it was a reaction, it was the reality of life, i just told my friends in rivne . i had an uncle, my uncle, and his birthday is in april, and he was a high-ranking official at the regional level, and he was afraid to celebrate because he always looked in the calendar so that the coincidence of celebrating his birthday with easter and the easter holidays, because, god forbid, the neighbors will find out somewhere, they will knock on the kgb that so-and-so, so-and-so is a party member, is there a prominent soviet figure celebrating easter ? at the table there were boos and boos, which means they probably celebrated with a belt. that's how he was recognized from the party. that's why when it coincided, he simply didn't deal with all this. but who are we going to give the floor to? yes, it's annie the miller, and we've already given it. and

we say, please, not eva. inform the general ukrainian public about what is happening in the world and in ukraine. thank you, by the way, they are donating blood to save the wounded. stay with us. let's start with the situation in kramatorsk. russian occupation forces hit kramatorsk, the head of the donetsk oblast said of the military administration, pavlo korolenko , the enemy fired three rockets into the city, which exploded in the industrial zone of the city , workshops and equipment were damaged, fortunately, there were no casualties, the occupiers relentlessly chased a woman from avdiyeva, wounded a woman

, they fired artillery and hails with incendiary elements, our soldiers gave a worthy rebuff, he added kirylenko and further news from kherson, the superpower of ukrainians, the russian terrorist act on the eve of christmas in kherson did not frighten the residents, but on the contrary rallied after the occupiers fired the city, hundreds of people came to donate blood for the victims, giant queues formed in the blood centers, the corresponding photo was released by the deputy head of the president's office, kyrylo tymoshenko, the official noted the charges of rescuing other people, they are ready to stand in line even for a whole day, they have made the occupied territories a reservation and are holding people hostage about it the mayor of the temporarily occupied melitopol, ivan fedorov, informs

that for 10 days, the russians will not let anyone through the vasilivka side of zaporizhzhia to people who are already trying to pass, as they say, throwing cars to go to the city on foot, according to the occupiers themselves, the road was closed until january 15 and the explosions over kyiv are an exercise, the defense force of the capital informs the command of the combined forces of the armed forces of ukraine, according to the legend, the enemy is trying to land an airborne assault and seize an important state object, units of the armed forces of ukraine in cooperation with the national guard destroyed transport helicopters in the air and inflicted fire damage on the forward detachment, soon ukrainian servicemen who defended the island of snakes will be on duty and have returned to the odesa region after rehabilitation, they were met by colleagues and

relatives. the defenders of the snake were in russian captivity for 9 months. our soldiers managed to be released on november 24, together with three more border guards of the donetsk and luhansk detachments . traditional hutsul carols, they begin at christmas, the ceremony takes place in accordance with the ancient traditions of the highlanders, carolers brightly dressed and performing traditional hutsul carols, the unusualness of this year's event is that it began on december 25. and on january 7, as usual, the local community, together with the priest father ivan rybaruk, decided to

celebrate christmas in a new style. they will carol throughout the entire cycle of christmas holidays. the holiday in kryvorivna attracts thousands of tourists from all over ukraine and more about what is happening in our capital kolyada underground in the metropolitan metro members of the kyivska kolyada community collect money for the armed forces of ukraine listened to carols and our correspondent dmytro didora, he is with us live from kyiv dmytro welcome and tells what carols you have already heard welcome anya welcome to all viewers of the espresso tv channel two dozen carolers performed 17 carols today among them there are also unique ones from khmelnytskyi, poltava oblast

and kyiv oblast this year appeared and new carols and let's dive a little into the atmosphere that currently prevails in the capital's underground, let's praise him enough, i want us today and unusual such transitions between carols, we also mentioned the commander in chief of the armed forces of ukraine valeriya zaluzmova, you can actually see how many people gathered to listen to the christmas carol. and we are really a charity, raising funds for the armed forces of ukraine. also, the participant told us that they will visit our soldiers who are currently in hospitals and sing carols to them. along with this question, it will be

enough for the military. opened the window to hear this christmas carol, why are caroling in the underground this year , because new year's locations were not opened on mykhailivskyi square in sofia or kontraktova square due to restrictions in the capital, so they decided to go down to a depth of almost 95 m. zoloti vorota metro station and let 's still hear one of the carols of ukraine in front of us, the unmoved glorious chieftain with the involvement of ukraine and we carol, we ask god to remain victorious, we praise him every day, let's rejoice, oh, rejoice, earth, the son

