and in such a way that after six months there is actually absolute certainty that next thursday the project will definitely be spoken by the great lviv on the espresso air oleg senyuka, you have a word, i would like to return to the words of pope francis and you know, in fact, none of ukraine has certainly not felt or does not feel sympathy for of this person who died from a bomb explosion, but we see that the muscovites want to present this as a subversive work of the ukrainian special services, and they are spreading hysteria all over the world around this and want ukraine to be presented as a terrorist state on bbc news ukraine and olga palamaryuk works in a studio in london and today in the release of de-energization at the

zaporizhzhia npp in energoatom they warn about radiation danger the tragedy in chapliny the number of dead from the russian attack on the station in dnipropetrovsk oblast has increased to 25 in the kremlin they say they hit military facilities and how the intervention stimulated vladimir putin's aggressive policy, which eventually led to the war in ukraine, an exclusive interview of the third president of ukraine, viktor yushchenko , and we begin the issue with an emergency message to the zaporizhia nuclear power plant. the zaporizhia nuclear power plant was disconnected from the power grid for the first time, as reported by the department. this happened due to a fire on the ash

dumps of the tpp, which is located next to the plant . attention to the disconnection of the only dnipro line, which is still working, three other lines of communication were previously damaged during russian shelling, the company specifies the consequence of this two of the working power units of the station were disconnected from the network at the same time the radiation background in energodar, a satellite city of the zaporizhzhia npp, is normal, mayor dmytro orlov reports, so he refutes rumors about a radiation leak that began to spread in various telegram channels due to the temporary disconnection of the station from the power grid due to a fire, and i add to the broadcast my to my colleague victoria zhugan. she works in kyiv. vito, so what is known about this extraordinary event in the military and how threatening it is. good evening, at the end of the day, we can talk about the chronology of the event that we heard

from the ukrainian authorities e-e so the state nuclear regulatory inspectorate reported that initially at 12:12 a.m. as a result of hostilities in the zaporizhzhya nuclear power station, the power line was disconnected. and as you said, this is the only one of the lines that survived earlier. power unit and the emergency protection worked there, and the sixth power unit also. because of this, they were transferred to autonomous operation, and in fact, these are only two of the six reactors that are currently working, later in 20 minutes it was possible to restore the operation of this line of electricity that the sixth power unit e-e was reconnected to the ukrainian grid, but on the 14th the 14th it was disconnected again e-e, so we have information that twice e-e the zaporizhia nuclear power plant e-e was not in the ukrainian power grid e-e and after in addition,

utility workers began to restore electrical connections to and from the substation and throughout the city . we heard the last message about this from the mayor of energodar in the afternoon today. well, actually, i want to talk about the region in general, and the locals report that energodar is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster there. there is no water there is no electricity. what are the latest news from there? well, in fact, due to the power outage, there are already the first consequences, the minister of health viktor lyashko reported on them quite specifically. he said that due to the lack of electricity, hospitals in the occupied territories of zaporizhzhia have already been affected, which means that some patients will not be had access, for example, to sewers, if we remember since ancient times, it has not gone anywhere so far, and the need of hospitals for stable access to electricity has also not gone anywhere, firstly , secondly, as a result of this incident today in

zaporizhzhia again discussed evacuation plans and reviewed how they will evacuate the civilian population both from the territories under the control of ukraine and from the occupied territories, i remind you that in principle the authorities of the region and the ministry of internal affairs have previously stated that they are developing such plans, but today they again discussed how exactly the notification system will work and what will be the algorithms. well, at the very end - the south of ukraine. in general, today it looks like the lack of access to communication, for example, the entire kherson region is now completely without energy water supply and communications this is reported by yurii sobolevsky e-e thanks, bbc correspondent victoria shugan monitors the situation around the zaporizhzhia npp, photos of the station area show that the russians keep a reinforced military contingent there, their ebeters are located just 60 m from one of the reactors in the british ministry of defense misses that

the russians will use any military activity by the ukrainian armies near the nuclear power plant for propaganda purposes. 2018 and the death toll from russia's attack on a station in dnipropetrovsk region has increased to 25. among the dead, two 11-year-old children died under the rubble of a house. another six-year-old child died during a fire in a car near the railway station. four passenger carriages caught fire during a rocket strike , president volodymyr zelenskyi said the day before during a speech at the un security council, photographs from the scene of the incident were published on twitter by the minister of foreign affairs affairs dmytro kuleba in the ministry of defense of russia confirmed the shelling, but there they claim that the strike destroyed more than 200 military reserves of the armed forces of ukraine and 10 units of military equipment that were headed

