at night in moscow. congratulations. news time on the spresso tv channel. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. 10 shakheds were destroyed by our sky defenders this night. the drones were shot down within mykolaiv, kherson and kharkiv regions. this was reported in the air force. in total, the russians launched 16 drones from the temporarily occupied crimea and the kurdish region. one person was injured as a result of a night attack in the kharkiv region. the russians hit the civilian infrastructure of the zmiiv community with mortars. a large-scale fire engulfed the hotel and restaurant. the building burned to the ground. it was reported. the head of the region oleg

synigubov, private houses, a recreation complex and a dining hall were also damaged as a result of the shelling. at home, 100 ukrainian defenders were returned to ukraine as a result of another exchange of prisoners. this was announced by the security service. among the rescued are soldiers of the national guard, border guards, soldiers of the armed forces, and teroboronivtsi. more than 80 servicemen are the defenders of azov-steel, the rest were performing. tasks in the donetsk and luhansk directions. on the evening of february 8, president volodymyr zelenskyi did replaced commander-in-chief valery zaluzhny with oleksandr syrskyi. until that time, he led the ground forces and during his long military career distinguished himself in significant operations of the russian-ukrainian war. since the beginning of the war, sirsky has received awards from the president, twice as much as even meritorious.

let's see what is known about the new golovoma. oleksandr syrskyi was born on july 26, 1965 in the village of novinky , volodymyr oblast, russia. in 1986 , he successfully graduated from the so-called soviet westpoint, namely moscow higher general military command school and began a military career. the new commander-in-chief passed all levels, from platoon commander to deputy chief of the general staff. started in 1986 with the commanders of a motorized rifle platoon, already in 2002 he was appointed to command the 72nd mechanized brigade, as of 2013 he was the first deputy chief of the main command center of the armed forces and was involved in cooperation with nato. thus, in november of the same year, sirsky discussed changes in the ukrainian army on behalf of the ministry of defense at nato headquarters in accordance with the standards of the alliance with the beginning of hostilities in the east of ukraine

, sirsky headed the headquarters of the ato, was one of the commanders during the battles near debaltseve and uglehir, and also coordinated the bars group, which covered the withdrawal of ukrainian troops from debaltseve itself. for this operation, oleksandr asyrskyi was awarded the order of bohdan khmelnytskyi, third degree, and later he received the rank of lieutenant general. in 2016, he headed the joint operational headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine, in 2017 he commanded the anti-terrorist operation in the east of ukraine, which was later changed to operation joint forces. from may to august 2019, sirskyi was the commander of the joint operational headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine. on august 5, 2019, he became the commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of ukraine. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia , it was syrskyi who was responsible for the defense of kyiv, for which he was awarded the title of hero of ukraine. in the fall of 2022. kusyrskyi was one of

the commanders of the counteroffensive in kharkiv region. the ministry of defense of ukraine named his name among the creators of the victories of the armed forces of ukraine. atilants holding the operation on their shoulders. syrsky in 2023 in 2008, he led the eastern group of troops, which fought in the hottest areas of the front. at that time, he called the offensive battle near bakhmut, where thousands of ukrainian soldiers died, a matter of principle and a matter of honor. syrskyi said that the armed forces could surround. to live in a city captured by the russians, but this did not happen: from the fall of 2023, he led the khortytsia operational-strategic group, which is responsible for the section of the front near kupyansk and lyman. here, the russians attack powerfully, and the ukrainians hold the defense. oleksandr syrsky often goes to the front line and personally meets with fighters at the hottest areas of the front to analyze battle tactics on the spot and identify problematic issues. and support the fighters.

the white house reacted to president zelenskyi's decision to replace the commander-in-chief. the united states will continue to work with whoever leads the ukrainian military. this statement was made by the coordinator of the national security council of the white house, john kirby. he does not know whether ukrainian and american authorities have discussed this decision. the pentagon will support the new commander- in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine and are ready to cooperate effectively in the future. assistant secretary of defense for international security, celeste wolander, stated this. the pentagon also noted that ukraine has a democratic civilian control over the armed forces, unlike russia. 67 votes for. the us senate has voted to begin consideration of the bill on joint assistance to allies. the document provides for the allocation of more than 95 billion dollars for ukraine,

