[000:00:00;00] ukrainian media consider it normal to insert into their evening broadcasts in the evening programs footage with some kind of imitation of the violent activity of russian representatives in the kherson region . we will talk about media hygiene and media literacy for sure . i didn't miss the news and we are now talking about iryna kovala on our screens irina i congratulate and i invite you to speak and i congratulate you khrystyna to all our viewers well, really, as always khrystyna, i would like to say something good to me and of course i hope that in the near future you and i will be able to announce that ukraine has finally won, but for now i will have news from the front, i will tell you about how our armed forces are now moving forward and where exactly. in what areas i will also tell

about the consequences of the terrible tragedies in kherson oblast and those high-ranking guests have come to kyiv, so wait in ukraine at 3:00 p.m. news time on the espresso tv channel in the studio iryna koval welcomes all viewers, they are moving forward for the past day in the area of ​​the bahamut of strength the defense advanced to 1,400 m, says the spokesman of the eastern group, serhii cherevaty, also in this direction, soldiers of ukraine destroyed 138 soldiers of the russian federation, crushed enemy equipment and warehouses with ammunition, soldiers of the 45th separate artillery brigade also destroyed a cannon and an enemy ammunition warehouse near bakhmut , the enemy went on the defensive, the commander of the ground forces reports troops in the armed forces of ukraine

oleksandr syrsky, our troops continue to storm the positions of the russians, three people were killed , 27 more were wounded, among them three children and a pregnant woman, the consequences of the night attack of the occupiers on odesa were reported in the operational command in the south. attacks in the belgorod-dniester district of odesa oblast, the head of the regional military administration, oleg kipr, informed, he noted that the russians had launched three winged missiles, two of them destroyed our defenders, one hit the sea coast, which ignited the vegetation with debris from the downed missiles and the blast wave damaged several private

neighborhoods, according to various sources, up to 10 civilians were injured, 27 people went missing due to the russians blowing up the kakhovka hpp , minister of internal affairs ihor klymenko reported on in kherson oblast , 47 settlements were actually flooded, four people were killed, 2,620 people were evacuated, 160 children were injured as a result of shelling during evacuation on the 11th in in the mykolaiv region, 31 settlements were flooded, more than 900 people were evacuated, one person died in the dnipropetrovsk region, there is no water supply almost 90,000 people in 26 settlements have law enforcement officers delivering drinking and technical water, the consequences of russian ecocide, houses, furniture, household appliances , cars, animals, as well as mines and ammunition , all this flows to on the shores of odesa

, the state border service is informed that after the kakhova hydroelectric power station was blown up by rockets, the black sea is turning into a landfill and animal cemeteries, border guards call on people to be be careful and inform the rescuers about the discovery of dangerous objects, the dam of the kakhova hydroelectric power station will have to be dismantled, the general director of the state company ukrhydroenergo ihor sirota told the media about this, according to him, as a result of the explosion , the hydroelectric power station has been displaced from its axis and cannot be rebuilt, but the leakage of dnipro water must also be stopped, the orphan emphasized that immediately after deoccupation , first of all, a bridge will be built on the upper reservoir, that is, from the right bank to this dam, and we understand that today we will not be able to do anything there, as soon as the deoccupation takes place, we will be ready to build, first of all, a bridge over the upper

reservoir, that is, from the right bank to this dam, which remains 14 spillway ridges , eh, we are approximately already calculating the volume of work , detailed projects are being developed, volumes mechanisms of work, what materials, what is needed and how long it will take. we can already see that it will take approximately three months to build a bridge and stop the leakage and operation of the kahovsky reservoir of 55 m lrd turns to the environment due to russia's undermining of the kakhovsky hpp, two-thirds of its volume has currently leaked from the reservoir, the water level is already barely 10 m and continues to decrease, noted the minister of environmental protection and natural resources ruslan strelets, the situation in our parks is critical, under the threat of the disappearance of 30% of the nature reserve

