to work, but the city comes alive and becomes home to new residents. from mariupol, berdyansk, kharkiv, but the houses, like the cities, were wounded by the war, some houses are still without windows, doors and facades. the scariest thing was to accept what you've been doing all your life, every house you know is there, brick by brick, how it was built, you didn't know if those people who once received my help survived. your dream home, and sometimes what we sell still looks like this. kyiv region is recovering, children are walking again in bucha, a house in nemishaevo is being repaired after being hit by a shell, and an exotic garden is even being planted there. a new bridge was built across the irpin river, life continues, but no one will ever be able to forget what happened here in february. 2022 kateryna galko,

oscar janson, espresso tv channel. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next hour , we talk about ukraine, the world, and the war. about our victory, and of course, about valery zaluzhny's new appointment, today at program 500 meters from the conflict with nato, the details of the russian attack on odesa appeared during the visit of the greek delegation, what could be the consequences? bypassing the congress. the white house is looking for ways to provide emergency military assistance to ukraine from alternative sources. how long will the delay last? a new

paradigm of relations. china plans to strengthen friendship with russia and seeks to bring ukraine to the negotiating table. what to expect from a special envoy? we will talk about this and other things during the next hour with our guests , the executive director of the world institute politician yevgeny magda, journalist roman tsymbalyuk and spokesperson of the ukrainian volunteer army south serhiy bratchuk. however, before we start our big conversation, let's watch a video of... how the maroon berets continue to destroy the russians, the fighters of the 79th separate airborne assault brigade of tauriy beat off another enemy assault near novomykhaivka in donetsk region. ukrainian soldiers managed to destroy 12 units of armored vehicles, four of which are tanks. let's watch this enchanting video.

live tv, as well as on ours platforms on youtube and facebook, for those who are watching us live there now, please like this video, vote in our poll, today we ask you about whether china is able to stop russian aggression, yes, no, everything is on youtube quite simple , if you want to leave your opinion under this video, please write in the comments, it is important for us to know your opinion, if you are watching us on tv, please pick up your smartphone and vote if you think that china... capable of stopping russia's aggression: 0800-211381, no, 0800-211-382, all calls to these numbers are free, call us, it is important to know your opinion. i would like to introduce today's first guest, yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics. mr. yevgeny, i congratulate you and thank you very much for being with us today. congratulations, mr. serhiy, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. let's start with the heroes. from the hero of ukraine valery

zaluzhny, whose candidacy today president zelenskyi approved for the position of ambassador of ukraine to great britain, it became literally several are known. a few minutes ago , the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine reported that it had already sent the british side a corresponding request for agreman , that is , a decree on the appointment of a meritorious ambassador . further on the trust rating, first of all to president zelensky and, accordingly, to the rating... trust to the diligent, well, let's be realistic and talk about these things as much as possible seriously. i can't remember in more than 30 years of ukraine's independence, when there was a direct message that the president personally

approved the candidacy of this or that ambassador to this or that country, honestly. i understand that according to our constitution, it is the head of state who heads foreign policy, but... usually the minister of foreign affairs, or in ukrainian realities, the head of the president's office, deals with such things , but still the authorities preferred to say about what did the president do, you know, it's actually in this is how zelenskyi's team demonstrates not so much his omnipotence as his reluctance to explain why valery zaluzhnyi was fired. a few weeks ago, and therefore does not want to talk about it in more detail. with regard to the appointment of the ambassador, well, in fact , the presidential decree on this matter can appear only after agreman is the receiving party, there are different

situations in interstate relations, there were, for example, in polish-ukrainian relations a situation when marcyn vaytsechovskyi already received already they even say bought a ticket for to fly as an ambassador to kyiv, and then he was not appointed. in the ukrainian realities, to be honest, i do not recall anything like that, and to be honest and frank, zaluzhny would be more appropriate, if you can say so, in the position of the permanent representative of ukraine to nato, because then he would demonstrate his own influence, he could broadcast his own experience. he could talk about many important things, but the fact that he will go to britain, i think that, despite all the bureaucratic features, he will go, it is also not the worst situation, at least from that for the simple reason that britain is our reliable partner, for the reason that britain

plays an important role for us, and by the way, in britain this year there will be parliamentary elections, and the role of the hard worker as a communicator ... wine should not be underestimated, he should work nad, will this be the beginning of a political career? well , you know, a hard-working professional soldier, a professional soldier is a person who, on the one hand, knows how to give orders, and on the other hand, to obey orders, and in this case , i think that everything should be clear enough has been said, and we must... understand that valery fedorovych will not be the worst diplomat, well, if we take into account the principles of personnel policy in the formation of the diplomatic service, i just wonder how the next diplomats who will be