israel and taiwan, the reuters agency said. in the future, the senate will take place debate and edits may be included. after that, the document is in its final form. are being considered by senators and will need at least 60 votes in favor. after that , the bill must be considered by the house of representatives of the united states and only after its approval it will go to the president of the united states for his signature. let me remind you that this year ukraine can receive $61 billion in aid from the united states. 19 drones attacked russia at night. air defense forces in the russian federation are convinced that they have worked successfully. allegedly shot down two aircraft over kursk oblast, five over bryansk and four over the oryol region. the occupiers shot down two more drones over the krasnodar region, the russian ministry of defense said. it was also reported there that they had destroyed six more drones over the black sea. despite the allegedly

successful work of air defense , an oil refinery in russia caught fire at night. the fire broke out around two o'clock in the morning on the territory of the ilysky refinery. before the ignition, residents heard explosions, local telegram channels reported. the fire was extinguished within an hour. according to preliminary information, no one was injured. an absolute record: 38 smugglers tried to illegally cross the border to neighboring hungary. this was reported in the state border service. law enforcement officers stopped two minibuses near the border. violators from 11 regions were found in the salon. organizer. the schemes promised to take the men out of ukraine, for this the holyants paid from four to eight thousand dollars, all the perpetrators were detained. in sofia of kyiv , the edition of the three apostles was presented, they were printed as part of the project to return cultural heritage to ukraine from the publishing house

sparrow. the project is designed to make accessible to ukrainians facsimile editions that ended up abroad. the three apostles were examined. were studied, and then compiled and printed during the two years of the war. they were published with the support of the project's benefactors at the end of 2023. the ninth book of this project of ours, what we did in 2009 is to return cultural heritage to ukraine, for the first time in our country scientific articles have been completely translated into english, because we found out that this is very important, because no one in europe knows, does not understand , that this heritage. which was written during the time of the kyivan rus, belongs to modern ukraine, and that is why we are fighting for it, like our zzo at the front, and that is why we published this yearbook, that is why such things are held in this city in an extremely symbolic way, because the book is our history, it is our property,

the cultural property of our nation, and today we are fighting for our nation, we are fighting for our borders of our ukraine, so presenting it here is both honorable and very, very... solemn. wayne called me. the debut book of ukrainian director volodymyr mula was published with this title. the main plot documentary-sports novel immerses the reader in the creation of yuki's film about hockey stars of ukrainian origin. it was they who formed the most famous hockey league in the world, the nhl. to write it, the author researched references to our citizens in canada. exclusive photos are collected in the book, and the stories of the families of outstanding hockey players are transmitted. areas of the country at that time. the author of the film and the book admits that his novel is more about the themes of the search for identity and one's heritage. i would really like people on the contrary to perceive it as a united thing, because those people who

watched the movie, read the book, they are just delighted now, and for me it is a personal satisfaction that i am on the right path, and the codes that are sewn both in the book and in... the movie, they show that ukrainians are an indomitable nation that can achieve simply unreal results at any level. the espresso tv channel invites you to join the collection of fpv drones for a separate platoon of the sapsan unmanned aerial systems of the state special transport service. these brave soldiers are actively fighting in the donetsk direction, attacking and restraining the enemy. thanks to fpv drones, our defenders have already destroyed a lot of russian equipment, fortifications and manpower of the aggressor. so we have a goal to collect uah 1 million for flying weapons. the account already has more than uah 100,000. remember, the best investment in our freedom is a donation to the armed forces of ukraine. that's all the news for this hour,

see you soon. dear friends, we are back on the air, continuing our marathon, lesya vakulyuk, andriy saichuk, we are working in this studio for you, and we will work today until 12. at this hour, er, i see what we have under ours with the youtube broadcast, there are just uh some battles , battles between our viewers , there are a lot of guesses, dear friends, i urge you not to invent things that are not there, uh, and i understand that we are all worried, we are also worried, because we are also living people and we are also citizens of this country, but we are trying, as journalists, to find out the causes and... and show the consequences, we do this with the help of our guests and we will talk about the topics that

concern all of you and us today, after yesterday's news, this is what we will talk about today during all those hours, as i say, until 12 o'clock, so stay with us until 12 o'clock, but i suggest, you know, to transfer our worries a little in a more constructive direction, so you and i collected only 18 hryvnias for yesterday. only, because in comparison with the previous days , just compare, for example, yesterday was thursday, on wednesday we collected 38 00, yesterday only 18, our guys need 1 million, those who are now on the orichiv direction need uah 1 million for all kinds of gadgets needed for the front, batteries for walkie-talkies to them on starlinks, on binoculars, on rangefinders, on periscopes, on detection detectors. drones and many other equally important things at the front, so, dear friends, if you are worried now, but you have several hundred

