happy new year and christmas, you can go to the facebook page, so that i don't tell much here, see him, hear his voice and his words, he said this, i will say one thing, we did not choose war, but we accepted the battle and god himself is on our side, this christmas has a flavor tears and the color of blood may the lord protect you in the struggle, a nation is born, says the hard-working general, and we understand it. thank you for being with us. we wish you a good evening . tomorrow we will meet to be with espresso and take care . good evening. we are from ukraine, the wedding is in olga palamaryuk works in the studio and today in the program night attack of drones, russia released more than a dozen shaheds on the territory of ukraine, air defense forces shot down all the kamikaze drones, dozens of russian attacks and new destruction and victims every day, which are the weekdays of the liberated kherson and three days of state mourning in brazil

due to the grief of football fans in different countries, how in the world are they mourning the legendary pelenka ? the main target of the drones, as reported by the local authorities, were the energy infrastructure, including in the capital. drones were shot down in the dnipropetrovsk region, zaporizhzhia and kyiv region, according to information from the mayor of kyiv, vitaliy klychka, air defense forces neutralized seven drones that tried to hit the capital, two on the approach to kyiv and five over the city the administration building and a residential building were damaged by the ppu forces,

all 16 kamikaze drones were destroyed, and today's attack was preceded by a massive missile attack, the day before, russia launched 70 cruise missiles over the territory of ukraine according to the report of the general staff, 58 of them managed to be destroyed, and while the russians were shelling peaceful cities and destroying infrastructure facilities , the russian ministry of defense published such a photo of the caliber will never end , referring to the caliber cruise missiles that russia actively used at the beginning of the war, but according to the experts of the american of the institute for the study of war, russia has largely exhausted its reserves of high-precision systems, and such photos are nothing more than a demonstrative demonstration of force, experts also remind us of the recent the statement of the head of the main intelligence department, kirill budanov, in an interview with the bbc, he said that the stocks of all the main types of missiles of the russians fell below 30%. and president volodymyr zelenskyy today held another meeting

with the supreme commander-in-chief, as reported, they discussed the situation on the front of improving air defense and restoring the energy system, and we will ask my colleague zhanna bezpiachok more about this , what is known. how did this meeting come about, what was decided at it? greetings olya it was the regular meeting of the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine who is the president? they talked in particular about the situation in ukrainian air defense and there are several things that are obviously particularly relevant today and which should be mentioned first, even from the last drone attack on ukraine, in particular on the kyiv region in zaporizhzhia but in recent nights we see that the russian troops of the russian federation periodically change the tactics and strategy of using drones and missiles against ukraine and, in this connection, the ukrainian against

air defense constantly needs to be adapted to these changes, in particular, drones were launched over kyiv this night, as reported by the ukrainian military along the dnipro river. russian military forces, the military is changing the tactics of the periodic and that's why well, this is a reminder that it is necessary to take very seriously all these threats and in addition to this already in the new year ukraine will need to integrate its the anti-aircraft crow of the petriv complex is also such a serious task. how to coordinate this weapon, such a complex weapon with other types of weapons with other elements of the air force and air defense of ukraine. well, in the end, president zelensky

warned ukrainians even before the meeting of the stake that they should be careful at the time of these new year's the christmas holidays, which can be even before the new year, the direct missile attack of ukraine by the energy infrastructure of ukraine, that is why these holidays can pass in such a certain tension and in addition the president mentioned that stavka is discussing the situation in the area of ​​the crime zone, it is obvious that there is not just combat going on there. and this is one of the key hotspots on the ukrainian front lines, and whether the ukrainian troops will be able to leave will depend on what happens there, how the events unfold a more or less headquarters counteroffensive specifically in luhansk region to win back ukrainian territory there olya thank you zhanna and i want to talk about something else ukraine mentioned the number of soldiers in russian captivity yes this is almost 3.5 thousand people and another 15,000 are

missing, but these numbers can amaze and even shock. and what is behind these numbers, how is the calculation carried out? expected, that is, it roughly corresponds to the calculations. these are ukrainian military personnel who are in the prison system of other temporary detention places for people in the temporarily occupied territories in the south and east, and this figure includes those military personnel who were brought mostly from crimea to russia are being held in russian prisons and colonies. ukraine and the international community still have no access to these prisons to these places of temporary and forced detention of people and ah well here it is a

