guided by the instructions of the electronic program, already take certain steps. there is another legal mechanism, to go to court against the russian federation, but it is a long way, according to lawyers, it should be done after the end of the war, then the issue of compensation for damages from the aggressor state will be easier to legalize. while the world was celebrating, the russians were killing ukrainians. firing uavs and missiles. mrs. bridget brink, the us ambassador to ukraine, wrote on the social network ex. putin welcomes 2024 by launching missiles at kyiv and across the country. while millions of ukrainians again hiding from the cold. loud explosions rang out in kyiv this morning. it is extremely important that we support ukraine now to stop putin. head of the ministry of foreign affairs. on january 2, dmytro kuleba called

for all the countries of the world to strongly condemn the attack and take decisive measures. he asked for the acceleration of the delivery of additional air defense systems and ammunition to ukraine, and also spoke about the need to isolate russian diplomats in international organizations. european countries reacted to the brutal attacks during the new year holidays leaders by condemning. russian attack on ukraine. thus, the president of lithuania, getanas nauseda , called on our partners to immediately transfer more air defense systems to us. the head of latvia, edgards rinkevičes, also announced an increase in military aid. according to him , measures need to be taken right now. the president of moldova, mai sanda, emphasized that her country firmly stands by ukraine and constant international support in the region

is important for ukrainians to protect their sovereignty and people. ukraine is not yet able to defend itself by relying on only on their own. and that's why it's important that the us congress passes a bill on additional funding, says matthew miller, a spokesman for the us state department. we will continue to support ukraine as long as necessary. this does not mean that we will continue to support them on that. levels of military funding as in 2022-2023. so, the us plans to help us develop our own military production and build a defense complex so that ukraine can produce and purchase independently without support armament. whenever we sign one of these packages, there is always a delay of days if not weeks. therefore, not everything that was signed on the 27th was delivered to ukraine, it will happen soon. days and weeks, then

there is no funding. that is why john kirby emphasized that it is extremely important that the request submitted by the us president for additional funding for ukraine be approved by congress. the year when the armed forces of ukraine became stronger. in 2023, the ukrainian army received weapons that had a significant impact on the course of the war. first of all, it is about strengthening the protection of the ukrainian sky. the latest ppu systems. of western production reduced the potential of enemy air attacks, in particular , in the spring of 2023 , the american patriot air defense system, which was provided to our country by the united states, was put on combat duty in ukraine. on may 4 , it intercepted the russian kenjal hypersonic missile for the first time in history. the russians claimed that it was impossible to shoot it down, but there are few such systems in ukraine, one from the usa, another from germany and several launchers from the netherlands. "berlin promised

to provide a third system this winter, or already deployed it, it is unknown. the air force of the armed forces of ukraine shot down 10 out of 10 russian kh-47 m2 kinzhal air-ballistic missiles with the help of the paatriot air defense system. this is a record. if the missiles hit the target, the consequences will be catastrophic. thanks to the partners for pppo. there is no reason to believe that the enemy will stop here, so we need more systems and ammunition for them. another significant enhancement is armor. equipment, including modern tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. in the first year of the full-scale war, the west was looking around the world for ukraine soviet equipment, not daring to supply modern models. in 2023, this taboo disappeared. the american bradley infantry fighting vehicle, the swedish cv-90, the german marder, as well as tanks: the german leopard-2, the british challengenger 2, and the american abrams appeared in service in the armed forces.

the latter, however, have not yet been spotted on the battlefield. western armored vehicles are high-quality armor, reliability and efficiency, a foreign car, it is a foreign car, if not... lugty without zhiguli, then there is nothing to compare it with, the car is good, it survived the arrivals, during the counterattack on huge minefields and the enemy's superiority in the air prevented the south from using tanks and bmps to the full, but this technique saved many lives of ukrainian servicemen, however, modern models of armored vehicles in the armed forces are not enough, to say the least, only 31 abrams tanks were to be delivered, few of ... the allies also provided long-range missiles. the british storm shadow and the french scalp were integrated under the soviet su-24m bombers, and they became a serious problem for the invaders. among the bold targets that struck the ukrainian air force, in particular the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. but

