to the service and will conduct this service , the head of the orthodox church of ukraine, metropolitan epiphanius, and the moscow church, which for a long time disguised itself as the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate. although it is a moscow church, a branch of a branch of the moscow church, i understand the contractual extension, they are sitting there somewhere in the lower lavra. as far as i understand well, but on january 7 at 9:00 a.m. there will be a divine service, who will not be able to be there in avatar, interpreted espresso, you will have the opportunity to see it thank you for being with us now to your attention news release from new colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of bvc news good evening we are from ukraine greetings on the air bbc news ukraine olga palamaryuk works in the studio and today we will talk about such a ukrainian command claims that the

russian troops have weakened the offensive on the bakhmuts transferred part of the equipment to soledar strike on makiivka in russia, they are looking for the guilty, who is being accused, and what is being said in the propaganda media, the government has approved new rules for military registration, what has changed, let 's start with the news that was made public right before the release, france will hand over a batch of armored vehicles to ukraine , the reityra agency reports this with reference to a briefing by a representative of the elysee palace , according to which president macron made a statement during a telephone conversation with volodymyr zelenskyi, it is about wheeled tanks that are capable of fighting armored vehicles, about the amount and timing of the transfer of military

aid until that there is no detailed information , meanwhile, the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine kyrylo budanov said that this spring ukraine is planning a large the counteroffensive and combat operations on the front line in march will be the most heated quote, this is his interview with the american tv channel abc news . as for the future of russia, budano believes that there are several scenarios here, but the message is clear, this is the transformation of russia. specified who will be behind them, the head of intelligence also does not rule out the possibility of strikes on crimea, and to the topic that remains relevant for the past few days and is gaining large proportions in russia, in moscow, the number of dead was recognized after the attack on the base with russian mobilized troops in makiivka, more than previously announced. thus, the ministry of defense there reported 89 victims. earlier, they said

sixty-three dead. ukraine claims that the figure is much higher, according to kyiv data, 400 russian soldiers died during the attack and another 300 were injured among the dead . in particular, the deputy commander of the regiment somewhere in this way this attack can testify to a new strategy of the ukrainians, until recently they aimed at the military logistics supply chains of the russians in the occupied territories and in the last for weeks we see that they are attacking bases and places where troops are concentrated. this is exactly what happened during this targeted strike on a base where hundreds of russian soldiers were stationed. this led to huge losses . so this attack may indicate a new strategy of the ukrainians who are continuing their offensive against the russians on in the occupied parts of the country, the

russian military command, at the same time, claims that the mobilized moles themselves are to blame for everything, they used mobile phones despite the ban, and this helped the ukrainian side track down the coordinates of the military and launch a missile strike, such statements outraged the relatives of those mobilized in the incident. they call it the negligence of the command in makiiv , however, further outrage in social networks did not go well. those responsible for the situation will be punished so they admit that mistakes were made, you know it's almost unheard of for russian officials to admit that something went wrong on the battlefield they usually assure here that everything is going according to plan everything will be fine considering the number of people who

died one would think that this topic would become the main news broadcast on television, but not at all i watched the russian state television, the two main channels russia-24 and channel one are almost without mention at all about what happened in makiivka on rus 24, and on the first channel it was hidden somewhere at the end under another report about the fact that the russians are allegedly winning on the battlefield. so, one presentation on state television, but if you turn it off tv and go to the internet, let's say in contact it's the russian version of facebook, a completely different picture appears there online , soldiers' relatives have created chat rooms where they discuss what happened in ukraine, what happened to their loved ones in makiivka, soldiers' relatives express irritation and strong

anger at military officials who they blame the incidents due to negligence , they point out that the soldiers should not have been settled next to the ammunition depot. strong anger was also caused by the statement that the russian soldiers themselves were to blame for this, because they struck through their mobile phones, which were banned by the military. but it is interesting that there is very little direct criticism of president putin and the war in general on the internet, and in my opinion, this is exactly what the kremlin is striving for . of incompetence, stating that the military should not have been settled in such a vulnerable room and calling everything criminal negligence, we will try to understand everything with a military expert, contact us petruchernyk i welcome you on the air. how would you explain what happened in makiivka, the

