for 9 hryvnias, a powerful strong saw is what you need, call, congratulations, it's news time on the air, kateryna shirokopoyas works in the studio, a road accident in the center. in lviv , the driver of a car drove into a public transport stop where there were people. the accident happened in the morning near the opera and ballet theater. the driver of the car ran a red traffic light, hit two road signs, collided with a minibus, and then drove into a stop, eyewitnesses say. no one was injured in the accident, and a breathalyzer test showed that the driver of the car was sober, - noted in the patrol police. a victim of thin

ice, a forty-eight-year-old fisherman fell under the ice near the southern bridge in kyiv. divers spotted him at a distance of 300 m from the shore, the victim was pulled ashore with the help of rescue equipment, the emergency department was notified, the man was given medical aid and transferred to doctors, but he died in the ambulance. bearish service border guards detained four ukrainians who... tried to illegally reach moldova, using advice on the telegram channel, reported in state border service. consultants set the price of their services from three to five thousand us dollars. the men received instructions, reached the controlled border area and waited for further instructions, but from there they immediately got into the border unit. administrative protocols have been drawn up against ukholyanta, decisions based on which the court will make. the russians fired a kamikaze drone

at the fire department in stanislav in the kherson region. four firefighters are injured, they have contusions, explosive and craniocerebral injuries, said the head of the region oleksandr prokudin after providing medical assistance , the victims refused hospitalization. at night, the russians shelled vovchansk in the kharkiv region with mortars. the enterprise was damaged, there were power outages, but power has already been restored. oleg sinygubov, the head of the region, said. the enemy also attacked the village of ivashki, along nivchyna three residential buildings, cars and farm buildings. during the day , more than 15 settlements of the kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks. fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries. two people were injured by russian shelling in donetsk region, a civilian was injured in avdiivka, the enemy hit the city with aircraft and. artillery, destroyed an apartment building and

two private houses, the regional police said. one more person was wounded by the russians in the reeds, from morning to evening, the occupiers searched kurakhovo. there is infrastructure damage. at night, the russians hit mirnograd with two rockets. at least 13 private homes, a cafe, a shop, farm buildings and a damaged gas pipeline were destroyed. in the avdiivka area, the invaders collected nearly... 40 thousands of soldiers, oleksandr shtupun, the spokesman for the troops of the tavria direction, told about this on the air of the telethon. the enemy uses a technique from deep, because it is almost immediately destroyed by our soldiers. the occupiers launch drones more actively, while the infantry hides in the trenches. over the last day , the enemy lost 437 people and 60 units of military equipment in the tavria direction. commander-in-chief

of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhnyi visited the front line. together with the chief of the general staff, serhii shaptala , they worked for several days in the groups' areas of responsibility troops of tavria and odesa, met with commanders of directions and commanders of brigades fighting in donetsk region, kherson region and zaporizhzhia. they agreed on steps to increase the effectiveness of the use of troops within the limits of available resources and the situation. with the head of the naval forces, the commander-in-chief, the situation in the waters of the black sea. the minister of foreign affairs of north korea will visit russia, the state media of the dprk reports. the visit will take place from monday to wednesday at the invitation of the head of the ministry of internal affairs and communications serhii lavrov. this will happen after confirmation that russia began to use missiles received from north korea against ukraine. north korea for... force toward the sea of ​​japan ballistic

missile. this was announced by the joint chiefs of staff of south korea. this is the first such launch in 2024. at the moment , the military is analyzing. type, range, height and speed of the missile. according to preliminary information, the missile fell outside the exclusively japanese economic zone. russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine has long been called a war of drones and artillery. such number of different drones have not been used in any other military operations, both defenders and experts claim. in order to increase the production capacity of killer birds in the white church , they began to train engineers and pilots, the details are further from my colleagues: fly, adjust, yes, you can, everything, well, i broke through. no, this is not another game that drags you into virtual reality, the training of drone pilots, along with engineers to

assemble them. six months ago , the association of participants in the russian-ukrainian war, based on which, began to deal with this created an association of enterprises and scientific centers that not only... train specialists , but also develop and manufacture drones, well, if assembling from a pure drone, then it is not a very difficult process at all, if a person wants to learn, then he can do all this to do in literally a day or three, that is , depending on how capable she is of all this , if 3,000 people would be enough, then 300 should be trained, if 10,000 are needed, 10,000 are not needed, that is, if we do not have enough drones at the front, then they need to be collected more and... and of course, well, to teach the appropriate number of people. anyone can assemble killer devices, the instructors say, because everything is explained step by step, even those who have never picked up a soldering iron can do it. they usually start with the board, then move on to other

