strange things happened when they refused to put on the agenda the resolution on the dismissal of maryana bezuglai from the position of deputy head of the national security committee for defense and intelligence, after that the tribune was blocked, the speaker closed the meeting, well, in short, what was it at all, what is happening, it is very a good question, what is happening in general, and what was it, it seems to me a rhetorical question that constantly relates to events in the parliament, unfortunately, but i will explain as much as possible. concisely, every mp has the right in accordance with the law of ukraine on the rules of procedure of the verkhovna rada, to propose a vote to include this or that issue on the agenda. today, a number of people's deputies proposed to include in the agenda the issue of dismissal from the post of deputy chairman of the defense committee, marina bezugla. the chairman of the verkhovna rada is obliged by law to address this issue. put to

a vote, it will get 226, i.e. a majority, then we consider it, if it doesn’t get 226, we don’t consider it, but the chairman of the verkhovna rada has no right to ignore the proposals of the people deputies, he ignored these proposals today, this caused a proactive position of a number of people's deputies, who went to the presidium to the leadership of the parliament and clearly conveyed their position that everything should happen within the limits of the law, the chairman of the supreme council instead of fulfilling the legal norm , adjourned the meeting, and today the verkhovna rada stopped working and did not adopt a number of critically important bills on the deprivation of state awards for traitors, which was on the agenda, a bill that i i mentioned what we wanted to include in the agenda, that the funds of local self-government bodies could be used for the purchase of drones, cars, everything else necessary, defense security, this did not

happen, because the chairman of the verkhovna rada, i don't know, was afraid, decided to interpret the law in my own way, i don't even know how to call it correctly. thank you very much for your comment, i think that it is just possible, the political will does not yet have to fire maryana without the consent of the committee, maybe we will see, roman luzynskyi, people's deputy, voice faction, former serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, was on radio liberty. thank you. the son of lviv businessman ihor grynkevich, who is suspected of bribery and manipulation of supplies for the ministry of defense, roman first reacted to the scandal and the criminal case against his father. on his instagram page , roman stated that his family's activities allegedly took place in accordance with current legislation. he called the scandal itself ordered. he also added that his family has nothing to justify and that they do not plan to flee abroad. we

are sure that our activities were carried out in accordance with the current legislation, we will definitely not make excuses, pour dirt, look for compromising material, or create it. we know exactly who is interested in this scandal, its direct customers and the benefit of the acquirers. we are convinced that law enforcement officers at all levels and directly at the ministry of defense will understand everything, using official data. at the end of last year, the dbr delayed. lviv businessman, supplier of the ministry of defense, who allegedly tried to bribe one of the heads of the dbr for $500,000. ihor hrynkevich turned out to be a businessman. the court sent him to sizo, where he is still staying. the sbi reported that a few months ago, criminal proceedings were instituted on the fact of the procurement of clothes and underwear for the armed forces. according to the investigation, the lviv businessman's companies won 23 tenders for the supply of clothing to the ministry of defense for more than uah 1.5 billion. however, many contracts. was not performed or

not in full, or at inflated prices, well, the bureau also says that for according to preliminary estimates, the amount of damages may reach more than uah 1 billion. well, the day before , i will remind you that the ministry of defense announced that the ministry of defense is terminating contracts with companies that are connected to the detained lviv businessman igor hrenkevych. later, however, it was clarified that the ministry had only one contract left with grynkevich's companies and that it was an agreement for food for the military in mykolaiv , kherson, and kherson. hilarion pavlyuk, head of the press and information department of the ministry of defense, joins our broadcast. good evening. i can not hear you. congratulations you. yes yes. good evening. if you can clarify, the agreement still exists with hrynkevich's company. but it is still, not yet torn, or already torn. actually, the official, the deputy minister, he only announced his intentions to terminate this agreement, or has the agreement already been terminated?

