to build flying machines of the russian federation, in particular, shaheds, well, there are others, and eagles that will fly in them and they are quite effective. well, also , and in fact, everything was not given to the soviets , iranian goods appeared in stores, water, water, and there oil, well, in one way, russia already has nothing to bring to occupied berdyansk, they are already pushing something from the wound, which means oil and drinks, well, we are waiting for some things to appear from the canner from this from the dprk from kim jong-un thank you for being with us, goodbye to tomorrow now for your attention issue news from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of bbc news. good evening. we are from ukraine on the air with ukraine. my name is hryhoriy zhagalov. today in the program under melitopol, a strategically important bridge for the russians was blown up. what is happening in

this area? the safety of the nuclear power plant. transformers and ld in paris discussed how to prevent russia from plunging ukraine into darkness and a civilizational choice, more and more ukrainians, against the background of the war unleashed by russia, choose to celebrate christmas on december 25. what does the church think about this? and let's start with fresh news, which literally just appeared, the united states is preparing to provide ukraine with anti-missile defense systems, the process of reference to sources is reported by the american media, it is indicated that the white house is already completing preparations for sending the patriot anti-aircraft missile system to ukraine, the plan developed by the us department of defense must

be approved by the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, and then the document will be sent to the signature of the president of the united states and joe biden is expected what will be announced about the delivery already this week and an explosion was placed under melitopol in the zaporizhzhia region, it is damaged the support of the road bridge confirmed this the night before and the mayor of the city and the occupying russian authorities in the telegram channel, the mayor of melitopol ivan fedorov reported that the bridge quote is tired and this nose connected the city with kostiantynivka, it is one of the strategically important bridges after the damage to the crimean bridge, and it is strategically important for the russians it was through him that the occupiers transported military equipment from the eastern direction, wrote fedoriv, ​​and earlier he also stated that in the evening an explosion was heard from tokmok with mykhailivka, a certain suburb of melitopol photo and

a video of the partially collapsed bridge was made public. vij is a local collaborator and a member of the occupation administration of the russian-controlled part of the zaporizhzhia region. volodymyr rogov , according to him, is ukrainian. saboteurs apparently planted explosives under the support of the bridge . musienka i congratulate you, and before we talk about this bridge , let's discuss a little with rk patriot, which, it seems, in the near future, ukraine will receive as it will change the situation in general and the distribution of forces. you know this is extremely important because the ukrainian leadership is constantly experts. well, all ukrainians are turning to our western partners to our friends with a request to

help us with anti-missile defense equipment and now let's say it has become especially relevant because we see from october 10 the next round of russian missile terror against ukraine has begun , there are attacks on energy infrastructure facilities and there are risks that they will continue, and it is clear that winter continues the weather conditions can worsen and the enemy - unfortunately, the air defense systems understand this as well. this is now a priority and one of the primary elements that ukraine needs in weapons. i want to say that it is very good that our partners hear us because we can see that after the meeting on october 12, the big seven had a number of meetings in the format of rammstein and negotiations, and finally one gets the impression that they heard that ukraine needs the patriots themselves, and this, by the way, is

the actual fulfillment of those promises that were made by the united states, which were made by britain, the general of the military, the head of the united states, the head of the united states joint staff committee spoke about the fact that the united states will help ukraine to create an integral, very frantic air defense system, and it is similar in this regard. we can expect that the percentage of downed russian missiles will be higher, i will say just one phrase, one statistic, as of october , during the escalation and massive shelling, the ukrainian air defense shot down about 50-60% of the missiles after providing us with assistance even non-patriots, and the one that was on december 5 was shot down by 85%. this is an indicator. how does it work with the patriot air defense system ? this percentage can approach a hundred on the scale of the entire country. will this allow closing

only part of the sky over ukraine? i can say that the patriots are extremely effective against against most air targets and against almost all types of missiles that russia fires at the territory of ukraine. i am not ready to state only 100% today. because it is not yet known what amount of e-e will be transferred to the system to ukraine, but i think that it is a percentage, and now i still want to ask and return to this topic of this bridge under melitopol, or do you know it is already such a pattern, in fact, yes, the bridge is strategically important for the russian military, targeted strikes , the destruction of logistics, it is no longer in the first strike in this direction. let's try to understand why these strikes are now in this

direction. what could potentially be the consequences? i consider this to be preparation for the counteroffensive actions of the ukrainian army in the southern direction, obviously that this direction is actually one of the priorities, it is understood today by the enemy troops, that is, the russian troops , and the ukrainian command understands it, it is noticeable that the occupiers in those territories are preparing, they are strengthening their positions, but we see that this does not save them from the fact that they receive targeted strikes on military infrastructure, military facilities, warehouses in a place with the concentration and concentration of their forces, and this all happens thanks to the coordination of the interaction of ukrainian intelligence, ukrainian artillery and movement the support of people who are actually at risk in the occupied territory but transmit the coordinates of the movement of the

