war, the feat of righteous ukrainians who risked their lives to help jews during the holocaust, we honor with a moment of silence.

newspeak. kateryna shirokpoyas works in the studio on espressu tv channel. the enemy is trying to seize the strategic initiative and break through the front line in the kharkiv direction. the defense forces prevent the enemy from penetrating deep into our territory. the spokesman of the khortytsia troops group, nazar voloshyn, said this. according to him, the occupiers concentrated their main efforts in several areas and created superiority in forces and means. however, our soldiers are causing significant losses. the enemy in manpower,

restore positions in certain directions, have tactical successes. russia may launch a new offensive on sumy in the sumy region, kyrylo budano, head of the main intelligence directorate, suggested in an interview with the new york times. according to his forecast, the attacks in the kharkiv region will continue for another 3-4 days. next, the occupying forces will strike in the direction of sumy. at the same time, budanov assured that on... the defenders will be able to strengthen their positions and stabilize the front in the kharkiv region over the next few days. and in the morning, russia hit kharkiv with two drones, both of which flew into a densely populated area. two people were injured, a 52-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman. this was announced by the mayor of kharkiv igor terekhov. according to him, at least seven residential buildings and an educational institution were damaged, cars were destroyed.

as a result of russian shelling in the kherson region, one man was killed and two others were injured. according to the head of the regional military administration oleksandr prokudin, in a day the enemy attacked 10 settlements. the russians targeted residential areas, damaged a high-rise building and 16 private houses. there are also hits to a critical infrastructure object, an administrative building, an educational institution, and port infrastructure. air defense forces at night. destroyed two strike drones over the region. we convert all our anger due to enemy shelling into donations for our defenders. join the collection for the repair of heavy armored vehicles in the combat zone in the soledar and zaporizhzhia directions. repair and restoration regiment works mainly on the line of scrimmage or in the gray area, in the open sky in all weathers day and night. so for emergency recovery and return to the battlefield.

damaged military equipment, in particular tanks, bmps, armored personnel carriers, needs a minibus that will deliver mobile repair teams and equipment to the combat zone, as well as pneumohydraulic jacks for prompt repair of foreign equipment. in general, our goal is uah 630,000. thanks to you, we have already collected almost uah 200,000, so we will not delay, your help is very important. you have all the details now see on your screens. today, starting at 4:00 p.m., there is a possibility of power outages for industry, the ministry of energy reported about it, there they note that electricity consumption in ukraine increased by 8% last day, and emergency assistance was received from poland, romania and slovakia. this summer, ukraine will be able to use a new long-range vehicle at the front. weapons,

ex-deputy us secretary of state victoria nuland said. she emphasized that the task of the us and western allies is to prepare kyiv for negotiations with russia from a position of strength. in their own interests. russia's offensive in the kharkiv region was not unexpected. this was announced in the pentagon. according to the spokeswoman of the us department of defense, sabrina sinh, ukraine was ready for the escalation of russian aggression. the spokeswoman of the pentagon emphasized: currently, the united states is doing everything possible to make sure that ukraine has everything it needs to protect and repel attacks. king charles ii of great britain imposed sanctions on companies that continued to operate on the territory of russia during the war in ukraine, the newspaper "telegraf" writes about this. we are talking about an american corporation that produces products for health care and personal industrial hygiene, as

well as south korean samsung, which still sells equipment to russians under gray schemes. despite the statement on the termination of activities on the territory of erefia. the british monarch decided to deprive. these corporations of honorary orders. russian dictator vladimir putin will go to china on may 16 for talks with xi jinping. this is reported by the russian media. he will discuss the issue with the leader of china partnership and strategic interaction. separately , opinions are exchanged about the most current international and regional problems. a children's playground was opened in the mountain village of kryvorivnia in prykarpattia, it was built on the basis of a preschool institution, the red cap, now about 30 children spend time here, until now there was a lack of such equipment for the needs of children, so the parents together with the management of

the kindergarten asked local deputies to equip such a playground. funds were raised with the help of german partners, and in this way the children will receive them from now on positive emotions on... joy for parents, such a happy and cheerful smile, as on such colorful children's play facilities, we probably will not see a child anywhere else. in addition, here children develop physically, children communicate, children communicate, thanks to the financing of our german partners, the public organization international and people's deputy mykola knyazhytskyi, we managed to organize this idea, to build a playground, we understand that... we need to direct all our efforts to the protection of our state, to direct to victory, but we must also understand that we need a healthy nation, healthy children, both physically and mentally, and therefore we need to invest money and funding also in such creation of such spaces of places where children can spend

