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kharkiv, under ballistic fire, air alert throughout the territory of ukraine and the threat of using daggers. my greetings to all the viewers of espresso, i am eva melnyk, and i will start with... who are the six victims in zaporizhzhia. the russians settled the city in the afternoon. according to the secretary of the city council of anatoliy kurtiva, three high-rise buildings, one private house, a dormitory and a shop were damaged. the head of the zaporizhzhia regional military administration, ivan fedorov, previously wrote that the occupiers probably struck with aerial bombs. since the beginning of this year, the russians have carried out 30,000 shelling of ukraine. for... in 2023, the occupiers

raided our country 66,000 times. this information was provided by the deputy minister of internal affairs of ukraine, oleksiy sergeev , during a meeting with representatives of the christian social union in the parliament of the state of bavaria. kremlin snipers attack mainly with drones and drones, targeting civilians and critical infrastructure facilities. first a full-scale invasion. 217 thousand objects were damaged. - concluded sergeev. the russians wounded a 47-year-old resident of the village of duchany in the kherson region. he has explosive and craniocerebral injuries, fragmentary injured spine. - reported in the regional military administration. doctors assess his condition as average. and about the electricity situation in kharkiv oblast, on average, the lights are turned off there 6 hours a day.

residents have guaranteed electricity for only two hours, but almost all residents of kharkiv are provided with electricity at night, oleg synogubov, the head of the region, announced. there is not enough electricity for 300,000 townspeople and half a million residents of the region. the shutdown schedules introduced at the beginning of the week do not correspond to reality and are being corrected. at the same time, we face such a problem. that our internal networks in the region cannot withstand, that is, the voltage, and we had two emergency ones just this day, that is, from outages, where we had to additionally adjust people's outages accordingly. we understand that the situation is currently unstable, so limiting the use of elevators, because we were faced with the fact that we really had emergency ones due to disconnection, means, well, really do everything possible in order to be... as

autonomous as possible. espresso's volunteer kitchen continues to work for victory. for the second year in a row, we have been making our own vitamin mixtures for the armed forces. currently, the initiative is gaining momentum in parcels to the front. except vitamins and others appear, our defenders need goodies: dried fruits, nuts, jerky, lozenges, dry soups and borschts, lard and canned meat, everything that will feed ours at zero. we have a lot. requests, so your help is also needed, dear viewers, join and support our soldiers to nato, you can see all the details on the screen. the security service of ukraine reported another suspicion of treason to the pro-kremlin propagandist mykhailo shpiri, who is currently hiding in the temporarily occupied part kherson region. the man approved the detonation of the tower of ukrainian mobile communication and broadcasting operators when... russians were fleeing from

the right bank, and also publicly called on the russian general staff to launch missile strikes on ukraine's energy facilities. last year, the occupiers awarded him a medal for a full-scale retrenchment. torgeny shpirm was a frequent guest on medvedchuk's tv channels. that year, in june, he already received a 10 -year prison sentence in absentia for his actions, but now he faces a more severe punishment. he took half a million hryvnias, which were evidence in the case. before an ex-law enforcement officer from zhytomyr oblast will stand trial. during the search of a suspected drug dealer, a police officer found money. but did not deposit them and did not return them even after the court decided to return the funds to the owner, the state bureau of investigation said. currently, he has been dismissed from his position, such a wage earner faces up to eight years in prison.

a 23-year-old driver who was transporting five plastic bottles with a dangerous synthetic drug was detained in the lviv region. which is also called pvp. vigilant the policeman offered help to the driver who was standing on uzbichcha, the man was nervous about the patrolman's question about the contents of the bottles, he did not answer on his shoulder bag until he drove away, until the investigative team drove by. a resident of chernihiv oblast was informed of the suspicion, which could correspond to twelve years, many years. in the aftermath of the deaths of seven volunteers in the gaza strip, the israeli command released two idf officers after an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy from the world central kitchen charity. it's going about the fire support commander of the brigade in

