12 in ukraine news on espress. ulyana panasiuk works in the studio. congratulations. 275,000 consumers remain without electricity in kharkiv region. this was reported by the head of the region oleg synygubov. more than 400,000 subscribers were connected to electricity during the day. utility workers continue to eliminate the consequences of yesterday's massive attack on the energy infrastructure. kharkiv still has the most difficult situation with power supply there. continue to return light

to homes, volodymyr zelenskyi said. according to him, everything was connected to electricity dnipropetrovsk oblast, except for nikopol, part of the community of ukraine has emergency shutdown schedules. another 1,050 russians went to hell thanks to our defenders. and in general, since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, there are already 435,760 occupiers. are boiling in the devil's cauldron, followed by their scrap metal: just last day, the defense forces turned into ashes 12 tanks, 19 armored combat vehicles, 36 art systems, 57 vehicles and 19 units of special equipment. 39 cruise missiles will never fly into the ukrainian sky again and 75 enemy drones. the data are indicative, the general staff emphasizes. and so that the losses

of the occupiers only increase, join the gathering of the espresso tv channel. the 74th battalion of the 102nd separate brigade urgently needs mavics and fpv drones. these soldiers defend the country in the zaporozhye direction, so that they do not risk their lives, do not go on an assault on minefields. drones are needed and we can help. our goal is half a million hryvnias. together with you , we have already collected almost 410 thousand. get involved, any amount is important. details you see on your screens. russian special services reported the detention of four men in the bryansk region. it was they who allegedly staged the shooting in the moscow suburbs. propaganda convinces that the suspects were going to the border with ukraine and should be hiding there. there is no reliable evidence in russia. earlier

, rossmi published the names of the men involved in the incident, all of whom turned out to be citizens of tajikistan. let me remind you that yesterday evening, unknown persons with assault rifles broke into crocus city hall before the start of the concert of the russian band picnic, and opened fire. after the shots , a fire broke out in the room, the fire covered most of the concert hall, and the roof collapsed there. as a result of the incident, at least 115 people died, and another hundred were injured. at the same time, russian propagandists of the ntv channel published a fake in which the secretary of the ukrainian national security and defense council, oleksiy danilov, allegedly confirmed ukraine's involvement in the incident in the suburbs of moscow. this was reported in the center for combating disinformation. for this deep fake , the russians used footage from a ukrainian tv channel, but the facial expressions in the video do not match and speech. quality. the number of fakes is very low,

the center for countering disinformation emphasizes. the us senate has finally approved a budget of more than a trillion dollars. this happened after the formal onset of the shutdown, that is, the state when part of the ukrainian government stops working due to the lack of a new estimate. the bill was supported by 74 senators, 24 were against, the associated press writes. now the document must be signed by us president joe biden. overall, congress approved the budget for the current fiscal year with a six-month delay. the reason was disputes between politicians on various issues. in particular, republicans demanded to cut costs and strengthen border security. there were also discussions about supporting ukraine. let me remind you, he promised in the congress. proceed

to approval of aid to kyiv only after approval of the budget. ukrainian volunteers do not get tired. helping military and civilians does not spare resources, strength and time for others. one of them is anastasia bervetska. she began supporting ukrainian children and the military even before the full-scale invasion. see the story of the lviv volunteer in the story of natalia stareprava. anastasia barvatska, founder of the charity fund factory happiness. the woman helps children, fallen soldiers, displaced persons, people from low-income families. our military she has been involved in charity since 2018, she says: she felt the call to volunteering since she was a child, now it has become an integral part of her life. here i have diapers, hygiene products, for children, for adults, for the seriously injured, they bring me, these are ordinary

people, like you and me, then i i forward it, and you can see all the reports, in the same way, on my facebook, i display everything completely, in reality there are a lot of me, because i. i report for each, each sock and for each hryvnia spent, there are products, sweets for which we also pack for the children, and there are medicines, yesterday i just sent a lot of everything and, well, i always have this one, you know, i also sent something it came again, i sent it and it came again, here just today i received sleeping bags, about 20 pieces, i haven’t counted yet, it will be enough for our boys, you can see a lot here clothes, we also sort them, put them together, i send only the best, so i really have a request for people, when you hand over some clothes, hand them

