they continue to fight for life every day of every day every second during the war and hospitals became fortresses of light where they heal not only the body but also the soul through fatigue and pain they continue to protect the light of hope their reward our smiles and hugs their joy another saved person they know this is not everyone's life, therefore, the light inside us is preserved. we are grateful to the doctors who continue to save people despite the darkness outside the window. thank you. they left their homes , evacuated from dangerous regions , need financial or humanitarian assistance.

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. on the front the battle for donbass and the courageous defense of the bahmut, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi reported on the results of the 330th day of the full-scale resistance of the ukrainian people to the aggressor, he also spoke about the state of affairs on the diplomatic front and the potential help from partners, international meetings and the results of negotiations , let's hear about the results of this productive day. i wish you good health, dear ukrainians. a few hours ago, i held another meeting of the stake. control, everything that depends on the system of the ministry of internal affairs in matters of our defense and security, the leaders of some regional

military administrations, they reported on the implementation of the law on national resistance - these are volynsk zhytomyr kyiv chernihiv sumy kharkiv dnipropetrovsk zaporizhzhya odesa oblast military administrations i think it is clear why such a geography each element of our defense, in particular territorial defense, must be adjusted accordingly, of course the suffixes reported the commander-in-chief and also the commander of the most of the hot operational direction on the khortytsia front, we are doing the answer so far to strengthen our units in the battle for donbas, by the way, today we will celebrate the successes of the border guards of the luhansk and kramatorsk detachments who, together with other fighters of the defense and security forces, are fighting precisely in the donetsk direction, protecting bakhmut. thank you, guys, for your resilience and ability to inflict damage on the enemy . these are the losses that gradually make the attack of the occupiers meaningless. thank you also to the fighters of the

special forces patrol of the state border service of ukraine for effective deterrence of the enemy, now the key task of our state is for all of us and our partners to strengthen daily in the state of terrorists the feeling that they will not be able to achieve anything in ukraine no matter how much time they devote to the war, no matter how many forces they spend and no matter how many of their people are thrown on the battlefield by the masters of the kremlin, the knowledge of this task consists of various elements both defensive and political but one of the most important elements is a tank, modern western tanks, the supply of which we are negotiating with our partners, i thank everyone who has already made the relevant decisions, i thank mr. president of the european council, charles michel, who was in kyiv today, who was very clear calls on europe to make a decision about tanks, and

accordingly a coalition of partners has actually already been formed and now we are waiting for a decision from one european capital that will activate the prepared chains of cooperation regarding tanks . the fact that there are no alternatives in the common future of ukraine and the european union without an independent and secure ukraine cannot be independent and secure in europe without a free ukraine to be a free europe, we have a common future . that's what the president of the european council said, and this can be the motto of our relations and our integration processes. this year, we are preparing another ukraine-eu summit, which is scheduled for the beginning of february. we are also preparing the start of negotiations on

ukraine's membership in the european union. the union has all the prerequisites for these negotiations to start already this year, today held a meeting with the head of the megate rafael rossi, there is an important agreement, it is already being implemented at our nuclear plant, the missions of the iaea have been sent for all, and this will significantly increase the safety of our atomic generation, we separately discussed the situation around the zaporizhzhia npp and the steps that can restore the radiation safety violated by russia to all of humanity, i spoke with the president of the united arab emirates, i noted the achieved level of cooperation, i thanked him for his support at the un, i informed mr. president about the opportunities opened up by the implementation of our peace formula and the components of the formula that we can implement together, i thank ukraine for supporting these efforts and today we have several

of powerful solutions-partners to strengthen our defense, first of all, to strengthen our artillery. thank you to estonia for the next largest package of armed aid from this country for howitzers and ammunition. thank you to sweden for the new military package of the glory of archers and bmp. will strengthen our army i thank lithuania for the new military package for anti-aircraft guns ammunition and rotorcraft and prepare for tomorrow rammstein we expect strong decisions we expect a powerful package of military support from the united states. thank you to everyone who defends freedom together with us. glory to all our soldiers who show resilience and give ukraine the necessary results. glory to each and every one who works for victory and i congratulate everyone

who today celebrates the epiphany of the baptism of the lord. may the power of our faith accelerate the cleansing of our earth from of russian evil , glory to ukraine, and the supply of tanks to ukraine, new artillery installations in anti-russian sanctions, and the energy security of not only ukraine, but also europe, more about this in an exclusive interview with the president european council layer for michel who is visiting ukraine today, we are glad to welcome you again in ukraine, this is not your first visit to kyiv, first of all we want to thank you for the unwavering support you give us i personally advocate the supply of tanks to ukraine this is one of your last statements which was heard in the european parliament, we have a question. this is

