we summarize the informative morning in ukraine on spresso. khrystyna parubiy works in the news studio. now officially, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhny , has confirmed that the soldiers of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine shot down one of the most expensive russian spy planes, the a50, and the il-22 air command post of the occupiers. he thanked the air force for the excellently planned and conducted operation in the azov region. it is known that the a50 was shot down around 9 in the evening above kyrylivka. he disappeared from the radar and stopped. respond to requests

tactical aviation. according to official data, the russian army had only nine such reconnaissance aircraft before the invasion of ukraine. one was probably shot down early last year during the attack on machulyshchi airport. the cost of the a50 starts at $300 million. at least two il-22 crew members are reported to have been injured. we went for a walk in the catacombs and almost stayed there forever. four. teenagers got lost in the underground tunnels in the village of nerubaiske in odesa region. one of the girls called her parents and told them about the dangerous venture. after that, contact with children disappeared. rescue workers, police and public activists went to the rescue. they combed the catacombs all night, examined more than 60 km of tunnels, until they found the children. hello, mrs. svitlana, good day, dsns. she is not in danger. about a million

artillery shells have already been delivered by russia to north korea. the largest batch arrived last fall, said vadyn skibitskyi, a representative of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine. according to him, the dprk mainly supplies projectiles of 122nd and 152nd caliber. this is precisely the shortage of ammunition that moscow does not have can cover at the expense of its own manufacturer. let me remind you that earlier the minister of foreign affairs of lithuania emphasized that the dprk provided more aid to russia than the european union to ukraine. but russia produces up to 130 strategic and more than a hundred operational-tactical missiles every month, the main intelligence agency said. the main target of the aggressor country this winter was the objects of the defense and industrial complex of ukraine, vhur emphasized. in particular, the enemy focused on... on the destruction of headquarters, control systems

and individual units on the front line. but there are still threats to the ukrainian energy industry. the russians are constantly monitoring her condition. a resident of avdiyivka in donetsk region was injured by russian shelling. the enemy hit the city with four rockets and artillery. three apartment buildings and a private house were destroyed, the regional police reported. in addition, there are three occupants. they attacked kurakhovo with rockets, damaged three apartment buildings, a lyceum and the industrial zone, and also fired two s-300s on the territory of one of the enterprises in kostyantynivka. a 56-year-old man blew himself up on an explosive device near the village of zolochiv in the kharkiv region. he was taken to the hospital with a severe shrapnel wound to the chest, oleg seniguv, the head of the region, said. during the day, the russians shelled 15 towns and villages of the kharkiv region.

hailstones hit kupyansk, residential buildings were damaged, the enemy also fired guided aerial bombs on the village of vilkhuvatka, an enterprise was halved. for meat assaults , russian soldiers are given drugs and psychotropic drugs, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reported. such cases were recorded in the 108th assault regiment and the 7th assault brigade of the russian army. these drugs lead to euphoria and ease the pain. soldiers who use them, more easily agree to participate in the so-called meat assaults, without fear of injuries and death. on international bagel day, another 980 russian occupiers were multiplied by zero by the armed forces of ukraine. and in general, since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion , almost 371 00 invaders have become a hole from bublyk on our land. in addition, ukrainian defenders

burned 14 enemy tanks and 20 combat tanks during the day armored vehicles. 24 artillery systems, one mlrs and two air defense systems were hit. of the occupiers, in addition, 34 units of enemy cars and special equipment were burned, the defense forces also shot down one cruise missile, and four operational-tactical level drones, the general staff reminds, the data is indicative. and to make our army even stronger, we invite our viewers to join the gathering. a car is needed in the 14th brigade of the 61st battalion in the kupinsky direction. to carry out combat tasks and export. wounded to our defenders a pickup truck is needed, its peculiarity is that it can move around the balat region, it costs 250 00 hryvnias, you and i have already collected more than 190 00 hryvnias, so please join us and donate any amount, remember, every

hryvnia of yours brings ours closer victory wanted to cut off power in kyiv, the security service of ukraine detained vagnerivets, who was preparing strikes. in energy, the man arrived from belarus to the rivne region, where he tried to attach several gps trackers to the poles of the power lines supplying the capital. by beacon signals, the occupiers wanted to correct a targeted attack on energy facilities, in particular with shahedas. as the investigation established, the detainee also took part in hostilities against ukraine. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation , the militant joined the russian private sector. of the wagner military company, in the ranks of which stormed bahmud and nearby villages. later , he returned to belarus, where he received a task from his curator of military intelligence of the russian federation regarding the preparation of sabotage on the border territory of ukraine. partisans penetrated the territory of the military unit

