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khrystyna parubiy works. do not be silent, captivity kills. actions in support of prisoners of war are taking place in at least 14 cities of ukraine. in particular, the defenders of mariupol and azovstal, who have been in russian captivity for over a year and a half. our correspondent anna morozova is currently at such an event in poltava. anya, i congratulate you, tell me about the campaign. greetings khrystyna, from the center of poltava , more than 60 people have gathered here on the theater square, in fact here... are people coming, all in order to hold an otaku or action, to attract attention, it doesn't matter who, poltava residents, those who live here temporarily like these immigrants or anyone who saw this news in social networks about the fact that quite a lot of azov prisoners of war still remain in the territories controlled by russia, and it is necessary to draw as much attention to this problem as possible. relatives, friends, acquaintances are waiting for them

and want to see them at home and hug them as soon as possible. in fact, very different people have gathered here, some of them are relatives, for example, i have already talked a little with the mother and grandmother of a prisoner of war, there are women here whose brother is currently in poland, there are simply people who don't care, who decided to join because today's action was just organized by the mother of one of the prisoners of war, and they saw this facility in... on the networks, the call came today with posters saying that let the world hear about azov, hear about the prisoners of war, that they are still there, and we are here, and we need to fight for their exchanges. as one of the commanders of azov, denys redes, reported earlier , there were a total of 900 prisoners of war held by the polonii, and 207 servicemen have been returned today, and unfortunately, azovians rarely appear in exchange lists, and this is the most important thing. on which reservoirs they are

were, but these people defended mariupol for 86 days and their exchange is quite rare, so today's participants of this action came to once again attract attention and maybe another new name of the azov people will appear in the next exchange lists, by the way, the action in poltava is taking place for the first time, before this the family and the families did not gather, a similar action took place previously last month in one of the villages of the poltava region, and today these people are going to stand here for at least an hour, if there are no air alarms, so that everyone , who will pass through the center of poltava saw them, saw their appeals, paid attention and disseminated the information, perhaps on social networks, perhaps to someone else, so that more azov citizens would return home with their captives. thanks to anna, our correspondent anna morozova told about the action in support

of prisoners of war, which is ongoing in poltava. didn't break through. the russian drg tried to cross the border with ukraine in the sumy oblast. our defenders discovered ten saboteurs on the approaches to glukhivska hromada. the shooting battle lasted for an hour and a half, he said commander of the united forces of the ukrainian armed forces, serhii naev. despite the loss, the russians stubbornly tried to break through and for this they changed their tactics, dividing into two groups, and our defenders managed to repel the saboteurs who survived. beyond the ukrainian border. one person was wounded as a result of the shelling of the village of maksimilianivka in donetsk region, the head of the region vadym filashkin said. the occupiers also carried out five airstrikes on avdiivka. there, an apartment building was destroyed, and in pokrovsk , a factory and a fire-rescue station were damaged as a result of a rocket attack. part. in addition, two high-rise buildings and an administration building were damaged in kurakhivska hromada. in a day. the russians shelled

the cities and villages of donetsk region 12 times. 26, a 26-year-old man was wounded as a result of shelling in the kupyan district. in kharkiv region. the occupiers dropped two guided aerial bombs on the village of hryhorivka. four private houses were damaged, oleg senigubov, the head of the region, said. the russians also struck the chuguyiv district, destroying an enterprise there. there are hangars, agricultural machinery and warehouses in nivychyna rooms. ilo man was found in a burnt-out car in vinnytsia region. the tragedy happened in the village of zaozerne gayi. district firefighters went to put out the ignition of a vaz car, but after extinguishing the fire, they found a dead person in the cabin. one person died and four were injured. a fatal car accident occurred in the village of pluhiv in the lviv region. the driver of the car

lost control and crashed into the wall of the bridge tunnel. as a result of the injuries received , one of the passengers died, the police reported. the causes of the tragedy are being investigated. the defense force advanced near bakhmut, about it declared the institute for the study of war. according to analysts, ukrainian soldiers recaptured positions east of klishchiivka, because now the occupiers began to strike the area that was previously under their control. currently, positional battles are ongoing near bohdanivka, klishchiivka, and ivanivskyi. the russians are transferring reserves and trying to break through ukrainian defenses. on the birthday of gumovy galoshes, another 810 russian soldiers glued galoshes together, and already almost 389 thousand invaders will never set foot on our land with their galoshes, because they died on it since the beginning of the full-scale

