there is a large-scale air alert in ukraine, we are working from shelter and we urge you to stay in safe places, khrystyna parubiy works in the studio of espresso news. a new year's miracle, a drone to... was able to save a prisoner, the soldiers of the 95th assault brigade of the armed forces managed to withdraw our military from the enemy position. having completely defeated the enemy in this area, the pilots from the drone spotted the occupiers of our soldier in the trench. his hands were tied. the drone operator was able to signal to the captive and indicated the way out. they had quite a lot of wounded.

those who remained intact, the assault group moved away, then we saw that the serviceman realized that he was no longer in danger, that the enemy had already been mutilated, began to loosen up and try to get out of the position, well, we in our after all, we had one crew with a reset left, who was there controlling this situation, he had a grenade with him still attached to the mavik, well , they started to flash the lights from the drone at him so that he understood that it was his own, that he should not be afraid . 87 enemy shahed fighters were shot down by the ukrainian air force on new year's eve. in general the russians released 90 kamikaze drones. the air alert sounded in 10 regions, most of the drones were eliminated in the southern regions. according to the spokeswoman of the southern defense forces nataliya humenyuk, the air defense system worked for almost 11 hours. and in odesa

, a 15-year-old teenager died in an attack by russians. seven more people were injured. debris of the downed drones hit houses in different areas of the city, oleg kiper, the head of the regional military administration, said. three high-rise buildings were damaged, one of them caught fire. there is also destruction in the private sector. drones kamikazes also hit the port infrastructure in the region. there were no casualties. war for ukrainian history. russian terrorists also attacked lviv at night. this time, the objects are related to the leaders of the ukrainian nationalist resistance, whose leaders are still feared by the occupiers. today is the 115th anniversary of the birth of stepan bandera. and at night, the russians hit the university in dublyany, on the outskirts of lviv, where the leader of the oun was studying. due to falling debris. drones, there was

a fire, but here is the museum of the commander-in-chief of the upa roman shukhevych in bilogorshche was almost destroyed. debris of drones also fell there. in khmelnytskyi region, a child was injured due to an enemy attack, she was taken to the hospital with damage to the thoracic spine. as reported by the regional administration, six shaheds were shot down in the region at night, and private houses were hit by the debris. a private garage was burning, the bodies of four more victims were found under the rubble in the shevchenkivskyi district of kyiv, they are the victims of a mass attack that took place on the capital on the night of december 29. at this moment , 27 people are known to have died - reports the kyiv city council military administration. 30 townspeople were injured. in total, firefighters removed more than a thousand cubic meters of destroyed building structures. the search and rescue operation is ongoing. still today is a day

of mourning in kyiv. three people were injured due to russian shelling of chuguyevan in kharkiv oblast. three more were saved. the occupiers fired at the territory of one of the enterprises, the hangar was partially destroyed, and the warehouse was damaged, - reported oleg senigubov, the head of the region. 15 cities and villages of kharkiv oblast per day suffered artillery and mortar attacks from the enemy. damaged high-rise buildings, private houses and a gas pipeline. an officer of the russian army was eliminated. as a result of the attack on military facilities in belgorod. on december 30 , 27-year-old russian senior lieutenant mikhail konopitsyn was killed. he was assigned to work as part of the military investigative committee of the russian federation. before that, the invader fought against ukraine as a platoon commander of anti-tank missiles. let me remind you that

in general, 109 people were injured and 24 died from the work of russian... the ukrainian side has not officially confirmed its involvement in the shelling. before the new year. was formed, an atypical euphoria was formed at the checkpoint on the western border, men who were previously allowed to cross the border suddenly stopped being allowed out of the country. what was the situation at the shaghina medica checkpoint on december 31, we will tell later in the story. not a step abroad without a ticket and a tsk stamp. even on friday , a long line of cars formed at the sheghini state checkpoint. cars and buses. 31 it decreased in december. however, it is known that from the evening of december 29 , men who did not have military registration documents were no longer allowed abroad. yes, mr. vitaly, who has crossed the border more than once without hindrance under the category