of the russian armed forces in feodosia in the temporarily occupied crimea. the 18th guards anti-aircraft missile sevastopol-feodosia regiment is located there. this is reported by the partisan movement. those mobilized in this military unit told the partisans when and where it is better to take photos and videos. while karaol was gabbing on his phones, the agents were able to quickly scout and record everything. the coordinates and all the information have already been transferred to the defense forces of ukraine. they strengthen the border and train. about fifty obstacle courses were built by ukrainians the military is on the edge. this was announced by the commander of the united forces of the ukrainian armed forces, serhii naev. according to him, psychological obstacle courses provide an opportunity not only to harden soldiers physically, but also morally. in particular, in volyn , servicemen train in shooting with small arms and mortars, operate

drones, and evacuate the conditionally wounded from the battlefield. under the guidance of experienced instructors who also train in our operational area, under the guidance of lt. this is necessary to increase their readiness for sudden actions. 4 billion 200 thousand dollars for asks the un to allocate humanitarian aid to ukrainians from its donors. it is about supporting victims of russian shelling, as well as refugees. the organization noted that due to the full-scale invasion of russia, more than 14 million... ukrainians are in need of humanitarian aid and added that the un cannot cope with all requests, therefore it needs additional support. a short-term compromise, but again no money for us. democrats and republicans in the us congress agreed on a temporary budget.

it is about the draft law, which provides continuation of financing of government structures until the beginning of march. as reported by the reuters agency, the new agreements will allow. prevent a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating. the short-term bill for the amount of more than 1,000 dollars must be adopted by the house of representatives and the senate by friday. at the same time, it does not provide for funds to support ukraine. this was the morning in ukraine, read more on our website espresso.tv, also on our social networks, join, put your preferences. i say goodbye to you. to tomorrow, stay with us,

i congratulate you, dear tv viewers, on espresso tv channel, studio zahid program, 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 chaly will work on the espresso tv channel. ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, ambassador of ukraine to the united states at 200. glory to ukraine, mr. ambassador, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, glory to the heroes. well, two processes are ongoing: ukraine is trying on the one hand to receive the appropriate amount of weapons and funding, on the other hand, the upcoming big forum 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's still a forum where it traditionally started with... with the fact that business is gathering, and such large forces of an economic nature

determine their actions, well, they say for the future, but at least a year ahead, so for several months there has been an idea circulating among the business community that it would be desirable to forecast whether so that it would happen that the hot phase of russia's war against ukraine would end sometime before the middle of summer, that is, that was their reasoning. i will tell you, it was possible around the time when the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelenskyi, visited new york, he also had meetings with big business there, and after that, the information appeared in the american media, or just 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 i think that exactly 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 many forecasts of geopolitics, and i think that it will be difficult to do even for such influential shadow e-e business structures, large funds, hedge funds there, because there is no complete certainty. so far in those countries that they cannot, but could not now control or seriously influence them there, therefore, in principle, the part that will concern the general davos, it will not be completed as for the forecasts, well, there will be a ukrainian initiative part, a meeting on the peace formula, yes, that is, also what was already discussed at the un briefing ... their representative was hysterical, what will this format be like, and without russia, what is this meetings

without russia, this shows that this is a step in the right direction, we will see what the result will be, maybe not immediately after the delivery, as a result of decisions on the supply of weapons, on support for ukraine, that is, in fact, this is a place where many influential people will meet from different fields, and it is obvious that this is an opportunity positions of ukraine. to say more clearly 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 russia will not be there, no one is inviting it to davos and, in general, it does not participate in the discussions of the peace formula , because it is the direct culprit and the aggressor, but the parameters of what will be discussed in detail in the context of the so-called peace formula are our ukrainian initiative, and i understand that. the idea of ​​president volodymyr zelenskyi to give such a new impetus to

more countries got involved, regions, well people from all over the world come to davos. 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 territories, and by the 91st year of the borders, well, that is, it's obvious that it's... which has to be done in order to then 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 guarantees, well, i know that the meeting is our government guidelines regarding this position on nato, i hope that it will also be used to promote the very idea of ​​how to provide a security umbrella, not only for ukrainian citizens, but also for international business. which will be invested in ukraine after the deoccupation, i.e. whose investments

