faith, it is a certain tradition of certain rites, certain prayers, certain his theology, this is how churches are formed, yes, that is, in this sense, but it is very important to distinguish religion from ideology in the church, service to god, service to caesar, yes, unfortunately, russian the church has shown that it is the church of caesar, who wants, thank you, mr. george kovalenko, priest of the orthodox church of ukraine, rector of the open orthodox university of st. sophia of wisdom, thank you very much. now the news, after the news, india will appear before us, in the person of olena bordilovska, indological, but anyway, news first.

double celebration: 115 of our defenders have returned from russian captivity, which of the allies will provide ukraine with 500 drones and 10 air defense systems, and how the ukrainian glade beats muscovites. good evening, happy independence day to everyone. the espresso team summarizes the news of the day that passes. and important information, air alert in most areas, our defenders of the sky announced a high-speed target on sumy. the local media. sounds like explosions are reported. 33rd anniversary of tireless struggle for freedom, independence day, ukraine celebrates for the third time in the conditions of a brutal full-scale war unleashed by russia. volodymyr zelenskyy thanked the soldiers who defend freedom every second, as well as everyone who brings 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

dictate his terms, what the enemy brought to our land has now returned to his home, and that , who wanted to turn our lands into a buffer zone, should think that his country should not became 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 do not let's turn the earth into a gray zone, where there should be a 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, which way to go, which choice

only ukraine and ukrainians will determine for themselves what to do. double holiday. on independence day , another 115 of our defenders returned home from russian captivity - reported volodymyr zelenskyi. the exchange took place with the assistance of the united arab emirates. the ukrainian military struck today for the first time. the russians with a new weapon - said president volodymyr zelenskyi during the celebrations on the occasion of independence day. the head of state did not specify where exactly the drone missile was used, but emphasized that the occupiers will not be able to resist this weapon, nor utter its name. lithuania will hand over 5,000 drones to ukraine by the end of autumn, prime minister ingrid šemonite said. the lithuanian government has committed to

annually spend a quarter of a percent of gdp on aid to ukraine. the espresso tv channel and the vesna charitable fund have launched a fundraising campaign for the purchase of modern drones and electronic warfare systems for the third separate assault brigade of the 110th and 47th brigades of the armed forces of ukraine. the defenders in the donetsk direction every day hold back enemy attacks and defend our freedom and future. it was these soldiers who stood before the latter was defended by the ovidians. direction in the spring. the brigades urgently need drones and modern means of countering enemy drones. our goal is uah 3.5 million. thanks to you, our viewers already have 1,309,000 small donations. you can join the collection using the qr code you see on the screen. for more than two years of full-scale war, polish volunteers tirelessly help the ukrainian military and civilians nearby. front lines about

volunteering on the front lines, relationships with soldiers and magical thinking in war, polish volunteer olga solyar told espresso. mrs. olga was born in a polish family, however, one of her grandmothers comes from sumy oblast, so over time, her interest in her roots led olga to learn the ukrainian language at the age of 15. i studied at the jagenon university in krakow, at the beginning i went to study ukrainian philology, graduated from ukrainian philology and decided to continue my studies in postgraduate studies in lviv, and i am a folklorist, an ethnologist, i studied. folk magic, folk treatment. mrs. olga knows the history of ukraine well, so no could not have been on the sidelines either during the revolution on the maidan or when the russian invasion of the 14th year began. the full-scale war did not catch the volunteer by surprise, because she already knew what to do and whom to help. i

help the 128th brigade of tro, this is the brigade of the city of dnipro, and it so happened that i just helped the fighters of the ida battalion from the 14th year. and when the full-scale invasion began, they are the people of starobil from luhansk oblast, i think they could no longer hold roadblocks there, because the column against the muscovites was moving in such a way that they had to was already retreating, and they joined teroo dnipro. for more than two years, the woman regularly travels from poland to the front. it is important for volunteers to hand over aid personally to the military, without intermediaries. war is also very dynamic. that was at the beginning, now it is not so necessary, now we continue to transport cars, spare parts, which are very difficult to buy something in ukraine, we are looking for it in poland, but it is also a very important element, as if small, but it is logistics, without cars, the guys actually can't do the tasks,