first of all, i will correct you a little, this is not hrinkevich's company, he is neither a director, nor a direct owner, i think it is correct to say so. that she is affiliated with him, there must be grounds for terminating the contract, we live in a state of law, so now, let's put it this way, this agreement is under a microscope, i.e. we study all the details extremely carefully, if the slightest violations are found, then of course, if there are grounds for the development of the contract, it will be terminated, we take into account that it is in... which provides food for military personnel, that is, it is important here that and nutrition took place, and indeed, as of now, no violations are known, i want to point out that it is extremely important, when

we talk about a clear position, to strive exclusively, well, let's say, to have zero... tolerance for any what violations, it is important understand that at the same time the ministry of defense has to comply with the laws, that is, it is important that we understand that contracts are not torn up just like this particular contract right now, ilorion, in fact, in fact, you are now denying as much as possible, actually, please, there were just some problems in connection, if i understood you correctly, in fact you are now refuting the statement of the deputy minister of defense, when he said that the contracts with the companies, hrenkevich will be terminated, the deputy minister of defense, himself yesterday noted that as of now there is one catering contract, and according to this contract , no violations have been detected,

accordingly, there is no reason to break it, we are carefully studying everything related to this contract and the quality of the services provided and so on, under a microscope, as you said, the agreement under a microscope, by the way, yesterday in fact many journalists who professionally investigate procurements , including those in the ministry of defense, said that it was not at all clear how the deputy minister could say such a thing, because there is no none grounds for terminating existing contracts, besides , the company is not grynkevich's, but, as you said, affiliated with his family, wife, son , etc., please tell me, and do you have any idea how, in principle, ... the company that was engaged in construction , reconstruction , buildings, with the moment of a full-scale invasion could win tenders for the supply of bulletproof vests, clothes and food for the military, these are all issues that are now

being dealt with by the internal audit, the ministry of defense, and the main inspection of the ministry of defense, that is, all this is being studied, and this planned work that did not start yesterday and did not start. last week, which is being conducted very carefully in general regarding everything related to the procurement of the ministry of defense, in fact, and the construction of mechanisms that ensure both transparency and integrity of all procurement, this work has been carried out for a long time, and within the scope of this work, the relevant authorities and looking for all these answers, so i don't have them. it must be understood that this should be a balanced answer given by specialists, there is an audit, there is the main inspection of the ministry of defense, if it has the place of violation of the law, and so on, then of course there will be consequences, well, then the question is, can you now guarantee that the patrons of hrenkevich and

other suppliers, who may not have been very conscientious, some names are already known, that their there are no more patrons in the ministry of defense. patrons, well yes, which is obvious, if the schemes were unscrupulous, probably the suppliers were helped by the defense changes to check these schemes, couldn't they, they themselves could have taken the contract and not fulfilled, look, let's, let's move away from patrons of the emotional word, or explain what you mean, i can assume that we are for that and we spend it for, well, they say a roof, a roof, you know, journalists, investigators say, well, look, but i try not to comment there you express beautifully what you mean, well, who , yes, now there is a whole series of cases, when they are fired, suspicions are received, heads of departments, the former deputy minister

of defense and so on and so on, a kind of purge is going on, can i guarantee you that as of today, we are every unscrupulous person they read it in... in the ministry of defense, i don't know, and the internal audit of the ministry of defense and the roof also work for them, well, i don't see the point, the minister repeatedly said. er, er, he said, and the ministry of defense proved zero tolerance for corruption in practice, defense minister umirov, i will remind you, repeated the phrase several times that during the war , you should treat corrupt people as terrorists and negotiate with them as a bride, i internally completely share this position, i communicate with our auditors and with the chief inspector of the ministry of defense, i can to assure that there is energy and desire and ability to prove all matters. to the end and do it in such a way that we do not have these violations. here, by the way, it should be noted that

the violations are very different, no, not all of these cases are necessarily about a crime, a violation of the law, because one of the tasks of the ministry of defense, in particular, is to make the procurement process more efficient, thank you very much, yes i... i understand, we just have communication problems, but the sound disappears, but i think you have expressed yourself absolutely clearly for everyone. hilarion pavlyuk, chief press and information department of the ministry of defense of ukraine. we talked about, including the case, the case of hrynkevich. thank you very much. and the latest news: the court reinstated the russian citizen bohdan lviv as a judge of the supreme court. such a decision has now been taken by kyiv. district administrative court, and in addition, the court decided to collect from the supreme court lviv's salary for the time