your personal position as charles michel or the president of the european council, both. this is my personal opinion as charles michel and also as the president of the european council. and of course, we understand very well how important it is to provide ukraine military equipment as soon as possible perhaps because we understand that the next weeks or a month can be decisive we have decided to mobilize many possibilities many eu members are ready to provide ammunition to the artillery of the defense systems mentioned above tanks i do not want to underestimate the difficulty of making such decisions for the member states but for me it is important to sincerely publicly say what i think about

this issue. leopards are an example of poland, which is ready to do this. i would like to point out that for ukraine, germany is a very important supplier of military equipment, and germany's decision is very important for the eu and for supporting ukraine, and again, i know that this is a difficult decision and we must respect the process, i expressed his position in order to emphasize that it is important . transfer of systems, we are in constant contact with volodymyr zelenskyi and his team, and what else can we do, this

means that in the next days, next weeks, we will maintain all our efforts, and i do not want to predict, i can tell you that we have decided to activate what we call by the european peacekeeping fund we are also thinking about a possible increase in the program to provide more military support through this instrument and additional efforts made by member states - this is about non-military, but economic and sanctioned support for ukraine the european commission has already sent us the first tranche of 3 billion euros. i'm sorry i'm in a hurry, but when should we wait for the second tranche and what will be the 10 sanctions package? what names from putin's entourage can we see on the black list, the item economic package - this is fundamental, but we

are trying to learn the lessons of last year as you remember, we made two decisions and then we had some difficulties with both of them in order to implement them in the conditions of the macro-financial system . that is why in december the european council decides to allocate 18 billion euros for 2023 year it is predictable and it is guaranteed i think it is very useful for the ukrainian authorities this first element we are trying to keep a strong position on this issue point two sanctions in december we agreed on the ninth package of sanctions you know that in order to make a decision we need the support of all countries- members of the european council and it is not always easy because the more sanctions we introduce, the more consequences for more member states, but i will change that we conduct consultations among member states to find

the possibility of introducing additional sanctions because this is important for increasing pressure on the kremlin and determining which sectors and which persons we can impose sanctions on ukraine two weeks before the ukraine eu summit the main question is the membership of our state how do you assess ukraine's achievements on this path and is there political will of all eu countries to accept ukraine into the european family yurofenhai it is obvious that your future is shared with the eu and now we need to work to turn this promise into reality for the citizens of ukraine and for the eu we need to work hard that is why we we appreciate the law that was voted in december in the ukrainian parliament, this is an important step, and in the spring the european commission will publish

a new report, this will be an important political moment for the member states to find a position, but i told president zelensky such a bug to ukraine, that you can count on me for my competence, my all efforts for the eu to make the right decision as soon as possible, and in ukraine it has become a litmus test for the effectiveness of international security institutions. i mean the osce, the un, in your opinion, is it possible to exclude russia from these organizations, is it possible to build a new security system in the world, it is clear that this war with russia is a new page for the european continent and probably for the security of the whole world, therefore, in my opinion, it is important to unite the east and west of the world in order to isolate russia, convince the rest of the world, african countries

, latin countries america, asia, china, what we are doing is for stability and security around the world. in my opinion, this is the main priority, so we spend a lot of time attracting world leaders to explain why we support ukraine, why we introduce sanctions against russia in order to stop this war machine, a little about the weather, what kind of winter is it in europe, how do you survive without russian gas and oil, you did not freeze there, it is obvious that today the situation is not easy , a few months ago, we stopped our dependence on russian means and that's all in a few months we were able to find an alternative this is a challenge we had to make a decision for our energy sector and energy - this is fundamental for climate

change but equally important for families households and for competitiveness of our companies, we are introducing sanctions against russia, and at the same time, we have to make decisions to preserve european power, and this is important for ukraine, the stronger the european union is economically and politically, the stronger our ally is, a partner for you to support you in the long term. let me add that when we talk about warm development and support for warm international relations is not about gas and oil, thank you for such relations between ukraine and the eu states, we feel your support and help, we need it together we will win. thank you. wait for the name. i will answer

