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the front - liberated villages and life in front-line cities, will we receive financial and military aid from the eu, and who wants to prevent this? about this and much more in today's issue. the enemy became more active on almost the entire front line. russian occupiers are a significant force. near avdiivka and draw up reserves. in the bakhmut direction, the defense forces of ukraine are continuing their offensive. how was klischievka released and who is defending her today? the russians bombard nikopol daily from the territory of zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, how the city survives today. the israeli military entered the gaza strip. the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine stated that. intends to destroy hamas as

the world did with the nazis and idol. ukraine has received only 30% of the shells that eu countries promised to transfer at the beginning of the year, while russia receives supplies from north korea and the us is busy with the issue of aid to israel. what other accents about ukraine were published in the world press. greetings to all viewers of the tv channel. press, it's news, summaries of the week. in the studio of iryna koval. let's start with the events at the front. the situation there remains difficult. during the last day , the russians tried to advance in the avdiiv, bakhmut, marin, shakhtar and zaporizhzhya directions. the russian army is throwing more and more forces to surround avdiyivka, and our fighters are firmly holding the defense and inflicting serious losses on russia. near avdiivka.

decreased by approximately 4,000 occupants. such figures were announced by the minister of defense of ukraine rustem umyerov in a telephone conversation with the us minister of defense, lloyd austin. omirov stressed: the ukrainian side is grateful for continued effective cooperation and providing us with artillery ammunition. further supply of atakams will allow more effective fire damage to military infrastructure and command posts in the deep. the enemy in the occupied ukrainian territories, the ministry of defense added. for several weeks now, the enemy has been active on almost the entire front line. the armed forces of ukraine , in turn, continue their offensive in several directions. observers call it a battle for the initiative, with its outcome largely dependent on it winter campaign depends. the hottest spot today is avdiyivka. the enemy is trying to take her into the clip. and force the ukrainian army to leave

the city, which is called the gateway to donetsk. the russians have concentrated large forces there and are raising reserves. after unsuccessful massive attacks with armored vehicles, tactics changed. now the enemy attacks mainly with infantry, drones and aviation, which actively launches guided aerial bombs on the city. they partially managed to advance. first of all, in the district villages of krasnogohorivka in the direction of iron. northward from avdiivka. the goal is to reach the stepove berdechi line and the avdiiv coke chemical plant. a partial advance of the enemy is also recorded to the south of the city. russians pay a high price for every meter here. according to the american military, since october 11 , the russian army has lost at least 125 units of armored vehicles and military equipment for more than a battalion near avdiivka.

losses in people are just as great. mobilized russians refuse to attack under ukrainian artillery fire. there are cases of execution of refusers. such information was made public in the white house russia still has some offensive potential and may make some tactical gains in the coming months. they neglect the lives of their soldiers, mobilized remain insufficiently trained, equipped and unprepared for combat operations. as during the failed winter offensive last year, the russian military is using a human wave tactic, simply throwing masses of poorly trained soldiers directly into battle, without proper equipment, without leadership. no resources, no support. russia continues to advance on kupyansk, in the lyman and margin directions , in addition, it organized a series of attacks not only north of bakhmut, where it has relatively strong positions, but also south of the city. presumably, the enemy's goal is to gain time to

prepare new defensive lines in the district villages of kurdyumivka and zelenopillya after the loss of andriivka and klishchiivka. in general, the initiative here is on the side of the armed forces of ukraine. the situation is difficult in the south as well. heavy fighting is taking place in the tokmak and berdyan areas. the armed forces have partial success with the work. the enemy in places counterattacks on the eve of winter, both sides are trying to improve their tactical position. and finally kherson region. ukrainian and western observers report on the activation of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank of the dnieper. ukrainian soldiers are there. allegedly created at least two bridgeheads. the enemy does not succeed in clearing them, but he is in no hurry to transfer significant forces there, and it seems, at least for now, that he perceives the actions of the armed forces of ukraine as a diversionary maneuver, because infantry groups are crossing to the left bank with almost no armored vehicles. observers

sure, it is not worth making far-sighted conclusions based on information about bridgeheads, especially since its main source is the so-called russian soldiers. the general staff does not currently comment on the activity of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank of the kherson region. hot bakhmut direction. here, the enemy does not stop trying to break through our defenses and recapture the lost positions. one of them is klishchiivka , a village that the armed forces of ukraine liberated from the occupiers on september 17, 2023. before the arrival of the russian army, more than half a thousand people lived there. now there are only ruins and burnt earth, what else proves that the russians want to destroy ukraine, and despite everything, our soldiers continue to liberate the territories, and after knocking out the enemy from klichivka, the armed forces of ukraine gained control over strategic heights and practically the keys to