of god was born, god willing, this is the situation in the metropolitan metro thank you for the details thank you for the festive mood, our correspondent from the capital, dmytro didora, and talked about christmas carols in the metropolitan metro, ecumenical patriarch bartholomew congratulated ukrainians on christmas and once again expressed his support for our citizens who are suffering from the war unleashed by russia, only solidarity with your people can overcome evil and darkness, bartholomew is convinced. unjust invasion, this war was

provoked by the aggression of the russian federation in february of last year, it is the worst european geopolitical and humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war, which has a negative impact on the environment and society around the world. by the way, over a hundred works by dozens of artists from all over the country were presented the other day in the halls of the kremenchuk city gallery for the anniversary of hryhoriy skovoroda . he was born in poltava oblast 300 years ago. the exhibition is called the world, catch me, the philosophy of free ukraine, mysterious codes. aphorisms of the poet, our iryna skripachova kremenchug gallery tried to read it in total darkness due to an hour-long blackout in the city, a choral composition to the words of hryhoriy skovoroda, performed by the capital's chamber choir herald local composer serhiy horyunov began writing the piece even before the war and finished it on may 7, the very day when

russian rockets hit the skovorody museum in kharkiv, but his monument stood , the material became spiritual. eh, the work is an a cappella choir, eh, it is a complex, complex work, the philosophy of svoboda skovoroda is still modern after 300 years, because it is relevant for all generations, they read it and find something for themselves, skillfully incorporating it into their own creativity, painting and graphic work more ancient and created this year in the exposition of the presented painting made of net fabric and buttons, one of them is the place of scissors by olga ivushkina, based on the fable of skovoroda, the snake and buffon, the frog buffon met a snake, and says that it is so beautiful, and it speaks very simply, but it is said that it crawled through a crack and collected the old skin, come on. as he says, you crawl through some kind of crack and decide with your own that this is a

warty skin. unfortunately, nature did not provide for this, frog, as i looked. she just couldn't get in anywhere, well, here too. some conclusion that it takes a lot of effort to create something beautiful in independent ukraine, everyone learned about the frying pan on 500 uah and a bill, or every ukrainian knows at least a few of the poet's aphorisms, one of them inspired a young artist from kremenchuk to paint a picture on a military theme, for this picture i was inspired by the phrase of hryhoriy skovoroda for ukraine, you must not die and you kill the light in me, and i did not catch this most famous saying of skovoroda, written at his request on the grave of the philosopher, he managed his own life and was somewhat strange in this his strength and attractiveness iryna skripachova oleksandr popenko espresso tv channel this is how things are at

the moment read more about important events on our website espresso tv we are also on social networks and you will be telegrammed on instagram twitter subscribe like and be close to merry christmas and in a few moments you will meet vitaly portnikova, let's listen to people who suffer from rheumatism but arthritis can't get used to it, it doesn't let you move i tried everything and at the pharmacy i bought a yellow cream dolgit he saves me from rheumatism pain relieves pain reduces swelling and improves joint mobility for joint and back pain christmas is a time when ordinary things acquire miraculous properties a time to gather together to celebrate and we will

decorate our trees even in times of war our trees will be places of strength we will meet christmas together with with our military forces , all together we will become even stronger and as in carols light defeats darkness, so in life ukrainians will defeat moscow's unnecessary glances, his best man is sincere in god's son, a gift came down from heaven to ukraine to our land may this vika be glorified forever. merry christmas. i am iryna koval, mother, wife, presenter of the espresso tv channel. i am also a volunteer. our soldiers at the front need a lot of things every day, and that is why part of my life

. in this, thanks to our soldiers, i can at least briefly distract myself from the continuous stream of news, admire nature while walking in the park with simba, i see the seemingly beautiful in such simple things , i know that my family is behind my back of fantastic people who protect our mother ukraine at the cost of their own lives, the least i can do personally is to thank our indomitable defenders, transfer the funds to the needs of the army, join and each of you can help, even a small contribution to the support of the army saves the lives of our soldiers and brings our victory closer, let's listen to the people who

suffer from rheumatism but arthritic , it is impossible to get used to it, it does not allow me to move . i tried everything. and in the pharmacy i bought a yellow cream dolgit, it saves me from pain when relieves rheumatism, reduces swelling and improves joint mobility in addition to joint and back pain, greetings, friends, vitaly portnikov and we continue the information broadcast of the espresso tv channel, we talk about the latest events in the war in the world, what happened this week, what to expect next the other day and our first interlocutor in this