of his allegedly forced absenteeism. and after that, of course, the judge told reporters that he was satisfied with the decision. georgy shabaev joins our broadcast. an investigative journalist for the scheme program who has covered this topic from the beginning. george, did today's court decision come as a surprise to you? to be honest, in view of those, on that court. the process that took place in the kyiv district administrative court, when the facts of the issuance of the order to remove lviv from the staff of the supreme court, and not the finding out whether or not he had acquired russian citizenship, were investigated, it was not a surprise to me. the security service of ukraine, the supreme court showed, in my opinion, a very weak position in this matter, since no circumstances, facts of acquisition of citizenship were investigated. bohdan lviv, namely, apart from the fact that the security service of ukraine checked these facts

with the help of official registers of the russian federation, in particular, the same thing that we did during the preparation of the investigation, nothing else was done, therefore, there was really no irrefutable evidence from the authorities themselves, uh, there were no such convincing arguments that he really has russian citizenship, for example, we expected to see yes, that the security service ukraine will check there, he will get some information there, some information about his russian passport, he will be able to check it somehow, but we did not see it, we only saw two checks in the register of invalid passports, in the register of tax payers and that's all. there was no further verification of these facts, in fact it turns out that a person from ukraine with a russian passport is now returning to work in the court. and will make decisions on behalf of the state of ukraine. this can really happen, but it

just became known that the supreme court will appeal this decision, still in the appeals instance. let me remind you that before that there was an interview with the chairman of the supreme court , mr. kravchenko, and he said that we will look at the decision and make and make a decision whether to file an appeal or not , but today, i hear, many people in social networks expresses. in this regard, they are really outraged by the fact that a person with the citizenship of the russian federation returns to administer justice in the name of ukraine, and therefore the supreme court of this evening, literally 20 minutes ago, published the position that they will appeal to the appeals court, and therefore lviv’s reinstatement in office will not happen, at least now, but we already have the first such alarming decision of the kyiv district administrative court, when indeed lviv can return. before the supreme court proceedings. george, you also stated that

the state migration service stopped consideration of the issue of depriving bohdan lviv of ukrainian citizenship. and you just made the arguments that the security service of ukraine did not perform its work very well there and did not provide any evidence that he has russian citizenship. do you personally think that it was some kind of sabotage, or is it simple, well, such restrictions are currently in force in ukrainian legislation, they could not do more, if, if i can be brief. i think that... there can be two stories, the first story is true that bohdan lviv, he headed the entire cassation-economic chamber, in fact all the economic judiciary in ukraine was headed by bohdan lviv and really... they can be behind him influential people, and the second fact is that, as of now, there is no legal mechanism in ukraine to eventually remove people with russian passports from public positions, because there is no way to get official information from russia that this person is really a citizen of their country. thank you very much, georgy shabaev, journalist-investigator of the scheme program

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eve, the enemy launched a record across the country. the number of attack uavs (90 units), 87 of them were shot down. the attack was carried out in waves from the temporarily occupied crimea and the kursk and primorsky-akhtar regions from russia. in fact , air defenses worked in all regions. the air attack was repulsed by mobile fire groups of the defense forces, fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft missile units of the air forces - the air force of the armed forces of ukraine reported. the enemy concentrated its attacks on the southern regions and kharkiv oblast. as specified in the defense forces. the mass drone attack in the afternoon lasted for 11 hours, and 51 mines were destroyed there. in addition to drones, the enemy attacked the kharkiv region with four s-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles, three kh-31p anti-radar missiles and one kh-59. as a result, of the 90 drones that attacked ukraine in new year's eve, shot down 87. many thanks to everyone

for the combat work. a year ago, on new year's eve , the defenders of the sky destroyed 45 shaheds. today is 80. everyone, let's hold the sky, together to victory, - said the commander of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine, mykola olyschuk. on the night of january 2, 2024, the enemy repeated a massive attack with air strikes of various types, as it was a few days ago, on december 29, 2023, civilian and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked. the main direction of the attack is the capital of ukraine. after lunch president volodymyr commented on the situation. zelensky dear ukrainians. on january 2 , 2024, another attack by russian inhumans, almost 100 missiles of various types, at least 70 missiles were shot down, of which almost 60 were in the kyiv area. kharkov was also hit hard. the liquidation of the consequences is now underway, unfortunately, there are casualties. my condolences to all relatives and friends. many victims, all are provided with

