greetings news time in the espresso area. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. president volodymyr zelenskyi arrived on a visit to the capital of lithuania, vilnius. he himself announced this in his telegram channel. according to the head of state, he will hold talks with the president, prime minister, speaker of seimas, as well as meetings with representatives of political forces. and the ukrainian community. zelenskyi noted that he will visit tallinn and riga a little later. in addition, the leader of ukraine will visit the world economic forum in davos, which will be held from january 15 to 19. two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling in donetsk region. this was reported to the regional police. the russians hit the village of new york with a guided aerial bomb. in hroidivska hromada. hit

a mine, in total, eight settlements in the region came under enemy fire, 16 private houses, an administrative building, an agricultural enterprise, and an industrial building were destroyed. the russians hit kharkiv with two s-300 missiles this night, targeting a children's health center. as a result of the hit, the medical building was destroyed and canteen building. this was reported by the head of the region oleg synygubov. fortunately , there were no people in the room, so no one was injured. the enemy attacked nikopol in the dnipropetrovsk region with drones. local authorities noted that the russians probably used new drones with night vision cameras for the attack. two private houses, a utility building and a power line were damaged. the head of the regional military administration , serhiy lysak, told about it. the russians also shelled one of the villages of the marganets community with heavy artillery. fortunately, no one was hurt. again

will take up his duties, announced the final decision in the case on the reinstatement of bohdan lviv as a judge of the supreme court. our correspondent kateryna galko knows the details of the high-profile event. katya, i congratulate you, tell me what happened in the courtroom today? i congratulate katya, i congratulate the viewers of the tv channel. so today the kyiv district administrative court has already issued a final decision regarding the reinstatement of ex-judge bohdan lviv. let me remind you that on october 3, 2022 , the security service of ukraine informed the supreme court about its presence of russian citizenship, and on the basis of this the head of the supreme court, actually the head of the supreme court decided to cancel it after all.

the presence of bohdan lviv in this judge, while at the same time the security service of ukraine reported that the checks were ongoing, however , later at the court, a representative of the sbu reported that, as of now, checks on the fact that he acquired russian citizenship are no longer being conducted. on october 22, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, instructed to check the existence of grounds for terminating ukrainian citizenship of mr. bohdan. however, since that time, it is not known whether this task was considered either in the office of the president or in the state migration service. these petitions referred to the investigation of our colleagues, who report that more than 20 years ago , mr. bohdan obtained russian citizenship based on a military serviceman's certificate, and then renewed it in 2012, it also said in this investigation that bohdan... consciously used this

citizenship, however, he claims that he does not have a russian passport, he spoke about this today as well, and let's hear it his comment what you published, you published, based on the sources that were available to you, and i am still convinced, and i personally do not need to convince myself. i know that i am exclusively a citizen. i have the only passport of ukraine - the passport of a citizen of ukraine, i have no other passport. so, he emphasized this again, today, the court still reinstated him as a judge of the supreme court, and also ordered him to return the salary that was not paid to him due to forced absenteeism, mr. bohdan claims that... give this money

to the armed forces of ukraine, like his fellow judges, who, according to him, give 60% of their salary to the needs of our defenders, decisions. satisfied partially, that is, only his renewal and return of his salary were satisfied, this was reported in court today, and that's all the information, let's stop for now, katya, so you have my word. thank you, katya, let me remind you, it was our correspondent, kateryna galko, who spoke about the final decision in the case of the reinstatement of bohdan lviv as a judge of the supreme court of ukraine. so, we go further, and hunted for zaporizhzhia defense plants, the service. security detained a russian intelligence agent, the man tried to give the occupiers the geolocation of local enterprises of the defense-industrial complex, and the suspect also tracked the locations of personnel of the armed forces of ukraine. to do this, he traveled around the city on

public transport and secretly photographed infrastructure facilities. the agent began to actively perform enemy tasks in the fall of 2023. year, now he is under guard, they kidnapped another bribe-taker, the law enforcement officers detained the judge's assistant and the secretary of court sessions in vinnytsia region, the accused promised to influence the court process and sentencing, in exchange for this they demanded $200, the perpetrators were to receive the first tranche before the start of the hearing, they were detained during the transfer of funds . the package is located. firefighters extinguished a large-scale fire in sumy oblast. the fire occurred due to enemy shelling in the residential sector. the shock wave also damaged several multi-apartment buildings, they said state emergency service. in addition, the cultural center also caught fire.