the southern gates of bakhmut. artem lagutenko will tell how the village was liberated and about its defense today. these eerie shots of the freed tick were published a week ago by the 80th separate airborne assault brigade, which liberated the village, not a single building, well, here in every yard it is practically the same as here you see everything, this is the russian world, every yard smells of death. and these are the soldiers of the rubizh brigade, who continued the fight for klishchiivka, a village already defending itself from the onslaught of invaders. hell was happening there, arta was silent for about 15 minutes a day. we waited for them

to change from night shifts to day shifts, for example, for a day, they would go for half an hour in the evening, and half an hour in the morning. at this moment , there was only the possibility to hold some fortification shelters at least a little. achilles' unit held the key height in klishchiivka, its soldiers know for sure that defense happens more terrible than an attack. i will tell you how i went there for the first time in position, i went there during the day, it was not possible to do this at all, but we went in, everything was successful, the group completely went in, took hold, i was lying, probably a meter from our 200th , my first thoughts, for the first 10 minutes, i just lay there, i did not understand at all where i was, the tick is the key to freeing bakhmut, so the rashists spare no effort and do not stop trying to knock out our

defenders from there, they do not spare shells, that is they, they simply destroy us there. they they will, well, they will drop a lot, a lot of shells , that is, they will fire one shell at us, they will release 10, they have worked on us , they have worked with everything they can, mortars, ages, pturs, lng, they don’t even try to use tori, shooting at personnel, in terms of manpower, the russians and their own fighters do not spare themselves, they do not burden themselves with any rules of war, which we have encountered, they do not prove to their personnel exactly where the enemy is, they say that in this area, for example, there is none. .. the enemy, they can safely enter

and take positions, we already meet them there, they are finishing theirs, we had skirmishes, skirmishes and heard a scream, well, not so far 60 meters from us, i am 300, i am 300, and a shot just rings out and that’s it, there is no more scream , in the direction of bakhmut, the defense forces liberated more than 50 km of territory and they hold all the recaptured positions... with heavy weapons, drones and mortars, the russians attack nikopol in the dnipropetrovsk region every day. the enemy feels his impunity, because he is hunting from the territory of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and he knows that there will be no symmetrical response from our side. the shelling does not abate day or night, and problems with drinking water are added to them. by water, as our correspondent, dmytro didora, saw how the city lives today. we have water

, but it is not very suitable for drinking, you see, we have water, but for cooking and drinking, we use the water that we collect at points. iryna collects water several times a week to cook and wash. the distance from her home to the nearest water point in nikopol was considerable, although there are more than 40 such water points in the city. well, how far, seven minutes, well, two or three times a week i go to get water, because i don't really want to drink this drinking water, this drinking water. it is difficult without drinking water, the woman says, problems with water in nikopol appeared after the russians blew up the kakhovskaya hes, because the city is located along the former reservoir. the problem of providing drinking water to nikopol should be solved by a new water main. when entering the city, you can see

workers laying pipes in trenches. the materials were brought from spain, every kilometer of the highway is hydraulic tests, check the reliability of connections. we will build about 80-90 pipes a day, down there near the reservoir, where we will connect, we very often come under fire, wear. bulletproof vests, helmets, i.e., well, risking your life too , if you didn't really want to, but we do everything in our power, the people of nikopol are under fire from the russians every day, that's how mrs. larisa's apartment was damaged the day before. the projectile landed next to her house, the fence was saved from complete destruction. it was very big everything flew around the yard, fragments scattered, organs were collected and arrived, everything was collected, everything.

the fence, the house, the window was broken, the glass flew out, what else could be done, it was very scary, the russians reached nikopol, they are standing on the other bank of the dnieper, at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, and are shelling the city with all kinds of weapons, they are shelled very often, and almost every day, three times a day. they have as a rule, morning, noon and evening, that's it, three shells were fired, where they flew, sometimes they fly, whistles so overhead that you bend down. mrs. larisa hopes that when the armed forces of ukraine receive the necessary help and drive the russians out of the energy supply, then the desired silence will reign in nikopol. dmytro didora and oleksandr borlevych from dnipropetrovsk region, espresso tv channel. there is a war going on in the middle east. the israeli military

entered the gaza strip on friday evening after intense shelling by artillery and rockets fired from military aircraft. the minister of foreign affairs of israel, eli koin, said that his country rejects the resolution of the general assembly of the un assembly on an immediate humanitarian truce and emphasized: israel intends to destroy hamas, as the world did with the nazis. and idol on october 27 , the un general assembly adopted a resolution calling for a humanitarian truce between israel and hamas. the resolution was adopted by a majority vote. 45 countries abstained, including great britain, ukraine, russia, bulgaria and estonia, and 14 countries, including israel and the united states, voted against. the un general assembly was convened after the security council four times in the last two weeks, did not take any measures to bring to justice the