of a father of many children, claims that the crossing rules were changed without an official announcement. they answered me: stand at the end of the queue and wait for your... documents to be photographed, sent to someone, scanned, and the report should receive a plus sign for approval, that is, that my passport is completely broken, i will go back there, i'm going back there, my visa, this is the second time my passport is missing, oleksandr from kharkiv tried to cross the state border for the first time, as a person accompanying a person with disabilities, he waited for his turn at the shaghini checkpoint on saturday evening, about 15 hours, but before ... he was forbidden to cross the border, he explains that he had all the documents that were required of him earlier, i called this and that at the border, and the list of documents that i needed, i'm all here, they told me everything, i collected everything, and there is nothing there

he said because of permission, well now we will go, maybe you will drive us to lviv, what will you do next? people learned about the strengthening of checks at checkpoints already in queues at the border. in the network, users write about the fact that the border guards were allegedly given a verbal order to strengthen control over the passage of men of conscription age, the same is said at the border. they say that there are changes in the cabinet of ministers, here the question arises that the cabinet of ministers met at 2 o'clock in the morning or at 12 and decided to let it go, well, it is. arbitrary disposition, everyone, no matter who you ask, everyone is talking, a call came from kyiv, don’t miss anyone, now it’s not my military commissars who will run after people, but people after the military commissars, and this is again, well, a criminal scheme in which the military commissars will keep people, pickle them , as

bribes were taken for a pension certificate, now they will be taken simply for postponements, and these funds will be considerable, later in the comments for the media, the spokesman of the state border service... andriy demchenko emphasized that the border guards can demand documents from the tsc from men of conscription age. recently, we have seen an increase in attempts to use forged documents, in particular, related to multiple children. in addition, very often the purpose of the citizens' trip does not match, they try to fall under another category that would allow them to cross the border. border guards do everything to prevent and prevent such abuses. in the crossing rules. it is clearly stated that categories of people of conscription age also have the right to cross the border, having with them military registration documents with a record of postponement shortly before strict control at the border, on december 25, kabin registered a new draft law on mobilization. he caused

a wide resonance and even criticism. the government promised to finalize the document and assured that until the new changes come into effect, this process will continue as usual. natalya stare pravo, vitaly kulekha, espresso tv channel. aid to ukraine is one of the most important achievements of the usa in the past year, said the president of the united states of america, joe biden, summing up the year 2023. also, analyzing the achievements of his country, the american leader mentioned the aid to israel and the strengthening of world alliances. he emphasized the fight against inflation. in the us, increasing the number of jobs and regulating the use of firearms. another 780 russian occupiers did not survive until 2024, and in total, more than 360,000 russians

will never eat a festive olivier, because they were eliminated by our defenders from the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and six russian tanks, 17 bmps and 18 artists will no longer be accepted. participation in the holidays parades 48 units of cars and special equipment will never be started again, and two air defense systems will no longer help the invaders. in addition, 66 unmanned aerial vehicles landed forever in the general staff, the data are indicative. the espresso tv channel continues to collect a necessary pickup to help the military, artillerymen, who will later go to defend our country in the east. to quickly and efficiently perform combat tasks. unfortunately, at the front, these cars often turn into scrap and are a kind of waste. therefore, we ask you not to be indifferent and join the gathering. our goal is one pickup for 250 hryvnias to close this collection, it remains to collect 10 thousand, every

hryvnia is important, your donation is a contribution to victory, you can see all the details on the screen. this was the morning in ukraine, read more on our website espresso.tv, also on our social networks, join, put your favorites, and i say goodbye to you, see you tomorrow. greetings, dear viewers, on espresso 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 24th will be like. to our today's guest, the state secretary of the ministry of defense of poland, pawel zalewski , and the famous political scientist who was there. andriy pionkovskyi in washington. and now pawel

