you are ours, thank you, mr. vitaly, the saturday political club was with you traditionally, until next saturday we say goodbye, khrystyna yatskyi, vitaly portnikov, all the best, thank you. ukraine has become a testing ground for weapons, a historic ukrainian-british agreement on security cooperation. the first foreign trip of the president this year and how to get a job in the armed forces. about this and much more in today's issue. massive air attacks on ukraine. the russians intensified their shelling again. north korea and

iran provide the russian federation with weapons to terrorize civilians population of our country. the world is deeply concerned about such cooperation, and ukrainian skies are still not sufficiently protected from enemy attacks. if seven systems were given today, people in kharkiv, kherson, and odesa would not die. historical defense, political and diplomatic results. summary of agreements in of ukraine with the baltic countries and great britain. there is recovery: ukrainian families issue certificates to receive compensation for the housing destroyed by the russians. how is the reconstruction of houses in kyiv region and kharkiv progressing. i want a house warm and that the house is one's own, and not to live somewhere with someone. greetings, in the studio. iryna koval and this

news, results of the week on the espresso tv channel. a new stage in the war has begun. ukraine has become a testing ground for carriers capable of carrying a nuclear charge. this was discussed this week. both in ukraine and in the world. we are talking about short-range missiles, known as k-n-23, or kim skander. north korea provided them to russia, and the terrorist country launched them. this is a railway across ukraine in december and january. destroy more civilian infrastructure of ukraine and kill civilians. this is why russia will use missiles for north korea - they believe in the usa. and their opinion is not unfounded, because after researching this missile, it was already found out that they can be used to hit unfortified surface targets, for example, such as residential buildings. these missiles

are not capable of hitting point targets. on wednesday, at the meeting of the security council of the united nations, a lot of attention was paid to north korea and iran, which continue to supply the russian federation with missiles and drones. including state the us department published a statement by the leaders of 47 countries of the world, who called on the democratic people's republic of korea and russia to adhere to the relevant un resolutions. and immediately stop any activity that violates them. in addition, us secretary of state anthony blinken announced on january 11 the introduction of sanctions against three russian organizations and one individual involved in the transfer and testing of north korean ballistic missiles for use by russia against ukraine. it is difficult to say whether these results will give, but here it is what exactly it is known that us ambassador to nato

julian smith stated that they have information, which is confirmed by satellite images, that the dprk delivered to the russian federation more than a thousand containers with military equipment and ammunition. but we still do not have a comprehensive protection of the sky. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, once again emphasized this. and there is not enough, in particular , skill systems. knock down ballistics. so, a detailed analysis of the level of protection of the ukrainian sky. about 300 missiles of various types: cruise, ballistic, hypersonic, plus hundreds drones after a long pause, the russians resumed massive air attacks on ukraine. as of the end of december, there were already four of them. unlike last year, the occupiers are not hitting energy ob... in the body, they

are looking for other targets, military production, airfields and air defense systems, but they are also flying at civilians, the enemy is actively using ballistics. in kharkiv oblast, donetsk oblast, zaporizhzhia and kherson oblast. this is an inaccurate weapon. its goal is to terrorize the civilian population. about a hundred people died in just two weeks. according to the information of president volodymyr zelenskyi, the defense forces destroyed about 70% of the targets, including 10 air-ballistic dagger missiles intercepted over kyiv on january 2. the capital is covered by the patriot anti-aircraft missile system capable of knocking down ballistics, but there are few such systems in ukraine. according to official data, the patriots have only three batteries, one from the united states and two from germany, plus several launchers from the netherlands. presumably, important objects

are protected by another system - sumpti, the european analogue of patriot, handed over by italy and france, but such powerful systems are not enough even to protect large ones. which zelensky once again criticized the event during a tour of the baltic countries. and how to live peacefully and sleep? if you understand that you have dozens of such systems, and in ukraine, if seven systems were given today, people in kharkiv, kherson, and odesa would not die. you can live with it normally. are there dozens of air defense systems in the west? so, in the united states , 15 patriot battalions are on duty, that's about 60 systems. for the entire territory of the united states plus foreign military bases, quite a few. germany has 11 batteries, some of them are used in other countries to cover

nato airspace. their transfer to ukraine will significantly weaken the defense of the alliance, even if only from potential threats. and it's about money. the cost of one system. about a billion dollars, and the launch of one missile - 3 million. missiles for air defense systems are also a problem. the publication of the american edition of the new york times that the stocks of rackets for patriot systems in ukraine are running out, and the west will not be able to supply them in the future, stirred up an information wave. in the air command of the armed forces of ukraine stated that the situation is not as dramatic as american journalists portrayed. and during the meeting of the ukraine-nato council. which was urgently convened this week due to massive russian shelling, the allies confirmed that they will continue to supply ukraine with everything it needs to protect the sky, and to replenish their own reserves, the allies will purchase up to a thousand missiles for the patriot air defense system. while moscow is stepping up

