in ukraine at 3:00 p.m. , a news release on the espresso tv channel in the studio is for your attention. iryna koval, i greet all viewers, and i will just now tell you about the most important events at this time. in the european union, it is the last day of elections to the european parliament. the election process began on june 6 and will end today at midnight kyiv time. citizens of the 21st eu countries, including belgium, germany, italy, austria, hungary, and france, come to the polling stations. correspondent of espresso in the european institutions, tetyana vysotska. is now

at the station in strasbourg, france, she is with us live. tani, i am very glad to see you, i congratulate you and i am waiting for details from you, what is the situation at this hour and when will the first results of the european elections be known? greetings iryna, greetings to strasbourg. so, today 360 million european voters elect 720 members of the european parliament of the new 10th. klikani, the largest country in the european union by population, germany has the largest number of european seats at 96, with 96, france has 81 seats, and the smallest countries european union countries such as luxembourg, malta and cyprus each have six seats in the european parliament, the elections are proceeding quite calmly. thank god, at that

time there was no information about any excesses at the polling stations in all 21 states of the european union, where they are held today, and regarding the results, despite the fact that in six states of the european union , elections to the european parliament have already been held during june 6-8, and these are countries such as the netherlands, ireland, malta, the czech republic, slovakia and latvia, the election results will be announced simultaneously for everyone. of the european union, the elections, as you rightly noted, will end at 11 p.m. brussels time, that is midnight kyiv time, and after that the official announcement of the election results will begin in half an hour, but the european union is going to announce the exit poll data, the first exit polls polls will be announced at 7:15 p.m. kyiv time, and already at 9:30 p.m. somewhere outside kyiv...

the first such projection, forecast, of the quantitative composition of the european parliament will be announced, again based on exit poll data. the main problem of european elections is voter turnout, during the last 20 years, it almost did not exceed 50%, and the most record-breaking election was the last election in 2019, when 50.66% of voters came to the polling station and... today there are data that all - still, the turnout is a little higher, for example, in the same france and in poland, as of 12 o'clock in the morning, the turnout is significantly higher than in the past, that is, there are chances that the turnout will be, the pan-european turnout will also be higher, immediately after the announcement of the election results to the european parliament, which the main thing will take place tomorrow around noon, the winners of the elections will start negotiations

on forming political groups, and there is one moment that is important for ukraine, that if the far-right forces in europe get a lot of parliamentary seats, then they can to form a deputy political group, which can become the second largest in the european parliament, i hope that they will not be able to agree and this will not happen, because it can grow not without... a concern for ukrainian issues in the european parliament, how to conduct them through the session hall. the first session of the new tenth convocation of the european parliament will take place on july 16-19, during this session the president of the european parliament will be elected, and the composition of the european parliament's committees will also be discussed, but the main elections, the elections of the european commissioners and the president of the european commission are scheduled for autumn. and

negotiations about it will begin tomorrow. studio. thank you tanya, well, it was tatiana vysotska, our correspondent, from strasbourg, and today i want to remind you. in the european union, the last day of the elections to the european parliament, the first interim results will be known after midnight, well, tomorrow, i hope you will find out in the news at noon, the valid official results of the elections, and we are moving on to the situation in different regions of our country: an explosion in the branch of the new mail, in lutsk, a man ordered three pyrotechnic training grenades via the internet, local media reports, he decided to inspect the received parcel on the spot, but accidentally pulled out the receipt of one of the grenades, and it exploded, the man needed medical help, the post office staff were not injured. and already

two people were injured due to an enemy attack on an ambulance in the kherson region, announced the head of the region oleksandr prokudin, a paramedic of the medical team turned to the hospital for help, and she was diagnosed. the occupiers threw explosives at the medics who rushed to the call after the shelling in the belozersk community. the ambulance driver was also injured, he had an explosive injury. the russian occupiers have not struck a single blow by guided anti-aircraft missiles over the past week missiles at kharkiv, noted the spokesman of the ministry of defense dmytro lazutkin. according to him, this is a direct consequence of the fact that long-range weapons were provided to ukraine. on june 1, 2024 , the defense forces of ukraine confirmed that they fired at the carriers of the s-300 s-400 systems. western-style artillery installations were used to destroy and damage russian equipment. permission from western partners to use foreign

