and defend us, we must thank them for this and congratulate ukraine on its independence with our donation, i think that this will be the best practical gift, and now kateryna shirokopols is appearing, which means that we are watching what happened there in ukraine, russia and the world. katya, you have a word. greetings olesya, greetings andria, in a moment we will tell the most operative news at this hour, as well as tell the stories of those who are regaining our independence today. news time on the espresso tv channel. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. 33rd anniversary tireless struggle for freedom. independence day is being celebrated by ukraine for the third time in brutal conditions. full-scale war

unleashed by russia. president volodymyr zelenskyy congratulated ukrainians on the holiday, recorded an address from the sumy region near the psal river, a few kilometers from the border with the enemy. he thanked the soldiers who defend freedom every second, as well as all those who bring victory closer. the head of state promised that the ukrainian response will fly to every point of russia, which is a source of danger for our state and people, and putin... will not to dictate its terms, what the enemy brought to our land has now returned to his home, and whoever wanted to turn our lands into a buffer zone must think so that his country does not become a buffer federation, this is how independence responds, pays for our peaceful citizens, on whom cabs and daggers fly, for

our gray-haired parents, for our children who are forced to study underground, the faded eyes of their chief, perceive the whole world as a gray area, and we will not let the entire area of ​​the earth, where the amendment should be blue- yellow flag, there will be no sick kid from the red square, who constantly threatens everyone with a red button to dictate to us some of his red lines, how to live, what path to take, what choice to make, only ukraine and ukrainians will determine for themselves. president of poland andrzej duda arrived in kyiv on ukraine's independence day. she met the polish head of state at the railway station. the corresponding video was published by the office of the president of poland. his visit emphasizes the importance of polish-ukrainian relations and support, and symbolizes poland's solidarity in difficult times for... country time. it is currently known what duda

has planned during his visit. at night , the russians shelled kupyansk in the kharkiv region. a residential building was damaged, the roof was on fire, the enemy also hit the village of nova kozacha. a garage, an outbuilding, and two motorcycles were seized, the head of the regional military administration oleg synigubov said. a fire also broke out in the village of odnorobivka as a result of shelling. an outbuilding in the village of kucherivka, a partially renovated home, caught fire. on the protection of the ukrainian sky. our next story is about a military man from the kyiv region, who already he has been defending the country for 10 years. he had time to visit many settlements in the donetsk and luhansk areas. he saw completely destroyed villages, crushed enemy equipment, he himself shot down more than one russian target, more about the anti-aircraft gunner in our material. senior sergeant evgeny already. he has been

protecting the ukrainian sky for 10 years, his military history began with conscript service in 2011, later he signed a contract with the 1129th anti-aircraft missile regiment of belotserkiv, and continues to serve here as the deputy head of the calculation, he says: i never dreamed of becoming a soldier, and there were no people related to this business in the family. young people chose this path out of curiosity, because the zsu says it is stability. when the situation on the maidan escalated, the regiment stood guard over the sky of the capital, already in the summer of 2014 they left for the east of ukraine, where the anti-terrorist operation continued. the boss gives the command, we start the machine, i supervise the operator of the senior operator, the start of all systems of all and at'. to the search team,

as the deputy head of the calculation more visually on conducting a search for targets, and if the target is detected, and there is a command to destroy, as deputy. head of the calculation, i am engaged in the destruction of targets. during 10 years of combat , yevhen visited various points in the donetsk and luhansk directions. according to yevhen, the current hostilities differ from 2014 in terms of the work of air defense. the difference is that now they use not all available means, aircraft, uavs, fpvvi, there are new developments of theirs, which at... at that time they did not use like that, at that time they used more, this is their eagle, which was engaged in more intelligence to enter the settlement, they are primarily this works, their artillery works for a long time,

aviation works, and when it's over, the settlement is destroyed, they... ask to take it by storm. at the same time as yevgeny, his brother yuri also joined the assault brigade. but unfortunately, a 19-year-old boy died during the storming of the city of lysychansk in 2014. zenitnyk was deeply saddened by the loss of his loved one and even thought about ending his military service, but continued, in particular in memory of his brother. yevhen encountered a full-scale invasion near mariupol, where on the night of february 23-24, they realized that something is wrong, because the enemy has started using hail intensively. from mariuppol to volnovakha, we traveled, moved, moved, day and night,

