greetings, it's news time on espresso. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. the night before, the russian invaders attacked kherson, a residential building caught fire due to the impact of a projectile. emergency rescuers. but the fire was extinguished, the state emergency service reported . already at night, after another attack on the regional center, a message was received that there was a person under the rubble of the building. the rescuers unblocked the man and handed him over to medics. in general, the russians injured six people in the kherson region during the day. the enemy shelled the region 103 times. the occupiers fired 406 shells, of which 28 along kherson,

said the head of the region oleksandr prokudin. the enemy fired with mortars, artillery, mlrs, tanks, drones and aircraft, damaged residential quarters and port infrastructure. at night, the russians shelled vovchansk in the kharkiv region with mortars. the damaged enterprise experienced power outages, but the power supply has already been restored, oleg synigubov, the head of the region, said. the enemy also attacked the village of ivazhke, along nivachyna, three residential buildings, cars and economic buildings. more than 15 settlements of kharkiv region were injured during the day of enemy artillery and mortar attacks. fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries. commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhnyi visited the front line. together with the chief of the general staff, serhiy shaptala , they worked in the responsible areas for several days. groups

of tavria and odesa troops met with the commanders of the directions and brigade commanders fighting in donetsk region, kherson region and zaporizhzhia, agreed on steps to increase the effectiveness of the use of troops from taking into account the available resources and the situation. the commander-in -chief discussed the situation in the black sea with the head of the naval forces. the russian invaders are trying. to knock out ukrainian forces from the village of krynky on the left bank of the dnieper. for this purpose, the russians concentrated a group of almost 10,000 in the temporarily occupied part of the kherson region. natalya humenyuk, spokeswoman for the defense forces of southern ukraine, said about this on the air of the telethon. according to her, the ukrainian troops have hardened and continue to expand the bridgehead. the enemy strikes with artillery from several parties and powerfully bombards this area. a new

record: in total, since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, exactly 370,000 enemy soldiers have been eliminated. only in the last day , 840 russian invaders were destroyed by ukrainian defenders. the armed forces and the fleet of destroyed enemy equipment were replenished. during the day, 10 enemy tanks and 33 armored combat vehicles were burned. they struck 19 artists, two means of air defense of the occupiers, 30. five cars and tankers and another eight units of special equipment. the defense forces also shot down eight cruise missiles and 13 operational-tactical drones. the general staff reminds that the data are indicative. and in order for the losses of the enemy to increase rapidly, we call on the spectators to join the gathering. the 14th brigade of the 61st battalion in the kupinsky direction needs a vehicle for combat missions. and

evacuation of the wounded, our defenders need a pickup truck. its peculiarity is that it can move through swampy terrain, it costs uah 250,000. you and i have already collected almost uah 130,000. please join and donate any amount. remember, your hryvnia brings our victory closer. threat from the sea. the russians took 11 ships into the black sea, including one. caliber carrier, a total salvo of up to eight cruise missiles, the spokesman of the naval forces, dmytro pletenchuk, reported on espresso and assumed that the occupiers brought out such a large number of ships for exercises. far from all of them perform combat tasks, the majority, most likely, take part in the training process, and this was quite predictable, in principle, this is such top news. there is none, although of course there is a number

it is not enough to scare many ships, but to alarm others, i see that we have russian plasters in the south. they are dying of panic, as if another assault on odesa is expected in the next few days, of course it all looks ridiculous. the russians are spreading a new fake. hostile propaganda declares that the ukrainian energy industry is in a catastrophic situation, with a serious deficit and blackouts. and the money given by the allies for the restoration of energy systems was stolen. these statements are mine. tion noted in the center for countering disinformation. the electricity deficit is insignificant. during the winter in ukraine was not involved in blackout schedules, and there is no evidence of money embezzlement. on the border with poland

