[000:00:00;00] permanently or temporarily, because now a lot of ukrainians also live on the territory of turkey because of the war in ukraine, they simply evacuated to turkey, so 24 citizens of our country do not get in touch so far and there is no contact with them, so we will uh and understand what now there will be hard work for the ukrainian department of the foreign policy diplomatic representation of ukraine in turkey and rescuers. ukraine has promised to provide technical assistance, and obviously a group of rescuers should be sent there. or some other things, it will already be determined by the ministry of internal affairs , which has a sub-department of rescuers . olha palamaryuk works in the studio and today in the program there is a powerful

earthquake in the southeast of turkey near the border with syria, the total number of dead has exceeded two and a half thousand, several thousand more people are injured , the authorities warn of possible staff reshuffles at the ministry of defense, is the chair shaking under varshikov and russia is preparing for a large-scale offensive in the next 10 days, where it may happen in the southeast of turkey near the border with syria, a powerful earthquake occurred , as a result of which more than 2,600 people died, official ankara said that at least one and a half thousand people died, more than 9 thousands

were injured in syria, more than 800 people were killed , 2,000 injured, it is not excluded that the number of victims may increase, the 7.8 -magnitude earthquake occurred at four in the morning near the city gaziantep on the day of the earthquakes were repeated, a total of 10 cities were affected, it was appropriate to declare a state of emergency, applied for international aid about the readiness to provide it, the eu declared in nato, they informed about the mobilization of measures to support ukraine, an ally , ukraine was one of the first to offer help, president zelenskyi expressed his condolences to the president of turkey and the entire people and on behalf of ukraine assured that they are ready to provide any assistance, the ministry of defense of ukraine reported that 20-four ukrainians have lost contact and are being searched for after a powerful earthquake were felt not only in turkey and syria, but also in cyprus, lebanon, israel, the minister of internal affairs

of turkey , suleiman sulei, said that the tremors were felt in the capital , ankara , and throughout the country. and northwestern syria this house between two other high-rise buildings simply leveled to the ground, but now you can see what is happening around, people are gathering in an attempt to find out about the fate of relatives and friends arrived special earthmoving equipment because the earthquake happened at night when people were sleeping at first it was difficult to determine how many people there could be, this is an extremely difficult operation in all regions affected by the earthquake, rescuers need to clear the rubble as quickly as possible to reach the people who survived severe weather conditions throughout turkey in the search is particularly difficult to reach by rescue flight to the place where it snowed, i was in istanbul before arriving in adana, where additional rescue

flights were sent. so, when we flew to the city, were forced to circle above the airport, the air traffic was so dense, because rescue teams are trying to send all the necessary equipment and equipment to the epicenters of the earthquake, which may come in handy. time is a decisive factor in such conditions, when there may be people under the rubble. it is believed that the first 24:48 hours after an earthquake are critical , it is difficult to even imagine what it is like to be under such a pile of links, of course, people who are trapped are blocked and unable to get out, there is not enough oxygen, food, water, things necessary for survival is why they are doing everything possible here to provide all the necessary resources as quickly as possible to all the affected regions in southern turkey and southwestern syria , getting aid across the border to the affected regions of syria is even more difficult, so i know that will also be the focus of the rescuers

in the next 24 hours or so well, the day before the event in ukraine, there was information about personnel changes in the government, the reshuffle was discussed at a closed meeting of the servant of the people faction, and this information was later confirmed by the head of the servant of the people faction, david arahamia, according to him, will become the full-fledged head of the ministry of internal affairs, ihor klymenko, vasyl makyk, the full-fledged head of the sbu, now they are performing the duties of the heads of the security service and made the most noise about the possible dismissal of the minister of defense oleksiy reznikov, in particular, it was said that reznikov could be transferred to the position of minister of strategic affairs of industries , the head of the main intelligence directorate of the ministry of defense, kyryla budanov, is being considered for his place

. various comments from ictv reported that nothing does not know about his possible appointment, if such an offer is really made, then he will refuse, and against the background of corruption scandals of the ministry of defense and rumors of his resignation, oleksiy reznikov gave a big press conference in kyiv the day before , my colleague zhanna bezpiachok also attended it, let's talk with her about more details, zhanno. congratulations, how can you explain the change of plans regarding the minister of defense, at first there was information that reznikov will head another department, now he is supposedly staying, what is known about it yes olya what is known about it for sure for the first time on february 14 the ninth meeting of rammstein is to take place. this is a contact group on the defense of ukraine, which includes more than 50 countries during the war . oleksiy reznikov was responsible for all these negotiations, agreements , contacts