to the combat zone. the office of the prosecutor general of ukraine writes that after the shelling of the helicopter, they found fragments of the smerch missile and s-300 or private houses in the village were hit by an iskander missile, and about zelensky's speech at the un security council meeting, the meeting took place in an online format, he called on the world to force russia to recognize that the inviolability of the borders of the peace is an unconditional value for all peoples , zelenskyi also stated that russia should release the captured territory of ukraine so that there is never again a threat of a radiation disaster and a food crisis, in general, the possibility of the un security council to influence russia is limited because russia has the right of veto in it, so ukraine intends to impose on consideration of the general assembly resolution on bringing the russian federation to justice for the crime of aggression spain sent an air defense system,

ammunition and armored vehicles to ukraine reports local press with reference to the ministry of defense of spain, the cargo of military aid includes about 20 armored vehicles, 75 pallets with ammunition for field artillery and a full anti-aircraft defense battery, as well as 1000 tons of diesel and armored cars and ammunition are already at the disposal of the ukrainian authorities, in addition to weapons, a cargo has been prepared for an urgent request shipment of the winter military uniform is planned for september, however, despite the support of the west, the armed forces do not have enough equipment and weapons to repel the enemy and south of ukraine, russia still controls part of the ukrainian territory in the south and east . bbc correspondent quentin somervell visited the front line, he spoke with the soldiers of one of the armed forces brigades, but what does the armed forces need in order for ukraine to be able to make a breakthrough again? in the line of fire and this is another day when 59- and the brigade does the

impossible well, the front line is more than 160 km long, and these people mostly held the rifle brigades, but the positions here did not move for months, the enemy is superior in weapons and numbers, but it was like this from the first day, these soldiers they are now used to being in the radius of russian firepower , so they move quickly. almost without thinking, it was this brigade that helped stop the enemy's advance to the south. their howitzer is older than most of them, made back in the soviet union . kilometers to the south for 6

months, the question arises as to what will happen next in ukraine, she needs victory, and here they say that they are planning a counteroffensive here in the south. but is all this foreign military aid and military aid enough? preparations so that ukraine can make the breakthrough it needs here, the russians will pay off, it will be difficult to defeat them, and the terrain does not help, says major tsekhotskyi, a lot of ammunition was donated to the nuts of shells, because if you see this area, it is flat and it is very difficult to advance in the area in general he knows what it is like to lose everything and stops to help the teacher who is stuck on the side of the children so that they learn to learn about our whole world and what

surrounds them so that they learn everything perfectly such a war once met these children and their parents , please, it is changing, we are simply defeating them, tetyana and her family are one of the millions of ukrainians who are trying to escape from russian aggression, but despite the fact that people are scattered around the world, this country has never been so united for the rifle crew, this the end of another day in six months, the defender's burden does not get lighter only last week, several of their comrades were killed by russian fire, night blackouts only increase the threat there, the city development is good all of ukraine is in a state of alarm 31 years since he was released from the soviet army 31 years of

ukraine's independence tonight the peace of tsekhotsky without his family his wife donka and grandchildren now in london his shift has not yet ended but it seemed like a moment to look out into the world i congratulate you as a hero glory have a good day independence hello, how are you? it's normal for us to be at war every day. well, i'm glad that you're safe. i love you very much. we'll meet soon. i'll give everything to all of us. somehow, for ukrainians

, no matter where they are, there is no escape from the war. we fight not only for our grandchildren, not only for us, we fight for all the children of the world. i say this frankly. should be where i am today, this is my sacred duty, this year the major's family, like millions of other ukrainians , celebrated independence day in exile, emptied the parks of ukraine, silenced the celebration for the major , it was a silent national day, but after six months of this war, the ukrainian cause independence has never sounded so loudly and today

in the russian media there was information that president putin will increase the number of the armed forces of russia by almost 140,000 people, and so the total staff will be a little more than two million people, it is also noted that the decree comes into force on january 1, 23 of the year and what are these innovations related to ? both the ukrainian and russian sides are preparing for a long winter, so the end of the conflict is not yet in sight, and today putin signs a decree on increasing the number of the army. putin is preparing for a protracted war, and ukraine is actually ready for it. it should be understood here that putin actually signed a decree on mobilization because we are not talking about the replenishment of those russian soldiers who died or were wounded or were

