somewhere she is as she is and she leaves the opportunity to hope for the success of the armed forces of ukraine. we will continue literally in a few minutes our conversation with you. provide the latest information of the day, evening, thank you for a few moments about the most important thing. the number of victims is increasing. 29 people were killed by a russian rocket in the dnipro, one of them was a child. 73 residents of a high-rise building were injured, 30 of them are in hospital, 12 are in serious condition. the search operation has been going on for more than a day, involved more than 550 rescuers

, police, doctors, utility workers, volunteers, reports the head of the regional military administration, valentin reznichenko, the fate of 40 people is still unknown. the victim with severe hypothermia was handed over to medics , she is currently in intensive care, in total , 39 people were rescued from the rubble alive, rescue operations will continue at least until at three o'clock in the morning i remind you that during the mass shelling of the territory of ukraine, the russians hit a residential building in the city of dnipro, 72 apartments were destroyed, another 230 were damaged in the city, the ukrainian military announced a three-day mourning period, the ukrainian military left the industrial zone near the mine number 7 in soledar, now the front line is outside the city, the military commander of the

armed forces reported forces of ukraine with the call sign magyar, however , there is no official information from the general staff regarding this until nemo has russians fighting with maternity and residential buildings one of kherson's medical institutions was shelled, the building was damaged, no people were injured, the head of the regional military administration, yaroslav yanushevich, said that the russians also hit the building where representatives of the red cross work. there is no information about the victims yet, in general, rescuers extinguished seven fires that arose as a result of enemy shelling in the kherson region. this is reported by the ministry of internal affairs of ukrainian affairs, the russians continue to hold hostage the population of the temporarily occupied territories of the zaporizhia , kherson, luhansk, and donetsk regions this was reported by the mayor of melitopol , ivan fedorov. according to him, it has been a month since the occupiers have banned residents of four oblasts from leaving via vasilivka towards zaporizhzhia

. during this time, only four people out of hundreds of thousands were able to reach zaporizhia on foot, but for the last week, the invaders have not let a single person go and the next echelon with mobilized russians is on its way, the occupiers have transferred from belarus to luhansk, reports the belarusian gang, the monitoring group has recorded 44 carriages, four of them passenger carriages, in which 200 people, er, three are covered with equipment and 37 platform cars with equipment today the train arrived at the fanivka metro station, it is 40 km from the luhansk region, true friends of ukraine, latvia will help ukraine in the development of the economic sector, the speaker of the latvian parliament, edward, said this at a briefing in lviv today the city of leva can become the center of the development of the economy of ukraine, in addition, the politician assured that latvia will

help and support the country on its way to joining the european union and nato. the country's ministry of defense announced the possible transfer to ukraine of the next batch of stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, more information about the provision of military assistance will be announced at the meeting in the rammstein format . to your companies, all this about investments and company cooperation lviv can be a very good place with development opportunities volodymyr zelenskyy expanded sanctions against propagandists and there were 119 cultural figures of the russian federation, 198 of them were artists filip kirkorov iryna alegrova

dmytro bilan larisa dolina tv presenter and director zhanna badoeva music critic and journalist serhii sosedov tv presenter dana borisova yana rudkovska personal sanctions , including the blocking of assets and the deprivation of state awards of ukraine, will not wait for 10 years despite the invaders' attempt to take away the sense of peace and security in poltava , people gathered for the christmas carol, listened to old and new christmas carols, and collected money for the defenders and defenders of ukraine visited there and our correspondent anna morozova an ancient carol is heard in the walls of the church of the orthodox church of ukraine that in poltava several dozen people came to listen to the chants,

unfortunately, the martial law forbids mass events of this format and that's why we decided to gather here in a closer circle and to spend such an evening of christmas carols on a volunteer basis, this evening the volunteers set the goal of collecting 24 thousand hryvnias for the needs of the poltava ter defense brigade, which went to the east of the country, will to carol for several hours and of course to collect funds for our defender, defender serhii bulbakh, who has now gone to one of the hardest points of ukraine, we want to buy him a bandera power supply unit to perform the lemki carols in poltava. sofya fedina, blessed in memory of andrey sheptytsky, also came to poltava. he said that the one who he sings, he prays twice. i like to joke that he sings carols, he prays three times because kolyada is always so sincere and she is lina's immediate help.