both aviation and artillery were constantly working in populated areas, it was time to change positions often from... for exemplary service, the soldier has awards from the regiment, the president and commander-in-chief zaluzhnyi. he received the last one in june 2022 after a shrapnel wound. yevhen has now undergone rehabilitation and returned to his duties. in addition , together with his wife, they are expecting their first child, a girl who gives hope for calm and peace in ukraine. yaroslav hopatsa, oleksand. kuga espresso. white church. ukraine is celebrating its 33rd anniversary of independence. however, today in conditions of war, because our state continues to fight for its freedom. as before, ukrainian soldiers give their lives for her. our journalist tetyana golonova

visited askold's grave in the capital to pay her respects to today's independence fighters. tanya, congratulations. you have a word. i congratulate katya, i also congratulate the viewers of the espresso tv channel. today is the 33rd anniversary of independence in ukraine, we visited the historical and memorable area in the capital of askoldova grave. it was here that fallen soldiers once found peace under the cliffs. i will remind you that in 1918, young students, 300 young men , engaged in an unequal battle with the bolshevik army, which numbered then. about 5,000 people, this battle was short-lived, it lasted for several hours, but then 28-28 guys were captured and then brutally shot, but these guys at the cost of their lives then chose victorious two days for our state, and the same today , on

alas, history repeats itself, now new graves of new ukrainian heroes have appeared on the askold grave, who today also gave their... lives in the fight against the russian occupier, among them is the hero of ukraine dmytro kotsyubailo with the call sign devincha, as well as the legendary pilot andriy pilshchikov with the call sign jus and a participant in the revolution of dignity oleksandr klitynskyi. how important it is today to preserve memory, to know the value of what our heroes did, let's hear further. and many generations of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers dreamed, to all those who lived before us, who fought and who gave their lives for this day, therefore at the present time it is important for us, for our generation, to preserve this holiday, it is important

to preserve the country and pass on this love, and especially this desire for independence, to freedom. to our children, our grandchildren, and for our country to prosper, i believe that this will be the case. i will remind our heroes that da vinci died in the battle near bakhmut. he was the first volunteer who received the title of hero of ukraine, ukraine during his lifetime. legendary pilot jus died in a plane crash in zhytomyr oblast. he made several dozen sorties. and oleksandr klitynskyi died during the revolution of dignity, during a fire in the building of the trade unions. later, he was buried in askoldova. graves, so today, on the anniversary of independence, all of ukraine, and we together with it,

should remember and remember all our heroes who gave their lives for our will, for our freedom and for our independence. katya, i transfer the ether to you. thank you tanya. let me remind you, it was tetyana golonova, our correspondent from kyiv. and from the very morning, ukraine accepts congratulations on independence day. the embassy of great britain published a holiday. video. in embroidered shirts, employees of the diplomatic service read a poem by the ukrainian poet leonid fedoruk with inspiration. the rhymes vividly describe that ukraine is now each of us. ukraine is the dnipro, full of water. ukraine is a good thing created by you. ukraine is this, wise counsel. ukraine is hearts full of love. ukraine. this is you, this is me, and all of us, illuminated from above, with god's

eyes, happy independence day ukraine. currently in this is all the news for me, see you in less than an hour. on the third. year of war, the enemy wants to plunge us not only into darkness without light, but also into the darkness of despair. how the ukrainian rear accelerates the dream victory. see in the espresso special project. bright people in dark times, business. kartsberg has been investing in ukraine since 1996. the company's clay is a lviv brewery, the history of which began in 1715,

which is where the name of the brand comes from. since then , the enterprise has been a symbol of the city. the wort is boiled in these copper vats. after the stage fermentation, filtration and cooling, the finished beer is bottled. here, each beer preserves a century-old history of brewing traditions. every year, the company invests in the modernization of equipment to meet the highest global standards. lviv brewery is one of the three breweries of karsbrakh ukraine, and according to that we will celebrate 309 years this year, production is quite innovative and modern, of course, it would not be possible without investments, every year the company invests about uah 200 million in lviv. in companies say that during a full-scale war, they managed to maintain a professional team, implement programs to support employees, reintegrate veterans, and most importantly - to scale the social responsibility of business to the needs of the country. over the past three years , the company has implemented more than 40. community support is the main strategic

priority of our company, we have three key directions, namely the production of water for humanitarian needs, building up communities, as well as investing in the rehabilitation of those who suffered during the war. by the way, lviv poovarnya is the first peovarnya, where we started producing water for humanitarian needs back in march 2022. the company continues to nurture the history of one of the oldest beverages in the world - beer. the unique interactive museum-cultural complex lvivarnia operates on klyparivska street. here visitors are told about the history of beer and lviv, as well as the development of the brewery. you can also see the brewing process live here and try local experimental beers in the tasting room. we started transferring 30% of the cost of our ticket for piety a. precisely to the municipal institution institute of the city, which is engaged in

