greetings, it's news time on the espresso tv channel. air alert throughout ukraine. the reason is the takeoff of the russian mig-31k fighter, which is a carrier of kinzhal missiles. the air force warned of the danger before the strike, asking everyone to stay in shelters. we also work from shelter. the poles resumed the blockade. they blocked the checkpoints with ukraine, the spokesman of the state border service, andriy demchenko, said. according to him, polish farmers previously announced their intention to block three checkpoints: jagodyn, ravaruska and shegyny from today. traffic is blocked about 100 people and about 50 vehicles. they blocked traffic leaving and entering poland. well, in the meantime, the security service of ukraine is conducting searches in kyiv-pechersky. lavry

was informed about this in ukrinform. according to their information, the special service came to the priest who coordinated pseudo-protest actions during the return of the property of the laurel to the state. details are currently being clarified. two people were killed as a result of enemy shelling of avdiyivka and selydovo in donetsk region, seven more were wounded. this was announced by the head of the region, vadym filashkin. in kurakhovo as a result of the attack, 28 high-rise buildings, an administrative building, and an educational institution were damaged. and a hotel, as well as damaged private homes and power lines in chasovoyarsk and marinsk communities. at night, the enemy also attacked kherson region. due to russian shelling , farm buildings caught fire in the villages of tomarine and antonivka. one projectile also hit a gas pipeline near a residential building. this was announced by the state emergency service. in general, over the past day, two people, one more, were killed due to an attack by the occupiers. became an injury, almost

a surviving mine fell in the dnipropetrovsk region, bomb technicians discovered a russian drone in the wasteland near one of the settlements. this was reported by the ministry of internal affairs. the combat part of the drone will be destroyed, and other parts will be disassembled and examined by experts. meanwhile, the security service of ukraine detained an enemy henchman in mykolaiv who was spying on ukrainian...ships, the attacker installed web cameras on structures near the port, thus tracking ukrainian vessels exporting agricultural products, video devices were supposed to continuous online broadcast, and the russian special services also had access to the cameras, they wanted to use this information for future air attacks. the cameras were deactivated in time, and the spy faces life imprisonment for treason.

there were no ukrainian... captives on board the downed il-76, this was stated by the secretary of the national security council oleksiy danilov, according to him, russia would take advantage of the situation and provide strong evidence to international organizations for a scandal, but are the captives on the list alive at the moment unknown danilov added. if this were to happen, believe me, the amount of biological material, what is called. let's put it this way, the dead would have been in such a number, if they say that there were 65 of them there, that they would definitely use it, they would definitely film it all, and the field, the field, it would be all red from of blood, but there was no such thing there, they had prepared this whole story, they had prepared this whole situation, it was not a peaceful night in the krasnodar region in russia, drones attacked two oil refineries factories. where around four in the morning

the drone fell on the territory of the afip refinery. traditionally, the local authorities said that no damage was recorded. drones also attacked the ilya oil refinery. a large-scale fire broke out there. another drone hit the territory of the oil depot in the village of steel horse. and armenia transferred another batch of humanitarian aid to ukraine. this was reported in the press service. in irmania. about 10 tons of medicines and medical supplies were transferred to the national military medical center. ukraine will receive the first tranche this year from european commission already in march. this was announced by the european commissioner for enlargement, oliver vargei. the money will come from the new financial support fund. in total, ukraine will receive 50 billion euros. however, according to the terms, subsequent payments will be transferred in exchange for implementation. reforms the current president

of azerbaijan, ilham aliyev, won 92% in the extraordinary elections of the head of state - the azerbaijani publication reports. although officially the counting is still underway, aliyev has already been congratulated on his victory by the leader of uzbekistan and belarusian dictator alexander lukashenko. at the same time, the opposition party people's front of azerbaijan declared that it does not recognize the results of the extraordinary presidential elections. learning during treatment is possible. in the lviv children's hospital of st. nicholas , another educational space of the school of superheroes was opened. there they teach young patients with severe. norm of oncology, hematology, the creation of a new class became possible thanks to the donations of ukrainians and doctors. more about the school's activities below. sophia it has everything that

children love so much, interactive lessons, modern technologies, games and creative activities. this is how education takes place within the walls of the lviv children's school of st. nicholas, because due to serious illnesses and treatment, children are forced to stay in hospitals for months. these are not serious diseases, they are oncological diseases. we have children from kharkiv to ivano-frankivsk, from sumy to mykolaiv, to odesa, from all regions of ukraine. accordingly, children on such difficult treatment should continue their happy childhood. there are already five classes in the educational center at the lviv hospital. in lessons, children are grouped by age. their skills, the number and duration of lessons are different , difficult patients are also dealt with individually, the head of the lviv center andriy tyshchenko notes that the school is child-centric, where teachers and the school adapt to the children, due to the inability to attend school, they have