moreover, she gives us the inner strength to overcome all the problems that we now have to unite because they always carol usually together with one voice and gain strength to win all days. these are christmas holidays and our people from ancient times on this day, the new year was generous in the evening, they were generous in the morning, they sowed, they congratulated the new year, and we also support this tradition to lift our spirits, our spirit and memory remember that evil can never defeat good. for two hours, listeners immersed themselves in the atmosphere of an ancient carol. they also financially supported those who at this time protect the peaceful life of ukrainians anna morozova bohdan proskurov from poltava for the tv channel espresso 22-year-old midfielder of the ukrainian national team mykhailo mudryk will play at the championship of england, his new club will be london chelsea, their official website reports, this

team won the competition for shakhtar's pupil from neighbors from arsenal mudryk signed a contract for eight and a half years , the player became the second ukrainian in the history of chelsea in 2006-2009, the blue colors were defended by ex-head of the ukrainian national team andriy shevchenko mudryk broke shevchenko's record by becoming the most expensive footballer in the history of national football, the contract was signed for 70 million euros and another 30 million bonuses as part of shakhtar. the midfielder made his debut in the autumn of 2018 in the cup of ukraine. in total, he played 44 matches as part of the club, scored 12 goals and provided 17 assists in all tournaments. a baroque amateur choir concert was held in kyiv. all participants are non-professionals. yes they do not have a higher musical education, but they love music very much. the program featured the works of mykola diletskyi, 18th

-century christmas carols, and solo numbers sung by the participants of the national museum of folk architecture and life of ukraine in st. nicholas church, under the leadership of nataliya khmilevska, we performed baroque works as usual, but since it is christmas, of course we performed christmas carols . for obvious reasons, somewhere at the beginning of autumn, maybe even a little earlier, because the works are all difficult and complex, and therefore preparation

was necessary. this is quite long, but i hope that it was worth it in the year music is a significant part of this. and the fact that in the territories of our country in the 17th and 18th centuries there were such professionally written works and we have huge archives with all this. i think we need to research and study and this is ours, it will fill us with some part of our history how about it? see you at 19:00 and read more about important things on our website. espresso tv. subscribe to our channels on social networks. be there. movies, tv, sports, music, education. free people have a

choice . communities with a ukrainian view of the world become a sponsor of the youtube channel espresso and this is access to exclusive content personal thanks fixed comments special icons and the possibility of personal communication with the espresso team click sponsor and become part of the community with a ukrainian view i am iryna koval mother wife host of the espresso tv channel and also me volunteer, our soldiers at the front need a lot of things every day, and that is why part of my life today is helping the armed forces of ukraine, and i am very grateful to my colleagues for supporting me in this war found me at home in irpen, the

alarming suitcase was packed, but it did not reduce the excitement, explosions every minute, the gostomel airfield, russian fighter jets , i have a cold basement in my window, then i left irpen under shelling, a month after being abandoned by my relatives , and in the end i ended up in lviv, returned to the airwaves and started volunteering together with colleagues, helping our military is now an integral part of life, we collect drones and thermal imagers, weave nets, and on weekends we gather for our defenders on the front, we all cut the fruits together, we clean the berries, we beat everything and pack it, it is always very gratifying to think that in a few days this tea will warm the ukrainian soldiers, everyone of you can help, even a small contribution to support the army saves the lives of our soldiers and

brings our victory closer, we continue the informational broadcast on the television channel espresso and let's start this hour with a conversation with the belarusian public figure frank vechorka, congratulations, congratulations, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, i see you very well. please tell me , let's start with the topic here. unexpectedly for the news that in belarus they are creating their own private military company like wagner. why is it alexander lukashenko at all? such a pair of essentially military forces have been created in russia. wagner is clearly controlled by putin. how much is lukashenko going to control these mercenaries if they really appear? well, this company was created in in the 20th year, even before the beginning of all the protests and the revolution, and then it was believed that these would be such loyal security forces that in case the official military or police refused it will be difficult to carry out orders,

military weapons that will help, help , save the president. well, then their forces got us, and the organization itself was established called guard service, and it is managed by the closest to lukashenka. people, well, now in the 22nd year, this organization began to appear in the information space when the wagners arrived in the summer of this year - it was in minsk, they were recruiting through the hertz service, they were looking for mercenaries ready to fight in ukraine, and there are different reports about how big this hertz service is, there is information that there are allegedly 1,000-1 500 people were recreated, but there are other sources that say that all they managed to do was hire 100-1 people, and the plans are more than a thousand. well, there is also a report that the main investor of this guard service is russia, putin prigozhin, and they are ready to

invest if the art service provides everyone with the necessary number of mercenaries for the war, and in principle, how much can the wagners themselves appear in belarus? what do you think, because they have already appeared in serbia and the assistant secretary of state of the united states, who recently visited this country and had negotiations with the head of the ministry by the leaders, he warned wagner in serbia that it is really dangerous to the extent that it can be used in belarus. well, the wagners - they have been working from belarus since the beginning of the war, were recruited directly, and there is no one there, for example, belarusian documents for a citizen, he died in battles on the side of the russian army. was an employee of wagner, so this process is already underway, or will they operate on the territory of belarus, it is unlikely. i think that here lukashenka also wants to have some control over those power structures that will to be created there in belarus but i think that