the necessary assistance. i thank the employees of the state emergency service of ukraine, the police. to doctors, to everyone who helps people, our airmen forces, anti-aircraft guns, mobile fire groups , thank you, guys, thank you to everyone in the world who helps, patriots, irises, nasamsi, each such system has already saved at least hundreds of lives, and russia will be responsible for each life taken, glory to ukraine. the chronology of events was laid out in his post on social networks by the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, general valery zaluzhny. in the first wave of the attack, there were shaheds, which were launched from the south-eastern direction with further movement in different regions of ukraine. all 35 shakhet-136-131 attack uavs were destroyed air defense. in the morning, the enemy used strategic aviation: tu-95 ms bombers. 16 planes entered the launch line around six in the morning and

launched at least 70 kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles. kh-555-kh-55 launched 10 kh-47 m2 dagger aeroballistic missiles from mig-31k fighters from 7:30 a.m. the enemy also attacked from the sea with three kalibr cruise missiles, and from the north with 12 missiles that flew along ballistic trajectory of the iskander m, s-300, s-400 type. from tactical aircraft su-35 is equipped with four kh-31p anti-radar missiles. so, according to... preliminary results, the enemy used 99 means of air attack of missiles of various types. by the forces and means of the air force. in cooperation with units of the defense forces of ukraine, 72 units of 10 out of 10 kindjal air ballistic missiles were destroyed, 59 out of 70 kh-101-kh-555, kh-55 cruise missiles, three out of three caliber cruise missiles were destroyed.

after the end of the attack, the commander of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine, lieutenant general mykola ulyschuk, in his telegram channel wrote the following. the result of combat work, which you see every day in our infographic, does not come easily. it is achieved thanks to the hard work of thousands of defenders. of all defense forces of ukraine, who defend the country without sleep or rest. i thank everyone for protecting the state, for courage and heroism. the ministry of defense of great britain believes that russia, at least temporarily , has changed its approach to striking ukraine from a long distance. this is stated in the intelligence review of the british ministry of defense dated january 3. british analysts stated that since december 29 last year , russia has increased the intensity of its long-range strikes on ukraine. its forces used a significant part of the stockpile of air-launched cruise and ballistic missiles accumulated in recent months. they believe that the recent strikes

were most likely aimed primarily at the defense industry of ukraine. this contrasts with the major attacks last winter, during which the main targets were the objects of the energy infrastructure of ukraine. it seemed that russia was going to resume this campaign by inflicting strike on energy facilities in early december 2000. 23, however, new russian operations indicate at least a temporary change in approach to russia's use of long-range strikes. those planning russian operations will almost certainly recognize the increasing importance of adequate defense-industrial capabilities as they prepare for a protracted war, the british ministry of defense said. for the second year in a row, russia is conducting a winter missile campaign, sending dozens of missiles over ukraine. thus the enemy pursues several goals. the stabilization of the situation in the country, the impression of military and energy facilities, the depletion of the domestic air defense system, the mastery of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine cannot be doubted, as evidenced by

the large percentage of hit targets. at the same time , two issues remain relevant: more provision of ukraine with western models of air defense systems and strengthening of the sanctions regime, since russia retains the possibility of building missiles, even under the conditions of the declared ban on the sale of the necessary components to it. i will answer to missile attack on ukraine, in particular kyiv and kharkiv on the night of january 2, there were calls for increased support for ukraine, in particular in the supply of weapons. minister of foreign affairs dmytro kuleba, after the massive missile attack , laid out on the x network five steps that the west should take in response to russian aggression, namely: accelerate the provision of additional air defense systems and ammunition to ukraine, provide ukraine. drones of all types, provide ukraine with long-range radio missiles with a range of 300 km. plus, approve the use of frozen russian assets to help ukraine, to isolate russian