you. don't thank us. we should say thank you. this is the ukrainian people who are fighting. you are fighting for your future, the future of your children, but we know that you are fighting for our common values. you and i have just seen an exclusive interview of the president of the european council, a layer for michelle, he, i will remind you, visited kyiv yesterday, january 18, spoke with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, and we have great expectations that this visit, that this meeting that these talks will be very productive for our country because in fact our victory also depends on the armed forces of ukraine well, of course, on what kind of equipment and what weapons they can use on the front line, in fact charm-michel emphasized not only on armed

support. we heard absolutely clearly about economic support and also about the political steps that are being taken, huge political steps are being taken in order for ukraine to gain full membership in the european union and it should be noted here that such a respectable a ranking person, an official of such a scale as charm-michel, he has a personal opinion and conviction that the city of ukraine is right in the european union, and as he said, while he is in office, he will do everything necessary to make it happen because the ukrainians made their choice. we cannot help but mention an extremely important event for us that will take place today, it is already 3:17 on the clock, which means that we can already say that an important meeting for ukraine will take place today, a meeting in the format rammstein, we know that representatives of almost 50 countries are gathering to discuss military aid to our country

, we are talking about equipment, weapons, the most necessary equipment that will help close the sky over ukraine, and well, this is really an unprecedented meeting at the highest level of representatives of the ministries of defense of many countries of the eighth yes and now, uh, i went to the twitter page of our minister of defense oleksiy reznikov, he has already posted photos with chevrons of ukrainian units, here you see. well, he is transferring to greetings to the ukrainian ukrainians, hoping for good news after the results of rammstein 8 , that is, oleksiy reznikov is already at the united states air force base in germany, and it is there that urgent questions about large-scale military support for ukraine will be resolved , and of course the main question is probably

that all types of weapons are important. let's say yes, let's express ourselves correctly, but the main question you know with such a very political undertone is whether germany will already announce today the chancellery of olaf scholz a positive decision regarding the transfer of leopard-2 tanks to the needs of the ukrainian armed forces . by the way, even the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said that this long-awaited today's ramstein should bring very good news and it will mostly differ from previous meetings . maybe even tomorrow after the meeting after the briefing, we are unlikely to find out the information that will be discussed precisely on the sidelines of this meeting , because we understand that according to the results of this meetings, the aggressor russian federation is watching our conversations. of course, all this will also be discussed in the columns of their

newspapers published in social networks, and we understand that this is very annoying to the enemy, because such weapons that ukraine will receive from the united states from our european partners are what is currently being discussed the provision of weapons to them - from germany, which also raises many questions, because for a very long time we heard from olaf schulz either approval or refusal to provide a certain type of weapons, now history is changing and we understand that today there will be radically different decisions, well, we also know that the new defense minister of germany, he actively distributed interviews and comments on the eve of the last thing he did in my opinion for the zdf tv channel. because the decision regarding leopard-2 tanks will be made in the next few hours, that is, today we expect this decision precisely from rammstein well, for

injustice, germany transfers a lot of weapons, let's remember the mardras, let's remember the irises, here we are now we are talking purely about, well, you know, the uncertainty in germany in making a decision regarding the leopard itself, this is also what i said that in fact, recently and the day before this statement by the minister who is struggling with half a torius, there was a statement from the bundestag that the bundestag actually failed to vote for giving ukraine exactly leopards, and well , on the one hand, it caused criticism on the other hand, and on the other hand, concern that we really just need time to think it over, and we also remember recent statements by representatives of poland and lithuania and several other countries about what they are waiting for the permission of germany in order to send tanks to ukraine, now we understand that there will be a discussion about whether to send these

weapons without the permission of germany or to agree so that the bundestag still supports this decision and leopards and other equipment were delivered to ukraine, there is a certain bureaucracy the bureaucratic procedure in germany has repeatedly emphasized the fact that, from the german side, the decision of the abondostag is binding in these matters, and according to german laws, any decision of a third party can be interpreted as a german decision by the government and the german parliament as a violation of german legislation, but this is the position of the polish prime minister muravetskyi , i don't think it is surprising, maybe it was a rather emotional comment . decision and if there is no such agreement from germany, then poland. he cautiously said , he is a politician, poland will do everything right, i really want to say that today during our

conversation we will mention another package aid from the united states of america. in addition to monetary and financial assistance, we will have mi-8 helicopters, guns and ammunition, which is very important, again, for us. and this is a decision that was discussed for a long time . these helicopters, ammunition, weapons will soon also be in ukraine, in fact, the details of the american aid from the united states are already more or less known, we already told you today that this will be one of the largest aid packages worth 2.5 billion