educational losses, so that this should not happen , the school of superheroes provides high-quality educational services to all children who lie down for a long time. long-term treatment, if a child with special educational needs comes to us, we call it oop for short, we have in the staff a speech therapist, correctional and developmental teacher works, who, based on the conclusion of the irc of the inclusive resource center, provides this child with developmental or corrective programs, works with this child on developmental or corrective programs. educator tatyana notes that this practice has a very positive effect on the condition of children and the duration of suffocation. treatment in the hematology department is quite long, and such classes bring a little joy to both children and inspire the workers themselves. there are various procedures, not very pleasant, not for children, even for an adult child, and they, they get distracted,

they forget about that period of classes, they forget that they were there for half an hour, that's why they were in pain. they recover very quickly, they score, i go to work with joy. i am happy to work with children , i like my work, i think that i am in my place, because you know when you enter the classroom and you are waiting for such bright children, full of such hope and interest, i think that is the most important thing . the school of superheroes started working in lviv back in may 2023, since then the cell received several thousand children. the school is a state structure and education there is completely free. currently , 11 such educational centers are operating in ukraine. this year, they plan to open six more centers in ukrainian cities. natalya stareprava, vitaly kulekha, espresso tv channel.

the espresso tv channel invites you to participate in the collection of fpv drones for a separate set of unmanned air systems sapsan of the special state special service of transport. gypsy warriors. are actively conducting combat operations 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. we already have more than uah 110,000 in our account. remember, the best investment in our freedom is a donation to the armed forces of ukraine. for now, this is all the news for this hour, to find out more interesting and relevant. information, go to our website espresso.tv, and also watch on our social networks, join, put your favorites, until the alarm ends, stay in shelters, see you,

glory to ukraine, this is... the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next hour , we talk about ukraine, the world, the war and our victory, and of course, about retirement. zuluzhny is in the program today. putin steps on the fifth, while the issue of aid to ukraine is stuck in congress, a scandalous american journalist interviewed the russian dictator. whose side is america on? duda believes trump's tales of ending the war in 24 hours. meanwhile polish farmers renewed the blocking of the ukrainian border. what is happening in ukrainian-polish relations? putin's re-election to the victory of the permanent dictator in russia clears competitors, whether

the vote in the occupied territories will affect the legitimacy of the president. we will talk about this, as well as the rotation of the head of the armed forces of ukraine, today for the next hour with our guests, people's deputy of ukraine iryna friz and politician and diplomat valery chaly. however, before starting our big one. let's watch the how-to video again in fact, fighters of the ninth separate motorized infantry battalion vinnytsia scythians destroy one of the new russian t-80 tanks, protected by a barbecue and a complex of dynamic protection kontakt-1 near nevelsky, donetsk region. let's see.

in the course of this program, we are conducting a survey, today we are your friends, we ask the following: do you support the appointment of syrskyi as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine? if you vote on youtube, it's pretty simple, yes, no, choose or write your comment under this video, what do you think about the rotation of zaluzhnyi and... about the appointment of syrskyi, if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phones and vote if you support the appointment of syrskyi as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine 0800 211371, no 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free of charge, so president zelenskyy today dismissed valery zaluzhny from the post of commander -in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, instead of him... colonel-general oleksandr syryskyi, who until now held the position of commander of the ground forces of the armed forces, was appointed

of ukraine, zelensky said in his evening address, we will listen to the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine. i am grateful to general zaluzhny for two years of protection, i am grateful for every victory we achieved together, and thanks to all ukrainian soldiers who are heroically fighting this war. well, we talked frankly today about the need for changes in the army, urgent changes. i offered general zaluzhny to be in the team of the ukrainian state in the future. i will be grateful for his consent. today i decided the decision to renew the leadership of the armed forces of ukraine. starting today , a new management team will take over the leadership of the armed forces of ukraine. i want the vision of the war... to be the same for our soldiers in robotino or avdiivka, as well as for the general

staff and the adjutant. everyone whose experience will now serve to renew the armed forces is carefully selected. i had dozens of conversations with commanders of various levels, in particular, today i spoke with brigadier generals andrii hnatov, mykhailo drapaty, igor skibyuk , and colonels pavel palisa. and vadim sukharevsky. all of them are being considered for leadership positions in the army and will serve under the leadership of the most experienced ukrainian commander, combat commander, colonel-general oleksandr syrskyi. he has successful defense experience, conducted the kyiv defense operation. he also has successful experience of the offensive of the kharkiv liberation operation. i admit. colonel general of the syrian army as commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. what claims did president

