-aircraft defense systems, in addition, two installations were destroyed by our defenders and forever drowned in... by the russians

tears, one cruise missile and 37 drones, the general staff reminds, all data are indicative. fifty combat clashes took place in advance. eyelashes during the day. the enemy continues to attack the positions of ukrainian defenders along the entire front line, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine informs. the hottest place is in donetsk region, near avdiivka and pervomaiskyi. the defenders repelled more than 20 attempts by the russians to advance. 10 attacks each stopped near maryinka and bakhmut. the enemy tried unsuccessfully in the area of ​​synkivka in the kupinsky direction break through the defense of our troops. in zaporizhzhia. defense forces continue to hold the front near verbovoy and kupani. over the past 24 hours , our aviation has struck 11 regional concentrations of russian personnel and destroyed three of their anti-aircraft missile systems. the espresso tv channel continues to collect to

help the military, artillerymen, who will later go to defend our country in the east, the necessary pickup truck to quickly and efficiently perform combat tasks. unfortunately, these cars are at the front. often turns into scrap and is peculiar spendthrift, so we kindly ask you not to be indifferent and join the collection. our goal for one pickup truck is uah 250,000. we already have more than uah 190,000 in our account. just a little more to close this collection. let's do it this year. you can now see all the necessary details on your screens. well, russian belgorod starts sunday morning with an air alarm. and the numbers of the nurse. losses continue to increase, due to the failure of their air defense, the number of victims has increased to 109. 24 people have died. such numbers were voiced by the local governor vyacheslav gladkov. he adds that 30 apartment buildings, 344 apartments, three private

houses, as well as three educational institutions of the administrative center are allegedly damaged. i will remind you that yesterday a series of explosions rang out in belgorod, russia. defense forces of ukraine in... on military facilities in response to russian attacks on ukraine on december 29. at the same time , russian air defense missiles hit the city center. paradoxes of the un. at a meeting of the security council of the united nations, not only attacks on peaceful cities in ukraine were condemned, but also our the right to respond to the aggressor. assistant secretary general of the united nations, khalet hiari , said during the meeting of the security council that the organization condemns attacks on cities and villages. not only in ukraine, but also in russia, the kremlin representative in the security council, vasyl nebendzia , traditionally blamed our western allies for the shelling of belgorod, instead, great britain emphasized that vladimir putin is responsible for the deaths of russians, and the delegate from

the united states emphasized: the russian dictator should say to his people about what price they are actually paying for the war in ukraine. ukraine is still recovering. after yesterday's horrific attack, new waves of russian terror are once again attacking peaceful cities. just a few hours ago, russia again terrorized kharkiv with rockets that hit a residential building and a hotel. in the morning , a number of cities and villages in ukraine came under russian fire. we unequivocally condemn all attacks on cities and villages in ukraine and russia. attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law. and are unacceptable and must end now. first, russia accused ukraine of the attacks, then they demanded that the czech republic appear before this council. now the russian ambassador blames great britain, the usa and the eu. if russia wants to find out who is to blame for the deaths of russians in this

war, it should start with president putin. almost dragons. an exposition with the symbol was organized in the kyiv zoo. new year 2024. in the aquaterrarium, visitors can get acquainted with helmet-bearing basilisks, there are four of them in the zoo. also, since yesterday, the fabulous feeding of the scaly ones began, they feast on the larvae. such treats for little dragons will be held every day from 13 to 7 january. it is very soft, as cold as a wallet. looks like dracula. it looks like a lizard, but when it is finished, why don’t they eat, well, not really, almost every year we make a new year’s exposition, that is, this year , next year is a dragon, and we made such a florarium, because in nature, these sardines

live near water, they have the diet is very interesting, it is vegetable food and protein food, that is, there are... cockroaches, zoophobus, and mychniak as well, even small mice are given. that's all news for this hour, more interesting and relevant information can be found on our on the website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks , join, put your preferences. that's the end of the issue, i'll see you later. i welcome you, dear tv viewers, to the broadcast of the tv channel. studio zahid program, we will analyze the most important events of this week and, of course, we will try

to predict what january 24 will be like. our guests today are the state secretary of the ministry of defense of poland pawel zalewski and the famous political scientist who is in washington, andriy pionkovskyi. and now pawel zalewski, the state secretary of the polish ministry of defense, will work for telespress. greetings, dear mr. zalevsky. well, first of all, i would like to congratulate you on the new... system of polish government, we in ukraine rely extremely on the new constellation of the government, yes, and we are waiting for extremely powerful signals, because the russian aggression against ukraine does not stop. if we talk about the polish-ukrainian cooperation in the field of national security, which you see now challenges and what are the ways to overcome it, because at one time it was the republic of poland that provided us with a timely one. the key story is timely military assistance. good afternoon, nice

to see you, very glad to be able to talk, and that this is one of my first interviews right after i took up my post. there are two major challenges. the first of them is support for ukraine. minister of foreign affairs, during his last visit, his first visit, it is very important and symbolic, mr. radoslav. made his first visit precisely to kyiv. so during that visit he said that it is very important that russia does not win this war, and this is the position of the polish state, a position that has not changed since the time of russian aggression, which does not depend on the government we have in poland, it is and there is the position of poland and all poles, and nothing changes here. we will act successfully to support ukraine in the struggle. both diplomatically and in other ways, so that russia not only does not win, but

