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the next 3 hours. we work around the clock so that you are aware of all the events that are happening in ukraine and the world in general. now let's talk about the support of our western partners, in particular the united states of america, reminding that president volodymyr zelenskyi made a working visit to the united states on december 21, and this is the first departure of the head of state from the country after the full-scale russian invasion in washington, the ukrainian leader met with president joe biden and spoke at the congress, the whole world watched this meeting without exaggeration, and the meeting was quite productive because the ukrainian and american leaders discussed the issue of opportunities for training the ukrainian military, strengthening sanctions and providing ukraine with new weapons, in particular the petriv anti-missile defense systems, in addition, immediately after zelensky's visit, the united states congress finally approved the draft government budget for 2023, which includes additional aid for ukraine e- and

also for ukraine, the united states of america will allocate 45 billion dollars, which will go to the support of the ukrainian people, as well as to the protection of global democracy due to the attack russia to our state with us in contact dmytro abramson blogger political observers from the usa dmytro congratulations congratulations hello viktoria bohdan brother we will be mutual i have no doubt, or rather i will assume but i think we will turn out to be right if i say that you carefully followed the visit of volodymyr zelenskyi to the united states of america, and in this regard i want to ask you what kind of aftertaste you have left from this visit. you know, i believe that this was a very successful trip. that is, i am personally delighted . er, and the press conference and the speech of president zelensky in the congress, and er, i think that how is the

licionation ? and again, he will resume. -and well, in general, it was absolutely positive everywhere, there was enthusiasm in all the main sources of the media, there was a lot of information, and in the congress, he was applauded. as you probably saw, his speech was interrupted several times. свое время и очень правильный successful result dmytro zelenskyi at the final press conference he said that after 300 days of this war, a new stage in relations between ukraine and the united states

of america has begun, and i quote him as saying that we reached the level of a real alliance, which is 100% filled with real content, but what stages of transformation of the relationship between ukraine and the united states of america during these 10 months of war would you single out ? medina, the american space, probably well, i would say until 2019 when, unfortunately, there was this scandal in america with the fact that president trump, er, blackmailed zelensky, blackmailed ukraine with the supply of weapons, pursues his personal goals, and unfortunately, this here is the topic inside of american policy, as if it were hanging in the air because the trumpists constantly asked, well, it will renew these discussions about ukraine within american politics , precisely in this context

, uh, but uh, in ukraine, it is very important, it is necessary, it is two-room support, i say it almost in every speech, therefore, again, i don't want our, as it were, internal disagreements to somehow influence it, and to the beginning of the war to the beginning of the war. it seems to me that you still have such fun in the air . but by the beginning of the war there were some disagreements. i think that it is possible to honestly say that, or at least once, the emphasis is on the fact that, er, our intelligence agencies, as if to target, assessed the situation in different ways, and accordingly, the administration, too, it is possible to say that the russian intelligence was useful for a remarkable article. at this moment, washington while describing all of this, russian intelligence naturally overestimated the capabilities of the russian army and would not surrender to it the capabilities of ukraine and the ukrainian army. american intelligence clearly knew that putin was being prepared for nothing, that is, it was every step is known to you in two or three months. of course, i don't know what kind of secret information it was, but it's obvious that we were eavesdropping and

maybe we have our own high-ranking sources of information there, but we called back our intelligence, again, overestimated the capabilities of the russian army, and ukrainian intelligence, on the contrary they ukrainian postcard absolutely accurately assessed the weakness of the russian army but did not assess the possibility of a real attack our administrations are american and ukrainian, despite the fact that america, as a principled ally, supported ukraine in principle, and in this war , it still seems to me that they were not always on the same page, and periodically there were some disagreements, which were floated in the media it seems to me that gradually, er, the monkey parties could come to an agreement.

it was obvious that they are on the same page, and this should be visible to our allies in europe and our enemies in the kremlin, and this is very important, and it seems to me that when we talk about what has changed in these 10 months, it seems to me that this is the arch how does our history say that yes, we are allies? yes, it is very important. but ukraine must win. it seems to me that the attitude is on such a level that it can even be on a personal level. no conversations they can replace what i consider to be a meeting of the state at a high level, that's why i say i was very excited about zelensky's speech and the trip itself, and i hope that this will bring corresponding results in the near future, a subjective question because let's put it this way , i want to ask you about the reaction of the social network