fund shredding of the water area in the velikiy lug and kamianska sich national parks in the kherson oblast continues . prime minister of canada justin trudo has arrived in ukraine with an unexpected visit. the distinguished guest is in kyiv together with deputy prime minister hriste iofrilant yaka. is of ukrainian origin, which is the majority of visits by western government officials, tridon's visit was not announced for security reasons in kyiv trudo laid flowers at the memorial wall and paid tribute to those who died in the russian-ukrainian war. this is the second visit of trudo to ukraine since the beginning of russia's large-scale invasion of ukraine in last visited ukraine in may 2022, returned home prepared and ready to destroy the enemy in great britain, the training of our

servicemen was completed, fighters mastered self-propelled guns artillery installations as-90 and challenger 2 tanks in different weather conditions, i will note that in addition to britain, our tankers are trained in poland, spain and germany , at least five people died as a result of the explosion at the ivankari missile plant , the ministry of defense of turkey reported that the incident happened in the morning after the explosion, a fire broke out at the enterprise all emergency services and medics went to the scene immediately, several victims were hospitalized in serious condition , some employees of the plant were under the rubble, rescuers are trying to get them relatives of the employees are on their way to the scene of the tragedy. the exact number of victims and victims is currently unknown. the preliminary cause of the explosion is called an uncontrolled chemical reaction. every life is important in odesa . they saved a muskrat cub that was carried into the sea

by the current due to the explosion of the khust hydroelectric power station. from the zoo in nova kakhovka , flying squirrels and ferrets and parrots, chinchillas and guinea pigs, and birds , in particular a swan, survived after being blown up by the occupiers of the kakhovo hpp, many animals in the kherson region were left in a water trap, where they rehabilitate animals affected by the war, and our journalists will tell about their evacuation from the ecological disaster zone later. this rehabilitation center with a petting zoo has been operating for about three years. after a full-scale war, other areas of work appeared, now military members of their families and resettlers are recovering here . also, local volunteers are taking animals out of

the affected areas - this is a foal. saved in avdeevka from shelling, it all started with such big and big snow, her mother died under shelling, we brought private kuzya and her from avdeevka after the occupiers blew up the kakhova hydroelectric station, many animals in the kherson region remained in a water trap the next day after the kropyvnytskyi disaster, volunteers were already on the spot for one day they managed to take five raccoon dogs to a safe territory , two kittens and a young roe deer, the animal is receiving treatment, but so far it does not feel well, the students are in a serious condition, as the man asked they faked first aid, then we saw that she drank that water, not just water, she drank water, uh, raccoon poop, we pumped out small raccoons, that is, raccoons, now , and the kittens are in good condition, and

about 10 animals from the regions affected by the war are also in the rehabilitation center, all of them apart from the new arrivals, they are in good condition and absolutely in contact with the volunteers, they have a complete idyll , they understand that they are safe, they trust us, we all need care, love, care, and they are even these, er, raccoon dogs, they they will see that we don't want plakhova. i think everything will be good, too, it will be tame to take care of the animals . the volunteers help me. i give them water and wave to them so that there is air . the deer is breathing very hard in the center . they hope that the roe deer will recover and, together with the four-legged immigrants, will join the of the petting zoo, pets do not linger here, they are willingly taken by the people of krypnyvna, for example, nastya returns from

an excursion with a kitty shushea, we went on an excursion as a class, well, we really liked it, and here it is decided to pick up local volunteers are already planning the next trip to the kherson region, they say that there are still many animals from kropyvnytskyi in danger for the espresso tv channel and that was all the news at that time , the updated episode is waiting for you at 5:00 p.m. well , literally in a moment the broadcast will continue my colleagues khrystyna yatskiv and nazariy bolyanskyi we continue to work live on the espresso tv channel

