resources that are not available now, as a result of foreign policy circumstances, this is the situation, say, in america, for aid, finally , for example, well, in europe for these funds, but it is not for military aid, but it is largely related here , that is , a resource is still needed to provide our military-industrial complex, it provides somewhere around 8-10% of our total po... for conducting hostilities, so we do not have to talk about any serious strategic plans in such conditions, and therefore, you mentioned the three positions that the commander-in-chief says, we need therefore, the purpose of these strategic defenses of our operation is, first, to stop the advance of the enemy, secondly, to destroy as much as possible of the enemy's equipment and personnel, and thirdly: to use this time in order

to accumulate precisely these opportunities of ours, to be able to introduce , well , to complete the task, to stop this enemy and carry out counteroffensive actions, the external factor is important from the point of view of weapons, the internal factor we did not fulfill it last year and still do not fulfill it in terms of personnel provision. which we have from understaffing, the understaffing of our brigades, which are now fighting and due to losses, which is certainly present during the war, and the general understaffing, not to mention the fact that personnel are needed to form brigades, which would be carried out this year, if this is the task, as his supreme commander-in-chief put it, regarding de-occupation, that is , counter-offensive actions, everything is connected in this.

now, as for demilitarization, this is more of a propaganda trick, putin's, it will be the third year, so the introduction, as they they say, a strategic operation of an actual war, large-scale, and it must be somehow justified, the goal has not been achieved, neither demilitarization, nor denizification, but here it is so noble that we must preserve our ob'. our cities, our people and everything else , this is a well-known propaganda trick, and from a military point of view, it seems to formulate the fact that it is necessary to move our troops away from their borders, at least to the range of our artillery, barrel and volley fire systems , it can be, well, approach it differently.

so it will turn out, let's say so, but how will it turn out, and then justify all this with such an approach, i.e. about 30 km, well, it’s even better there up to 70, for example, kilometers, well, you can explain, for that we heroically put our personnel there in the name of such a bright idea, that is, it’s more me once again i emphasize putin's propaganda trick, one more thing. the question is the very end of our conversation. yesterday , the deputy secretary of state of the united states of america, victoria nuland, visited kyiv and, following the results of her visit to kyiv , stated that she was returning with the confidence that the russian occupiers are receiving battlefield surprises, soon. let's listen to what victoria nuland said. we continue to provide security assistance in all categories. has new investments and new

weapons systems, such as small diameter bombs, already on their way to the frontline, and to support the revival of ukraine's military-industrial complex, as well as our own, to ensure that we can continue to fight against those who threaten our freedom i leave kyiv today more optimistic about the outcome in 2024 and its absolute strategic importance for of ukraine. also, i am leaving more confident that... putin will get pleasant surprises on the battlefield and that ukraine will be able to achieve a very strong success this year. general, when victoria nuland talks about pleasant surprises, is she talking about some new weapon that we will get? well, i wouldn’t say new, that is, these two years of war show that mostly the allies supplied the weapons, the very old ones, both soviet, some... around the world, and these countries in

the first place, but there were modern elements, but it is not to substantially increase that is scale and then really. for ukraine to have such capabilities, and in order for them to actually pass the tests, uh, these individual elements of the new weapon, but it was quite dosed and principled, even if the situation at the front changed, it was not such deliveries that failed, so very i would like to share ms. lunnen's optimism in this regard, and even more so that the participation in... in this formation of these amistic views on the future was at the expense of military supplies of significant large-scale modern weapons, and the ukrainian side capable and in these two years showed

our defense forces to learn and achieve results not at the level of what they are doing, so that we do not lose this war, and at the same time, russia does not lose it. this, then, is the policy of the united states in the first place, and that we , together with our allies, could achieve victory through the development and use of new modern weapons. thank you, mr. general, for the conversation, it was retired lieutenant general ihor romanenko. friends, we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our platforms in youtube and facebook. throughout our program, we conduct surveys. we are you. we ask about this , do you understand zelenskyi's claims to zaluzhnyi, yes, no, please vote on youtube, either yes or no, leave your comment under this video, and please do not forget to like this video, it is very it is important for its promotion in youtube trends, well, if you watch us on tv,

the phone numbers are on the screen, then our contact is tatiana vysotska, our correspondent in brussels, she followed the summit today european. tatiana, i congratulate you and i am glad to see you on the air, congratulations, serhiy, i am also very glad to see, therefore, today is a significant day, and a good day for ukraine, 50 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to ukraine, the decision was adopted by all 27 member countries of the european union. i saw in the morning that you said on social networks that i am here, potalyak is not here, i am here. at the summit of the european union, orban will be there soon, we will meet with orban. what happened to orbán, that orbán changed his position, or is it related to the fact that you were there at this summit? so i i think, of course, it was i who scared him, and that's why he decided to provide ukraine with 50 billion euros