zelenskyy have against the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny for sure it is not known, well, at least in this address , zelenskyi did not slander in any way about what general zaluzhnyi did wrong, and what better than colonel general oleksandr syrskyi? in his post, valery zaluzh. briefly commented on the reasons for his resignation. the tasks of 2022 differ from the tasks of 2024. therefore, everyone must change. and adapt to new realities as well in order to win together. we just met with the supreme commander, an important and serious conversation, a decision was made about the need to change approaches and strategy, wrote valery zaluzhnyi, whether he will remain in volodymyr zelenskyi's team and in what position is still unknown, it is known that a week

ago, when information first appeared that zelenskyi was going to resign... zaluzhnyi had various options for the future, continuation of the future careers for zaluzhny, it is an ambassador in one of the countries of the north atlantic alliance, or an adviser to the president of ukraine. at the time when zelenskyy is talking to zaluzhny, he himself, the head of the armed forces of ukraine, did not accept any proposals, that is, he did not submit an application about resignation, and the president actually signed a decree on... dismissal, as i understand it, without zaluzhny's statement. who is sirsky? sirsky is the commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of ukraine. he was born on july 26 , 1965 in the village of novinky, vladimir region, russia. and in russia, by the way, he graduated from the higher military command school. he

studied in moscow. in 1986, he graduated from school there. he is older. for zaluzhny himself, because zaluzhny had already graduated from a ukrainian university and not from a soviet one, syrskyi had graduated soviet university, a higher military command school, then his service took place on the territory of the ukrainian soviet socialist republic, where he actually met independence, and after the declaration of independence he served in the national guard, and later he graduated from the armed forces of ukraine. the academy of the armed forces of ukraine, in 2005 the national university of defense, and since the 2000s he commanded the 72nd mechanized brigade, was involved in ukraine's cooperation with nato. in the winter of 2015, he was one of the main commanders of the ato during fighting for debaltseve, he managed to withdraw the then

ukrainian group from the city, which was almost surrounded by the russians. for this operation, syrsky was awarded an order. since 2016, bohdan khmelnytskyi headed the joint operational headquarters, which coordinated the actions of the ukrainian military in the donbass, and since the 19th year he led the ground forces, which is what the new commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine distinguished himself by the defense of kyiv and the liberation of kharkiv oblast for the defense of kyiv, he was awarded the title hero of ukraine. there were arguments in... oleksandr syrskyi and valery zaluzhnyi because of different views on what should be done with bakhmut. first, regarding whether it was worth leaving the city earlier in the winter of the 23rd year, and then whether it was worth attacking the city already in the summer and autumn of the 23rd year in parallel with the counteroffensive in the south. in the 23rd year, sirsky commanded the eastern group of troops, which fought in

the hottest areas of the front. the battle of bakhmut was his. his responsibility. the new york times wrote that in the summer of 23, during one of the meetings, american strategists strongly advised zaluzhny to focus on a breakthrough in the southern direction, and not to scatter resources between the southern and eastern directions. according to sources, zaluzhny agreed with this, but the ukrainian army continued its offensive against bahmud, and he advocated this special operation. syrskyi, well, in addition, syrskyi was one of those, uh, people who actively communicated with the office of the president, and even before the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, he was called the successor, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces zaluzhny of ukraine, he has very good

contacts with zelensky's team, well, actually, this is obvious and decided the fate of the chair of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine and the fate of valery zaluzhny and the fate of oleksandr syrskyi. here is such a story, such a long story, about oleksandr syrskyi. what kind of commander-in-chief will he be? obviously, we will see how and how syrsky will be perceived in the army, in society and in general in the west, because the western partners are our main now ee... partners, forgive me for this taftology in the war against russian federation. and we have already contacted iryna friz, people's deputy of ukraine, member of the committee. of the supreme council on national security, defense and intelligence. mrs. irina, i congratulate you and thank you for being with us today. good evening, invitation. mrs. irina,

please tell me, do you know the reasons for valery zaluzhny's resignation? no, i am aware of, and still it seems that the decree has not yet been published, and precisely because the decree clearly stating the reasons for the dismissal has not been published, in my view, this is a completely wrong decision, after all well, by and large , the resignation of the hard worker is a sentence for this government. mrs. irena, please tell me how you perceive the leg of the new commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, have you already had a conversation with him, do you have any idea what kind of general he is and, in fact, what he is capable of, what makes him better , than diligent? i think that the best or not the best has? to prove the results of his activities in his position, on the other hand, i believe that general serskyi will have

big problems, because the tasks outlined by zelenskyi in his message regarding him, without the availability of financial and monetary support for these goals, which are defined as priority, it is extremely, extremely... your name for implementation, therefore i believe that the appointment of mr. syrskyi and the results of his activity in this position are all the consequences of the adopted decision by the president, responsibility in full, for which he bears from now on. please tell me, mrs. iryna, here is the vision for 2024. which volodymyr zelenskyi mentioned today, about the fact that there must be some kind of vision, does this mean that the vision syrskyi's vision is different from the vision of lazuzhny, if they were members of the same