the second in addition, but of course medykamenty, medycyna taktyczna, tak met, drony antydronowi systemy. mrs. olga not only collects funds and gives the necessary things to the military, but also stays at the positions for a certain time, from a week to a month. she says that it is important for her to live the experience of war with the boys, as well as to film their lives for history. they actually became a kind of big family for me, and that's how it is, i miss them when i come to poland, i just miss them. i think that i want to sit down already have dinner together and with... today there will be fried potatoes with a fried egg, for example. in the life of the military there is a place for ordinary everyday joys, says ms. olga. in the summer, they try to go on vacation, swim in the pond and always celebrate all birthdays. she herself lived her days, also her birthday with the boys, and it is very nice

when we celebrate together, they congratulate me, and there, i am one of a hundred guys who congratulate me, well, it is pleasant and unusual. however, most of the military have already... returned to the front after being wounded, the war does not improve their health, says the volunteer. ms. olga has also changed over the years, her views have become even more steadfast. yes, i'm radical, i don't even try to smooth myself and relativize and pretend that someone has the right to be interested in war and so on and so forth. i believe that the real men are at the front, i am absolutely annoyed by the indifference and er... lack of responsibility for their country, i believe that any process always happens thanks to the fact that the citizens of the country, they take on own part of the responsibility for changes. you cannot rely only and exclusively on the fact that the state will do something. it is impossible not to get tired of the war, - says the volunteer. however, she

feels her responsibility and knows that it is even more difficult for the military, so she continues to help. in may of this year, ms. olga received two honorary awards for volunteering. and the military call it otamansha, but i also learned from one of the boys that it is very often, the boys say, it’s all for profit, especially those who lost their houses in the occupation, it’s all for profit, and i believe that when i live to old age, it will be more pleasant for me to remember that i still experienced something, that i helped someone, that i participated in absolutely overwhelming world processes, i don't care, only... and as a participant in those processes, and it's better, what to have, i don't know, there is a fifth apartment, which i don't know what to do with, is shared, magical thinking is also present at the front, everyone watches what they say, for example, they say goodbye without saying goodbye, so as not to offend. maria

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the wounded and a volunteer who collected 10 drones for the military in her eight years. about all this and much more, already at 9 pm on espresso. good health once again, ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of myself and the espresso tv channel, i congratulate you on independence day of ukraine, don't forget about it, today is august 24, the day when the verkhovna rada voted for independence, well, we will talk first of all now, more precisely we will talk about india, olena bordilovska, indologist, doctor of political sciences, will appear now and we ask her something, and good health, mrs. alina, and by the way, i will ask you. strangely enough, at first it was not about ukrainian-indian relations, but about russia,

because we know about rabindranath tagore, jawaharlal nehru, indira gandhi, rajiv gandhi, in short, there have always been such special relations, specific relations between the soviet union and india, and as far as i understand, they have remained now, more friendly relations with russia, so... at least my impression is, is it possible to somehow influence it, or it can be influenced simply by the flow of life, whether ukraine, or ukraine together with european partners, or ukraine together with global partners, or it can be influenced, for example, by what, as we know, in that part of the globe, competition between china and india, india more democratic, more pro-western, china is the same, the same, the same, independent, stands on its own, it is possible to somehow detach or at least, well,

somehow begin to detach russia from india, or what? is it impossible? well, first of all, good afternoon, thank you for the invitation, mr. mykola, i congratulate you and all of us on the best holiday, and still i want to start in this, in a festive mood, everything is possible in this world, yes, and years like this 30, i, my colleagues, our diplomats, many are fighting for what you asked, how to separate india from russia, but, if it is impossible, there is a complete disconnection, how to make ukraine closer to india, so i will tell you, yesterday was a very significant day for all of us, i understand that there may be questions, we will discuss them, but the fact that for the first time in 33 years , an indian leader, prime minister came to ukraine, this is the second time, he came after that ill-fated

visit to moscow, which was interrupted, i will remind you, precisely because of the shelling of okhmetdyt and narendra. modi was very disappointed with all these two. and the third, he came to us from poland, right? and this visit, it was like that united, two-state, so to speak, this is also a very good sign for us, because india finally, finally, i emphasize, began to perceive ukraine as part of europe, central europe, yes, it is no longer the post-soviet space, which it has been for a very long time was, at least i watched all this a lot. now this is europe, and not only the entrance to europe, this is a european state, so i think we are doing it slowly and will continue to do it, i want to congratulate our diplomats and everyone who participated in this visit, at least with the fact that it became possible, it is already good, and secondly, answering your question, i

