that the corresponding hostilities present the russian dictator putin with a real dilemma. i 've been talking to my team regularly, maybe every four to five hours for the last six to eight days, and that creates a real dilemma for putin. the head of the defense committee of the bundestag, markus faber , said on the x social network that what ukraine is doing in kursk is completely legal and justified from a military point of view. with this operation , ukraine proves its ability to act, it also shows the russian population that their dictator's war of aggression concerns them too, not only ukrainians. it should be in the interests of russia and russians to end the war of aggression. it remains only to wish the ukrainian defenders good luck, including near kursk. china first reacted to hostilities on the territory of the russian federation on august 12. in a statement from the chinese foreign ministry, beijing asked.

expand the battlefield and do not add fuel to the fire. china's position on ukraine is consistent and clear. the chinese side calls on all parties to adhere to the three principles of de-escalation of the situation, namely , the war zone should not expand. you shouldn't to allow the escalation of the armed conflict and to prevent provocations that lead to the escalation of fire by any side. an ally of russia, the self-proclaimed president of belarus. on august 10, lukashenko said that he did not understand why ukraine entered the kursk region and that it is necessary to find out, but without an answer, any provocations will not remain. it is unpleasant that the ukrainians, as i have warned you many times, show that they are not ready for any kind of peace and continue to escalate this tension. two days ago , an attack in the direction of kursk, where are they have advanced several tens of kilometers, 30-35 are already entrenched there today, well, this is

a provocation aimed at striking the russian federation. i would not like to deal with these questions in such a hurry today, but you will not get anywhere. as bel novosti reports, citing a source in the belarusian ministry of defense, lukashenko ordered the transfer of equipment from active belarusian units to russia due to the lack of resources of the armed forces of the russian federation both in the kursk region and in other areas. special operation from... on the territory the kursk region has already demonstrated to the whole world that the russian federation cannot even adequately protect its territories, it is difficult for it to cope with the situation that has developed in its region. moscow is forced to turn to its allies for help. the russian federation and several other countries of the former soviet union are members of the collective security agreement, but they do not have powerful armies capable of supporting russia. such an opinion was expressed by ex-kgb employee serhii zhernov for... the 24th channel. the csto was not created so

that the participating countries would provide one help to one, and so that russia can occupy any of them on a basis that is beneficial to it. then, with its armed forces numbering 1.3 million servicemen, it will seize any country from the csto, for example, belarus. alexander lukashenko, in order not to enter the war, actually concluded a separate armistice with ukraine. since the fall of 2020 , nothing has flown from belarus to ukrainian territory, he is not interested in opening a second front, although vladimir putin wants it. lukashenko realizes that if joins putin in the war against ukraine, it will be authorized to use all western means at its disposal to eliminate the belarusian group. that is why he does not want to join the war against ukraine. on the 12th. august

, during an official visit to kyiv, united states senators from both parties, republican lynsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal spoke favorably of the successes of the kursk oblast armed forces, and also appealed to the administration of president joe biden to remove restrictions on the use of ukraine american weapons. according to the prime minister of ukraine denys shmyhal, at a meeting of ukrainian government officials. with american senators, among other things, it was about the confiscation of frozen russian assets and about american investments in the ukrainian defense industry. more on the results of this important visit later in our story. a bipartisan delegation from the usa , lynsey graham from the republican party and richard blumenthal from the democratic party , visited kyiv on august 12. first. us senators

met with president volodymyr zelenskyi and discussed what is specifically needed to end this war fairly, including our need to use long-range weapons, let us know. in the office of the president of ukraine. during the conversation, richard blumenthal noted that they came to once again convey the message about the importance of transferring military aid, and also added that a new bill is being proposed in the united states. we also propose a new draft law, which will be called "help ukraine". and it will enshrine bipartisan training, and we would like it was fixed for a year. of the law, and not only at the level of the president's own decision. republican lynsey graham expressed hope that ukraine will receive more help from congress this year and said he was glad that ukraine did not warn about its attack on the territory of the russian federation. after 2.5 years of war,

