with an unannounced visit and met with president volodymyr zelskyi. they have already discussed the situation on the battlefield and all key defense issues. in particular, the strengthening of pppo systems against the background of expected russian attacks on the critical infrastructure of ukraine. the secretary general agreed to make his efforts to help, to support us in this matter to mobilize the member states of the alliance for this very purpose. we need. get through this winter together, protect our energy infrastructure and people's lives. stoltenberg also reported that nato had concluded contracts for 2.4 billion euros for the purchase of basic ammunition, 155 mm shells and anti-tank ammunition. they should replenish the stocks of the members of the alliance and ukraine. next week there will be a defense industrial forum in stockholm, where we will also be. to discuss how

we can improve the situation, and i want nato member countries to sign clear contracts with industry, because if industry has firm contracts, it can even increase production. zelenskyi and stoltenberg discussed further work for rapprochement of ukraine and nato. an adapted annual national program is currently being prepared, which should determine the steps for ukraine to achieve compliance with the standards and principles of the alliance. first, we shortened ukraine's path to nato from two steps to one by eliminating the requirements for an action plan for preparing for membership. second, we have agreed a program that makes the armed forces fully compatible with their future allies, fully assimilating nato doctrines and providing nato equipment, this is part of the core support package, which is worth hundreds of millions of euros every year. third, we are strengthening our political ties at an unprecedented level by creating the ukraine council. stoltenberg noted that

ukraine is now closer to nato than ever before, and assured that the future of ukraine lies in nato. liliana lyagak, details, inter marathon tv channel, single news. during today's visit to the bank, volodymyr zelenskyi also met with the newly appointed secretary of state for defense of great britain, grant shaps, and the minister of foreign affairs of france, sebastien lecorne. during the conversation, the issue of strengthening the armed forces of ukraine would be a priority. as the newly appointed secretary of state for defense, i have the opportunity to speak with you, i want to assure you that ukraine remains at the forefront of our attention, we feel your pain for everything that is happening, we will stand with you side by side. every time we try to be as specific as possible, to be reliable. your ministers and i talked very specifically. and operationally, in terms

of how french industry can help you, we will of course continue this job. but the first abrams are already in ukraine, this was confirmed by volodymyr zelenskyi. in general, we are waiting for 31 american tanks, and later, possibly much more. mykhailo maneliuk will remind us of the path we took before we got zakeanu machines, what kind of tanks, abrams, and what are they famous for on the battlefield? it. the armored beast is one of the best in the world. the american abrams is capable of accurately hitting a target at a distance of up to 3 km. and despite its 60-tonne weight, it develops a speed of more than 70 km/h on the highway and almost 50 km/h off-road. the tank is equipped with ballistic.

fire control system for maximum impact accuracy, and also, abrams is called a capsule of life. abrams are welcome, they have excellent armor, they will definitely protect the lives of their own crew and most importantly - protect the lives of the infantry. the first american abrams are already in ukraine. news about the transfer of tanks was published by the new york times on monday. noting that the machines arrived several months earlier than planned, and later the information was confirmed by the president of ukraine: we are preparing them to strengthen our actions against the occupiers. this will be a significant increase. obtaining the abrams was preceded by long negotiations. a year ago, in december, the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, said: i quote: at every international meeting, during every contact with the united states, we raise the topic of american tanks. this conversation is not easy. but it moves, albeit at

the speed of a tank, end of quote. the delay in the transfer of m1 abrams tanks by the united states to the ukrainians was caused by concerns that. to create from scratch a rather complex logistics chain to support this type of weaponry. after all, already in january, us president joe biden gave official consent to the transfer of 31 m1 abrams tanks. in may, the first four hundred ukrainian soldiers began training on american armor in germany. and last week, during a meeting with volodymyr zelsky , joe biden emphasized that there are only a few days left before the shipment. today i approved another tranche of american security assistance. next week, the first american abrams tanks will be delivered to ukraine. judging by the american press, they have refined these tanks because they, they

