operational information from the general staff, what is currently happening at the front, whether payments for the internal will continue. people and following the syrians, the russian federation is recruiting nepalese for the war against our country, what is their fate in ukraine. good evening, this is the final news release and the espresso team talks about the most important thing for today. the russians do not stop terrorizing dnipropetrovsk region. during the day , kamikaze drones and artillery attacked nikopol, marganetska , and pokrovsk communities seven times, the head of the region, serhii lysak, said. three were damaged private homes. and an economic building.

fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries. and two people were wounded by the russians in the kherson region. two guided aerial bombs hit near the village of monastyrske. a 43-year-old man has facial injuries. at the time of the impact, he was in his own yard. a 67-year-old man suffered shrapnel wounds to the head, oleksandr prokudin told the head of the region. russian aviation also targeted one of the medical facilities. zone, the internal premises and the heating system were damaged, and the enemy dropped explosives in zolotia from drones beams there the house caught fire. currently , more than 300,000 internally displaced persons live in kyiv region alone, and as of march 1, the majority may be left without assistance from the state. the government has adopted a resolution that will change the rules of aid payments for idps. these rules. in the spring, what categories

of displaced people will be left without cash payments and how they live, people in the kyiv region, in our material, we left through vasylivka, zaporizhia, we left for 5 days, it was very difficult for us to zaporizhzhia, and zaporizhzhia already us the church sheltered us there, we stayed there for a day, and then all of us were taken away by volunteers. to kyiv, kateryna from skadovsk in the kherson region, together with her family, was under occupation for almost six months, russians came to the woman's place of work, checked her phones, the invaders kidnapped people in the city, kateryna was also worried about her two sons, so they decided to leave, the climate was not difficult , it was very difficult to walk down the street, which means you can already talk, well, no one will stop you, you will not be chased from behind with guns, with machine guns, it was scary that... oh, you can

talk, well, well, very, well, it was so scary, and everything is very good in terms of climate anyway, well, when they came to us for the last time in, well, in skadovsky on work and started lining up our phones, and they said that there will be children, well, if we don't go to their school and they will take us away, they will remove our families, we already left then. now the family lives in erpin, where they were able to get a small modular house. it has two rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. such a house is designed for four people. the woman says that now her family has no problems. now kateryna is actively looking for a job and most of all wants to return to her native skadovsk with her family. oh, i really want to go at least today. she kissed the earth and that was it. currently , more than 24,000 displaced persons are registered in irpen, which was also affected by russian aggression, and people who were forced to leave... their homes continue to go to the city,

two modular towns were created for them, in which more than a thousand people already live, we have oak trees modular town is the first that we have was inhabited, it is like a dormitory, in each module there is a children's room, a sports room, we have two types of houses there, we have polish ones, it will be eight by eight apartments. night, there are finnish ones, they are one-story, with three apartments. the state supports more than 1.5 million displaced people with money, and from march 1 , people who were forced to leave their homes will be waiting for a change. the government approved the list of persons to whom payments will be extended automatically. these are pensioners, if as of january 1, the amount of the pension does not exceed uah 9,444. people from disability first. or the second group, children with

disabilities under the age of 18, as well as orphans and those deprived of parental care. everyone who does not fall under these categories should go back to the appropriate authority and apply for continuation of payments, when the displaced people have been there since the 14th year, they were and are displaced people, they were paid benefits for all nine years, well that is, they were permanent, but now the payments have become temporary, and they are appointed for six months, probably with the possibility of extension, but the concept itself has changed, it hasn't... as of today , there are almost 5 million people in ukraine who are considered internally displaced, half of them will receive payments from the state, currently this amount is 200 hryvnias every month, last year