er or ran away from the army, deserted and so on refused to fight, we are talking about the creation of a new full-time staff of several divisions, i.e. he has actually now announced that his plan, which he said was going according to plan, has failed and he is now creating new divisions that he will introduce into the war against ukraine, the good news for us is that these divisions will be created in the background tough sanctions against the background of the fact that an embargo on russian oil and gas will now be announced. and all this will be a challenge for the putin regime, including from the point of view of psychology, we know that not all russian soldiers now want to return to ukraine, and here's more to recruit, to create divisions, to equip them with weapons, to equip them, to clothe them, to provide them, that is, i think that this decree may bring even more negative

consequences for russia itself, in relation to ukraine, you have a wonderful report that just happened. and we need more western artillery, we need not tens of pieces, we need hundreds of pieces of modern artillery that would help the ukrainian soldiers to concentrate the necessary firepower and break through the front that is, for example, in the south, here we are already on our air reported about a new batch of military aid from the united states, the package will include offensive weapons in particular. defense - it's nasams and e-e packages that germany will transfer to us, iris tsn, these are also the latest anti-missile defense systems. we need

such systems because for six months now ukrainian cities are actually suffering from terrorist attacks with old russian missiles, the latest events on august 24 showed that russia continues to carry out simple attacks on the railway station on civilian trains, therefore the aid package is really very important from the point of view of anti-missile defense, but we need artillery artillery artillery precisely in order to replace soviet systems and this is the most important thing, i think that i hope that in the near future, in the coming months, the ukrainian army will receive them. well, actually, before the day of independence there were many reports about a possible powerful attack on ukraine. russia was stockpiling a large number of missiles near the borders, are the next steps of russia clear? will they continue to terrorize just old soviet missiles? they have enough even yesterday, although even some said that they hoped for some

powerful missile forces. and there were several conversations. strange, in fact, yesterday there were about 180 air alarms, russian planes entered from belarusian airspace from russian airspace, they scared ukrainians, and what about further steps i think that putin will still try to freeze the front line now in the figurative sense of the word and then freeze europe and ukraine during the winter at the expense of the energy crisis and already in the spring when he will form his price divisions as he dreams he will try to once again try to break through the ukrainian defense. i hope that ukraine will not allow this to happen. since we will conduct our proactive actions. well, i hope that our western partners will support us just as powerfully despite the energy blackmail thank you to russia. it was mykhailo sama, the director of the

current poletics-risovych network, and the newspaper the ocean published a special project battle for kyiv before the independence day of ukraine. in it, the journalists of the publication, based on the information of their correspondents and sources in the ukrainian government, renewed the chronology of the events of the first stage of the war in ukraine, the journalists showed that the authorities did not believe in an attack from belarus, although they were preparing for it, but the main emphasis was placed on preparations from the east, however, the resistance of the military authorities and ordinary ukrainians played a major role in zelensky himself, even politicians close to him repeatedly proposed evacuation and feared that kyiv would not hold back, but zelenskyi refused even to raise this topic, and now, after six months of full-scale war, the armed forces are different in quantity and quality, as well as the political system of the state, and we will talk about changes in the ukrainian political system. on the air of my colleague

bbc correspondent sviatoslav khomenko hello to you when we understand how zelensky's closest circle has changed during this time when people who have an influence on decision-making and what is the main conclusion that you came to by observing the changes in ukrainian politics , in fact, the list of people whom zelensky trusts the most, who influence his decision-making during the war, although it may sound paradoxical, it has not changed much, zelensky's closest associates actually remain approximately the same, the first one is of course the head of his office, andriy yarmak, is called by some the all -powerful vice president of ukraine, others say that he is just a skilled administrator who took over the entire routine of public administration, leaving the commander-in-chief, i.e., zelenskiy, the strategic leadership of the country during these six months, the role of the two ministries has greatly increased, and this is absolutely understandable , obviously, defense and foreign affairs, and accordingly, the influence of their leaders, but everything reznikov and

dmytro kuleba, to the point that oleksiy reznyakov has recently been called even the probable next factor of the government in general, i would say that the main trend of the political life of ukraine for these six months is that there has been a concentration of influence, a concentration of power precisely in the president's office, and on this clip, the influence of other branches of government on the processes in the state has noticeably decreased. shmygel's government now performs a rather technical role, sometimes it seems that it simply ensures the implementation of decisions made in the same office of the president, the verkhovna rada, especially after its meetings have ceased broadcast live on tv, we will also be frank, with few exceptions , they have turned into a technical body for stamping laws, adviser to the chairman of the presidential election mykhailo podolyak, with whom i recently communicated, described the trend so that the president's office in this difficult time for the country has turned into a kind of moderation center, i will quote him, but critics of the president accuse volodymyr zelensky of authoritarian tendencies and say that he used the wartime to concentrate all power in ukraine in