their time. on may 14, in ukraine, for the fourth time, at the state level, the memory of people who saved jews during the second world war is commemorated. officially, there are more than 2,500 ukrainian rescuers, but many still remain unrecognized and unknown. about righteous people of the world in the material of emma stadnyk. from 5 up to 6 million. that's how many jews, according to various estimates, died during the second world war; more than 1.5 million jews were killed on the territory of ukraine alone during the german occupation of 1941-1944. since 1963. israel awards those who saved the jews in those years with the honorary title of righteous among the nations. this award is given by a special commission consisting of historians, lawyers and survivors of the holocaust. the righteous people of the world are given a name medal, a certificate and the right to inscribe their name on the wall of honor in the garden of the righteous in jerusalem. they will also receive

honorary israeli citizenship, and in the event of their death - memorial citizenship. for the first time , ukrainians received this title in 1991. according to the righteous people of the world, our state ranks fourth. after poland, the netherlands and france. according to the data of the israeli embassy, ​​as of january 2021, 2,673 citizens of ukraine have this distinction. however , according to the director of the ukrainian institute for the study of the holocaust ihor shchupak, these figures do not reflect the real picture of the order of the jews. one of the main symbols of the holocaust and mass grave for many stavinyar jews. in two days, september 29 and 30, the nazis there killed almost 34,000 jews who lived in kyiv. it was impossible to leave the city. therefore , all that remained was to hide. the fighting continued for two years, until the soviet army began to move towards kyiv. over 100,000 people, including jews, roma, ukrainian nationalists, and soviet soldiers, were killed in the babyn yar tract. the german administration, on pain of death, forbade

helping the jews in any way, but these ukrainians the ban did not stop. they saved jews from the nazis, hid them, or passed them off as their relatives, provided temporary shelter, clothing, medicine and food, and at the same time the robes themselves... not only with their own lives, but with the lives of their relatives. in order not to forget those whose names are still unknown, a day of remembrance of ukrainians who saved jews during the second world war was introduced in ukraine. for the medal that will receive rights. a phrase from the talmud is written: he who saves one life saves the whole world. ema statnyk, espresso tv channel. to to find out more interesting and up-to-date information, follow the updates on our website espresso.tv as well as on our social networks. we will see you tomorrow, take care and stay with the press.

today in the verdict with serhiy rudenko: new front in kharkiv region, the russians have tactical success in the gray zone near vovchansk. how did the enemy manage to penetrate our defenses and is there a threat of a major breakthrough? preparation for a protracted war. instead of being mired in a corruption scandal. shoigu putin appointed a civilian as minister of defense technocrat bilousov. what has changed in the russian olympus of power. reformatting of the government. one of the president's favorites lost an influential position in the cabinet. this is evidenced by the resignation of kubrakov and the plans of the president's office to dismember the ministry of reconstruction. glory to ukraine, this is the

verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. in the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, and our victory. the russians are storming the kharkiv region, the fortification of the front, for which oleksandr was dismissed kubrakova? we will talk about this and other things during the next hour with the politician, with our guest, the former prosecutor general. roma of ukraine by yury lutsenko. however, before starting our long conversation with the former prosecutor general, i suggest watching a video of how ukrainian soldiers hit russian equipment in the avdiiv direction. the explosive video was shown in the 47th separate mechanized brigade. let's see how it was.

glory to the armed forces of ukraine and death to the russian occupiers. friends, we work in live broadcast of the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms for those. is watching us live there now, please like this video and also subscribe

to our pages and take part in our survey, today we ask you the following: do you think that the influence of the office of the president on other branches of government is excessive, it is meant in ukraine? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have your own personal opinion that does not fit into yes or no, please write in the comments under this video, if you watch us on tv, take your smartphone or phone and vote if you think that the influence of the office of the president of ukraine is too excessive on other branches of government (0800-211-381), no 0800-211-382, all calls to these numbers are free, vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. i would like to introduce today's guest of our studio, this is yury lutsenko, captain of the armed forces of ukraine, ukrainian politician, statesman and former. prosecutor general of ukraine. mr. yuriy, i congratulate you. thank you for being with us today. good evening. well, how would you answer this

question about the influence of the office of the president, on the other branches of government, as we ask our viewers and television viewers. it is obvious that the horns and legs of democracy have remained in ukraine. it is also obvious that the office of the president, which consists of yanukovych's people, operates as it did during yanukovych's time. because if tatarov served as a prortnova in yanukovych's team, he now manages in the same way. courts, if shurma worked in the party of regions, then he also manages economic processes and corruption related to this, if yarmak himself. er man with a rather dubious past and connections with russian pro-putin circles, he manages all this, so he is rebuilding the authoritarian model that exists in russia, but there is one nuance: you ask, is there excessive influence of the administration? uh, from the point of view of its constitution and