you continue to stand your ground and even entered russia, we are proud of your leadership, and you demonstrate many things that... i did not see anyone, they said that kyiv would fall in three days , well, you see, as they turned around, they were all wrong, and after only months your people are suffering, there is resilience, but you are already in russian territory, that's brave and great, i 'm glad you didn't tell us about it, you didn't warn us, instead you did it, and now the russians are already paying the price, so that's it. later, at a briefing after the meeting of politicians, us senators commented and expressed their support for the operation of the armed forces of the korsi region, rfe /rl reports. what do i think of kursk, bold, brilliant, beautiful, keep it up, putin started

it, kick his ass, let these people fight, give them the weapons they need to winning a war they can't afford to lose, as far as the f-16 is concerned, it's all very long. they are already in ukraine, so give us the opportunity to use them, let's train ukrainian pilots. today is a day of hope, more hope than i 've seen in all my trips here, the breakthrough towards kursk is historic, it's a seismic breakthrough, it's good, big news that promises more potential breakthroughs, but the big news is, that ukraine is in russia, it is moving the struggle to the territory of russia, we want to... inform the administration the message that it should give ukraine more flexibility and opportunities to use the weapons that have been provided to strike deeper than the front line that currently exists, there are certain restrictions and clearance issues that we hope to eliminate, empowerment is extremely important

in terms of tactics and ultimately strategy. it also became known that the delegation of the us congress jimmy panet and donald nork. and celestia maloi visited one of the leading enterprises of the national association of defense industry enterprises of ukraine. he informed her about this serhii pashynskyi is the head. during the visit , further practical cooperation in the field of defense-industrial developments was discussed. this week, the us congressional delegation, including congressmen jimmy panetta, donald norcross and congresswoman celeste. loy visited one of the leading enterprises of the national association of defense industry enterprises of ukraine nadi. this was reported by its head, serhiy pashinskyi. further practical cooperation in the field of defense-industrial developments was discussed at the meeting.

recently, as is known, ukraine has become a place for development of the most advanced military technologies. in addition, the wire is immediately low. of the world's military companies from the united states, france, germany, as well as other countries, announced plans to build their factories in ukraine. in addition, already during the war, ukraine was actively developing a large share of its own military industry, and also produced a significant part of ammunition and the latest military equipment, in particular bohdan's saw, for the nato caliber of 155 mm. which has already proven itself very well on the field battle the us presidential candidate from the democratic party, kamela harris , has overtaken the candidate from the republican party, donald trump,

in three key states. namely in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. this is evidenced by a survey of the z newspaper and the sieena college research institute, which was published on saturday, august 10. the gap between harris and trump is four points. voter votes, against 46%, respectively. it is noteworthy that the rating of garis in pennsylvania immediately increased by 10 points - notes new york times. america's democratic presidential candidate and vice president kamala harris are ahead of republican candidate donald trump in three key states that are key to winning the 2024 election. will testify the data of a new survey from the new york times siena college, published on saturday,

reports european truth. the survey was conducted in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin from august 5 to 9. potential voters were asked how they felt about kamala harris and donald trump. to the question, for whom they voted, if the election were held today, 50% of voters preferred harris to 46...for trump, this is a marked improvement, compared to the results of president joe biden, who withdrew his candidacy in favor of harris, taking into account the third candidates and robert frantis kennedy jr., harris remains ahead by five percentage points in michigan, two percentage points in pennsylvania and 6 percentage points in wisconsin. kennedy jr., who is losing popularity, averages only 4-5% support. also surveys demonstrated that the team. harris is winning on the back of rising popularity among voters in each state, but

support for trump has also improved slightly in all three states. at the same time, 47 respondents believe that trump will introduce changes that will be very bad or somewhat bad for the country, compared to 37% of voters who said the same about harris. according to a social spear poll on august 12, us vice president kamala harris was also one day ahead of trump. points among young voters. survey among young people 18- to 29-year-olds showed that garis' own approval rating jumped 16 points since the start of last month, from 33% to 49%. in the five-party race, harris leads trump by nine points in the youth vote, up 10 points from last month, when biden led the field and trailed trump. in the two-way race, there was a 13-point sweep in favor of garis. the current american president, joe