will tell you that relations with russia are gradually diversifying in many different fields, including... military, and there is no longer the terrible dependence that india had on russia in 70% , and now there are only 35 of them, and it is no longer the case that india promised something to russia there and no longer cooperates with anyone, cooperates in the field of air defense systems, in particular, and for quite a long time with such countries as france, the united states, israel, and now poland will be added to them, because one of the topics of discussion was. exactly bts, and finally, that narendra modi was able to see our country, and all of us, as best we could, conveyed through different channels, because there were a lot of indian journalists here, i had never seen so many in my life, that we want him to know about us, why are you fighting, what kind of war is this , why we don't want that we want peace, very much, but we don't want it

at all, so that together with peace we need truth, we need victory. and that's all, well , for such a short visit, of course, it was impossible to directly return this position, but at least we tried to do it, and it seems to me that he could feel it yesterday, and this memorial, it's such a sensitive issue, everything that happened then on july 8, the death of children, all these attacks, for him, as the leader of a country that, after all, positions itself there... the motherland non-violence, some principles of such tolerance, that's all that you mentioned at the beginning, it's a sensitive issue for him, so i hope that this visit may not immediately change all relations with everyone, but it was important, it was really historic, i you just like that for general development

i will say that when i was in india, it was in the mid-90s, it was the first visit of ukrainian diplomacy, with minister zlenka, then i remember two moments that show how warm relations were, that the delegation had to make remarks to ukrainian diplomats in delhi about the language, they all spoke in russian, and i remember such a stern voice of one of the diplomats from kyiv, where the state language was so loud, and they couldn't even get it in their heads that this was a separate state in. .. and the second thing that was in the hotel, they accommodated us beautifully, and wrote, where we are from, they wrote: kyiv, the russian federation, and then i started to find out. that they didn't know that, so okay, it means that we can say, not the russian federation, but the hindus, about what the role of india might be,

so theoretically, we understand that we cannot get into the minds of the hindus, but there was a visit, there was the prime minister, there was the leader of the country, a leader who, well, stands firmly on his political feet, because the elections were just held and he won again. ok, so what is india's possible role? so, let's imagine that they will want to play more actively role, now they definitely do not play an active role, and what can they do, how can they help ukraine, let's simplify the question, how can they help ukraine? well, come on, we won't get into their heads, but we listened to their briefings, well, i at least, yes, we know all their official statements, and i want to tell you that in fact... india is already doing something, just, well, not everyone knows about it, well, in particular, india handed us the 16th and 17th package of

humanitarian aid. in addition, india participated in absolutely all meetings on the peace formula, which have been happening since last year, starting from copenhagen, then jeddah, malta, taos and so on, india took part in the peace summit and will obviously take part in the second peace summit, although it is not known. so far at what level, and finally yesterday, the minister of foreign affairs, and not only the prime minister came to us, a very powerful team came, you are just showing the footage there, so the minister of foreign affairs, jay shankar, who is the head yes to diplomacy, the adviser on national security came, adzhi doval - that's it well, the person who actually forms the security policy is very close to fashion. and the state secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs and the head of the department of the western ministry of foreign affairs arrived, which , i emphasize once again, tells us that ukraine

is finally perceived as a european state in india, and at his final briefing , the minister of foreign affairs admitted that we knew, but he finally said that india has been informally participating in negotiations with the russian federation since the 22nd year. of these on issues such as nuclear security, in particular, this, the situation around the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, on such issues as food security, in particular the black sea grain initiative, india participated in these negotiations, india has already agreed, again, well, it is not formal, but this is known to everyone, to participate in the implementation of individual points of the peace formula, in particular, as regards ecology, the same nuclear safety, those questions, why are children all this so important, because the question of the return of ukrainian children was raised, and india will definitely take participation in reconstruction of ukraine after the end of the war, this