also so that ukraine can realize its very ambitious plans, if we talk about membership in the eu and membership in the western security system, these issues are absolutely key, and secondly, we will work to strengthen polish unions, strengthen nato, strengthen cooperation with allies. both with the united states and with its european allies. it is very important. i think that this is a subject that has not been used properly and fully by poland until now. namely, to make cooperation with european allies more effective. and these are my two most important tasks that i received and that i will implement. well, on the other hand, we have still reality, right? this reality is sometimes sad, in particular we have seen the currently blocked

polish-ukrainian border. we in ukraine hope that the new government can quickly solve this, but i suspect that there may be some additional problems, yes, that may arise during, i don't know, in polish-ukrainian bilateral relations. prime minister donald tusk recently said that the polish government is close to a solution. of this conflict, i am deeply convinced that the solution to this problem, blocking the border, but also to all others issues that led to that blockage, i am convinced that the cooperation of the polish and ukrainian governments is needed here, but also the positive participation of the european commission is needed, and i am sure that this issue will be resolved quickly, dear mr. zelewski, i would just like our... to remind tv viewers that you are not only the state secretary of the polish ministry of national defense,

but you have also been a member of the european parliament for years, european policy towards ukraine, so we got an extremely powerful the diplomatic signal, in particular, it is about cooperation, about the beginning of negotiations, or rather negotiations, about ukraine's accession to the european community, but there is still a question of money, it is a question of tens of billions of euros. we know the situation in which our ukrainian state budget is, that is, if the united states can freeze, the european union will not be in too much of a hurry to allocate funds, then we will have... colossal social problems in ukraine. i am convinced, in the end, i talked with the american partners, that this question is in the american congress will decide that those funds will be provided to ukraine. and in this case, i'm waiting for it to happen. i am convinced that it will be so. but of course,

we are talking about cooperation for many years and support for ukraine for many years. a matter of one year, and the support from the eu side , next to the american support, is absolutely key, we will talk about all this within our government, but also with our european partners, in what way to strengthen aid for ukraine, because ukraine needs money so that the state apparatus functioned normally, it is clear, in the conditions of the war in ukraine it is simple. financial support is needed, but also support in weapons, ammunition, and this is one of our tasks. to create an even more successful assistance mechanism for ukraine in these matters. weapons and ammunition. we are working on this and will do so in cooperation with the ukrainian government. so i assure you that

for us the issue is the preservation of the ability of the ukrainian state to fulfill its tasks and preservation. well, accordingly, when we talk in general about ukrainian advancement to the side of the euro-atlantic community, not only to the european union, but to the euro-atlantic community. yes, on the one hand, we know that putin regularly sends one or another signals through his closed channels, with the demand not to allow. such a possibility , on the other hand, we understand that when we talk about the security of ukraine, it is possible only within the euro-atlantic community, yes, and the key story, we understand that soon there will be a nato washington summit in six months, and we hope so , that ukraine will receive not just a signal, but a very specific one

security guarantees. when, on the one hand, putin and russia wanted to block ukraine's path to the western community, to the place where ukrainians want and feel like members of that community. ukrainians did not give up and confirmed that they feel part of the event and want to be members of western institutions. all western aid, including poland, boils down to the fact that poland and the west, the united states, the eu, nato did not agree to putin's demands, and are supporting ukraine in this war. the whole logic of western politics is to to support ukraine so that it can

decide for itself where it wants to be, in which international system, and in this context it is absolutely logical. a consequence and result of the great support that the west provides for ukraine, and that ukraine is part of the western security system. if we are talking about the details, then they still need to be discussed, but the principle - and it is the most important, it is already working, because without the recognition by western countries that ukraine is part of the west, is a democratic country, is a country that recognizes the same values. was not b and the help that is taking place today, so it is already happening. instead, of course, if we talk about the future, we have to make specific decisions together with the ukrainian government, in which way those guarantees will be implemented, but they, i repeat once again, given that support, huge

support for the ukrainian state, for the ukrainian army already are being implemented, and if we talk, for example, about hypothetical models of these security guarantees, what they might look like, we are not talking about specific security guarantees for ukraine, but in general, what models could be used? i can say about the goal, because it is the most important, the model is only such a technical implementation, i know that it is very important, but a technical implementation of the goal, and the goal is for ukraine to be a sovereign state. i don't know if russia would like that model, but ukraine definitely has the right to make

sovereign decisions in this matter, and the whole western community supports ukraine, so the goal, the goal is for ukraine to be truly sovereign, and to be able to to choose allies, and this is our goal, to support ukraine in this, so that ukraine... will be successful and sovereign for years, and this is the most important thing. this is an extremely important point, and if we talk, for example, about certain specific points, in particular we are talking about polish-ukrainian military cooperation. i will not speak specifically now, because i don't really have such an opportunity either, but i want to say that sending ammunition to the ukrainian army is not only our polish, but also our european priority. we will act in this area, which also applies to polish-ukrainian relations cooperation to make this happen, we are well aware and understand ukrainian needs,