negligence of the russian command or the brilliant work of the armed forces of ukraine, but in fact both and together the ukrainians have proven that they can correctly do what is called the whole laying and understand where to apply the main big strikes primarily with the help of rocket systems of salvo fire, and it is also no secret that already in this month of the war, the phenomenon called chaos is increasing in the russian troops, especially among those who are mobilized there, the truth is colossal the problem is also with the lowest command link, first of all in the landka, the platoon commander, the company commander and even the battalion commander, the russians do not really have a sound organization and this is evidence that the modern military model of the russian army is not capable of challenging wars such as are currently being waged in ukraine and this in fact, it is good news for ukrainians, but

i would not raise the level of expectation that, as they say , because of otaki, the russians will begin to have some acts there, exactly the opposite . they will continue to die, but for the russian command, for the russian army, this situation may have consequences, there may be some personnel reshuffles and someone will be appointed guilty, but this should not worry us ukrainians, because in the grand scheme of things, they are bad for us, absolutely all of them, of course, there will be increasing problems and tension between the command staff itself this is incredibly good because where there is tension there are mistakes where there are mistakes there are wrong decisions and these wrong decisions on the part of the russian command they will definitely improve the tactical and operational situation for the armed forces of ukraine. but we must remember that the russian army, in general, the entire russian people

, they are bad. for us, we are the same, we are not fighting with putin . about the situation around bakhmut, british intelligence reports that the russian troops were forced to weaken their attack on bakhmut and switched to soledar, as if they are already transferring equipment there what is the purpose of such a regrouping? well, in fact, they are regrouping and trying to enter from the side of soledar, because it is also no less important in a strategic sense. why did it happen around bakhmut? that’s all. elementary, it’s just 42 km from bakhmut to debaltsevo, and debaltsevo has a strategic railway junction that plays a colossal role . in the delivery of ammunition and, in general, in all possible materials to ensure hostilities in december, the ukrainians withstood this insane

infantry pressure and the russians are now trying to create at least some kind of advantage in another point and they believe that they can do it with soledar, but in my opinion, if we held out near bakhmut, then we will definitely hold out near soldar, such an optimistic forecast, yes well, but returning to the military bases of the russians, we see that recently , the number of attacks on the armed forces of ukraine on the locations of army personnel has increased significantly, so russian army personnel, for example, today there was information about an attack on the so-called military commandant's office in vasilivka, zaporizhzhia region, information there is no word on this from the general staff yet, but in your opinion, this is how western weapons work , and the ukrainians have demonstrated a unique ability to master these weapons in no time, and in my opinion, at this moment, we can definitely

be proud of the fact that we know how to use modern equipment along with the advanced armies of the world, first of all, let's say with the us army, a small detail behind the final successful launches of such systems as mgm-148 javing by 100 launches of the ukrainians surpassed their own owners. that is, this is a sign that we are learning very quickly and the more quality weapons will come from the west, the faster we will win this war. well, at the beginning of the program, we talked about the interview of the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense, kirill budanov, so he predicts that in march will take place most fiercely because it is at the front. what is your opinion on this matter, about which part of the front, in fact, there are no secondary parts of the front, and we must remember that war is a way of deception, and i would like to illustrate this example by what happened in

the kharkiv operation, no one saw the kharkiv operation at the beginning of september, but it was actually brilliant and it turned out well. i share the opinion of the head of the main intelligence department that the situation will actually be very hot, why the military industrial complex of the russian federation is starting to run out of steam and it will really start to slip somewhere in the spring and then we may have very serious prerequisites for major counteroffensive actions, but we remember that war is an incredibly complex phenomenon and as the great napoleon bonaparte once said that war is such an art such a science in which everything that is carefully thought out and carefully calculated is successful, i am sure that now our team is calculating the maximum of all possible options in order to finally knock the enemy out of our territory, but for the enemy, this war is also existential, because after a classic military defeat, putin can lose life and the russian federation may

disintegrate, then they will also fight to the death and, unfortunately, their human potential is many times greater, so we are not in a hurry to raise the bar of positive expectations thank you about the situation at the front , we spoke with the military expert pyotr chernyk thank you for the conversation and about the loss of the makiivtsi to the fact that one of the largest at the beginning of the war, the russian military command stated, not for the first time, why the number of dead still decided to make public and whether the makiivtsi lost can bring about a change in the political elite , analyzed by the former security expert of the ministry of defense of great britain, paul moorcraft, definitely this is a big blow for the russian military, but how to respond to their statements about the fact that the soldiers who allegedly use mobile phones are guilty of this, ordinary soldiers are accused not only in the russian army but also in many armies, but here senior officers should be sworn in court for the