the fire was quickly extinguished. a serious accident occurred in the morning near kyiv on the gostomil highway. truck and car. the latter flew into the ditch. previously, two people were injured, they were hospitalized. currently, traffic on this section of the road is complicated. in particular , the truck blocked two lanes. law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the car wreck. more than 500 settlements in ukraine remain without electricity. this was reported in the ministry energy industry the reason for the de-energization of line equipment and the fall of supports. the situation is more difficult in dnipropetrovsk, kirovohrad, mykolaiv and odesa regions, blackouts were also recorded in chernihiv and sumy regions. currently, the power industry continues to restore the power supply. italian prime minister giorgia meloni and german chancellor

olaf scholz discussed military and financial support for ukraine before the eu summit, which will take place on february 1. their telephone conversation was reported in the italian press service. i'll remind you, earlier scholz stated that germany planned to double military aid to ukraine, and expected other eu countries to increase their contributions as well. the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea, kim jong-un , said that south korea is the main enemy of his country, and he has no intention of avoiding war, according to the state information there. agency, he asserts that the dprk will not hesitate to destroy south korea by mobilizing all available means and forces. the south korean dictator also announced a new military policy industry north korea is intensifying preparations for war. armed men seized the studio

of a national tv channel in ecuador. the presenters were taken hostage during the live broadcast. this was reported by the reuters news agency . they managed to arrest 13 attackers and evacuate the employees of the tv channel. the incident was called a terrorist act, the country's president, daniel noboa , declared a state of emergency due to the internal armed conflict. let me remind you that the most dangerous leader of a criminal gang escaped from prison in ecuador on monday. after what more than 20 emergency situations were recorded throughout the country. riots are organized in prisons, policemen are known to be shot. bandits are kept at bay. many civilians, ecuador's military has declared members of the mafia a legitimate target for extermination. join the fundraiser for a front-line car for the tankmen of the advance guard who protect the eastern flank of the struggle for our independence. avtovka on

the front line fights and saves. in off-road conditions and constant shelling, the service life of front-line vehicles is short. you need a lot of cars and they are needed quickly. so we invite you to join the collection, there are already more than 218, hryvnias on the accounts. let's put victory on the wheels together. in general , our goal is uah 250,000. that's all the news for this hour, you can find more interesting and relevant information on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks, join in, put your favorites, i 'll end the episode with that, see you tomorrow. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my

name is serhiy rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, about war and about our victory. today in the program. putin's winter offensive fails, but the russians increase their shelling. how to protect front-line infrastructure from shocks? wartime economics: can the reduction of western military aid be offset by the production of ammunition? 10 billion in damages. law enforcement officers are investigating corruption in the ministry of defense. new scandals around suppliers. we will talk about this and other things during the next hour with our experts and our guests. today we will have a serviceman on call yehor firsov of the armed forces of ukraine, military. expert valentyn badrak and people's deputy of ukraine oleksiy kucherenko. in the second part

of our program, which will start in an hour, we will have people's deputies of ukraine, viktoria syumar, yevgenia kravchuk and andriy osadchuk. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest you watch a video of the consequences of the russian occupiers' attack on pokrovsk, where they hit the hospital, just in time. surgery in the hospital, the occupiers hit the building and unfortunately there are wounded in this hospital, let's watch this video. one more thing, stand aside.

what can be said about the russians, the animals, they even beat the hospital, although it is unfair to the animals. friends, for those who are currently watching us on youtube and facebook, please like this video and also subscribe to our pages on these platforms. in addition, take part in the survey, today we ask you about whether ukraine needs a new thanksgiving holiday, yes, no, please vote on youtube by choosing two features, yes, no, or leave your comments below this video, if you 're watching us on tv, please pick up your smart phone or phone and call if you support the introduction of a new thanksgiving holiday which, which... will be celebrated on the last sunday of september, well at least that's what they plan to do, then

call 0821 381, not 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, call, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote, we are waiting for the inclusion of serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine yehor firsev, he is on the eastern front, our editors... are contacting egor, i hope he will get in touch, that at this minute, at this hour it is known, as the german publication bild writes, that putin's winter offensive in ukraine has failed, russia it is also far from the capture of kupyansk and avdiivka, which took place three months ago, writes bild. we know that the russians have been actively storming for the past few months. action and are trying to reach the so-called administrative borders of the so

