russian troops attacked the site of a meeting of commanders of the armed forces of ukraine and the security service of ukraine. this was reported to the ministry of defense. over the past 24 hours , attempts by sabotage groups to penetrate into the belgorod region were also stopped. denis alekseev will tell you more about the situation in the zone. denis, welcome, well , even the day before the president was asked about sabotage groups at a press conference, his answer was harsh, which is understandable, their fate is not enviable. how things are going now.

every day is a fiasco, yesterday there was a helicopter with too much lost a train, today a czech rocket launcher, from which strikes were carried out on belgorod, and even greater losses in personnel . in the belgorod direction , russian units inflicted fire damage on a concentration of manpower and equipment of the 105th, 120th territorial defense brigades of the ukrainian armed forces and the russian volunteer corps in the areas of popovka, lukashovka and velikaya pisarovka, sumy region, staritsa, kharkov region. stopped attempts to penetrate across the state border of the russian federation, sabotage and separation groups of ukrainian militants in the area of ​​​​the village of kozenko. as a result, the enemy lost up to 150 military personnel, two tanks, three vehicles, a multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle , and an rm-70 in ampere. well, in general, our military carries out preemptive strikes on ukrainian formations that are trying to gain a foothold in the border zone around the clock. the footage shows one example of grouper artillery. the west is hitting

the command posts and equipment of the drg on the border with the kursk region. we work on manpower, on armored vehicles, at strong points, at buildings, we work on everything, we move out onto the field somewhere, we orient the gun, we shoot, we immediately get out of there. the situation in the ranks in so, frankly speaking, is not very good, there is a problem with the personnel, there are still reserves, but it is becoming more and more difficult to send them to the front line. we are trying to prevent ukrainian rotations, kiev sent the main forces to the avdeevka direction, but as you know, everything was in vain, the result from avdeevka, which a week of ukraformation retreated to the west, our military there again improved the situation in the front line, seven attacks by all-ear soldiers were not successful, and the day before the militants wandered through the field, they left the settlement peacefully, the lines there were important, it was necessary to hold, but there was no one, the ukrainian commanders created. only

a semblance of defense, our fighters from the vostok group did a good job. and this is how the situation developed in this entire direction over the past 24 hours, losses in the ssu, one and a half hundred militants, serious. the teroborona brigade was defeated near the village of shakhterskaya. our group repelled the attack near the harvest. ukrainian units there they left the tank to burn out. it cannot do without air support, of course, with half-ton aerial bombs. our pilots will always cover you. the combat mission will be assigned to us by control points with which we communicate in the air, and we also interact between aircraft in the air. for better performance of the combat mission. donetsk direction near artyomovsk, our assault groups took control of another ukrainian armed forces stronghold. in these images, combat vehicles

amphibiously delivered personnel almost close to enemy positions. weapons, which greatly hindered our progress, was disabled by covering groups from a distance. after which grenade launchers and small arms were used. the capture of the opornik ended with his total cleansing. well, about precision strikes: our intelligence became aware of the location of the meeting of the command staff of the sbu and the armed forces of ukraine. a missile was fired at the target. arrivals the day before were recorded in several rear areas of ukraine; among the destroyed military-industrial complex facilities was a helicopter assembly shop in kanotop. nato troops are already in ukraine for intelligence operations and arms control, the spanish newspaper el paist claims, citing a source. at the same time, according to her data, the alliance’s military personnel did not participate in ground battles. the possibility of sending western troops is still one of the main topics of

discussion in france. thus, according to the leader of the roconquista party, eric zemur, emmanuel macron is trying to intimidate the citizens of the fifth republic with belligerent statements. whether it succeeds will tell him. on our side are soldiers, we are a nuclear power, we can quickly deploy our troops , unlike other armies , especially the german one, this is due not only to the level of training, but to the fact that our president has such powers, unlike the german chancellor, who needs to enlist the support of the bundestag. the french authorities do not ask the opinions of ordinary citizens;

judging by polls, they are not enthusiastic about the idea of ​​direct intervention in the ukrainian conflict, as one study of public opinion showed, the number of those dissatisfied with foreign policy. macron grew after him statements, according to the opposition, did not add international prestige to paris. this is counterproductive because the french president has argued that he wants to create strategic ambiguity for moscow. the result is exactly the opposite, since almost all eu and nato countries said: there is no question of us sending troops to the territory of ukraine. if anyone has done vladimir putin a huge favor, it is the french president, as he has demonstrated.