improvement and assistance to immigrants who have found shelter in our city of lviv. lvivarnia takes an active part in the life of lviv, supports the initiatives of the tourism department and the city council. the "hanged ticket" initiative is also popular. every visitor can buy and give a ticket for military or internally displaced persons. in 2024 , a new mini-brewery was opened on the territory of the museum and cultural complex. lepka, they cook locally beer varieties. according to yuriy huk, carlsberg strives to create ukrainian craft that can compete with international ones. the company invested almost uah 9 million in the opening of the brewery. the purpose of this ovarni is to produce an understandable, affordable product, and at the same time to experiment and surprise our consumers with something. according to the results of 2023 , the enterprise carlsberg ukraine became the leader in the industry in paying taxes. the enterprise provides work for more than 1,300 workers and more than 20,000 jobs in related industries. the ukrainian manufacturer is known for

border, because drinks are exported to 20 countries of the world. work assistants who deliver goods from the warehouse and self-service vending machines. ants pharmacy was the first in the pharmaceutical market of ukraine to introduce such technological innovations. in this way, the company facilitates the work of its employees. accelerates the customer service process. now, to receive online orders, we do not need to stand in line, the patient just needs to get the number of his order, enter it in the tablet that is near the atm, pay with your order at the bank terminal and

receive your order yourself by entering the code, almost without the involvement of a pharmacist. in a cell over 24 years, the company has opened more than 1,300 pharmacies in 190 cities and villages of ukraine. more than 700 employees work in the network. it is important for us that every client who comes to the pharmacy should not be left without attention and receive all the medicines, hygiene items, and cosmetics that he wants to buy from our pharmacies. we are distinguished by a wide assortment, we are distinguished by new technologies. innovative technologies service, we are distinguished by our qualified, high-quality staff. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the ants pharmacy donated more than uah 110 million to charity. the network constantly cooperates with various charitable foundations. come back alive serhiy prytula united 24 charity fund, hospitalists together. also closes individual

requests of the military. only since the beginning of the 24th year , we have already spent more than uah 32 million. for the needs of the military, hospitals, for help for particularly vulnerable sections of the population. benefactors transferred to front-line hospitals ventilators worth uah 46 million. in addition, the company continues to support almost a hundred employees who protect the country as part of the armed forces. we help the units where they serve in every possible way. we buy ammunition, body armor, helmets, tactile devices, etc. we received and continue to receive many requests from their managers. units in which they serve and nachmeds, in order to transfer medicines for them. such assistance turned into a corresponding permanent project, which it is called in our country medicine for the zsu, which continues in the future.

we handed over uah 8 million worth of first-aid kits to military units during the full-scale invasion under this project and will continue to hand them over. anz are convinced that the client can find everything from his list in one place and there is no need to waste time looking for drugs all over the city, besides, there is a profitable loyalty system like, you just need to call the number of your mobile pharmacist to accrue bonuses, you can order products not only in stationary pharmacies, but also in the chatbot, on the website and in mobile application light people in dark times, that's what the independence day espresso marathon is called, dear friends, during the day , incredible people will appear on our airwaves, thank you for doing incredible things, because we are going for a record, i you let me tell you, 44,000 have already been collected for this morning, i want to tell you that for monday,

for the whole of monday, you and i collected 45,000, here in just a few morning... hours, dear friends, andriy and i are on this ether on the spresso tv channel until 3 p.m., please add more, listen, we actually have 20 less than 2,200, so that we already have three hundred of the second million, well, uah 1,278.285 in total, this is our calculation of the 3.5 million needed for three brigades, these are the brigades that are now. .. some of them on the third separate assault in the kharkiv direction displaces the enemy 47-110 in the hellish direction. friends, so let's help them, let them get drones and rap systems as soon as possible, for which we collect them, scan the qr code quickly, and this is

help for both our defenders and defenders, this also a gift to our country on independence day, namely support for our defenders, this is the good deed that can be done today on the occasion of the holiday, whether it is uah 33 or uah 33, regardless. how much to transfer, please be with those who defend our independence, and one of those who defend our independence, we will now speak, oleksandr yavchanka, commander of the honor company of the vovka davinci battalion of the 59th separate mechanized brigade, joins us, mr. oleksandr, we congratulate you, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, mr. oleksandr, er, you are joining us from where, if you can tell, potrovsky direction, direction, hell. mr. oleksandr, what does independence day mean to you, this day in the pokrovsky direction? you know, i remember when for