-called lpr and dpr, or simply put, the administrative borders of donetsk and luhansk regions, as it actually is in the distribution, geographical administrative division of the ukrainian state. as reported by the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. over the past day, 67 skirmishes took place at the front on... the most active assaults were in the avdiiv direction, according to the american institute for the study of war, russian troops slightly advanced in... west of the city of donetsk and west of verbovoy, which is taking place on avdiiv direction and whether the predictions of british and american intelligence officers will come true they say that part of the russian troops will go to kupyansk, respectively in the kupyansk

direction and they will move to kharkiv, because according to the forecasts of foreign intelligence. this is precisely the goal of putin and his army, so far, unfortunately, we do not know the answers to these questions, and obviously, in the next few days or weeks, the full picture of what the russian occupiers are planning to do to the eastern front will become clear, well meanwhile, while her russians are coming to terms with... a possible offensive that they can't or won't launch can be started due to the actions of the armed forces of ukraine, the verkhovna rada of ukraine already has five versions of the draft law on mobilization, this is the government's and four alternative ones, we know that at the end of the 23rd year, the government of denys

shmyhal submitted a draft law on mobilization to the verkhovna rada of ukraine , on december 6, the first version of this draft law was already made public, or, let's say, the version that was supported by the government, a very wide discussion flared up in social networks, and not only in social networks, but also in society, because the norms proposed in this draft law affects those who are conscripted, including those who are abroad, in accordance with the government law. the project proposed to force those who are abroad to go through certain procedural actions in territorial recruitment centers or pass a military medical board, and if they did not do this, according to the government bill, their

bank cards would be blocked , all real estate activities would be limited, and also... well, there were a number of preventive measures that would logically the authors of this government draft law would force conscripts to apply to territorial recruitment centers, today the deadline for submitting alternative draft laws has expired, but the members of the committee on national security and defense sat literally yesterday, or the day before yesterday. and they thought about what to do with this bill and came to the conclusion that this government bill contains a lot of provisions to which there are comments, first of all from the members of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense, according to preliminary information, 73 comments to 73

pages of this bill have. representatives of the parliamentary committee on issues of national security and defense, and therefore, obviously, on the day of consideration or on the day of submission of this and the official presentation of the draft law to the verkhovna rada of ukraine, it will obviously be not just the representative of the ministry of defense of ukraine and the head of the armed forces of ukraine, because the first it is necessary to understand according to what... logic in 2024 the rotation at the front will take place and in what way this rotation will take place. i already have my editor tells us that we have a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, yehor firsov, on the phone. mr. yehor, i congratulate you. thank you for joining our broadcast. thank you and i

wish everyone good health. mr. yehor, i started the conversation and our big evening party. from the situation on the eastern front, bilt quoted that the germans write that putin's winter offensive in ukraine has failed, russia is just as far from capturing kupyansk and avdiyivka as three months ago, how does the situation on the eastern front look now, where are you? well here it is recently i just returned from a service leave, the situation looks like this: on the one hand, very correct. wrote that the enemy is suffering heavy losses, the enemy is defeated, the russians lost a huge amount of equipment and personnel directly in avdiivka, i don't know how it is in the kupyansk direction, but... nevertheless, the situation remains tense, and - first, the enemy is now firing all kinds of rockets at the front-line cities, pokrovsk,

mirnograd, selidovo and the rest. well, i think it's no secret, i'll say that it's clear that it's the rear, the rear is important, the enemy is healing, rear points, but not logistics points, there are personnel and so on, reserve. the enemy has no success, but it attacks systematically several times a day, well, so that the people of kyiv understand me conditionally, but there was an attack, i was in kyiv at the time on vacation on january 1, well, only similar attacks are more massive and several times for a day, and now the enemy is trying to advance in the avdiiv direction, what a wave he is preparing, i lost count... weather conditions, and now we have about -17, let me tell you, our drones are flying, and

here we are brotherly, well, brotherly, let's say it like this, our unit in the avdiiv direction destroyed the sunflower today, well, this is approximately how the situation looks, mr. yehor, on his on your facebook page, you wrote that the enemy has had enough... is now actively attacking the rear of the front, all logistics routes and logistics hubs that are behind the front or near the front, and you suggested that part of these logistics centers, infrastructure in general after all, they were located underground, that is, to create certain underground towns where it would be safe. to those who help those who are at the front, and we are talking not only about the front-line zone, but in ukraine in general, because we see that the enemy

has been very actively, massively hitting factories, hitting military-industrial facilities, for military facilities, it is clear that in some way, in some perspective, we could not create all these logistics so quickly. although these are underground, the underground infrastructure you are talking about you write, and which one you are discussing, it is actively used in the middle east, where the same hamas created these underground passages, which until now the israeli army cannot do anything with them, because that is where weapons are also produced , and keep weapons as much as possible to support the ukrainian state. to create something similar, because you and i have repeatedly talked about the fact that russia will always be by our side and we will still have to somehow create some kind of

