to goncharivsk near goncharivskyi and went to war in pick-ups, learning our american grenade launcher along the way, now if everything was completely different, now the professionalization of the ukrainian army has increased and every recruit receives a good badge, everyone is taught to survive, especially as i once again noted that now a significant part of the functions of the assault infantry are taken over by kamikaze drones, automated, robotic... systems have appeared at the front, that is, machine gunners, part of the machine gunners no longer work from a trench, but work from shelters through control panels automated fire injection systems, i.e. now if the situation is psychologically possibly difficult, because it is winter, the third year of the war, it is not clear how everything will end, someone was preparing to run a 100-meter race, but it turned out that they had to run 100 km, a super marathon, but in fact there is no catastrophic situation, there is you just need to reconfigure society. and

every man should understand society in the same way, because i see that sometimes i am disgusted to read on the internet that i will not go there, let the deputies go, why should i go there, and the state did not give me anything, it is as if it is the civic duty of every citizen, regardless of the government , what it does, what it did, what it did not do, to stand up for the defense of its homeland, now it can be done and must be done in a proper, non-urgent, calm manner, it must be removed that stupid tension, it's not... in 22nd year, when men in kyiv took a kalashnikov assault rifle from a car and four horns, and they didn't know where they were going and thought they would stop the russian tanks, they believed in it, now if everything much more planned and calmer, so you just need to to return it all to a calm course, it is necessary, i don't know how to work with the population, so that they realize that this is not a ticket to immediate death, and it is necessary for politicians to stop playing around. into politics, but they returned

the function of statesmen, that is, now it is about preserving the state, but russia thinks that it will press now and we will break, it simply does not take into account the factor that the spring, which is strongly bent, it will loosen, and when will the the moment when they are exhausted, and we are ready to accelerate, is easy for us trained professionals are needed, if only to save the existing brigades, believe me, we have learned to fight well, we do everything well, but psychologically. it is even difficult to stay at the front for 18 months without any rotation, there must be some element of justice here, and here the state in addition to, well, the only thing i would note is that it seems to me that very little work is done with encouragement, that is, some kind of coercion system has gone , intimidation, that is, the whip system, we need gingerbread here, even after the end of active hostilities we need a large army, we need a lot of professional experience, so we need to work more actively with involvement, with recruiting.

people of certain specialties, certain technical specialties, certain skills, not all of whom will climb into the trenches, because the further the war progresses, the less the soldier is at the front, he will move away from the front line, if only because, as i will point out once again, for that landing, for which we fought for half a year under the klishchiivka tree, where not a single stump remained, no infantry can be there, neither ours nor russian, this you can capture, you can't hold, kamikaze drones, cluster munitions, knock out anyone in a couple of minutes. whoever goes there, mr. yuri, thank you very much for your clear and important explanations, i think that our citizens of our politics will also hear them, thank you and your comrades, who have been holding our positions near bakhmut for the 18th month, restraining the enemy. let me remind you that it was yuriy syrotyuk, a senior grenade launcher of the fifth separate kyiv assault brigade of the armed forces of ukraine. and then to another. topics to the technological topic

there were reports that it seems that the enemy has already started using these modernized or new unmanned shaheda drones, there was information from the air force that there is no confirmation yet, but let's look at this topic in more detail, we are joined now by ivan kirichevsky, an expert of our information company defense express, mr. ivan, i am pleased to see and hear from you. good evening, mutual advice. we only have four minutes, unfortunately, i would like you to tell our audience what what exactly can this shahed missile do, is it really already a serial model, what threats can it pose and what can we compensate for these threats. a brief description can be given as follows, this is, in principle, perhaps the first case of the use of this reactive shahed 238 for all time.

