special agent ihor lapin. friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are watching us live there right now. please like this video, don't be stingy, it is necessary for this video to be promoted in youtube and facebook trends. well, take part in our survey. today we ask you about the following: do you understand zelenskyi's claims against zaluzhnyi? yes no. if you're on youtube, it's pretty simple, or so. no, or write your comment under this video. if you watch us on tv, please pick up your smartphone and vote. if you understand the essence of zelensky's claims to zaluzhny, call 08021381 or 0800 211 382. all calls to these numbers are free. at the end of the program, we will sum up the results of this vote. later on our broadcast ihor romanenko, retired lieutenant general, former deputy to the chief of the general staff

of the armed forces of ukraine. mr. general, i congratulate you and thank you for being with us today. sir general, i congratulate you and thank you for being with us today. i congratulate you too. mr. general, we ask our tv viewers and guests of our program whether they understand the essence of the claims of the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. valery zaluzhny, do you understand the essence of these claims, you are a military man, you are a general, you were the deputy chief of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, is everything clear to you? well, one thing is clear, what is being sought responsibility for the fact that last year was a failure from the point of view of the execution of tasks, tasks in the first place, which he performs.

with the defense forces of ukraine at sukhadol, but in addition, i would like to say that the achievements of the strategic level last year, in my opinion, were at sea and were in the air, that is, the results of actions at sea led to the fact that the enemy was forced to to withdraw their ships and ships in large numbers from the bas on the peninsula, and in general these actions led to the development of economic capabilities, maritime, agricultural industry, and the supply of grain and so on, on the one hand, and on the other, in the air, in my opinion, the air force, this type of armed forces in difficult conditions, when the means of air attack significantly exceed, our capabilities have nevertheless shown their ability to in order to ensure... the fulfillment of the tasks

of the defense forces of ukraine, both on the front line and in the territories, although it is clear that we would like more effective activities both at sea and in the air, but for this we need new capabilities, for which military and political management is struggling, so you think that the issue is almost resolved. the issue , i don't think it will be resolved, the relationship is quite complex, and i would like to say that the reasons for the unfulfilled task last year in hadoli are not only external from the point of view of the supply of armed equipment, but also between these by the highest officials, because the resource that was... collected for counteroffensive actions in

one direction, it was scattered in three directions at first - bakhmudsky, berdyansky and melitopolsky, and then they added the kherson direction, that is, since they were allocated to these directions, the offensive points were not achieved in any of them. among them, the russians quickly gathered reserves and not only stopped in all these directions, but also organized counteroffensive actions, which continue and are still, i emphasize, because this kind of relationship negatively affected the circumstances of achieving the results of last year. today valery zaluzhnyi wrote a column for... there in the morning there was information

that zelensky had already decided, as it were, regarding the future chief commissar of the armed forces of ukraine, well, he is diligent at the same time. i wrote a column there and wrote that in the 24th year, ukraine should focus our main efforts on three areas: the first is the creation of a system of providing our armed forces with high-tech means, the second is the introduction of a new philosophy of training and conducting combat operations, which takes into account the limitations in means and methods of their application, and the third - to master new combat capabilities as soon as possible. at the same time, says the industrious, ukraine already has the capabilities to destroy the enemy and ensuring the existence of statehood. well, these are the plans, short plans, let's say, concise plans of zaluzhnyi. we know that zelensky tried, as he says, to get

zaluzhnyi's action plan, well, obviously, the reason for some misunderstandings, including regarding future planning, but we know. mr. general, what putin is saying now is that their plans are also being adjusted, that is, we do not know how our plans are being adjusted, because this is a military secret, and in the end , the military and political leadership of the state should know, instead, our opponents in this war , the russian occupiers say through putin's mouth that they want to create a demilitarized zone in ukraine, and it should be at such... a distance that would ensure the safety of russian cities and from shelling. let's listen to what putin said. this line should be such and at such a distance from our territory as to guarantee safety. i mean the long-range weapons of foreign,