must be physically protected, including from any attempts at russian provocations in the future, and they will not end with the deoccupation of the territories, therefore, in principle, i do not place any expectations on it, to be honest, because that many things now is determined, it definitely did not succeed, and our expectation that something will be resolved somewhere... is there for us or behind ukraine, not an expectation, but someone has fears, someone has expectations, this is not really the case, that is not how decisions are made . .. ukraine is subjective enough to talk about the fact that our fate is not decided in vain, 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 subject, so it turned out, in a strange way, that the maximum subjectivity is ukraine

received during a full-scale war, when the factor of 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, so that we do not talk about nuclear states, indicates the increase of ukrainian subjectivity, by the way, which is reflected even in our military strength ratings. ukraine rose several positions in the international rankings this year, that is, we will expect the next, i think, we will be even higher, but in any case, we understand that our subjectivity. needs foreign aid and i wanted you to analyze the dynamics currently 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 , supplies, ammunition, artillery systems and so on and so on, well and so on key story, a new factor appeared, which

is being discussed extremely powerfully in the united states, in particular, it is about the transfer of frozen russians to ukraine. we understand that this is a total war, total means what russia is trying to do right now capitulation, that is, they have a constant idea , they do not hide it in principle, precisely by putting pressure on the fact that ukraine cannot withstand, as a smaller country, as a country, well, three times smaller in population, and on the territory, it cannot withstand such pressure, and in this option, in this situation... partner assistance, in particular with regard to these critical payments in the social sphere, it is really very important, but you know, first of all, i don't think that even in the worst case scenario, if not there will be american money there, in packages of 61.4 - that's 11.7 billion, if i'm not mistaken, which the ukrainian government calculates, in general,

according to their statements, the government needs somewhere up to 30.9 billion annually externally. 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 we have, despite the war, how to rearrange priorities so that, for example, we don't spend money on capital construction? to be honest, i do not understand at all, in the 14th year a government resolution was adopted, which prohibited 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

that it has become easier now , and we continue to build some, even a subway is announced. to build new buildings, buy cars, not those for the front, that is meant, but for internal use, even state institutions, and after that convince the foreign republicans that we do not have money, well, literally, at nikki haley's debate with desantis last week, there was a debate, and desantis said with direct text that your money of american taxpayers... goes into the pockets of ukrainian bureaucrats, literally, and that, well, we we understand in ukraine that we do not spend money on 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 can’t, why, that the west can’t send aid money to the front, why it’s prohibited, well

, i understand that certain regulations are for a certain type of grants, i this. but why such a general rule, that is, the front is a critical issue for us , and as for the rear, well, here we will have to close the loopholes in the customs finally, the huge smuggling of cigarettes, the production of illegal tobacco products, we do not see this, what huge resources are being stolen from the country, taxation , well, don't just take away from the people what you want there, the idea of ​​the government. to introduce more draconian taxes for people 18% on cash, it's just that the salary will drip there on the card, you will have 18%, they want that, well, delusional, but where are your... effective solutions, that you close the holes, that is, in fact , internal resources in ukraine during the war can be sought, if everything

is oriented correctly, nevertheless, if there is external help, then we will direct more to the defense of the country, and more funds to de-occupation, so the question not closed yet with this package of american aid, when it will be, i said a long time ago, before january. end of january, beginning of february, this will not be a decision, moreover, now it is tied to the dates, primaries, well, everyone expects primaries, these are primaries - these are primaries, where to determine who will be the republican candidate, the main 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 withdrawing ... cruz from the race, then most likely these nicky's votes still belong to helena desantis, so in new hampshire they don't 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 adopt the third, in fact, the entire us budget, that's it well, you see, sorry, not may, february, february. that is, it is somewhere around march 5, holy tuesday, that is more than 800 votes of voters in the usa are distributed by primaries in many states and caucuses, that is, the republicans want to drag this story out until march, but the white house 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 one. these are all factors that should give us an answer sometime in early february, now the answer is, if there is a 61.4 package, there will also 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 assistance in reforms, well, there are not only military money, yes, not only for armaments, there is a big package, and this will then be a signal to others, well, in the cream. and, for example, to the germans, what can be said about the taurus missile, 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 million has already been unlocked, i understand because the nda, they voted, this is the defense budget for 24 years, that is, at least 300 million for two such... current tranches will still be there, well, you see, they allocate there are currently 150-250 of them, until the end of the year they allocated it, 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 our government, in a strange way says, for example, i heard an official statement that then salaries will have to be transferred, there payment in a month, delusional, i say again, delusional. the government was created for that purpose, to look for solutions, and not to transfer problems to international partners, well, you can’t, this government can’t, another government, that is, these explanations are very strange, we can’t, we’ll have to, i won’t pay the salary, i i encountered this, by the way, even when i was working as an ambassador, when i was told that there were no salaries for january, i said, what, where do you have it written down, where do you have it written down? that you don't have payments to diplomats for january, well, yes, mr. ambassador, it's always been like that, every year, you just faced with this for the first time, i say it will not happen,