in order not to anger fate. but in reality, all of us journalists were standing at the press point and waiting for orbán, because they were arriving and arriving. the heads of state of the european union, everyone approached us and shared their opinions, but orbán did not come to the journalists in the morning, and it was already the first intrigue, it was clear that something was happening, but is it good, something is happening, or is it bad , we didn't know yet, and after that we already saw there is a photo on social networks where orbán is already in the room, that is, he entered somehow not past the press, through the back door, perhaps. and he is already sitting, having a separate meeting, a separate private meeting with the head of the european council, charles michel, the president of the european commission, ursula fonderlajen, and the heads of france, germany, and italy, and right at this moment, even before the start

of the official summit of the european council, when orbán was started persuade individually at the level of the strongest states of the european union, then join them. other states such as the presiding belgium , the netherlands, spain, then the representatives of poland, the baltic states came, that is , people came and went in the room, and they all joined in somehow talking to orbán, what they actually promised him, we don't know, so that all this happened behind closed doors, we saw this photo, but something was still promised, that orban changed his decision and the summit is already here. began with the knowledge that a decision would be made and that is why it ended so quickly, it did not last until the evening, like this many expect. german chancellor olaf scholz said that it was a great success about the results of the extraordinary eu summit, and said

that it was the shortest in history, europe became stronger after that, said the head of the european commission, ursula fonderline, and this is how the results of the summit were summed up by the president of the european parliament, roberta. donald tusk of poland. let's listen. i think we should focus on the fact that today is a good day for europe. did this, we kept our ukrainian friends in limbo for many weeks, regarding whether we will reach an agreement and the fact that it was reached in time, thanks in particular to the hard work of many of our leaders, and resulted in a resolution that includes all 27 member states. we are not tired of ukraine, and there are no problems with that. we have orbán fatigue here in brussels. we have so many

things to work out. look outside, not only in brussels. and of course, what we need today is to strengthen our unity around ukraine against russia and its aggressive policy. i can't understand, me i cannot accept viktor orbán's very strange and very selfish game. tatiana, orban and i have sorted out the present. situation, what awaits ukraine and in what perspective? and if we talk about the provision of funds to ukraine from the european union, what ukraine has actually been waiting for since december, when the last tranche from the eu arrived, then in the near future ukraine will be waiting for more such technical procedures, namely the preparation of the corresponding resolution, which must be approved by the european parliament, because in the text about... about the ukrainian fund that was approved by the parliament in october 2023

, amendments were made today on october 17, and therefore the european parliament must re-vote this text, the text of the resolution, as they say , will be ready next week on monday, tuesday at the most, it will be put to a vote in the session week that begins february 26, and so it turns out that the whole of february will be technical and technological, it is possible... ukraine will already receive the agreement and the first tranche from the european union in march, but, as we know, the ukrainian authorities expect that it will a large tranche, it will not be 1.5 billion euros, as the european union usually provided us every month, but it should be 4.5 billion euros, however, i tried to clarify with european officials whether this plan of 4.5 billion is realistic for march, they said that the figures are still being agreed, that is... no, no, well, let's hope that after all we will receive our 4.5 billion for the first 3 months of 2024 in march,

well, on february 3 tatiana, european commission will start informal high- level meetings with eu member states at which will discuss the details of the 13th package of sanctions against russia for its attack on ukraine, what is being said about it now in the european commission and what, what... in general, what are the prospects that russia will eventually be forced to abandon the war with ukraine, because financially, economically, they will not be able to carry it out, or are we simply talking about another set of sanctions that, in principle, do not affect russia, or if they do, russia will definitely find ways to somehow sell its oil, its gas, its diamonds and other natural resources. yes, just about looking for a way out of this situation, when russia has learned to circumvent

sanctions, the head of the european council, charles michel, spoke to journalists today, he said that just in the new package of sanctions, it is possible that some mechanisms will finally be introduced that will prevent the circumvention of sanctions, i.e. the european council and the european commission are well aware of this, they understand it perfectly, they are thinking about it, but what... mechanisms to implement have not yet been announced, there is less than a month left before the introduction of a new package of sanctions, because as we we know, unofficially they want to introduce it before the anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, that is, it will be the end of february, let's see, let's see , there are no specifics yet, they are talking about russian aluminum again, but this issue has its opponents and its defenders, so not... to say for sure whether russian aluminum will be included in this package of sanctions, and there will be many

individual sanctions, thank you tetiana, it was tetiana vysotska from brussels, with the inclusion after the summit of the european union ukraine is decided provide macro-financial assistance in the amount of 50 billion euros, we will see how this whole process will take place, the main thing is that ukraine has guarantees from the european community to receive these funds. friends, we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are currently watching us on youtube and facebook, don't be stingy, please like this video. leave comments under this video and take part in our vote, today we ask you about whether you understand zelensky's claims to zaluzhnogo, yes no, everything is quite simple on youtube , vote yes or no, if you watch us on tv, then vote if you understand these claims 0800 211 381, no 0800