if it hadn't happened, the wagners would not have come here to belarus and would not have engaged in brecruiting if there had not been a sanction from the lukashenka administration, in principle, how do you now assess the potential of possible actions from the point of view of lukashenka 's readiness er, to take part in the war, how can this readiness be expressed in the coming months, the bridgehead, the participation of the belarusian army, lukashenko will already relearn it, i think we agree with you here, that he is doing everything, in fact, the entry of belarusian troops, so it is repair of aircraft equipment, tanks, e-e, there is a constant supply of belarusian weapons to russia, and to the example of this frenzy that arrives in

belarus. the territory is not quite. it is more likely that this working equipment goes to russia, and in belarus so far they see uh, it is more ineffective, uh, the way to train the military there, uh, or enter the belarusian troops into the war, i think it is unlikely, there are no such attitudes now on the contrary, the mood among the military among themselves is even more anti-war at the beginning of the year 22, but propaganda is actively working to wind people up with anti-ukrainian theses and anti-western narratives, they have, technically , everything is ready for a potential entry into the war, only the people are not ready and to convince them and gather any serious force there so that all these military brigades of active people want to take active people in active actions, i doubt it, but we are considering several scenarios that they can be used by the belarusians, for example, as peacekeepers

in the occupied territories, the second option is in which joint special operations with the russian military. well, for example, lukashenko 's special forces, there is the capture of the rivne as, or some border sweeps, these are only theories for now, but these options cannot be ruled out. and what about belarusian society? what do you think? how will it react? on the possibility of participating in the war, i am very, very negative. for example, i believe that now any change in the status quo can lead to unexpected scenarios of the development of events within the system itself, we see how much arrests are now taking place and there are up to 30 people who are being arrested, they are workers of state enterprises, regional officials, whose loyalties they suspect there. they recently

detained those who detained, for example, maria kolesnikova . purges are taking place within the system itself, and i think that society lives in such fear of a possible escalation of hostilities. lukashenko promises that the war will not will move to the belarusian territory and promises this and keeps the promise as if it calms the people, but the people are all the same under such a load, but in principle, why are these purges happening, why is there such turbulence in the system, please explain , well, people, people have not resigned, they have not surrendered after the 20th year eh media eh even through all this terror, the same bike that was dispersed in the 21st year is still being pushed to work, now it has been reorganized and is again covering

30-40% of belarusians independently, there is an informational space and people increasingly understand that is happening, although very little information is coming from belarus itself, hmm, well, lol, people are disappointed, malice, aggression, and grievances against the authorities, even when there was an attempt at the beginning of the summer of 2022 to mobilize the military there, we know that several officials close to lukashenka came and said that my children have received summonses and when this happens, none of us will forgive this, and this is even from the surroundings of the bow, there is such turbulence, and that is why lukashenko spends more and more time with his environment, explaining his position to them, reassuring them reassures them that there will be no war because they believe that lukashenko can somehow

get out of here, but as soon as they saw that this whole myth about the stability of lukashenko as a peacemaker falls apart, they quickly run away like rats from the ship. is there any understanding of that at all that someone in the belarusian league , you, the so-called lukashenko, surrounded, can be an alternative to lukashenko in the event that he does not agree with society on the one hand, and on the other with moscow, and there are people who were ready to do it, but it may not on the version itself, but there are ambitious people, including those who contacted us, including among business circles, which used to use the feeding trough for many years, but now because of the sanctions and you, they are less and less interested in lukashenko, he is no longer is the guarantor of the hiding of this manger and but they are not ready to go public now because they do not see the moment. they are waiting for this moment when

everyone will come out, then i video now i like any way out against lukashenka - this is immediately imprisonment for many years, what is the term eh and and massacre of confiscation of property, almost everyone has a hook that can be pulled, there are jkelets in the closet, and this is used by the special services, which , er, hunt there for the loyalists , and i think that as soon as the situation starts to turn around, things will change in ukraine at the front, or will any -what protests are new , we will see a new one, we will see a new figure, as we saw at the beginning of the year, saharchik appeared there and brought a lot of new people, uh, colonels, lieutenant colonels, bypol, this is our organization of security forces who left the regime after the 20th year, uh, and any political change immediately leads to such

mass exits of people exiting the system. and what do you think is the level of infiltration of the belarusian elite system by russian agents ? we see that in ukraine it was so that the agency was in almost every state institution and in the special services and the sbu, but to pretend that in belarus, when this pro-russian regime we worked for 30 years was being built, it is clear that lukashenko also felt and was and also tried to clean it more pro-russian forces that were not loyal enough to him, but they are sure that in the leadership of the kgb, the general staff is almost all of them, the russian fifth column may be around lukashenko, there are fewer of them, but there are less of them at the sub- regional level in the regions, i am sure that there are many, many russians tried to build such a public pro-russian