diplomats in the respective capitals and international organizations. the terrorist regime in moscow must realize that the international community will not turn a blind eye to the killing of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure in ukraine, minister kuleba emphasized. the international community continues to be outraged by the missile. shelling of ukraine and kyiv, in particular, putting forward their explanations for these actions of the aggressor and drawing conclusions about further actions of the event. this is what the head of the european council, charles michel, believes the massive shelling of ukraine by russia on january 2 indicates moscow's lack of interest in any peace negotiations. for those who believe the rumors that russia is really interested in peace talks, the record number of drones launched over ukraine testifies to moscow's true intentions, the head of the eurocouncil said in his speech. in turn, the minister of foreign affairs of poland, radosław sikorski, called for a massive missile attack against russia and its president vladimir putin. this is what

his post on network x says. we must respond for the last blow to ukraine in a language that putin understands, by strengthening sanctions so that he cannot create new weapons from contraband components and by providing kiev with long- range radio missiles that will allow him to destroy launch pads and command centers - minister sikorsky wrote. slovakian president zuzana čaputova also advocated an increase in military aid. commenting on the massive russian missile attack on january 2, she wrote: another new year, another atrocity. the best way to ensure that moscow's aggression does not continue for another year is to provide ukraine with the means necessary for self-defense. we should add that according to the latest data, as a result of two rocket attacks on kyiv on december 29 and january 2, 32 people died in the capital alone. the missile attack made the allies once again question what the west's joint policy towards russia should be. the hope that putin may

give up waging war. useless, at the same time, some partners still proceed from the fact that it is worth helping ukraine only to defend itself, and not to oppose moscow with all the might of the western world. coordination headquarters from of the treatment of prisoners reported the largest exchange of prisoners of war during the large-scale invasion, 230 ukrainian men and women were released, these are the defenders of the city of mariupol, the island. we and defense workers who were at the azovstal plant. among them are 130 military personnel of the armed forces of ukraine, 55 national guardsmen, 38 border guards, one policeman and six civilians who were illegally deprived of liberty. we declare once again that ukraine strives to return all its citizens home and continues to work for this. we thank those citizens and family members prisoners and the missing, who believe in the state and hope for the return of their

heroes, - said verkhovna rada commissioner for human rights, dmytro lubinets. the exchange on january 3 became the largest during the great war and the first in the last six months. the return of ukrainians from captivity remains a priority task for the country. this process is not public and takes place in complete informational silence. most likely, ukrainians will soon learn about the reasons that exactly prompted russia, which blocked the process of exchanging prisoners, to go to this step at the same time, this exchange gives hope. that from now on the process is unblocked and will be continued in the future. in the suburbs of beirut, as a result of a drone attack , the deputy leader of the hamas militants, saleh al-aruri, was killed. a drone struck a hamas office in dah, a suburb of beirut, on the night of january 2, killing a total of six people. this was reported in the state news agency of lebanon, and later confirmed by

hamas. saleh al-aruri was the deputy head of the hamas politburo and one of the founding commanders of its military wing, whose brigades attacked israel on october 7. he was also the commander of the group in the west bank of the jordan river. it should be added that at a press conference last november, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that he had instructed the mossad to act against the leaders of hamas, wherever they were. after the death of the deputy leader of the militants was confirmed, hamas. on the freezing of negotiations with israel regarding the release of hostages. tsagal began the withdrawal of five brigades from the gaza strip, where it continues anti-terrorist operation against hamas. the military admits that the war with the islamists will most likely continue in 2024, but it will not be as intense as in recent months. in turn, the spokesman of the israel defense forces, rear admiral daniel hagari, said that the israeli military is adjusting the methods

of fighting, writes about it. the times of israel. according to him, the israel defense forces plans to exercise reasonable control of forces in the gaza strip. the reservists will be allowed to return home, and the troops of the permanent army will be allowed to train for the promotion of professional ones qualities according to the rear admiral, some reservists will soon return to their families and work to rest and help the economy, but later they will return to combat missions. the israel defense forces need to plan ahead, as we understand that we will be needed for additional missions and continued hostilities throughout 2024 - emphasized daniel hagari. israel is achieving its goals in opposing hamas, one of which is the elimination of the leadership of this terrorist organization and as a result destruction of this structure in general. the return of the brigades to the points of permanent deployment is another confirmation that the intensity of hostilities has decreased. now to the foreground.

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