the large amphibious ship novocherkask, loaded with shaheds. whether by rockets. another formidable weapon is the american atakams missiles, which ukraine has been asking the united states for many months. they have a significant advantage over scalps and stormshadow, because they are not launched from aircraft, but from haimars ground installations. it was with this weapon that the armed forces hit about a dozen enemy helicopters and special equipment at the airfields of occupied berdi. and luhansk. however, according to zmi, the number of missiles provided by the americans is just as small, barely a few dozen. it is hoped that in 2024, when the war risks finally becoming positional and the importance of long-range weapons will increase, the united states will increase the supply of atakams,

and germany will finally dare to provide at least a few dozen taurus missiles. the main expectation from 2024 is, of course, the american fighter. f-16. a number of countries have agreed to provide them: denmark, the netherlands, belgium and norway. moreover, the netherlands is already preparing for the transfer of the first 18 aircraft. f-16 - the most complex weapons that ukraine will receive since the beginning of the war, because they require the training of pilots, airfields and maintenance infrastructure. in theory, western planes will help drive away enemy aircraft from the borders and the front line, which in particular are flying guided bombs over ukraine. however, this weapon will not become a turning point in the war, experts warn. there simply cannot be a magic wand in such a large-scale conflict. only comprehensive strengthening of the armed forces will be able to break the situation at the front in our favor. this week finally saw the 49th and

largest exchange since the full-scale invasion. after a long break of five months , they returned from russian captivity. 230 soldiers and civilians, among them those who were considered missing. after a two-year captivity, the defender of the snake island returned home, as well as a military man who was captured on february 24, 2022 at the chongar checkpoint in the kherson region. among the released soldiers of the national guard, the armed forces of ukraine, the naval forces, border guards and two civilians. five women, including... one civilian, a 20-year-old girl from donetsk region. the intermediary in the organization of the exchange was the united arab emirates. why now? according to experts from the institute for the study of war, high-profile events have taken place in recent weeks, which once again prove

the russians' violation of the geneva convention on the treatment of prisoners of war. experts believe that the russian leadership could have agreed to a large... exchange of prisoners of war in order to break the cycle of reports of ill-treatment of ukrainian prisoners of war, because officials aim to present russia as a state that adheres to humanitarian and other legal principles. right on target. on january 4, the air force of ukraine destroyed a command post in sevastopol. communications of the occupiers. near yevpatoria, they hit the air defense military base and the station with the radar dome, and near pervomaiskyi they hit ammunition depots. our defenders also worked in the direction of the new deployment of the shaheds on the peninsula.

natalya gumenyuk, head of the united press center of the defense forces of southern ukraine, stated this. by according to her, this is not the first such damage, which... forces the occupiers to seriously reformat their defense system. meanwhile, on january 4, the mine-attack of the russian federation reported the alleged downing of ten. missiles and another 36 drones over the peninsula, and on january 5 , the armed forces of ukraine successfully hit the saka airfield in crimea. at a meeting of polish ministers , they declared that the border blockade would not be renewed. on january 3, during an interview, the country's deputy minister of agriculture said that the ministry... agrees to fulfill all the demands of the farmers who blocked the polish-ukrainian border and expressed his

hope that the actions would not take place after the holidays, but already on january 4 at 9 a.m. polish farmers blocked traffic at the shegyny medica checkpoint. tentatively until february 3. the polish government will sign an agreement with farmers blocking the border with ukraine. as rech-pospolita writes. poland's minister of agriculture, czeslaw sekerski , was supposed to agree on a document with protesters in ryaszew on january 6 to unblock the movement of goods at the border. the official promised to provide a guarantee for the fulfillment of three requirements farmers, namely: corn subsidies, cheap credit, and not raising taxes. mr. sekersky also confirmed that the embargo on ukrainian products... will continue to apply. according to the information of the spokeswoman of the lviv border guard oleksandra kuchkovska,

as of 15:00 on saturday, about six hundred trucks were waiting in the queues for entry into ukraine at the shegyny checkpoint, almost 500 each at the krakivets korchova and rava ruska checkpoints, grebenne. in the last two years, country where most often ukrainians opened their businesses, there is poland. 6,721 notifications from ukrainians about opening their own business, these are the data of the state tax service. great britain is in second place and the usa is in third place. ukrainians work in every second company in poland, and more than 70% of refugees have already found work. but is it easy to open one's... ava in the republic of poland and which areas are preferred by