73 billion hryvnias were spent on such assistance from the state budget . dmytro didora, oleksiy kutsuk, yulia belska, espresso tv channel. and to operational information from the general staff of arms. forces of ukraine, 95 combat clashes took place at the front, the hottest remains in the avdiyivka region. our defenders fought back there 22 attacks and another 16 near thin. the russians tried to storm 28 times in the mariana direction. all attempts were in vain. at the liman border, our defenders repelled three enemy attacks. ukrainian missile forces struck two control points and two ammunition warehouses in the area where the enemy was concentrated. and on the enemy's artillery. everyone is fighting, about 15 thousand nepalese were recruited by the army of the russian federation. the mercenaries agreed to make money from the war against ukraine. many of them returned injured, and some went missing. about this

says the cnn article. according to the ministry of foreign affairs of nepal, four of their citizens are being held in ukraine as prisoners of war. at least 200 families. their loved ones, recently nepal began to demand from russia compensation payments for those killed in ukraine. the ministry of foreign affairs of the terrorist country did not respond to cnn's request about the number of such soldiers in the russian army. i am aware of the entire range of tasks facing our units and the entire structure of the ground forces today. oleksandr pavlyuk commented on his appointment for the first time to the position of commander of the land forces. troops of the armed forces of ukraine. in a post on social networks , he thanked for the trust. the lieutenant general promises that he will do everything possible to strengthen the army and bring victory closer. the acquired experience will be used for the development of the ground forces, because this is the largest, most numerous part of the

defense forces. and it is the infantrymen who take the main blow of the enemy and bear the heaviest burden of the war - said pavlyuk. 22 million. more than 700 ships exported tons of cargo through the ukrainian maritime corridor, informs minister of infrastructure oleksandr kubrakov. according to him, exports can increase in the case of modernization, development of ports and infrastructure, including roads and railways. i would like to note that since july 18 , 2023, the last day of operation of the grain corridor, as a result of russian missile and drone attacks, almost 200 port infrastructure objects and victims have been damaged. that at least 26 people. fragrant and bright , a traditional orange battle took place in the north of italy. there, in the city of ivrea, thousands of people gathered to arrange the real ones fruit fights they threw

oranges at each other, crushed them with their hands and feet. thus, the carnival season was opened in the region. up to a dozen teams took part in the battle. the participants said that... they were a little afraid the day before, and in order to dare, they first warmed up with glindwine. the battle symbolizes the freedom of local residents and the coming spring. about 350 tons of oranges are destroyed in the city during three such carnival days. and finally, enviable directorial achievements in documentary cinema. mystislav chernov received the guild award. us directors for the film 20 days in mariupol. the picture tells about the first weeks of hostilities in mariupol during the full-scale russian invasion. the documentary was also nominated for an oscar. the dga awards have been called a harbinger of success and a dress rehearsal for the oscars.

the ceremony took place in los angeles. from the stage , chernov recalled russia's daily attacks on ukraine and the shelling of his native kharkiv on february 9. when. seven people died. i understand the power of cinema when children, people, try to escape from the bombs that fall on them, when they hide in shelters that... to cope with fear, people watch movies. cinema doesn't just leave stories for generations to come, but that too. cinema helps all of us to cope with this sometimes unbearable world, an unfair world, and gives us hope to stop everything bad, to go to meet a better future. at this moment, the news team told about the most important things, then watch the political club with vitaly portnikov and you will know even more.

the politclub program is on the air on espresso tv channel, vitaly portnikov is with you, i congratulate you, friends, for the next two days. hours, the most important events of the week, trends, perspectives, our first interlocutor today is general serhiy krivonos, former first deputy commander of special operations forces and deputy secretary of the national security and defense council of ukraine. congratulations, mr. serhiy. good evening, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. so, let 's talk about the changes in the military leadership of the armed ukrainian armed forces, practically. a total change, i would say, which, in principle, i would say, is the personnel sense of