is something that has already been agreed upon, so to speak, there is huge interest, besides, many different things were discussed and there were official statements about it, various fields of cooperation, india is very interested, i will say this again, to diversify this military-technical cooperation. with russia, and that is why it is looking, will look for new opportunities, the indians are very actively monitoring what is happening on our fronts, in our war, they already know that this is a war of drones, and in particular , drone technology is already very, very are interested, that is there are prospects, i would say, carefully say yes, let's talk about these prospects, so, as far as i understand, the agricultural sector is something that ukrainians can sell. to the hindus, the medical or medicine field is something that ukrainians can buy from the indians, because it is developed there, but you said about reconstruction,

how realistic it is, and how strong india is in the matter of building infrastructures, building individual houses or entire large areas how much did you have of this or that construction? they know how to do it, because they are very much in the public consciousness it is often said that all the countries that were colonies, all that was built there were the english, the french, and so on and the like, but the african, indian, and pakistani countries, they are not capable of anything until the englishman appears there or a frenchman, but what about today, well , let's say, what about today, today the world has changed, and really before, we used to build ukraine, including many things you yourself know. they said, they mentioned it, and now they have very large infrastructure projects, by the way, it all started back in the for example, this is the development of such huge...

logistics corridors, there are many things there, both highways and railways, that's all the logistics that are around, that's why this program has a name, it's called make in india, and it's the promotion of foreign investments and cooperation, including cooperation with western partners, that is, they learned a lot, this is one thing, and secondly, we do not forget that this is the largest country in the world in terms of population, which has a lot of workers. and it will have to be adjusted somewhere and further, yes, not everyone can go to america, no matter how much they want to go there i didn’t want to, thirdly, there are actually a lot of different engineering institutes and universities in india, which, by the way, ukraine once helped to build, now they work and there are quite a lot of specialists in them, and the last thing i will say is that these are not just some , you know, they signed memorandums of intent there,

no, this is specific, in particular about... the position of financing our communities, that is, primarily those, of course, regions that suffered from the war, india is already ready to allocate certain funds there, they are not very large, but still on the reconstruction of individual communities, cities, villages and so on that were affected by the war, that is, these are specific proposals, so everything here also looks quite promising, maybe the last question is the question about 44%, it is how much oil for domestic needs india buys russian, and this is 44% of their needs, this is simply because it is cheap, this oil, and this is because there is a whole middle east near india, there is a whole bunch of countries there, which are full of oil, but, and it is located closer, and they take

the one from far away. course, shorter, more complicated way, why, just cheap? well, actually, in short, yes, but the question, this was asked during the visit, and the foreign minister of india said that such an explanation was given to the ukrainian side, why all this is happening, because indeed india is very dependent on imports, it does not have its own oil, in fact, and many countries from which it would buy, well, they also have certain sanctions there. let's remember the same iran, which of course is closer, but it is also under sanctions, just like russia, but i will try to be optimistic here, because these are all huge amounts of oil that they buy from russia, because they really need it, they buy it for nothing, it's not even the $60 ceiling that was set last year or the year before last, it's much, much cheaper, but the main thing is not even the fact that

india settles with... this oil with russia in its own rupees, which, as we understand, no one but india needs, and even russia itself cannot convert them into anything, but india cannot in dollars to settle, because the sanction will be violated, and they do not want it, c yuan, as russia wants, of course, india doesn't want either, because it's china, it's a rival, why does it need it, and all these rupees are perfectly lying in indian banks, in particular, it was proposed during the last visits that these... that is, to invest in the indian economy, well , in my opinion, it is not bad at all, and in fact minister jai shankar said yesterday that this issue, the oil issue is not political, it is an oil issue, it is an oil issue, thank you very much, olena bordilovska, indologist, doctor of political sciences, was with us, thank you, sorry for the imperfection of mine femenites, our marathon continues. people in dark

times at 10 p.m. today you will be able to watch the television premiere of the documentary 10 years of war on our channel, that is, on the espresso channel. this tape is dedicated to the most important events of recent history, from the first street actions of the revolution of dignity to the national resistance during the full-scale invasion of the russian federation into ukraine. against the background of all historical events, we will talk about the fate of the main characters of the public activist roman. town hall, to his mother, poet and activist svitlana povolyaeva, politician and journalist tetyana chornovil, paramedic yulia paevska, paevska, and i am saying goodbye to you today in order to definitely meet tomorrow, all the best, ladies and gentlemen, to victory.