zalewski, the state secretary of the polish ministry of defense, will work on the air of the tv channel. i congratulate you, 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 government constellation, yes. well, we are waiting for extremely powerful signals, because russian aggression against ukraine is not stops if we talk about polish-ukrainian cooperation in the field of national security, what challenges do you see now and what are the ways to overcome it, because at one time it was the republic of poland that provided us with timely military assistance. good afternoon, nice to see you, i'm very glad we can talk and that this is one of my first interviews right after i took up my post. there are two most important challenges, the first of which is support for ukraine. the minister of foreign affairs

during his last visit, his first visit, it is very important and symbolic, mr. radoslav sikorsky made his first visit 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 is impossible. this 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 about... membership in the western security system, these issues are absolutely key, and secondly,

we will work to strengthen polish alliances, strengthen nato, strengthen cooperation with allies, both with the united states and european allies. this is very important, i think that this is a subject that until now poland has not been used properly and fully, itself. that cooperation with european allies is more effective, and these are my two most important tasks that i have received and that i will implement well, on the other hand, we also have reality, and this reality is sometimes sad, in particular, we saw the currently blocked polish-ukrainian border. we hope in ukraine that the new government can quickly solve this, but as far as i suspect, there may be more. some problems, yes, that may arise during, i don't know, in

polish-ukrainian bilateral relations, mr. prime minister donald tusk recently said that the polish government is close to solving this conflict. i am deeply convinced that the solution to this problem, blocking the border, but also all other issues that led to that blocking, i am convinced that it is necessary here. the cooperation of the polish and ukrainian governments, but also the positive participation of the european commission. and i am sure that this issue will be resolved quickly. yes, dear mr. zelewski, i would just like to remind our viewers that you are not only the state secretary of the polish ministry of national defense, yes, you were also a member of the european parliament for years, european policy towards ukraine, so we got an extremely powerful a diplomatic signal, in particular, it is about cooperation, about the start

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, and we know the situation in which our ukrainian state budget is , that is, if the united states can freeze and 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 what those funds will be. provided to ukraine and in this case i am waiting for it to happen, i am convinced that it will happen, but of course we are talking about cooperation for many years and support for ukraine for many years, it is not only and exclusively a matter of one year. but support from the eu, along with 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 for the state apparatus to function normally. it is clear, in the conditions of war, ukraine simply needs financial support, but also support in weapons and ammunition, and this is one of our tasks, to create an even more successful mechanism of assistance to ukraine in these matters. armament. 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 the preservation of the capabilities of the ukrainian army to defend ukraine are absolutely key, priority, and for our government these issues

are not subject to discussion. well, accordingly, when we talk about ukraine in general. moving towards the euro-atlantic community, not just the european union, but the euro-atlantic community. yes, on the one hand, we know that putin regularly sends certain signals through his closed channels with the demand to prevent such a possibility. on the other hand, we understand that when we talk about the security of ukraine, it is possible only within the limits the euro-atlantic community. yes, and the key story. we understand that soon, literally in... six months, there will be a washington nato summit, so we hope that ukraine will receive not just a signal, but very specific security guarantees. we are working on it, ukraine must be included in the security mechanism of the west, and that war was also about this, also because of this, and that war broke out when, on

the one hand, putin and russia wanted to block ukraine's path to the western community. to where ukrainians want and feel themselves, exactly 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. and all western aid, including to 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 they support ukraine in this war. the whole logic of western policy is 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 logical and absolute a consequence and result of the great support that the west provides for ukraine, and that ukraine is part of