intrusion. dirty russian boots, two more tanks, 13 bmp and 47 units of cars and special equipment will never be transported again. also, our defenders were destroyed in a day. 41 artillery systems and 12 operational-tactical enemy drones. the general staff reminds that the data are indicative. and so that our army becomes even stronger, i remind you about the collection. our soldiers need vital equipment. we are asking for help to replace the engine in the evacuation vehicle, to purchase an optical sight and a mavic for the intelligence unit of the third regiment of special operations forces. each of your donations helps to destroy more effectively. the enemy in the eastern direction. our goal is 480 00 hryvnias, the account already has almost 360 00 hryvnias. get involved, your help is very important. you can see all the details on the screen. they cover criminals. in

tehran, security forces broke up a rally of relatives of the passengers of the mau plane who died. this was reported by the voice of america persian service. families gathered in front of the un office. they blame. the country in obstructing the investigation. iranian law enforcement officers dispersed people by force, as well as threats and intimidation. let me remind you that in 2020, iran struck on a civilian plane flying to canada via kyiv. as a result of the impact, all 176 people on board died. iran claims its forces mistook the plane for a us missile. how to unblock russian assets for the benefit of ukraine? detailed. offered to the g7 countries , belgium - reports the financial times. according to the publication, the government of the country has initiated the issue of debt obligations, which will attract funds for the restoration of our state. this will help allied countries to withdraw frozen assets, bypassing legal obstacles,

if russia refuses to pay the debt. the us may attack iraq and syria a second time - the americans said. media currently, the white house and the pentagon are carefully studying the consequences of the previous series of attacks on pro-iranian facilities. if some of them are still intact, then the states can strike them again. in washington, they are not in a hurry to evaluate the calls of the iraqi government to withdraw the us military from the territory of the country - zmi added. let me remind you that 39 people died as a result of the attack of the united states of america on iraq and syria. including 16 soldiers and med. state security forces of iraq, reuters reported. meanwhile, in addition to the war in ukraine, russia has the resources to support other dictatorships. against the backdrop of american strikes, it is doubling its support for iran, the institute for the study of war said.

the kremlin called the us response to the attack on the base in jordan an act of us-british aggression. so russia convened the un security council. the meeting was scheduled for monday. according to analysts, refia is using his influence over international law to undermine legitimate u.s. activities in the middle east. such was the morning in ukraine, read more on... on our website espresso.tv, also on our social networks, join, put your preferences. this is the end of the issue, my colleagues will tell you more, stay with us. greetings, dear viewers, this is saturday 's political club, vitaly portnikov, khrystyna yatsky

, greetings, friends, and as always, we will talk about the main events and the main processes, i would even say so, this week, we will definitely start with the situation of russian- the ukrainian war, the situation at the front, in particular, and everything related to it connected after that, we will talk about the support for us from the european union and about the long-awaited support from the united states. in the second part of the program, as you well know, vitaliy portnikov and his analyst are waiting for us, but we will start with a series of questions and answers with our online guests, and this is oleksiy melnyk, the head of the foreign policy and international security programs of the reasonable center, congratulations, glory to ukraine, the hero of the word, congratulations, congratulations, mr. oleksiy, so let's not start with the event on front, and from the event that became possible... the main event of the military-political life in ukraine this week is the talk about the probable

resignation of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny, do you generally think that such a resignation will take place and what are the prerequisites for reformatting the military leadership of the country and for its preservation, by the way, let's discuss the other, you said military-political, i would perhaps say military policy, because it is obvious that there is much more to this issue politicians ot, but it can also have significant and negative consequences for military affairs. as for how likely it is possible, well, it looks like the process has been started, er, the information campaign is already in full swing, here i am, i'm afraid that a decision will be made, although i repeat, not yet... but still stop it, and i hope that someone

will explain to those who initiate this decision, and especially to those who will make it, that there will be no benefit from this, and damage can be caused, well, if not irreparable, then very important, mr. oleksiy, for ukrainians it is very important to understand the alternative and it was also talked about a lot this week, in your opinion, will it change and can it change at all... the state of leadership, in general , of the ukrainian army, of the ukrainian military in the conditions where we on the one hand, in the hot stage of the war with the russian federation, on the other hand , it is not clear who is leading us in this war in a military sense? well, in principle i understand, because there is a commander in chief of the armed forces, and he is responsible for both planning and execution. operations, in the military, despite everything, no matter how high the level of democracy is, in

