my interlocutor was yuriy chornomorets, he is a theologian, a volunteer and a sniper, then stay tuned to the espresso channel, where there will be a lot more new information. greetings viewers of espresso, with you annaeva melnyk and the news team will tell you about the most current events at the moment. a 49-year-old man was killed and his 31-year-old daughter was injured as a result of an early morning strike in kramatorsk, donetsk region, the head of the region, vadym filashkin, informed. the occupiers shelled the city at 1:10 a.m. currently, the military is finding out with which weapon the enemy attacked

city. another 800 consumers in kherson were left without electricity due to shelling by the occupiers. in general , more than 4,000 apartments and houses are without power in the city, and another 26,000 homes are without power in the region, according to the ministry of energy. last night , the dnipro district of kherson was attacked by the enemy, the building of an educational institution was damaged, windows were blown out in high-rise buildings. four people died in kharkiv oblast due to fires. there have been three fires there since yesterday. two of them are in kharkiv. late in the evening, a house was burning in the private sector, the state emergency service reports . a 57-year-old man died due to careless handling of fire. the second event happened around 7 in the morning. also in a private house, a heater caught fire there. the fire quickly spread to the wooden floor. rescuers found. the couple was flying, the fire

also took the life of the husband in his own home in krasnopavlivka, loziv district. fatal accident in kyiv. a 66-year-old man was killed by a mercedes driver on the capital's highway. kyiv police reports. the event happened around 70 in the morning. a pedestrian was crossing the road in the forbidden city. as a result of the accident, he died on the spot. after. why did the car collide with another car? the police are investigating all the circumstances of the accident. the driver of the mercedes was checked for drugs. he was sober. in the case of mazepa , a briefing was held in kyiv by the director of the state bureau of investigation, oleksiy sukhachev, regarding the illegal construction of the kyiv hydroelectric plant. according to him, the sbi has been conducting investigations since january 2022. according to expertise, cottages on

the territory of hes can threaten the functioning of critical infrastructure. and regarding the possible persecution, the persons involved in the case are not surnames, but perpetrators, noted suhachev. currently , the illegal construction and privatization of more than 7 hectares has been documented, but the work does not stop for a minute, and measures are currently being taken to prove the involvement. of the specified persons to land about 300 hectares of land with an estimated cost of uah 1.1 billion. covered with dany, in transcarpathia the customs officers of the chop zagon checkpoint were exposed. up to €1,500 was demanded from each bus. for this , the carriers were promised not to create artificial ones obstacles during customs clearance of foreign goods. in one shift , up to 50

vehicles were passed through this criminal scheme. the perpetrators were notified of their suspicions and face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property. historical justice. volodymyr zelenskyy signed a decree on russian territories inhabited by ukrainians. it obliges the government to submit to the nsdc for consideration an action plan regarding the preservation of the national identity of ukrainians in the russian federation, in particular in the lands historically inhabited by them. in kuban, old dub region, within the krasnodar territory, belgorod, bryansk, voronezh, kursk and rostov regions. commenting on his decree, the head of state emphasized that it means returning the truth about the historical past for the sake of ukraine's future. ukraine must give up territory to end the war. such a statement was made by the prime minister of slovakia, robert fico. according to him, russia will not withdraw from occupied

ukraine, in particular from crimea, donbas and luhansk. so, according to fitzo, there must be some kind of compromise to settle, quote, armed conflict. the slovak prime minister also confirmed his position to block. ukraine's accession to nato and declared that ukraine is not an independent and sovereign state and one of the most corrupt in the world. polish prime minister donald tusk together with denys shmegal honored the memory of fallen defenders of ukraine. the ukrainian prime minister announced this on the social network, on mykhailivska square in kyiv, they laid flowers at the wall of memory of the fallen defenders in the russian-ukrainian war. tusk said that nothing is important to him. than support of ukraine in military efforts against the russian federation, i note that this is tusk's first visit to kyiv after his appointment. in the temporarily occupied territories, the russians create new military units, poison drinking water, and

