[000:00:00;00] these coming days, of course, keep an eye on the updated weather forecasts, and again and again, as vasyl reminded you, who is high in the mountains in the carpathians, be careful, because there is a possibility of snow avalanches, vasyl . thank you very much, mrs. tara. good evening , natalka didenko, about the weather for us spoke not only about the weather, and finally i will say that the naval forces of finland and sweden are in a state of combat readiness due to the approach of russian ships to the energy facilities of these countries, the commander of the us navy of sweden informed about this. well, i say goodbye with you until tomorrow and now for your attention the program spotlight ukraine we watch together good evening we from ukraine the russians are preparing to advance where and when they will go

investments during the war which international companies are investing in ukraine corruption in the country has increased by 500%, and ukrainian soldiers complain about we are destroying american equipment russian propaganda fakes together with our stopfake partners you are watching spotlight ukraine trends world politics and in-depth analysis from ukrainian journalists for the whole world my name is yuri fizer and we let's start, the priority of equipment is always higher than manpower, that is, disabling the minometer is a higher priority than the capabilities of the authorities. there are two or three fighters. quite rational conversation about such conversations is usually said that they

open up opportunities. china could not condemn the illegal invasion of ukraine. ukrainian economy during the war the biggest collapse of gdp during the years of independence, the rampant growth of inflation and unemployment, the russian invasion destroyed 35% of our economy, and the monthly deficit of the ukrainian budget is estimated at 5 billion dollars, this is stated in the report of the united nations organization, a full-scale war has set ukraine back in development for many years, but it can be a chance for modernization and the search for new prospects , at least 109 large and medium-sized enterprises of ukraine were ransacked and looted, suffered losses due to

the russian invasion, direct business losses are estimated at 13 billion dollars , industrial giants were most affected: mariupol ilyich metallurgical plant in odesa , motor sich steel and nibulon ship repair plant due to russian aggression economy last year, ukraine suffered the biggest drop in all the years of independence, more than 30%, the inflation rate was more than 126%, and the unemployment rate was about 26%. from an economic point of view , our losses are more than 400 billion dollars , accounted for by the world bank, accounted for by ukrainian institutions, and these losses will increase, these losses will increase in in the form of underachieved investments, underachieved gdp and the cost of ukraine's restoration of modernization , to be exact, it is 800 or more billion

dollars, the main losses are related to according to our research, business activity in our country has significantly decreased by 32%. last year, and this year, ukrainian business does not expect a significant recovery for years . to become reparations and confiscation of russian assets abroad, foreign investments and international aid , the world bank will become one of the key partners in the recovery of ukraine, prime minister denys said shmyhal, according to him, has already agreed on the implementation of projects in the field of energy, transport infrastructure and health care, received assurances from partners to support ukraine e-e in rapid recovery , as well as in other projects to support ukraine in the amount of about 5 billion dollars, the countries informed about additional aid to our

country, in particular, switzerland will give ukraine 1.8 billion francs over the next 6 years, denmark is creating special funds and plans to fill it with 1 billion euros, as well as additional support ukraine will be given spain, ireland, japan, lithuania, latvia, iceland, the netherlands, we are grateful for this, in addition, shmygal said, japan became the first country to allocate 23 million dollars to cover military risks about investments in ukraine, these funds are a contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee agency, which is a division of the world bank group , the main factor which will allow attracting foreign business to ukraine in the coming years , experts believe, but as long as hostilities continue , there will be no influx of investments and this time should use for the development of projects for the restoration of the territory, we must create appropriate state policies that will contribute to the change and restoration of the built infrastructure and the creation of appropriate conditions and the creation of financial preparations and the creation

of tax preferences and the creation, accordingly , of other approaches that would enable business to develop better in these territories or it is about these resources. i believe that this is the case, especially if we successfully work in the field of using russian assets for restoration of ukraine it is necessary to work on overcoming corruption and tax and judicial reforms and other problems that existed even before the russian invasion. the war became a huge challenge for the ukrainian economy, but also a chance for large-scale modernization of the energy sector and industry. well , more about the investments that are already coming to ukraine, which will only come, i spoke with serhiy sivkach, the executive director of the government office for attracting and supporting investments, i congratulate you, the first question

will be: did you visit the international the investment exhibition in stockholm, which was dedicated to investment opportunities for ukraine, what are the results of this exhibition, what does the international community say about it, are they ready to invest in ukraine? yes, it was a special event, which was called the arena, and in fact, it was dedicated in particular to initiatives that could help ukrainian companies to technological projects and the attention was really huge, we opened conferences, talked about investment opportunities for ukraine, companies from the it sector and the technical sector from of the agro-industrial sector and everyone talked about ukraine in what way they can help, there was a lot of interest and in fact we made contacts in order to maintain coordination in the future, we had five