. e partner countries of ukraine and replace the minister is such a period of time, and to this it is also worth adding a real threat of a possible offensive both on the contact line in the east and the south of the country. yes , even a new wave of russian invasion in against this background, replacing the minister of defense is undoubtedly the most difficult task, and in fact it was put on hold today because there is a certain political will to do it himself in response to corruption scandals in the ministry of defense and journalistic investigations of possible corruption in contracts of the ministry. but in the end, the circumstances today are extremely difficult and they can be compared with what ukraine experienced in january at the beginning of february last

year and when there were huge threats ahead . therefore, for now, this issue is on hold, but indeed, at this press conference that you mentioned, it seemed that oleksiy reznikov is allowing any scenario, including his quick resignation, however, it is just as likely that there is an objective need or that he continued to perform his duties at least in the near future, so well and immediately there were rumors that kyrylo budanov could head the ministry of defense instead of reznikov, and is it even procedurally possible that it is procedurally possible, but the question is that ukraine today declares that it wants to adhere to nato standards in particular and e-e in the ministry of defense in the management of the management of e-e this bureaucratic structure, and usually in nato countries, the ministry of defense

is headed by civilian ministers of politics , why this is done, so that there are not several centers of command of the armed forces of the armies and that there are not two or three general staff of the ministry of defense, the position of the commander -in-chief, etc. that is, this is already a well-established practice, and ukraine is still in a state of war . moreover, there is a certain danger in this when several command centers appear kirill budanov is a military man, a military man who already has a lot of experience, despite his relatively young age in the army structure. well, accordingly, it is quite logical for ukraine to have a civilian minister of defense even in war conditions, but a high-class manager is also a separate issue. of course, this is the control of corruption in the ministry of defense because

until now we see that at least the public procurement system itself in this information is not fully reformed, there are still loopholes for corruption to attract companies mediators from the orbit of the ministry of defense and, of course, in the conditions of war, this is all perceived by society, first of all, and by the military who are fighting at the front, well, besides all that , the security service of ukraine and the ministry of internal affairs are also receiving leaders this week , so tell me more about this, what are the expectations for them and the first one is really expected tomorrow what a-a will approve the candidacy of the head of the ministry of internal affairs and ihor klymenko will become him, he will replace the deceased denys monastyrskyi ihor klymenko for me

unlike his predecessor, he is a person from the middle of the mia system, he worked in the national police since 2015 , that is, since it was created , i see all the periods of the formation of the national police . therefore, this is a person who understands well, in particular, the national police, the specifics of the work of patrol officers. in combat zones, it is patrol policemen who are often the first link of contact between ukrainian citizens and the authorities, they do a lot of hard daily such menial work with the help of people, which is

invisible at first glance, but is very often decisive, including, for example, with the help of evacuating people of course, the role of the national police is great, and the person who came out of this system can head the ministry of internal affairs, and the person who left this system, in relation to vasyl the kid, the same person from the sbu system attributes to him such a certain achievement that at first his work since the summer as temporary acting duties he managed not to improve the cooperation of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense and the sbu, this is also very important in the conditions of war thank you zhanna bbc correspondent zhanna bezpyachok was in touch with us thank you regarding the ministry of defense has been going on since january. the mirror of the week published an article in which it was said that the department allegedly buys food for the military at significantly inflated prices. in connection with this publication, reznikov

was summoned to the verkhovna rada, he named everything an artificial information attack under an invented pretext, however, deputy minister vyacheslav shapovalov and the head of the specialized department bohdan khmelnytskyi, who were responsible for this direction, were dismissed from their positions, the law enforcement officers informed them of the suspicion, and the court arrested them for 60 days. bbc defense columnist jonathan marcus, the scandal surrounding the ministry of defense of ukraine has been going on for several weeks, it is connected with controversial purchases of military ration products were bought at seemingly double or triple inflated prices. there is no evidence that mr. reznikov was personally involved in these machinations, but i believe that he, as the head of this department, and taking into account the fact that the ukrainian president is very eager to create a new face of the ukrainian government that fights corruption, i think that the removal of mr. reznikova is only a matter of time. perhaps he