militarize the sea of ​​azov. such evidence was presented by analysts of the public organization eastern right-wing group and the institute of strategic studies and. security, what the occupiers plan to do next on ukrainian soil, we will learn from the material of my colleagues. creation of a military zone divided into military bases. they have such plans russians to temporarily occupied ukrainian territories. analysts of the non-governmental organization eastern right-wing group, together with the institute of strategic studies and security, analyzed the future intentions of the aggressor country in a special report. this example , and this report, should show our western partners, european officials, that if they, god forbid, of course, do not support ukraine, all this kraków tumor, all this occupied, it can move to the borders of europe. according to analysts, the occupiers are launching chornomorskyi

fleet in the sea of ​​azov. they are creating a logistics hub that will allow caliber seeds to enter the equatorial sea. the enemy is also investing in the construction of two railways in the donetsk and zaporizhzhia regions. to connect the annexed crimea with the rostov region. the occupiers are creating military units, they are trying to militarize the sea of ​​azov. they repair only those enterprises that, in fact , today, they focus on the production there of either weapons elements or some parts, that is, exclusively in the military sense. and while in mines do not work in the occupied donbass. they extract coal from our subsoil, pits, thereby disrupting the geological space and poisoning the groundwater, because of this local residents risk being left without drinking water. this is a very critical situation, because today the mine waters have already been poisoned,

but the waters are normal. the occupation is going on at full speed, there is no question, if even someone has such rosy dreams that they are liberating something, they are not liberating anything. there is an occupation completely for that in a few years there would be no mention of ukraine. for 2022, in the so-called dpr , the death rate exceeds the birth rate by more than seven times. if this continues, in 50-70 years, the population of donetsk and luhansk regions will disappear completely. kateryna oliynyk, espresso tv channel. in the temporarily occupied mariupol, unknown persons set fire to the communications building , said petro andryushchenko, the adviser to the mayor. according to the participants locally. resistance, the russians in this way decided to get rid of the building, which they themselves destroyed by shelling back in 2022, along with it and of the unique mosaic known as conquerors of space, its author is viktor arnautov of mariupol. the yellow-blue flag of the majority over

the occupied makiivka in donetsk region. activists of the yellow ribbon movement set up the flag for the day of cathedral near the sonyachny microdistrict. it rises on a hill from which the road from donetsk to the border with russia can be seen, the partisans say. "thousands of occupiers passing this road every day will see that ukrainians continue their struggle even in the ten-year occupation," the activists add. gathering espresso tv channel continues. please help the soldiers of the legendary 95th separate airborne assault brigade, they need a loader. bus, mercedes sprinter. the defenders use the vehicle to transport ammunition to the settlements that are destroying the russian occupiers and their armored vehicles as quickly as possible. our goal is uah 2,000. we have already collected more than 19300, only

700 are left. you can see all the details on the screen. the best investment in your freedom is a donation to the armed forces of ukraine. that's how things are at the moment, the news team is working, we follow what is happening in ukraine and the world, we will tell you about the most important things in the next edition at 3 p.m., my colleagues will work for you further, the aspresso information marathon is working for you today in order to inform you about everything that is most important and of the highest quality. the talk with our specialists will be in this studio for the next three hours, so thank you to everyone who

is joining us and who is already watching espresso, and i will remind you, our viewers, about our collection for kamikaze drones, we have a big goal with you, to collect 5 million. the amount is actually big, very significant, but i believe that with joint efforts we will be able to collect this amount. actually, it is needed for the 93rd brigade of kholodny yar. the guys know and know how to use them very well. and know how to use them correctly to cause maximum damage to the enemy, so if you have the opportunity , please join this gathering, you see now on your screens qr codes, in privat or monobank, there are also card numbers, if it's more convenient for you, you can rewrite or take photos, and actually make your personal donation, i'm here today i notified you this morning and i urge you to do it too, because it's really the least we can do, it's every day, even if it 's a small amount, right? we understand that everyone has different opportunities, but donating to a collection and why not do it right now and

donating to this collection? in fact, we will be grateful if you listen, if you help to close, because in fact, the collection is a little slow right now. well, let's hope, dear viewers, that you will find one or another opportunity to join our gathering, collection of the tv channel is another collection for the benefit of our soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine. we understand that there is a question of the state budget, but... we understand how big the costs are, and the soldiers simply have current needs, in particular, when we talk about military equipment, we understand that the soldiers need, if they ask, then if you can, then help, we will inform you now about the most important thing, marta olyarnyk, and antin borkovskyi in our studio, we are also adding virtually petro chernyk, a military expert, who is already in contact with us, so mr. peter, welcome to espresso. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. mr. peter, so british intelligence reports that