its strikes on ukrainian cities and civilians, nato allies are beefing up ukraine's air defenses. we we will continue to support brave ukrainians and their resistance to the invaders. russia is also trying to solve problems with missiles for the soviet s-300 and buk systems, which, despite the supply of the west, are still the main ukrainian air defense system. in the first year of the full-scale war , the allies transferred to ukraine almost all the stocks that were in the warehouses of the countries that were once part of the warsaw bloc. now they are adapting soviet systems for western missiles. the project was called frankynem, a zenith frankenstein, woven from various. technologies have to significantly strengthen the protection of the sky and f-16 jets. the west promised to provide more than 60 fighter jets capable of intercepting enemy cruise missiles, but their delivery has been delayed. this week , the danish ministry of defense announced that the first f-16s will arrive in

ukraine no earlier than the second quarter, and not at the beginning of the year, as planned. the reason is related to the training schedule of ukrainian pilots and the work on infrastructure preparation. the enemy understands the risks of the appearance of the f-16, which is why it constantly attacks ukrainian military airfields, in particular , shaheds fly regularly from old constantine. cruise missiles and aeroballistic daggers, and also buys weapons from its few allies, in particular, north korean dictator kim jong -un handed putin kn-23 ballistic missiles, with which the russians had already hit the center of kharkiv. because of this , the un security council convened urgently, because the knd. is under sanctions, and cooperation with it in the military sphere is taboo. while exporting munitions to russia, north korea uses ukraine as a testing ground for its missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. these strikes

on ukraine give north korea a valuable military information, which they use to further export ballistic missiles to other countries. according to the western media , iran can provide its short-range ballistics to the russians already in the spring, and also, if you believe the sky news channel, the iranians have developed a new shahe strike drone especially for russia. 107 is capable of detecting and hitting the western rocket launcher systems that are in service with the armed forces of ukraine. the battle for the ukrainian sky continues. so oleksiy yezhak, an analyst at the national institute of strategic , is in touch with us of research mr. oleksiy, i congratulate you. i congratulate you. so, according to british intelligence, north korea could become one. from the largest and most important suppliers of arms of the russian federation. and it is already known that north korean

ammunition has entered russian warehouses, including short-range ballistic missiles. the head of south korea's defense ministry said that north korea may sell new types of tactical guided missiles to russia. so, mr. oleksiy, i want to ask you what unpleasant surprises we still have to prepare for. and whether can this cooperation change the course of the war? well, if the weapons of the dprk could change something in this world, they would already have changed, they have been threatening japan, south korea, and the united states for a long time, and they are shooting, and they are trying to launch some mobile phone into space, because there are many of them cannot be deduced, but indeed the quantity can create a certain one. in quality if russia lacks they get ammunition from dprk they are

of poor quality they explode right in the guns killing those who use it now the missiles are gone what missiles maybe, the fact is that those missiles , which the dprk has a lot of, they are old, and these are the types that were destroyed in ukraine in the 90s without any regrets, because... they were outdated, those missiles which are more modern in the dprk , there are not many of them, if we talk about old missiles, well , these are the so-called types of missiles, the soviet name was elbrus, and the international name was skada , they are called, they are liquid rockets on liquid fuel, they are ineffective, as such for means, but they can be effective in order to saturate. ukrainian anti-missile defense, because it additional targets, our most modern, are

ballistic targets, and therefore the most modern part of anti-missile defense, such as the patriot, well, and the european samti, it is stressful, not critical, but well, it is stressful, this is an additional additional tool, in addition dprk has quite a few missiles, they managed to make something similar to the russian iskander. ballistic missile iskander m, well they at least demonstrated that they have something similar, the russians seem to have given them documentation, they have created something, but they would not be able to create much if russia feels the shortage of these missiles does not have time to do with all its capacities, the dprk, moreover , could not do much and the dprk still has, well, at least in a certain amount, an analogue of what we have that missile... which in our country is called neptune, they created a similar missile , about the same time that we

created neptune, maybe they can, can transfer it to russia, so far there are no signs of a large number, and there are no signs of a drastic change in quality, those attacks, which were carried out in the last, in the last month, they after all, it seems that these are russian modernizations, and the weapons of the dprk are used to strengthen, well, in the same way as iranian drones in order to saturate, create problems for air defense and pro. mr. oleksiy, here is another country that has long supported the russian federation, iran, you started talking about iranian drones, this week tehran handed over a new cargo to moscow, according to the spokeswoman for the defense forces of southern ukraine nataliya humeniuk on board probably . there were shahedis or accessories for them. on tuesday, the russian federation