priorities, we are focusing on the production of building materials, on agriculture, on the transition of ukraine in an ecological direction also, our priority is the logistics sector and the production of electric transport, these are our main priorities, on which we are currently working with investors around the world in order to to attract the attention of large investors. so, i understand that the opportunities are really spreading for you to invest in ukraine. now , a draft law has already been adopted in the first reading, which is dedicated to investments. how will this improve the investment climate in ukraine? of course it will improve, because we are also looking at the prospects . for investors we also understand that if this bill passes in the second

reading, it will be possible to announce all the advantages for investors, of course, not all bills begin with not all investment projects start with 20 million euros , some start with 12 million euros. we must create jobs for people in ukraine. defenders returning from the war must also be able to implement all skills in specific workplaces, and it is precisely such projects that will help to create opportunities . new jobs, so we are really waiting for what will happen. attention is focused on such opportunities, and they are already a report of international partners, and in fact there are several such good initiatives that we put forward, which we put forward and the verkhovna rada of ukraine supports

prime minister yes, we want to adopt this law in the second reading as soon as possible. please tell me what are the main investors, such well-known brands that are ready to invest in ukraine, which is at war . yes, there are many international companies that are really interested in ukraine. we're talking about a company like kingspan - it 's an energy-efficient global company with energy-efficient insulation as well as the production of metal structures it's an irish company and they really want to help ukraine recover also we're talking about uh the german company bayer, which aims to invest 60 million dollars, as well as companies such as u yuni lever nesque , the polish company cerzonit, which is ready to invest 40 million, and they have already opened new lines for the production of tiles, this is very important, because we

understand what is the square footage of the living space that is needed to restore, in addition to other objects of civil infrastructure, that is why such interest from international companies is decisive for ukraine, we encourage and attract such investors so that they consider such the opportunity to invest is important for ukraine and for international companies, it is also a very good sign that this is happening during the war. also, we know that many international companies have left the russian market , does ukrinvest monitor such and such companies and are they ready to increase their presence in ukraine? the truth is that we have more than a thousand companies that have stopped their

operations in russia. but again, we can talk about 70 companies that have already prepared investment plans, we are conducting constant negotiations with them so that they transferred their business to ukraine and continued their activities here, of course, great efforts are necessary, but we can say that we have a good interaction with them and we hope that the results will really be good for ukraine. we are already waiting for initiatives from the minister of economy and the minister of foreign affairs , in particular regarding initiatives joint cooperation so that such countries from all over the world could function in ukraine. what can you say about those international companies that still continue to do business in russia? why they i must say that in my own opinion, again as a ukrainian, i think that

no such company has the moral right to pay taxes to an aggressor country in a country that uses these finances to build up its military potential, but at the same time, i understand that some companies may face financial business with financial difficulties if they stop operating their business in russia and again we are saying that in a certain sense i think that the management of the countries of such companies they even may bring some criminal charges against the heads of such companies, we hope that the companies that left russia in 2022 will not return there, and we really are. we ukrainians are waiting and inviting such companies to us. and more about the investments that are already coming to our countries and which ones are worth waiting for, i spoke with

sergiemtsivka, who is the executive director of the government office for attracting and supporting investments well, don't switch further, there will be a fierce confrontation between the ukrainian and russian armies around the road that provides the defense of bahmut, will the armed forces of ukraine be able to continue to deter the occupiers in this area and what they say about the ukrainian counteroffensive, see in our review whose life partner the armed forces of ukraine provides logistics for the defense of bahmut from space looks like a sieve everything in willows from shells and missiles the most difficult battles between ukrainian and russian armies on the approaches to bakhmut now they are fighting for control over this route , the other day fighters of the third separate assault brigade conducted a successful offensive in the area of ​​the village of

khromova and occupied part of the russian positions near the road, life is a coin, as british intelligence suggests, other supply routes for the armed forces of ukraine to bakhmut are probably complicated due to the lack of roads, so the control of this route is extremely important . the fighting continues in the western part of the city. for the last week, as they say, from mortars to s300, he has concentrated offensive actions on three sections of the front in the donetsk region near the avdiyivka bachmut, tamarinka is also building fortifications along the entire front line preparing for the ukrainian counteroffensive and wrote to the new york times, referring to unnamed american officials, that the next one will most likely begin in