, 1,100 trucks are standing in line at three blocked checkpoints. we are talking about the directions of yagodyn, rava ruska and krakowiec. most of the trucks are in front of the rava ruska checkpoint. spokesman of the state border service andriy demchenko. there is also a queue in the direction of ukraine at the sheghina medical checkpoint, which was recently unlocked by polish carriers. the passage of trucks continues on the border with romania, where farmers have stopped blocking the border. us president joe biden threatens republicans with an ultimatum. the head of the white house said that his political opponents will have a lot. to pay if they do not provide financial assistance to ukraine. with this statement, biden addressed the republicans during a conversation with journalists. as you know, in december, the us senate failed a procedural vote to start work on legislation to provide aid to ukraine,

israel and taiwan in the amount of about 106 billion dollars. us defense secretary lloyd austin remains in the hospital. is in satisfactory condition, but the date of its release is still unknown. this was reported by pentagon press secretary pat ryder. according to him , austin is in contact with his senior staff and has full access to the necessary means of secure communication. and also continues to monitor the day-to-day operations of the ministry of defense and the whole world. 70-year-old austin was hospitalized on december 22 after treatment for cancer, he returned to the hospital on january 1 after. vacations are going on in ivano-frankivsk. during this period, students there will be able to attend winter school. for them conduct free master classes, games, quests and excursions. pupils choose their classes. our carpathian correspondents

will tell you in more detail. 11 winter schools, currently operating in frankivsk on the basis of out-of-school education institutions. here, from the 10th to the 14th , every day except on weekends, various activities, quests and excursions are held. today , children are told about the rules of behavior in the mountains, how to navigate the terrain and what to do if you get lost. it is very important, first of all, to be able to transfer your coordinates, the coordinates of your location. we we know that even in the nearest forests a lot of mushroom pickers get lost, everyone has a phone with them, and at the same time they don't know how to transmit their coordinates. during the holidays, schoolchildren have the opportunity to attend classes in their neighborhood, when parents are busy, children have an alternative to not sitting at home and not spending time on gadgets. last year , about 5,000 schoolchildren attended the winter school, this year, teachers predict, there will be even

more. parents are at work, and the children must be busy, and the children come, and there are parents who set such a schedule that the children there are three and four. hours, moving from different circles, in fact, a very rich program, because we often conduct a master class. schoolchildren come to classes with joy. here i work out in groups, i work out at dances, sports and ballrooms, i go to drawing, and i also go to english classes to learn a lot of words. i practice ballroom-extractive dancing and... i go to painting, i go here. in frankivsk, the holidays will last until january 26. from prykarpattia, ivan haruk, volodymyr voloshchuk, espresso tv channel. for now, that's all the news for this hour. see you

greetings, dear tv viewers, the studio zahid program is on the air of the tv channel, we will analyze the most important events of this week, there are quite a lot of them. serious our guests today are valery chaly and andrii pionkovskyi. now valery chaley will work on the espresso channel. ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, ambassador of ukraine to the united states in 2015-19. glory to ukraine, mr. ambassador, i congratulate you. i congratulate you, glory to the heroes. well, there are two processes going on. on the one hand, ukraine is trying to obtain the appropriate amount of weapons and financing. on the other hand , a large forum is approaching. in davos, we understand that our issue is at the top of the agenda.

well, you said about the forum in davos, let's start with that, it is after all a forum where traditionally it started with the gathering of business, and such large forces of an economic nature determine their actions, well, they say for the future, but at least for a year ahead , so for several months there has been an idea circulating among the business community that it was... it would be desirable to predict that it would happen that the hot phase of the war russia against ukraine ended sometime before the middle of the summer, that is, they had such reasoning, i will tell you, it was possible around the time when the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky visited new york, he also had meetings with big business there , and after that information appeared in the american media. that the dates appeared, well, i also confirm this with facts, because the international monetary

fund planned the so-called financing plan until july 15 of this year, but now it seems to me that these forecasts will be discussed, this correction regarding the time frame of the war , that is, there will be an economy, but an economy that will be based on a lot of geopolitical projections , and i think it will be ... difficult to do even for the influential such shadowy business structures, big funds, hedge funds, there, so that there is no complete certainty so far in those countries that they cannot, but have not been able to control now or seriously influence them there, therefore, in principle, the part that will concern the general davos. it will not be completed in terms of forecasts, and the plus will be ukrainian the initiated part, the meeting on the peace formula,