processes. we teach how to apply soldering correctly, how to correctly distribute the contact groups themselves, so that this does not interfere later. further assembly of the drone itself, we assemble the frame, completely assemble the motors, solder with the central power supply board, and in the future we already move on to what we program the drone itself. miroslava, who came for the second time, also joined such classes. the girl is 22, she is engaged in breeding decorative birds, but she can handle a soldering iron skillfully, she says, she would like to help the military with equipment. my father is a military man, he fought, i have many friends, acquaintances, very close people in the military, but the point is not even that, even if a person does not have a military person in his family, he must do something to win, but you can show off that you've already

learned, but i can't do anything yet to show off while i'm just learning, but i'll try to make it better and better, here you need to be careful, do everything well, well, that's it. in total, there are approximately 200 producers of birds of various types in ukraine, they supply up to 15% of the total needs of the army, - notes the founder of the dignitas foundation lyubov shipovych. according to her estimate, only fpv drones need 200,000 per month, but there is also a lack of pilots who can skillfully control them, - says the military man with the call sign edison. according to him, such specialists at the front are worth their weight in gold. newly bilotserhivets was injured and is currently recovering. rehabilitation, but does not waste time and helps to teach on a special simulator. our company specializes precisely in unmanned drones, it is a wing, and fivishki, and maviks. everything starts with theory, after theory, a person moves on to learning on

simulators, that is, it is better financially, because drones are not affected, they are not damaged, on a simulator, a person can afford to make a mistake. and analyze why this happened. after the simulator, well, that's usually it 200 hours of flight time, you can already move on to some smaller birds, there is a hawk, something else, and then a person becomes a real pilot, if there is a desire. yaroslav hopatsa, oleksandr kuga, espresso, bila tserkva. we invite the audience to join the gathering of the 14th brigade of the 61st battalion in the kupyansk direction . a car is needed. our defenders need a pick-up truck for combat missions and transporting the wounded. its peculiarity is that it can move through swampy terrain, it costs uah 250,000. you and i have already collected more than 136 uah. please join and deposit any amount. remember, your

hryvnia brings our victory closer. for now, this is all the news for this hour, you will find more interesting and relevant information on our website. and also in our social networks, join in, put your preferences, take care of yourself, we still have a victory to meet. the saturday political club is on the air, congratulations, friends, khrystyna yatskiv and vitaly portnikov, thank you for being with us on this beautiful evening, we will summarize the main events of this week, the week has become stressful for the world, i would say, it is really difficult for myself mention. which has not been like that recently, despite the fact that we will talk about the situation in our country, we will also mention

how the confrontation in the middle east is developing, what events, quite events unfolded there these days, we will talk about events in poland, and in addition, about the prospects of security guarantees for us and from our partners, well, let's start with the military situation and everything related to it oleksandr mosienko, director of the eyelash center. of legal studies, contact us. oleksandr, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. congratulations, mr. oleksandr. so, let's start with what is happening in the sky of ukraine, how dangerous are these north korean missiles, how many of them there are, how the situation with russian arsenals, especially missile ones, if we talk about the latest events in ukraine, will develop in general. in fact, there is not much information yet about... about the number, we are talking about the fact that there may be several dozen, well, again, it may be,

this is according to the version of our american partners, who gave the relevant statistics and a few launchers for them, respectively, are kn-23 missiles, which in principle are actually very similar to the iskander operational-tactical missile systems, and in fact, so, let's say, quite similar in terms of the facts of their use. it is known, at least three times, and already the ukrainian investigation even confirmed this by the ukrainian prosecutor's office. at least, from these cases, we can single out one failed one, which has already been confirmed. that's what john kirby, the us white house's strategic communications adviser, said about that on december 30, one such rocket was launched, and it fell in a field in the zaporizhzhia region. i think it is clear that the field was not the target. and some event happened that made this rocket not... fly, maybe its technical condition, maybe they haven't learned how to operate it properly in russia yet, some

factors are happening. i would pay attention to today's event actually, in this sense, because today there was a rather interesting message in the headquarters of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine, that 20 missiles, ah, which were launched by russia on the territory of ukraine, obviously, there are also ballistic missiles among them , it does not specify whether there were 23 missiles, they are not listed, but it says that 20 missiles did not reach their targets, ah, maybe priority ones, where did they go were launched due to the fact that electronic warfare systems were used by ukraine, this is an interesting thing, because i do not remember this in the official reports before, and this may mean that ukraine is trying against the background of the fact that we currently do not have a sufficient number of systems to combat ballistic missiles, such as sam... tim amba or patriot, well , they are trying to experiment with such options as acting as rebs and deflecting these missiles