russian troops and their location, etc. logistical problems, and in winter it is an even bigger challenge than in spring or summer, and it seems to me that this massive artillery preparation for the delivery of these highly accurate and effective strikes can be just that. let's say it before in language and e-e before the current in future offensive actions and or coercion to a gesture of goodwill yes or how as they yes and briefly i want to ask the message of literally the last hours belarus is suddenly overturning already on the border with ukraine where in your opinion what is happening there e- there is a permanent process of constant training of russian troops in brest, there are

quite large training grounds, primarily for the training of infantrymen, and now we see that a rather serious psychological operation is underway, which carried out by russia to belarus in order to create a picture as if they are preparing for offensive actions, but in my opinion, today there is no such concentration of whiskey there that would be sufficient to carry out any offensive actions, and in addition, ukraine is ready for the events there are already so fortified our positions are our troops, and there is no possibility of any easy taunts from that direction. of course, thank you very much for your time . oleksandr mosienko is the head of the center for military and legal research, and thank you, representatives 46 countries and 24 international organizations gathered in paris for the international conference solidarity with the ukrainian people, the goal of which is to unite partners

, donors, financial institutions and non-governmental organizations to provide urgent support to ukraine to end winter at this event, which is jointly organized by ukraine and france. kyiv represents the government delegation at headed by the prime minister and first lady olena zelenska is also participating in it, and the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi addressed the participants and outlined the priorities of the international for the help of ukraine, we need a special permanent mechanism for coordinating efforts, the paris mechanism, which will allow us to give frequent and effective responses to every challenge of the russian energy terrorist, while, unfortunately, we still do not have such a modern missile defense system that could shoot down russian missiles and drones one hundred percent, but we can to create such a decision-making system that will be able to 100% make

russian terrorist tactics meaningless when the energy stability of ukraine is guaranteed for the entire winter period when it is guaranteed that no new waves of mass migration from our country to your countries will be guaranteed and the fact that no strikes , no blackouts, no search for weapons somewhere in iran or other places will help russia, and french president macron noted that france has already allocated more than 150 million euros to ukraine and almost 50 million more will arrive in the coming days on the priorities of the definition at the conference and announced that paris is making an emergency contribution of more than 75 million euros exclusively for electricity and energy as part of a coordinated initiative with the european commission a person for every victory of ukraine on the battlefield, russia cowardly reacts with new bombings of the

infrastructure that supplies electricity, gas and water, which are necessary for the survival of the population in winter , with the clear aim, in response to military defeats at the front, to sow terror among the civilian population in an effort to break its spirit, these strikes are aimed at to the population and civil infrastructure, these strikes, which russia openly admits are aimed at undermining the resistance of the ukrainian people, are war crimes, and we are joined by journalist maria yeschenko from paris hello maria, and let's start with the results of the conference, what are the main conclusions? i congratulate the results of the competition in that it was successful and its big difference from all previous conferences that we have seen is that 500 french enterprises took part in it, there were such giants as rbas- all of them are ready to help

ukraine endure and survive this winter, and thanks to the participation of these companies, the conference was transferred from the diplomatic level to such a very specific business level, and the results are very practical already to ukraine there are 150 powerful generators to the country in the near future 30 million led lamps will go to prefab bridges will go rails will go medicine that is, it is specifically french companies that provide assistance to ukraine so that it can withstand this winter and win this war, because this is about president emmanuel macron himself has repeatedly said that france will be with ukraine until the victorious end. maria, i want to talk about the political dimension, and just a few days ago macron well announced the idea of ​​guarantees security for putin for a little more than a week, yes, and a lot of criticism was directed at him for this , this time macron mentioned something similar, this

time it was noticeable that he chooses his words very carefully, it was noticeable 100 well, from the style of his press conference, he even allowed himself a very bold statements towards moscow, did you hear his words a minute ago, he called what russia is currently doing by dropping bombs on civilian infrastructure as war crimes, president macron has not used such words often since the beginning of the war we noticed how much he calls putin, the last phone call, it is true, took place on september 11, but before that he called the russian president very, very often, and this also caused a lot of criticism , and such blunders or a little not quite thought out, let's say, statements from macron's side were heard repeatedly, the last of them indeed, 10 days ago , there was criticism and criticism not only from kyiv, but also from the baltic countries, from poland, from the czech republic, which is currently