it was presented for the first time in the fall of this year and in the morning, the characteristics of this aircraft are not even known for certain, it can only be roughly estimated that there is a flight speed of up to 600 km. the stated dimensions are approximately the same as this propeller shaft, well i.e. approximately 3 m wingspan and up to 2 m ee fuselage length combat unit equipment is unknown there only known that, say , a jet engine that can stand on this jet engine, it costs more than 50 00 dollars, which in principle creates the first problem that a jet engine shahed cannot be as massive as a propeller, why is the air force now doing such a careful trick that they can't... they can confirm, well, let's say, when there is some specific reference sample, well, the wreckage of the aircraft can be to compare with new samples and say , yes, this is definitely shot down, and it turns out that we are the first who can deal with this jet shachet, so even if it would seem that there are clear images in the public domain, official

qualifications can really be given to this while not giving, in my subjective opinion, it is unlikely that the russians can set themselves the goal of making such a massive reactive means of air attack, perhaps this is one of their already numerous... attempts to find something of the sort to try to exhaust our anti-aircraft defense, because let's remember, they had cheap e-95m jet drones, which they used during the siege of kyiv in march 2022, but the thing is, let's say, not bad, but the launch range is only 50 km, there were many times these x- 55, without nuclear combat equipment with mock-ups, but they cannot shoot the x55 to the end there, because these missiles, they are still included in the nuclear triad. accordingly, there, in order not to spoil the prestige, they cannot shoot down many x55s. there was a story with these so-called flying lawn mowers, well, that is, with drones that can distract air defense there, drones of a lantern design, apparently, did not work, obviously, this could be one of the next variations on the theme of their attempts to wear out

our air defense, well, that is, using jet missiles, well, but once it went, well, it turns out , yes, an aircraft that has a flight speed of 600 km/h, it can hardly be shot down with... machine guns or automatic guns, such as 2032 or these yugoslav outposts, but it is a jet aircraft, it gives a heat trace, on it can happen, well any manpads with an infrared head, not to mention more complex systems like there , for example, these swedish or british air defense systems that we have with laser guidance, and maybe even a cheetah will be able to work on such a thing, accordingly, there will be such a certain, let's call it a competition, will the russians invent something like this, will our anti-aircraft fighters find... such and such an effective way to shoot down jet defenses and the russians will have to urgently look for new wonderwaffes to introduce, well, to, let's say, exhaust our anti-aircraft defenses and not to achieve a result in this, mr. ivan , thank you very much for the explanation, briefly, but very clearly and succinctly, i will remind our viewers

that it was ivan krichevsky, a military expert of the information consulting company defense express, so we can talk about the fact that there is some sample of russia's weapons . effective countermeasures. these were the main results of this military era today, and more international and economic news later on our big broadcast, so stay tuned to the espresso channel. thanks to serhiy zgurts, this was serhii zgurets, director of the defense agency. talked about what is happening on the front lines, what our achievements are, and now it’s time for news and a word to the charming host irina koval, iro, congratulations, thank you,

yura, in just a moment i will tell you about the main events for today, so literally in a moment, therefore. and let's start with the situation in the kherson region: residential quarters of kherson under enemy fire from the occupiers. as a result of shelling , apartment buildings were damaged, windows were broken and walls were damaged. also under the hospital was hit. this was announced by the head of the region oleksandr prokudin. fortunately, no one was hurt. this is the workplace, doctor. the laboratory assistant and just as she finished her work and left the room, they heard glass falling from the windows, went out into the corridor, and then entered the room and saw that there was a window, a monitor and a wall were broken. a special operation

of the main directorate of intelligence and in cooperation with the ministry of statistics and the come back alive fund. drone attack on an oil depot and an energy company. in the oryol region, our business people, writes ukrainian pravda, citing its own sources. three muscovites were injured. a fire broke out at the site of the impact, the local governor said. andriy klychkov. also, the so-called ministry of defense of russia writes about already five downed drones over the kursk region. allegedly , they all flew to the area of ​​gurevich international airport. and a woman was apparently injured by falling debris in one of the villages of the region. over 20 million hryvnias of losses were brought to the state by illegal coal mining. kramatorsk district prosecutor's office of donetsk oblast filed a lawsuit in court. about compensation. in december 2022, entrepreneurs got access to plots of land for one of

