[000:00:00;00] from march 15, alcohol will be allowed to be sold in kherson oblast, the regional defense council decided to try to cancel the dry law for one month in order to support local businesses. assess the danger at the same time as the flourishing of illegal trade , direct deliveries from mykolaiv and even the appearance of the so-called alkolombards where stolen drinks significantly worsen the criminogenic and economic situation after weighing all the pros and cons

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ukrainian version more details simply it's terrible, there are simply no words, etc., you understand, it is, it is, it is a terrible thing, moscow is the enemy, yes, russian terrorists once again tried to destroy the ukrainian energy system on the night of march 9 , they fired 81 missiles of various bases at ukrainian cities, as well as strike drones , three thermal power plants were damaged, but in general, the energy system of ukraine continues to work stably, ukrenergo reported that russian terrorists have already carried out 14 massive missile attacks and 15 drone strikes on

energy facilities in ukraine. month in the energy system of our country, there is no shortage of power at all, and in the homes of ukrainians, the lights are almost never turned off . how is it possible? energy experts told our journalists and russian terrorists. viktor works in the control room of lvivoblenergo . he sees all accidents on the monitor. malfunction of the grounded cable, everything is marked on such a pneumatic circuit, we change the fuses, we determine whether any cable is damaged, which ones are restored to the subscribers on reserve, none of the local stations of lvivoblenergo were damaged during of russian attacks, but ukrenergo generation facilities and distribution stations were damaged throughout the country, starting from october 10, russia periodically inflicts massive strikes on

the ukrainian power system, due to attacks , there was a power shortage in the power system , dozens of hours without electricity became a common reality for ukrainians, but from february 12 and until today, we have never had a shortage of power in the network and it is not predicted in the near future, says ukrenergo, this allows us to no longer apply the so-called fan shutdowns in most regions except those where it is impossible to restore electricity due to hostilities recently lviv energy workers returned from the south of ukraine repairing lines in the de-occupied villages of mykolaiv oblast and kherson oblast we were shocked poles were broken you can see the armature wires burned and cut well then there are no words what is there what is there what was there if the wind was from side of kherson

, it was wonderful to hear the explosions. well, they are already used to it and how they were tortured to work to restore the supply of electricity to people. it costs energy there because there is no high line running from kherson is currently undergoing hostilities, so they have been sitting there for a year, maybe even longer. unfortunately, work has only begun in the electrical networks of all ukraine, and we cannot say that everything is fine with us. the restoration of those electrical networks will take a long time and we must be prepared that the russian federation can harm us at any time and in any place. thanks to western support, the ukrainian energy industry learned to repair networks and equipment in record time, and counter-defense forces to repel more effectively russian attacks on critical infrastructure, experts say that ukraine has enough opportunities to repair the main

energy facilities before the next heating season. which can provide enough power to go through the next heating season painlessly . propagandists say that without western electricity, ukrainians would not have survived the winter. but experts deny this, they say that the volume of imports is now less than 5% of consumption in the ukrainian energy system and cannot be increased due to the fact that there is simply no line of a sufficient number of power lines, and

even more can be said about that now , at certain times, it is even possible to export electrical energy produced on the territory of ukraine, but i would not place too much weight on imports or exports as of today in a year of full-scale invasion attack by russian terrorists, according to official information, destroyed more than 40% of the ukrainian energy system, how much has already been restored, the energy industry does not divulge so as not to provoke new attacks, you are watching pat like ukraine, the ukrainian version, my next guest is oleksandr kharchenko, director of the energy research center, how many points out of 10 would you give to the preparation of the ukrainian of energy until the previous winter and why if i try

to say 10 points, it would take me a whole hour to explain what i have under the ten main points for our energy system, it is stability. with that, of course, there can be more different types of cyberattacks. and that's why we had to prepare well for the season. we understand that the main focus should be on several directions , first of all, the high-voltage power grid, we have to understand how to support it purchase new transformers , rebuild the main substations, as well as restore the main parts of the damaged elements of the high-voltage power grid in ukraine. the second point is the issue of generating

power so we focused on the development of such a flexible generating capacity and if before the war our technologies that we used we called them generating stations, now we are moving to a new generation and this is the newest technology that we will implement this year for in the process of preparing for the next winter and we understand ukraine must now focus. at the current stage, we have to produce and extract more gas, also our needs have increased due to the war, and there are also many such companies that are owned by the state, they actually at the same level in terms of gas production than the previous year, they are approaching a self-sufficient level in gas production, and