the rank of major and the chief of staff of the brigade in the rank of colonel. two more commanders were reprimanded. the defense army said that the strike was carried out without sufficient data on the target. the military were sure. that attack hamas fighters. important talks: prime minister of ukraine denys shmehal met with lithuanian president gitanus nauseda in vilnius. the prime minister thanked the lithuanian leader for his support of ukraine and said that he expects continued cooperation in the defense field. together with nauseda discussed sanctions and confiscation of russian assets, as well as humanitarian aid and integration. of ukraine to the european union and nato. return our relatives with such a slogan in the center of lviv. military families came out to support the captured and missing. our correspondent

natalya starapravo is at the scene. natalia, congratulations and tell us about the purpose of such an action. greetings to annoyeva, greetings to our viewers, just now in the city center, near the monument to taras shevchenko , several dozen people have gathered, these are relatives of the military, prisoners of war and those who have gone missing, they are standing with flags and posters, and a call to return their relatives home, in particular, relatives of soldiers from the 24th separate mechanized brigade, relatives of soldiers from other military units, brigades also joined, we talked with... . with mrs. olena lukashuk, who came from the volyn region, she has not had any information about her husband since june 2022, she called on international organizations more than once to help bring her husband home and at least get some news from

him, so let's listen. yes, unfortunately, since june 22, i have been looking for my husband, volodymyr lukashuk, and i have no information about him. together with women who also have such a problem, who are faced with the fact that there is absolutely no information, for their relatives, we united, and once again we want to remind society, international organizations, in particular ukrainians, that the war continues, the war continues, it is necessary to support our defenders in every possible way, to support the families of the missing and captured, just now this march will go through the city center, market square to the lviv regional military administration, where there will also be pickets, and i will add that as of today, according to official data , there are about 23,000 ukrainians in polona, ​​among them both civilians and military, but this in fact, the number is inaccurate, there are much

more of them, which is why every time ukrainians try in any way to get their loved ones back home. so that's the news for now , i'll turn the floor over to the studio. espresso correspondent natalya starapravo, who visited actions of families of prisoners of war and missing persons. and that's all i have, see you soon. already at 6 p.m., the news department is working on the final issue , we will tell you about the most current events, then don't miss the projects of serhii zgurets, war and weapons. we invite you to our sleep laboratory. matro-lux is one of the largest manufacturers

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right now and affect our lives, of course, the news feed reports about them, but it is not enough to know what is happening, it is necessary to understand. antin borkovskii and invited experts soberly assess the events, analyze them, modeling our future. every saturday at 13:10 with a repeat at 22:00. studio event with anton borkovsky. on espresso. welcome to the espresso channel. today, in our war and weapons program, we will talk about how ukraine can produce more weapons in partnership with european and american companies. of course, this topic is not new. western media from time to time write that there are successes in the work of the ukrainian defense industry, and this is definitely positive, because such information definitely contributes

to the improvement of our position in the world. but there is also the other side of the coin, there are also statements from our partners. that it is difficult for them to understand who exactly is in ukraine and which ministry is responsible for cooperation and promotion of certain projects with our partners, whether the ministry of defense, or the ministry of strategy and industry, or the ministry of digital, about these ukrainian labyrinths, to things, the american new york times recently wrote, and there, by the way, it was also recognized that, in their opinion, the ukrainian defense market has significant prospects. and now in the conditions of war, and in the future, because as an example, ukraine spent 1.3 billion dollars on the purchase of weapons and equipment this year, which, by the way, is 20 times more than in the 21st year. of course, the increase in our defense spending may interest our defense partners, but, in my opinion, this is still not enough, because

we need to look for more active mechanisms for activation cooperation with our potential and real business partners in the defense sector, and when we hear there, by the way, also statements about the creation of joint ventures with partners, we see that in practice these processes do not yet catch up so quickly with these statements. so, can ukraine create competition, perhaps even with european and american companies, in order to speed up the development of its own defense-industrial complex. we will, we will discuss all these issues in... our program war and weapons, my name is serhii sgurets, i am the director of the information and consulting company defense express. and now the first guest joins us, this is oleksii yizhak, an expert of the national institute of strategic studies, mr. oleksii, i congratulate you, i am glad to see kanaluso on the air, i congratulate you, you and i have repeatedly talked