his hands to what extent has the concentration of power that you just talked about become systemic? is it a response to the war and the need to make decisions quickly, or is something else possible? this is a difficult question. i am sure that it began as a response to the war. all of us living people remember our emotions in the first days of the war and admit honestly, should we be surprised because then in those first days of the war, a certain number of state officials were somewhat, let's say, politicized, and then the president as the head of the state as the supreme the commander-in-chief simply as the highest official in the state really had to actually become a leader and take responsibility for something, enter the field of competence of other state bodies, but really wartime, general stress, obviously the need for some quick, sometimes non-standard decisions, well, to some extent they justified zelenskyi and continue to do so, the officials of his office , in conversations with me, honestly admit that if it were in peacetime, it is unlikely that such a concentration of power would be possible, especially since some decisions have

been made not without the participation of the president let 's put it mildly, this really raises the question of whether or not the good of the state is replaced by the personal political benefit of zelenskyi. i say first of all, there was a sensation about the decision to remove the tv channel that was associated with the previous president of ukraine, petro poroshenko, from the air, and the more recent deprivation of ukrainian citizenship due to, again, i will say somehow rather incomprehensible circumstances, the dnipro businessman and politician gennady korban. however, it must be said that among the defenders of zelensky i am another a response to accusations of authoritarianism, they say that during the war, ukrainians want a strong hand; recently, on this topic, a horseshoe study was published immediately, and i will do it for myself this is the conclusion that the opinion of ukrainians that the hand or democracy is better depends on how they are asked about this question . well, that is, that 100% of people answer the question “wallet life” well, this does not mean at all that people do not wallets are needed, but in any case. currently, three quarters of ukrainians believe that the situation in the country is developing in the right direction, well, that is, these trends, whatever we call them, the centralization of power, authoritarian

trends, it seems that they are not particularly disturbing of an average ukrainian thank you bbc correspondent sviatoslav khomenko was on the phone and he shared his thoughts on how ukraine has changed, the third president of ukraine, viktor yushchenko, gave an interview to the bbc in which russia calls it a problem and a textbook evil, as the west stimulated vladimir putin's aggressive policy for years, which eventually spilled over to the war in ukraine, as well as why ukraine's victory in this war will not be avoided, james waters spoke with the third president of ukraine, how independent is ukraine now, considering that ukraine is very depends on the supply of weapons by the west, as well as on the fact that russia zakhar was 1/5 of the territory of ukraine and is not going to give it up, well, for me, first of all, the measure of independence is the strength of the spirit, the strength of the national

spirit. today, i can firmly say that 42 million ukrainians e- they speak with one voice and this allows us to meet any enemy, including the russian one, because if you do not have spirit you will never have victory, no weapon will help you, weapons are given to those who have such a will, so here we are today if we are talking about europe about the world about two circumstances work for us in ukraine, on the one hand, the indomitable will of the ukrainian nation to liberate itself, to defeat the moscow

occupier, to liberate ukrainian lands, and we have no second compromise, on the other hand, we have a unique consolidation of the whole world around evil , around the challenge brought by putin and russia i think that someone has doubts about the will of the ukrainian people to fight in this confrontation, and have you paid a personal price for resisting russian influence , or do you admit that now ukraine is paying an even greater price price, i think that once every 350 years, and this is the time of the russian colonization of ukraine, such an opportunity arises. when we have to give an answer to all the challenges that russia has ever brought to our

land, we have to free ourselves from the moscow yoke . i do not want to live in moscow slavery for a single day and convincing ones. we have 42 million, but it didn't happen here , the time has come when you have to pay a possibly big price, but once you give a lawsuit to russia, how do you see the future of ukraine in the next year, 10 years or 50 years, politics in general begins with security issue, if you can't solve it, everything else doesn't matter. the first conclusion that shows 100 out of 75 days of russia's war against ukraine is that there is no working

security model in the world, and that's why when ukraine today considers how it will move forward on security issues, when in the very the north atlantic union is essentially putin's puppet, i am impressed that many nato member countries have already expressed themselves at an informal level about the fact that for such military situations that arise in connection with russian aggression, perhaps we should to think about transitional security alliances i think that we will achieve a very large liberalization of the economy, we will achieve a large liberalization of human exchanges and human relations, this will

allow us to enter the schedule of acquiring membership much faster than in other circumstances it could be obvious that ukraine does not see itself outside the key european security , military, political, economic, trade and human institutions, therefore, in 2005 , i put this policy on the agenda of the ukrainian of international politics and i am happy that this policy is just as relevant today as it was 15 years ago and

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