the society of the military, there is still a vertical, and when they say that there are some consequences or what possible consequences, in any case , the military is more than other collectives are ready to accept the decision and obey it, that's why there is a certain positive here. because on the one hand there is a strong strong such quality of the military organization, on the other hand there are also certain disadvantages in this, if we talk about possible alternatives for replacement, well, first let's after all, let's agree that there is more than one general in ukraine who is capable of performing this function, will... he cope better with it, will he cope with it worse, what novelty can he

bring, we can only say that in the moment of appointment, and after a certain time after he, well, we are now theoretically analyzing the situation hypothetically, that is, after this new commander may be appointed, here, but in any case, the appointment of a person to a position requires... a certain time, it is weeks, and maybe even months to enter this position, that is, there will be some a certain transit period, and now it's that too. which would be highly undesirable to do, any delay in any failures in management can have very tragic consequences. let's talk, mr. oleksiy, about these proposals that general zaluzhnyi laid out in his article on the portal of the cnn television company. how valid do you think

these proposals are, what should be highlighted, what should be argued with? oh, i'm afraid that we. there will not be enough airtime, because in principle this article is doctrinal, and it is an article that has a vision, a strategy, whatever you want to call it, can you tell me if you remember cnn publishing their own story after the article was published explaining whether they are trying to explain how they understood the article, that is, for me... this is another confirmation of the high quality of this material, and if it is very concise to try to single out something, then first of all it is about the new philosophy of its combat operations, and actually speaking, it pays attention to it when there some technical ones stand out,

practical things, yes, but the key thing is a new philosophy of combat operations, this is... a combination of traditions taking into account the current technological innovations, this is an emphasis on the preservation of human life, and one more point, which is also on me, for me is also important, it is determined by a certain period of time, during which ukraine can, if it starts doing this immediately , can achieve an advantage over the enemy, on whose side the economy is. advantages in economic, human resources, he talks about 5 months, which are necessary to create these new technical means, prepare people and use them on the front line, that is, if it really happens, and at this moment it will be somewhere in the beginning of summer, then

it is possible that countries will have this window of opportunity when... ukraine will be able to repeat, well, if not an offensive , a counteroffensive, then at least seize the strategic initiative on the battlefield. mr. oleksiy, in this material, valery zaluzhnyi states that the human resources of the russian federation exaggerate ours, and on the other hand, the ukrainian state is not yet able to improve the number of armed forces without application of unpopular measures , at the same time... just this week, the government sent to the verkhovna rada of ukraine a new version of the law on mobilization, if you had a chance to read it, do you think it solves the main problems of both the ukrainian army and the ukrainian society? of course, i constantly follow this, those

bills, the discussion process, but you and i all understand very well that the best... law does not solve problems, at best it creates a base or framework in which this problem can be solved, let's you and i will also remember how the issue of mobilization turned into a problem of mobilization, that is, this problem did not appear today, and the key thing that needs to be resolved is that now politicians... and this law by law is also in the process of its preparation, and what is in the text of this law, they still try to shift the main responsibility to the military, but if you turn to other laws, including the law on mobilization, well, it has a longer name, but conditionally, and a number of laws in which changes are made by this draft law, then there

we will see a whole list, starting from the supreme commander, that is... the president of ukraine, including all ministries, local authorities, and the military there, i mean, the so-called military leaders, play only one of the roles, the final one, but only one of roles, the responsibility of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the general staff comes in principle already at the stage when these people are selected and sent to the armed forces, then yes, they are responsible for their training. for their high-quality preparation and for their use already according to those military specialties, to the level of training, here, but as far as i'm concerned, this is... this key problem is not being solved, at least i don't see it now at this stage. and tell me how critical it is now for the ukrainian army to receive this aid, which is being delayed, how

much longer can we live on the reserves we have, realistically speaking. mr. vitaly, i don't know the answer to your question, and i think that's a good thing, because sometimes we get too excited about openness. and if indeed it is, an excellent answer, mr. oleksiy, thank you yes, if someone really reveals these plans , objectively plans for our enemy, then i think that they will only applaud this, by the way, about excessive openness, well, i could not help but notice, this week just almost every day announced that glsdb gliding bombs are appearing in ukraine, well , we regularly talk about some kind of weaponry. which we can get, said victoria, before that it was spread by everyone in the ukrainian, in particular infospace, then it was confirmed by victoria nulan, of course, but why this time