such a complete renewal of the management armed forces? i don’t see, to be honest, such a powerful renewal of the leadership of the armed forces, according to certain generals, there may have been some questions, but so powerfully and in such a large number, i consider this only as one factor, where the factor: just diverting attention from the failures of the political power in ensuring the activities of the armed forces , especially in 2023, because when the government tries to make the military extreme only in the war, i ask the question: and you, gentlemen, political leaders, what did you do in accordance with the existing law on mobilization, and exactly how did you put the functioning of the economy on the rails. period, i am not talking about the functioning of the central bodies of state

power, enterprises, institutions, local self-government bodies, they did absolutely nothing, and no matter how much they change the military, no matter how many they change, if the economy is stagnant and does not work, does not provide the necessary armed forces, if the mobilization plan, corresponding to the governing document, which must be approved by the president, and not every enterprise of ukraine must be subject to this plan... the mobilization task of issuing products to meet the needs of the armed forces, it does not change anything in general , except that the fight is not for victory, but for glory. let's remember the previous life of our manager, he remained in his own, in his sprenyat actor, and only one can be on the stage, and only he should be applauded. he won't tolerate others, that's why change is necessary in the first place - it's a struggle for support, but

from my point of view, at this stage, he has made himself worse, how will the situation continue to unfold, i am worried, if there was not then a hunt for decoys, which in principle had already begun powerfully, starting with the general, excuse me, colonel chervinskyi, they finished with major andrii malakha, who was also closed on... on trumped-up charges they are kept in a cell, in a kharkiv prison, and such examples, unfortunately, will soon be more than enough. and tell me, what are the possibilities of the new leadership of the armed forces of ukraine from the point of view of changing the situation with the very conflict in the armed forces and at the front, how justified are the words that it is possible simply reformat the current composition of the armed forces, taking into account that many people are not directly on the line. front, but as part of the armed forces. well, directly, again from my point of view, this is a pure fit, you know,

no more than 300 thousand manipulations, and who checked this figure, why exactly this figure was announced, and those units are those military units that are set aside for recreation, it was taken into account for completion and re-adjustment, so it's just manipulation. no more than this figure much higher than 300,000, and normal armies, well, at least one third must fight, 1/3 rest, 1/3 prepare for leadership. actions, let's even remember the times of the first world war, when winston chenshi, being the commander of the fuseler battalion on the western front, himself prescribed that they fought for 10 days, rested for 10 days, prepared for war for 10 days, and this directly allows the military to fight normally during the war , we

don't have such capabilities yet, that's why this bare figure is 3,000, in general, when... civilians, who have absolutely never served in the army and never had anything to do with national security, although they are responsible for it in terms of their functionality, begin to tell the military what and how to do, well, it looks simply comical, in certain moments even tragic. and now regarding the possibility of the military leadership, do you see any additional possibilities for changing this situation of stagnation of the front line, which president zelensky is talking about. how, you understand, our war now is not a war of bold assaults, bayonet attacks, forehead first of all, these are already extreme measures that must be avoided in modern warfare, and if the front did not receive the required amount of shells, equipment, arterial systems and many other things, then no matter how

brave and intelligent the generals were, without reliable support, nothing would change. if we talk about the situation related to what weapons ukraine may soon receive from the allies, well, in principle, they are already talking about the f-16 and other modern equipment, such modern equipment does not change the situation, it can improve it, but to say to make it indigenous in a way could change in a few minutes, well, these are the tales you know about the wunderwaffe, the miracle weapon of the time of mr. hitler in 44-45 years. everything must be comprehensive. unreinforced anti-aircraft defense of ukraine will not change the situation. missiles, which are needed in huge quantities , while the russians are immediately building up, if we talked less about it, maybe it would be better. and in our country, many

politicians are talking about these things, and the russians are absolutely calmly building up the connectivity of radio-electronic warfare, and a lot. cancers simply do not reach the goal, so they are at war there is a golden rule, no matter how many times he kept silent, how many times he did not regret it, unfortunately, the politicians who rule our country do not know this and do the exact opposite. what do you think about the capabilities of the russian troops themselves in this case, we are talking about a war of attrition, but is the russians themselves at risk of exhaustion? in terms of numerical equivalent, they have much greater potential, and in view of the fact that both propaganda in... works and financial support, the interest of the e-e service in the ranks, e-e, the russian army is also sufficiently large in compared to the huge amount of begging, let's call it, the russian population, for them the salary of 6-7 thousand dollars at the conclusion of the contract is a large amount, so they have much