conversation is serhiy kryvonos, general of the armed forces of ukraine, former first deputy commander of the still armed forces of ukraine and former deputy shakhtar of the national security council and defense of ukraine i congratulate you mr. serhiy good evening let's start with your assessment that the ukrainian-belarusian border is our weakest place why the ukrainian-belarusian borders how did it happen that it was not strengthened after the offensive from the north, let's take the distance of this border is 1,184 km and most of it from on the one hand, there are advantages for us that there are many forests and swamps, but in the meantime there are enough places where the enemy can actively advance. this is the first. and the second is even that experience of the beginning of a great war. i say big the next great russian in february showed that we were not able to use our potential clearly enough, and at that

moment if we had actively engaged the special operations forces and they began to work, not near kiev, how did they fight, how well trained infantry were used to destroy the logistics system, the deep metal russian tanks stopped a little earlier than they were going to kyiv, because it is better to destroy four or five fuel tanks than to destroy 5 tanks, because one fuel tank allows you to refuel five kpd tanks means higher because eh, taking into account the fact that belarus can concentrate, and they have long been preparing, it began in 2017 under the leadership of the russians to prepare missile roads along the eh border, they can transfer their forces and means along this border depending on eh where they need to keep under such a large, well, such a huge

piece of territory and hold such a huge number of troops, we are not capable, therefore, we keep a small number, but we need a number of exercises. and the most important thing is that these brigades were clearly oriented in this area and the defense was insanely deep, this is the most important thing that still had to be done in october of last year, this is for me why is the most important thing that understanding that the enemy can distract with his offensive if there is an attack from the belarusian side to distract the forces and means of the east of ukraine and to reduce our capabilities regarding offensive capabilities in the east of ukraine, this is probably the most important thing, plus the fact that as experience has shown, they came out quickly enough , thanks to the offensive, they came out on our yes the warsaw highway and went to the zhytomyr highway, the distance is small and the enemy in the case of concentrated strikes can block one

or two of the three main routes regarding the logistical support of the armed forces of ukraine throughout the territory of ukraine, and in principle, how realistic do you think it is to imagine an attack from the north of the russian army, let's remember the spring of this year and see how the russians were able to transfer forces and means from the kyiv direction to the donbas direction quickly enough, because the last 20 years, during the strategic exercises, we always work out the issue of the transfer of forces in a short distance, if necessary. if they want to quickly transfer from donbas or from another territory, for example, the russian federation, a large number of e-e troops have been installed in belarus, they can do it within a week at least, and that up to two weeks ago the question is that we have fewer resources than we would like

, and more problems. we are precisely the task of the general staff, the task of our main command, if the general is clearly determine the reality of the offensive of the russians from the side of belarus, a short enough period, tell me in principle how do you think it is now possible to consider it real that the new weapons that ukraine is currently receiving will really affect the course of the war because we are talking about the petrov system and putin says that all the russian armed forces will not destroy her like a nut. of course, putin, what can he say that he is not afraid of anything ? he is trying to intimidate us, the world community, but the question is that

the petriv system alone does not solve the problem and it works in combination with other air defense systems that have entered the service of the armed forces of ukraine, therefore it increases our ability to attack e.e. long-range aviation on the territory of ukraine and, if necessary, outside the borders of its territory, therefore, on its own, petro will not give anything, but in a complex with other systems for and missile complexes, well, on the same, on the same, on the same, it will allow us in the heights and to respect our ability to hit the enemy's air assets both directly and cruise missiles that inflict damage on our objects as well as directly on planes, but it is necessary to clearly understand that there is no one hundred percent guarantee that each missile must hit the target one hundred percent of course, each company

advertises its capabilities as well as telling itself that they are much cheaper than in petra, because i will remind you that patriot for ukraine is directly one billion dollars, one battery for us, one battery is 65 million dollars, the difference in capacity, of course, they differ, but here we need to determine what we want more or not more, because we will not be able to solve all the problems of ukraine with three petri batteries, we will not lie to ourselves, we need weapons, a lot of high-quality weapons and preferably not very expensive ones. please tell me how you currently look at the situation related to the future de-occupation of new ukrainian territories, let's say the armed forces of ukraine are now saying that the kinbur spit may be de-occupied, it will be the de-occupied mykolaiv region in essence maybe this is always possible, only