have certain secret elements that the americans do not are supplied even to close allies, what is currently known about those that ukraine has already received, it is about 10 abrams of the m1 a1 modification. the tanks are equipped with a 50- caliber machine gun and a 120-mm cannon. these models are not the newest of all that are in service in the united states. but experts are convinced that even such machines on the battlefield, on a par with german leopards and british challengers, will essentially send a tank punch to the ukrainian defense and speed up the counteroffensive. today, the m11 abrams is considered one of the best main battle tanks in the world. it has been around for a long time, but over the years it has been modernized many times, and it has proven itself well in battles against soviet and russian tanks, there is every

reason to believe that it is a much better machine than those in service with the russian army. in which direction abrams will be sent in the general staff has not yet been announced. at the same time , ukrainian intelligence points out that american vehicles will be used only in carefully thought-out and prepared operations. in short, no one is going to repeat the mistakes of the russians, who relentlessly drove their tanks to mini-fields under the shower of ukrainian artillery. direct tank battles, even in a year and a half, there were, well, literally, you can count on the fingers of one hand, tanks... as such a battering ram, the quality of fire support for advancing infantry, and therefore pitting one tank against another is a completely different philosophy of war, in

neither domestic nor foreign generals and military experts doubt that the abrams, if used wisely at the front, will have an advantage over russian tanks, judging by such forecasts, at all... soon we let's see the first results of the american machines. abrams - the most modern tanks today. as soon as they are involved in the battles, we will see drastic changes on the front. these battle tanks are superior to the russian ones in terms of their firepower and protection. they also have better optics, better stabilization, so they shoot better while moving. so they will certainly change the situation. quality will prevail over quantity. however, the number is also important, experts emphasize. it is worth assessing the situation objectively, three dozen american tanks are unlikely to help to make a large-scale breakthrough of a rather powerful line of defense of the russians. these abrams are more of a reserve for

the future, for the spring company, for further active combat operations. only the poles gave us 320... five tanks of the t-72 type and the beasts, that is, t-72 modifications, this is, well, real help, and this, well, can change something on the battlefield and really with could change and changed in the summer and autumn of 22, in order to really break a serious defense with armored fists, you need a division, a tank the brigade is 94 tanks, the tank division is behind 300 tanks, but you can also understand the logic of the united states, for ukrainian tankers, this is a completely new technique, you have to get used to it, adapt to it, learn to operate it and repair it, only then the usa will increase the number. americans,

quite a large number of older modifications of the abrants are in storage and in fact they are worth nothing to the americans. taxes, and if there is political will, they can be transferred very quickly and very much armed forces of ukraine. and similar political forces in the white house have repeatedly stated that they will supply us with weapons until putin ends the war and have repeatedly proven their words with action. citing american officials, the messenger writes that the united states is already planning to transfer an additional 30 abrams tanks to ukraine, which will help the ukrainian army to recapture territories captured by russia. mykhailok, bohdan savruts, details, interma tv channel. the only news. american lawmakers have failed the two most

anti-ukrainian budget amendments that have appeared recently did not have enough votes to stop aid to ukraine. what exactly did the congressmen vote against and why are these proposals that did not pass on the capitalist hill considered an indicator of sentiment. we will ask our special correspondent dmytro anopchenko about everything. he is in direct contact with the congress. dima, i congratulate you. please tell me. what made everyone so excited about these edits? everyone is excited about the fact that the most radical changes have appeared in recent times, well, here they are they joke that they are even too radical for that radical part of the republican party of trump's entourage, which has long been proposing to take something from ukraine, to cut some aid, well, i won't say much, judge for yourself, two amendments to the military budget appeared in the hall . the first one was proposed by the republican from florida, mets, and he sought for a moment to completely

stop the allocation of budget funds for military aid to ukraine, that is , you know, an absolute complete ban. and one more amendment from colleague gates, also a republican andy biksa, a congressman from arizona, and he proposed to remove from the project of the defense budget of america for the next year the allocation of 300 million for ukraine, that is, to take away absolutely the entire line and this is the money that, according to the military aid program, the pentagon should have transferred to manufacturers, in order to for ukraine to order certain technologies, certain weapons, certain military equipment , well, you know, the result that appeared on the scoreboard, and this is not a committee-level discussion, it has already been brought to the hall, it is really a marker, because there is a lot about says and makes a lot clear, well, look at the goetz amendment, i will remind you, it was a complete ban, supported by 93 members of the lower house of congress, 339 voted against, that is, in fact, it is 1/4 and 3/4 of the hall, and