clean, untorn, because i am sure that you would not have worn such a thing without your child , and it takes me extra half a day to repack everything. she threw it out and sorted it out, well , in fact, sometimes such things are sent, which is very ugly, they go to the warehouse and her volunteer conveyor, packaging of clothes, hygiene products, medicines, toys, military equipment takes place. requests from the military are different, but thanks to facebook followers and her companions, nastya tries to quickly cover all the needs of our defenders. that's why i help with ammunition. e food, groceries, coffee, medicines , it is very important, e, what else, i don’t know, i have a lot of things, shoes, they need some kind of tape, for the car, lubricants, i fully provide four brigades every month with different lubricants, there

to the box, to the automatic, to the diesel engine, motor oil, i used to open cans, there are some fees there. now it has become a little more difficult, so i i try to close requests with military lotteries. people give me some trinket or picture or something sweet, i put up a lottery ticket, for example, the last lottery ticket was so powerful for me in three days, one woman gave me an embroidered shirt, very cool, 16, in three days i did not collect on the lottery ticket, i think it's very cool, besides , anastasia visits every week. employees and treats them with goodies, because they also need not only weapons and ammunition, but also a kind word, care and support. this is the award i received at the end of december from ours 103 of the lviv brigade, they always

tell me that i am like mother teresa for them, i support them every week with various sweets, dumplings, in our house. the morning starts with messages, plus-plus, morning, good morning, everything is fine with us, some of us went there today, some came, and that's it, i have a calm day. the volunteer is not going to stop there and plans to expand her factory of happiness, because according to her, even after our victory, both children and our soldiers will need help, well the situation in fact, it is critical, well, the military. they will return, here they are left without a job , someone, someone's wife has left , there are many such cases, and they will need to be supported, well, they are left without a job, without a breadwinner, it is necessary to continue to support the family, because indeed sometimes there are such requests,

that people don't have anything to eat, so i will try to make my factory of happiness grow, prosper, and be filled with all kinds of good things. and i will try to support even more, honestly. anastasia calls on all ukrainians to become part of the happiness factory. donate to... needs of children from the armed forces of ukraine can be done by card number or qr code that you see on the screen. natalya starepravo, andriy polikovskyi, espresso tv channel. that 's all for me, but you can always find more news on the espresso tv website. my colleagues work there 24/7. before meeting.

glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. today in the program. over 150 missiles and drones. ukraine repelled one of the largest air strikes. recent attacks, how seriously damaged was the energy infrastructure? the first billion already in july, the european union is ready to give ukraine profits from frozen russian assets. results of the eu summit in brussels. loan instead of aid. republicans in the us congress have embraced trump's idea of ​​supporting ukraine on credit. is this option acceptable? we will talk about this and other things over the next hour with the former minister of energy ivan plachkov and

former extraordinary and, rather, not former, but former ambassador of ukraine to the united states of america, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary valery chaly. in the second part of our program, we will have the journalist club olga len and olga musafirova. however, before starting our big conversation like this, let's watch the video consequences of one of the most massive combined attacks of russia on ukraine, which took place on the night of march 22, the russians used 88 missiles of various types, 63 kamikaze drones, the air force managed to shoot down 92 enemy air targets, with more than 150, but many missiles and drones hit houses and businesses in zaporizhzhia, kharkiv, dnipro, khmelnytskyi and other cities of ukraine. let's see how it all happened.

and just a few minutes before our live broadcast, a powerful shooting occurred in the suburbs of moscow. this is crocusi hall, it is one of the shopping and entertainment centers in the suburbs of moscow, there

was a concert of the piknik band, and unknown people broke into the shopping and entertainment center, started shooting people, they say that people were wearing camouflage and masks, it is already known about 12 dead and 50 wounded, the special forces have already gone there, to the shopping center. there is currently a fire going on in the center, the conclusions of who did it and how they did it will obviously come later, we will talk about it in the first part as well. of our program with valery chaly and in the journalist club with olga musafirova and olga len we will discuss this event, obviously there will already be some official versions of what happened, well, in short, during the evening i hope that there will be more information and it will be clear that what there happened and who arranged