, nazariy olyanskyi and khrystyna yatskiv are working for you in the studio. of foreign and security policy of the center for defense strategies, mr. oleksandr. greetings. good afternoon. the prime minister of canada trudu arrived in kyiv on an unannounced visit. what do you think he brought with him? well, our old friend and partner, of course, supports us in everything, even when it's not was very popular. unfortunately, it is not big. well, in terms of size , it is a large country, but from the point of view of its economic military potential , it is not worth expecting any big security packages, but i think something he will bring them, in principle. we have seen activity since the 14th year, there was actually a training program for our military personnel, so i think that in this direction it will continue and something big will not happen, but it will be significantly positive. of course, canada is very important, which diplomatic partner which promotes in general the theme of the same justice a-and therefore of course this visit

is absolutely positive i think that well , some specifics should be seen a little later , mr. oleksandr, in the ministry of defense of ukraine missed that ukraine will receive an algorithm for joining nato at the vilnius summit. how realistic do you think it is? well, let's hope, since there are still such discussions going on internally, because on the one hand, this should not be a repeat of bucharest in 2008. when in fact, by holding back on providing ukraine with an action plan regarding membership, they actually gave such a green light to the russians to carry out aggression first against georgia and then already 18, that is, this option is definitely not acceptable even for our partners who are skeptical of any clear signals out there, but on the other hand, of course they cannot invite ukraine , that is, formally, they will stick

to the same formula that the door is open, that ukraine will someday join nato, it has already been stated , but with more specifics, no, i think that will concentrate on preparing ukraine for us to meet all standards, and above all, this will mean the provision of weapons and other assistance . perhaps they will talk about some parameters of the guarantee of ukrainian security, although honestly saying well, we have an exclusive option for a guarantee - this is to join nato, and since we cannot guarantee our security by our own forces , even with the help of our western partners , given that we are at war and my neighbors are with a nuclear state, and of course it will not go anywhere even if it disintegrates for some number of small persons there, one of them is clearly that she is young and will possess nuclear

weapons. this is russia. military and political diplomatic guarantees that they can give us right in paris , they will discuss security guarantees for ukraine, but in the information space there is a thesis that a nato contingent may appear on the territory of our country if certain circumstances require it oleksandr, in what circumstances is it possible to imagine this, in your opinion, or is it even possible, you know, a little more than a year ago, it was difficult to imagine that they would help us so much. the forces provided some means well, of course, javelins, stingars, these are powerful things, but offensive weapons, hi-mars tanks, or howitzers. it was a ban. now we have it. in the near future, i hope that we will cross

another conditional red line in the heads in washington and they will give us operational eyes. tactical missiles, that is, in principle, i am talking about what is the evolution of a certain way of thinking in the west, so to speak, there is no escalation of the interpretation expected from the russian federation, because they created and did everything they could do, and of course what if there will be something else some kind of terrorist attack on khm, god forbid, on zaporizhzhia, and there are sanctions or something else , this could actually be the point of no return, and when we can actually see the nato military, but it is unlikely, because the american strategy is that - and ukraine has the right to self-defense from the point of view of international law, and that is why the entire western free world helps us, but it is not a party to the conflict and is not going to war with the russian federation

, because that would mean the use of nuclear weapons the third world war, as they say, the united states, its allies, try not to show that they are part of the conflict, they deny it, well, that's actually the case, i 'm just saying it's rhetorical, and that's exactly why they don't want nato troops to directly collide with russia, they're called escalation management therefore, to be honest, we had a probable, but still small chance that something could change with a big expense, so blowing up the dam should be such a paid point, since such a crime with such a scale is humanitarian a different kind of disaster and this should actually change the attitude of the west, they should have taken another step towards us , so far they do not even recognize it, although there are leaks in the press that with a high