ukrainian women, maria chernihivska found out. marina is a repair and tailoring master from the city of dnipro. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, a woman with two children was forced leave home from the very beginning, i was at a complete loss, because i wasn't going to go anywhere, i didn't even have a foreign passport, not me, not my children, because we weren't thinking of going anywhere, i was working. after arriving in warsaw, marina tried to work in a sewing workshop as an employee, but later decided to start her own business. this car came to me from ukraine, my mother sent it to me by bus as a parcel, they disassembled it and my overlocker also came from ukraine. that was the beginning, then i'm already here a little bit, a lot my polish friends helped me, and they helped me with furniture, and various lockers, whatever they wanted. marina started running a business a year ago, and already has many clients, mostly

poles. it was easy to arrange everything, it can be done online, says the woman. the most difficult thing is to find a suitable room. marina pays 2,600 zlotys per month for 10 m2, which is about uah 25,000. go the entrepreneurial way in poland while tax benefits help. at the moment, until i earn 30,000 zlotys in a year. i don't pay taxes, at the moment i do if i only pay for zuz and zrodovot, then it turns out to be 620 zlotys per month. there are more entrepreneurs like marina from ukraine here every year, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, there have already been more than 41,000 requests to start entrepreneurial activities from ukrainians in poland. in the second half of 2023 , about 4 thousand business activities were registered every month. in the first half of the year, there were 2000 registrations every month, so we have a jump during the year almost twice, it

makes an impression. every tenth company in poland is opened by ukrainians, says the specialist. in addition to the fact that our fellow citizens are actively engaged in business, they also create jobs. ukrainians here not only earn, but also spend a lot, in particular , rent and buy housing. as a result , revenues to the polish budget are increasing more and more. in 2022 , 4 billion zlotys went to the budget of poland from taxes and social insurance contributions to the budget, of course, referring to the citizens of ukraine, that is... basically, if we talk about the year 2023, it is already 5.5 billion zlotys , we have growth here as well. there are also changes in the spheres of activity of ukrainians in poland. traditionally, our citizens actively work in the field of construction, logistics, transport, and trade. however, due to the fact that there are now many women from ukraine on the polish labor market, there is an active development of entrepreneurial activity in the field of beauty and

health, gastronomy, cooking, and the hotel business. ukrainians also open companies. that are engaged in translations and the number of it companies is growing. they became much more than usual, which is not surprising, because ukraine has a huge potential in this area and highly qualified specialists. interesting dynamics are observed in the field of employment. ukrainians who arrived after the beginning of the full-scale invasion are less and less willing to work below the level of their qualifications, as was the case at the beginning of the great war. it can be seen that people remain here who have already made an internal decision for themselves to stay for a while and want to work according to their education, according to their profession, that is, for me, these are positive changes, because this is a bit of a blurring of myths that ukrainians are not just

a workforce , and we also show ours competences, knowledge, skills. to a slightly different market. polish international companies are increasingly noticing that there are many highly qualified professionals among ukrainians. you can come calmly, show your competences, skills, and nobody pays much attention to your nationality. if you are a good, competent worker, great, there are many roads open to you. to start working in polish companies, it is enough for ukrainians to know the language at the b1b2 level, says the expert. in general, numerous studies indicate that that the polish labor market needs workers, and employers are interested in ukrainians. maria chernyakhivska, ihor antoniuk, for the espresso tv channel from warsaw. this is how our team saw this week. meanwhile, western analysts are predicting a new

offensive by the russian army, and the international community is expressing concern about the destruction of ukraine. cities and the murders of our people by the russians, there is only one thing left for us: to act, each in his own direction, and help the armed forces of ukraine. that's the only way we can survive and win. i was with you, iryna koval, and news, summaries of the week on the espresso tv channel. watch us every saturday at 9pm and sunday at 9am. and take care of yourself. there are discounts on avaamaris of 15% in the pharmacies of planstry bam and ochad, there are discounts on deflu - 20% at the pharmacies psarynsky bam and ochad. this is