infrastructure that could survive next to such an aggressive country as russia. well 100% it must be done, there is no other way. i expressed this opinion because i'm watching, i'm at the front and i'm watching the situation, and so really on... we have to make underground cities for military infrastructure to protect our reserves, our body part, logistics part, there is no other way, you know , i don’t know how many missiles the enemy has, i’m speaking frankly, i’m not doing this analytical work, we were once told that the enemy had well-known experts, who were doing their youtube, youtube broadcasts, that... the enemy has missiles left there for a month or something, well, i don't, i don't remember exactly, but they convinced the ukrainian society that the enemy will soon no longer have missiles, as

we can see, the enemy has missiles, i don't i don't know if they produce on their own, or buy there in north korea or something, it doesn't make sense, there is only one factor: the enemy will continue to hit the rear, in all the cities. and in order to preserve the lives of soldiers, one must forget about soldiers being in houses, on some floors, just in some locations there on territory, tents and so on, we need to move everyone underground, ah, then, in principle, enemy shelling will not have such a military sense, so they will continue to hit the infrastructure, we will not get anywhere, that is what air defense is for, that is. .. we are protected here and there by different water supply lines and so on, making life difficult for us, but they

will not have military success, moreover, i want to say that there is... a great location, especially in donetsk region, where the rocket is not at all can even theoretically get to these locations, for example, there zatericons, behind the hills, special locations where there are quarries that once mined the nadra and so on, so it must be done monotonously, gradually, but do it, and this is where you mentioned palestine, israel, and it was the conversation with the commander, one of commanders of the israeli army. pushed me to do this, because if the palestinians were able to make underground cities for their own infrastructure, well , we are worse than the palestinians, we are stupider, we are poorer, no, i think not, the ukrainians are smart enough, and i think that the power will be enough mind to gradually start building similar cities, because this is all in general , one of the american generals once said that

war is logic. logistics, once again logistics, the enemy is pounding the rear for a reason, because he wants to undermine morale, he wants to heal the warehouses and so on, without without a rear, especially without a military rear, and the battle on the front line turns into just a formality, so that there is no delivery of bc, there are no reserves, they are shackled and so on, that is why the military infrastructure is protected underground, this is in general, i would say the basis of the foundations. sir egor. these days, the verkhovna rada of ukraine has to consider the draft law on mobilization, an important issue for the whole society, and first of all for those who are on the front, because it is this draft law that is planned to regulate the issue of demobilization of people who are in the armed forces of ukraine. what, what are they expecting from this law at the front, that is, are there any expectations, are there any

conversations. about how it should all happen, and it is clear that this is a matter of life and death for many people, and it is clear that it is not to avoid, i.e. mobilization cannot be avoided, you and i have already talked about it in previous programs, how it should all happen, information has appeared that this draft law, which is in the government, will undergo significant changes in the committee on national security and of defense, not even excluding the bill on... the delay of this bill, the adoption of this bill for various reasons, the wrong norms, there is no political solution, there is no one to take responsibility for what is written in this bill, how it will affect the those who stand at the front? well, i'll tell you, we don't follow these various legislative initiatives, we just don't have time, but of course

it's important for us. left question, it is important from the point of view that all military personnel need at least some clarity, at least some, how much those who lived, well, will live, let 's be honest up to this moment, but how much one way or another the military will have to fight, especially which volunteered, people need to rest, people need to recover, i'm telling you this as a unit sergeant major. de facto deputy commander, because when the unit is fresh, it shows much more combat effectiveness, when the unit is demoralized, tired of war, tired of trenches, shelling, it is very difficult to expect anything from a military man, because he is, well, just physically and psychologically tired, so it is important for us to it is important to say to this front that guys, be

patient. how many years, two, three, more, it doesn't matter, what is important is some clarity and perspective, and during this time you will be replaced by other guys, demobilization, it is important, as you can do it there, as you like to name, but it depends significantly on mobilization, because someone has to come to replace us or others, and who is it? will come, what will be the quality of training of these fighters, this is also a big question, because believe me, the guys don’t really want to, let’s say, hold a position, and for someone else to come later, weaker, unfired, unprepared there, and these positions passed, it's a terrible dream, let's put it this way, for us, moreover, i 'll tell you frankly, conditionally, if, conditionally, if for...