probability it was an undermining actually carried out by the russians there are also indirect data from other sources, there are also seismic stations in romania, norway and others. well, i’m just saying that a number of certain arguments are accumulating , and i think that now your antony is actually thinking about this, what should be the reaction when actually everyone the facts will become known to everyone, and their intelligence will have to say something publicly, what will be the political reaction, whether it will be the provision of additional or additional weapons, and about sanctions and the political isolation of russia, whether it is an action plan regarding ukraine's membership in nato or something else. that is, this this cannot be ruled out, but for now the discussions are going like this . but mr. oleksandr, why do you think that in this, well , it seemed obvious situation, the world avoids calling white-white and black-black, well, on

the one hand, we understand how quickly russia occupied certain territories of our country, took control of the dams of the kakhova hpp, hydroelectric power plants in general, ukraine warned in october of last year that this dam was mined and when this explosion occurs, everyone pretends that uh, uh, uh, you know , they don't have enough information, this weekend is not enough data that lead to the idea of ​​who is responsible for what happened? and you know, to me, it looks a little like a hypothetical situation, like the russians who left buchi and when this whole catastrophic picture with the dead was revealed by our ukrainian people, if they had received a reaction from the world , something like well, of course, the russians were standing here, of course, they had no control over this story, of course they had weapons in their hands, but not everything is so unambiguous, it can be

ukrainians, well, that is, it is strange, why so, well there are different, let's say, layers and problems. the first is a legal one, and we saw how everyone knew that it was the russians who shot down the malaysian boeing mh17 . they took it because it required a long time to reconstruct the events of each wreckage in order to prove in court that it was reinforced concrete. was russia and of course we are dissatisfied with this decision because it does not highlight those people who gave good plans and political good . so impeccable decision, now i think that this is one of the moments, the second moment is actually about what i am saying that in washington , intelligence is probably already working .

there will have to be some kind of reaction, just diplomatic concern when, well, i don't know what the number of victims among the civilian population is. we don't know yet. yes, but it's definitely a huge disaster in various dimensions, both humanitarian and ecological - it's actually a genocide. i'm not talking about the long-term consequences for the ukrainian economy for these four of our regions at least i am not talking about the autonomous republic of crimea, the city of sevastopol is still occupied from the point of view of supplying drinking water there and from the economic aspect the planetary scale was in fact a disaster created, we know who or you know too well, there is a story. yes, there is a story of 41-43 years, how the nkvdists blew up dams and killed their own fellow citizens, there is also bucha irpin, mariupol and others , when i realized that for the katsaps, there is nothing sacred and ukrainians there russian -speaking or ethnic russians are not of any value at all

. at home, they can easily commit these crimes for a small tactical advantage , nothing stops them because they believe that no one will bring a nuclear state to justice, but well what am i talking about, that in washington and in other capitals, they must then somehow react as powerfully and symmetrically as how this tragedy has befallen us and how big a crime the russians have committed, and that is why they are probably now considering how to manage their own reaction to this crime oleksandr let's talk about the so-called peace initiatives, and this time we are talking about the presidents of seven african countries who are going to visit kyiv and moscow. in the search for a political settlement in the midst of the crisis, we know what it is

war, the head of the people's republic of china xi jinping has already supported such intentions of these presidents. please tell me to what extent these intentions will be supported in kyiv and why this is for africa . of course, we support any good will of international partners . the visit was extremely important when he addressed the representatives of the arab world, because we need the support of not only the free world, which we have, but also the so-called global rooster. another question is what they propose er and of course that er we cannot deviate from the ukrainian plan or call it the zelenskyi plan because it is actually aimed at a just peace based on the norms and principles of international law before the entire un charter everything else is from the evil one and by the way, i really liked it. well, after that, hmmm, let’s say that the printouts of all

of zelenskyi’s conversations are from the cd there when he said there . thank you for your uh, so your initiatives , some of them may work because they coincide with what is in our peacefully therefore, it seems to me that the most important thing will be the dialogue, they will say something about the ceasefire, there will be some compromises in return, they will hear that we are very grateful for such a well, for such initiatives, but we will stick to the ukrainian plan and please take whatever points you like from this plan because he is like a menu and support us . let's talk about it at the global peace which is planned to be held this summer by the ukrainian side of our partners, so i think we will simply intercept this initiative and direct it to