about the creation and development of our own defenders, well, this is so urgent and relevant. necessary to ensure our defense, and they also talked about the fact that without foreign companies, it will be necessary to ensure such a significant breakthrough extremely difficult. the question arises whether the current ukrainian defense market is already such that it is sufficiently tempting for american or european companies that want and can enter our markets, how do you... see it precisely in this context? well, first of all, i would like to say that labyrinths exist not only in our country, in general, this sphere of defense procurement, it is also considered by economists, one of such problematic ones, which, and this problem must be solved globally, not only in that, but not that that international efforts, and each individual country will be forced

to address this issue as costs rise globally. and this market has never been clear, especially if we talk about the european market, which is completely fragmented, despite the single market of the european union, despite nato, but it still remains fragmented, and how everything is arranged there is very difficult, and if, if there everything was simple, there was no need for this phenomenon in the world arms trade, like agents pushing through certain contracts, without them, well any. in fact, maybe all this will go away when it is over, at the end of this war , the issues will be resolved and everything will become clear and easy, although there will probably always be, always, where there is a state interest, there will always be certain restrictions that make the market difficult.

as for how attractive we are, how attractive our ukrainian market is, eh? it is attractive, but i agree not only because our partners have counted purchases of 1.4 billion, well, let's not argue, in principle, really, how much is actually bought, but there is really a big growth, but no matter how you count it, it is a big growth, it is not so huge that international defense production grants come to... ukraine, this is not enough, these are not the funds, but on the other hand, there are additional mechanisms that force , which are very attractive to our partners, first. this is the international aid we receive, it is huge, it, it, well, 350 billion have already been allocated,

what ukraine received, of course, not all of it, not all of it is its own military weapons, military equipment, but much of this money has already closer to the front in ukraine, and the companies that are closer to the front, where these weapons are actually... used, repaired, serviced, all this, they are also interested, and finally this effect, it, it is registered, it, it important, the companies that are currently investing in the armaments of ukraine, they, their capitalization is growing rapidly, this is especially visible in europe, where in europe there has been economic stagnation for two years, there is no growth, but... companies that are investing in ukraine, who supply weapons for aid or by other mechanisms, but those who send physical weapons to ukraine, their

capitalization increases many times, all this together, of course, creates such a driver, they are ready to come, there are already significant, significant ones, we hear these statements and about rain metal, and about the alliance, the alliance that makes... caesars and and and leopards, all these european alliances are ready to come, there are those that are ready to implement closer to the front, to produce ammunition, here, here, here we have to agree with those considerations that need to be done so that they it was clear how to work in ukraine, this is a big, big problem, but not only our problem, and by the way, you hid primarily european... defense companies, german, french, which enter the ukrainian market with projects, and what about the american ones companies, are the americans not slowing down these processes, are

they not lagging behind the europeans, or on the contrary are the europeans now trying to outdo the americans in the promising, according to their estimates, arms market, i have the impression that the american companies, they did not consider all these incentives that i... roared are already too attractive, because they have different volumes, and they have other opinions, there is an eye towards india, towards the countries of the persian gulf, australia, there and there maybe something else, well, and their own, their own american budget - this is what drives the american campaigns, the american budget - it's maybe half of all military spending in the world, well maybe not half, well there, well... almost maybe half, that is, for them it's the main thing, and that's why they didn't invest much in that, they weren't really interested in the tool, except i think

