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president zelenskyi not to take from the uoc mp the temples on the territory of the kyiv-pechersk lavra , the lease term of which expires on january 1, what will happen if the temples in the uoc mp are taken away by russian mercenaries, the wagnerites publicly insult the head of the russian general staff valery gerasimov, the store address of the russian military leadership from since the fall of bagneri, the head of the communist party of the soviet union, wagner yevgeny prigozhin , has been actively and publicly criticizing the army leaders. does this mean a split in the military elite of russia ? it is the goal to reach the administrative border of the donetsk region by the end of 2022.

less than a week remains. what are the chances of this freedom? life, congratulations, this is the freedom of life . the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate must change its name and indicate its affiliation with russia . agree my name is vlad and lazur, we are starting a law that obliged the uoc mp to officially indicate its affiliation with russia, the ukrainian parliament voted three years ago, after which 49 deputies primarily from now on, it is already forbidden to use the russian orthodox church. they appealed to the constitutional court and insisted that the law is not constitutional. but only today the court said that the law is still constitutional and the uoc mp

must officially indicate its affiliation with russia . - metropolitan pavlo of the dormition kyiv-pechersk lavra calls on president volodymyr zelenskyi not to take from the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate the churches on the territory of the lavra that the uoc mp rents, in particular, it refers to the dormition lavra the cathedral and the trapezoidal church, according to metropolitan pavlo, their lease ends on december 31. this is the last day when the uoc mp will hold a service there, pavlo said about this, he was warned by the director of the state reserve kyiv-pechersk lavra, the state, represented by this reserve, is the owner of all the premises of the lavra , metropolitan pavlo recorded in a video message in which he complained that the uoc mp did not receive a written notice about the termination of the lease from january 1. pavlo also called on president zelenskyi not to entertain the uoc mps churches on the territory of the lavra and not to tell anyone when to celebrate christmas and a request to you, volodymyr

oleksandrovich, that those people who have nothing to do with the church do not tell us when to celebrate christmas, they did not tell us which church to go to . conducts searches in the dioceses of the uoc-mp law enforcement officers say that they are looking for prohibited items there, such as pro-russian manuals of foreign citizens, weapons volodymyr zelenskyy publicly instructed to investigate to what extent the uoc mp is still connected with the russian orthodox church well, as a result of such checks, so to speak , sanctions against the leadership of the uoc mp for submitting to the national security and defense service and the security service zelenskyi introduced sanctions against a number of hierarchies, including the already mentioned and shown by us the vicar of the lavra, the metropolitan pavlo, as well as being guided by the affairs of the uoc mp, metropolitan anthony, who is called the second most

influential person in the ranks of the church after the head of the uoc mp, metropolitan onufriy, under the sanctions, the hierarchs are accused of ties to russia, the same deny, therefore, as bishop pavlo complained that from january 1, access to temples for the moscow patriarchate will not be available. and can volodymyr zelensky change his mind about interfering in the situation and what trump cards are left in the hands of the uoc mp if the state's decision on the deprivation of the right to rent is final, we will talk about it later, the religious expert dr. of historical sciences andriy smirnov smirnov good evening good evening, that 's how far the decision to deprive the uoc mp of the right to lease churches on the territory of the lavra, by the way, they don't like them they called it the mp, but they say that they are the ukrainian orthodox church of the ukrainian orthodox church, just like that, how unprecedented and unique is this decision, or was there something similar before? if it has already been finally approved, then from january 1, 2023

, the ukrainian orthodox church will not be able to pray in the two churches of the upper lavra, specifically the dormition we will see how the uoc will react. but we can predict that there will be protests and there will be prayer meetings in the lower and upper lavra, and there will still be attempts to achieve extension of the lease because the upper lavra is state property, it is not located on the territory of the reserve, and the ukrainian orthodox church only uses these temples. i will only say that there is already a reaction from the ministry of culture, and they say that the ministry of culture will not recommend extending the lease from the ukrainian orthodox church of ukraine. of the two temples of the kyiv-pechersk lavra, minister tkachenko said this just now. well, then tell me what will happen in the temples, will they be empty or will they be handed over by the orthodox churches of ukraine? i think

that there are three possible scenarios. after all, sooner or later the lease will be extended precisely with the ukrainian orthodox church, the second scenario is that these two churches will be used simply as museums in the future, the service will not be completed there, and the third option is possible, er, an agreement will be concluded with the orthodox church of ukraine for the use of one of these churches as a for me, such a solomonic decision would be to hand over the dormition cathedral for alternate use to the ukrainian orthodox church and the orthodox church of ukraine, and here is metropolitan pavlo when he made this address to volodymyr zelenskyi, he also mentioned that 220 people live on the territory of the lavra and constantly pray there, as he says, for the ukrainian army