we react to it almost every day, what is the essence of such an emphasis on the temporary, in any case, we would like to hope that there is an information policy, that is, it is not just like in such a normal peaceful situation. life, who will be the first to announce, that is why they attribute this merit, i would like to believe that there is a coordinated information policy, because we understand very well that the war is not only fought directly in the trenches, the war is also fought in the information space, that is, sometimes it is expedient, for example, to make an announcement if this weapon does not arrive in the nearest few weeks, but we've also seen other examples with storm shadow missiles. when literally there, figuratively speaking, a few minutes after it was announced that ukraine was getting storm shadow, the first storm shadow missile hit

a target on the territory of the russians, or rather the occupied territory, that is, maybe, maybe, maybe this approach and that , but i repeat, once again i would like to believe that these messages are checked, according to the time of submission, and who will speak them and in what form, but by the way, when vladimir putin does not hide his plans, he already frank, he says that we will create a demilitarized zone that will protect the territory of the russian federation from shelling from western weapons, and the territory of the russian federation is understood as the territory of ukraine occupied by the russian federation, so how should we treat these plans, in general, where is this demilitarized zone from putin's point of view should end, i don't know in... i don't know in hungary or in slovakia or in poland? putin, or this state of putin

, was characterized by angela merkel a long time ago . when she said that he lives in a parallel world, from that moment, all the time, that when he says something, he lives in a parallel, parallel reality, in some kind of information bubble of his own, if, if he were there, well that there would be a discussion, let's say so. he asks these questions , that is, the demilitarized zone, well , super 50 km from the russian border, deep into russian territory, here is ukraine 50 km from the russian border, so this is a normal decision, well, i mean that crimea is returning to ukraine and all are occupied the territory from which russian troops are withdrawn is a demilitarized zone. this is the first step towards peaceful coexistence , it seems to be a good decision, but what putin is talking about, well, it is simply a complete

absurdity, because he proposes to move this mine trawl in front of the tank, move it, move it, until he won't stop there, i don't know where poland is, what's more, they have the suval corridor, that's it... this is absolutely, let's put it this way, it is possible, it should be taken as a threat that putin is not going to stop if he is not stopped. mr. oleksiy, very briefly at the end, the general features along the front line, how does the situation look now, are the tactics of active defense chosen by us yielding results? i would say that this is probably close to the maximum of what is possible now. to achieve these results, because how, if you look and compare the maps there, not yesterday, today, but, well, let's say, at least in...

a month period, or if you look for a year, then russia is almost twice occupied more territories than we were able to liberate, here, but this is the criterion which should be used very carefully, because our enemy is trying to show his success precisely through territorial gains, and in my opinion, exactly what general zaluzhnyi said in his article, that it is not, it is not.. .the criterion or should not be the criterion, and it is not the way in which victory is achieved, that is why, unfortunately, the enemy has an advantage in manpower, first of all and not only in number, but in the freedom to throw it at these meat assaults without consequences for the domestic policy of russia itself, and if there will not be enough weapons in ukraine to be able to destroy them, or even level this

number. advantage, i'm afraid that this creeping occupation will continue for some time. thank you, mr. oleksiy. oleksiy melnyk, head of foreign policy and international security programs at the razumkov center, was in touch with us. we 're going to break for a few minutes, but please stay with us. please. there are discounts on peechtol one plush, 10% pharmacies. plantain, memory and savings. kratal contains natural components that take care of your heart. kratal improves blood supply and the functional state of the myocardium. normalizes heart rate , increases physical and mental performance. kratal is a natural force for your heart. there are discounts on hepargen, 10% in psyllium, pam and oskad pharmacies. everyday life is now full of stress and anxiety. coping with these challenges will help.

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we can welcome you. with the fact that one of the most difficult such moments in the relations between ukraine and the european union has been resolved positively. the european union agreed to give us 53 million, 50 billion euros, that's 53 billion dollars, by the way, only 10 less than the american aid, so you surprised that it was a unanimous decision, how do you even explain it, why did viktor orbán finally give in? but we have to understand with you that exactly from the middle of december. when orbán blocked this decision, all the efforts of our partners in the european union, they were directed to get exactly this decision, supported by all 20-7 eu member states, and it was and, well, let's say this, and methods , if you want, pressure, and persuasion, and explanations, and well, such rather tough arguments of internal discussion, but

at the same time... colleagues were also preparing for the possible.