presiding over the european commission and macron, about the need to provide some guarantees to moscow, this tone is important align and show that he is on the same line with all the other european partner countries of ukraine and should behave more or less properly and today there were no blunders. he behaved very politely. let's say this meeting in paris . in the news feeds, they never call it energy ramstein, but this is such an additional burden on the budgets of european countries, european countries that themselves are now facing a crisis in the cost of living. is this the need to help ukraine? it is still support among ordinary europeans, whether there is war fatigue there, it is very difficult to measure in some objective way what can be said about it - it is true that ukraine disappears from the front pages of newspapers, sometimes there are news releases in which

they do not talk about ukraine at all, but this is not necessary it necessarily means that they are tired of the war or ukraine somehow stops bothering the french, it's just that some other things come to the fore, their own payments, prices in supermarkets, personal problems, but solidarity - it's still there and it's very good summed up today in her twitter, e-e, the minister of foreign affairs of france, catherine column, she wrote today both in paris and in kyiv minus one degree celsius with the only difference that in kyiv there is a war and people live without electricity and this sums up that vision of ukraine which remains with the french, which in principle understands the realities on the ground. and they understood how important it is to provide support and understand that the situation in paris and in kyiv is not equal. that's for sure .

the health organization warns the ukrainian health care system to face the toughest days during the week in russia, critical infrastructure was shelled, leaving a million people without light, heating, even water due to power cuts , some hospitals were able to continue working only thanks to generators as the strikes continue temperatures remain below zero minister of defense the health of ukraine and viktor lyashko says the risk of a humanitarian crisis remains high , he told the bbc correspondent higu bachezi about this fovex there are fears that these strikes may cause a humanitarian crisis russia has been shelling the energy infrastructure for weeks and millions of people in ukraine have found themselves in difficult conditions without electricity and heating as you can see, it is snowing in kyiv, the temperature here is below zero, but we know that it can drop to -15 here ° celsius, and this can potentially lead to a humanitarian crisis . this is what the minister of health lyashko said about genesis, the world

health organization stated that the health care system in ukraine is currently experiencing the most difficult times during the whole war, and if you were to describe the situation in the country, it is really like that, and the ukrainian health care system is experiencing another challenge, which is connected with the full-scale invasion of the russian federation on the territory of ukraine, and now to the load that was on the health care system due to the chaotic shelling of the civilian population by the russian occupiers, e.e. due to the destruction by the russian occupiers of the infrastructure facilities of our network, or already more than a thousand 100 health care facilities were damaged, 144 were completely destroyed, they cannot be restored are subject to these problems, and energy issues, in particular, russian occupiers are targeting power structures , destroying the possibility of providing power to civilian objects and, first of all,

health care facilities. do you worry that a humanitarian crisis may occur in ukraine? if these blows will not stop, the risks are always high and it is necessary to prepare for the worst situations. autonomous sources of heat supply so that in case there is a blackout in the country, so that hospitals continue to function. we have several strategic plans that will be applied depending on the existing situation, so i say once again we will fight, we will fight until the last breath, because we are fighting for our country drivers. what do you advise hospital staff in ukraine to do? well, first of all, what we communicate is to be ready for the possibility of a blackout of electricity and heat, of course, there can be no water and no

sewers will work and various scenarios are being developed for this, now it is possible to limit the admission of patients for planned hospitalizations and planned surgical interventions, that is, priority is given to urgent care and that which is aimed at trauma or a condition related to the war. the international committee of the red cross will make every effort to as soon as possible visit all prisoners of war and reach people who are under the protection of the geneva conventions, wherever they are, she said at the end of her four-day visit to ukraine the president of the international committee of the red cross , miriana spolyarych, she visited odesa, mykolaiv, kherson region and kyiv to meet with the authorities, families of prisoners of war and communities that suffered from russian aggression , according to her, she was amazed at how constant

power outages and cold weather deepened the suffering of many ukrainians. i am completing my first trip to ukraine in the role of president of the international committee of the red cross. i am grateful for the conversation and meetings i had with officials, but also with as representatives of communities, i met with families who are looking for their relatives or trying to contact them in their places of detention. i spoke with a young man who is desperately trying to find his brother. i saw the devastation of the land. have become the norm and because of this it is especially difficult now that winter is beginning, that is why i continue to insist on how relevant and important international humanitarian law is. i continue to insist that we should be given access to all prisoners of war and all civilians, regardless of