is it possible that the fsb arranged it, referring there to the fact that ... there may be some russian terrorist groups involved in this, very, very much different information is coming out, during the evening we will definitely return to this topic and comment, except in addition, during the program we are conducting a survey, today we are asking you about whether ukraine should strike russia's critical infrastructure, well, it is meant in response to russia's strikes on ukraine. so, if you're on youtube... yes, no, vote or this button, or that, if you have a special opinion, please write in the comments under this video, if you are watching us on the air, pick up your smartphone and phone, if you think that ukraine should strike critical infrastructure russia, 0800 211 381, no, 0800-211-382, call, all calls to these numbers are

free, and we have our first guest on the line, ivan plachkov, head of the council... of the public union, all-ukrainian energy assembly, former minister of fuel and energy of ukraine, mr. ivan, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today, congratulations, good health to everyone, and we wish you good health, let's start with the large-scale attack of the russian federation on energy facilities, which took place on the night of march 202 , 15 regions of ukraine were shelled during . days in total and attacked 150 infrastructure objects, the situational center of the ministry of defense reports. today's air attack by the russians was aimed at the ukrainian energy infrastructure and became the largest in recent times, says energy minister herman galushchenko, in particular it was one of the power transmission lines

feeding the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was damaged, but by this time it had already been restored, several direct hits. dniprovska hpp in zaporizhzhia was hit by rockets, there was also a fire there. how do you, mr. ivan, assess the extent of the damage caused by russia this night to the ukrainian energy sector? this is truly an unprecedented attack on the energy infrastructure. both by the number of its missiles and by geography. damaged. there are also thermal power plants in different regions, such as dniproges, and air power plants power transmission lines, high-voltage and distribution, and a sufficiently large number of support substations, both high-voltage and those of such an average power, that somewhere

ukraine lost two, two, somewhere two. despite the fact that at that time about 10,000 megawatts of power was consumed, that is 20%, and the aggressor tried to destroy the integrity of our power system, to destroy it so that we would have a blackout across the country as a whole, but the energy workers kept the power system, yes were the city of kharkiv and other regions of the city and the countryside are also without electricity regions but the power industry managed to restore the main power lines in a fairly short period of time, including the damaged ones at the zaporozhye nuclear power station

, and consumers are already starting to recover on a large scale. losses in terms of equipment, equipment , such expert assessments are currently being conducted, well, we can say that they are large enough, as far as the supply of electricity to consumers is concerned, then i believe that it is, well , i think, a matter of days, there are several days, i think that a week at most, but there may be some outages. local, regional in order to power engineers could also restore substations and so on, well, it will be so short-term such outages, well... if we entered the heating season this past with a safety margin of somewhere 5-8%, and as a rule, in measured times we entered with a margin of 30 -40, then it will be difficult for us

to restore all the equipment before the next disgraceful season, for this we need very large funds, for this we need resources, such as human resources, so that for the repair personnel, well, it is clear that very such ... difficult organizational issues, well it is quite possible, for this period, of course, we will receive help from our european partners, and now it is coming, technical assistance for electricity, and we will try to balance the power system, as it were, that is why the situation is so difficult, very difficult, critical, and therefore we do not need to forget about timely payment. for electricity, because the energy industry needs funds for recovery, and we know that the debt on the energy market is about 70 billion, we need

to remember about diesel generators so that they are fuel efficient, we need to save electricity, well, we already know how it is to do, and it is the main factor in protecting our energy infrastructure - this is the opposite. air defense, we need to strengthen, taking into account the fact that there are such massive attacks, when there are a large number of missiles, and it is difficult to intercept them, shoot them down and so on, we need to strengthen the protection of nuclear power plants, thermal power plants, that is, high-voltage networks, substations, and we must not forget that there have not yet been any strikes on our gas transport... at the end of the year, i think that when

the contract ends, next year we can expect an attack on the gas transportation, mr. ivan, in short, the director of ukrhydroenergo ihor syrota said on radio svoboda that ges-2 in zaporizhzhia is in a critical condition, but there is no threat of a dam breach. let's hear what he said. hydropower, of course, is powerful, super powerful. as for the majzal, the majzal, you understand, it is somewhat simplified, it is the majzal, where the aggregates are, where the upper part is, but where the aggregates are in in the construction part in the lower part, it is also a very powerful building, and the engine room, where all the electrical equipment is, well, of course there are windows, there about a... if the electrical equipment is on fire and the transformers are on fire, then of course the station does not work, the consequences we we will count up to during the day and understand

