well, he gave his reaction accordingly: china and the united states must take responsibility for world peace. direct speech of xijin ping. i have always believed that a big country should behave like a big country, have the mind and responsibility of a big country. china the united states should set an example of such behavior and take responsibility for world peace and promote global unity. i would very much like comrade cijin pins to direct some of his diplomatic energy to... his unofficial ally of sorts, the russian federation, which is waging an aggressive, arrogant and unjust war, attacking us, ukraine, and accordingly, xi jinping says that a big country should behave like a big country, have the mind and responsibility of a big country, but for some reason he tells the us secretary of state , not to putin, but in any case, another important signal is that china and the united states must take ... responsibility for

world peace, well, let's see if the people's republic of china will join, even as an observer to a certain peace conference that will be held in switzerland in june, well, but, but, but, china, so to speak, the matter is quite delicate, and now literally, well , during the second minute there, we will watch together with you, together with you , the minister's joint briefing. of defense lloyd austin and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general charles brown. according to the results of the 21st meeting in the ramshtein format. let me remind you that for the first time such a meeting at the level of defense ministers was held on the 26th april 22nd. well, this, so to speak, i ’m announcing a little bit, well, but the story is extremely important, and i think that ... literally

in a second we will watch it together, but so that we can prepare, so to speak, for something like this, i suggest now together with you to watch the dajjas of international news, which was prepared by my colleague yuriy fizer, about all the most important things from the international world, we will now learn. poses an existential threat not only to ukraine, but also to europe, and this cannot be underestimated. the president said this during a speech in the european parliament ursula fonderjaen of the european commission. according to her, putin cannot be allowed to win, because his victory will not just change the world map, it can change the entire course of european history, and the eu will never be the same again. france wants to punish russia with sanctions for its destabilizing actions before the elections. to the european parliament.

in particular, the french government proposes to introduce restrictions against a number of individuals and legal entities from the terrorist country who may be involved in attempts to organize disinformation special operations, as well as interference in european elections. france's proposal has already been supported in latvia, lithuania, the netherlands, poland and estonia. in 2020, the nato leadership was preparing for a military intervention in belarus. this was said by the self-proclaimed president of the country oleksandr lukashenko during his speech at the all-belarusian people's assembly. according to him , in august of the 20th year, the west in general and the north atlantic alliance in particular were closely monitoring how the protests of the belarusian opposition would end. in nato, they rubbed their hands with hope - says lukashenko and hoped to seize at least the western regions of belarus. whose and for whom is armenia? valentina, speaker of the russian federation council.

suggested asking the armenian parliament for an explanation of one of the last speeches of its head, in which he used the term invasion when talking about the war in ukraine. in addition, he stated that official yerevan supports the territorial integrity of ukraine. such a statement seemed to the russian senators to be solidarity with nazism and an attempt to erase russian-armenian relations, so they demand explanations the secret service of the united states of america, which is engaged in the protection of the current and former presidents of the country, has begun to draw up a plan to protect donald trump in case he is put in a cell of preliminary detention. the organization itself does not believe that a judge can make such a decision, but they are making a plan just in case, and have already held several working meetings. however, the secret service does not yet know what they will do if trump is sentenced to a long prison term. meanwhile,

the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi announced the formation of new brigades of the defense forces. yes, he stated this during address to the members of the contact group on the defense of ukraine ramshtein today friday, according to volodymyr zelensky , ukraine needs the support of western partners to strengthen the defense potential, i am quoting now for the attention of the president. now we are forming new brigades to strengthen our positions, they need support, just like the brigades already at the front. this is an extremely important signal. we are forming new brigades to strengthen our position. it's official. message our president meanwhile, in kyiv , two hospitals are being urgently evacuated due to messages on social networks about rocket attacks. yes, they have already started the urgent evacuation of hospitals, one of them is a children's hospital.

they decided to take such measures due to reports of russian intentions to attack medical facilities, as russian interventionists believe that our military is stationed there. about it today, friday. informed the press service of the kyiv city state administration, where it was noted that a video was spread on the internet, in which a blow to two was actually announced medical institutions of kyiv, that is why the city authorities were forced to start the urgent evacuation of medical personnel and patients of those hospitals, i quote: in order to protect sick children, their parents and medical personnel, the authorities of the capital are doing everything possible to transport patients and doctors to other medical institutions of the capital, and so on. .. the kmda emphasized that the information about the stay of military personnel in hospitals is an absolute lie and a provocation of the enemy. in this way , the russians are trying to justify their attacks on the capital's social infrastructure. well, the signal is extremely serious, and what about us