later, and whatever the outcome, europe will look different. i am convinced that in it there will be less freedom, less democracy and zero tolerance for national sovereignty. finally, look at what they did to the pope for expressing a peaceful view of resolving the conflict. if they could, they would remove him or punish him economically, which is what they will do in the future with the so-called politically disobedient. the jerusalem post newspaper writes that macron's statements may be a deliberate leak of information. citing analysts. the publication believes that the french president fears that europe will be drawn into direct confrontation with russia, and therefore is trying to increase pressure on the united states to quickly approve financing for kiev. but nato does not intend to abandon the active militarization of europe. this is evidenced by

the alliance's plans to deploy its largest military base on the continent in romania. construction is already in full swing on the existing complex. almost in the future. will allow us, together with the russian people , to achieve these goals. well, back to

the voting results in the russian presidential elections. for the candidate from the communist party of the russian federation nikolai kharitonov according to preliminary data, 4.3% of voters voted. he came second in the elections . and how did the regions vote? let's get a look. voters in the oryol region gave the most votes for kharitonov, more than 9%. second place in votes republic. 7.7% of the votes, the communist party candidate received the least in the chechen republic - 0.3%. the party commented on these results. we must all congratulate putin, who received massive support in these elections, which for the supreme commander-in-chief means fundamental importance, because to conduct the battle , soldiers are assigned to officers. the task before the country to carry out its message can only be done by paying as much as possible, uniting society

, mobilizing all resources, mastering the latest technologies, knowing full well that without this victory the country, each of us will have no future, about a dozen of our territories are being shelled, our people are dying , living and working on the territory of russia, this is no longer easy, so today the population has consolidated around. the supreme commander in chief, who is in charge, yesterday's elections at 90% are not a laurel wreath for the population, it's a big mess with heavy responsibilities, and vladimir vladimirovich understands this, i suggest turning to the results of the communist party of the russian federation in past years, for comparison, in the previous presidential elections the communist party of the russian federation gained almost 12%, if a little earlier, previously in 2012 more than 17%.

the ldpr received the fewest votes in chechnya - only half a percent; however, leonid slutsky is more than pleased with his results. the historic campaign for the election of the president of the russian federation has ended, historical because that it confirmed the stable authority of the leader of the nation, vladimir vladimirovich putin, the country consolidated around its own.

received in the presidential elections in 2018, then he received 5.5% of the votes; the party showed its greatest result in 2008, when zhirinovsky received more than 9% of the votes. well, the debut of new people in the presidential elections can be considered successful, mainly thanks to the vibrant youth campaign. according to preliminary results, vladislav davankov received 3.83% of the votes, which is a result significantly higher than the votes. liberal candidates past years, yavlinsky, who received 1% in 2018, boris titov with 0.76%. it should also

be noted that davankov took second place based on the results of remote electronic voting with 6.28% of the votes. how did the regions vote? residents of the republic of korile gave the most votes for davankov - 8-15%, in the arkhangelsk region - 7.6. least of all, again, in chechnya. the situation in ukraine, sanctions against moscow and the presidential elections in russia are discussed today in brussels by the eu foreign minister. before the meeting starts the chapter

will finally express political will on the possibility of confiscating proceeds from russia’s frozen assets on the territory of the european union. i hope that today the eu ministers will finally approve a financial assistance fund for ukraine with the assistance of the european peace fund for 5 billion euros, which has been discussed for weeks. ukraine is in dire need of increased support. i also hope that there will be political will on the part of ministers to confiscate the proceeds from '.