team, and obviously they were, then how do these visions differ, and in this case, is this vision for the year 2024, or should it be reported to your parliamentary committee, which actually is, which is relevant in this situation? you know, the price is manipulation, because the vision that the supreme commander, the president has and that must be implemented by the head, regardless of the name, who will be there and who is there and who was there, it must be approved and discussed at the stake, therefore, when the president for more than six months... ran away from political responsibility for making changes to mobilization issues, transferred it to the military, then i want to emphasize that any mobilization that zaluzhny spoke about,

any, er, any amount of human, human resource, from which the so-called mobilization reserves are formed, was actually calculated based on the tasks assigned to it... by the highest supreme military-political leadership, that is, the military performs the tasks that are approved by rates under management the president, so you need to take, have the courage to bear responsibility , show leadership in difficult issues, and not chase ratings and those who can in one way or another have a higher rating than, for example, the president, but on the other hand, after the appointment of syrskyi as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine and after the dismissal of zaluzhnyi, most of the responsibility, or the lion

's share of this responsibility for the situation at the front , now falls on zelenskyi, because he will share this responsibility with syrskyi now, that is, if he could say that zaluzhny did something wrong, then now in this situation, after the release of the general, who... was trusted a lot both in society and in the army, well, in principle, he will now have to share successes and defeats with syrsky, that's right, i understand, absolutely right, and in this situation, what will zuluzh do, because it is still unclear whether he will remain in president zelenskyi's team, or whether he will engage in teaching activities, as he said, take care of his health, and maybe it will even create some political power, because... the trust rating for zaluzhny was and remains high enough, will this trust rating go away from him after he is no longer the head of the armed forces of ukraine, because many... some of

the experts explained that this trust rating is not a trust rating, as to zaluzhnyi, as to the armed forces of ukraine? zaluzhny will not lose his trust rating, because he with honor and dignity went through all that extremely difficult time for the state, holding the position of head of the commissar, and left this position with honor, saving face in contrast to the authorities, which arranged brutality... real, forging, humiliating and nullifying the merits of the headmaster , which he carried out during his tenure, so i am sure that questions about the further actions of mr. zaluzhnyi should probably be asked to him in the first place, because he defines his vision in relation to my fate, as far as trust is concerned, i am sure that it will not go anywhere, because the level of trust both in the armed forces of ukraine, in

the defense sector, and in society will be preserved until... thank you, mrs. irina, it was iryna friz, people's deputy of ukraine. friends, so there was a rotation, and the chief of the armed forces of ukraine was replaced. general valery zaluzhny headed the armed forces of ukraine since 2021. in 2022, he entered the list of the 100 most influential people in the world according to magazine versions. let us briefly recall the combat path of the legendary general. valery zaluzhny's fate was determined from an early age, because he was brought up in a military family, already at an adult age he passed all stages of his dream career. in july 2021, the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelenskyi, appointed valery zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. zaluzhny became the face of our struggle and the main terror of the russian invaders. out of desperation, the invaders invented

fables about the disappearance and death of the hall. since 2014, the general has participated in the battles in donbas and even then he was sure that a full-scale offensive by russia was inevitable. the american mediapolitico wrote that the commander will become a legendary figure in the history of ukraine, because the successes of the ukrainian army surprised the whole world. american general mark milley was of the same opinion. when will they write? the history of the war in ukraine, zaluzhnyi will play a prominent role there. he was part of... the ukrainian leadership that spent years transforming the country's army from a clumsy soviet model into a modern fighting force, hardened by years of fighting russia on the eastern front, he belongs to a new generation of ukrainian leaders. zaluzhny is the first ukrainian commander-in-chief without a soviet education, his vision of the ukrainian army meets nato standards, so western colleagues and partners especially respect the ukrainian general, consider him strong

and... an influential ally. in october 2022 , general zaluzhny was included in the hundred most influential people in the world according to the american magazine. although he is called an iron general, the ukrainian military respects and trusts him. everyone in the family is friendly, you and he and i, our father is industrious, the zsu, the family. i have a powerful spirit, god is in my head. he will give an order for... we will be right in moscow. so, personnel rotation took place. it is not yet known whether valery zaluzhnyi will work in volodymyr zelenskyi's team. that's how i understood what the president was offering him work in your team. if this happens, then obviously we will witness a new personnel appointment. if there is no

personnel appointment, obviously. zaluzhny will be engaged in teaching activities , as he said, and he said that he needs to rest a little and improve his health, obviously, obviously, we will see valery zaluzhny again in ukrainian politics, because he has a trust rating from the people high enough, we understand that there are not so many such generals in ukraine, but simply put, he is the only one you see , songs are written about him, poems are dedicated to him, paintings are dedicated to him, and he is a hard worker, and indeed he became a people's general, an iron general, as they call him, who in this difficult time did for ukraine very much, the first two years of the great war, it is...