yes, that is, also what was already discussed at the un briefing, their representative was hysterical, what will it be like, such a format, and without russia, what kind of meeting is it without russia, this indicates that this is a step in the right direction, we will see what the result will be, perhaps not immediately after the delivery, as a result of decisions on the supply of weapons. in support of ukraine, that is, in fact, this is a place where many influential people from various fields will meet, and it is obvious that this is an opportunity to show ukraine's position more clearly, and our vision, and our capabilities. there is a public side, it is very clearly declared, everything is clear to everyone. on the other hand, you rightly noted that there will be no russia, no one invites it to davos, in general it does not take part in the discussions of the peace formula, because here... it is the direct culprit and the aggressor, but the parameters of what will be

discussed in davos in the context of the so- called peace formula. this is our ukrainian initiative, and as i understand it, the idea of ​​president volodymyr zelenskyi to give a new push so that more countries are involved in devoz people from all over the world are coming. i think that it is unlikely that there will be any interruptions, because, based on the fact that... in this formula, the first position, not the first in terms of importance, but maybe also in terms of importance, is the de-occupation of the territory, yes until 1991 year border, well, that is, it is obvious that this is a position that must be fulfilled in order to move on. i think it would be desirable to discuss the clause which is so vaguely set out in the peace formula, which is what concerns the security guarantee. well, i know that our government held a meeting regarding this position. by nato, i hope that this will also be used to promote the very idea of ​​how to provide

a security umbrella, not only for ukrainian citizens, but also for those international businesses that will invest in ukraine after de-occupation, that is, whose investments must be physically protected, including from some attempts of russian provocations in the future, they will not end with the de-occupation of the territories, so in principle no... i give it some expectations, to be honest, because many things are now determined to be failures, and our expectation that somewhere something will be resolved is there behind us or behind ukraine, not expectations, but someone has fears, someone has expectations, this is not really the case, that is not how decisions are made, and ukraine is subjective enough to talk about things that are not decided in davos our fate, well, that's for sure, it is decided not even in washington and not in brussels, it is decided

in ukraine, first of all, and while... ukraine is a subject, it so happened, in a strange way, that the maximum subjectivity of ukraine received during a full-scale war, when the factor the armed forces of ukraine and the defense forces, and the ability to stop a nuclear state, well, at least one of the two most powerful in the world, let's not say, nuclear states, indicates the increase of ukrainian subjectivity, by the way, which is reflected even in the ratings of our po.. ukraine has risen several positions in the international rankings this year, that is, we will expect the next one, i think, we will be even higher. well, but in any case, we understand that the entity needs foreign aid and wanted you to analyze the dynamics that are now observed in the united states, in particular with the allocation of macrofin for ukraine. this is also

an issue directly related to security assistance, in particular, it is about supplies, ammunition, and... systems and so on and so on, and the key story: a new factor has appeared, which is being discussed extremely powerfully in the united states, in particular it is about the transfer of frozen russian assets to ukraine. we understand that this is a total war, total means that now russia is trying to force it to capitulate, that is, it is in their idea is permanent, they don't hide it in principle, precisely by putting pressure on the fact that ukraine. will withstand as a smaller country, as a country, well , three times smaller in terms of population, and in terms of territory, will not withstand such pressure, and in this version, in this situation, partner aid, in particular with regard to these critical payments, in the social sphere, it really very important , but you know, first of all, i don't think that

even in the worst case scenario, if there is no american money there, package 61.4 is 11.7 billion, if i'm not mistaken, on which the ukrainian government calculates, in general , according to their statements, the government needs somewhere up to 30.9 billion annual external income, then i think that, of course, other mechanisms can be found, they may not be so pleasant, it is clear that this is inflation, this is a certain printing of the hryvnia, or, for example, some other economic means, but this is not a catastrophe, moreover... "i think that , despite the war, we have a way to rearrange priorities so that, for example, we do not spend money on capital construction, in general, to be honest, i don't understand, in the 14th year a government resolution was adopted, which forbade carrying out any repair work