appointed to the positions of ambassadors will feel after how valery zalu will become the ambassador. well, here is the question, mr. yevgeny, will it be an honorable veil for the industrious in this situation, or? still, given the role that great britain plays in the current situation, in our help, help us in the russian-ukrainian war, that in principle zaluzhnyi can be a sufficiently visible and important figure in great britain, because this is not the former general prosecutor iryna venediktova, who is sitting in switzerland, it is not other diplomats who are possible, in whom it is possible. more experience in diplomatic work, but are not such bright and powerful figures as valeriy zaluzhny, but on the other hand, this appointment shows that zaluzhny is a member of volodymyr zelenskyi's team, otherwise he would not have agreed to this position,

true? zaluzhny is a statesman, and when the general... is offered to go somewhere as a diplomat, he cannot say to himself, well, it seems to me, due to his professional career, you know, i'd rather sit here in a warm bed, sleep. as long as the war continues , and you continue to occupy yourself there, this is one thing, secondly, i think that it is necessary, as a person who grew up and whose career, whose career was formed by the formation of the military hierarchy, clearly understands that his the presence on the territory of ukraine at the moment can create a bifurcation effect, well that is an informal or, well, unofficial conference is created in one way or another. competition with oleksandr syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. deserving, as far as i can

understand, because i do not know him personally, i am not interested in such a development of events. he is interested in serving the state. in any case, it seems to me that during his tenure as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, he confirmed this fact as much as possible. therefore , i think that... zaluzhnyi is not a man of the zelenskyi team, he is a man who plays for the team under the name of ukraine. and that's normal. another issue is that volodymyr zelenskyi's team has enough people whose presence raises questions. and so we will see similar things. i do not see any threat to valery zaluzhnyi. in the fact that he will work as an ambassador, absolutely, i do not see any

political threat for volodymyr zelensky, because our western partners evaluate him quite frankly. i, who just returned from poland today, had the opportunity to hear various assessments on this matter, and this is quite telling. i repeat i'm just looking at the running line that sweden has become the 32nd member of nato, but if... he went to brussels, that would be a strong step, a step to broadcast the ukrainian experience, but to broadcast it to britain as well. as a permanent member of the un security council, as a country that, among other things , has informal contacts with the united states, its formations, this is also a good choice, i think, mr. yevgeny, let's listen to what zelensky said about the appointment of a volunteer responsible for this war . we have already reached a historically unprecedented level with britain

cooperation, by the way, it was with britain that we signed the first bilateral agreement on security guarantees, we must fully implement it, for the sake of our joint strength. today , general valery zaluzhnyi also approved the candidacy of our country's ambassador to great britain, and he told me about such a direction for himself, a diplomatic one. ministry. ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine sent a corresponding request to agreman. our alliance with britain must only grow stronger. and there are several decrees today that are worth talking about. signed two decrees about celebration well, actually, it is clear what kind of diplomat zaluzhny will be, we will obviously see what he was like as the head of the armed forces of ukraine, we have seen, and we will draw conclusions from his diplomatic work when... britain will agree to zaluzhny's presence in london, well

i i think that there will be no problems with this, otherwise there would not have been this appeal by zelenskyi, he would not have talked about this appointment, obviously everything has already been agreed. let's talk more about what statements were made today, because today sweden became the 32nd a member of nato, but several more important statements were made by the leaders of europe, in particular macron , that he is in... that there are no restrictions, no red lines for supporting ukraine, and lemont writes about this, and medvedev immediately reacted, the deputy chairman the security council of russia says that if macron says that there are no more red lines in support of ukraine, then the russian federation no longer has red lines in relation to france, which in your opinion, mr. yevgeny, means that there are no more red lines in support. of ukraine, it means long-range weapons, it means the supply of all types of weapons except

nuclear weapons, of course you mentioned that france is a country that has a nuclear arsenal, but immediately another owner of this nuclear arsenal, i think that in fact the situation is somewhat, yes, yes, i i think that the situation is somewhat less optimistic than it seems to us. the issue is that emmanuel macron , with the help of ukraine, has started a kind of political race to become the informal leader of europe, the informal political leader. he is pushed to this by the position of germany, which cannot be forgiven in any way born with the decision to transfer taurus missiles to ukraine, and accordingly, macron together with other european politicians, he makes various decisions, shows the involvement of france, for example, in the process of procurement of shells for ukraine, here this is an interesting moment,