the russians have increased offensive activity on the front line. and the institute for the study of war is already reporting not very encouraging news from avdiivka. it seems that the russians are already advancing through the streets of the city. we understand that the general staff has not officially informed about this yet, but we see that experts are already talking about the fact that the situation in avdiivka is extremely difficult. what is your assessment of the events that are currently taking place there and in principles how do you assess this enemy's offensive potential in general, how quickly he can deploy it and where he can deploy it in the near future? nothing has changed in a strategic sense for the enemy, avdiivka is a key point, why? putin gave the order to enter the administrative borders of donetsk and luhansk regions, he needs this result at any price, i emphasize, any price, and he needs a result literally in the spring, by the time of his reappointment to the post of president, they... have no strategic successes , they are well aware that they are in a strategic package, in terms of the liquidation

of ukrainian statehood, because this is the main reason for the special military operation, so they will use all possible forces and means to realize this goal, time will tell whether it will be successful, but in fact we have to wait for an official notification from our general staff and not to disperse unnecessary information that can harm us, and we remember the fundamental rule of war: battles and battles can be... lost, it is important to win the war, well, it is natural, mr. peter, if we talk about the medium-term scenario, in particular, when we talk about the offensive capabilities of the enemy, yes, what the enemy currently has at his disposal in a large area of ​​the eastern so-called front, yes , when we talk about manpower, well , the plus-minus situation is clear, and when we say about the equipment that the enemy has with that, well, can we evaluate his offensive activities now within the limits of what... what is called general, so to speak, probing and probing the front line, or are they preparing for something

larger, more global? well, in part scale and globality, i still have my doubts, let's talk a little in numbers, because the numbers speak best for themselves, more than 460,000 russians are concentrated along the entire battle line, that's quite a lot, it's such a serious contingent, so hurry up - according to tactical standards, this contingent needs up to seven... thousand tanks, there are actually 2,800, this contingent needs more than 19 thousand armored combat vehicles, there are actually a little more than 7 thousand, this all applies to artillery, and rocket systems salvo fire, so it is not entirely correct to say that the enemy has built up a colossal technical shock fist, but at the same time they showed that for the family, for putin , tens of thousands of people are ready to die, only when the most active phase for bahmud was going on, one pvk wagner declared more

than 2,200 killed, an incredible number. let me remind you that the soviet union lost 10 years in afghanistan during the entire war. up to 15,500 personnel and according to the principle of replacing 100-1200 people per day, they can put them into service, and about the fact that more than 100 million kalashnikov assault rifles were manufactured, we have repeatedly said that infantry shafts remained, remain and will remain their main working tool, and of course, unfortunately, not exactly good news, for us they managed to improve fap bombs so much -250, fap-500. and to integrate into them this universal planning and correction module for the month of november, an absolute record of more than 1,100 bombs, this is quite serious, so far in a strategic sense we are in a state of routine, will it be inevitable to press the enemy, why are we already that's all figured out, mr. petar, i would also like to clarify with you about the use of old

soviet bombs by the russians, last week there was information from defenseexpress that 4 tons of anti-corruption. a target bomb , they used it somewhere in the south, it fell in the middle of the field, we understand that, well, most likely this missile did not fly into the field, but had some specific goal, and actually, how many bugs, how many such old bombs do they have, yes and how often they can use them, that is , we understand that they are certainly not modern and there is a huge error in them, then should we to be, let's say, worried about the fact that they have such missiles and that they can start using them en masse, right? that they will use them massively, i have not the slightest doubt, the question is how massively, that is, how many tens, hundreds, or maybe thousands, it seems to me that not thousands, because after all, they have problems with the maintenance of all this, but if they reached this type of weapon, and these are weapons of the late 50s, then we understand that in a strategic sense everything is still quite bad with them, but