separate, very big topic, for example, there is the shaleniv colony. and where, uh, we conducted an investigation under what circumstances, uh, ukrainian prisoners of war died in the summer of this year, and all that is indicated is that it was the murder of ukrainian prisoners of war. that is, this is what concerns the situation uh, and numbers in relation to of the ukrainian military polonius but this other figure of 15,000 missing persons is important what to understand is that it is obvious here from the information that is available from international experts of the ukrainian commissioner for the rights of ukrainian defenders and it also affects the civilian military. that is, it is not only those who took part in hostilities - these are also people who simply ended up in the war zone and disappeared under unknown circumstances, and these could be people who are no longer alive but there are no witnesses to their death, unfortunately, i had to

as a journalist, to face the fact that when we come to the occupied territories , in particular, this was very common in kherson, people, seeing that the journalists have arrived, approach and tell themselves that their relatives have disappeared, most often this man, but at least once i was told about the disappearance of a woman and 15,000 people are those cases where the information is clearly verified. that is, it is with the law enforcement officers. it is documented according to certain procedures and rules, but from what i observe as a journalist, the real number of missing people is from mariupol. ending with the same kherson and territories in kharkiv oblast and chernihiv oblast, it may be much larger because not all relatives of missing ukrainians have been able to go through all these procedures and turn to the law enforcement agencies in order for their relatives to be

taken into account and not given this status and this is a separate , very serious problem with which ukraine will have to deal and will be forced to give it joy for many years and after the end of the war , unfortunately, yes. thank you, colleague. this was bbc correspondent zhanna bezpyachuk, the belarusian information agency belta today released a video of the destruction of a missile, the fragments of which were discovered yesterday in the brest region, and here are these shots. the belarusian authorities say that the s-300 missile was allegedly launched from the territory of ukraine, and even summoned the ukrainian ambassador to provide an explanation. the ukrainian ministry of defense replied that they were ready to invite independent experts for a thorough investigation of the circumstances, at the same time, kyiv emphasized that it reserves the undisputed right to protect its own sky . western experts instead gave their assessment yesterday's events, according to them, the fall of the rocket was an accident - it was not a deliberate

attack on the territory of belarus, and this is what the retired vice admiral of the british air force, sean ball, said. i think the danger of all this is how and when the rocket fell on polish soil. to look as if someone is aiming at for some reason in belarus itself what should be done i think it is to look at the facts and the facts are such the s-300 missile seems to be this is how it was identified, it is used in the countries of the former soviet union, so not only ukraine them has and she was found near the border in an open field and there seem to be no reports of any casualties, so the real question is why did she end up there, the time of the fall of this missile roughly coincides with the peak of the russian missile attack, so there is a good chance that the ukrainian air defense was actively working at that moment, so now the question of whether the ukrainians had intentions to enter belarus from a military point of view, there is no reason for ukraine to involve belarus in this war and

belarus does not want to be involved in this war either in the state of polls, they show that more than 90% of the population and the military do not want to be drawn into the war, and when putin wants to draw belarus into a war, it looks very, very unlikely, it does not look like a deliberate attack on belarus, because even if it were so, what kind of person did this missile turn out to be in the middle of the field at least chose a more profitable target. so it looks like a coincidence and it is part of this very dynamic and very dangerous war that is being waged in ukraine. we saw, as you said , a large wave of russian missile attacks on ukraine how many more 69 missiles were fired, as the ukrainians said, but they by the way, they say that the russians are running out of missiles, this is similar to the truth, as military analysts receive information from various sources.

in fact every army in the world keeps weapons ready to respond to a specific set of circumstances and few would keep enough missiles to attack for a long period of time as russia does now we have already seen cases where russia has used anti-aircraft missiles to attack ground targets that they have used other missiles without warheads and it looks like they are scraping the bins a bit very similar to what i suspect in the middle of winter both sides are a bit stuck in this war and russia is really pushing it is powerful to make ukrainians lose the will to fight now it is extremely cold and bad in ukraine if you undermine the energy sector, you can potentially undermine the will of ukrainians, you can potentially force zelenskyi to negotiate but the reality is that it seems from what we hear from the scene of events - this only strengthens the determination of the ukrainians against the russians, so there is little chance of success here despite the use of a large

number of weapons. this was the analysis of a british military expert after liberation from the russian occupation. kherson is under constant shelling only last day , russian troops shelled the region more than 80 times, there is a wounded person, the projectiles hit the objects of critical infrastructure, industrial enterprises, private and apartment buildings. this is reported in the regional on the eve of the administration, the russians hit the regional cardiac dispensary, the roof of a window and the facade of one of the buildings were damaged, two people were injured, a security guard and a worker of the boiler house, the local authorities are calling on residents to evacuate, utility workers to return and restore life in the city, and we are joined by journalist liza zarkhikh, who has just returned from kherson. greetings, liza since the liberation of the city, the russians have not stopped shelling it, what is the situation there now and is