. but i understand that social networks are what we choose for ourselves and what we ourselves decide to read, but if it will be subjective, but we will try to be as objective as possible, but according to your feeling what you saw how they react ordinary americans for zelensky's visit and what arguments are used by the opponents of aid to ukraine, again, bipartisan support is required and the majority of americans support ukraine but you probably see this in the media too. trump himself, unfortunately, his son is trying to speak out against zelensky against ukraine, and a small amount of a-a, mostly in the lower house, the upper house, practically, that is, there there is a very small number of republicans in the house of representatives. unfortunately, there are

few of them, but there are enough of them that they might have a negative influence, and some of them did not come to the meeting with zelenskiy, and some of them demonstratively did not pay. no one is forcing you all, but when the whole hall stands up and you sit as if it sounds, well, let's say it is noticeable, and there is such a teletrans, as i call it, tucker chaos on the tank. unfortunately, it is a very popular program on fact-news, which he watches every day several million viewers. i don't know whether they watch the same thing every day or not, but its rating is approximately the same, and this is the part , yes, they are promoting such an anti-ukrainian, anti-zelensk platform. and, unfortunately, i was looking at recent public opinion polls, the majority of americans will support ukraine without questions, but support is falling, that is, uh, well, i can. even if you want to read the figures, but there are approximately there questions. do we need to continue supplying weapons? 6.35% of

those who were asked say yes, but 7 of them have something republicans responded, this number is closer to fifty, that is, there are more independent democrats, somewhere in the middle, and the answer is about fifty percent for republicans, and so on. they are motivated by the fact that it is necessary to stop supporting ukraine or to limit the arguments to the login здей деньги налого платьельшиков такой standard argument . the money we send to ukraine is investment in victory and in the future, that is, uh, ukraine must win, i think it will win, but this victory will bring a defeat, but i don't know the empire of evil, i don't know how to call it better, it's necessary for all

a-a and eh, but they use yes , the money of tax payers, we have our own problems, they have their favorite this is my topic, illegal migrants of the southern border, let's put the money away, it's better there, and trump, well, he even has it directly on the web somewhere in the city, the website is still hanging we send money to ukraine, our parents do not have enough formula for feeding children, that is, completely unrelated unrelated things , that is, in america, in america, this idea with which trump came in the 16th year is still used, this is isolationism that america, first of all, let's think less about other states and so on , let's focus on ourselves. yes, you understand that by the 15th, it could be a year until the 16th . must actively take part sometimes this led to the quoins a-ah how do we know eh how happened with cancer that is eh in the 15th year it was such a

more aggressive they and they supported ukraine even more than the democrats that's all until this moment, but trump captured simply captured this party and remade it for himself, and we see his influence even in these, here are the results of the questions again, public opinion between march and these are thinner holidays in march, in july, in november, when these numbers of republicans began to fall yes, unfortunately, this continues and is a problem. i have already told you, i will repeat it from the third of january. yes, the republicans gain control of the house of representatives if they are given the opportunity to vote freely. they are the majority for ukraine. i have no doubts about that. the wing of the er pulls, as it were, not pro-professionally on itself, well, pulls, changes the policy of the republican party because the leader of the republican party cannot pass the floor of the speakers, he did not receive votes, and they can be said to be

blackmailing him, and it is not clear that this a big question, we have a little more weeks left. it is not clear what kind of concessions he will make in the end to satisfy them. this is the problem with which i will watch how it will end. the united states of america should recognize russia as an aggressor state. this is a priority for ukrainian diplomats for 2023, said oksana markarova , the ambassador of ukraine to the united states. restrictions against the russian federation earlier , america has already declared four such states : north korea, syria, cuba, and iran. markarova notes that one of the alternative options is to find a new category into which russia can be included. for this, it is necessary for congress to approve a corresponding law that would call russia an aggressor country or ukraine

terrorist we of course understand that she is a sponsor of terrorism, this status was once invented specifically for countries that provide assistance to terrorist organizations, and russia itself is a terrorist, it is now in active discussions. for us, this is a priority because we want to name it correctly and give an assessment legislatively and politically, and the second and most important thing is what will happen in the essence of these restrictions and we believe that there should be maximum restrictions from the point of view of legislative provision of sanctions, export control restrictions that will not allow russia to continue waging this war oksana markarova , ambassador of ukraine to the united states, mr. dmytro so we heard from oksana markarova, ambassador of ukraine to the united states of america, but in your opinion, what are the prospects for russia from the united states of america receives one of these two statuses, well , it looks like it's trying to pass a