will head the ministry of strategic industries, which would be logical, because as the minister of defense he played a key role in coordinating with nato countries supplies of weapons and other aid to ukraine. it seems to me that mr. reznikov is possibly the least politicized head of the ministry of defense, and this is the main reason why, as i said, he will probably remain in one of the key positions , but for me, the fact that reznikov as the head of the ministry of defense can be replaced by the head of the ukrainian intelligence officer kyrylo budanov , you can note that what was important in this situation is that a key figure in intelligence is changing his position and not just at the height of the war, but perhaps on the eve of a new series of large-scale offensives with on the part of russia, i am sure that there are many worthy candidates around him, but so far there are no signs of who exactly will take over this

important intelligence role. ukraine was a sufficiently corrupt country, perhaps the fact that mr. zelensky is now fighting on several fronts at the same time is clearly a war with russia, but it is crucial to maintain the support of its allies in the west, besides, he wants to continue the path to membership in the european union, no matter how far it may seem, because some european leaders are quite skeptical are set on membership in the near future, so this anti-corruption dossier is extremely important for president zelenskyi, not least of all, it is an attempt to strengthen support for the measure, because if it becomes clear that ukraine is a very corrupt country , and its government does not actually solve this problem, then it could potentially lead to the fact that some the allies of ukraine will get tired and will no longer want to provide these huge sums of money and a huge amount of weapons that

have been sent to ukraine during the last weeks and months. bakhmut continues its defense force , using all opportunities, both engineering and natural, to destroy the best russian units the location is heights and hills, let me remind you of bahmut, its surroundings have remained the epicenter of hostilities in donbas for several months now, and russia is planning to launch a new large-scale offensive during the next 10 days, as the kremlin seeks to seize the initiative in the war and seize the rest of donbas. this was reported by the british edition of the fine show times, according to information, kyiv

received very convincing data about russia 's intentions to carry out an attack. which the armed forces of ukraine repelled during a counteroffensive last fall. this is how the experts cited by the publication believe that russia has been withdrawing its forces there for several weeks and we will talk about it in more detail with us in connection with the semi-director of the foreign policy and international security programs of the center , the intelligent military expert oleksiy melnyk . concentration of forces and if so, in which areas are there military signs that the following certain political factors are being prepared, which also allow or give quite serious

grounds for making then forecasts concerning military preparations, then this at least the movement that our intelligence is responsible for and that is observed on the front line, this is also one of the indicators now that approximately 150,000 newly mobilized have just arrived for the training course and they are obviously now either not far from the front line or in the process of moving . well, in in principle, the most important thing is, after all , i think the political factor is that, as we know, the anniversary of the invasion is approaching, and it is obvious that putin wants at least some small victory, but they want to present the military and

it's just obvious that they demand it well, the minister of defense oleksiy reznikov spoke at a recent press conference about the fact that russian troops will begin an offensive in the donbass in the southern regions. how do you see these directions? is it possible that you have a different vision ? there are several other information obvious directions, the most likely offensive, and i do not rule out that it may be, well, it will not be a complete surprise, because such options are also calculated, but as one of the options, russia may try to, uh, make an attack and try to capture part of the ukrainian territories, for example, in the kharkiv region, in the cities of kharkiv or sumy, chernihiv region, and this can create such a reason for negotiations , that is, something for bargaining, that is, this territory we already willingly give in exchange if

ukraine agrees to our terms that is, i would not rule out such an option. well, in addition to the absolutely obvious hot spots that have already emerged along the front line. and if the direction to the south of zaporizhzhia is in particular . they are not without reason that this may be a priority direction for the ukrainian counter-offensive and therefore the russians may try to preemptively work because this is a very threatening direction for russia, first of all considering that in case of success of the ukrainian counter-offensive , the land corridor which connects the e-e rostov region with the crimean peninsula , which now, as we know, has serious logistical problems after the explosion on

the crimean bridge, plus weather conditions that do not allow the use of alternative for example, ferry seasoning , as if the ukrainian armed forces have something to oppose the russian army, or do they have something to carry out this counteroffensive and are they preparing for a possible offensive? well, there are at least two reasons, the first is that we have , for example, i personally have very little information from open sources that gave grounds for such an objective assessment, and the second is that we are all somewhere we are careful in this regard, so that our information is not used by the enemy, but at the same time there is one point that i wanted

to address, which is also being discussed a lot now , whether it will become a decisive factor in the ukrainian contrast to the latest decision to provide ukraine with armored vehicles , new types of weapons and ammunition i would like to say that this is one of the factors that can contribute to this contour offensive, even if these tanks will not be on the territory of ukraine, and even more so will not reach the front line, because it gives much more room for maneuver of the ukrainian command, that is, it will be possible to use more of the available reserves in order to either counter the russian offensive or go into your own counter-offensive, knowing that deliveries are planned in the coming weeks months , of course. thank you for the conversation. oleksiy