hryvnias, which you do not spare for our army, please transfer them or by card numbers, i will dictate them now , so you can write down, take pens and sheets of paper, or take phones and write down card numbers there, or scan qr codes, so mono card number 5375, 41 12 14 06 69 09 private card number 51 68 74 50 22 26 24 94 those who don't like to fiddle with writing down card numbers can simply scan the qr code , what's the point if it's the privatbank qr code facing the screen and it needs to be scanned. er, with the qr scanner that is in the privat

24 application, if you have this application, open it, find the following line at the bottom where there will be a qr scan and click on this qr scan. you and i have already collected 389,889 uah 54 kopecks. over 100,000 for this week, i would like to go out, of course, finish this week on sunday, announce that we succeeded. to collect half a million with you, but for this we need to collect another 110,000, and actually everything is in your hands and in our hands, i ask you to join and here your worries, at least transform them into donations, we will try to understand what is happening in us in the country and what is happening in the world that concerns our country. now we will talk with andrii besedin, the head of kupianskyi. of the city military administration, mr. andriy, we are glad to see you,

good day, good day, glory of ukraine, glory to the heroes, glory to the heroes, mr. andriy, how life looks like in kupyansk, a city that is constantly being shelled, it is really difficult, it is difficult to be there for almost a year and a half, actually on the front line, on the conflict line, i want to note that the kupyansk community is located... at a distance of 7 km from the front line, from military clashes, so we constantly feel the presence of the enemy, the presence of a terrorist country on ours. the territories are still partially occupied, because the entire arsenal of weapons that the ukrainian terrorist uses is mostly civilian, on civilian critical infrastructure and for the peaceful population of the kupinsk community, if we talk about the kupinsk community itself, who

makes it up now, how many civilians are there and what do they do in principle in the city? currently, there are 7,500 people in the community, mostly elderly people, but there are many people who remain, who work in structural subdivisions, communal enterprises, in other areas of the community's life, despite the proximity to the front line, despite the complexity of the situation, the kupyan community lives and works. are working utility companies, structural subdivisions are working, hospitals, shops, banking services, bus services are working, in fact we are doing everything possible so that those people who remain in this territory feel as little as possible the negative influence of the terrorist country, and on the other hand

we try to be a reliable rear for our boys, who defend us and give back every day. their lives for independence and for our real freedom of our country. mr. andriy, are there those people and how many of them, who still decide that they can't do it anymore live in a settlement that is constantly shelled and they decide to leave. unfortunately, there are very few such people at the moment, although we constantly emphasize on all our social... resources during personal communication that for now it is better to leave the territory of the kupyan community, safer places, for this the entire algorithm has been worked out, together with the kharkiv regional military the administration, the routes have been worked out, there is a call center, a hotline telephone, where people can contact, get

advice, a car will pick them up, take them to the city of kharkiv, people there will decide whether to stay in the city. kharkiv or to move to other safer regions of our country, but unfortunately, unfortunately, for the most part they are neglecting, writing refusals, thereby exposing themselves and their loved ones to very, very great danger. that is, the news, these warnings, some signals that the russians give that they want to seize kupyansk and go to the borders of the left bank of the oskil river, they do not scare people. well, we have been in this situation for a year and a half, we hear from the other side, yes, what they want capture what they want to restore, we know, we are confident in our armed forces , we see the strength of the guys, we understand that they really stand guard and

do not let the enemy in any way, yes, now it is an active defense, but we are sure that a short period of time will pass, and a large phase of counteroffensive or offensive will begin, yes, and the one that was there in kharkiv oblast in the year 22, and those occupied cities, villages of our state, our armed forces will liberate from this black unclean, and we will really begin to rebuild and not declaratively, but really to move towards european life. er, those people who still decide, for example, now to leave their native kupyansk for security, what can the state offer them in such a case, where should they go, with what? the state provides the entire spectrum of the necessary, precisely necessary for people to