hamas terrorists who attacked the territory of israel from gaza on october 7. show the world russia's war crimes in ukraine. for this purpose , the second parliamentary summit of the crimean platform was held in prague this week. as president volodymyr zelenskyy emphasized in his speech, such an initiative will help unite international efforts and effectively respond to russia's military aggression. the president also reminded that there is no safe base for russian terrorists now and reliable logistics route in crimea. and emphasized. thanks to the actions of the defense forces of ukraine, the russian military fleet is gradually fleeing from crimea. at one time, at the beginning of the russian war against ukraine, many were ready to turn a blind eye to the seizure of crimea by russia , saying that it would calm the aggressor, but on the contrary,

it only fueled his ambitions, because it increased his belief in impunity, and we... are engaged in the dismantling, impunity of russia , step by step, this is what our work in the un gives, despite, despite the russian abuse of the illegally obtained bet right, this is what our formula also gives peace, which is based on the principles and goals of the un charter, which is gradually becoming a global form, is provided by the work of international legal institutions, in particular, the international court that issued an arrest warrant for putin in the case of child abduction and deportation. the european politicians present at the summit unanimously assured that they will never accept the occupation of crimea and other territories of ukraine. and the minister of foreign affairs of the czech republic, jan lipavsky , said that any statements about the possibility

of exchanging crimea for peace in ukraine are dangerous speculations, because putin does not want peace, he wants to destroy ukraine and move on. the policy of the european union and all democratic states should be based on the fact that it is necessary to renew the territorial integrity of ukraine within the borders of 1991. so that moscow understands that we are holding on to our values, adhering to international law, that moscow has no other way but to lose this war. also this week , a two-day summit of the european council took place in brussels, during which the heads of state and government of the eu countries discussed the budget for 2024-27, in which including the creation of the ukrainian fund, as well as the situation in the middle east. the leaders of the eu states confirmed their unity in continuing to support

ukraine, including the provision of financial and military assistance, and also made progress on the issue of ways to use the frozen financial assets of russia in the interests of restoring ukraine. espress correspondent in european institutions tetyana vysotska followed the events within the framework of the summit. tanya, i congratulate you. yes, tanya. at the eu summit in brussels, hungarian prime minister viktor orbán said he wants the proposal for 50 billions of aid for ukraine, was more substantiated before he could agree to it. he was supported by the prime minister of slovakia, robert fice. the latter stated that there is corruption in ukraine, and he doubts that we need help. so the question arises: is not a new dividing line forming in europe precisely because of orbán and fico. did anyone support their summit rhetoric at all? fortunately, all other

25 leaders of states, members of the european union categorically did not support orbán. although really, if he used to be such a bad boy in europe, there was only viktor orban, who blocked all normal pro-ukrainian and even pro-european initiatives at the level of the european council and at the level of the european union, now fito has joined him, there are already two of them, but even on the sidelines of the summit, diplomats and european officials spoke two theses , firstly, slovakia is not such a big state to threaten the great european union, that is, there is no big threat from the appearance of fitz on, among the leaders of the european union, and secondly, there is a big difference between the fact that the leaders of the states, speak publicly, relying on their voters, on the citizens of their states and how they behave and what they say behind closed doors, with other leaders, that is

, the leadership of the european union itself, the leaders of the largest eu states expressed confidence that, for example, ukraine will receive the 50 billion euros that the european union promised to provide to ukraine over the next four years, and hungary and slovakia will be able to break through, and they will finally agree at the december summit to allocate these funds to ukraine. tanya, come on the head of the european council, charles michel, said that against the background of the escalation in israel, it should be shown that ukraine remains a priority for the eu. he is sure that eu countries need to find a way to provide more aid to ukraine. therefore , the topic of frozen assets was on the agenda. of russia, that is, we are talking about frozen state funds of the russian federation and assets of oligarchs. what was agreed upon and was it decided what this method of transferring frozen

russian assets to ukraine would be? and, yes, actually, it was discussed both at closed and open meetings parts of the meeting of the leaders of the european union, the president of the european commission, ursela fondern, also spoke about it. currently , we are talking about the use of frozen russian. frozen russian money that is in european banks, but it is a lot, it is almost 300 million dollars, and at the moment it is going, it is about two possible directions of its use, it is the use of interest from these funds, which are accrued by the banks, and the actual transfer of these funds to the benefit of ukraine , so far the european union has made great progress in the topic of the use of interest from of russian funds in european banks, and this time... negotiations are underway at the level of state leaders, and ursula funder expressed the assurance that in the near future a specific mechanism will be developed