dollars and in particular it is reported that that in addition, the ukrainian armed forces can receive another 59 bradleys, you know that the first batch of bradleys for transfer included 40 units and now 59, that is, 99, so the number is almost 100 bradleys, 90 strikers, a striker is a weapon that transferred to ukraine for the first time in general, this has never happened before, and also eight systems about e-e anti-aircraft defense avenger and ammunition for the males and e- mars, this is all in more detail, we will talk about it and we will have conversations with the military, we will definitely mention on the contrary let's go to what is happening on the front line, yes, the front line in ukraine is currently stable, because in the area of ​​bakhmut and kreminnaya, fierce fighting is constantly ongoing, the spokesman for the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, dave butler, declares this in

in an interview for radio svoboda, according to him, the russians have dug in in the east of ukraine and this is the biggest challenge before the armed forces of ukraine. next, we will hear a more detailed interview with his butler before a meeting with the heads of the defense departments of nato countries, as well as a meeting in the ramstein format, as the general knows milli spoke for the first time with his ukrainian colleague valeriy zaluzhny , he told what the current situation is on the battlefield. so , based on the information received from the ukrainian commander-in-chief and data in open sources, as well as intelligence of the united states. how would you characterize the current state of affairs on the front and also the defense needs of ukraine are that's why to go and yes they really met for the first time after several conversations in the last year so in a way they already know each other and how do they do it two military men sat at a table over the presenters with the map are quite objective discussions, but you asked

me about the situation on the battlefield, perhaps the first thing to say is outside the battlefield, i mean what russia is doing against the civilian population of ukraine, this is not part of the battlefield russians, as you know very well, are personally bombing women and children, civilian infrastructure, electrical networks without a military purpose, this is the first thing we should pay attention to, because it is a fact. you know that in the east there are centers of terrible violence in bakhmut and near the flint mine where the russians and ukrainians continue their offensive, but at the moment the front lines are generally static and through them artillery the challenges currently faced by the armed forces of ukraine, which of them would you call the most difficult and how can they be overcome, the biggest challenge in my opinion is

that the russians, who are waging an aggressive war of their choice, invading the sovereign country of ukraine, now, as we say in the army, dug in, they created the defense of trenches and obstacles will create quite tangible difficulties for the ukrainian forces. it is much easier when you fight in the army, when you stand in defensive positions, when you are entrenched, you can fight from a fixed position. if compared to the movement on meeting, so the ukrainians now have a task to fight by advancing on the enemy what dug in as they say in our country and regarding the previous question about the needs of the ukrainian military now we are in nato and on friday we are meeting with 50 other countries regarding the needs last week you saw what the usa provides 50 bradley fighting vehicles and these are quite tough vehicles and an effective international community unites by providing armored air defense tanks, so we provide the ukrainians with a lot not to fight with russia, but to liberate their

country and this is an important difference ukrainians in russia do not fight and do not attack, they attack russians who are in ukraine and this must be said out loud, this is important, you mentioned the contact group on the defense of ukraine, its next meeting is scheduled for friday, what decisions can we expect from it, possible breakthroughs such as the provision of western tanks, etc., probably we will make an announcement about our next, which we call under the action, that is, the president of cheldro-down offshore and there will be more than what ukraine needs and the united states is only part of the total support so our secretary of defense lloyd austin is chairing this meeting and he's talking to various secretaries of defense some of the chiefs of defense general millie meek the chief will sit down with them and go over the details each country will contribute to this i don't want to speak for another country but i think you will see how it was after many other states. in this meeting, british

intelligence released information that the ukrainian armed forces have probably withdrawn from soledar and are almost certainly continuing their defense against russian forces on the approaches to the city of bakhmut how would you assess this situation and in terms of its impact on the further deployment of forces on the frontline. yes, this is one of the places that i mentioned where there is still a fairly high level of violence. i saw what the uk said, but i also saw what the ukrainians said last time. they emphasized that they are still fighting, and this is what has become clear over the past 11 months, if the ukrainians say they are fighting, they should be believed correctly, so at this stage i am following, first of all, because what the ukrainians said, we will monitor the development of the situation around the saltar, but this is how you they said one more step to bahmut unfortunately, here it is worth noting that the russians spend a lot of people, weapons and equipment, many young guys die to get to soledar and bahmut and you know this