211382, all calls to these numbers are free, please vote , it is important for us to know your opinion. next on our air is political expert volodymyr tsybulko. mr. volodymyr, i congratulate you and thank you for joining our broadcast. congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. mr. volodymyr, how many of our viewers today do we ask whether they understand zelenskyi's claims to zaluzhnyi, i will ask you, too, whether you understand president zaluzhnyi's claims to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhnyi. valeria, forgive me. it would be good if it was a prophetic stipulation, yes please, in fact, it seems to me that zelensky is being persuaded that the command of the troops has lost some

effectiveness, because there is no advance on the ground, and this is the main indicator, i would, i would did not measure the successes or effectiveness of the actions of the ukrainian armed forces in the liberated territories, i would still measure, say, compare would be first the loss of the enemy, then the loss of our equipment, the enemy's equipment, the effectiveness of the military's actions in, let's say, in countering the enemy's troops, and not in... the extent of the liberated territory, as we remember, the pursuit of territory, when in the zaporozhye direction in the direction of verbovoy, then the troops advanced quite actively on this so-called surovykin line, and we saw how fighters died before our eyes, there were huge losses of equipment, it is good that this, well,

extensive war was stopped and started to act. more carefully, sparingly, and in the end moved to a more technological level of countering the aggressor. today, cnn wrote that the zaluzhnyi issue is practically resolved, a few days, a few hours, i don't know how much time is left before the presidential decree is published. do you think this issue has already been resolved or is it still being discussed? well, if zelenskyi... wants to finally take responsibility for her expected troubles, because what is the resignation of general zaluzhnyi, it means a loss of international communication for at least three months, between the western and ukrainian militaries, then it

certain slack in the management of the troops, although with... of course, well, the same syrian commander of the ground forces will maintain his segment, accordingly, the heads of the operational departments of the operational directions will also, well, somehow support the troops in force, but we are talking about something else, we are talking about strategic planning, without a resourceful one, it will be difficult for us to do strategic planning, and the most important thing will be... there will be a certain problem with communications with western partners, this is very, very, well, i think that zelensky is still guided by her first in turn, he is afraid of political competition with the hard-working, but with his actions he is pushing

the hard-working into politics, and this will cost him more, i would say, but look at the head of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny, we know what a politician, valery zaluzhny, we can only guess, because in principle he never demonstrated political ambitions, he never articulated presidential ambitions, that is, he did not create a political party, even a hidden one, whatever he was all his life, he was in the armed forces all his life forces, that is, it's a little different type of relationship with people, well, it's... maybe that third force that you remember, once everyone was waiting for in 99, when the presidential elections were held, maybe it's a delayed request, and moreover, now we understand why. there is such a request because the armed forces of ukraine have the highest trust rating, and the leaders, the head of the armed forces of ukraine, usually have

this high trust rating. mr. serhiy, everything is much simpler: the armed forces, we have the most effective state institute today. people are tired of the strife of the environment zelenskyi, from crime, from corruption, from the army. fighters, they are not , they do not have a trail of corruption, this is a political body , the ministry of defense has a trail, in the military, there are, there are difficulties in relations, because it is, after all , a huge human organism, so well , the armed forces, they are hundreds of thousands of people, which have their own hierarchy, psychology, morals, ethics, and in the end, tough ones. vertical management, in fact, it seems to me that valery zaluzhnyi in the case of an attack by politicians from, for example,

zelenskyi’s entourage, and we see that the attacks of such a lady bezugly, they are generally, well, i would say, er , bordering on, well, mental disability, i apologize, er, these reproaches, general to the general on the part of bezugly, well, this is some kind of simple nonsense, which the bank does not even try to stop, and it stimulates on the contrary, this is the first , second, uh, by their actions, politicians create, well, a certain, certain such, i would say, lacuna, in which there is a demand for an effective, wise, courageous and honest politician, that is... general zaluzhnyi, automatically people endow these powers. let's recall how viktor andriyovych yushchenko went to the presidential elections