. these two churches mean that they are completely expelled from the lavra, that's not the case, the uoc mp remains on the territory of the lavra, it's just that the two churches in the lavra will not be at their disposal. for the use of the ukrainian orthodox church , that is where the monks live and no one is going to evict or expel them from there. we are only really talking about those two churches where there is a service according to a schedule according to a certain schedule. the ukrainian orthodox church has a certain time allocated for praying there. about the continuation of this right, but continued to pray in these two churches instead. in the lower lavra, an inspection of the conditions of use of these premises will be carried out. an interagency government group has already been created, which, according to the president's decree must provide his conclusions. and were there any violations of the terms of use of this

property? if such violations are discovered, then the commission will be able to make proposals regarding the termination of this indefinite contract for the use of the lower lavra . in order to oppose and somehow defend their right to stay in these temples and on the territory of the lavra, in particular , the main trump card of the uoc mp is the people, and this believer very often also holds mass events for the ukrainian orthodox church, there was recently a flash mob of military personnel who called on the authorities to stop the persecution of the ukrainian orthodox church. according to my information, it was organized by lay people, and i do not rule out that in january we will see mass actions and protests with the participation of not only monks, but also ordinary ordinary believers. on january 1, the last question is not far off.

can you explain this decision of the constitutional court, which has not yet been made public in full today, but has already made an announcement about what the uoc mp should mention in its name about its affiliation to russia, what should it be officially called now, well, the law does not determine what this or that church should be called, the law stipulates that religious organizations whose center is located in the country of the aggressor must reflect the full name of this organization or its affiliation in their statutory name. that is it can be either the russian orthodox church in ukraine or the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate here. there may be different variations, but unfortunately there is no mechanism for implementing these requirements, so although er, this issue was considered in the constitutional court, but the law was valid, in particular, with regard to 1,000 uoc parishes that should have been renamed in 4 years, but

they did not make any changes to their statutes . very expert on religion, doctor of historical sciences andriy smirnov, we talked about the events surrounding the ukrainian orthodox church, what they call the moscow patriarchate, thank you very much, in the volodymyr 's cathedral in kyiv, today we said goodbye to one of the developers of the ukrainian video game stalker volodymyr yezhov, who died in the battles for bakhmut in the donetsk region on december 22. volodymyr yezhov is a ukrainian video game designer and cyber sportsman. he participated in the creation of the game stalker clear sky, which was released in 2008 . volodymyr has two children left. he always said that i create new worlds. and he really liked fishing in general, being on such a budget and really liked working on

fishing learn, he literally until recently, he worked as a developer, that is, all this time until february 24, he still worked at game devi, well, his work did not end with stalker, as everyone knows, he still worked for an it company, and in principle, i even started developing my game and i am sure that i would continue after the victory. the russian army has set itself the goal of reaching the administrative border of the donetsk region by the end of 2022, this was announced by the deputy minister of defense of ukraine hanna malyar well, by the end of the year less than a week, as far as such plans are concerned let's talk about the real ones now, where is the air joined by the chairman of the board of the center for defense strategies, the minister of defense of ukraine 19-20th year andriy zagorodnyuk good evening we are glad to welcome you good evening let's start with the statement of the ministry of

defense to enter the borders of the donetsk region by the end of the year, how realistic are such plans for the russian army well to be honest, i don't know why they didn't think. because there are four days left here, uh, they generally have very vague prospects regarding this issue, so i think it's some kind of fantasy, and it's hard to say why they themselves set themselves such tasks that cannot be fulfilled, and the only thing is that well, we have already seen that they set tasks for the destruction of high-mars, for example, they set tasks for going to the borders, by the way, back in may in principle, they had such a story. but maybe they are just looking for reasons for which personnel changes , it is also possible at the beginning of the 23rd year, but the chances they have to do it well, they are practically equal to zero, so in principle, we will see how

the events of the moscows themselves will develop further let's really see. by the way, many people are forecasting some personnel changes. then let 's talk about some long-term forecasts, maybe earlier valery zaluzhnyi spoke about the fact that 200,000 mobilized russians could go to the front in january-february, and it was possible to conclude from his words that january and february will very difficult for ukraine, maybe can you now describe several possible development scenarios that may take place in the next year, again, january february is enough everything is very clear here because the russians will do, the russians will most likely do a new wave of mobilization, either open or hidden, because, as we know, all data is completely closed in them, so they can, in principle, mobilize any number of their citizens, and they also through some training due to preparation training measures will come with some