we are waiting for her secretary of defense of the united states austin, as well as the chief of the united states joint staff, general brown, to now gather with ... forces for the final conference, the above-mentioned united states secretary of state anthony blinkin has already threatened china with new sanctions in beijing in case of supporting russian aggression against ukraine. i made it very clear - said antony blinkin, that we are ready to act. blinkin noted that the european partners of the united states have repeatedly expressed. worried the actions that chinese companies take to support the russian industrial base, this is not only about the immediate threat posed by russia and its aggression against ukraine, it is about the medium and long-term threat that many europeans feel from

their own experience, that russia potentially poses to them, well, now i suggest you review e-information. from my colleague oleksandr morschavka, in particular, it is about the main economic news, it is important, don't miss it, let's watch it together. support within the framework of the ukraine facility program, this week the european union has allocated a new tranche of macrofin to ukraine. we are talking about 1.5 billion euros. this was announced by the president of the european commission, ursula fonlein. in her post on the social network , she noted the funds. necessary so that the state and services of ukraine can work while the fight against russian aggression continues. electricity tariffs will increase by 15% this year. in 2025, there will be the same amount, such forecasts of experts were published by the ministry of economy. let me remind you that the ban on increasing

prices for gas, hot water and heating is still in effect, and this one the moratorium does not apply to electricity and cold water. yes, the government says that the increase in kilowatts is necessary because of the need to finance the restoration. critical infrastructure, it continues to suffer due to russian shelling. the eu is ready to finance a pilot program of social housing in ukraine. this will take place with the support of the european investment bank and the european commission. the initiative on subsidized rent may start in the fall. a loan of 200 million euros is being discussed. the model assumes, in particular, that the objects should be fully owned by the municipality. the sector has to be self-supporting and financially stable. 80% of the premises are allocated for social housing. to the attention of business, derzhmayna fund has put up for sale the third prosthetic plant of the company in mykolaiv, the starting price is uah 11.5 million, the auction is scheduled for may 17, it consists of seven buildings, the company is engaged in the production of prostheses, orthopedic shoes, rehabilitation equipment, the main condition

for future owners - to maintain the activity profile for 10 years. the russian metallurgical giant is fleeing due to sanctions china. nornickel will close its arctic copper plant through. restrictions, there were problems with importing equipment. at the same time, the company plans to build the prydnebesniy enterprise, thus gaining direct access to the world's largest metals market. china has become one of the main destinations. for russian companies looking to export their goods there after the world imposed sanctions on muscovy following a full-scale invasion of ukraine. knauf completely curtails the activities of verefia. there is a german company worked for more than 30 years. dechevelele writes that the specific reasons for leaving the country of the aggressors were not reported. the company's statement emphasizes that it has decided to hand over the entire business, including raw material extraction, production and sales, to the local management. in this way , jobs are saved. let me remind you that recently knauf once again came under fire for its work in erefia, as well as in

mariupol, which was occupied by our enemy. well, we're waiting now for a direct feed from the closing briefing of united states secretary of defense austin and chief brown's joint staff. well, for now, only the americans. are getting confused, i think that maybe they are finalizing the final strokes with which they will characterize the last session of rammstein, here we see this eloquent american flag, we are waiting for the live broadcast, it is extremely interesting what they will say, but in the meantime, i will quote the us secretary of state again antony blinkina blinkina, who came to beijing to talk with the chinese leader comrade shijing ping, well, he... did not unequivocally hint to china that the chinese should

stop supporting russia, but the key story is how china will behave. so, i quote blinkin. all this concerns not only the immediate threat posed by russia and its aggression against ukraine. it is about the medium and long-term threat that many europeans feel from their own experience, which russia potentially poses to them as well. the state secretary added. that the us and european partners expect beijing to take steps aimed at curbing such aid to russia. as i said, we are looking at the actions that we are fully prepared to take if not we will see changes in the case of the contiguous states , we have already imposed sanctions on over a hundred chinese enterprises, export controls, etc., and we are fully prepared to act, to take additional measures, and i made that very clear during today's meeting. well, the key story is how official beijing, in particular xi jinping, will behave in reality, yes,

the key story is not what china will say, but how it will behave. well, in the meantime, i now suggest watching a digest of the main sports news from our colleague pastukhov. let's let's see what happened this week in sports. ukrainian gold in zagreb. daria bilodid triumphed at the european judo championship, which started in the croatian capital. the 23-year-old ukrainian defeated five rivals in a row. in the final match, bilodid won over the slovenian kaya kaizar. the fate of the match was decided in the third minute of extra time. kaiser earned her third shido and received a red card. for bilodid, this is the first gold. at world and european championship level tournaments after changing the weight category. until 2022, daria performed at