first of all production, which the ukrainian authorities use to shell our cities. i was just talking about what our guys were doing, say, in the avdiyiv direction, although that's all. same occurs in fact along the entire line of contact. this is exactly what they are doing, in particular a group of veterans and other units of regular troops, pushing the enemy away from vitally important population centers of the russian federation. we will do so. mr. general, i have a question for you, as a person who knows about long-range missiles and knows how, how it all works, and which ones. rockets are flying now, when putin says that we will create a demilitarized zone, we are talking about a distance that cannot, that cannot be overcome the missiles that will be in the armed forces of ukraine sooner or later are long-range. you had a previous

question, i would like to answer it, regarding the plans, there is the closest plan of b zaluzhny, which was demanded at the end. last year, that is, at the end of last year, when the situation arose that we have already discussed with you in passing, it consists in the fact that the implementation of counteroffensive operations, therefore, were failed, in fact , by land on dry land, and at that time the enemy gathered potential , which would allow him to carry out his contrastupal actions for the current time as well. the defense forces of ukraine are carrying out a strategic defense operation, forced not because, and it had to be done at the end of the summer , to switch to strategic defense, but why? and because the potential that was collected at the level of one direction, it, as i have already

proved, was distributed, distributed to others, it is clear that it was not enough for such a quantity, the tasks were not completed and... and to talk about the fact that in such conditions one must do, say something about plan b, it consisted in gathering forces, god forbid, in order to stop the advance of the enemy, now already in fact along the entire front line, from the kharkiv region to the kherson region, this is now the main task of the strategic defense operation, and in relation to how to carry out the task, and the supreme commander... he put it on the deoccupation of the lands, that is, in fact, the conduct of new counteroffensive operations , the conversation can be entered into only when the appropriate resources appear, which are not available now, as due to foreign policy circumstances, this is the situation,

say, in america, with help finally, for example, well, in europe with these funds, but it's not military aid, but it... a lot is connected here, i.e. we need another resource to provide our military-industrial complex, it provides about 8-10% of our total needs. for the conduct of hostilities , that is why we do not have to talk about any serious strategic plans in such conditions, and therefore, you mentioned three positions that the commander-in-chief says, we need a viko, which means that the purpose of these strategic defenses of our operation is the first - to stop the advance of the enemy, the second - to destroy as many weapons and equipment as possible personnel of the enemy, and thirdly, to use this time in order to accumulate exactly these

capabilities of ours, to be able to introduce, well, complete the task, to stop this enemy and carry out counteroffensive actions, the external factor is important from the point of view of armed equipment, the internal we did not fulfill it last year, and we still do not fulfill it, regarding the provision of personnel, which we have due to the understaffing of our brigades, which are currently fighting, and due to losses, which are definitely during the war, and general understaffing, not already talking about the fact that personnel are needed for the formation of brigades, which would be carried out this year, if it is a task, as the supreme commander-in-chief put it, to carry out de-occupation, that is, to carry out counter-offensive actions, everything is related to this, now that ... as for demilitarization, this is more of a propaganda trick, putin's

, it will be the third year, which means the introduction, as they say, of a strategic operation of an actual war, large-scale, and it must be somehow justified, the goal has not been achieved, no demilitarization, nor denizification, but here it is so noble that we must preserve ours, defend it. 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 what should be moved away from our borders, our troops, at least to the range of our artillery, barrel and salvo systems of fire, it can be, well, approach it in different ways, let's say so, but how to get it, and then justify all this with such an approach, that is

, about 30 km, well, even better there up to 70, for example, kilometers, well, it can be explained, for this we heroically put our personnel there in the name of such a bright idea, that is, it is more i emphasize putin's propaganda trick once again, one more question. at the very end of our conversation , the deputy secretary of state of the united states of america, victoria nulad, visited kyiv yesterday, and as a result of her visit to kyiv, she announced that she will return with the confidence that the russian invaders will receive surprises on the battlefield soon. let's listen to what victoria nuland said. we continue to provide security assistance in all categories, including and ... investments and new weapons systems, such as small-diameter bombs, which are already on

their way to the front, and to support the revival of the ukrainian military-industrial complex, as well as ours, to make sure 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 ukraine. also, i'm leaving with more confidence that putin... will get some pleasant surprises on the battlefield and that ukraine will be able to achieve great success this year. general, when victoria nuland talks about pleasant surprises, she is talking about some new weapon that we will receive. well, i wouldn't say new, that is, these two years of war show that the weapons were mostly supplied by the allies, the weapons are as old as the soviet ones that were assembled. of the world, as well as our own, these countries first of all, but there were modern elements, but this