, ideally so that they leave the trajectory and fall and hit the target not in big cities, but somewhere outside the city , somewhere in the fields , somewhere in the forests, where there are no people, or a smaller number of people are there cars, machinery , anything, enterprises and so on, this is a very interesting thing, i... think, if it will be further developed in this way , then it is promising from the point of view that it will strengthen ours air defense. please tell me, mr. oleksandr, that north korean, in particular, ballistic missiles could quite possibly have appeared in the ukrainian sky. does this mean that russia is actually paying attention to this ally of its, because iran, which is already traditional for us , may be occupied in the near future. and with a little other matters closer to itself and in fact will support its proxy armies in every possible way,

in particular the yemeni houthis, hamas, maybe hezbollah. you know, iran seems to me that the case is complicated due to many circumstances, with a lot many, and i think that certain decisions, which were made in the fall of 2022, about the possibility of transferring two types of missiles to russia. ballistic, they are postponed for some reason, and maybe even can be canceled, maybe, maybe not, we don’t know for sure yet, but there is a reason that and... i didn’t pass this one this one border and did not take a certain step, perhaps due to the fact that they are constantly threatening israel, they have elections there in march in this council of experts, and you know that they once again began to declare that it is necessary to destroy israel, etc., it seems to me that, against this background, it is probably not very logical to transfer missiles to russia, because they will ask, why are you

transferring missiles, if you are preparing for war, maybe there are other factors that have the same effect, some channel. relations are minimal , which remain with the united states, and jevrey hopes to conclude the same sanctions agreement, which was in effect, then was canceled by president trump at the time, because after all, the position of the special representative for iran in the united states has not been canceled, it exists despite the fact that the us is allies and support israel, that is, a lot of moments with north korea, it seems to me, all the more obvious, and look how he used it. who is in his own interests , propaganda, i’ve been watching for the last few weeks, you know, these are propaganda videos from kim from north korea, it seems to me that he flourishes every time about what you’re watching, i’m helping russia, north korea supports russia, it’s okay , we provide such support, what a great country we are, let 's start a war against south korea ourselves, or

let's launch missiles somewhere , let them fall into the sea, that's why, but behind the scenes of north korea there is another ... state that cannot be taken out of the account, and which, without, i think, the blessing of pyongyang would not act, i have china means, and obviously, but i understand the nature of why these missiles were transferred , it seems to me that they are transferred as missiles to save russia at a time of crisis, when they have problems with the fact that they are now fixing the release and increase the production of ammunition, but they still need time, it does not happen in a day, in a week, in two, and accordingly this... at the moment, this vacuum had to be filled, and north korea came to support, and it helps, especially with ballistic missiles, if russia produces about 100 cruise missiles per month, then with ballistic missiles they clearly have there are problems, because they use iskanders in small quantities and not as often as other types, but

please tell me, mr. oleksandr, in principle, russia has a chance to increase production this year. own weapons, to the extent that it can produce these ballistic missiles, projectiles, artillery and other weapons for such a mass use, they certainly have this in their plans, that is, it is a russian plan, of course, what to build up, they even voiced figures of up to 5 million artillery shells per year, so that it would be desirable for them to receive, for this they won't produce that much this year, that's for sure, i have big doubts, because... production won't have time to turn around, there's no such thing, let's say, that it happens, but what they produce and in principle will be able to produce this year about 2 million shells per year, this is a challenge, this a lot too, in fact, this is quite a significant figure, and this must be understood, our intelligence

indicates that, judging by the interview of kirill budanov, which he recently gave to limont, that... their quality is falling technical, but at the same time these weapons are being produced , as for tanks, i don’t think that growth can happen, as with missiles, especially ballistic ones, but with winged ones there are also reasons to believe that they can increase by 10-20% own production of such rockets, i.e. somewhere between 100 and 150 rockets per month are planning to leave, these are the trends from what can be said, well, traditionally, despite everything, despite the war against ukraine. most of the expenditures from the budget will go from the point of view of weapons production, equipment and modernization, it is for the russian fleet, that is, it is especially for nuclear submarines, especially for their modernization, the construction of new ones, they plan to build at least five more nuclear submarines by 2028 boats, that's why a lot is laid there, which shows that russia,

in addition to the war against ukraine, still maintains... these are, let's say, aggressive steps and a demonstration of aggression against the west, because it is clear that nuclear submarines are not against ukraine, as you can see now , in fact, it is an opportunity for the russian federation to make some sort of breakthrough, possibly in several areas and sections of the front, because some foreign analysts say that it is unlikely they will succeed, and they say that the winter us... stupid russians have actually already failed, it is very strange to hear this in the middle of winter, in fact, there is still half ahead, but less than that, many believe that no, they will still try, in particular on kharkiv oblast, are there signs of what is real getting ready yes, this preparation, it continues, in principle, you know that it is not in vain, and our military leadership gathered precisely in this direction, on kupinsky, and the minister