among those who voted against, it’s not only the democrats, half of them, it’s actually half of the republican faction , people are moderate, people who don’t want to support it, or for example, they rejected congressman bix’s proposal, his restrictions, restrictions on the allocation of money for ukraine, supported 104 congressmen, 330 they voted against, look, the same trend, again 1/4 and 3/4, well, if we talk about trends, there are basically two of them, on the one hand, the skeptics increased, let's be frank, because before such radical proposals were voted for 60, 70, sometimes 82, 84 congressmen, now for the first time we have the number 104, but on the other hand, we see an absolutely real, absolutely clear trend that even a large part of... the republican party does not agree to engage in this rhetoric, rhetoric about limitation of aid to ukraine, in this pre-election period

america first rhetoric , as declared by donald trump and those congressmen who are targeting him, and that is why there are dissenting voices within the republican party. regarding money, i also have to quickly orient you, the fact is that they are now trying to vote on a temporary document that will make it possible to finance state institutions for the next 4-5 days, and then, in order to prevent a shutdown, to agree on current stable funding, and that's it in this short document, that is, pay attention, language it is about 45 days, it is prescribed to allocate more than 6 billion for additional aid to ukraine, and in particular, there should be 4.5 billion - this is defense spending and more than billions of money that can be directed directly to the ukrainian budget, that is, it is economic support , hryvnia support, payment of pensions and scholarships. unfortunately, as of now, this is only a proposal, this is only a document that still needs to be voted

on, and regarding the ukrainian amendments and regarding the document as a whole, there are many discussions here in congress, and in fact, there are only three days left before the start in the new month, if there is no vote, then the same shutdown may come, when the work of the federal government should be stopped, but what i hear here on the sidelines is that the biden administration is trying to do everything, to make any concessions, to come to an agreement with congressmen. to prevent this from happening, so that the federal government continues to work, and so that ukrainian money, at least for the next 45 days , also appears in the budget, colleagues, kyiv, dima, you mentioned donald trump and in this whole situation, that's what i wonder what the role of the former president of the united states is in this, and how can you assess the situation, taking into account the criminal and court cases, he is still the leader of the election race? well, in fact, despite the criminal and court cases, and maybe thanks to this, you know, in hollywood they often say, there is no such thing as bad pr, everything is pr

except the obituary, this principle is absolutely clearly used by donald trump, despite all the...' lawsuits, criminal trials, he continues the race, and the day before, there was a debate of candidates from the republican party, those politicians who are running together with trump for the nomination, what is interesting, he did not come to the debate, he believes that with his, with his political weight, with his rating, he should not debate at all, and if he does speak, he will rather speak at rallies, well, the numbers say as of now, by themselves, because trump now has 54% , that is, 54% of republicans would like him to be the candidate of their party, but instead, all the rest of the candidates have less than him, in total, 13.8 the most , in the second most popular, governor desantis, slightly more than 6% in nikki haley,

a little more than 4.5% for the former vice president of the time of trump, pence and so ... indeed, despite all this media noise, despite the criminal cases, trump is still, well, so far the most likely candidate, or the most desirable candidate for republican elections, so you know, the congressmen here are focusing on him and just want to bring it to a shutdown, because they believe that it will lower the rating of president biden, the rating of the democrats, and on the contrary, it will increase the rating of trump, will give him the opportunity even more to criticize, and all these processes will, unfortunately, deepen, that is, politics will have an even greater impact on the economy and the allocation of money, john bolton, a person whom we all remember, he was in the closest circle of trump, speaks about this in particular a member of his team, except his right-hand man, he was the national security adviser during trump's time, and now he is very harsh, very