the question is in the three components, people are prepared, people are equipped with good equipment and correctly, from the fused to the operation, no more , no less, we can liberate any territories of ukraine. if these three main components are fulfilled, but the question is not only in the armed forces, we are now actively hearing how they are telling us about efforts that we will soon liberate all the territory of ukraine. i very much support this, i am very pleased that there are such messages, but i have questions for certain representatives of the authorities. and what are the authorities currently doing to increase our capabilities and then speed up the liberation process, because the huge number of territories that we will liberate will require additional forces of the national police, the national guard, the security service of ukraine, which will directly carry out the cleared territories, take these territories under control,

and thousands of settlements that we let 's release uh, they will need uh, specialists of military uh, civil administrations, someone is preparing such a large number of such a huge number in specific settlements which in the future, we can release it. i don't see it, that's why there are conversations, there are no actions, so what's the problem. please tell me, in principle, when we are now talking about the situation related to the destruction of civilian infrastructure by the ukrainians, how can we still make these actions of putin impossible? what are the chances at all us to stop it, as they say, it is aimed at the destruction of the normal life of the civilian population, these are the forces, the means that we currently have to adjust so that they work more er-er, were not sprayed at points and we need to be clearly defined what is the strongest for us, what is the most

vulnerable for our infrastructure, and first of all to protect these objects and ask not only the patriots as we ask, but for the fight against cruise missiles and without e-e, we have enough good things that we can ask from of our eh allies eh the same eh rotorcraft turbo-active aircraft which have proven themselves quite well and at low speeds compared to jet aircraft they were able to catch up with the same martyrs and will be able to fight cruise missiles more effectively this is how it should be done, but we need to consider it much more. we are only hearing about the fire damage system, which must harvest what is flying in our direction. and we still need to create a reliable system for detecting a reliable system and quickly a warning system, and the implementation will be immediate rely on the system of the new

defeat when these three systems will be tied into one powerful fist. then it will work effectively enough. please tell mr. sergey in principle how you yourself evaluate the real mobilization possibilities of the russian army, as far as putin is concerned, there will still be enough effort to carry out one draft, the second, the third. well, you see that even now he does not want to talk about mobilization, but mobilization is going on. er, we hear in the press that we underestimate the enemy and we receive information that only er, alcoholics and drug addicts are fighting against us, but in between, even to destroy the toner of a drug addict, we must have prepared, trained, armed ukrainian soldiers who clearly know how and what way to destroy they mobilized the enemy 300,000 years ago,

and i think they are more than capable, taking into account that they quickly learn from their own mistakes, since they mobilized it 300,000 or half a million years ago, there is no need to estimate the capabilities of the enemy anywhere, and we saw how they clearly use it it is their tactic of flooding our territory with their own corpses , and in between the festival moments, this gives results at certain times, so that, regardless of their losses, they simply throw such a large number of manpower that we sometimes do not have enough or ammunition, or we already have it is not enough to have any number of weapons or to destroy them, so it is better to plan for the worst option and understand that the enemy will advance and will mobilize and train his people, and we need to prepare immediately for a protracted war and the war will not end in february or there in march next year

please tell me, mr. serhiy, how far can we hope in principle that there is an understanding in ukraine of what kind of communication we should have with russia during the negotiations, president putin says all the time that we want negotiations and so on we have an understanding so far that the negotiations with putin are a game in favor of putin, they will try to abandon the process in order to improve the capabilities of their defense-industrial complex in order to gain time for the preparation of e-e in appeal resources before the next offensive , therefore no negotiations despite certain pressure from the country with on the part of the countries of europe, there should not be yet, uh, we are confidently holding our defenses, we are certainly attacking and counterattacking in some areas, so there is nothing to talk about, everything that was tried to be done by putin will go in favor of ukraine and the number one task

it is possible to destroy destroy destroy more enemies on our territory and maybe in general what is our opinion about the political line of solving this these things in the next year not now but what it is in the next year it will all depend on our capabilities for the beast on our territories so and all of you think that if we liberate the territory , russia will have a ready victory, and russia will continue to inflict damage on us using its missiles, its planes, uh, from its own territory, this is uh, how long does existing russia exist, how much will it try it means that we are independent of the state, and if we don't even destroy it, you know it is strong enough to harm us. thank you, mr. serhiy serhiy kryvonos, general of the armed forces of ukraine, first deputy commander of the armed forces and

the former side . a doctor of historical sciences a political scientist hello without this causal here is what i would like to talk with you about the topic of negotiations uh-uh will continue as far as uh-uh you consider possible now the situation is connected with uh-uh what russia really wants i don't think that russia wants a political process. i don't think that negotiations are possible, especially. i do n't think that they are possible.