network in belarus there through the orthodox church through the so-called belarusian cossacks who never existed in belarus, but they created some hunting squads, groups of wives, school camps for orthodox children, and this there was supposed to be a fifth column, but all this did not take root in belarusian society, it all remained so marginal until this year, and now these organizations, pro-russian initiatives, pro-russian parties, where they were given carte blanche, what can they do now, and that is why belarusian independent society, civil society, society, squeezed out. in the underground, and these pro-russian organizations hold meetings, conferences, and symposia en masse and fool people's brains. and tell me, karol , this is the reality of the belarusian orthodox the churches of the moscow patriarchate because you and i see how in ukraine now the ukrainian orthodox

church of the moscow patriarchate is being marginalized, and at the level of public perception, first of all. and what is happening with the bs bppc, especially after the replacement of the hierarchs, as far as i remember. last year, there was a replacement of the belorussian orthodox church in iraq church and even that hierarch who tried to take a more or less independent position in relation to lukashenka, he was simply taken from minsk to russia if i am not mistaken. well, one hierarch died there later they installed a new one, but they all depend on russia. our church does not even have actual formal autonomy of any kind, it is called the bpc, but in fact it is the belarusian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate and is completely subordinated to moscow, and all assignments come from moscow. here in ukraine, well , the situation is much better and this helped ukraine to actually create its own orthodox church in belarus, churches are completely a kremlin tool of political influence, as i said , all these pro-russian initiatives in the field

education, information, work with young people, unfortunately, because of these orthodox parishes, it is difficult to assess now, but we heard some speeches by orthodox priests there, and they are very politically pro-war. and those who opposed the war at the beginning of the year and supported the revolution in the 20th year and everyone was released and many of them had to emigrate from belarus, an orthodox priest, as far as i remember, the regime after the 20th year essentially crushed the union of poles in belarus. and what is the situation with the polish national minority now, like lukashenko or not he is trying to regulate the repression of the poles by the belarusians in his relations with the state. the crisis was inspired by the poles on the order of western

intelligence from the usa, and therefore after the 20th year, he began such mass terror against the polish minority and the polish union. polyakov did not belarus has put leaders in charge now, andrzej has started, and next week the trial begins. he is one of the most famous poles in belarus, a very popular journalist, and anzhelika borus is another leader of the union of poles, she is now under house arrest. he destroys by house arrest he destroys destroys polish burials of polish officers connected with the border army that was active on the territory of belarus bulldozers just come by order of the local authorities and they destroy from the grave the polish authorities managed to protest and negotiate, nothing came of it later last year, all polish schools and polish classes were closed, including lithuanian ones, and now there is practically no place for

national minorities in belarusian society, this is a dramatic situation. say something, this is the moment which we can cover with you today. this is, it seems to me, the first time that belarusian propagandists have been included in the ukrainian selection lists. you know about this, well, just today. just then, the president approved a decree, and grigory was included in the sanctions list, along with various russians. zolyonok ihor tur oleksandr shpakovsky, general director of the tv channel stb oleksandr, a russian woman - these are well-known belarusian propagandists associated with the regime, this is also quite a serious gesture. it seems to me because, as a rule, belarusians are close to russians in the ukrainian sanctions lists of this type, no, no, i don’t think they have ever appeared. am i wrong? well, they ended up in 6-7 of the package of russian e-e sanctions of the european union. there were also russian e-e

activists of belarus, including propagandists and e- yes, also the media, well, telebelt, radio companies, there are other things, they ended up on stationary lists already this year, when the war began, including for pro-war propaganda, but it is very important that ukraine is included because ukraine imposed sanctions from in the 20th year, they only joined the european sanctions at the very beginning, but in the 21st year, the european union almost did not support any sanctions against lukashenka, so that it would be possible if ukraine introduced sanctions against lukashenka himself, against lukashenka, against his children, it would be a very strong message. i understand that it has such a symbolic character, but it is necessary to show that belarusian you are this part of belarusian society that ukraine will not put up with lukashenko and will not negotiate with him and that he is also responsible for the war for all these destructions as well as putin and you do you believe that ukraine asked the european union

to introduce sanctions against belarus in the latest package of anti-russian sanctions? well, that's not a matter of faith, it's not a matter of faith, i understand that uh, yes, such a scenario could be because it has the logic of not provoking lukashenka, i admit that such conversations could have been held because we once organized public communication with the zelenskyi administration, so there was always an argument that we are not yet preparing , we do not want to provoke minsk, and we understood that. insisted but well, unofficially, non-publicly, this communication is always supported and we do many projects together in the information space through propagandists in the first place and support of volunteers.