democracy, it is so excessive, and from the point of view of the result for survival in... ukraine, i do not see any results of their intervention at all, because of the systematic work to transfer the economy to the real war and help the armed forces of ukraine there was no office of the president before the war, and there is none now. yuri tech, well tell me, where is the limit, where the office of the president should intervene during war, martial law in some processes, and where he should not interfere in... conditionally speaking, where is this power appropriate, in terms of application, and where is it inappropriate and threatens democracy? when such questions arise, i recommend opening the constitution of ukraine. everything is written there. it says that the president is responsible for international policy. and there is no end to the work there . because this months-long failure of western aid is exactly what the president

and his team did not do. the next function of the president is this is the leadership of the defense of ukraine during wartime, for this the instrument of this leadership is the position of the supreme commander, at this position, of course, he can call, for example, the minister or the prime minister of ukraine and ask why there are no fortification lines, yes why are there no drones, and why hasn’t the production of missiles been launched, and why and there are a lot of such whys, but instead we see that the interests of the office ... appear to be completely different, they are mainly reduced to sweet, economical and often suspiciously smelling of corruption question, but not at all what worries the armed forces. well, by the way, what worries the armed forces of ukraine, the armed forces of ukraine worries about the situation in the kharkiv direction, and this situation remains quite difficult, the enemy

has wedged itself into our defenses and has tactical successes in the vovchansk region, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reports. kyivans involved up to five battalions in the attack on the city and do not count their own losses, the invaders lost more than 100 soldiers in a day just by those killed in this direction, and president zelenskyi in yesterday's address stated about the brutal battles on a significant part of the border strip in the kharkiv region, the attempts of the occupiers to gain a foothold in some villages, let's listen to what the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine said. our task. obviously, it is necessary to inflict the greatest possible losses on the occupier. in particular, on the outskirts of the city of vovchansk, the situation is extremely difficult, the city is under constant russian fire, and counterattacks are ongoing , our military is in the city, local residents are being helped. and it is very important that

the maximum efficiency is shown now by everyone who directly does so. on kharkiv region, in the military forces, in the security forces, in the local authorities, in the communities. against the background of what zelensky is saying, there is evidence that in some areas of the front , russian columns entered the territory of ukraine on a march without encountering resistance, but at least the analysts identified the area of ​​the ukrainian settlement of strylecha, which is several hundred meters from the border and 52 km from kharkiv. well, it means yuri vitalivych. that these districts were obviously not too fortified there, if they marched into the territory of ukraine, and the question arises, where were those fortifications, about which during the last, well, at least six months , including president zelenskyi, you know, i would like me to answer not only criticize the president, unfortunately, i will have

to criticize, but first i started with what i am worthy of with him, first of all, as they say in odessa, panic, the usa, no military disaster occurred either under avdiyka, or under the abyss of time, it is not happening, it is now and under vovchansk. the russians obviously took the plan disband the armed forces of ukraine. they are advancing on the zaporizhia offensive, they are advancing in the maryanka region, they are advancing in the ordiyivka region, they are advancing in the chasuva yaro region, and now they have opened another front near vovchansk in the direction of kharkiv. i suspect that next they will open the same front in sumy oblast, and will continue to look for the place where we are weakest and from which we can wedge ourselves in the most... why is this dangerous? the stretching of ukrainian troops is dangerous, because, unfortunately, mobilization in our country was the unloved child of all powerful politicians.

despite the fact that the constitution is the exclusive function of the president - to establish the scope, terms and order of mobilization, he removed himself from this, the law that was left in the parliament for four months, er... dangled, turned into a show, and in fact, i i don't see that he did anything special for the equipment of the armed forces of ukraine, in which there is no kit, i have no right to say which, but believe me, it is very high, and today at spshka, that is, at the forward observation post of zero, instead of five men, sometimes twice , and not four days, as it was before the rotation, literally up to 10 days, such is the problem with people, so if this narrow... ukrainian defense strip is stretched, it becomes even thinner, without mobilization, this is a problem. now, secondly,

why did you show the footage and the russians were walking as if on a walk, and in a mass of troops that are not even camouflaged. recalling my experience of the four-month war in bakhmut, for us , er, for our pilots, such a... such a crowd of the enemy in an open area would be simply happiness, we would throw them with drops from maviks, and fivishkas from kamikaze, and there would be no one left of them, we hunted for ten people, two or three, maybe we didn't pay attention, but such a huge group marches so calmly, this is a challenge, what does it mean? it means that our defenders are not enough there, i'm putting it mildly, dear. today's post by mr. botusov, which is right there, confirms this, he asks all mayors to immediately allocate funds for the purchase of drones, and then the question arises: yes, but what

is happening near kharkov? my point is this: public outrage is so great because it is obvious, from all the facts, that our government did not learn a single lesson from its own... sad behavior in 21-22, which i mean, then in 19, poroshenko's team left them with finished missile and artillery programs and funds for their production. these are ukrainian rockets at 100 km, 300 km and even 500 km, plus bohddan's howitzer at 40 km. in the 19th year, until the very 22nd year, our government changed all this to asphalt. i will tell you right away that in the last year before the war, when all the western allies had already warned us about the imminent war, when they showed where and how far the enemy would go, they