that is why i think these are the main three areas for ukrainian energy to prepare for next year, a lot can be said about what can be done, but these are the main points . thank you very much, president of ukraine zelensky is already calling for food until next winter, what kind of help from the west is ukraine expecting now and do we really need it? yes, we clearly need it, no country in the world has ever experienced such massive missile attacks on critical infrastructure objects and ukraine now has a unique experience, but on the other hand, such experience requires strong support from our partners, and therefore i think that we need to focus in particular on the three directions that i have already mentioned to help, which

will help us generate more energy by attracting more high voltage equipment increasing power production and generation capacity to produce more energy more natural gas to make our system more stable next winter the main problem for the energy system of ukraine is destruction in our energy system, is it possible to somehow prevent a large-scale destruction of the energy system, if we are talking about energy, then we should not confuse it with military aspects, so usual, to prevent something, we have to rely on our air defense systems, but on our part, we are very active working to increase our efforts within the power system to restore our main

power generating stations to restart our critical substations to operate and develop mechanisms to improve the work of our dispatcher engineers in order to reduce the amount of time to react in the event of such and in fact we are succeeding and if we look at, for example , in the last two and a half months, how was our response to such waves of mass attacks and the results, we see that they really big, so in fact, we already know how to deal with such actions of a terrorist regime, so let's shed light on electricity tariffs, how they will change for ukrainians o in fact, i am not a member of the board i'm not the prime minister, unfortunately i can't clearly comment on how

the government will decide on the increase in tariffs, but as far as i'm concerned, it's quite clear that after the war we will have a unique situation, taking into account our membership in the european union, there are common rules on such a large wide market and also in particular with the involvement of our other partners, therefore , clear frameworks, clear rules, clear prices for electricity and people who really need help will be established, i am sure that they will receive subsidies and other help from the government let's talk now about nuclear power, so the russians continue to terrorize the whole world with the actual situation around the nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia, the largest

nuclear power plant in europe, are there currently any calls in particular for russia to immediately leave this nuclear power plant, under what conditions this could happen, i see, it is difficult to say that there will be any successful scenario in this direction, any negotiations, unfortunately, they cannot be long-term. they must be held regularly. regulate the own withdrawal of russian troops and equipment from power plants, i did not believe such a scenario. i think that only the ukrainian military can liberate this nuclear power plant and then restore safety at this facility , in particular, and safety for every european. do you

see such a scenario in which, unfortunately, we do not good luck in this matter, or could there be even more threats from the russians regarding the zaporizhzhia npp in the last week there has been a lot of news from energodar and from the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, it is possible that the russians are walking around the station, they look something they don't think that they can steal from this npp, that is, it looks like they are preparing to leave this npp, that's why i truly believe that we will be successful, we will be able to liberate the nuclear power plant and return it to the hands of ukrainians, and only then will nuclear safety truly be ensured liberation is the best scenario 100% thank you for this

conversation oleksandr harchenko, executive director of the energy industry research center, was with us decisive battles for bakhmut began between the ukrainian and russian armies for more than eight months, the occupiers did not can take the city, although all the most prepared units are attacking it, but the fate of bahmut can be decided in the coming days, why see further in our review, the battles for bahmut, which have been going on since last summer, have reached the peak of tension, the invaders have again thrown in additional forces of the wagner group. to finally take the city in the encirclement and the armed forces of ukraine withdrew several units from bakhmut, but they continue to heroically hold its defense because you are now there more embracing points that are hotter than

the commander of the operational-strategic khortytsia's troop group oleksandr syrsky visited bakhmut twice in the last few days. whether to continue the defense of the city was discussed at the meeting of the supreme commander -in-chief, which was held this week by volodymyr zelenskyi. whether to continue the defense and strengthen in the city , both generals answered not to withdraw and to strengthen, this position was unanimously supported by the bet and there was no other position. told the central committee to find the appropriate forces to help the boys in bakhmut, at the same time, nato secretary general jen stoltenberg does not deny that in the

coming days the armed forces may have to withdraw from bakhmut, they have suffered great losses. that this does not necessarily reflect a turning point in the war, but only emphasizes that we should not underestimate russia. we should continue to provide support to ukraine, however , according to british intelligence, ukrainian the military situation at the moment managed to stabilize the situation in bakhmut this is confirmed by military expert serhii zgurets now we can talk about the fact that these ticks that the enemy tried to capture bakhmut they are actually spread out we can talk about the stabilization of the front line in the north and in the south we are talking about the fact that the ukrainian the troops from the east moved to the right bank , that is, to the west bank of the bakhmutka river and are now actually conducting the defense. across this river , the enemy is now trying to advance from the east, trying to attack across the river, but it is very complicated, and in fact we can talk about a sufficiently stable