weapons to destroy military targets on the territory of the russian federation is a very serious step forward. captivity kills. a rally began in kyiv on support for prisoners of war in mariupol. garrison, our correspondent kateryna galko is already working on the spot, and she is now live with us. katya, i congratulate you, how many kyivans gathered today to express their support. i congratulate iro, i congratulate the viewers of the tv channel. the action is not silent, capture kills, it has just started, it is currently taking place near the lukyanivska metro station. and even though this is just the beginning, several hundred ukrainians who care have already gathered here. and we see that the new members are more and more suitable, and now we have the opportunity to talk with ms. lesya as part of this promotion. mrs. lesya, i welcome you, please tell me why you are here today and why it is important? it is very important to remind the world about the prisoners of war who are in the country of the aggressor, we stand here for our son and

brothers, we are a family whose son is in captivity in an azov family, we stand and believe that the children will return from... captivity, and we are ours with actions , we remind the world so that the world knows what russia is like, how they abuse our prisoners of war, and everything that is done must be covered in the mass media, to show the whole world what the russian federation is. thank you, ms. lesya, thank you to your son, thank you to all our defenders, i would like to remind you that such actions are not silent, captivity kills, take place every sunday in kyiv and in various... ukrainian places , they are organized by the families of the mariupol garrison to remind of all prisoners of war and missing persons let me remind you that recently another exchange of prisoners of war took place and it was possible to return home 75 ukrainian boys and girls who defended us. we hope that such shares

will help bring awareness to this issue and we will be able to get all of our defenders back. such information, let's stop for now, iro, i'll pass on the etar to you. katya, thank you, and it is really worth reminding everyone that such rallies in support of prisoners of war take place not only in the capital, every sunday, but in different parts of our country, so please join, go to actions and support the families of prisoners of war, don't forget our soldiers who are in captivity and we are moving on and the czech republic will prepare 400 military forces. ukraine on its own territory, the minister of defense of the country yana chornokhova told journalists about this in an interview. she noted that given the geographical proximity of the two countries, there is no need to send czech instructors to ukraine. she also added that the implementation of the training plan will depend on the pace of mobilization

of ukrainians. training facilities and trainers have already been prepared for our defenders in the czech republic. well, i invite you to join the project from zero to life, it is a collection of atvs for the rapid evacuation of the wounded and transport ammunition, support the soldiers of the 93rd separate unit with a donation. organized brigade cold ravine. our defenders win every day without leaving the wounded and dead on the battlefield. so for evacuation, atvs are indispensable assistants, and they also allow you to move as quickly as possible on the road, which means that you can perform combat tasks more efficiently. your support significantly increases the chances not only to successfully complete the task, but also to return from it alive. so join the gathering. our goal is 4 million hryvnias. such were the news for this time. you can read more on our

website espresso tv. also, follow us on social networks, there you will find a summary of the main points. and also watch our unique content on youtube. my colleagues oksana vysochanska and roman chaika continue the broadcast. we will see you at 5 p.m. fighters of the 130th battalion as part of the 241st brigade, the first from the territorial defense, who were awarded a battle flag by the president of ukraine. in 2022, the military defended the country in kyiv region and kharkiv region. in 2023 they held positions in the vicinity. bakhmut fought heavy battles in the kupyansk and leman directions, and since the beginning of this year, defenders

have been serving near klishchiivka. scouts of the 130th battalion received a tablet and a drone from the all-ukrainian charitable foundation zhevvago. this equipment already helps the defenders to destroy the occupiers and enemy equipment. on behalf of the air reconnaissance of the 130th battalion, i would like to express my gratitude to the all-ukrainian fund , the zhivagaa charitable fund, for the instant transfer of the drone to us. which we really need in donbas, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, attention, mega sale, strong cordless saws with a discount of only uah 799, reliable, powerful, convenient, order while the video is being broadcast, strong forks will easily cut trees and bushes, they are convenient. to be used for carpentry, it is an ideal tool for your home or garden, and the price is only from