resolution in congress. i don't know what the correct term would be in this case. say there are very serious consequences very specific consequences and of course eh from the point of view of ukraine it can be problems begin because, on the one hand, america has already introduced almost all the sanctions that should be imposed on a terrorist country, but on the other hand, this is the name, this is the designation, and it can limit our opportunities, for example. the agreement, the agreement that ukraine would supply grain for export, yes, and if i, if we allow ourselves to go further and say

that russia is a country of terrorists and aggression, it can destroy all of these agreements , therefore, the best approach is that что оны пытаются делать страна the aggressor and so the maximum sanctions are introduced, but it gives us a little space for, for example, the solution of the grain stand dmytro thank you dmytro abramson, a blogger and political commentator from the united states of america was with us on a direct video call and says that americans are in the majority support ukraine as before, but this support is falling. if you believe these data, in principle, i have no doubts that mr. abranson is presenting us with reliable data from sociological services diplomats and our ukrainian people have a lot of work to do so that our main ally does not turn away from us, although objectively there are no such signs yet, and

the usa has planned unprecedented support for us in 2023. isolationist sentiments that are once again taking hold in the united states, that they are returning again because if you think about it, the united states and the whole world, in principle, are civilized, lived somewhere in the last quarter of the 20th century, the most peaceful, the most calm just in the period when everyone finally united , when the system of collective security appeared, when international law began to operate in a format that was not as possible as planned, but it worked. and when there were empires, there were colonies, there were constant wars, simply endless, it seemed necessary to draw conclusions and continue cooperation it's just logical, but as we see , the conclusions, unfortunately, were either not made or were made incorrectly and now we are back to what seems to have been a long time ago . i hope that we will eventually avoid this, friends. next look at the important information and in a few moments you will be presented with an interview with the deputy

minister of defense of ukraine hanna malyar in dark times it is clear how bright the hearts of ukrainians shine because together we are invincible because we ukraine want a new world year, we will certainly endure as the rooster from the warbled stood, we will become even stronger, because in each of us the power of the azovs has become fully. victory, every stitch is a symbol of the indomitability and rebirth of ukraine, we will heal our wounds, we will

decorate the scars with flowers, ukrainian destiny will bloom again, like poppies in the field, ukraine will be embroidered, the revival is strong, unbreakable, free for the holidays, one wish, victory for the holidays, one wish, victory, the marathon, the only news continues, we are ukraine, we work for you and now an exclusive interview with my guest, this is anna malyar, deputy minister of defense of ukraine. my greetings to you. good evening. let's start with a topic that concerns every ukrainian and not only ukrainians, those who monitor the situation in our country behind the front, behind the war with russia, the

bakhmut fortress, which is right there on this aspect of the donetsk direction, is really now our eastern fortress, and the enemy has really concentrated most of his efforts and military equipment and weapons there, and actually they have set themselves the task of reaching the borders of the donetsk region by the end of this calendar year to hold the front line that they actually started, which is huge, they can no longer do so, and therefore they choose some parts where they can concentrate their efforts to the maximum, as it seems to them that this is the easiest goal for them, but you can see how bravely bakhmut is holding on, how much our soldiers are inflicting losses on the enemy and the enemy simply cannot advance further. that is, there was a slight advance, but they pushed the enemy out and today the enemy is trying to surround the city and

they too are not succeeding, and in fact we are watching this story of indomitability and new heroes, that is the page of our history in bakhmut. now the enemy should not be underestimated in relation to the portrait of the enemy when in general, we have been talking for more than 300 days. i have heard from time to time that they are poorly equipped, poorly dressed. at the same time, there are separate russian units that are well equipped, well-dressed faces of the enemy in the bakhmut direction. these are well- equipped representatives of the terrorist country. is this otg cannon fodder that we are told on the air as they are simply thrown at them who goes without helmets when with weapons and it is extremely important for us to adequately assess the enemy, our enemy is strong and powerful in terms of the number of weapons and personnel, the russians predominate. well