biden, calls trump a real threat to us security. he stated this in an interview with cbs, which was released on sunday, august 11. it was his first interview since leaving the presidential race. joe biden recalled the events of 2021, when trump supporters stormed the capitol and emphasized that such actions are proof of a serious threat from the outside. former president. he also believes that a second term of trump's presidency could undermine american democracy. if he wins this nomination, i mean this election, watch what happens, it's a danger. he poses a real danger to american security. biden explained that he made the decision to withdraw from the race in order to protect democracy and unite the democratic party in the fight against trump's return to power. he also admitted that his age became a challenge in his election campaign. as for kamala harris,

biden said he was ready to help her, including campaigning for harris in key states like pennsylvania and other states. i am going to campaign in other states as well and i am going to do whatever kamala feels is necessary to help the most. the american president also spoke positively about harris' decision to choose. himself a candidate in vice presidents tim walz. he is my type of person, he is genuine, he is intelligent, i have known him for several decades. i think it's a great team. the pre-election race in the united states is entering a decisive phase. the staff of presidential candidate donald trump has already announced plans to hold. three televised debates with democratic candidate kamela harris. however

, the latter has not yet responded to the proposal of its main political rival. trump himself is wasting no time this week either aired on one of the most popular social networks in the world, x, formerly twitter, where he spoke live with the owner of the same network, a well-known american. businessman, philanthropist and tycoon, elon musk. the latter held a conversation that lasted about two hours, in a frankly complimentary tone. ex-president donald trump himself did not spare compliments to mask. kamela garis, in her turn, actively enlists the support of american celebrities, in particular film actors, athletes and singers. except moreover, in their election campaign, both

candidates began to sharply attack each other. yes, the pre-election ... tap of the republicans released a negative commercial against the main competitor haris. in it, she is accused, in particular, of livactva, of intentions to ban the use of small arms, as well as problems with illegal migration. in turn, kamela harris actively promotes the thesis that trump is a criminal in the media, as well as at political rallies. and she, as before... the prosecutor of the state of california actively opposes this, and she says: i i know the type of donald trump very well. however, it is obvious that the most interesting thing is that this absentee duel can take place when both candidates agree on the place, as well as the rules of the televised duel, which can

take place as early as september, in three central american cities. television channels. unexpected for the whole world , ukraine's military successes in the kurdish region force our allies to adjust their plans to the needs of the armed forces of ukraine. already this week, the american pentagon announced about a new military aid package. the visit of two americans was equally important. senators from the democratic republican party. this is a clear signal from the white house administration that there is a clear bipartisan consensus in the us congress regarding support for ukraine. in addition, it should be noted that the topic of ukraine remains one of the central ones in the discourse of the american

election campaigns. both candidates, donald trump and kamala harris practically. every time they mention the war in ukraine. in the mentioned interview, which elon musk did with donald trump, the ex-president of the usa separately stopped at the war in ukraine, blaming his traditional manner of resolving it, no, not vladimir putin, but joe biden. the latter, according to donald trump , did everything to force putin to attack ukraine. as he sees this war is trump himself, he promises to end it literally in one day, forcing zelensky and putin to sit down at the transition table. however, even the closest associates of the former us president do not know how this can happen. august 13 at the white house

said iran could launch a major series of attacks on israel as early as this week. report this. white house national security council strategic communications coordinator john kirby. he also recalled that earlier iran and the lebanese terrorist group hezbollah promised to take revenge on israel for the murder of the political leader of hamas ismail hannia and the commander of hezbollah fuad shukr. the statement comes after media reports that israeli intelligence believes it is likely. iranian attack in the coming days. for more information on the escalation of the situation in the middle east, further in our plot. iran may attack israel in the near future. according to an update from the israeli intelligence community, iran is ready to attack israel for the assassination of a hamas political leader