launched a new uav with a night camera vision during the attack on nikopol. these were usually used only at the front. in addition, it has already become known that a new drone, shakhet 107, was developed by iran for the russian federation and is described as explosive and reconnaissance. and in september 2023, iran presented this new missile with a jet engine, and then there was information, which was not confirmed by the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine, that such a missile was apparently shot down. over ukraine. so, is there already data on the russians' use of shaheds with jet engines in the war against our country. these are the same the shaheds themselves, just an engine an engine, well , maybe they just don't have time to make the right amount, the right amount

of gasoline, well, ordinary piston engines, and create simple jets. active , but this means that such a drone will have a smaller charge, because the amount of kerosene, well , fuel for a jet engine needs more, this means that it carries a smaller charge, well , i can’t say how much faster it is, well, judging from those messages, there is no lack of such a drastic increase in speed, well, he flies, let's say, like, really well, maybe there are 300-400, i don’t think it will require adaptation, adaptation of the means by which they squirm, it will require adaptation of those mobile groups that fire after such shaheds, well, again, just like with the missiles of the dprk, this cannot be a lot,

that is, all the weapons that russia receives and, in general , all weapons of low technology. which in russia and in the countries, well, to put it conditionally, is the news of evil, it is either of low quality and a large quantity, but in moderation it is more or less high quality, but not great quantity, because at the same time they can't make a large number of high-quality weapons, ukraine is divided, this is exactly the phrase that was on my lips this week after reading a magazine, and the whole point is that... that the american magazine time published its top 10 global risks for 2024, and among other things, ukraine is divided in third place. according to the authors, ukraine will be de facto divided this year and russia now has the initiative on the battlefield and a material advantage. 2024 is a turning point in

the war, and if ukraine does not resolve its personnel problems, will not increase the production of weapons and will not... develop a realistic military strategy in the near future, its territorial losses may be permanent and may increase, writes time. and they also note that ukraine has suffered greatly from the reduction of political and material support from the usa, and the prospects for european aid are not much better. and we can already see it, because the military aid that the usa provided to ukraine has stopped for now. further help depends on the cut. congress, which must support the additional national security request for more funding. the last package from washington in the amount of 250 million dollars was on december 27. so, mr. oleksiyu, in your opinion, how close is this scenario painted in time for us? i think, in the form of the so

-called minsk 3, it is impossible. there are no such stops or agreements that ukraine somehow agrees with the annexation of these territories, this cannot happen, there may be hostilities of varying intensity, but in any case i would say the scenario completely different, what is happening , there is a risk, but it is different, the risk is that, maybe it is not even a risk, there really is... you can say that next year it is difficult to predict big changes on the front, but the fact that the front will to expand in the age of russia , it is already obvious, he, the war will be waged on a much deeper territory, the regions of russia will also be involved in this war, and although the troops at the front may not move except

in the south, nevertheless, i think this movement will continue in the south from dismissal, de facto dismissal. the crimea and the liberation of the seamen sea ​​routes through the black sea, here is the fact that in the south and in the north and east, the front may not move there, but the depth of this front will increase towards russia, because ukraine is to receive weapons, and it is guaranteed to receive them, it is not only in that, well, these packages, this is also a wrong assessment, the package is european, it is guaranteed, it will be there, there will be a veto. orban's veto is bypassed, there are different mechanisms and it will be decided in relation to american aid, well, i would say, well, there is a lot to say, but in of that package, which is currently on the ballot, only a fifth of it is direct supplies to ukraine, the rest is the restoration of the stocks of the united states and

european countries, but this does not mean that these stocks are exhausted, there are still many in reserves, what ukraine did not receive due to political restrictions, and the political restrictions were such that we were restricted from using weapons not only on the territory of russia, even against the occupied, but against russia. forces in the occupied territories, now these restrictions are lifted simultaneously with the way dprk missiles come in and iran's new, new, new weapons, as soon as they get to the front, are also reduced at the same time, these restrictions are reduced, so i think there will be enough weapons so that even if the front does not move , the depth of this front in the direction of the russian forces, it will drastically increase, even hundreds of kilometers, so i think, well, this... this scenario would be relevant in the framework of the feeling of the summer of last year, so they talked about it then, and now it is just so

late assessment, i think it is not relevant, still we were contacted by oleksiy yezhak, an analyst at the national institute of strategic studies. mr. oleksiu, i thank you. lithuania, latvia and. estonia is one of kyiv's staunchest allies in the eu and nato, and they know exactly what the soviet russian yoke is like. on january 10, the first foreign trip of volodymyr zelenskyi this year was a visit to the baltic countries. the president started from the capital of lithuania, vilnius. he talked with president gitanas nauseda, prime minister ingrida šimonite, as well as with the speaker of the seimas victoria chmy'. discussed defense cooperation between the countries, as well as joint projects in the energy and infrastructure spheres. lithuanian president gitanas nauseda