the district's mines. they began to use the ventilation shaft, which was not used, and in this way raised more than 2 thousand tons of fuel to the surface, which caused significant damage to ukraine. you pay money, you go abroad. the security service exposed a corruption scheme in odesa. in the belgorod-dniester district court, men of conscription age received fictitious certificates of care for minor children. it gave them the possibility of evading mobilization and even going abroad. it was only necessary to pay $35 to the judge and his mediators. extras were looking for potential clients on social networks. the criminal scheme was active from april 2022. during this time, the judge issued more than 1,000 certificates. they campaigned

to support putin. law enforcement officers in the kharkiv region exposed two female collaborators. during the capture of the region, the residents of the izyum district urged their fellow villagers to cooperate with the occupation authorities, because in their opinion , life is better with russia. also spread pro-russian narratives the women have now been detained. amputation of the leg, multiple contusions, loss of vision and shrapnel wounds. our next article is about the infantryman andrii melnyk with the call sign drone, from the first day of the full-scale invasion, i want my family to be happy here, for my son to plan his life here and not set goals for himself somewhere to go somewhere abroad. andriy, together with his brother, defended ukraine in... the east in avdiivka, and during another deployment on a combat mission in january of last year, the car of the man and his

comrades was blown up by a mine. waiting for evacuation, the boys were lying in the middle of the field, and the rashists continued to fire at them and attack them with drones. there were 15 of us , let's say, i was the least lucky, because that mine literally exploded in my legs, it made such a big funnel. in the floor of our bmp, i fell in there, even the guys pulled me out, my comrade helped me, he wrapped me around and said, lie down, we were all very badly burned, everything burned, clothes, hats, buffs, andrii recalls, it was a miracle that we managed to escape , because of the chances of at first, neither my comrades nor the doctors gave me life, i heard... the hum of a motor, i understood that they were coming after us, two guys came up to me,

one said, look at him, there is nothing to take here, and the other said to him, well type, this is our brother, we will take him anyway , the military says, the russian army has great capabilities for a protracted war, so it is too early for the ukrainians to give up, despite the difficulties andriy has not lost the ability to dream even today, one of his goals is to climb to the top of the mountain together with his son and the ukrainian... flag, that's it will be after our victory. anastasia holoshivets, viktoriya vorushchak for the espresso tv channel from vinnytsia. and that was all the news for this time, i am iryna koval, i say goodbye, goodbye until tomorrow, and the big broadcast continues, and it will be continued by my colleague, yuriy fizar, who will tell you a lot more interesting and relevant information, so yura , you have a word. thank you iro for your work today in the news service from. bye, well , this time we continue the information from the world and continue as usual, of course, i will,

in particular, talk about the following: the chancellor of germany convinces colleagues in the european union to increase aid and support to ukraine. finland will not open its borders with russia, and russians may not vote abroad in the russian presidential election. abroad, about this and other things in a moment in the world about ukraine section. well, i'll start with this: former italian prime minister mario draghi may become the new president of the european council. this was reported by the financial times with reference to its sources, both in italy and in brussels. at the same time, neither mr. draghi himself nor his people

the entourage did not confirm this information, but at least they did not deny it. although. those people who are familiar with mario draghi emphasize that the ex-head of the european central bank said that he does not want to work in management positions in the european union, so let's see, i will only remind you that the seat of the president of the european council has become vacant, may become vacant after june 9, but only if the current president, charles michel , is elected a member of the european parliament, by the way. that he no longer wants to be president, charles michel said on sunday in the evening, yesterday i talked about it in the column world about ukraine, and today we already have information that they are already looking for his replacement, and we really need this replacement, because, as i told yesterday, and they continue to do so today, this news should be in the information space , that if a new president is not elected quickly, then