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present their own title project with myroslava barchuk. a series of conversations with ukrainian and westerners. intellectuals who interpret and comment on the most relevant social discussions, which the news will analyze we will find out this week's guests of the project and who will be the guest of the studio already this sunday, clearly, the topics will be relevant, the guests will be special, their own names with myroslava barchuk, sunday 17:10 at espresso. we are coming back, thank you for... we continue on, we continue on, because we just received the combined amount from both banks, and in total it is already 395 00 hryvnias in the account, the last donation in a small amount was sent by mr. oleg verlo, thank you for that, big donations are also coming, but the last one was a little earlier, so don't stop,

we encourage you to do that, because it's for quadcopters for our defenders, so we... we're bringing in the analyst of the stockholm center for eastern european studies, andres umland, with us, mr. andres, welcome, congratulations, thank you for the invitation, and we 'll start right away with a fresh portion from germany of such an absentee discussion between olaf scholz and president macron, because what the french leader voiced was so immediately obstructed, absolutely no instructors, no... nato soldiers, we will not give for this good. this is the summary from scholz this is a confirmation, i remember one of our experts said that if there are any decisive collective decisions from europe in support of ukraine, mr. scholz will be the last in line. do you still see any signs

that he will change his mind after all, for example, in matters of military instructors and training. actually. maybe in the future of the second front, but before that passed, passing on enough tauros. well, unfortunately, it must be said that scholz only reflects public opinion, by what he says and this one positions, although it must also be said that, well, such statements are irrelevant, because, well, of course, there are none. soldiers of nato, these will be french soldiers or soldiers of other countries, and it is up to the national states, not nato, whether they can send their soldiers there to ukraine, that is, in some ways it does not make sense, this is

scholz's statement, it is rather a problem for the german-french . relations than, in the direct sense, for ukraine, and, unfortunately, in these two countries, in france and in germany, there is a different strategic culture, and it is reflected in such quarrels. and here is what has now been announced in germany, that the plan, which was introduced even earlier during the cold war, is being updated, in case someone attacks... in case of russian aggression in this case, to ensure the mobilization of people, and that even food in the cities should be appropriate, that it would be possible to evacuate a part of the people, that is , everything was written down and thought out quite carefully, and in various spheres, not only military, but also in social ones, how serious is this now

the plan is accepted in germany, or is it simply because the germans are such a nation. who likes to have all the protocols, everything written down, well , yes, now in the last two years, germany has got the impression that russia is not only threatening ukraine, but it is also threatening germany, and therefore it is necessary to prepare for war, although i do not think that germany is really under... threat, rather it is in some way, i would say, the result of the russian psychological war, what the germans are very afraid of now. there is great fear, and now this fear is being expressed such as scholz's statements about taurus or about french plans, and he also

expresses himself with such plans for internal preparations for the war, although i don't think that germany will really enter the war, but many germans are afraid of it, but you know, these are from the last ceremonies ... er, to the 80th anniversary of the landings in normandy, the opening of the second front, someone interestingly asked, and said, why was no one afraid then and did not start a discussion, that no, we will give you some jeeps there , shells, studibekers, but no second front, not a single soldier in we will not send europe, something they didn't say that way then, but now they say it that way? yes, uh, yes, and i think that, uh, just the germans should uh, well, understand that they did not, uh,

liberate themselves, that is, it was other armies that liberated germany then and also liberated, of course france in the first place, and therefore, it is necessary to help and also help with the troops, but, well, now in germany there is a different culture than, uh,... strategic culture than in france, in great britain, also in scandinavia, there for all that , well about, well, at least they are talking about it more progressively, there is not yet either some revolutionary decisions there, but they understand why macron behaves the way he does, and there is a lot of sympathy there, in germany there are also supporters of macron and... and there are also many critics of scholz and, well, the official rhetoric of berlin, but well today we have

elections to the european parliament, in september there will be regional elections in eastern germany, and this policy and rhetoric of scholz refers to these elections, i think, and to what, let's say, eastern germany. many people who are against aid for ukraine, military aid for ukraine, and who believe that it is necessary to conduct negotiations with russia and so on. mr. andries, we are now seeing such a big, big political tour of president yermak zelensky, such political tourism from country to country, all the way to kuwait and back again, and it should be soon. his speech next week seems to be a speech in the bundestag, and what should the speechwriters write to the president to suddenly change his opinion in favor of taurus?