or buying cars, let's say, yes, it was when, in principle , the war was not on such a scale as it is now. but this resolution, i remember perfectly how it was implemented, and now it has become easier, and we continue to build some, even the subway is announced, build new buildings, buy cars, not those for the front, that is to say, and for internal use, even for state institutions, and after that, convince foreign republicans that we don't have any money, well literally. at the debate between nicky haley and desandy last week, there was a debate and desandy directly said that your american taxpayers' money goes into the pockets of ukrainian bureaucrats, literally, and that's what we understand in ukraine that we don't spend money to this, because in the army everything goes to the front, by the way, i don’t know

by what decision and why it was decided that ukraine cannot, that... that the west cannot send aid money to the front, why is this prohibited, well i understand that certain regulations is for a certain type of grants, i understand that, but why is there such a general rule, that is , the front is a critical issue for us, and with regard to the rear, well , here we will have to close the holes in customs, finally, the huge smuggling of cigarettes, the production of illegal taba... products we that we don't see this, what enormous resources are being stolen from the country, taxation, well, not only take what you want from people, that's the idea of ​​the government. to introduce more draconian taxes for people 18% on cash, just that the salary will drip there on the card, you will have 18%, they that's what they want, well, it's delusional, but where are your solutions

effective so that you close the holes, that is , in fact, internal resources can be sought in ukraine during the war, if everything is oriented correctly, nevertheless, if there is external help, then we will direct more to defense of the country, right? therefore, the issue is not closed even with this package of american aid, when it will be , i said a long time ago that there will be no decision before january, the end of january, the beginning of february, moreover, now it is tied to the dates, the primaries, well, everyone is waiting primaries, that primaries are the kind of primaries where it will be determined who will be the candidate from the republicans, the fight will be between natsyk primary at the end of the month, between donald trump and nikki haley, that is, most likely between them,

and after cruz withdrew from the race, then most likely these votes will still go to niki halien desantis, that is why in new hampshire they do not want to make any drastic decisions before new hampshire, at the same time they are moving along... the track of adopting the budget in general on may 2, they have to make it by the third in fact, the entire budget of the united states, that 's right, you see, i'm sorry, not may, february, february, that is, somewhere on march 5, holy tuesday , that's more than 800 votes of voters in the united states are distributed among the primaries of many states and caucuses, that is, the republicans want to delay this the story until march, well, the white man... still wants to, well, i understand the meeting of the supreme court, which will finally decide on the admission of donald trump to the elections, and so on, everything is intertwined in this

and all these factors that have somewhere in early february give us an answer, now the answer, if there is a 61.4 package, there will be what you are asking about, the financial track, which is called, not only budget funds, but also for energy, for the development of some projects. additional funds for aid in reforms, well, there is not only military money, yes, not only for armaments, there is a large package, and this will then be a signal to others, well, to the kremlin, and, for example, to the germans, what can be said about taurus missiles , that there is a possibility of deoccupation and changing the course of the war, if this does not happen, then the disaster will not happen, because the usa will still be to help, moreover, 300... has already been unlocked, i understand, because the nda, they voted, this is the defense budget for the 24th year, that is,

there will still be at least 300 million for two such current tranches, well, you see, they they allocate somewhere around 150, 250 until the end of the year, that is, for another couple of months, well, they still did not supply weapons to all of ukraine, but you are asking the right question, this is a financial signal, it will be... bad, because the government our strangely speaking, for example, i heard an official statement that then it will have to be postponed salaries, there will be a payment in a month , delusional, i say again, delusional, the government was created to find solutions, and not to transfer problems to international partners, well, it’s not, you can’t have such a government, you can’t have another government, that is, this is the explanation very strange, we can’t, the salaries will have to be paid, i am with such... by the way, even when i was working for the ambassador, when i was told that there are no salaries for january, i say that, what is it written down in yours, where you