there electricity, water, communication good evening in kherson is in a really difficult situation, they are shelled every day according to the data of the kherson oblast military administration, just in the past 24 hours, kherson has been shelled 27 times in different areas of the city, in different ways with communications, this again depends on the shelling, but in the majority of the city there is a water, electricity, there are problems with heating , and again, is there electricity or water in one or another microdistrict. it depends on where the russians hit. the most difficult thing is the situation in the microdistrict, the island is constantly being shelled, and that's right, with light water in other communications, the real trouble there was the information that all the local residents were evacuated from there, but this is not true , thousands of people remain there now who live under constant shelling and need help, and

it is important to say that now there are no areas in kherson that are not shelled by the russians, well, actually , if we spoke already for the evacuation. are there any data on what percentage of the population of pre-war kherson actually remains in the city? i did not find such data before the full-scale invasion of kherson began. about 300,000 people, there is information that after the liberation, 80,000 e-e remained there, according to yury sobolevskyi - this is the first deputy head of the regional council, approximately 200 e-e people leave the city every day, iryna vereshchuk said that about 11,000 left the city since the liberation but nevertheless, there are still a lot of people in kherson, and there was information that the

elderly and people with limited mobility were being evacuated from kherson. the ministry of integration called the number 500 people, initially the city was released, but a lot of people with limited mobility still remain in kherson, there are pensioners who cannot simply physically leave, and the red cross of ukraine is engaged in certain evacuations. but again, they cannot evacuate everyone, because there are actually very, very many of these people in the city. well, if i am not mistaken, the number of residents of pre-war kherson was more than 300,000 people from kherson, the military administration informs that in just one week, humanitarian centers provided assistance to more than 15,000 people, they give out bread, food, clothes, how do these centers work, is their help enough because of the danger shelling in kherson, there is no such mass distribution, the humanitarian workers actually distributed

bread, some certain food packages, but now both the volunteers and the authorities say that it is very dangerous . i spoke with the workers of the red cross of ukraine, they say that the greatest need is for candles, socks, lanterns against colds , teas and some other anti-cold products detergents, vitamins, and adult diapers, etc. adult diapers are the most lacking, and before my eyes, a retired woman came to one of the red cross centers and asked for these diapers, they just weren't available at that moment. the fact that the number of people with limited mobility is very large in kherson, who

need care, help, and some such seemingly simple things. kherson was occupied more than a month ago, and we remember how the local population gladly welcomed the liberation cities, but have they changed since then, and perhaps the mood of the kherson people? the city now looks very empty because the russians are shelling a lot of things, such as maternity hospitals, hospitals, residential buildings. december 24 is generally a terrible day for the city, because then there was a shooting on the street that it is located behind the central market, i got to the central market itself. and this is a place where some kind of life lives and boils. where the townspeople constantly come. i was on this street just behind the central market. i saw these burned-out cars. they really make a terrible impression on you. on the same day, february 24, there was a hit near

a large supermarket in the very center of the city, and many people died after these shellings, and people try to avoid these places that were shelled . vlu they try not to leave their own homes and have moles because this fear is really very scary, it paralyzes you, but still people have to go out, they stand in lines, go to stores, and i love the courage of people who remain in the city, it is actually really fascinating because after the city was shelled on the 24th, a lot of people came to the blood donation center in order to help the wounded . to accept people and

constantly, for example, someone donates blood. people come to help those who really need it, because there is simply not enough blood. thank you. people are living from the constant shelling of the russians , meanwhile, the secretary general of the united nations said that the united nations will not back down from its efforts to establish peace in ukraine in accordance with international law and the organization's statute. every moment of renaissance, we sweep away the ashes of the old year and prepare for a brighter day. in 2022, millions of people around the world literally swept away the ashes from ukraine to afghanistan and then people left the ruins of their homes and their lives in search of a better one hundred million people around the world saved themselves fleeing from wars forest fires drought poverty and hunger in 2023 we need

peace now more than ever peace through dialogue to end the conflict in 2023 let's put peace at the heart of all statements of action let's together make it a year when peace will be restored in our life, our home and our world drank 3d in mourning for football pele he died the day before at the age of 82 most commentators considered the field the best a representative of beautiful football, his skill and amazing speed were combined with fantastic accuracy of shots, a national hero in his native brazil , he became a world icon of sports. and outside the football field, he tirelessly fought to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged people in society. and he also condemned putin's policy , if football is world the game is revered as the