clear, very openly criticizing trump, and he gave his prediction about how events will develop further, and in congresses, but not only in congress, and all the answers, just now in my plot, let's listen. a delay in the allocation of funding for ukraine, if it had arisen due to internal political disputes, would definitely play into moscow's hands. these words are now most often heard on the congressional sidelines as an argument: why, despite all the disagreements on the capitalist hill, both political wings should vote for a new package for kyiv. and if the legislators from biden's conditional team, the democrats, do not need to be persuaded and convinced, then the middle republicans, the closer to the elections, the more skeptics there are, but even within the party there is an understanding that the smallest pause in the supply of weapons to ukraine will give russia the opportunity to strengthen, and not even so much militarily, but politically, john bolton,

former deputy secretary of state, us ambassador to oon, the man best known as the us president's national security adviser in the trump administration. he believes that the kremlin wants to drag out hostilities at least until the spring, and this should not be allowed to happen. i think that if the russians will manage to hold out until the spring and even go on the offensive somewhere, that's when they will announce, they say, the war has lasted long enough and without results, and a diplomatic solution is the only way out of this, and what putin will try to do is win at the table negotiations, if at all... the military, and it was obviously not possible to win on the battlefield. he calculates the weakness of the west. i've always believed that working for the kgb while he was in germany shaped his views in general. he thinks that he knows germany and believes that he knows its weak points, he believes that berlin can be broken, and i think putin is also taking note of our situation here in the republican party, because look, the virus

of isolationism has been unleashed again, and that's what we're going to have to deal with. during the next campaign. bolton implies that this america first rhetoric , whether politicians believe it or simply use it for ratings, will gain momentum among both congressmen and presidential candidates, and how it will now inhibit decisions that are in the national interest america, and to you have to be ready for this. that is why bolton, who was once one of the closest members of trump's team, is now one of his fiercest critics. says: we must be prepared that this entire campaign will not be built around values, not around principles, but will once again become a personal political confrontation between biden and trump. i think the real problem with donald trump is that he is unfit to be president, he didn't understand the job when he took it in 2017, he

knew even less when he left office in 2021 year, and since then he has obviously learned nothing. he doesn't make decisions with the best interests of the united states in mind, he only thinks about the best interests of donald trump and i think any of the republican candidates if they want to. to get the nomination, they must defeat trump as a person, not fight among themselves, but convince voters during the primaries that they are qualified to be president, he is not. at the same time, bolton predicts that trump's real opponents, within his party, have simply not entered the race yet and are waiting, so we are not we hear their names. i think many will enter the race quite late, almost at the end, there is an informal conversation: both about the governor of georgia kemp and about the governor of virginia yayangin as candidates. i think there are others who are probably considering running. and you know, it's a

republican thing. i think it's up to us to stop trump. i think this is our responsibility. i don't count on the press, i don't count on the democrats to do that. i just don't think he should get the republican nomination. what's interesting, bolton, he has been a member of the republican party all his life, even once he was going to run for president, he believes that it will not come to the point of revising american foreign policy at all, because he is convinced that if trump receives the nomination and meets with biden, then, according to the diplomat, he will not just lose, but and will drag with him all the candidates for congress whom he will support and who will publicly declare his course, so the prediction from bolton for 2024 is quite interesting that the democrats will not just get the presidential seat, but also take it back full control of congress, of course, if the favorite remains. my concern at this point is that if trump is nominated next

year, despite all the criminal charges against him, the party could suffer such a massive defeat that would give the democrats control not only of the white house, but also the senate and the house of representatives. full legislative control, and to me, that's another reason why we have to find a way to nominate another candidate. and than trump, and this is important for the party, of course, but also for its own good america, to publicly say the things that bolton is voicing is not fashionable among republicans right now, it is already too risky, considering that trump is the most popular candidate in their party, and no one wants to quarrel with him, but the rhetoric of the former national security adviser is an indicator of those attitudes that is inside the party elite, a marker of those conversations that take place on the sidelines, and this is the explanation why the most drastic proposals, such as those that have appeared now, about the complete cancellation of financial military aid to ukraine, have supporters, but do not recruit, do not that