the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbán, will automatically become him, and you yourself understand how bad it all is for us, let's move on. weapons to ukraine are scheduled for today. most of the member states of the european union, are in any case too small. therefore, i call on our allies and partners to intensify the provision of military and financial assistance. german chancellor olaf scholz said this the day before after meeting with luxembourg prime minister luc frieden. at the same time, the head of the bundessurand called on the leaders of the eu countries to decide on their contribution by february 1, to be more precise. and he added the direct speech of olaf scholz: europe must demonstrate to the whole world that it continues to stand with ukraine on the side of protecting freedom, international law and european values. well, estonia will continue to provide ukraine with all the necessary

financial and military assistance and will allocate 0.25% of of its gross domestic product, the country's prime minister kaya kalas said the day before during a press conference after the regular meeting of the state defense council, and more will be done by official tallinn over the next four years. the head of the estonian government also says that during this time, estonia will allocate 14 million euros per year for joint actions to restore ukraine. well, in general, says pka kalas, they, we have already received 500 million euros in military aid from them. for which great gratitude to this small country. hungary will remove the veto on the allocation of money by the european union to ukraine, but on one condition: if

the european council reviews this aid every year, it will be notified. politico journalists citing their own sources in brussels and budapest, experts believe that this will allow viktor orbán to blackmail the leadership of the european union by blocking the allocation of aid to ukraine every year, if decisions unfavorable to him are adopted in brussels. i let me remind you that in mid-december last year , hungary vetoed the increase in the eu budget for 2024-27, including 50 million euros for macro-financial assistance to ukraine. well, there is also information related to hungary . hungary of this country continued national consultations on how to support, how to treat support for ukraine in general, and he continued these consultations, which were supposed to end, should have ended already, but

will continue until january 17 , even last year, the leadership of this... country of our neighbor put this question of support for ukraine on a nationwide discussion, because they want to know the opinion of ordinary citizens of the country. well, it seems to me that this issue is simply being dragged out. the eastern border in finland, that is, the border with russia, which has a length of more than 1,000 km, will remain closed. this was announced today by the minister of internal affairs of the country maria rantanen. according to her. the government decided not to open checkpoints on the border with a terrorist country after january 14, and explains this decision , the minister said in particular - quote: i of course i can't. can disclose intelligence, but it appears that there has been no change at all in russia's activities, so there is a very real risk that russia will continue to engage in similar activities

if the border is opened. you may have a question, what kind of activities can russia do? until now, she was simply transporting migrants from european and asian countries to the border. from finland, convincing them that they can easily cross it to get to one of the of the countries of the european union, as the minister says, if the borders are opened, then this calm, which has developed now, will disappear, and migrants will continue to go to the border en masse. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, will go to, or at least may go to, the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, about this today first. reported in the columns of the swiss publication, and then it was confirmed by the president of the world economic forum , berge brenda. according to published information, preparations for the trip are in full swing

move currently, it is known for certain that the fourth meeting regarding the so-called ukrainian peace formula will be held in davos on sunday, the day before the start. three have already taken place. one took place in malta, in the eu, i'm sorry, in saudi arabia and in luxembourg. well, let's wait, there are a few days left. all countries of the world must strongly defend the goals and principles of the united nations charter, jointly defend the basic norms of international relations, and moreover, they must play a constructive role in the settlement global and regional crises. such a statement was made today by the minister of foreign affairs of china, one i. according to him, there must be peace. equal and orderly, followed by his short quote: "each country has its place in the global multi-level system, and can play an appropriate role there, that's the end

of the quote. however, it is not entirely clear, at least to me, how beijing is going to do all this and at the same time deepen strategic cooperation with russia, about which mr. wang also said today, and he also wants, proposed, at least try to..." world crises, again, the russian war in ukraine, he continues to call a crisis, with the help of cooperation with russia, with the country that started this crisis, well, the war in ukraine, which continues it, well that's why such statements from heaven , well, they are somewhat impressive, well, that's putting it mildly , well, in conclusion, the decision has not yet been made, but in the consulates general, on the territory of unfriendly countries, polling stations will not be opened for voting in the presidential elections, which are scheduled for 15 -march 17 of this year