will not change course, the question is what we will do about it in europe. ukraine fights, she needs weapons and ammunition. we promised to supply european-made shells, but we couldn’t. and we welcome the initiative of the czech republic to purchase them outside the european union. according to official riga, prague has already completed consultations with those manufacturers outside the european union who could supply the required number of shells; according to the head of the foreign ministry of this country, some progress in this matter can be expected. in the coming days. the day before, according to the head of mita lithuania, the capital held consultations regarding general communication that would express the relations of the european union for the completed elections. in the first official statement of the day. the european union says that it considers the results of the elections held in the new territories illegitimate. the european union reiterates that it does not and will never recognize either the holding of these so-called

elections on the territory of ukraine or their results. they cannot have any legal force whatsoever. will face the consequences of these illegal actions. among other things, it is expected that today at their council, the heads of the european union's mid-countries will adopt new sanctions against both russia and hamas and against extremist israeli settlers, today's agenda says. the european commission, in addition, will invite ministers to consider the possibility of partial or complete suspension of the eu-israel agreement, however. before the meeting, representatives of some capitals opposed it, considering this a virtual refusal of dialogue. we will finally impose sanctions on hamas in light of this horrific sexual violence against women in israel, at the same time we are making it clear here in brussels that the suffering in gaza must end. this war can only end if we achieve a two-

state solution, which is why it is so important for us to be clear that settlement building in particular is radicalized violence . settlers does not comply with international law, we are also initiating a sanctions regime for these actions. at the same time , latvia, for example, called the ground operation in rafah a potential disaster, and jose barel this morning, speaking at the european humanitarian forum, accused israel of actually using hunger as a weapon of war. regina sevastyanova, evgenia zemtsova, diana devyatkova, european bureau of vgtrk, brussels, belgium. unprecedented turnout and record results. the presidential elections in russia are already being called historic. russians abroad actively voted; the elections showed that there were attempts to impose on russians a complex of shame for their nationality. people openly came to vote in loyal thailand, dubai, aggressive riga and tallinn. in large cities western countries, russians lined up in front of embassies, despite attempts

at provocation and pressure. in total, according to preliminary data, more than 372 thousand people voted abroad. these presidential elections were not without hacker attacks and provocations, however, as is quite expected, such actions, both by the opposition and the ukrainian center for information and psychological operations tsipso, turned out to be a complete failure. it is noted that from the very beginning the organizers had problems with the lack of a large number of real supporters. the degree of external influence on the russian presidential election was unprecedented. they tried to disrupt and discredit them. electronic voting, however, the systems

worked normally, even at the beginning of voting, up to 8 o’clock today , more than 19, that is, 19,800 potentially dangerous impacts of a high average degree of criticality, have already been recorded. stated that the relocants created a network of centers that initiated a flow of fictitious appeals to election commissions, and some people also distributed

several fake pictures from polling stations, where there are either long lines or too few voters, undecided which is better? well, among the top fakes that we all read during these 3 days were reports of explosions at polling stations in belgorod, failures in the remote electronic voting system and an alleged murder in the kherson region. member of the election commission, information was also disseminated about a woman allegedly detained in lugansk who had spoiled a ballot with ukrainian symbols. the chairman of the central election commission noted that in fact the voter had nothing to do with it, and the provocative photo was taken with the help of a banal photo editor. ela pomfilova stated that such information was disseminated by the ukrainian center for information and psychological operations, known to us all as tsypso. the chairman of the federation council, valentina matvienko, summing up the results of the elections, said that they went very well.