simple reason that they should have taken the phones away, this also indicates the state of discipline and bad organization and bad morale in the russian army they should not have used phones this is a new age this war is like a trench world war one but now it is a digital era and it affects the war the troops are far away in united or in afghanistan they know about their families only a few hundred kilometers and that they can call home the leadership should have confiscated the phones ukraine is a country with a large number of young it professionals in the hands of ukrainians british and american satellite and radar intelligence data and they are in contact with the families of russian soldiers, remember that even in a remote corner of siberia, grandmothers have mobile phones and families can also influence russian soldiers. so this is a new kind of war with facebook by telegram and the phone of the soldiers themselves this is the new face of war with drones and

the whole spectrum of it technologies russia rarely admits losses why did they decide to make it public this time they are trying to shift the blame from putin to the new recruits as if they were homesick and wanted to call their families but i wonder if we will see the elders russian officers in the military court say that during the attack the colonel who led this unit was killed, they will try to blame putin, but this is dangerous because all the successes ukraine this is a kick for putin. he will have to leave his post as soon as possible. i think that putin will be chased away not by facebook liberals, but by nationalist and right-wing people. there was a lot of criticism, even this silent russian media, because they had to say something. but i wonder if the russian leadership will be able to do something about the discipline of the soldiers . 000 recruits who are about to go to the front, the leadership should take away

their phones, this is one of the rules of military life, so the state border service was told about the results of one of the battles near bakhmut a city which for several months now has been unsuccessfully trying to take the russian military and mercenaries of the wagner pvk, the border guards carried out a counterattack, advanced 300 m and are now entrenched in new positions. that's how it once sounded quiet and famous games with that wine the city of bakhmut is now synonymous with war and resistance to ukraine russian troops are trying with all their might to capture this city the city hello

most of the people who lived here have left destruction everywhere throughout bakhmut on the other side of the road you can see completely destroyed residential buildings we are standing on shards of glass and almost every second the sound of artillery fire is heard everything here indicates that there are heated battles for this city bakhmut is located at the crossroads of roads and has a strategic location, but a few months of fierce battle and the city has already acquired symbolic importance

in pain, we came with him to the aid center, this is a kind of lifeline for those who stayed, we asked him why he decided not to leave, who will take me to your question, 86 years old, take me, i will go to you, so where will i go, who am i here for, the military they throw away what i find before the war. tetyana shcherbak worked as a midwife, now a volunteer. that's what everyone asks, but you know, i stay because i'm needed here, because i can help . someone's fear does not subside, but

no one even reacts, everyone seems to be numb to running away from bombs every day, their ordinary life olga tupykova says that her life with her daughter is now similar to the life of mice, running quickly for bread, they risk their lives every day in order to eat, survive on in the courtyard, we meet the mayor of bakhmut, oleksiy reva, we had to hide his location. watch how the ukrainians defend the city. we can not disclose the location of the first stop of the dungeon. one of the command centers is located here, the heart of the military operation. journalists

are rare here. these shots are broadcast from drones working outside the bakhmut area where russian troops are. soldiers are trying to identify a target for the assault group that just left . commander skala admits that this is the most difficult battle in his entire life when the enemy stormed the reinforced reinforced lent offensive er and inadequate actions well it was necessary in order to preserve the personnel, we had to reach our spare lines in order to restore them again, so as not to take personally. all the shots were taken on the morning of the new year. the east of the city under russian

shelling in the fields outside bakhmut. the daily work of soldiers to preserve the city limits in winter is difficult to disguise . weapons and people in arms are old soviet weapons, soldiers say that the weapons work well and do their job, but modern technology helped to break the deadlock on the other side, there are not only russian the military and thousands of wagner's mercenaries, the russians will soon start counterfire, that's why we are retreating to the bunker, why do you have the feeling that the hostilities are stuck in a dead end , because of the weather conditions, there is a lack of weapons,

a lack of supplies. for endurance, there is a hotel with bahmut , the cabinet of ministers has meanwhile approved new rules for military registration, so now it will be possible to submit information about yourself to the military committee through action on the basis of your location residence if a person who is subject to military registration has moved. she must report this within seven days through the center for providing administrative services or through action. she can also apply directly to recruitment centers to accept a conscript for work or training only after issuing a military ticket or after

confirming that the person is properly on the military register, and all employment centers will now provide information about unemployed conscripts, what do these changes mean, we will talk about it with yura the speaker on the issues of the army and passing military service oleksandr zolotukhin i congratulate you, but can you concisely explain what has changed in the rules of military registration, how it was and how it will be now good evening in fact , the changes have taken place quite significantly in the context of identifying people who are not on the military registration and who should be on the military record, in particular, this resolution assigned a significant amount of resources to local self-government bodies and employers, what do i mean? i mean that from now on, local government bodies self-governments are obliged to identify people who have arrived in their area but, for example, are not