more potential than ours, and they also have a plus well, i say that propaganda works very powerfully, in our country in this regard i would not... i would call the activity of the telethon propaganda, because it is generally something that is not aimed at the unity and unification of nations, but in our country just for that , so as not to throw mud at them, as they think, and from my point of view not to tell the truth to the authorities about her inaction. what do you think about such a negative reaction of society to a change in the military leadership, how dangerous is it from the point of view of undermining trust in the state as such? well, the president is confidently sawing off the branch he is sitting on, we'll see how it will turn out, well, you know, the president can saw off the branch, but the effectiveness of the state and the confrontation with russia depends on the president's legitimacy, this must also be remembered, i am absolutely against all these calls for there, you know, force change efforts, if we're going to talk about it

talk about how we will differ from the same russians, that is why we are in favor of democratic approaches, but the people themselves... who elected their own leaders, have the truth, have the right, and are even obliged to point out to the authorities about shortcomings, especially during the war, which concerns issues of national security. to what extent do you think it is possible to talk about the fact that there will be trust in the new military leadership in the ukrainian armed forces, or in general there is no need to talk about trust in the army , there is simply a leadership, it is appointed, it functions, there are no problems. well there are two points of view here: legally, here of course, you are absolutely right, psychologically, well, there is a perception of certain military personnel who may or may not perceive them in certain collectives. if we talk about what is happening right now on the front line, you see here the ability of russia to break through the defense line of the ukrainian troops, so seriously,

let's say, let's take a look from the other side, the question is not the ability of the russians to interrupt, the question is our ability to respond to their wishes in a timely manner to break through the front line in certain areas. this is probably the most important thing, and here again everything rests on the economic support of these processes. artillery, long-range means of destruction, means of development and will strike in a timely manner on the accumulation of troops even before the moment when they went to the front, strikes on logistics centers, on the control post, and what has not been done for two years, they have finally begun to do, this is systemic destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. this is more important to me, because it is difficult enough to fight head-to-head at the front, they have more power and means... but if we deprive the russian army of timely provision of fuel , ammunition, weapons, equipment, this will significantly improve our

situation, plus, by destroying their oil and gas transportation complex, we will reduce the capacity of their budget, because it is precisely at the expense of oil and gas in their majority that they replenish that large army with the required amount of equipment, weapons, ammunition , plus they pay money to their military, then everything is much simpler, you don't need bravery, you need intelligence and pinpoint strikes on critical objects of the russian federation, in principle, you think that strikes on oil depots reduce russia's capabilities, but again, how to hit an oil depot, a drone , which cannot destroy an oil refinery, or missile technology, which can definitely slow down its recovery for months, well, of course, missiles would be better, but eh... in in this situation, we must use everything we have, taking into account that for two years the authorities did not particularly exert themselves to launch the capacity of their own defense industry, therefore any

hammer with a nail that can pierce the fuel tank of the russian federation, also may be useful. however, i would like to ask you whether you are not afraid of the possibility of an offensive by russian troops in some directions where... now there is a certain calm situation, whether the russians have reserves there to break through to the pi in the north, in the west of ukraine from the belarusian direction, or will they continue to focus exclusively on the direction that is a priority for them in the current confrontation in the direction of donbass? in war, the most important thing is not to, you know, underestimate the enemy - it's the worst thing, so it's better to calculate the enemy's ability to... on worse options than lulling ourselves to sleep with the thought that we have already won and we are very cool there and everything will be fine with us. as the experience of all the previous years of the war has shown,