we know how difficult the situation is, and we will do everything possible to help and meet those needs. and what goals do you think putin has set for himself, right? we understand that the russian economy is moving on military lines. we understand that the russian economy managed to survive, despite powerful sanctions. we understand that there is ongoing cooperation, i do not know whether it is safe, and not only, with the countries of the middle east, that is, with iran itself, we understand that there is ongoing cooperation between the russian federation and china, that is, there is a feeling that russia is preparing for greater provocations, in any case, we understand that the baltic countries very clearly feel a possible insecurity, despite the fact that estonia, lithuania, and latvia are members of nato. i can tell you how we read them in poland, and it will be very

detailed. we read and interpret them in the context of the statements of the russian federation, which were made before the russian invasion of ukraine. where is it mentioned that the russian federation wants to control ukraine, wants to control. belarus, but also bring to a situation in which the countries of central and eastern europe, we are talking here about the baltic states, but also about poland and other countries, will be removed from such an effective mechanism of nato functioning, that is, they will be such a kind of gray security zone. of course, we do not agree to this, because as a democratic country, as a country in which there is the rule of law, we want... to be guided by it in international relations as well, and we want every state to have the right to speak sovereignly about your needs, therefore

i believe that russia's goal is, firstly, control over ukraine, and secondly, it is a certain form of finlandization of central-eastern europe. we do not agree to this, there is no reason for this to happen, neither the poles, nor... the peoples of central-eastern europe do not want this, and no one in the west takes it seriously and does not consider it. nato membership is a membership that provides security guarantees, real security guarantees. i do not believe in this, there is no such possibility that putin would risk a provocation against nato countries. there would be consequences for russia catastrophic i am not talking about the economic consequences, but about the military consequences. it is simply impossible. nato is a space of security. membership in nato provides internal security. today, nato is the largest alliance in the world that guarantees

security for all its members. this comes from a mutual declaration that was consciously accepted, not by some narrow group that governs certain countries, the peoples of countries. with the help of democratic institutions. and nato. we are also interconnected by a large number of economic, social, and putin knows about it. putin is a rational politician in his own way. he makes mistakes, well, such a mistake was the attack on ukraine. this error was made possible by the wrong data he received. unfortunately, it happens that dictators, and putin is one of them, receive false information from their people.

baltics, especially, taking into account nato's military presence on the eastern flank, it is growing and will continue to strengthen. it does not intensify in such a provocative way. this is not about putin having arguments and theses, or one of his courtiers having arguments and theses that nato wants to attack, no, but it is strengthening and showing, and this is very important. that every piece of land of a country that belongs to nato will be defended, and there is no doubt, no one can have doubts, this is the whole logic of this alliance and those obligations, so that an attack by russia on nato countries is impossible, instead we we must do everything so that russia does not win the war against ukraine, and that ukraine defends itself and can

be a part of the event. because this is what ukrainians want, and it is part of ukrainian identity, and it cannot be defeated, no one will not win this, and putin will not win this. dear mr. zelewski, but there is the problem of the american elections and there is the problem of donald trump, well, accordingly, the key story is that the european union now begins to prepare the so-called plan b. we are following the elections and those processes and those discussions on the topic of security. we hear different opinions. we hear various statements of candidates who declare their participation in those elections. we also listen very carefully to what mr. president trump says. we are aware of the weight of the united states for the entire system international security. and we know that the united states is an integral factor, integral.

part of the world security system, and no one can replace the united states, but we also know, and mr. president trump also knows this, that there are certain logical limits, certain possibilities, beyond which the united states cannot go, that is why the refusal of aid to ukraine, the withdrawal from europe, it signified a decision whereby the united states ceased to be. to be a world hegemon, cease to be a great power, because that would be a signal no only for us in poland, in ukraine or in europe, it would be a signal for the whole world, it would be a signal for australia, for new zealand, for american allies in asia, and mr. trump, or someone in his circle , or someone who is a candidate in the election does not want

to lose this function. does not want to give up this role, because it is very important for the united states. therefore, we must seriously analyze the discussions taking place in the united states. we must draw conclusions, and we must know the reality of what is possible, so what? if we talk about the cooperation of european countries within the framework of nato, within the framework of the european union. and these are the institutions that mutually complement each other, there is no doubt that the role and cooperation of the european community should be strengthened. undoubtedly, despite the situation in the united states and the signals coming from there that europe should take more of the responsibility for security on its territory, we believe that this is a very good idea and we will work on this vector of increased european

cooperation if is... about security. for us it is clear. poland fulfills this role, and the results of the recent elections, i hope, will only increase the effectiveness of our actions. and this position is the position of the previous government, the current government, and the entire polish people. we want an increase in european security guarantees. and we want our european partners to do the same. so, in conclusion, i consider it necessary to increase the european responsibility for security in europe. it is necessary to work in this direction. we also understand and hear what is happening in the united states, but we believe that regardless of the declarations that are being made, the united states will not retreat or diminish its interest in the situation.