majority, even a fourth of the votes. from washington, dmytro anovchenko , serhiy koval, the american bureau of the inter tv channel, the united news marathon. klishchivka and andriivka are two small villages not far from bakhmut that have been constantly appearing in reports from the front in recent days. in these photos. what is left of them, however, is destroyed houses and burnt land, and there is still fighting going on there. the russians cannot come to terms with the fact that they lost their positions near klitschivka and every day they try to regain their advantage on this part of the front, it is noted in the press service of the eastern group of troops of the ukrainian armed forces. the enemy is throwing its reserves there, but it's all in vain, this is confirmed by our vinko ruslan smishchuk, he managed to work together with ukrainian scouts, precisely on subterfuges. to the tick, his exclusive material, further. yes, now the russians

are being hit by a tick, near bahmud, having occupied these heights, the defense forces have made logistics difficult for the russians, so the enemy is constantly attacking what is left of the village and trying to regain lost positions. even the tick looked once it looks like this: piles of bricks where there used to be houses, shells for shelling from the village, the russians don’t regret it, don’t go there, don’t shoot, there might be a machine gun somewhere, they are storming very tense, they are constantly patrolling us, these are scouts of the 80s brigades that are constantly working in the area of ​​klichtivka, klichtivka is ours, but no one canceled the artillery, mortars, so you understand, it is very hot, hot.

direction, and there they are lying with everything they have, this is phosphorus and gas, but it happened more than once, and even if, well, they hit gas, yes, it dissipated, and you lie somewhere in the grass, in short, you still have it, and you will hear your eyes and the like, we meet with these courageous men at a certain distance from zero in a conditionally safe place, the group is now between tasks, so there is time to talk with reporters, and this is how they work day by day ... in such conditions, and sometimes in such conditions , crawl out, crawl out, bitch, crawl out, bitch, and i'm going to go, go to go, without a machine gun , quickly, put down the machine gun, take off the bag, take off the armor too, faster. this is a fragment of a dialogue with

for a russian who had a chance to surrender, the guys say honestly, if possible, they always first ask if the enemy soldier agrees to surrender, the answer is yes, guarantees the occupier ’s life, if the answer is no, our defenders don’t ask the second time, wait, wait, wait, good, grenade, the task is, how to say, delivery of people. we end up delaying or delaying the unit, which already works there for a shorter time, well, mainly it is mine with the sappers, on their mines, by the way, there is a lot, in short, the equipment of these non-humans suffered, the liberated village, rather what remained of it, as well as the entire surrounding area, the russians are actively

shooting. moreover, with different calibers, even just reaching the tick unharmed is already an achievement, count three, further, further, seven buildings, pass, and then you have to see in the village itself, complete the task and survive, returning from the village, all under the surveillance of drones, under fire cannons and mortars, and in the conditions of assaults by the russians, who periodically on... they tried to smoke so that we could not work, but we had on at that moment the night birds, which have a thermal imager and were not bothered by the smoke, and at that moment they were very close to our positions, with the help of our artillery we simply destroyed them on the approach.

now the drone operator accompanies almost every group of our fighters on the front line, where is it and helps, it is necessary to conduct an assault group , let's say, to identify the targets in front of them and as many as possible around them, those types that can harm them, their health and, well, their eyes, you can say, and sometimes not only the eyes, but also the sting, drone operators not only monitor the situation in the surrounding area, but also destroy the opponent point by point, especially since , according to scouts, they are usually their most dangerous. the opponents are not at all the ones they meet face to face, they have infantry, well, they don’t have professionals, they don’t, but the artillerymen, these drones, they are professional, they are normal, in such conditions the defense forces get a tick, in such conditions these courageous people risk their lives every day, see death and blood and push back the enemy, destroy him, i ask where they take it

forces, well, you know how he climbed a tree, fell from there and already in short, like there, well, it’s scary, in short, he was still attacked, well , you get over yourself and move on, we don’t have such a unit, in short, that retreats back, we we are moving forward, from the eastern front, ruslan smyschuk, vadym ron and volodymyr humenyuk , details, inter tv channel, single news marathon, your support for our defenders is also a weapon, recently the detail team and cherkasy volunteers announced the national team. training equipment for attack aircraft of the 35th marine brigade. thanks to yours donors, we have already handed over four training kits to the boys. glory to ukraine, slavs, my relatives. brigades, separate. thank you very much, this will help us a lot in training ours.