of defense, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the chief of the general staff, the commander of the ground forces, so what is really fixed there, well, you understand, from the point of view of the fact that kupyansk, the direction, this direction is from the north-eastern flank, it will always be like this as long as the war continues. because it is profitable for the enemy to conduct offensive actions from there, since the territory of russia is nearby, since in they have permanent logistical capabilities there, and in principle it is beneficial for them from the point of view of trying to draw our forces from other directions. strictly speaking, the purpose of these offensive actions: they intensified combat operations there in two places, ivanivka was added, in the kupinsk district, there was only senkivka, now ivanovka too. considers the scenario of forcing the oskil river north of kupyansk in two places, well, all these plans are known, ukrainian forces there are ready for

defensive operations, battles in the senkivka area have been going on for a long time, some noticeable there are no successes, but i think that the enemy will try to break through there, they will also go in the avdiyivka area, this donetsk direction is large and avdiivka and maryinka, it remains. one of the priorities, and it is obvious that there will be, and i assume that the russian troops can still achieve some tactical successes, well tactical ones, somewhere they will advance, somewhere they will be able to reach some frontiers, somewhere probably our forces will move away from the point in view of the fact that the situation may be complicated and it will be necessary to withdraw to other lines and hold the defense, but i i agree with analysts who talk about breakthroughs, but in what sense breakthroughs, breakthroughs at the operational and strategic level. but let's say that this offensive will continue in the russian east and the initiative will be with them, at least until the end of winter, i think that yes, at the same time,

there are prospects for developing significant success, capturing the donetsk region there, or capturing large cities, whether to capture kharkiv, as russian propaganda has now begun to take an active role there, they will not succeed, well, by the way, i want to clarify this, because in this forecast eurasia. groups, which is currently being discussed, because these are the risks that were outlined in the time magazine, it is said that ukraine will either be able to enter a new geopolitical trajectory, security guarantees, possibly membership in nato, even the european union, protection of the territory, etc., but there are or the loss of most of the territory, even in donetsk region and part of kharkiv region. in that , i can agree with the second point, but i don't really understand what it means, how the first point can help us now, that is, you see geopolitical trajectory, if

it is tied directly to the front line, i mean objectively, and will multiply the supply of weapons, resources and ammunition, so that ukraine can change ukrainian forces can change the situation, then yes, but for us in order to avoid point... tu2 it is necessary to carry out further defensive operations, which are being carried out, by the way, missiles, which are currently being talked about by stormshadov, scalping, the supply of others, possibly atakams, we are now already considering from the point of view of non-offensive actions, and defensive actions in order to strike at the rear of the enemy and not give them the opportunity to develop rapid offensive actions, and from this point of view, if this is foreseen by the forecast of the rasia group, it is implied that the geopolitical realities will be somewhat changed, here i support... , of course, i agree, but we need solutions directly on the battlefield, in addition to the fact that we take into account geopolitical realities, but i

will tell you that we really can, for example, maryinka, that is also possible believe that the tsentia region, yes, well, this is the loss of a destroyed, but populated place of a ukrainian destroyed, but at the same time, well, that is, yes, at this level, yes, but it means... there will be no advances and successes, i think that there will not be, although certain, say, areas where the enemy is trying to intensify offensive actions, and to implement certain maneuvers, as they think, such as, for example, now, i mentioned maryanka, move towards kurakhov, and at the same time, one group that comes out from the coal mine and tries to go on the connection, once again creating an environment of ours with ticks groups, they are trying , well, it is blocked for the time being, that is... there is still no , you understand, russian troops, they are loading, they are seriously slipping, and this advance is given to them with significant forces , resources and price, and as a result it no...

can lead to a breakthrough, it can either be so creeping, and in order for it to be creeping, it needs to be sped up, sped up and constantly fed, what does that mean? this means that at some stage it will be necessary to stop and regroup and further to crawl again, but it is again the same question for us, how far our capabilities will be ready not only for defense, but also for offensive in the future, because defense is, in principle, now a defensive operation... the forces are built quite well and give results, that is, it should not be frightening right now, as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, general luzhnyi, said at the briefing, that let's not, you know, sacredly over every populated place that is now on the map, it is important, and it hurts, of course, but but i can't see prospects for the enemy to make a rapid breakthrough, all the same. thank you oleksandr musienko, director of the center for military and legal

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it is not necessary to declare its non-independence at all. china generally calls him a dangerous separatist. but we understand that the fate of taiwan is not decided exclusively by presidential elections. mr. vitaly, what do you think this vote is about, based on its previous results? you know, i think it's to some extent about the stability of the mood of the citizens, because that's what the democratic progressive party has managed to maintain. the post of president for himself, uh, that's it the first such result in the history of the republic of china in taiwan since the beginning of democratic processes, because we also have to remember that it did not happen immediately, today, by the way, is another anniversary of the death of general musachenkaisha, the founder of the kuomintang in its current taiwanese form, and how you understand, during changkaisha's reign, no such...