have written that you have no payments to diplomats for january, well, that's right, mr. ambassador, that's always the case happened every year, you just encountered it for the first time, i say it won't happen, i am the responsible person, i am writing you a statement and filing a lawsuit against you that you do not pay employees' salaries. you know, you paid, not all of them by the embassy, ​​but in the usa they paid, and you know why, because we are used to the fact that a civil servant without a case, that is, he constantly raised his hand, because you are in the civil service, so you have nothing to do with everyone similar, there is work efficiency, there is no such option, look for another, but they cannot be from this, first of all, people who give now the result is for the defense of the country, and the second - well, you can't, go and give it to others, that's all, that's why i said it for so long, because our logic must change, we must not

see the result. war is only about whether the west will help us, it changes not just the results of the war, but how long it will last, it changes the course, it changes the intensity, it changes our possibilities for rapid deoccupation, but it does not affect the basic decision in ukraine , which officially announced that ukraine will not surrender, we understand that now on the battlefield ukrainian the army, yes... well, it is in the situation in which we were about a year and a half ago, in particular in terms of the number of art shells and not only them, well and accordingly also, maybe it is a conspiracy, maybe not, but there is a feeling that that maybe they want to influence the intensity of the war at our expense in this way, simply not supplying, the debate about taurus has been going on for more than one year, the story about f-16s, which keep flying in and flying out, is also not new,

do we understand? that all the graphs are moving a little, if we talk about the situation, then i think it is obvious to everyone that our strategies ukraine and, let's say, the usa did not completely match from the very beginning, that is, the us strategy is designed to keep the war within the territory of ukraine, so that it does not go to the nato countries, let's say, yes, that is, this is the position, well understood, we are not allies, and there they are allies, and the second position - they know what to do with russia, that is why they are very afraid, they were afraid of attacks on russia, yes, including their weapons, well, it is clear that in closed mode these discussions were constantly going on berlin- moscow, paris, moscow, washington moscow, that is, what we will not be told, but that's all continued, and beijing, let's say, washington, well , the meeting was in san francisco, i think that there is such an agreement behind the back, behind the backs, to prevent nuclear from... putin was told

clearly, both the united states and china, that this is a red line, it is impossible to cross there in any case. and then there is such a constant positional struggle. roughly so, and it is said publicly, if you give taurus, we will start taking weapons from china or north korea. well, for example, i tell you, so theoretically, well, that's how they started. there are no tauruses, but koreans ballistic missiles are used. and this is another story. and this is a landfill. for north korea, for these missiles, south korea knows very well that if the time to prepare these missiles to strike the south is reduced by times when you have the technical characteristics at the test site, and unfortunately we have a test site for them in this way, iran can to use it for ballistic missiles, so they understand it, begin to think, change their position, there must be a strategy correction, and in principle, this is a political

decision, no matter what they tell me. it's there remember, they said that we don't have enough atakams, we just don't have enough of them, and now suddenly materials have appeared, they are written off, they are generally destroyed, well, what is this , what kind of conversation is this, a very alarming signal, in fact, this is a bad conversation with ukraine, at first you say that you don’t have any, that’s what he says honestly , well, at least germany started to act differently, after all, chancellor scholl initially came up with reasons, whatever, now they say in plain text, well, the strange explanation for you taurus doesn’t work... maybe , but still , it's not something they don't say there, you don't have it experience, you don't have that, that , so it's called this war, regulation of escalation, yes, or regulation of dynamics, they , well, did not succeed in this, moreover, this regulation did not help us very much in our attempt at deoccupation last year, they did not contribute much, because they allocated so much weapons for replacement that there was only enough. understanding for

an attack, yes, there is one in one direction, as they thought in the south, that would be enough, well , excuse me, that is not how wars are waged, that is, well , they are definitely not waged like that, they understand it now, a lot of criticism has gone that this is drip dosing, 30 avroos tanks will do 30 avroos tanks, well, it was important to unlock the german supply, yes i understand, but if you bet on the result. now in the coming months we need to concentrate all supplies and several hundreds of missiles, these are short-range missiles, these are simply missiles that will allow us to hit on the territory of ukraine, even well, we can make a strange decision, yes, when we promise not to shoot missiles at russia there, well that's all some kind of delusion, because our partners just now started to change their position.