this was reported by the propagandists of the russian publication vedomosti with reference to sources in diplomatic circles. at the same time, according to the received information, the number of countries in which there will be no polling stations is significant. the reason for such a possible step is explained by the newspaper's sources as security considerations and downsizing. number of consular employees, i will remind you that the list of so-called unfriendly countries, the so-called list includes 49 countries, and if everyone understood that there are no security considerations, no security considerations it's about, it's about the fact that in 49 countries, well, not all, in most of them, those who don't want to support putin simply won't be able to support putin, if... these polling stations are not opened. well, that's all i have in the world about ukraine column, that's all for today, tomorrow there will be more in this column,

but our broadcast continues. yes, and we continue with an interesting interview. our journalists have prepared it for you, they have been waiting for almost two years. ostap reshitnyk, military, sanitary instructor after the start of the full-scale invasion of the russian horde to ukraine, got into polon at the ilyich plant in mariupol and was able to return home only at the beginning of january, later on espresso, an interview with his wife olga reshitnyk. let's see. greetings to all viewers of the tv channel, my name is khrystyna parobiy, and we tell the stories of soldiers released from captivity. at the beginning of january, there was one of the largest exchanges since the beginning

of full-scale. the invasion brought home 230 soldiers, among them 225 men and five women, and today we have the opportunity to talk to the wife one of those who returned home, ostap reshitnyk, he is from the lviv region, today we have olga reshitnyk in the studio, olga, i congratulate you, tell me some of your first emotions, how you found out that your husband is coming home, good day, studio, in fact, it was in the first place. a call from the special services , as it happens in general, the very first emotions, that is, i did not believe in it, that it was really so, the way we learned to restrain ourselves, well , that is, we did not expect something immediately, so somehow in the first such emotions, they even were well, a shock, just a shock from which we still haven't really recovered, because somehow, you...

two children, the way they experienced this separation from their father, because your husband was in pelon for almost two years, yes , how, what were the children's emotions? eh, my daughter , she was also shocked, she was happy, that is, she laughed, my son had radically different emotions, he cried, he cried all evening until he heard his father’s voice, and the daughter was walking, saying, well, why are you crying, well that is, dad is already at home, dad is already at... why are you crying, on the contrary, you have to be happy and then, when they already heard their father's voice, they had radically different emotions, i.e. when did you manage to contact your husband? well, actually, this period of waiting for a call, it lasted from 60 o'clock in the afternoon until almost 152 in the evening. well, it was such a long period that when we heard that call, everyone was at home. near, well

, near me, it was tears, emotions, it was a shock, well, that is, but we were glad to finally hear his voice. how did the children survive these almost two years of separation? i tried to somehow distance them a little from this, that is, no no to fully involve them in all those emotions, i tried to somehow distract them so that they would not feel so deeply. this whole situation, you have a 13-year-old daughter, yustyna, and a 9-year-old son lukyan, and now let's hear how you met, how you talked with your father, this is the first call after the capture, we will now listen to yustyna rositnyk, tell me, when they found out that my father had already been released from captivity, that my father was returning home, what were my first impressions, my first emotions,

well... i got a call from the sbu and said that he in ukraine, eh, and my mother was not at home then, she went to the store, and here she called me somewhere around 6:00 in the evening and said that my father was at home, well, i had some mixed emotions, because i was in shock, well, at first i cried a little, but it was from happiness, and then i didn't feel any such emotions until that moment, until he called us, i was talking to my father already, right? tell me what they talked about in the first video or phone conversation? well, at first he simply called on the phone, well, we just talked about what we were doing during that time, while he was gone, they asked how things were with us there, whether everyone was healthy, and said that they missed each other.