was not in order to significantly increase, that is , to scale, and then indeed, so that ukraine would have such capabilities, but in order to actually passed the tests, these individual elements of the new weapon, but it was quite dosed and principled, even if the situation at the front would change, it is not like that... deliveries could not be made, so i would very much like to share ms. lunnen's optimism on this matter, and even more to participate in this. the formation of these optimistic views on the future was precisely due to the military supplies of substantial, large-scale, modern weapons, and the ukrainian side is capable and over the past two years has shown our defense forces to assimilate and achieve results not at the level of what they do, so that we do not

lost this war, and russia at the same time, so that it would not be lost, so... that means the policy of the united states in the first place, and so 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 youtube and facebook platforms. throughout our program, we conduct surveys. we ask you. about this, do you understand zelenskyi's claims to dear yes or no, please vote on youtube, either yes or no, leave your comment under this video, and please don't forget to like this video, it's very important to promote it in youtube trends, well if you are watching us on tv, the phone numbers are on the screen, then we have tatiana vysotska, our correspondent

in brussels, on the phone, she was following the european union summit today. tatiana, i congratulate you and i am glad to see you on the air. congratulations sergey, i am also very glad to see you. so, today is 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 was here. potalyak is not here, i am here at the european union summit, 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? yes, i think, of course, i didn't scare him, and that's why he decided to give ukraine 50 billion euros in order not to anger fate. but actually,

indeed, all of us journalists stood at the pressure point and waited for orban, because the leader was arriving and arriving. states of the european union, everyone approached us and shared their opinions, but orbán did not come to the journalists in the morning, and this was already the first intrigue, it was clear that something was happening, but whether it is good, something is happening, or bad, we did not know yet, and after that we already saw a photo on social networks where orban is already in the room, that is, he entered somehow without passing the press, through the back door, maybe and... he is already sitting, has a separate meeting , a separate private meeting with the head of the european council charles michel, the president of the european commission ursula fondien 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 began to be persuaded individually initially at the level

of the strongest states of the european union, then joined them. other states, such as the presiding belgium, the netherlands, spain, then representatives of poland and the baltic states came, i.e. they entered the room and entered people and they were all involved in somehow talking to orbán, what they actually promised him, we don't know, because it all happened behind closed doors, we only saw photos, but something was still promised that orbán changed decision and the summit will begin. with the knowledge that a decision would be made, and that is why it ended so quickly, it did not last until the evening, as many expected. german chancellor olaf scholz said 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 fonderlein, and this is how

the president of the european parliament, robert metzol, summed up the results of the summit. and prime minister of poland donald tusk. let's listen. i think we should focus on the fact that today is a good day for europe. we did it. we kept our ukrainian friends in limbo for many weeks as to whether we would reach an agreement. and the fact that it was achieved on time. in particular, thanks to the hard work of many of our leaders and legacy became a resolution that includes all 27 member states. we are not tired of ukraine, and there are no problems with that. we are in favor. there is orbán fatigue here in brussels, we have so many things to solve, look at the street, not only in brussels. and of course,

what we need today is to strengthen our unity around ukraine against russia and its aggressive policies. i cannot understand, i cannot accept viktor orbán's very strange and very selfish game. tatyana, have you and orban figured out the current situation? waiting ukraine and in what perspective? 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, this is the preparation of the corresponding resolution, which must be approved by the european parliament, because in the text along the edge. on the ukrainian fund, which was approved by the parliament in october 2023, on october 17, amendments were made today, and therefore the european parliament must this text

revote, the text of the resolution , as they say, will be ready next week on monday, tuesday at the latest, it will be put to a vote in the session week, which begins on february 26, and therefore it turns out that the whole of february will be technical and technological, you can say in. .. ukraine will receive the approval and the first tranche from the european union in march, but as we know, the ukrainian authorities are counting on the fact that it will be a large tranche, it will not be 1.5 billion euros, as the european union usually gave us every month. and it should be 4.5 billions of euros, however, i tried to clarify with european officials whether this plan of 4.5 billion for march is realistic, they said that the figures are still being agreed, that is, neither yes nor no. well, let's hope that we will still receive our 4.5 billion for the first 3 months of 2024 in march. well, on february 3