elections, and how many banking forces were arrayed against him, and how people delegated to him those, well, expected functions, expected virtues, which perhaps he did not have. right now, general zaluzhnyi is definitely... in that situation when people delegate to him the most beautiful traits of a political leader, that is , honesty, responsibility, obligation , few words, honest emotion, that is, everything that a politician does, well, a family member, relatively speaking, because zelensky won the election also in the format of a member of everyone's family, he spent 15 hours on tv living in... each to the family every day on different channels, but general zaluzhnyi, in my opinion, receives a whole bunch of virtues through the pressure of political power, which

he himself may not be aware of. mr. volodymyr, among the reasons that could become the basis for, well, misunderstandings, let's say this now, between zelenskyi and zaluzhny, they call the question of mobilization, literally in a few days the verkhovna rada of ukraine has to consider a draft law... a draft law on mobilization, and already it is known that there are many different comments on this draft law, attitudes towards what is written there, and so on in total, 500,000 people were mobilized for this campaign, this number is also constantly circulating, it is not clear where it came from, but it is there, whether with the departure from the leadership of the armed forces of ukraine, zaluzhny, will this problem of mobilization somehow be different resolved, because this issue is already in the political

plane, when the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine should take responsibility? well, in general, the circumstances are such that it is zelensky who should show leadership in this area, he hides all the time, avoids. and constantly throws these hot chestnuts into the pants of others, uh, well, we recall the story that he demanded that the military write a law on mobilization, this, this was repeatedly voiced, then the cabinet of ministers, which submitted the first draft, then there was an appeal, an attempt at the same absurdity, we recall the scandalous, scandalous meeting of the committee of the verkhovna rada. which was attended by general zaluzhnyi, and the minister of internal affairs, and the minister of education, where, in fact, a scandal occurred, after which even herself... servant

of the people wanted to recall ms. bezul from the committee, that is, the impression here is that zelenskyi simply leaned on the old man with the aim of putting full responsibility for the preparation of this law on him, but this is the executive body, there is a ministry for writing laws, the ministry of defense . nothing, well, in general , the subject of the legislative initiative in our country, in my opinion, is not even the ministry, but the cabinet of ministers, and also, by the way, the president, why does he not show his legislative initiative here, anyway, the law, if enters into force, then for zelenskyi's signature, i wonder why they are trying to get out of the way and transfer it to someone else, when the final signature

is still on the bill. zelenskyi, what is the logic in this, in this chain of conflict, this is just a rhetorical question for now. at the very end of our conversation , mr. volodymyr, i would like to ask you about nuclear weapons in the hands of the russian federation, because russia has been swinging this nuclear club so much, and now the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation serhiy ryabkov says that russia allegedly does not plans to place nuclear weapons in other countries. let's listen to what ryabko said. no, not planning. the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus was carried out as part of countering the increasingly aggressive and dangerous activities of the us-led north atlantic alliance. drawing a line by this alliance led by the usa on the task of strategic defeat of russia, expanding the practice of joint nato nuclear missions and much more. our joint

decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus is driven by the line of collective action. is it possible to make these words? conclusion, mr. volodymyr, that russia, with all these nuclear threats, has simply taken three steps back, because the leaders of this country were told something, what will happen to them in the event of the use of nuclear weapons? well... we were told back in the 22nd year, and then the intensity of swinging this club stopped, but it seems to me that the ukrainian side now, as part of establishing a certain nuclear balance, so to speak, makes sense to invite it to deploy the british nuclear potential, for example, or american on the territory of ukraine, why? because belarus placed until well...

gave permission for the placement of nuclear weapons in violation of the same budapest memorandum, which, in addition to ukraine , also included belarus and kazakhstan, that is, if belarus withdrew from the minsk memorandum, we must ask questions about creating a certain balance. i think that it would be good to place nuclear weapons in kharkiv, it would be sly. a reminder of the red lines crossed by russia, by the way, russia itself forgot to re-read the text of the budapest memorandum before deploying nuclear weapons, at least consulting with ukraine, was part of their duties, thank you, thank you, we have to finish our program, mr. volodymyr, thank you for the conversation, it was volodymyr tsibulko, a political expert, friends, during the program

we conducted surveys, we asked you about this... do you understand zelenskyi's claims against zaluzhnyi? 25% - yes, 75% - no, it's on tv, on youtube, 85% don't understand and 15% do. let's put an end to this, this is the verdict program, it was conducted by serhii rudenko, i wish everyone good health, goodbye. 50 billion from the european union, ukraine will still receive macro-financial assistance from the eu. what does it mean? we explain in today's edition of bbc ukraine, i'm olga palomaryuk. despite hungary's reluctance and attempts to block it, the european union agreed to give ukraine money. less than needed to cover.