lockida, which nevertheless produces many missiles that are used, for them this is an additional such market stimulus, but now when we see that the europeans have started to use this mechanism, well , it seems that a certain competition has begun, but... in the end the americans, they, well , they don’t see it yet, i can’t say, they do it consciously, they just gave it to the europeans , well, maybe so, or they just don’t yet think that the money is so big and large-scale, i think this mechanism will work after there are successful cases in european large grants from large european companies, and when we talk about successful cases, is this the end? the construction of the rain metal plant, there are projects with the french, it is the beginning of the production of new samples at ukrainian enterprises, the purchase of these samples by the ukrainian

ministry of defense, these are successful cases, well , one successful case we are now seeing about what our partners write, as a ukrainian device , relatively speaking, light motor aircraft, adapted technical vision, machine vision with the help of well... this is a division of artificial intelligence, and this thing without radar can fly to not only reach oil refineries, hit exactly that, recognize exactly that part of this plant, which, which, which creates, well, which allows it to be removed for a long time, well, such long, unfortunately , such cases, they are more for military technologies, for those companies that employ technologists. there's not a lot of money here, there's a technology case here, and there's no business case really, well yeah, yeah, actually, it's a technology test, there's really some

important, important international... companies proved that their technology works, that it can be used not only in civilian life, but also on the front, this is very important from a psychological point of view, but such large weapon cases, i think, after all, it is primarily ammunition and production and missiles for, well, what is constantly being spent on the front, a large order, if certain significant funds pass through the plant, which is located in... in ukraine with investments, or, well, probably with investments, these are already big cases, and when , when rainemetal will show everyone that placing plants in the baltic countries, placing a plant in ukraine, it actually not only gives new orders, government and western, but also increases capitalization, well, this will motivate a lot of people, despite the inertia, i

think, still the main thing, why americans. .. not yet with such ideas, this is inertia, they simply do not see this mechanism yet. mr. oleksii, thank you very much for the time you found for our viewers, for your explanations, we look forward to further meetings on our air, i will remind the viewers that it was oleksii yezhak, an expert of the national institute of strategic research, and now we are joined by pavlo verhnyatskyi, director and managing partner of the ukrainian company kosa, co-coordinator of the work. of the security and aerospace group of the american-ukrainian business council, mr. pavle, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear from eteriso. good afternoon, sami. you probably heard a piece of conversation with oleksiy yezhak, who said that american companies are in no hurry to enter the ukrainian market, they are looking at the experience of europeans, whether europeans will succeed there or not with ukrainian oboronka, foreign publications. the press,

in particular the new york times, which i mentioned at the beginning, which also says that american companies lag behind european ones in the ukrainian market, what would you say against the background of these statements, against the background of these realities, if they are realities, given the fact that you know in detail what exactly american defense companies think about ukraine and when are they really going to enter the ukrainian market? well, unfortunately, i have to agree with your previous... guest that american companies are really not very they are in a hurry, they are all looking closely, they are all conducting active communications with both the state and the private sector, at the same time it is impossible to say that they are lagging behind european companies either, because this is the second, unfortunately, because to say that european companies they are already very active and are doing something too, probably not possible, there are declarations, there are certain

steps. but they all revolve around rather insignificant projects from the point of view of industry, at the same time american companies, we see a certain dynamic, at least we see how they were a year ago, in general, from across the ocean they looked at what was happening here, first of all, they directed their efforts to work with the american government so that... their equipment ended up in ukraine, in orders for ukraine, but for american money, for today, of course , and against the background of the delay in the adoption of the aid budget for ukraine in the amount of about 60 billion dollars by the congress, and against the background of, well, some kind of elaborated communication, the

american companies at least started. they have already received permits to at least come to ukraine, it is already good, they are physically here they arrive, communicate, bring in quite a good level of delegations, well, delegations, these are very working visits, which in principle are not well politicized, but concrete, concrete communication, and for several weeks now we can see how some companies that were not here . for a very long time, they physically sent their colleagues to certain certain negotiations. moreover, from american companies, you can note there, for example, a certain activity, but from the giants, you can probably single out boeing, they have been here for a long time and they have representative office, but actually specialists in the wax, yes component of boeing, it is

significantly different there from the civil one, that... and they are already here too.