buried 13 billion dollars in the asphalt, well, if i am not mistaken in hryvnias, so that our viewers understand, there were 234 billion hryvnias, well, more than 200 billion hryvnias, so now look, now... i have i already have a certificate from the law enforcement agencies stating that one of the participants in the large construction project, as the opposition said, earned 10% in cash from it, i.e. the south highway company received uah 50 billion from the state and uah 5 billion depended on different prices for sand, tar , on a fictitious lease on their own false company, took them out of there in cash and took them somewhere on the mountain. and who headed this company? this company is headed by boyko, oleksandr leonidovych. well, that is, it is a pound, which one?

no, this is a very serious businessman who is still continuing road and now fortification construction. and i say once again, here it is documented for every direction, which direction you will not take, bitumen emulsion, rent. diesel fuel everywhere, the companies created by him wound up their companies by 10% and transferred them to cash, and whose data is it? those who have access to investigative actions, well, it is implied that these are law enforcement data, that is, what the opposition said before the war, that the government exchanged the development of the army for shadow income from large-scale theft, turned out to be not just the words of repositioners, but clearly established data, here already look, here... there are even payments, so everything has been established, but that was before the war, you know, even i thought that

let's deal with it later, because we are in... huge trouble, and now we need to look for points of unity , but it turns out that there is nothing for the authorities nothing has changed, in the 22nd year the big construction was closed, all funds went to the armed forces, finally, already in the 23rd year, in the past , 44 billion were again allocated for road construction, and this year another 17 billion, in total it is again 1, 5 billion dollars, and i have a question, was it worth repairing the road for... uah 369 million from kharkiv to vovchansk and also rebuilding the bridge that the muscovites blew up behind them while fleeing our territory. is it not on it that the russian soldiers are now marching so bravoly, without encountering minefields? now let me defend the armed forces and even the president a little from those who say that there are no fortifications and so on and so forth. in fact, fortification lines are not built in three, four, five, and sometimes

seven. from the border, because there are russian guns on the border, they hit at least 15 km, so it is not wise to put trenches under this fire. trenches, as a rule, are placed a little further, well, for example, 10 km, 15, and some, well, both bloggers and the military, claim that they are there, and the russians did not go there, that is, they passed through in the military, it is called a security strip of the main line of defense, but a security strip, so on... because it has a guaranteed enemy's access to the main fortifications. mined where are the mines? why do these figures walk so openly and calmly on the roads? why do they reach vovchansk? where are the mines? and most importantly, where is the fire impression, if not of our artillery, then at least of our kamikaze fpv drones. i will repeat once again, such a goal at any part of the front under.

bakhmutom, the left bank of the dnieper, for our drone operators, well, just gold, there is no such thing here, and here we come to the second question, let's finish with fortifications, so maybe there is no money for fortification, maybe the west is to blame again, the congress, the senate, the bundestag, who else is there? no, according to the prime minister's statement , the government allocated this year for fortification. i'm sorry, i'm looking, again 1.6, no, i'm sorry, 1 billion dollars, i'm talking in dollars, because it will be comparable to western equipment and everything else, that is , 38 billion uah have been allocated again, which means 1 billion dollars, but in the ratification before, it is not just digging a trench at a depth of 10 km zavchanchanskyi, let's

make it simple for our viewers, i won't... show off the military with any knowledge, because i'm not a specialized military officer, i'm a reserve officer who left, spent my one and a half years as an infantryman and the last four months in bakhmut as a drone operator, and that's not all. less, it's obvious to me what a fortification line is, it's a trench, it needs to be dug, but the kharkiv administration received money from the cabinet of ministers only in february and spent it on people unknown to anyone. the mass media are already writing about it today companies with signs of fictitiousness, everything is repeated in the same way as in this yug highway, that is, money is lowered, they pretend that they have done earthworks, but in reality, this is a trench, this is concrete, this is a floor, these are survival capsules made of steel, these are underground concrete storage for personnel and ammunition, it's mini...

fields in the front, it's anti-tank ditches and dragon's teeth in the front and on the sides, and it's definitely a uh, a reconnaissance drone like a mavik or a mavik tenic, it's a strike drone, it's a fpv , kamikaze drones, this is electronic intelligence that on you are flying, and this is a radio electronic warfare complex, as big as a bukovel that covers 20 km, or a trench that covers 300 m, so... today, while preparing for you, i calculated how much of this good is needed for the entire front. the length of our front is 15 km, the zone of responsibility of the battalion according to the charter is 5 km. it is clear that it is now larger, but the battalions are also incomplete. nevertheless, we have roughly 300 battalions. each battalion needs 40 day maviks, 20 night ones, that's 25. and 5 million

dollars for all of them for 300.