the west's security system. if we are talking about details, then they still need to be discussed. but the principle, and it is the most important, is already working, because without the recognition by the countries of the west that ukraine is part of the west, is a democratic country, is a country that recognizes the same values, there would not be the kind of help that is taking place today, so it's already happening. instead, of course, if we talk about the future, we must accept specific decisions together with the ukrainian government, in what way... those guarantees will be implemented, but they, i repeat once again, in view of that support, huge support for the ukrainian state, for the ukrainian army. are already being implemented, and if we talk, for example, about hypothetical models of these security guarantees, what could they look like, this is not 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... such that ukraine is a sovereign state, independent from russia and sovereign in relation to russia, that there can be no question of any kind of finlandization of ukraine , about the repetition of the model that was used in relation to finland for many years after the war. i don't know if russia would like such a model, but ukraine definitely has the right to make sovereign decisions in this matter, and the whole of the west together. and to be able to choose allies, and that

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 cooperation, so that happened, we are well aware and understand ukrainian needs, we know how difficult it is. there is a situation and we will do everything we can 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 going on military lines, we understand that the russian economy has managed to survive despite the powerful sanctions. we understand that there is ongoing cooperation, i don't know, whether it is safe or not only, with the countries of the middle east, that is... with the same iran, we understand that it 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 the possible danger, despite the fact that estonia, lithuania, and latvia are nato members. i can tell you how we read them in poland, and it will be very detailed. we are them. read and interpret in the context of the statements of the russian federation, which were voiced before the russian invasion of ukraine, where it is mentioned that

the russian federation wants to control ukraine, wants to control belarus, but also to bring to a situation in which the countries of central and eastern europe, we are talking here about the baltic countries, but also about poland and other countries, will be removed from such an effective... of course, we do not want that we agree, 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 this right to speak sovereignly about its needs, so i think that russia's goal is, first of all... we are not for that we agree, there is no reason for this

to happen, neither the poles nor the other peoples of central-eastern europe want it, and no one in the west takes it seriously or considers 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. the consequences for russia would be catastrophic. i am not talking about economic consequences, but about military consequences. it is simply impossible. nato is a space of security. membership in nato provides internal security today, nato is the largest union in the world, which 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 nato countries. with the help

of democratic institutions of nato countries. we are also connected by a large number of economic and social interdependencies, and putin knows this. 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 yes it happens that there are dictators, and putin is one. receive false data from their people and do not have the opportunity to verify this data, because they created such a system themselves, but he is not crazy and will not risk attacking the territory of nato, the territory of the baltic countries, especially, taking into account the military presence of nato on the eastern flank, it is growing and will increase. it is not intensifying in such a provocative way,

it is not about the fact that... putin had arguments and theses, or one of his courtiers had arguments and theses, that nato wants to attack, no, but it is strengthening and shows, and this is very important. nato shows that it will defend every piece of land that belongs to nato. and there is no doubt. no one can have doubts. this is the whole logic of this union and those obligations. so an attack by russia on nato countries is impossible. instead, we must do everything so that russia does not win the war against ukraine. and for ukraine to protect itself and be 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 beat it, and putin will not beat it.

dear. but there is the problem of the american elections and there is the problem of donald trump, and accordingly, the key story is that the european union should now start preparing the so-called plan b. we are very seriously following the elections and those processes and those discussions on the topic of security. we hear different opinions, we hear different statements of candidates who declare their participation in those elections. also. we listen very carefully to what mr. president trump says. we are aware of the importance of the united states to the entire system of international security, and we know that the united states is an integral factor, an 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 that there are certain

logical limits, certain possibilities. therefore, refusing to help ukraine, withdrawing from europe, this would mean making a decision according to which the united states would cease to be a world hegemon, cease to be a great power, because this would be a signal not only for us in poland, in ukraine or in europe, it was would be a signal to 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. he 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 have to draw conclusions and we have to know the reality of what is possible and what is not. 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, it is undoubtedly necessary strengthen the roles and cooperation of the european community. undoubtedly, despite the situation of the united ... we think that this is a very valid idea and we will work on this vector of increased european cooperation when it comes to security. it is clear to us. poland fulfills this role, and the results of the recent elections, i hope, will only increase the effectiveness of ours.