in tehran and is likely to do so within days, two sources with knowledge of the matter told axios. with this question. a new intelligence assessment suggests the attack could come before hostage talks and a gas ceasefire deal scheduled for thursday, potentially jeopardizing negotiations over what israeli officials say it's a now-or-never moment for a potential deal between israel and hamas. at the same time, the situation is still unstable. last week , israeli intelligence believed that iran had not yet... decided on the timing and nature of its response, in part because of international pressure and internal debate. however, the iranian mission to the un said on august 9 that it hoped that the response would be timely and complete. in such a way as not to harm a potential fire stop. defense minister of israel yuv galland 11 told american col. lloyd austin in august that iran's military preparations

indicated that iran was preparing for a large-scale attack. as a result of the call , the pentagon said that the guest ordered the ballistic missile submarine uss georgia to leave for the middle east and expedited the arrival of the aircraft carrier theodore. and in the region. the biden administration has been preparing for a dramatic week of high -stakes diplomacy to try to prevent a regional outbreak and secure the hostages and a gas cease-fire agreement. the results next week will show that the region will plunge even deeper into crisis and the expansion of perpetual war. or if there is a significant reversal of course for the first time since october 7, the outcome could shape president biden's legacy. the situation is also tense along the israeli-lebanese border. expects a blow from hezbollah, which has promised to take revenge for the recent killing by israel of the top commander fuad shukr. as the washington post writes, during the 10 months of the cross-border conflict with israel, hezbollah

began so-called saturation attacks, testing gaps in air defense israel and presented new weapons in response to the assassination of senior commanders inside lebanon. hezbollah has received large shipments of missiles and drones from iran, and now it has also begun to produce its own weapons. in addition, the group has for... means of air defense, which most proxy groups do not have. the group's arsenal includes guided and unguided missiles, anti-tank artillery, ballistic and anti-ship missiles, as well as drones loaded with explosives that can reach far into israeli territory. by analysts estimate that hezbollah has between 130,000 and 150,000 rockets, more than four times as many as its ally hamas was thought to have... before the gas war. the ilivan group says it commands over 100,000 troops, double the high-end estimates for hamas' military fighting force. the vast

majority of hezbollah's weapons arsenal consists of low-grade munitions that could threaten israel's air defense systems if unleashed in large numbers. of even greater concern to israel are precision munitions, which are said to be group she owns. hezbollah keeps its arsenal tightly secret, leaving weapons experts to guess the full extent of its capabilities. much of what is publicly known comes from statements by the group and its leader, hassan nasrallah, who says his fighters used only some of our weapons in the escalating attacks on northern israel on october 8. this program was conducted for you by me, a major of the armed forces of ukraine and. berozovets, thank you for being with us, thank you for watching, together to victory and glory to ukraine.

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the kremlin's lack of determination. in response to the introduction of ukrainian troops into the territory of the russian federation. where did putin's red lines go? ratification of the rome statute. zelenskyi suggests that the verkhovna rada urgently introduce changes to ukrainian criminal legislation, which will give ukraine full membership in the international criminal court. in ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. in the next two hours we will talk about ukraine, about the world, about the war and about our victory. let's talk about the current situation in kurshchyna, about the reaction to the offensive of the ukrainian army on russia, from our western partners, and of course about how

and in what way the ukrainians will develop combat operations, among the topics that will be on today's broadcast two-hour long, this is a story about how the head of the anti-monopoly committee, who previously ruled donetsk region , pavlo kyrylenka, is accused of illegal enrichment, and, as in, of organizing schemes in order to avoid... mobilization, they caught two heads of the tsk, buchanskyi and boryspilskyi. we will talk about all this in the next two hours. in the first part of our program, we will have majors of the armed forces of ukraine ihor lapin, diplomat oleksandr khara and political expert volodymyr tsibulko. in the second part of our program, which will start in an hour. we will have a traditional friday journalism club. olga len and bohdan butkevich, my

colleagues will comment. events of the week however , before starting our big broadcast, i suggest watching the video of the first hours of the offensive on the kursk region of russia. this video was published by the command of the armed forces of ukraine. in the demining video, the breakthrough of the border, the destruction of the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation, artillery and prisoners. let's see how the ukrainians entered enemy territory.