best for most fans, it is an undeniable truth that during his more than twenty-year career, he scored more than a thousand goals and became the winner of three world cups. success and skill are synonymous with brazilian football, which was built on pele. etson arantis, our mentor, was born in brazil in 1940 and got his famous nickname. from an early age, all the children at school started calling me pele. then i hated it. now i adore it. this name is short easy to pronounce in any language everyone remembers pele in 1958 pele took part in his first world cup he was only 17 he scored six goals in four matches and pushed himself to exhaustion when brazil defeated sweden in in the final, one of the opponents said that he was ready to

applaud when he saw pele. an injury limited his opportunities at the world cup in 1962, and in 1966, opposing teams knew that they had to stop pele. four years later, in mexico in 1970, pele played in the brazilian team. which was recognized as one of the best of all time, it was the last world cup for pele without him, brazil had to wait 24 years to receive the trophy again pele remained in demand, which is not surprising, because his face was recognized around the world for 18 years he remained with one club, santos, where he averaged one goal per game until 1975. he was the main asset of the new thirst for glamor of the us league. after his football career, he became an ambassador, engaged in commerce

and politics. for my life and career, i am sincerely grateful for everything i received during my life. i am very grateful to all my fans and those who love me for the fact that football can entertain, first of all, it started with pele and more saw articles for world football, let's talk with sports columnist oleg radsom olezh congratulations how would you outline the meaning of pele for football and in particular in ukraine congratulations olya actually , when it comes to the projection of the nouns known as pele to ukraine, the parallels are quite direct and pele comes from not the richest countries of the world, which actually has just a bunch of merchants to their own

problems and the local football league is far from being international let's say world famous is only a supplier of players leading richer leagues, actually like the ukrainian championship and where is it about the fact that pele became the first to show that it is not necessary to start a career in this already mentioned top league or to play for some super famous er super rich club it is about the fact that we do not forget, as it was rightly stated that the strength of the career from 1956 to 74, pele's entire career took place in one single club santos from the state of sao paulo, once 10 years ago, we did not bring to this city which is a large let's say a port city but again, on by brazilian standards, this is so-so brazilian vinnytsia. let's just say that it's not super famous or anything, let's say, except for

this football club that plays in such a small local stadium called urbanocaldeira, and i, the old man , couldn't resist going to this one. stadium and not look at the football match between the santos club and the pl club, of course. actually, this stadium also reminds me of some lokomotiv stadium in vinnytsia, and where is this about what is not, this is not the mayor’s sofa, this is not some kind of place on the premises, you understand. about the fact that pele came out of the roots and actually showed the whole world that a person who came out of let's say this from the most privileged circles of the richest football leagues can become the king of this sport, well, actually, i got the impression that pele is being mourned all over the world without exaggeration, well, in ukraine there is a war and it would seem that this is not the case. so your arguments are that this is also for wartime. this is such a significant

event . academies of barcelona, ​​real madrid or bayern munich and where is it about the fact that he was at the lowest let's say the level of this game in a far from, let's say, richer league and he was simply determined to win faith in his own strength and faith in his brothers in football poly s- this is some kind of allusion, some analogy is possible with military actions with what is happening now in ukraine that when ukraine stands against a much more powerful enemy on paper, which, let's say, has a certain arsenal of means, but it is about again, this faith in one's own strength, faith in

victory, what is it, in fact, in pele, it doesn't matter who was among his rivals, in your opinion, are we waiting for a new palace ? i will say one thing, let's say in brazilian folklore, in modern brazilian folklore, there is such a song, pele will die, or the only king is pele. actually, this is to a certain extent and emphasizes that there will be no second king. they say oh, it is possible, a new pellet, just like in ukraine, new blokhins are appearing now, new shevchenkos, but actually pv he is the only one, that is, he is not unique and no disrespect, of course . to messi and maradona and the rest of the same

andriy shevchenko, but pele as again it was rightly stated the other day that he is the greatest sports icon and the first sports icon on a global scale and this icon will always hang in the temple of football in this iconostasis in the central place above the altar when, by the way, two years ago diego armando maradona pele decided to send such a message to social networks, twitter wrote that one day i hope we will play with you in heaven and now this heavenly team is already recruiting talents, including the king himself . this in itself is unique thank you oleg sports columnist oleg this thank you for the conversation and that's all for

today, me and the entire bbc news ukraine team say goodbye to you, you will always find updated and verified information on our website bbc.ua and on our pages in social networks and turn on our program on tuesday, january 3. see you in the new year. good luck and take care. cinema, television, sport, vk, education, free people have a choice, choose what you want on megogo