registered or registered and are not on the military register and to encourage to a certain extent to register for the military or report such people to recruitment centers, employers and educational institutions are also obliged to the obligation not to conclude employment agreements with employees who are not on the military record directly prohibits, for example, not to conclude employment agreements in the resolution, at the same time the employer is also obliged to check whether a person is on the military register and if not, immediately notify the recruiting center itself, in particular, the changes did not affect the citizens as much as the state authorities, since the unified state register of conscripts, which actually should be created soon, probably because there is currently no information about the fact that it is being developed or that it will be developed in the near future, it is precisely around this register that

information will be exchanged between all state authorities, not only the military committee and local self-government bodies but also employers, courts, national police bodies, even the agency has its own employment center, as you have already said, and in accordance with the formation of this single state register of conscripts, all relevant information must be entered, yes, indeed, it is the actual conscription that changes the place of registration, and according to the legislation, it is called declaration place of residence or registration actually, when changing the place of registration, citizens will have the opportunity to immediately change the military commissar in which they are registered, this may happen automatically if it is done through an action, in particular, as we recall, even before the war in ukraine, according to the numbers, already developed such a project, even tested it on the

example of some users regarding the change of the place of registration, however, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of ukraine, such actions stopped and at the moment i do not know whether they continue to act accordingly, the idea remains the same so that a person does not visit many state bodies and can change the place of registration , including registration as a conscript only from your smartphone or by visiting the center for the provision of administrative services, where the relevant information will be entered into this register, which must be developed in the future, and the issue of the military registration of women, doctors, and pharmacists, since they are given time until 2026 to do so in order for their own e-e to be registered until now, employers do not have the right to demand their own e-e to provide documents on military registration, the registration of such persons, in particular, is also provided for by this order the fact that diplomatic institutions should facilitate

the return of citizens to ukraine in the event of mobilization in ukraine, how exactly should the assistance be carried out. actually, this order does not provide for it, as well as definition of what kind of actions are these. under the word assistance , this is not provided for by this order. and it is not specified in particular, one of the novelties of this order is that the local self-government bodies not only have to inform this or that person about the need to arrive at the picking center, but also to ensure necessarily the actual arrival of this person, how they should be ensured and who imposed on them such an obligation that the law does not actually provide for them, unfortunately, it is not clear, and also in this resolution there is also a certain conflict of norms regarding the imposition of obligations on the court

regarding the notification about all the sentences, that is, there are positive changes, but there are quite a few such changes that require further interpretation. you can also read about the new rules with an article on this topic on our website bbc.ua and then we will talk about the temperature record in in many countries of europe, the air temperature reached a historical maximum, an abnormally warm january in poland, the netherlands, the czech republic, in spain, in some places the thermometer rose to plus 25, if in ukraine, the unexpected heat helped to reduce electricity consumption, then in the end, europe became a consolation for tourists, auman tells tim, salzburg in january usually turns into a country winter wonders, but this year there is a lack of snow here and there was not much of it, and what was there has mostly melted, which

makes skiing doubtful pleasure is a very strange feeling when you are skiing on a white slope and everything is green to the left and to the right, the story is similar in the swiss alps, where high temperatures cause significant damage to the seasonal sport, look at the snow, it is really wet, it has already melted, as usually happens in spring, the snow should be like this now so that you can sculpt a snowman out of it and this is impossible and with so much water it is only part of the picture that can be seen everywhere in europe this winter in many countries january is usually the coldest month and this time it brought moderate temperatures here in the czech republic so warm that some people walk with short sleeves a surprise for both locals and tourists in my country frost and snow that's why i took this warm jacket i thought the weather would be the same but this morning i went out and realized that it was

really very cold outside unseasonably warm, warm weather is felt in most parts of the continent. in belarus, a record temperature of 16.4° c was recorded, which is 4.5° higher than the previous record . the situation is similar in poland, where the temperature was 18.9°, which is also 4° higher than the previous one. a record high and in the spanish city of bilbao the temperature in general reached over 25°, which is 10° higher than ever at this time of year, compare this with what america has been experiencing in recent days, low temperatures and snow drifts and further forecasts promise only worsening weather many miss that all this is happening due to climate change, but it seems that this process can take very different forms and that's all for today take care