, tatyana, the european commission will start informal meetings at a high level with eu member states, where they will discuss the details of the 13th package of sanctions against russia for its attack on ukraine, what is being said now in the european commission and what, what in general. what are the prospects that russia will eventually be forced to give up the war with ukraine, because financially, economically, they will not be able to carry it out, or is it simply another matter of sanctions, which in principle do not affect russia, or if they do, then russia must find ways to somehow sell its oil, its gas, its diamonds and other natural resources. and yes, he was talking about finding a way out of this situation, when russia has learned to circumvent sanctions today in front of journalists, the head of the european council, charles michel, 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, that is, the european council and the european commission are well aware of this, this they understand perfectly, they think about it, but what are the mechanisms? exactly how to implement it has not yet been announced, there is less than a month left before the introduction of the new package of sanctions, because as we know, unofficially they want to implement it before the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of russia to 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 it is impossible to say... for sure whether russian aluminum will enter to this package of sanctions and there will be many individual sanctions, thank you tetyana, it was tetyana vysotska from brussels with the inclusion that after

the summit of the european union it was decided to provide macro-financial assistance to ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros, we will see how this whole process will be to 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 shy, please like this video, leave comments under this video and participate in our vote. today we ask you about the following: do you understand zelenskyi's claims against the tyrant? yes no. in youtube, everything is quite simple. vote yes or no. if you watch us on tv, then vote. if you understand. complaints 0800 211381 no 0800 211382 all calls to these numbers are free vote we need

your opinion next. on our air, political expert volodymyr tsibulko. 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 do we ask today about whether they understand zelenskyi’s claims against zaluzhnyi, i will also ask you if you understand president zaluzhnyi’s claims against commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhny. valeria, forgive volodymyr. it's a very nice excuse, dear, yes. it, it, it would be about, it was, it would be good if it was a prophetic foreshadowing. yes please. in fact, um, it seems to me that, er, zelensky is being convinced that the command of the troops has lost a certain effectiveness, because there is no advance on the ground. and this is the main indicator. i... i would not

measure the successes or the effectiveness of the actions of the ukrainian armed forces by the liberated territories, i would still measure, let's say, i would compare 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... side of verbovoy, then the troops advanced quite actively on this so-called surovykin line, and we saw how fighters were killed before our eyes, there were huge losses of equipment, it is good that this, well, extensive war was stopped and

they began to act more... cautiously , sparingly, and eventually moved to a more technological level of countering the aggressor. cnn wrote today that the zaluzhnyi issue has been practically resolved for a few days, a few hours, i don't know how much time is left until the presidential decree is published, what do you think, is this issue already resolved or is it still being discussed? well, if zelenskyy wants to... finally take responsibility for her expected troubles, because what is the resignation of general zaluzhnyi, it is a loss of international communication for at least three months, between western military, ukrainian military, further, this is a certain slack in the management of the troops,

although of course... well, the same syrian commander of the ground forces will maintain his segment, and accordingly, the heads of the operational departments of the operational directions will also, well, somehow support the troops in force, but it is about on the other hand, we are talking about strategic planning, without the helper , strategic planning will be difficult for us, and the most important thing will be a certain... a certain problem with communications with western partners, this is very, very, well, i think that zelenskyi is guided , after all, primarily by the fear of competition between the political and the industrious, but by his actions he pushes the industrious into politics, and this will cost him dearly, i would say, but

look at how clever he is... valery zaluzhny of the armed forces of ukraine, we know what kind of politician valery zaluzhny is, 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, which bin all his life, he has been in the armed forces all his life, that is, it is a slightly different type of relationship with people, well, it is possible. that third force , which you remember, once everyone was waiting for in 1999 , when the presidential elections were held, maybe this is a delayed request, and even more so, now we understand why there is such a request, because the armed forces of ukraine have the highest trust rating , and the head and head of the armed forces of ukraine usually has...