may in the south of ukraine towards the annexed crimea, now there is close cooperation with the americans and the british, as during the previous offensives, kherson and kharkiv region were discussed at that time such active simulations of actions were carried out that determined the most optimal methods of attack and attack cities , that is, the construction of foreign specialized publications is actually about the fact that ukraine and all the americans are simulating the next hostilities, i believe this, this means that it is precisely the simulation of the operation, the effective use of intelligence data that allows optimally choosing the time and place for offensive actions, but i repeat , only our military at the top of the leadership know the information in any way, neither foreign journalists nor experts and politicians in the ministry of defense of ukraine reported that they do not share operational plans with either the american or other foreign partners, and

that the counteroffensive will become known as soon as it will continue to be active, russian terrorists once again prove that they are fighting civilians at dawn on april 28, the occupiers launched another massive rocket attack on ukrainian cities by hitting a high-rise building in uman , cherkasy region, 23 people were killed, including six children, in the dnipro, a private house was hit , a two-year-old girl died along with her the mother also injured a child in the city of ukrainka in the kyiv region, at the same time, no military or energy facility was damaged, the ukrainian authorities emphasize that

the occupiers are deliberately killing the civilian population well, to talk more about what is happening at the front well, what about our counteroffensive, i am joined by ivan stupak, a military expert of the ukrainian institute of the future, mr. ivan. congratulations and thank you for joining. yes, welcome to the studio. thank you for inviting me. well, mr. ivan, my first the question will be as follows: the new york times newspaper reported that ukraine is preparing for a counteroffensive in may, the article says that the ukrainian armed forces are facing many problems and therefore it is predicted that a stalemate remains the most likely as a result of the ukrainian counteroffensive what do you think why such assumptions are published and why some world mass media are increasingly mentioning the possible failure of the ukrainian counteroffensive so look at the question interestingly i will try to explain very briefly first of all readers the western press of the american press

they have the right to know what is happening in ukraine they are interested in the fact that the united states provided just the cosmic amount of aid to ukraine continues to help militarily, economic, financial diplomatic, i.e., a lot of aid has already been given, the following assessments were called: that in ukraine , more than 1,500 units of various armored vehicles were transferred there, more than 200 tanks , an extraordinary amount of ammunition, and the citizens of the united states have the right to know what is happening somewhere, the counteroffensive that the whole world is so eagerly waiting for and newspapers there with different e with different details publish their forecasts there, some of their insides from anonymous sources in the white house, in the pentagon, in american intelligence, different scenarios, different the scenario is varied either from super positive then to neutral negative of course the negative is more interesting to taste what will happen and what then, that is, well, the public

likes it very, very much, so you take it calmly and calmly , and the main thing is when you see it on the front pages of such respectable media, there is a lot of information like that headlines, please look again, are you these articles, see who is the author of these articles, or is the author of this article by chance a person with a russian surname, this also happens, if you see this person, do not be lazy ignore what this person previously wrote about ukraine and if there were many negative scenarios, then it is possible to assume with a high degree of probability that this is a russian or a pro-russian person who implements a scenario there that is interesting for the russian federation . five people in ukraine know about this counteroffensive at least certain frames when it will take place, so we will all find out in time, well, it would be interesting to know

who among these five people, but i won't tell you to ask let everyone remain guessing who are these five people well, it is not known whether the americans are really waiting for this counteroffensive of the ukrainians, but we are really waiting for it well, with the improvement of weather conditions in ukraine, russian troops can go on the offensive in several areas of hostilities, said john kir b, the strategic communications coordinator of the national security council of the white house, mr. ivan , how far can the russians go and will they abandon this idea when the ukrainian offensive begins? well , first of all, i have serious doubts. they will be able to do it, i will explain why the russians have been fighting for the city for 260 days attention 260 days they call it artemivsk we will call it bakhmut although the location is the same and they cannot take it they report that they are almost surrounded almost operative encirclement almost complete encirclement then they took 20%, almost half

, almost 80% again. imagine the army of the russian federation, which even 1.5-2 years ago threatened the whole world that they would wash their boots in la mancha, walk around berlin, occupy paris, and now they were hiding. i apologize for the expression and scale of their operations has shrunk to the size of not even a block in the city , but the streets, they already say. offensive actions but do not get the desired results there, so about some third in some third location they will be able to open the front, i doubt it. moreover , you do not remember that in the winter they threatened