weight up to 48 kg. failures of ukrainian tennis players in spain. marto kostiuk suffered the earliest defeat in the last eight months at wta tournaments. kiyanka stopped performing at the competition in madrid already at the stage of the second round. in two sets, she lost to the egyptian mayar sherif - 26-57. lasted a little more than an hour and a half. defeat in 1:32 of the final of the tournament in madrid is the earliest exit for kostyuk this year. another ukrainian, angelina kalinina, also lost her match in madrid. in the three-hour standoff, kalinin gave way to the americans caroline dolheide 76-26-36. during the next three days, matches of the 26th round of the ukrainian premier league will take place. four meetings are scheduled for saturday. dnipro-1, dynamo, minai chornomorets, lnz shakhtar and veres movement.

three more games on sunday. zorya obolon, kolos oleksandria, kryvbas metalist 1925. the 26th round ends on monday, with the polissia-vorskla match. xavi thought about leaving barcelona, ​​the head coach of the catalans will continue to work with the team, although in january he himself announced his departure from the club at the end of the season. instead, on april 25, the management of bars. announced that xavi remains in the blau granas coaching chair. the specialist's agreement with the club is valid until the summer of 2025. the coach himself hopes that next season the team. will be able to fix what failed now. we probably won't win any trophies this season, but i think staying is the best decision. i think it adds stability, and i am first of all happy with all the support i have received from the club. many people have convinced me that this project is not finished. i'm staying to keep

winning. we will fix small details which cost us success this season. we believe that next season we will be closer to our goals. under xavi, barcelona won the spanish league in the 2022-2023 season and also won the country's super cup, beating real madrid in the final. currently, six rounds before the end of la liga, barca lags behind the leaders of the championship, madrid, by 11 points. xavi's wards have already said goodbye to the champions league. well, thank you colleagues, extremely interesting and informative digests, but in any case we understand that the key story is the russian-ukrainian front war, the situation there is tense, i reported about this today during our broadcast day. meanwhile, an important signal from the ministry of defense, attention of all, for all conscripts. therefore,

you can apply to recruiting centers with subpoenas for the collection of credentials. where the recruitment of citizens for service in the defense forces of ukraine continues. oleksiy bezhevets, the authorized representative of the ministry of defense of ukraine on recruiting issues, stated this. i quote bezhevts. even if you have a summons, this does not prohibit you from coming to the recruiting office in any way center. you have the opportunity to come and find yourself, to understand which vacancy you can still apply for, to choose for yourself. at the same time , bezhevets clarified that it is about the presence of a summons in the hands of a person for... to check credentials, i am quoting now the direct language of the representative of the official ministry of defense. we are not talking about a summons when a person has already arrived, has already passed the vlk and is actually ready to be sent to the unit? no, according to subpoenas issued to people to collect credentials, even after that a person can come and look for a job, looking for a place in a specific brigade for

a specific position, it works. bezhevets also announced the opening of another in ukraine. of the recruiting center to attract citizens to serve in the defense forces, in particular, it is said that the 14th recruiting center was opened in the city of kremenchuk, poltava region. so what, there is also good news from our cabinet, electricity tariffs have been extended without an increase. a relevant meeting was held today and a decision was made to extend the discounted price of 2.64 kopecks. by kilowatts of electricity for the population until may 31. the prime minister of ukraine, shmyhal , reminded that the cabinet of ministers has already approved a resolution that preserves the preferential price for gas for the suppliers of heat and hot water for the population until the end of the summer. the prime minister noted that this week naftogaz extended the concessional gas price for the population of 7.96 kopecks per cup.

well, the way he repeats about pil' is a bit stressful. constant price, concessional price for gas, concessional price for electricity, that is, this terminology seems to assume that concessions will end soon, dear citizens, and there is also important information, in particular, regarding pro-russian shelling, this time it is about nikopol region, so the occupiers carried out almost 20 attacks on nikopol region, three people were injured, high-rise buildings, private houses, a stadium and an infrastructure object were damaged the communities of nikopol, marganetska and mirivska fell. in total , three people were injured, in addition to a boy and a man, there was also an 18-year-old girl. well, but we understand that the key story is the situation at the front, right? i already voiced today messages from the british, well, but i will repeat myself again. the intelligence of great britain analyzed the situation in the avdiyivka area

of ​​the donetsk region, where they noted that the advance of the russian occupiers was in this direction. accelerated during this week, despite heavy russian losses (quoting the british intelligence community now). despite the constant high losses, there is a high probability that the russian armed forces are capable of continuously shelling ukrainian positions in the area and have taken control of several small settlements. the british agency stated that the ground troops of the russian army created a narrow passage deep into the ukrainian territory in order to enter the town of ocheretyne. shasovane approximately 15 km north of avdiyivka. this is an alarming, extremely alarming signal. well, now we are gradually preparing for the solemn ceremony. meeting with our wonderful colleague natalka didenko, but before that, dear viewers, i have a small request for you,