what happened and whether it will be able to work, if it can, then whether it will be limited or not at all for a certain period of time gs2 will be able to work. mr. ivan, what does the absence of gs2 in the ukrainian energy system mean in numbers? well, look, it's... er, dniprovska hpp, it's powerful power plant, there it is divided into hes-1, hes-2, it is more than 1000 mw of power, and it works, as a rule, as a regulating power, which is very necessary, it is very important for e-e balancing, for the stable operation of the power system, and we know that on gs2 there was a fire in mashzal, now i think that already. they will find out, it would be difficult to get there, because there was smoke, and, well, the equipment on gs1 has already been partially put into operation, or connected, and

already partially, the progress has already started to work, well, they will figure out the energy and it is clear that they will restore this equipment and in order to ensure its full operation. but it all depends on which equipment is damaged, if it is a generator, it is very difficult, it is necessary, it is manufactured for more than one month, if it is a turbine, if it is transformer, transformer equipment, well , the energy industry will work, we know that of energy, they were always distinguished by high discipline, high organization and the highest. professionalism, well, i hope, there are already statements that our european partners, uh, they have already promised to provide assistance for

the restoration, er,... on the day of progress, i think that in the warehouses you can also find such equipment at other power plants, hydroelectric power plants in europe, so that it is possible to replace that for thermal power plants, yes, the situation there is more complicated, in europe we do not have such equipment, such boilers do not work, such turbines do not work, so this will have to be resolved. the question is a little different. prime minister of ukraine denys shmyhal promised to restore during the government meeting electricity supply to household consumers throughout the day. let's hear what shmigel said. now we are working on fixing everything. repair crews are working 24x7 to restore electricity to ukrainian homes as soon as possible. we will return the light

in three stages: the first - healed. critical infrastructure, this is heat supply, water supply and hospitals, the second stage we are reviving the population, the third stage we are reviving the industry, first we need a day to heal all household consumers, we will restore everything gradually. mr. ivan, shmegal says that the situation is controlled by the government, and under what conditions can this situation be uncontrolled? no, well, you know, the situation is always the energy companies always control the situation, they are, because it is the energy system, it works around the clock, regardless of anything, if there is damage, the information is immediately available, and not only that they control the energy companies constantly e- well, they develop new circuits, connections from other substations, and so

on, there are better ones. a lot of options, uh, and well, i wouldn't be so optimistic, here well, if the government, they are always such optimists, and the management of the industry, there in a day , well, i think, in a day, hardly with such bass blows, i also said, it is a few days, i think, a week, if they are revived, if they can all consumers, even after that we must understand what has come. season, the equipment worked almost in its full composition, we need to repair this equipment, power units in the summer, they cannot work there for a whole year or two or three without repairs, we need to decommission this equipment, and not exclusively, not only taking into account that the situation in the power grids is so complicated

, we will have to disconnect some group of consumers for some ... country , and here are my colleagues from european countries, they constantly call me, that, and ask, say, i, how do you do it, how is this system, you can maintain it, how with that equipment composition, it works and there is no knockout, say, he says, you write everything down and memorize it, it will be necessary to teach us, this really incredible things that energy workers are doing today, well, it's so easy to say, let's get it, we'll do everything, well, i wouldn't, i wouldn't say that, i wouldn't say that, i'm not that optimistic, it's a very difficult situation, dozens substations, high-voltage networks

, several thermal power plants, for... progress, well, well, well, what a day, well, thank you, thank you, mr. ivan, for the conversation, it was ivan plachkov, the economic minister of fuel and energy of ukraine. friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who now watch us on youtube. take part in our survey. we ask you about whether ukraine should strike at the critical infrastructure of russia, yes, no, or your answer, please write in the comments, if you watch us on tv, take your smart phone. or phone and vote if you think ukraine should strike russia's critical infrastructure (0800-211-381, no), 0800-211-382. all calls to these numbers are free, vote, we will summarize this at the end of the program voting. next, we have valery chaly, diplomat, ambassador of ukraine to the united states of america in 2015-19, chairman of the board of the ukrainian crisis media center,

mr. valery, i congratulate you. thank you for being with us today, i congratulate you.