because before the start of a large-scale invasion, france and germany , as members of the... norman four, well, i think you remember this design, but many of our viewers, i'm sure, don't , they didn't supply ukraine with any ammunition, not even for small arms, and therefore, macron's position, it is weighty, we need it, we should encourage it in every way, but we must not allow dizziness from success, for the simple reason that such dizziness, it will simply be harmful to us. of ukraine. continues to be in the spotlight and it is clear that she will be a significant player for france, equally a significant player for britain, as we found out for ourselves, and the question arises as to what kind of player she will be for germany, because olaf scholz, he is all- still, well, not just the chancellor, but the chancellor of the traffic light

coalition, which in case of disintegration may suffer a heavy political defeat. and the question of the transfer of taurus missiles to ukraine continues to be on the agenda, so i think that what we heard from the mouth of the french president is not only a declaration of intentions, but also a desire to achieve appropriate changes in european politics in favor of france first of all . you have already mentioned macron's leadership in europe, well, the fact that he is trying to be a european leader. community and it was clear two weeks ago when he gathered representatives of european states and spoke about the fact that we need to do everything so that ukraine does not lose to russia and possible troops that can be moved to the territory of the ukrainian state, then he gave many interpretations of this, but at the same time

today the head of the european commission ursula fondeyan in in a speech before the vote on her nomination as a candidate of the european people's party for the position of president of the european commission, she stated that the european union should develop the production of new generation weapons in order to win on the field battle let's listen to what ursula fonderei said. security in europe also means doing more for our own defence. our common goal must be very clear. we must significantly ... increase our defense industrial capacity over the next five years, and this must be based on a simple principle: europe must spend more, more efficiently, and it must spend european money, and this will help us meet the urgent need for replenishment and modernization of the armed forces of the member states, and we continue to support ukraine. mr. yevgeny, it seems that neither macron

nor ursula fonderyn calculated, and other european leaders did not... calculate that russia is capable of such a large-scale war, of such a scale of war, and why do you think that all european analysts and european special services, why did they not calculate such an option, that this war could be more than they imagined, and that this war could affect them in the future, this is the inertia of thinking and the unwillingness to imagine... a world without russia. let me remind you that until february 24, 22 2018, the majority, more than 90% of western analysts said that ukraine would fall apart under the first strike of russia. they predicted a blitzkrieg for them, right? blitz-krieg, which will lead to a heavy defeat to the destruction of ukraine. but

this did not happen. the war became protracted . european fields. shamed the politicians, they promised ukraine a million shells by march of this year, but delivered at best half, and this undermines their position. ursula fondeyan, she is very interesting in politics because she is on one side managed to visit the minister of defense of germany a few years ago, and on the other hand, if you read her biography, you will see that she is really all-european. a politician who is stuck in a procrusian box in purely german politics, despite the fact that germany is the most powerful country in europe, and therefore it calls for the expansion of the european union. it calls for increased appropriations for arms production, it calls for maximum success, and it wants

to remain at the head of the european people's party and be its representative as the president of the european commission, that is, let's not forget that in three months there will be elections to the european parliament, in which... the people's party will try to maintain its position as the dominant political force of the old world. this also determines the position of ursula fonderlein. and the continuation of ukraine's effective resistance, the continuation of ukraine's struggle against russia, this is currently a component of the pre-election program of the european people's party, i have no interest in this issue doubts mr. yevgeny, one more topic. quite important, because in just a few hours the president of the united states of america, joseph biden, is to speak before the congress of the united states of america, but

obviously one of the topics will be an appeal for aid to ukraine, the restoration of funding, 61 billion dollars are planned to be allocated to ukraine, well, at least it was previously planned , but there was information that... president biden's administration is considering the possibility of using about 200 million dollars from the budget of the american army to provide operational aid to ukraine, as a large aid package remains blocked in congress, bloomberg reports. at the same time, as john kirby, the white house national security council's strategic communications coordinator, says, the biden administration continues to work with. that he approved such a financing package for ukraine. let's hear what john kirby had to say. it wasn't like we

weren't looking at other options, but whatever they were, they weren't going to be like additional funding, there's no way around it. replace. as i have said many times, there is no magic source that can do what additional funding can. but are we considering the options? absolutely, we must, given the situation on the battlefield, especially in the east. mr. yevgeny, everyone is talking about the need to help in ukraine. the president of france says that it is necessary, no, no, that it is necessary to cross red lines, that there are no such red lines, olaf scholz says that it is necessary to help ukraine, but does not provide taurus, the united states of america they are talking about the need to restore the financing of ukraine, what is holding them back, why them? for the past three or four months, they have not helped ukraine, but only talked about it. they are restrained on the one hand by the political situation within their