announced the approval of additional military aid to ukraine in the amount of 200 million euros and announced new supplies of ammunition, generators and m-577 armored vehicles to ukraine for january-february. one of the key moments of the meeting was the agreement on the joint production of weapons and means of combating drones. meanwhile, the president of lithuania noted that he is also preparing a coalition for demining the territory of ukraine. the agreements signed today between the ukrainian and lithuanian defense industries are another example of our close military cooperation. we must also ensure the continuity of the long-term. support from allies and partners to help ukraine, the european defense industry as a whole must step up its game, accelerate and adequately

respond to the complex security situation. on thursday morning, president zelenskyi arrived in the estonian capital, tallinn. the president of estonia , alar karis, announced the amount of aid 1,200 thousand euros until 2027. karis also noted that ukraine needs more and better equipment, and the european union should increase the production of weapons so that our army can get everything it needs, not tomorrow, but today. and he emphasized that in the russian federation's war against ukraine, strikes on russian territory cannot be avoided. there should be no restrictions on weapons transferred to ukraine by partners. meanwhile, president zelensky during at a joint press conference with the prime minister of estonia kaja kalas called to put pressure on eu leaders, namely on those who promised ukraine 1 million

artillery shells. he noted that the ukrainian army still has not received the full package of the promised aid, and that today estonia can politically give the go-ahead to this initiative. volodymyr zelenskyi completed his trip to latvia in latvia. president edgars rinkevičes announced a new package of military aid, which will include howitzers, nato-standard ammunition , anti-tank weapons, rockets, all-terrain vehicles, grenades, helicopters, drones, communication devices, generators, and air defenses. rinkeviches reported that latvia has also undertaken to lead a coalition of drones within the framework of ramstein, and will sign memorandums of cooperation in this area with ukraine. in particular, we are talking about the production of drones. it's time to change the emphasis. we have said a lot that we support ukraine and will continue to do so.

as much as it will be necessary, but honestly speaking, the main goal and the main political signal should be that we support and will support ukraine until the complete victory over russian imperialism. ukraine should no longer ask for help and weapon, and will receive it automatically. no sooner had volodymyr zelensky returned to kyiv than the prime minister made an unannounced visit to the capital. minister of great britain rishi sunak. this visit was a true manifestation of unwavering support, because during the meeting, zelenskyi and sunak signed an unprecedented and historic agreement on cooperation in the security sphere. this means that great britain has given us security guarantees that will be in effect until we join nato. they will exchange with us,

intelligence, help from cyber'. security, military training and strengthen defense-industrial cooperation. it is about the supply of long-range missiles, anti-aircraft and artillery shells. the agreement provides annual financial support for at least 10 years and comprehensive assistance to the armed forces of ukraine for the transition to nato standards. the united kingdom will provide 2.5 billion pounds . military aid to ukraine in 2024-25, which is £200 million more than in the previous two years. at least £200m will be spent on the purchase and production of reconnaissance, attack and maritime drones. this will be the largest uav delivery to ukraine. we have now agreed with britain on security in all areas, on

land, in the air, at sea... in cyberspace in broad political engagement detailed in the arms deal, absolutely clearly on our national border. ukraine is not alone and will never be alone. putin may think that he worries about us, but he is wrong. we stand here today, tomorrow we will stand as long as it takes. the war is ukraine's war for the right to defend, defend. itself, its future, it must prevent the destruction of democracy in the heart of europe. it was probably clear to the majority that the government's draft law on improving mobilization, which, by the way, caused heated discussions and disputes, in particular in the parliament, will be sent for finalization. so, on january 11 , a closed meeting was held with the military leadership, heads of factions and committees, after

the meeting. the conciliation board with the participation of valery zaluzhny and rustem umerov decided that a substantial revision was needed and returned the document. later, people's deputy yaroslav zhelezniak reported that the cabinet of ministers voted to withdraw its document. the chairman of the verkhovna rada noted on his facebook page that it was a joint decision. meanwhile, defense minister rustem umyerov announced on thursday evening that... the team has prepared a new version of the bill taking into account all proposals. in the near future , the updated document will be sent to the cabinet of ministers for approval, and he added: the issue of improving mobilization must be resolved as soon as possible, because our soldiers need recreation, and with the new draft law they plan to establish a clear term of service. and while...

the epic with mobilization continues, a number of units have started active recruiting. this practice involves the possibility of a person independently choosing a military unit and specialty. ukrainian job search services received more than 37,000 resumes in response to military vacancies for the armed forces of ukraine. these are the results of the recruiting project of the ministry of defense in two months. in the top five most popular. vacancies on workua include accountant, clerk, cook, scout and bpla operator. operators, drivers, security guards and gunners are at the top on olx. the work of ua receives reviews, mostly for border service vacancies, logistics vacancies, medical specialties and military specialties related to uavs. so...