to transfer these funds through the european union budget to the budget of ukraine for reconstruction and recovery reforms of our economy, so the process continues and we will most likely hear about it already during the european council summit in december. well , let's wait for details, since this is a very important topic for our country. president volodymyr zelenskyi of ukraine, in his online speech at the summit of the european council, emphasized that russian aggression is aimed not only at ukraine, but also at europe, and that moscow's efforts to prevent ukraine from joining the eu clearly reflect the desire to have control over those states that are already members of both blocks. therefore, in this war it is decided what europe will be like. against the background of the discussion of the 12th sanctions package against the russian federation, our president thanked europe for putting pressure on the aggressor, but also called for work to ensure that the kremlin could not circumvent sanctions. in particular, regarding russian oil were the statements of the leaders of other states

about the refusal to buy russian resources heard? aspavdi, just a few hours ago , the minister of foreign affairs of hungary announced that if the package of sanctions of the european union is included. ethics, hungary will block it, that is, this is already one part of the answer to your question, actually, yes, the leaders of the european union, of course, discussed this issue as part of the discussion of the 12th package of sanctions, but the mention of russian energy before the final the communiqué of the summit was not included, precisely because some states of the european union cannot yet completely abandon russian energy carriers, but the russian theme was also heard when... the possibility of russia circumventing the sanctions that already exist, that have already been established, for example, was discussed against russian oil, this is a price ceiling for it, then, for example,

it is said that when russian gas enters the territories of neighboring countries, such as azerbaijan or kazakhstan, of course, all these conversations were conducted unofficially, because these are such accusations that are not heard from the stands yet, but how when this gas gets to neighboring countries, it automatically becomes azerbaijani, for example, gas or azerbaijani oil, and this is how russia avoids sanctions, because already this gas , under the guise of gas from another country , enters the eu markets, and now the european union is trying to create a mechanism to control it, and it is possible to control it, let's hope that in the future there will be more substantive and specific news about it. tanya, i want to thank you for all the details. with us tetyana vysotska was espresso's correspondent in european institutions, and we are moving on. this.

the election of the new speaker of the us house of representatives was watched with caution and excitement not only in america, but also in ukraine. he became the representative of the republican majority, mike johnson, who, by the way, is a big supporter of ex-president donald trump. he openly supported initiatives to reduce aid to ukraine. but already after the appointment of the speaker of the us house of representatives, johnson's rhetoric seems to have changed. so on fox news, he stated: we cannot allow vladimir putin to win in ukraine, because i do not believe that he will stop there. we must also support our important ally in the middle east, which is israel. bloomberg writes that the house of representatives will consider new military aid to ukraine and israel as separate measures. these are two different topics, according to the words. mike

johnson. nbc news did not miss this topic. journalists asked johnson if he supports increasing aid to ukraine. he replied that we want accountability and we want the white house to have clear goals. but we are going to have those discussions. it will be very productive. so, more about ukraine on the pages of world media. since the beginning of the year, the countries of the european union promised to transfer 1 million ammunition to ukraine within 12 months, the specified period is coming to an end, but 70% of the promised projectiles of the defense forces of ukraine have not yet been seen, and these ammunition are of crucial importance for the ukrainian counteroffensive, according to bloomberg. american journalists emphasize that at this very time, russia receives supplies from the north.

koredi, domestic russian production of munitions does not stop either, but in between there is still the issue of aid from the united states and israel. the us is the largest provider of military aid to both kyiv and tel aviv, president joe biden emphasized: the united states does not favor one war over the other, and if the fighting in both territories drags on for months, some weapons systems may soon become. deficit, besides, the forces of israel and ukraine are competing for separate positions of weapons, - write new york times journalists. for example, this 155 mm caliber artillery shells. the defense forces of ukraine and israel also equally use gps-guided smart bombs. and the third is a very popular type of weapon, the stinger portable anti-aircraft missile complex. such air defense systems are cheaper than

patriot or nasa air defense systems. however, their reserves are very limited, and the production of new complexes is insignificant. as the authors found out, the us is going to transfer a batch of stingers to taiwan to repel a possible attack by china from the air. the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, mike johnson, plans to split the aid ukraine and israel. the american publication bloomberg notes that such a decision will complicate biden's attempts to secure support. both countries. last week, the president of the united states sent to congress a large budget request for 106 billion dollars. of them, 61 billion should be directed to military aid to ukraine. the rest was planned to be divided between israel, taiwan and the us border patrol. but despite all the differences, republican mike johnson said, the united states will continue to help ukraine. however, our officials

will have to. report on already spent money the president of the european parliament , roberta metsola, proposed to nominate ukraine and moldova as observers to the european parliament for the time being, while the countries await eu accession. this statement was published by politico. observer deputies in the european parliament from ukraine and moldova will not have the right to vote and will be nominated, not elected. but they are official. will give seats in the european parliament. if a country looks at europe from a political point of view, then europe should open its doors wide open to it, we can go further, to offer such countries to become observers in the european parliament. however, everything depends on what happens in december, enlargement has always been the strongest geopolitical tool of the european union. in between