feel safe, in more or less comfortable conditions with all social. there are guarantees, humanitarian payments, this is housing in the hostels of the city of kharkiv, which are specially prepared for displaced persons, this is also social payments, social services, medical humanitarian services, for our part, as the kuktan city military administration, the city council, we are constantly in touch with these people, we communicate every day, every day both the children's service and the social protection department. in contact with them, we hear their needs, and once a month we meet and try to cover these needs there in the volume that people ask for. well, i will also ask mr. andriy, well, in principle, since the fall, kupyansk is definitely one next to avdiivka, probably one of the main ones, one of the main ones

directions of the russian winter , so-called this offensive, we understand that the enemy is throwing virtually all resources, both mobilized, and equipment, and aviation, and everything and everything in this direction, nevertheless, what is the situation at the front now from the fact that you can you... say how much the russians have, do the russians have any prospects in the near future? they are decreasing, decreasing at a very high rate, thanks to our guys, our heroic soldiers, who are destroying both the enemy's manpower and the enemy's equipment, trying to constantly replenish themselves in order to to continue these offensives, er... the front line has expanded and in those places where until now they did not press there or did not try to break through our defenses, they are trying

to do it, again, in fact, nothing works, if we say there about certain local successes, but i want to note that these are definitely not successes, they are tactical tactical moves of our commanders, who first of all... think about the lives and health of our guys and understand certain directions lead to safer positions in order to , in order to knock out the enemy again and inflict damage on him greater losses. for now, for today , the intensity, if we are talking about the front line itself, has decreased, if we are talking about shelling of the territory of the community, then in fact they remain at the same level, because the country is a terrorist and... we have seen this for over a year and a half. if we are talking about the peasantry and de-occupation, it knows how to fight only with the civilian population, with the civilian infrastructure

, with the critical one, and it destroys everything that allows people to live in conditions, in comfortable conditions, in order to, well, some of their own short-term actions or short-term desires to compensate for that such terrorists. mr. andriy, how much time is left for the full-scale invasion of kupyansk to continue, those people who say, why fight, we would live peacefully with russia, well, we lived well, we used to go to each other here in the neighborhood, barely not for trips to russia, but now look at what we have, i definitely haven't heard such conversations, i haven't heard them in a long time, well, first of all. this is the merit of our law enforcement agencies, the security service of ukraine, the prosecutor's office, who really

work every day very actively and very powerfully with collaborators, with people who promote, that's what we call the russian world, and if we see and follow the social pages of law enforcement agencies and the prosecutor general's office, the national police, the security service, we see constant constant. information that either a suspicion has been declared there, or someone has been arrested in the territory of the kupyan district, so this work is being actively conducted, and at the moment there is definitely no such thing, it is not being followed there, of course, given the proximity to the border with the country of the terrorist, of course, given the proximity to... the equinox, of course, 7 months of occupation, rather there are still people who support

, but there are very few of these people, they do not reveal themselves there, if they appear there only in telegram channels under invented nicknames, and i am sure that a short period of time will pass there and these people. our law enforcement agencies will come to these people and they will be responsible for this, because we have one state, and we are now doing everything possible to bring our victory closer. mr. andrii, well, one more question, the russians moved very quickly after the breakthrough and offensive in the 22nd year from kupinsk, which they captured in the first days of the war, but already in zaporizhzhia they did not repeat this mistake, they prepared very well. and the question, when the front is 7 km, which you said, how well kupyansk is now being fortified, how

serious is the work with echelons now. the line of defense, well, i think, i will not comment on it on the air, but i will say exactly what is going on and what needs to be done and even more, for the defense, in order to have certain additional positions, all this has been done, thank you very much , andriy besedin, the head of the kupin city military administration was with us. well, gentlemen, we are now going to take a very short break, a short one, and then volodymyr nazarenko from the fourth brigade of the rubizh national guard, an artillery officer, will be with us, we will talk about what is happening just at the front, and after that we will also have the plot about how the release of valery zaluzhnyi himself took place, what preceded it, and dear

friends, what i want to say... is that while andriy and i were talking to andriy besedin, the head of the kupin city military administration , more than 10,000 uah have already been added to our account, and we have already approached the mark of 4,000 uah, or maybe we have already crossed this mark, but i cannot tell you, because the monobank is hanging, something has happened to it, writes again that some kind of error gives out, so as soon as... how many people said that they can process 500 million per second there, did 500 million people drop us this money at once, it will be updated, and there once and several billion hryvnias already at once, it would be nice if only monobank recognized it and i will have information for you, then i will tell you right away, but thank you to everyone, we will not deprive him, this is a very good pace, i hope that we will still reach our goal of 500 00 hryvnias this week, it will be

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