i am the responsible person, i am writing you a statement and filing a lawsuit against you that you do not pay the salaries of employees, you know, you have paid, all of you by the embassy, ​​but in the usa they have paid, and you know why, because we are used to the fact that this kind of wrongs a civil servant, that is , he constantly raised his hand, because you... in the civil service, that means you have nothing like that with everyone, there is work efficiency, there is no such option, look for another, but they cannot be from this, first of all, the people who are now giving results for the defense of the country will suffer, and secondly, you can't, go and give it to others, that 's all, that's why i said it for so long, because our logic has to change, we don't have to see the result. the war is only 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 of rapid de-occupation, but it does not affect the basic the decision in ukraine, which has been officially announced, that ukraine will not surrender. we understand that now on the battlefield the ukrainian army is also, well, in that situation, v which we were about a year and a half ago, in particular in terms of the number of artillery shells and not only them, well and accordingly also, maybe it is a conspiracy, maybe not, but there is... a feeling that it is possible that they want to influence the intensity of the war at our expense in this way , simply not delivering, the debate about taurus has been going on for more than one year, the story about f-16s that keep flying in and flying out is also not new, we understand that all the graphs are moving a little, if we talk about the situation, then i think that it is obvious to everyone that our strategy

for ukraine and, say, the usa did not coincide in terms of... completely from the very beginning, that is, the us strategy is designed to contain the war within the territory of ukraine, that it did not go to nato countries, let's say, yes, that is, this position is clear, we are not allies, and there they are allies, and the second position, they they do not know what to do with russia, that is why they are very afraid , they were afraid of attacks on russia, including their weapons, well, it is clear that in closed mode these discussions were constantly going on berlin-moscow, moscow, washington, moscow, that is, what they won't tell us, but it all went on, and beijing, let's say, washington, well, the meeting was in san francisco, i think that there is such an agreement behind the backs, behind the backs, to prevent nuclear escalation, putin was clearly told by both the usa and china that this is a red line crossing there is impossible in any case, further there is such a constant positional

struggle, something like this. it is publicly said that if you give taurus, we will start taking weapons from china or north korea, well, for example, i tell you this theoretically, well, that’s how they started, there are no taurus, and korean ballistic missiles are used, and that’s it that's another story training ground for north korea, for these missiles, south korea knows very well that it is because the time to prepare these missiles and strike the south is reduced by several times when you have the technical characteristics. at the training ground, and unfortunately we have a testing ground for them, iran can also use it for ballistic missiles, so they understand this, start to think, change their position, there must be a correction of the strategy, and in principle this is a political decision that they would n't tell me that there are atakams, remember, they used to say that we don't have enough atakams, it's just we didn't have many of them, and now suddenly the materials appeared, they are written off, they are generally destroyed , well, what is this, what is this conversational signal, well, this is

a bad conversation with ukraine, at first you say that you do not have any, so speak honestly, well, at least germany began to act differently, after all, chancellor scholz first came up with reasons, whatever, now they say in plain text, well, it’s a strange explanation, taurus won’t help you, but after all, it ’s not something they don’t say there, in you don't have experience, you don't have that, that means it 's called war, regulation escalation, that is. regulation of dynamics, they did not succeed in this , moreover, this regulation did not help us very much in our attempt to de-occupy last year, it did not help very much, because they allocated so much weapons for replacement, which in their understanding was only enough for an attack, yes there is one in one direction , as they thought in the south, that would be enough , well, excuse me, that’s not how wars are fought, that is , they definitely don’t do it that way, they understand it

now, a lot... there was criticism that this is a drop-by-drop dosage, 30 avroos tanks, which will do 30 avroos tanks, well, it was important to unlock the german supply, yes , i understand, but if you are betting on the result, you need to concentrate all supplies now in the coming months, and several hundred missiles, these are not long-range missiles, these are just missiles, which will allow us to fight on the territory of ukraine. you can even make a strange decision, yes, when we promise not to shoot missiles at russia there, well, this is generally some kind of delusion, because, well, just now our partners have just started to change their position, why not, which, well, what kind of question is this, if they are constantly hitting our territory with strategic bombers, and we have no way to cover the same base, well, i'm not talking

about the bombers, because they. they soar far away, but specifically hit the ground.