the only correct course is a long and just peace, definitely something as a punishment for russia, it definitely has to be him. i am not talking about the restoration of the territorial value of ukraine within internationally recognized borders, it is not clear here, but also justice, i.e. punishment of criminals and also reparations and other related things with these, otherwise, of course, it will not be peace, it will be an armistice or a cease-fire for only a short period of time so that the russians will get together and once again come to us to finally solve the ukrainian issue p. oleksandr as we know since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, russia has been actively trying to strengthen its influence on the poor countries of africa, which are actually there, to open a second front of confrontation with the west. it works more powerfully there and a large number

of countries are simply in the pockets of chinese companies because they have large debts there and of course they are focused on china also, there are several moments like that, well, the russian invasion of ukraine last year showed how much the world has changed, that the west is not a center that controls or manages everyone or influences, unfortunately, we can see, for example , on the example of the same india, which is the largest in terms of from the point of view of the demographics of a democratic country whose interests are very similar to those of the united states in the indo-pacific region, but india has adopted such a position. we can say this about the country on the one hand, and it does not support russia , even if it is mediated there, it condemns it, but on the other hand, it trades with the russian federation, including energy carriers, and of course the war actually continues in this way. there are other countries whose interests seem

to coincide with ours as well, but they have certain certain considerations of such a plan. the first moment in them seems to be that this the war somewhere in europe is too far away and it does not touch them . they do not understand that we are talking about norms in the principle of international law and, in fact , the future world order, the second point. they said, well, very often african countries they say that our problems for europeans and americans have always been so secondary , why should we now unite with the western camp in order to be against russia? the third argument is so historical that the soviet union took an active part in the cunning colonial hands that they were not going to install democrats in those countries , but were spreading the infection of communism. but in any case, in the minds

of a large number of americans. to many, this seems to be a more attractive model than the bipolar times of the cold war or the unipolar one that developed after 1991, where the united states dominated, that is , there are a number of such things now they are suffering and above all, african countries are suffering from the rain, there is a shortage of food and high prices for them of course that this worries them most of all and they would like, well, let there be some kind of compromise, but to feed our population so that we do not have economic, and then social and political problems, because there is a big the number of countries is on the brink, let's say, of the fact that these governments were not overthrown by hunger riots , by and large, that's why they actually have this selfish interest. and of course , we will not deny them humanistic

intentions, because of course they would like to if there were no soldiers in principle, and therefore, of course, the suffering of ukrainians does not bring them satisfaction, they would like peace to be established here, and here, too, there is, let's say, an effort to do something through such an initiative, but i want to remind you that in the spring, in fact, the leader more precisely, the president of this african union, he visited moscow and then paris, but he did not visit kyiv, and there he tried to promote the idea of ​​actually increasing the amount of ukrainian and russian food exports, and then he actually lobbied russian interests for the lifting of sanctions from certain russian structures for in order for fertilizers and russian grain to be exported in greater quantities to the countries of that region, that's why mr. oleksandr, finally , i would like to clarify. what do you think about these countries

that we are talking about in particular, are there you know, this is logically consequential thinking, in particular in the context of recent events, the kakhovskaya hpp and, in general, the absolute reorientation of the south of our country in the near future, and of agriculture , here we see certain provocations in the kupyan direction on the ammonia pipeline, which was allegedly part of the -m e-e hmm pond on the table when it came to the grain corridor, we see that the security situation in the black sea is not getting any easier and in general the functioning of this grain corridor e-e may now be in question russia is once again signaling that she will put sticks in the wheels, so whether going to the russians and not going to ukraine , lobbying the russian internet, countries such as african countries understand that in this case they are already putting sticks in their own wheels, or