independence, the beginning of the 90s, then i was still, uh, a student, and for the people of lviv, the day of independence, it was a great day, because the stars came to lviv, well. .. big concerts, that is, it’s in a child’s mind, in a child’s mind, it was some kind of, you know, a bright weekend, but later it was already in zero, it was 2004, on this day, i was already a student... well, i started to look a little differently there, because after all, what turns out to be an independent country is not just

some facade story, but is it something that requires action from you? i am talking now about the first maidan, about the orange revolution, when they wanted to take away the right to choose from the citizens, this is an important aspect of independence, when exactly... the citizens of the country choose their government, as you understand, for example, in the sad example of belarus, there the citizens have such a right, and in 2004 we defended it, then you began to look at independence somewhat differently, after all, it is something that you have to fight for, and already in 2013, independence day, it was literally perceived as the first holiday that needs to be defended, a concept that needs to be defended, because in principle, your question is not independence day for me, rather i

answer the question that for me the concept of independence, because the day of independence, you just think about it again, and what is independence for you, so independence is without a doubt a right, the right of self-determination, that is, the right of the country. determine which unions we belong to we will enter, er, how we will live, er, how we will agree among ourselves, this is our right, but any right is not inextricably linked with responsibility, so independence day, summing up, for me, it is about rights and responsibility , responsibility entails struggle. for the same independence, i already said today that if putin and his advisers had studied more carefully, two or so years, 2.5 years ago, the results

of sociological studies, studies of the 22nd, 21st years, they would have turned attention that 85 approximately 100% of ukrainians said that independence is an unconditional value for them, and these are the people who were confused about the answers, which language should be, whether there is a difference. what should be the name of the central street of their city, should there be democracy in ukraine, or should it be unknown what, but when it came to independence, all of a sudden ukrainians were united, united from east to west, but surely he would, if he interpreted it correctly then if these words were not just empty words, i would certainly not have dared to guess what they were dared, but for what... independence, relatively speaking, how do we realize our opportunity to do something on our land? er,

first of all it is good that we understand that we need independence, and we do not just declare it, we are ready for actions, and during these more than two years of full-scale invasion, every day our contemporaries with you do those actions, therefore awareness is, in fact, exactly what ours will be. we will negotiate, well, in the end, we are negotiating about it now, that is, a country at war has a tendency to, well, to the fact that, after all, the rules are becoming tougher, after all, some basic, not even basic, just some freedoms that we are used to, for example, the freedom to travel

abroad. during hostilities, we have a different situation here, and this is what we are also discussing now, there are even discussions now again on the subject of freedom, because some citizens argue that since it is his right to choose or from... he is ready to fight for his own country is not ready, and if coercion is applied to him, then this is a violation of his freedom, but then again, any rights are associated with duties, and here we need to realize that if we want this country to exist, and this country to provide us with rights and freedoms, then we have to fight for it...

that is, in other words, we have a responsibility for this country, and it's a very difficult discussion, so that for the people who are now defending the country, well, a similar approach of their compatriots, to put it mildly, is perceived as not fair, er, and in other words to say, what is this independence for us, well, for me everything is clear, i understand. .. what will happen to my country if we lose our independence, let's imagine the struggle of god, that ukraine was occupied by russia, everything is clear to me as clear as day, the first thing that will happen is that people who are most disloyal to the regime will be destroyed, actually killed, after all, russia came here with firing lists, and this is no longer a secret for anyone , these people will be

killed, another time... people who manage to escape will leave ukraine. after all, the russians are doing everything now for this very reason, they are doing terror precisely so that as many ukrainians as possible simply leave these lands. and that part of ukrainians that will not be destroyed immediately, and russia will face a lot an unpleasant choice. or they get rid of their own. politics recognize themselves as moloros, what are moloros in the russian sense, they are some kind of non-russians, uh, after all, they look like this at all the other peoples who are now part of the russian federation, so those people who will remain in the occupied territories, they have there will be a choice, either to recognize ourselves as little russians, or to try

to fight against this system, and... but the result of this fight will be the same as for those who will be destroyed during the occupation, this is what will happen if we lose our independence in this war, so for me it is unacceptable, what will our independence be like when we defend our right to be independent in this war, and i am afraid in the next ones too, because i am convinced that russia will not... detach from us in the near future, would we join nato, er, which i sincerely hope for, but that being said, to say that i directly believe, it is in the near future, in other words, we either defend our independence, and it will be a long time, and we, it will be a long process, and we must be prepared for the fact that...