where they are held, we must fight for humanity even when it is most difficult to fight for it. well, in ukraine, against the background of russian aggression , the debate about whether to celebrate christmas according to the old julian calendar on january 7 together with russia or according to the new one this happens in most of the christian world on december 25 a year ago, according to the rating sociological group, another 4% of surveyed ukrainians said that they celebrate christmas on december 25 this year polls - there are no such polls and during the war, when russian rockets can fly overhead every day, the question of moving christmas seems too personal, but judging by the stories of ukrainians, for many it is about something more than just a holiday. my colleague ilona gromluky researched the topic. i am glad to welcome her to ilona's broadcast. - my first impression was from your material, which can be found on the bbc.ua website,

and what is the church thinking at the everyday level, especially among young people ? i got this impression because many of my interlocutors, especially young people, said that they wanted to celebrate christmas on december 25, for different reasons. someone says that it is at least logical, because the country lives according to the gregorian calendar, people celebrate their birthdays according to the gregorian calendar, and only the church lives according to the julian calendar, which lags behind the movement of the earth around the sun, and other people stand on the fact that the main thing is not to celebrate christmas with russia and the russian president, for example, in ms. natalya from lviv, with whom i spoke, they say that her children are with the family at the council, and they said that this issue was resolved on february 24, but there are also people who

say that we will not let russia steal our christmas, and i even encountered such categorical interlocutors who they said that no matter what the decision of the church is, they will not, under any circumstances, move to christmas on december 25. it also seems that these issues are happening mainly in social networks and it seems that people who want to celebrate christmas on january 7. they are even a little shy to express themselves on this topic and therefore it may seem that their voices are also already many that the church, the church continues to be careful, or whether the church is not the only one, so the church continues to be careful, in particular, close it because it seems to me that they themselves cannot

understand the mood of society in 2019 year, for example, metropolitan epiphanius said that there is such euphoria in society regarding december 25, the celebration of december 25, but people mostly write about it in social networks, but they do not really want to come to the temple on this day. however, ukraine, despite the fact that it is a religious country, not all people still go to the temple, eh. that's why their opinion is simply not known . changes, and for example, as you already said, surveys were conducted every year in ukraine about when people want to celebrate so and so. last year, more than half of ukrainians said that they did not want to celebrate christmas on december 25, but this year

the survey was not possible because of the war. but , including because of the war, many people revised their views on christmas in particular, and therefore, in particular, it was not such a decision that they allowed worship on december 25 and january 7 or on one of these days. if so the community will decide what concerns the ukrainian orthodox church, the so-called moscow patriarchate or the ukrainian greek catholic church, then they did not express themselves on this topic, for them christmas is on january 7, but i can't help but ask ilona for herself i have already decided what date december 25 in january 7, i am not asking to name the date, i just decided whether or not is the discussion still going on in my family? yes, at family gatherings, but i

really like the opinion of my grandmother and she says so this year, when there is a war, it is not so important when to celebrate christmas, but the most important thing is that the holiday will be on the day when the whole family gathers at the table and since i am going to go home e after novy for a year, the answer here is obvious and it is difficult to argue with the wisdom of the older generation. thank you very much, correspondent ilona and gromluk. thank you, colleague. well, there is a scandal in germany with the activities of a group of extremists who wanted to overthrow the government, seize power, turn germany into a monarchy. we have already told the beginning of this story. as a result of raids across the country, dozens of people were detained, including military personnel. a proclaimed country with a castle by traditions of subjects

who do not recognize the existence of modern germany in the depths of the countryside in the east of germany there is an invisible border, we entered the territory of the self-proclaimed kingdom of germany and meet its king, the inscription on the front door announces that we are now temporarily subjects of this kingdom peter and whatever he wants to call himself, this man issued his own currency, invented laws, and gathered like-minded people, about 5,000 residents, for some reason , the german system is fascism and satanism, people are corrupt and criminals, or those who are ready to be people with honest hearts who want to change the world for the better in the interests of the common good have no chance. the kingdom is expanding, buying up land and building outposts. we visit one of these

outposts. they answered that there are about three dozen people living here. do not go to school and also plans to create their own health care system and do not follow german laws benjamin is responsible for communication with visitors if someone lives in germany, of course he subject to the laws there, that's fine , but if he has nothing to do with germany and spent his life in the kingdom, then our laws apply to him. the people we talked to here call themselves citizens of the reich. recently, several such citizens of the reich were arrested for planning to storm the reichstag and overthrow the german government. the people we met with in the kingdom of germany said their intentions are not violent, however, the intelligence service says they pose a threat because they

express conspiracy theories and the ideology of extremism everything is not true - says the king, but his audience is people of a different worldview, those who deny the existence of covid and refuse vaccination . now peter is planning to open his own tv channel . for many years, the citizens of the reich were the subject of jokes, now germany is learning to take them seriously, and that's all for today. on our website bbc.ua on our pages and social networks we are on the air every evening at 21:00 take care