well, i really hope that something is changing, but this is rather about this conference on the reconstruction of ukraine and about civil assistance. german civil aid for ukraine and also german aid to defenders of defensive weapons, that is, no, not taurus, not long-range missiles, in this, in this matter of civil civil aid and other weapons, except for taurus, in principle germany, it plays a big role for.. . for ukraine, although its rhetoric is different from the french, or estonian or swedish, say, rhetoric, but

the material aid is from germany, and it is significant, and that is why i think zelensky will come here, i think, now all this conference, it was planned for several months. in that way, it will be a big conference for the reconstruction of ukraine, but now i think there will be other issues, rather about anti-aircraft weapons and energy, i think these will be the biggest topics, and i think that zelensky will also we will talk about it, and we can talk about these topics with the germans, that is , about taurus, i'm afraid that now it doesn't make sense to talk with the germans, but we can talk about other matters. mr. andres, we currently have such a situation in germany that, in fact, the alternative for germany can take, if

not the third, then... even the second place after the cdu can even move scholz, i am talking about the elections of the members of the european parliament, this is on the one hand the insane popularity of this party, on the other hand, more than one episode of violence politicians from this political force, and literally today there are elections, yesterday there were attacks in dresden and karlsruhe, and these were attacks on deputies, but literally on the street passers-by are attacking, expressing... their dissatisfaction and their attitude towards such politicians and this politic why so happens? is germany now so divided and heterogeneous, actually in its political views? yes, unfortunately, now something similar, which we have seen before in france, great britain, in the united states, which is the polarization of society, it is growing, and

also, ... there are more such attacks now, but nevertheless, in relation to this party alternatives for germany, it is right radical, right extremist, probably even a party, and it can really gain a lot of percentages in these elections, it will probably come in second place after the cdu, after the center-right, but it stigmatized and with... and she is for, i think, she will remain isolated, and even if she gets, say, 20%, she will nevertheless remain in the opposition, she will not, and why did the voters love her so much, i.e. it is for anti-migrant, anti-european, pro-putin statements or some kind of bridge to meinkampf, according to which parameters it was so loved, that is... a nationalist

party, which is also isolationist, partly anti-european politics, and it too, if a pro-putin party, although, although it is in the official discourse, it is rather, well, if stands for peace, this is such a strange rhetoric for a right-wing party, and well, it is popular in germany, especially in... east germany, i myself am from east germany, there this party is even now relatively the most popular party among others, it is not has more than 50%, but it has 30, sometimes up to 40% support here in east germany, and it's kind of against the war and to negotiate with

putin, and unfortunately, it's... it's popular, especially in east germany, yeah, at the cost of the lives and territory of ukrainians, right? yes, well, there is such a rhetoric that there is supposedly such peace will be in the interests of ordinary ukrainians, i am always very surprised when, this is also left-wing rhetoric, as if peace would be in the interests of the ukrainians themselves. and simply the leadership of ukraine allegedly does not respond to the request from society, one to one orban, one to one solovyov and one to one federal russian channel, just word for word, that is, this rhetoric. mr. andres, thank you, well, at least it is clear that they simply translate such messages into german with a duplicate. andreas umlen, analyst at the stockholm center research of eastern europe, was with us,

well, actually. if we are already talking about the elections, then the results are already emerging in slovakia, at least the exit polls give some information about the fact that the representation of the power movements will prevail in the european parliament, because the fizo party can win five mandates, claims now, and three her allies from peligrini, that's the story, slovakia has a total of 15 mandates, they also vote in the young belgorod people's republic, and there just minus the composition of the bc, a large number of voters. look how saint hymars has arrived, it's right here in these minutes, well, here we go, welcome to the espresso tv channel, the project is about politics, about the world, watch it, it will be interesting, it's about politics, it's about politics, about the world, we're talking to the head of the committee on foreign affairs of the polish sejm and pavel koval, chairman of the council for cooperation with ukraine. congratulations!

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