, because this is more of a country, and they have been preparing for this war for decades. and these are obvious things, but on the other hand, our armed forces also have advantages. e units are used there and private military companies use ex-prisoners there , we know about this and this indicates that they can cope there with their regular army. to fight for them, they are successful with the armed forces of ukraine , that is, they cannot withstand urban battles at all, they lose immediately, and now we see that their entourage does not work for them, that is, in fact, they can only launch missiles

in everything else, they lose, tell me, based on intelligence data, if it can be said that, once again, there are enough forces in the air in russia to concentrate not only on the bakhmut direction. to try to compress or not, it is rather this informational and psychological operation so russian that they are able to open a second, some other direction, but in fact no, the war in our country lasted like this. that is, it is not six days, it is not a week, but it is already hmm the 10th month and it is already it is obvious that the war of resources is happening and definitely russia is a country rich in resources and it is not worth underestimating these resources to hope that today and tomorrow they will not become so no maybe in such a quality and with such intensity it will be more difficult for them to continue military operations, but the resource of this country is and

a certain reserve is conditional, yes, for waging a long war, but they still have it. that is why it is worth considering. tell us about the russians whom we capture, the dynamics of the russian servicemen, the mobilized representatives of the terrorist chumak, the wagners, the other cwcs, and what about these 10 months, how do these dynamics change ? those are not whom we directly take by way of counter-offensive or counter-offensive actions. it is related to the fact that we need to save the lives of our defenders who were captured by the russians, but i am talking about the russians

who are captured by us here, but if we are talking about the reverse situation, those who are captured here, then of course we we conduct work at all levels so that they still do it, so that they voluntarily surrender not only and there was an opportunity to take them already in direct combat, but in captivity. and indeed there is such a phenomenon. what does this have to do with the fact that we as much as possible, they were able to convey information that for them this is the only way to save their lives, and if we are motivated for this war because we are waging a just war and we are defending our country, then the majority of russians, what we talked about with you, the regular army, those who are mobilized, in fact, have no motivation, and therefore it is really worth working with them to explain that the only way to save a life is to surrender, but so that you don't think that it's so simple, we explained. we used certain tools to

convey this information, and now they started to think that it's not true because it's the russian state, the russian dictatorship, and for what purpose a person is nothing, they do a lot to make them afraid to do it well, for example, there is a very powerful intimidation of the military tribunals, which work there at full strength, and there are those who leave the battlefield, they are returned there again, that is, they have no chance to leave it and in we have information from our sources that they, well , russian fighters even resort to self-mutilation and even cases of suicide, that's how much they want to go to war, that's why irregular armed formations are also used there now. and these cases are self-mutilation - in essence, for them, for russian servicemen, it is a ticket back home, but does the command allow them

to return with a conditionally broken arm , even there, or not? because they have the volume of injured people that they have now, they can't handle it anymore, it's already difficult now and there's a really high mortality rate among the wounded, and those who deal with mutilation well, i'll tell you this on the internet there are recommendations on how to do this so that you no longer serve but do not yet become, let's say , a person with a disability, therefore, most likely, they also have this information, that's why, yes , there are facts. chance not to go to war except to cause physical harm to oneself, the number of irreversible physical losses in the

russian federation has already exceeded 100,000. are the formulas i hear correct that sanitary losses are all irreversible losses multiplied by one and a half or there are two different approaches to how to count these losses, er, well, i will say right away that these are conditional numbers plus minus. they are always specified. why because, ah, in the conditions of a particularly active battle, it is very difficult physically to go and count the people who died, and because the battle is going on and the soldiers and the commanders have other tasks. that is, it is not a priority task, the second is when it is physically impossible to get to that territory, they are, for example, in the zone of our control. we can not get there to count

, for example, the whole of one at the moment, there are these types of deaths and these types of lesions, after which there are actually no traces left, except for those that can somehow be identified by dna, but this is a complicated story, and that is, the numbers are quite conditional. in addition, we always emphasize that the numbers are and then another three or four days and the commanders send the information a few days before, yes, what was it, that is, it arrives a few days after the battle itself, let's say so. and also, how do they calculate and also according to the destroyed equipment, if they know that, for example, such and such combat equipment was destroyed may have a crew somewhere around this number, then if this unit is completely destroyed, then it is considered that so many people probably died there, and that too