it's hard to decipher correctly, it's hard today, but today it can last for months, because... really, the previous empire made the most diverse weapons, the most diverse classes in truly enormous quantities, and we certainly cannot ignore this threat of this type of missiles. yes, mr. peter, and the situation on the left bank? well, we have already received information about a rather alarming plan, so russia will continue to try to knock out the armed forces of ukraine from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the dnieper. the attacks were unsuccessful. fortunately, well, but still, as far as we understand, the situation is extremely difficult, in particular, we are talking about our fighters who are successfully holding the bridgeheads, but we also understand that the enemy has concentrated a sufficiently large number of personnel and equipment there , which we must understand on the left bank of the dnieper, what we managed to hold there in general, to create some kind of bridgehead is already a success

in itself, why do we need it, well, finally kherson should breathe out from the ... heavy blows, i would like to remind you that regular artillery ranges, starting from the d-30, are conventionally up to 15 km , ending with long-range ones such as hyacin mstab or hyacin b, it is within 28 km, and we understand that the projectiles are practically impossible to shoot down, there are appropriate technologies, but not only the americans have them, they are incredibly expensive, no one will provide them to us, and we have to understand that the formation of a real large bridgehead is work... along the perekop isthmus in terms of potential, it is necessary to move the neutralization line 20-30 km deep inland so that our hymers can finally work on the perekop isthmus in terms of logistics, but also the russians they are well aware of this, because if the perekop isthmus comes under full fire control, well, the southern plazarm

may suffocate, and once again there will be extremely heavy battles, where the breaking point will be, well, i can't... predict yet. mr. peter, we would also like your assessment regarding the attacks of ukrainian drones in the leningrad region. we understand that this is far from the ukrainian-russian front. and actually, here it is important to also understand that the institute for the study of war says that the leningrad region is sufficiently poorly covered air defense. if the russians realize that we have the capability to hit targets at such a distance, can they relocate some specific air defense assets there? well , actually, how it can affect the course. actions and the situation at the front. we are well aware that every anti-missile installation that will be removed from the neutralization line and moved deep into the russian federation for cover. of technical objects facilitates the work of our aviation itself, even if it is not numerous, but we still have it, it works, it has a certain fire potential, the fact that our drones

were able to go to such a huge strategic depth, anything + 500 km is already a strategic depth, it is a sign that their air defense system cannot withstand the general strategic competition, and this is very good news in this part, why, because the russians still remain a major ... manufacturer and seller of a wide variety of air defense weapons , including, especially, the s-400 in global markets. let's say the s-400 battery is valued at between a billion and 200 million dollars, this is a lot of money. and therefore, if they are praised complexes cannot cope with small drones, buyers in the world wonder whether such russian weapons are even competitively suitable, and in this part i cannot help but mention the downing of a serious aircraft a... 50, which they could not protect, the missile managed to pass the entire air defense and destroyed such a serious target, that is

, in this part it is really very good that all this is happening, the only thing is that it should all be really, on a large scale, given the fact that we do not have our own long-range missile weapons, so the asymmetric answer is absolutely correct and correct, thank you, uh, petro chernyk was in touch with us, a military expert, a comprehensive analysis of the current situation, we are now adding yevgenia kravchuk, a people's deputy of ukraine, to our marathon. glory to ukraine, mrs. evgenia, we congratulate you. glory to the heroes, i congratulate you on the day of unity. yes, we mutually congratulate you on the day of conciliarness. well, the winter session of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe has started, and at the same time, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky signed quite symbolic decree. in particular, it is about the support of our population on the territory of russia. federation and at the same time, so to speak, there are certain geopolitical emphases, mrs. evgenia, we would like to ask you for a brief comment on the extremely

symbolic and resonant decree of the president, yes, both symbolically and well, quite logically, by the way, the mandate of the council of europe is precisely the protection of rights minorities, yes, ethnic minorities living in the territories of other states, do you remember how the venice commission ... twisted our hands for the legislation on national minorities, but it is clear that russia was kicked out of the council of europe, it is not a member of the council of europe , it is no longer subject to any monitoring procedures, but this is an example when the russians were constantly telling us about how things are here and there, so oppress the russian-speaking people, and the fact that they enslaved a huge number of indigenous peoples, such small ethnos. all of us, by the way, the dsk in the council on this matter, so about the enslaved peoples, and in no way contributed to any, so to speak,