provision of our western grouping. in the past few months, it has lost five times more soldiers than ukraine, according to the american institute for the study of war , even in the case of capturing the city, the russians will not be able to continue at the same time offensive in several areas of the front , torn between the choice to move west in the direction of kostiantynivka or to the northwest to sloviansk kramatorsk you are watching patly ukraine ukrainian version and my next guest john spencer, military expert, head of the department of urban warfare, westpoint institute of modern warfare , retired us army major, nato secretary general, mr. stoltenberg said that the defense of bakhmut may break in

the next few days, but it will not necessarily be a turning point in this war. do you agree, i don't i agree with the fact that bakhmut, the fortress of bakhmut, will fall. of course, if it is necessary to retreat, it will not be a turning point or a stumbling block for the ukrainian armed forces . of course, it will be a certain political victory for of the russian military, my next question is quite logical. the armed forces of ukraine still keep the defense in

limbo . is this the right step? is the position of the ukrainian generals correct? but if the russians continue to throw such resources into the furnace of war and there will be a lot of victims on the part of the ukrainians, then of course all this causes the fact that sometimes we have to review the decision, because now we understand that the russian troops they want in this way, winning a victory in bakhmut is a certain kind of culmination for them. but is it really worth so many sacrifices ? that is why it is still necessary to maintain the defense . in december, he brought the flag to the eu congress, a flag

made of bachmouth, and in fact, yes, we understand in general how important it is to actually support the territory not to retreat, but mostly it is only a political value, are we expecting a ukrainian counterattack. if i if i knew this, i would earn much more than i earn now, of course we are talking about forecasts but i think that a counteroffensive by the ukrainian armed forces can happen at any moment, so we immediately assess the forces and resources, because the ukrainian armed forces have them in order to succeed and advance perhaps in a different direction, and therefore perhaps this counterattack will not be in the near future , but all such significant counterattacks occur suddenly, they are before them, and that is why we are really waiting

for this military success, us intelligence expects that the war in ukraine can last for years, but what do you think, and i think that this war will last for several months and not years, other organizations of the united states, so they can think so because they actually somehow influence the support provided to ukraine from the very beginning, a lot of time has been was lost, they did not want to help, but now the whole world is united. when and where can we see the next turning point in this war? i think that such a moment is actually ukraine's counteroffensive in the spring counteroffensive and in order to

to prevent the russians from reaching some culmination of some certain victory that they could sell to their people. we very much need different types of weapons, which weapons could stop putin, i don't think there is any panacea or some perfect weapon that would stop putin. yes, there are different types of ukrainian fighter jets more battle tanks are needed, more heavy weapons, so they would bring the victory of ukraine closer, also a larger amount of ammunition, the government of ukraine provided a whole list of what ukraine needs now and now it is very critical to supply the ammunition itself so that the ukrainians can continue to repel attacks and also go into a counteroffensive. what does the west want from ukraine? they want ukraine not to lose

or to win? this is a very important question . i think that the collective action gives ukraine what it needs. it is necessary not to lose and it still does not provide what it needs to win, but behind the victory of ukraine is actually democracy in the whole world, because ukraine is now actually fighting for you, the international order we are not talking about attacking russia no we we are talking now about protection against genocide and war crimes, but what can be considered a victory for the usa or are we talking about the liberation of crimea, no, i don’t think it is up to the ukrainians to decide what is a victory for them , but for the usa it is that russia, as an aggressor , does not have the opportunity to reset the world international order, because we understand that if

putin succeeds, other dictators can actually do it too, they will start re -colonizing some territories that were lost in the past. that is, we are now talking about the demilitarization of russia, not necessarily it is simply to stop its military actions in ukraine, do you believe that there is really something that could stop putin, a very complex question , if he does not manage to win a military victory in ukraine, then this will stop the current aggression in ukraine, yes, should we liberate crimea this year before liberating

donbas do we need to do it in a military way , it is actually a very difficult decision when to do it. will be implemented yes, but when we do, when will it happen? is this the last goal for ukraine? i am not sure whether it is reasonable to actually enter the territory of the crimea, or maybe we should stop at the borders of february of last year , of course no one recognizes the illegal annexation of crimea, and of course crimea is a sovereign territory that is, ukraine needs to restore its borders as of 1991. can you still

say when it is possible to defeat the russian army in ukraine this year and when a lot of countries can influence it in order to strengthen the power? now we understand that the russians lack how both people and equipment, and therefore in fact it is necessary to bring the responsible persons to justice, so yes, this year it is possible, and my last question is whether china can somehow help russia. if it helps , then can it be considered a turning point ? what help can china provide to russia of course this support support for such illegal genocidal aggression it would be very foolish for china thank you for this interview on the air of