if we talk about the elections, they were held transparently, openly, democratically, unlike many other states, including so -called democracies. a huge number of our observers from various parties, which confirmed that no serious violations that could

affect the voting results were noted, moreover, the number of complaints, well , anything can happen, and technical other problems, is significantly less than in other past elections. the chairman of the state duma met with the speaker of the national assembly. in the entire history of new russia, russia cannot be weak, a strong president, a strong russia, putin is our advantage, that is why such attacks are being made on him, they are trying

to discredit him, they are doing everything to weaken our country, so when we talk about russia, we must understand this, and citizens, taking into account the challenges and... all of vladimir vladimirovich’s previous work as president , united around him. first of all, i would like to congratulate vladimir vladimirovich putin on his re-election. on behalf of the entire burundian people, on behalf of the national assembly, on behalf of everyone present here, we congratulate you. we believe that this is a great achievement, especially considering the current conditions that are happening around the world. western countries, united states. one would think that the situation is complex and ambiguous, but you have everything. and we take our hats off, we applaud, because this is truly a great achievement. european nato members owe 56 billion euros in defense debt,

it is reported. publications of the financial times. maria kudryavtseva will talk about how countries are going to find these funds, given that in some of them the level of public debt has long exceeded 10% of gdp. european nato members need to find an additional 56 billion euros per year in order not to violate the agreement with the north atlantic alliance and overcome the minimum ceiling on defense spending. the financial times learned about this. nato secretary general en solton. in the summer of 2023, he called a level of 2% of gdp the absolute minimum that the allies must provide. in this situation, for all countries of the european union , which are also members of nato, there is essentially the same scenario - the absence of absolutely any maneuver in order to find these additional funds and, accordingly , bring their defense spending to

the necessary level. for the north atlantic alliance level, everyone is focused on germany, and this is actually the economic locomotive of the european union. but this locomotive is now doing well and not very well. there is a forecast, in my opinion, of less than 1% of gdp growth in 2024. initially , they were talking about a recession. judging by the calculations of the german institute for economic research, many eu countries were in no hurry to revise their budgets. eg. germany spent 14 billion less on defense last year than needed to report meeting the nato minimum. italy and spain have approximately the same level of debt, about 11 billion euros, but albelgue lacks more than 4.5 billion. the situation is complicated by an important circumstance: for the same italy or belgium, the public debt has gone beyond the 100% mark. countries with record high public debt

can, in general, only increase it. since rates are rising, in general there are no great prospects here, you can, of course, pay off this government debt by selling some other assets, when greece was in a pre-default state, we were talking about selling a number of greek islands, but i don’t think that spain will sell the islands, but they may well sell some assets; in the third quarter of last year, the state dog and... italy was above 140% of gdp, but this is not a record among eu countries. greece has an indicator of more than 160%. and no change in ecb rates is expected yet. in france, they even had to spend money from a special reserve fund after a sharp increase in rates. we are talking about an amount of almost 12.5 billion euros. and while the country is reassuring citizens that taxpayers’ money will not be needed, because losses are approximately 18

billion euros will be received in the future. cover from another reserve fund through the possible sale of assets. many other countries, members of the european union, are already resorting to the same strategy. well, where can countries find another 56 billion euros for defense in this situation? the answer is given by the analysts of the german institute for economic research. if public debt levels are already high, countries will have to cut spending in other areas. in terms of interest rates , 4% on a loan is for a farmer or a small person. the enterprise means complete collapse, and europeans have relied on the development not of large industry, but of small medium-sized businesses, the average small business is highly indebted, it simply has no place to get further loans from, why are the farmers on strike, they are all small entrepreneurs, they simply have nothing to pay, they cannot even get a loan for a promising harvest. german experts call the situation difficult , recalling the protests of farmers in germany after the authorities decided to reduce subsidies for diesel for agriculture.

current head of state vladimir putin gains 87.28% of the votes in the russian presidential elections. this is the data after processing all 100% of the protocols, the central election commission reported. despite the fact that the official results will be announced on thursday, the results are already obvious. then, my colleague, yuri bogdanov, watched as the votes were counted in the central election commission. all information from all over the country from foreign polling stations flows into the center of the electoral commission. vladimir putin gains 87.3%. in absolute numbers, more than 76,160 thousand people voted for vladimir putin. this is the result of a leader. nikolay is in second place kharitonov 4.3%.