the preservation of the national identity of those of ethnic groups living on the territory of the russian federation, it was during the empire, continued during the soviet union, and modern russia behaves in the same way, well... well, let's see, the government must prepare a certain program, and it is clear that a lot of the ethnic ukrainians living in the territory of the russian federation, they were simply zombified, because we know that there were huge quarrels in families, because people living in ukraine call their relatives and say that they are killing us here, and these are russian missiles, well, at least some of them he says that he will wait for you there now... he will be released and everything will be fine, but actually we are talking about the indigenous peoples, so about the lands of the russian federation historically inhabited by ukrainians, and we know that the russians are now

continuing their genocidal policy regarding the kidnapping of ukrainians children, and we know that you will also deal with this topic at the session of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe, we would like to ask you personally about this issue, whether there is support from our european partners regarding the return of ukrainian children and owners of the country in this. aspect is trying to show itself actively, well, it is very important that the council of europe is wider than even the european union, all the members of the european union are here, plus countries like switzerland, norway, others, by the way, from there burma, azerbaijan as well members, that is , we have a much wider opportunity to discuss the issue, and well , the opening of the january session of the parliamentary assembly was literally just now, and it was agreed that the debate will be held on thursday. about the situation of ukrainian children with the participation, with the online participation of the first layee, and well in fact, it will be a continuation of the special committee that periya created for ukrainian

children, and it is not only about deportation... it will be, well, the main issue, i think, is how to return ukrainian children, how to attract the red cross there, better how to punish russia, but we would also like to raise such practical issues as helping children in ukraine, with educational projects, with medical projects, or the stay of children seeking asylum in various countries outside of ukraine, and there are simply many issues practical, how are the educational ones there? combine and so on, some kind of psychological help, and there will certainly be a resolution, we will also vote on thursday based on the results of these debates. ms. yevgenia, and accordingly , we would like to ask you about the situation with possible additional sanctions against the russian federation, we understand that this topic is extremely broad, but what concerns humanitarianism, and in particular, for example, do you think there are any chances

make the stay less comfortable. russian museums that have turned into repositories of stolen goods on the european or world cultural map, yes, in particular, we are talking about museums to which looted and looted objects from our territory were taken, well, of course, russia worked with its hands and established cooperation through russia, through arbitration, various projects, including because it was they who financed them there, and of course our task there is to open our eyes to the role of not only military war crimes, but also the fact that, well, absolutely definitely the russian academy of sciences and the hermitage, they , well, are engaged in exporting for example, from the crimea, already during for almost ten years, exhibits are being taken away, they are doing various excavations there, in fact, the sights that are included in

the unesco heritage, for example, chersonese, are under threat. tavriyskyi, this is all managed with the russian academy of sciences. and in june, my resolution, which concerns the effort of cultural identity, will be voted on, and by the way, the hearings of three committees will be held at this session, and we will just talk about this criminal role of russian so -called cultural institutions. ms. yevgenia, we would also like to ask you about the year as a whole important elections are with us on the 24th. that there will be many different elections on the european continent, and you actually wrote on your facebook that the council of europe was no exception, the assembly is getting a new president today, i would like your detailed answer about these votes and when it can be ready the decision, let's say, is already ready, the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe, the new president is theodoros roussoupolis , a politician from sred, and he in all his...

speeches and during the inaugural speech, and just now, when tinney cox, the previous president i symbolically gave him the keys to the office , he mentioned ukraine and especially just focused on the topic of children, kidnapped children, children whose identity is being sought, he himself is a journalist by profession, and a teacher, he even, we talked with him at one of the committees, and he said that he defended a scientific work on ethnic, yes on... nationality, ethnicity, and he, well, i hope that is good, well, he understands these issues and will support ukraine, and well, of course, we will hold hands as a delegation on the pulse, because there hasn't been a single meeting yet, not a single session since february 2022, when some ukrainian resolution or some ukrainian issue was not, was not raised, or

was not voted on. let's continue so that there are reports at each session, by the way, there are interesting reports that are currently being prepared, for example, about the restoration of ukraine, and also about possible sanctions, and how to organize this process precisely so that it , who have to suffer, have heard, thank you, evgenia kravchuk. takes place at the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe, now we will have a few minutes of pause, after which back to our studio, we have a lot of exciting things ahead of us, so stay with us for a few minutes and we'll be back.