countries, on the other hand by the fact that they do not want to imagine a world without russia. they do not want to tell themselves that the russian empire is an empire that must collapse. and on the ukrainian side, there should be more active efforts aimed at showing. that the russian empire will surely collapse and we, ukrainians, will play a march at the funeral of the russian empire. this should be a fairly obvious point, we should work with it as actively as possible. and accordingly, this is what is currently the task of our foreign policy. we cannot afford to simply look at how this or that is simply moved back and forth. no. it won't happen, we have to be proactive, we have to work in a different way, not just wait for our western partners

to finally find a way to recognize russia, which needs to be dismantled into the smallest possible parts and not allowed to combine, we have to understand that unprovoked russian aggression is an extremely... serious challenge not only for ukraine, but for the whole world, and we have to work with it as actively as possible. thank you, mr. yevgeny, for the conversation, it was yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics. friends, we are working live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching live there. please, like this video and vote in our poll. today we ask you about whether you are able to... stop russia's aggression, yes, no, if you vote on youtube, everything is quite simple, either yes or no, if you have your own opinion, please leave it in the comments under this

video, it is always important for us to know your opinion, if you watch us on tv, take your smartphones and vote if you think that china is capable of stopping the aggression of russia, 0800-211-381, no 0800-211-382, all calls to these numbers are free. further in serhii bratchuk, spokesperson of the ukrainian volunteer army south, told our broadcast. mr. serhiy, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. glory to ukraine, glory to the armed forces, thank you. and to you for the invitation, congratulations. glory to heroes. let's start with yesterday's event, since almost all major western media wrote about the missile attack on odesa and how the russian missile exploded 500 km from president zelensky and the premier, 500 m from president volodymyr zelensky and the prime minister of greece, kyriakos mitsatakis, and... cnn reports and the greek media

reported in the state department of the united states of america commented on this incident. let's hear what washington has to say. i think this strike is another reminder of how russia continues to strike ukraine every day. this is a reminder of ukraine's need for air defense missiles. and it's a reminder that the united states congress. must take the measures we urge him to take in order to support ukraine in the fight against russian aggression. mr. serhiy, explain how it all happened and what it is means a blow to the port infrastructure, taking into account the grain corridor and the fact that the greeks are one of the largest carriers from odessa, according to the mediterranean,

mediterranean countries and... can this be considered a provocation by the russian federation and a deliberate blow during the visit of the prime minister era of greece? well, first of all, i will start with the second part of your question, whether it is possible to consider this a provocation. this is terror, purely, purely a terrorist act, another war crime of the russian federation, which, by the way, is documented, of course, because, unfortunately, there are dead people, there are wounded people, he recorded. and he too will be documented and put on the table for the judges of the international tribunal, which without a doubt will happen , of course, unfortunately, not tomorrow, not today, maybe not the day after tomorrow, but nevertheless it will happen and all criminals must be punished, how can you explain the terrorist's actions in general, i am often asked why odessa, let's say, is having nightmares these days, although i would like to remind you that since the beginning of the big...

invasion of odessa on february 24, 2022 arrived from the first minutes of the beginning of this war, let's talk about the second of may, when the enemy failed to capture odessa in the 14th year, then there was a battle, and actually from that time odessa, and this is the answer, including to the question, why it continues to have nightmares and will continue to try to do this, of course, although we are fighting back as effectively as possible, in my opinion, here is the second answer: it already lies in the emotional and moral plane, because odessa is really a bone for the enemy, because odessa has proven itself as a ukrainian sea gate , as the southern outpost of ukraine, which fought and continues to fight, to strengthen the defense capacity of the state and does not even plan the most terrible dreams, terrible dreams to imagine itself as some

little russian, new russian ... or even more russian city, that is why this revenge is so, you know, pitiful as it is customary to say, i apologize for the word, the boyish revenge of the gopnik-speaker, well, it is actually emotional, and if we take geopolitical military-political moments, including economic ones, then it is already returning to the question of why ports, why port infrastructure, this is also understandable, because that grain agreement, which has long since gone down in history, many people... probably even forgot about it when ukraine, turkey, the un were there, on the other hand, sorry, god, russia, turkey and the organization of the united nations, they forgot about it, why, because ukraine won back, i emphasize, won back its right, as well as the opportunity for our western partners and not only western partners, to work for new export, i emphasize, it is not purely grain, but export