yes, now i am told that the secretary of defense of the united states lloyd austin and the head of the united american headquarters brown. yes, well, let's hope that now we will hear their professional opinion, in particular it is said. about the final ramstein, well, now we'll watch together, yes, we'll watch, general charles brown, later we'll have time for questions from zmi representatives, so my first question is who set off the fire alarm there, it's not me, thank you all for joining. general brown and we are now here to sum up the results of the 21st meeting, in the so-called remstein format. the minister of defense of ukraine joined us,

panumerov and general sirskyi. so, i want to say that according to the results of our meeting, the first meeting of which was held here at this air base two years ago, and many of us were present then. and to emphasize this historic, historic achievement of the contact group over these two years, the president of ukraine joined us online today. so, ukrainian defenders have been repelling russian invaders for two years. and we see that they manage to restrain russian aggression for 793 days. that is, we know that there were no such long wars in the world wars long battles, for example, when we talk

about the soviet blockade of berlin during the cold war. ukraine continues to fight, continues to demonstrate extraordinary training, bravery and resilience. this coalition, it continues to hold the line. over the past two years, this contact group has demonstrated its unity, its influence, and its power. we make history and we changed history. this contact group includes 50, more than 50 members from all over the world, and we are truly united in providing military and financial assistance to ukraine ukraine. we once again demonstrated that we can increase our efforts. was allocated to ukraine in the framework of security assistance, i am very

proud of the leadership of the united states, i am really very happy to welcome the signing of another package to ukraine, israel and taiwan that he signed these days. yes, the us is ready to ship. and other commitments announced by president biden on wednesday. we also have an additional commitment of $6 billion to strengthen ukraine's security. we are our whole country. we continue to accept security assistance packages, we try

to provide anti-drone equipment, also artillery ammunition, anti-aircraft missiles, ammunition, air, ground, also additional spare parts. today, we, this week, we just announced. unwavering us support for ukraine, our partners are doing a lot and they continue to do it, our partners have provided ukraine with most of what it has asked for, with tanks and 155 caliber shells, as well as armored vehicles and other installations that have helped. ukraine to choose its sovereignty. we know what this one is help saved many ukrainian lives. for two years. the group kept the streaks, and

that's why this coalition, it continues to be steadfast, and we will not back down, we will not lose. together, we will continue to work in two directions, first of all, to understand and respond to the needs that ukraine has on the battlefield, as well as to strategically build up the ukrainian armed forces and... our armed forces in order to respond to the needs that may be in the near and distant future. ukraine is in great need air defense systems to cover our skies, so that was our top priority. we really help ukraine to build a powerful system, a powerful self-sufficient defense system. that is why we are now

on... we have been creating new coalitions that have tried to strengthen ukrainian defense power, strengthen its air defense, artillery sector, security in maritime space, in cyberspace, in demining and in providing drones, i really thank everyone. participants who just joined this one coalition, today, when we met for the first time in this format, i said that putin never thought that he would not succeed in kyiv in three days, but i also said that this coalition, it reflects the fact that the world has changed , and that are collected today. countries

of good will and they understand what freedom now means for ukraine, for europe, for the united states and for the whole world. the outcome of the war in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our time. if putin wins, we know the security implications will be enormous and global. we will know we know what the consequences will be for europe. and as president biden said, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin succeeds with his imperial war, then he will not stop there, his appetites will only grow, so we must now ensure permanent peace for our children, for our grandchildren. putin's war, it is based

on an idea. in which there is no responsibility or rules, there is only his desire, and so we must, must stay together, we know that it is tomorrow, and as we have already seen today, that it is quite clear to us what this war has turned into, and now i will turn the floor over to general brown, thank you, mr. minister, congratulations, so now. such a challenge, history can reflect what's inside of us, we, we know what the marshal was awarded for, actually the nobel prize for, the nobel peace prize, and he just pointed out in his speech that

the extremely, very important military... but it is very important that there is coherence and coherence in our joint efforts, and i am sure that now we all clearly understand that it is necessary to be together and maintain unity, so international cooperation, military power, are now more decisive than ever, this is the cornerstone of our initiative to help ukraine preserve its sovereignty, we held today... a meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine. i thank minister osyn for his leadership, for the participants of these meetings for two years. thank you to the minister and general sytsky, who joined us today. thank you for your unwavering leadership and your contributions on the battlefield. thank you to all those who joined today for your

work, for your efforts in helping.