mobilized some have not yet been sent to the front and further they will be sent to the zone of introduction of hostilities will it strengthen their position yes will it strengthen their position significantly so that they can change the situation completely , it is unlikely because, in principle, well, the problem of the organization of the russian army. they are fundamental. let's say that from a certain number of civilians who went through a month or two of training there, they do not, no, no , these problems do not change. the foreign ones we work with, they are skeptical about russia's chances for some kind of significant upgrade, you know. let's say yes, and they will constantly bring in new people because, as we know, their losses are very serious. several hundred people per day. and now they absolutely do not count losses, that is, for them , any losses are acceptable at the moment. that is why, in principle, we expect additional

additional mobilization measures and the sending of new new new fighters to the front to the front - where is this going this is for which part of the site yes, it is not all the sites for the entire length, including on let’s say yes, at the places where the russians are present, including on the border with ukraine, with belarus, on the russian-ukrainian border, and also for all the sections temporarily occupied territories reserves will also be formed, and they can also send them to other units that do not participate in the russian war with ukraine, that is, there, including the far east, including central asia, simply to replace the personnel of that the current personnel will serve there, so in principle they are for everyone in all directions but of course the main

direction of russia's efforts at the beginning of the 23rd year will be focused on the donbass because who how do we we know the leadership of the armed forces of russia, eh, most likely, eh, it is also in principle the unanimous opinion of the analytical community that they promised putin, it means eh, to solve the donetsk issue , that is, to go to the admin borders and thus declare the achievement of the goals of this so-called special operation, this they certainly won't succeed, and uh, most likely it won't work, and the chances are very small, and uh, but of course, this is an extremely difficult, difficult direction for us and very tragic. in any case, but the chances of winning in russia are almost nil. i don’t even say there until the first of january, it’s not at all , and then their task will be to hold

those areas those regions or part of the regions that they captured there. also, they will have significant problems because the offensive actions of the ukrainian army will continue and they will lose it all the way to the crimea, including the crimea after that, in principle well 23- and this year will be a year of such disappointments for russia. well tell me that these will all be changes in the leadership of the armed forces, possibly in the military-political leadership, that is, in the ministry of defense, let's see. well , in principle, the possibility of a scenario that somewhere before the middle of the 23rd year in general there will be serious political and internal political problems in russia related to failures at the front, and say that they have a chance to win, uh, no , it is impossible to say that they have a chance to significantly complicate our lives and cause damage and maintain a certain intensity of hostilities at the front, this is how they will really do it they will maintain

the intensity as much as possible now, of course. there is still the question of some kind of involvement of belarus. including in iran, they are trying to get these political missiles. and if they succeed, of course, this is very convenient for us, but it is still too early to understand that the consequences of the transfer of political missiles for iran will also be very, very tragic and very dramatic from the community from the community from the community of the global international therefore, now this is a big question, yes , briefly, if possible, in the center of communication strategy, today they announced that the russian air defense system turned out to be a pacifier, so they said , such conclusions were made after another attack on

engels, and if this is so, is it really so from your point of view, and does this mean that now the russians can absolutely be open to strikes or to repeating such attacks as there were the day before, out of respect for the center of strategic communications it can be said that it is completely empty because they are working for everyone on all areas of the front . and we know for sure that they are already located in crimea, they are increasing their presence, but it is absolutely certain that the russian air defense capacity will not be enough to completely cover all of the entire territory of the russian federation and all the main military facilities, they simply do not physically have such a number, so in any case they are quite vulnerable to our e-e or any other strikes, because russia, too, has a very large number of such missiles there is no number of capable units, they do not have such a thing in order to fully provide for themselves, but the capabilities are essential and

that is why we can say that we do not have such a challenge as the ppu . of strategy, the minister of defense of ukraine 19-20th year, we talked about forecasts for the next year. severodonetsk, lysychansk, svatov, the ukrainian military has been storming this direction for several weeks, our colleague, the correspondent of the tv channel zivostvo vremya borisa chalko, spoke with the paratroopers participating in the offensive operations and asked them what is the reason for such a protracted protracted assault and whether we should expect the advance of ukrainian troops in the luhansk region. look at the kharkiv region from the occupiers of the reconnaissance troop of the amphibious