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i have been going since i was 15 years old, i love this business very much, partly i live abroad, but i always come to milanka on holidays , especially, it is an event that, one might say, somehow brings me back home. god help me, guys, as presenters, in milanka you can see

everything, both past and present, there can be a reflection of both political processes and historical processes, sometimes people prepare for milenka in... a month and a half, that's when someone knows , that he does not have a mask, he you have to make a mask yourself, if you have to glue it, paint it, and there are people who start preparing for melanka three days in advance, after christmas on the 10th they already start doing melanka, 10, 11, 12, these are such active days, there are people who also take a vacation for this day, for this time, well , show me what you have seasoned there, what, well , show me, what is it? yes, it will be after all this now, there will be an acquisition, no, warm up a little, yes, warm up, melanka

, it was always a reflection of those layers of the population who lived here in this area, of course, there were the most ukrainians of the greek-catholic rite at that time, then the second one, which was more numerous, was the polish one, and after that there was the jewish one. we had more than 500 jews, the same characters were always the same, but traditionally for us they were jews, there was a man, a lady, there was a hutsul, a hutsul, i recreated these masks such miracles that people remembered this for a very long time mask and me with this mask, to the house and i turned on ku-ku, ku-ku, before masks were made by people themselves, then

the variety of masks, which is still the same now - it is, of course, better, but then it was more traditionally, one mask needs to be worn for a week without sweating, because it does not dry in a day, so that it is normal. when i came from kolomyia to kolomyia, i studied there from kyiv, kolomyia , my brother is 5 years older than idulanka, i don’t have a mask, huh, in the desert we had a man who made masks, but that was exactly the year 91, huh , free ukraine, we were still afraid here and there , then again, because before melancho there was such a political situation that it was not allowed to walk, well, my brother and i got up and made the first mask, he did it on my face, so i did it for him.. and tell me what and why in the union they went to milanka, they didn't go

to something because it was forbidden then , it was not possible, but people went and maybe more actively and more, and now when it is possible, as a rule, many people want to go not to milanka to see melanka, well, but the theater it. someone has to create a fairy tale so that people can see it, so that suppressed our traditions during the soviet era, it was all forbidden, but you all know the saying that the forbidden fruit is always sweeter, and then people with more, so to speak, with enthusiasm, with greater effort wanted to be involved in this action, there were raids from the kosiv police department , reinforcements from the other... regional departments to disperse it, and there were such cases when they came by uaz, that's how the melanka was gathering, then everything was under masks and turned around

police uniforms. this mask is about 20 years old, at least, if i am not mistaken, it is the 89th year, then it is already more, 30, a badge, this mask is in honor, in honor and valued, and all these rubber masks that are sold, so to speak, the chinese sharpotreb, they are, first of all, inconvenient, because this mask. it is quite difficult to walk, i remember such an interesting case when i came from the army, and there was exactly what the soviet union was, and then i saw that they were molding the wombs of masks from boxine resin, i also made strong ones, made them for cossacks, well there were my...

who also left the army, they went , they forged sabers, we sewed uniforms, the girls changed their clothes, like the ukrainian women, when the cossacks came, and then the movement was already moving across ukraine and people came from lviv, and then those at the end of the 80s , it was a fishing rod and a flag, and how i saw the cossacks, the cossacks came up to us , they were pulling fishing rods, attaching yellow and blue ones, and raising them , and a large number of them were concentrated near us, and there were those workers of the collective farm who were circling around the head of the party committee, three people i don’t want to name ran away as soon as saw yellow-blue, you 're not afraid to sit there without a nap, this year we have such an idea that, for example, the ukrainian diaspora, which once left.

agreed to come to our holiday, and mostly everything is made of wood, paper and covered with fabric on top, a candle at the end, let ukraine shine. the country is like a friend in the sun, let ukraine shine, like a friend in the sun, help, god, to sow peace, so that

they will lead the way. who should be happy that on the 13th, it is already the old new year, and on this day children go to give generously, and adults also go to give generously, what exactly happens during this holiday, during these times, it is already some kind of connection with the fact that spring will soon come, tying also with bounties, when they are already bountiful about the fact that cattle are calving, so if nature comes to life,