melnyk, thank you, the saviors of the energy industry , the workers who are constantly under the sights of russian missiles. the guys who work in the energy infrastructure, they are every day return electricity to ukrainians as much as possible and are targets every day for the past four months, they became one of the most desirable targets of the russians in october the aggressor launched 4 dozen such targeted strikes on power plants in january 10 bbc correspondent pull adams spent several days with those who are returning the light energy war ukraine 's constant struggle for heat and light is a race to keep up with russian attacks. during the week, we travel with people who are fighting in this

war, they are rebuilding what the missiles destroy in places where people live on the edge for many months, russian missiles and drones simply rain down on ukraine , causing untold damage to the civilian infrastructure of this huge country, this power plant in central ukraine has been repeatedly attacked, this is a huge facility, but this is what russian missiles have done to its transformers, which are vital important communications with the outside world, for security reasons, we have been asked not to disclose what kind of station it is, every piece of equipment damage every employee is put off right here in souls, because this is our life, this is a second family, a million people depend on this coal-fired power plant, built in soviet

times, its powerful turbines roar in the heart of ukraine , distributing electricity, however, the staff here knows that they are under russian crosshairs. here comes the siren, it was expected this morning, we have to leave of the turbine hall and head to the shelter on such days they sit underground for hours anxious moments when news arrives about new waves of strikes their colleagues at the power plant to the west they were hit by a direct hit here they know that they could also be on to their place it was then that it became known that what happened in the neighborhood what is even worse is the tragedy in the city a rocket aimed at a power plant hit a residential building, large-scale

rescue operations are underway here, 46 people died we are going south to the community under fire , the ukrainian army of engineers rushes from one repair to another such the cases are thermal and regular, this happens all the time , volodymyr tells me, we are heading to the village that was shelled last night, the power lines are broken again, this repair will not take long, but the men know that they will have to return to it pure terror, terror of the population - this is the maximum maximum damage to the energy infrastructure. this is the tactic

, this is the policy of the russians who find reservoirs on the other side. glory is on the spot, at least immediately below. i wanted to go. i already went. those who don't have the opportunity already live. i think they will go already. we've already gotten used to it. well, where are we going? we live as long as we live as long as there is at least a little electricity at least a little water we will live russia thought it would break ukraine but this energy war is not working half of the network can be completely destroyed here but these people in fairy tales in bulletproof vests support life here and in the united states they shot down a chinese spy balloon which entered american airspace on thursday, the wheels were shot down by a fighter jet, but at the same time it did not explode, but simply began to fall; the shot down bullet fell into the atlantic ocean, from where its fragments are planned

to be extracted for further study, the president us joe biden congratulated the fighter pilot who shot down this bullet, but china's ministry of foreign affairs called washington's use of force an overreaction and a serious violation of international law , the agency also noted that it reserves the right to respond. in beijing they were supposed to build bridges between china and the usa and not, on the contrary, burn them . but the visit of the us secretary of state blinken to beijing was postponed relations between the two the countries are tense, the chinese government calls the actions of the united states, the downing of the balloon itself, an attack on a civilian unmanned aircraft , then in the statement they repeat the assurances of the chinese government that it was only a balloon that accidentally deviated far from the course and ended up in the airspace of the united states, they say that they called on washington to act calmly yes discreetly but despite this you shot down this

balloon and that this is clearly an overreaction and a serious violation of international practice , the chinese government declares that it will resolutely defend the legal rights and interests of the company operating this balloon and reserves the right to follow up if necessary this is a kind of standard boilerplate line sent by the chinese foreign ministry when the chinese government is angry this is intentionally very vague who knows what we might do in the future but it's a warning and like i said this vagueness gives it a certain mystique like who knows what we might do in the future in response to that definitely it's not conducive to better relations between china and the usa, which, as we said, should have been fixed over time, the state media is becoming a little more aggressive, but considering the fact that it was the weekend, there was not much news, but

i think that at the beginning of the week, cartoons will appear in the newspapers that will make fun of the united states , i wonder what will happen on sunday there was a lantern festival and a full moon, and on the internet users are joking about this, instead of an image of a full moon, an image of this balloon over the united states, on which is written everyone happy lantern festival, so many people they keep a sense of humor here. regarding this situation, look for more stories on our bbc.ua website. on our social media pages , we will be on the air again tomorrow at 21:00. good luck and take care. we will listen to