brigade. we are already in izyum at the moment when the kharkiv operation was underway. operation well, we take off, reveal their positions, in general, i am a gunner. our task is to throw them directly into the trench so that our soldiers would have a better time. oh, go on the offensive , fire here. at first, these were offensive actions, which turned out to be a very difficult operation. in the case of the kharkiv offensive, they were more dispersal now they are very concentrated and their numbers are very large. for meat, and then if they break through, it goes

already well, more well, more experienced soldiers, they are a mass of rods and rods, and they have a lot because they don't really have anything like that none well, they just go for meat, there were such investigators what did our infantry tell us that they will come out without armor, without machine guns, and not just go like this, well, to the death, our infantry meets and then gives out their positions, and even then artillery training works on them on our infantry with literally a small space, oh him for landing. this is very hard to come there to be more precise. and this tower has a lot of artillery. for example, they are dominated by ukrainian artillery there. well,

they think so. they probably think that once 10 times in 10 5 10 meters there are mistakes, and these new shells that they gave are 4-5 m of new shells. nativski yes well these are good all the time she they go they push the routes these they go forward we catch up with them thank you to hear sometimes they complain that what are you smearing well it's not me his honest conscientious everything that i don't have to say it's like that i don't thank you but let's go больше больше работатее мы блин well, we need shells so that we can work as much as possible . strategically important

logistical routes of the enemy pass through these villages. and how do we know that logistics is the first thing? well, there is a soldier who is not equipped, he will not be able to fight. and this will greatly disrupt their logistics, and then i think they will leave bakhmut. the enemy must realize that we are going, we carry a threat, and he measures things. he does not go to put up with the unloved. will die and breathe freely, we have thoughts that most likely it will be over and we will lose for a normal life because, well , war, war is not good,

let's talk more about the situation in the luhansk direction, serhii haydai, the head of the luhansk regional state administration, joins the broadcast dobriy in the evening , volodymyr zelenskyi drew attention to the fact that bakhmut and crime, and other areas in the donbass require maximum concentration and that it is very difficult to share the latest news regarding in the luhansk direction, what is the situation there now, it is different in us from the donetsk direction, there is belogorivka, there the defense forces are holding firm just the defense against the attacks of the permanent russian occupation troops there , the attacks from the russian side do not stop, the shelling does not stop, but they are not pushing to press our defense they can. and as for matchmaking and criminal affairs, the situation is different there , success is on the side of our defenders, the only thing

is that, after all, they have a huge amount of technical reserves there, there was time mined all in a row, so every meter is very difficult, but all the same, our troops are moving confidently forward little by little , literally a day ago, the higher political leadership of ukraine and people's deputies hinted at victory with some positive news from the luhansk region, and even then you had to deny it about the fact that the crime has not been released yet, but there are uh, military actions going on there, please tell me where the information that the crimina has been released came from, that some nearby settlements have been released, well, i don't know who it was the primary source, but there was really such information that even the city of crime has already been liberated and our troops have entered there, and you know that

who is not involved does not communicate with our military, who does not come to the front and does not communicate with our defenders, then he is there right away in a patriotic manner, he immediately spread this information everywhere, in fact , there is enough fighting there, and even there 100 or, god willing, 500 m . in principle, they understand what the situation is and clearly understood that well, this information is unreliable regarding the direct involvement in crime, but anyway, we are constantly in contact with the military, we constantly help them with everything they need, we try to react instantly because we understand that

moving forward also depends on a certain reaction of ours to their needs. i just want to remind you that the city of the criminal luhansk region was captured back in april, and i want to ask you one more thing. and what exactly makes kreminna now a convenient point for defenses for the russian troops, what a unique city. well, they are just a small time, if you understand. in our country, we are also fighting against a huge machine of 140 million na. yes, we had a blitzkrieg , such a wonderful military operation. carefully and completely organized and carried out in the kharkiv region, then we had a wonderful operation to encircle and liberate the estuary, but you can’t always

go forward at a gallop, you know, because the troops are getting tired somewhere, the equipment is damaged, so it’s certain there was a break at the bottom, and just during that time, well , they had time to prepare for the russian occupying forces, they had time to mine everything there, they had time to raise equipment and, er, reserves, but they also clearly understand that if the time comes and the criminal area will be deoccupied by the armed forces of ukraine then they lose a really strategic population point, because rubizhne severodonetsk and lysychansk are already ahead, and er, well, then they have very good chances