they have a sufficiently powerful ability to transfer reserves from various areas of the front to the ones they need, and they actively use it, so even the struggle for the same kupen direction is, first of all, the ability to capture the kupensk station, nodal power station and ensure rapid movement. a huge amount of equipment and people are needed along the front, so there is always a threat there is already a question for intelligence, so that they closely follow the movement of the enemy, predict options for action, so that there are no such punctures as there was a puncture along the avdiivka direction at one time, when the enemy's ability to use underground communications inside avdiivka was not taken into account, those who fought in avdiivka in the 16th and 17th. for some reason, 18-19 year olds knew about these communications, why our intelligence did not know about it at the moment, this is the biggest question. thank you, mr. sergey. serhii kryvanos, general of the armed forces of ukraine,

the former first deputy commander of the armed forces, special operations forces of the armed forces of ukraine was in touch with us. now we will move on to our foreign policy affairs, and we have andriy deshchytsia, diplomat, former acting minister of foreign affairs of ukraine and former ambassador of ukraine to... poland and finland. congratulations, mr. andriy. good evening, i greet you. well, let's start with finland, where the second round of presidential elections is currently taking place. literally in half an hour, the forecast will be made public election results. well, in a few. minutes we will find out, now there is preliminary information that alexander stup, who was considered the likely winner, in the second round

takes the first position with the number of votes of 52.7% of the voting participants, and his opponent pkh visto received 47.3% of the votes, but this is based on the calculation of 66.7% of the votes of the participants of the second round, literally in a few minutes we will know the final result, i think i will announce it in our this. ether, but how important are these for ukraine in general presidential elections in finland, mr. andrii, to what extent does the development of the situation in relations between ukraine and the countries of the european union, between ukraine and the nordic countries, depend on the president of finland? well, look, first of all, finland has obviously become a major player in the north of europe now, especially

after that. finland became a member of nato, relations with russia in finland will also be very important for the development of eu relations with russia in general and the position of russia in relation to the european union and finland in particular. finland supported and supports ukraine. well, quite seriously and strongly and consistently, i think that both candidates for the presidency take approximately the same position on the issue of ukraine and on the issue of relations with russia, and there are no major changes in the attitude towards ukraine, depending on who will be elected president.

but it is important, of course, that in finland, for finland, it is that these elections are taking place for the first time after finland became a member of nato, and in fact both candidates happened to be foreign ministers things to their careers, each of them, and if oleksandr stup was a bigger supporter of the membership. actions in nato, then the pkk was less a supporter of membership in the alliance, nevertheless, he actually signed the documents on finland's accession to nato. therefore, i think that it is, of course, important for finland to strengthen these positions of finland as a reliable member of the eu and nato. er, in the person of the newly elected

president, er, in relation, again, as i already said, to ukraine, i think that the politics of one and the other will be approximately the same, and they will, will, we will feel this support and tell me, mr. andriy , alexander stup said when he spoke in the pre-election debates that if putin called him with congratulations, he would not pick up the phone, by the way, mr. khavisto said that he would... accept the congratulations, that is, stup is so tougher , but i well remember that when oleksandr stup was the minister of foreign affairs of finland, by the way, it was when you were the ambassador in helsinki, and there was an issue after the war in georgia, he was a strong opponent of the introduction of sanctions against the russian federation, remember you know, so what is it you can say this is an evolution, you can't say , he was always against such warm relations with russia, he was in favor of such relations for a long

time, but look... oleksandr stup is a little sharper, let's say, in his statements, and i think , that this is also the result of the fact that he also had such a kind of european experience, and the fact that he was prime minister in finland, the fact that he was in the european commission, and he has a more international approach, i think , that these statements, well, let's say so, his... eh so how can you compare a little to the situation in poland, where sikorski, who is the minister of foreign affairs, and has such sharper approaches, sharp statements, sharp decisions, well, maybe it is also related to the fact that oleksandr stup is younger , and this is a new generation of athenians, which is no longer so dependent on the russian-finnish policy that was...