a major offensive, a winter-spring offensive, but mr. budanov, the head of our development, said nothing, it didn’t work out, everything stopped because now to distract attention , as an option, as an option, you can start even somewhere for a kilometer to go deep, but to maintain it, to develop your offensive. i am sure that they do not have the strength. diversion of attention, is it a lot, is it a little , is it possible that they have more than one option? well, look , they use different options. here , for example, if with regard to the offensive, they still have to mull over this idea with belarus. there they drive their troops back and forth, back and forth, our scouts recorded, for example, the movement of heavy equipment from the city of brest. and i will remind you to look at the map, this is the western part of belarus, and they are driving the equipment to the east along our border, the railway track , it spends the night in them on several others locations

are not unloaded and it returns back . that is, this distraction constantly forces us to keep our attention there, what is happening in this direction from the north, and by the way, the russians put it in a long drawer, but they refused it from the plans of the naval landing of the russian federation in the south of ukraine, that is, odesa still does not give them peace, so they are considering these possible large-scale, small -level operations there, but constantly keeping us in tension in different directions, diverting our attention from the main directions where are the russians themselves moving, this is some kind of kamikaze, knowing that they will have a lot of people in them. they will still try to go in the direction of odesa . well, you will not understand this with the mind of the russians , the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi for the first time

at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, i spoke on the phone with the head of the people's republic of china, they all discussed the issue of war and peace. well, after that, china appointed a diplomat who will be a special representative in ukraine. ivan , how will this speed up the end of the war ? to speed up the end of the war, yes , look, we calmly accept such meetings in such, rather, telephone conversations , such an appointment. yes, this is a really important step , but i say once again that it is not a quantum leap. that is this does not mean that wow everything will literally be over next week in order to a-a sit down for negotiations, a stalemate situation is needed , that is, when neither side can move forward due to the lack of equipment, people , there are no certain opportunities at all, so sit down at the negotiating table, china now takes a conditionally neutral position in relation to ukraine , their position is slightly shifted in the direction

of the russian federation, i remind you that china announced such a scenario, peace talks , yes, the cessation of war and peace, peace talks but for the russians it is interesting now. and how many stoppages of military operations exactly in the positions in which ukraine and the russian federation are now , that is, everything is interesting for russia. suits ukraine - it does not suit that is why we still have a large field for maneuver, we can maneuver especially because of the fact that a few months ago president zelensky forbade himself and all institutions to enter into negotiations personally with by putin, that is, while putin is in power, president zelensky cannot break the law and enter into negotiations with him, that is, either cancel the law or remove or eliminate putin , we have only two options. thank you, mr. ivan, for

taking part in our program. thank you for your professional opinions and comments about what is happening on the front lines now. well, what can we expect? it was ivan stupak, a military expert of the ukrainian institute of the future. well , we continue, russian propaganda is working. day and night continuously creating our fakes that we must debunk and for this we invite our friends and partners from stopfex to join me tonight yevhen fedchenko chief editor of stopfake mr. yevhen congratulations thank you for joining congratulations thank you for the invitation first of all thank you for your work because it is extremely important because these things created by russian propaganda should not just be debunked, they should be broken so that the whole world and ukrainians know the truth. let's go

straight to our first to our first of the first case and it is like this in a year, corruption in ukraine increased by 500%, and financial aid from the united states of america never reached kyiv according to the russian mass media. these are the data of the house of representatives of the united states of america. how true is this information? let's check only 20 % of financial aid from the huge number of facts of corruption in ukraine, the russian media, in particular, the redovka telegram channel , allegedly refer to michael mccall, a member of the house of representatives of the us congress. more precisely, on driver only part of the quote of the $113 billion allocated for four additional programs approximately 60% goes to the american military american workers and the modernization of american stocks in fact only 20%

of the funding goes directly to the ukrainian government as direct budget support russian propagandists believe only 20% of us financial aid goes to the government of ukraine, while the other 80 are stolen by the ukrainian authorities, however, the data are fabricated and contradict the official conclusions of the specialized committee of the usa , mr. yevhen, why for the russian authorities in particular it is so important for the kremlin to show that in ukraine corruption is not just there , but it is possible that it is actually flourishing here in this story two important and two important propaganda narratives are actually combined . by five hundred percent, and the second is that the american aid provided to ukraine seems to have only a small percentage of it

falling for its purpose, that is, why was this story made, it was made for that in order to manipulate a speech in the congress and really create the impression that any aid given to ukraine is stolen, and the reason is immediately explained because there seems to be some huge corruption in ukraine, which even increased during the war. as the basis for the production of this fake, they took a speech in a version where in fact a said the opposite thing, which does not work against ukraine, but on the contrary strengthens the ukrainian argument, since the report says that 60% of all funds that are allocated remain in the funds received states, that is, they work for the american economy, work for the american army, and