[000:00:00;00] it was difficult, then they were treated, something, they stormed, they climbed, they wanted to storm us, they didn’t succeed in anything, but the enemy behind it didn’t succeed, maxim was from ilya in that position, the russians imperceptibly came close and climbed into the trenches, he also says that our rucksacks were standing there, he starts to take them away, hands them over there to his friend or partner or colleague, let’s talk, well, and i ’m like that, he starts to climb into the hole, lowers such rubber and i put them there with him and shot and after that he ducks 300 guys they give me more grenades, and then our bird connects and our comrades from neighboring positions connect and so on, seven men we repelled them and three of them were our wounded

that they were dragging, and these men are not special forces, simple ukrainian infantry, where people armies lived a very different life, for example, they can arrange a round break dance on the front line, this is a break dance teacher, taught for six years, worked with a coach before the war. from sports dances, well, from dance, b-boying. myloslav odesyt, dance teacher, he was mobilized, now he is active here, constantly jokes and has already managed to master a number of infantry skills and specializations. i'm a landing guard, if you need a machine gunner, if you need a grenade launcher, a gunner, an observer, who else, a digger, a universal soldier,

a universal soldier, yes, but now guys. are resting and preparing for the next shift at ground zero in the hell of the donbas landings, and all the time artillery thunders along the front, this is already a different position, this is the field location of the ukrainian jet artillery, in general, after the russians began to break through our the defense near avdiivka, precisely on the artillery and barrel and jet, lay... a very big burden, very often they simply pull out the defense on themselves, we work more on the accumulation of manpower, the movement of the enemy, trenches, fields, landings, and that's all 24 on 7, the defense is difficult and crooked, where positions, heights and settlements can

change hands several times. from the eastern front , ruslan smyschuk, vadym rebunt and vitaly bilskyi, details of the inter tv channel, marathon of single news. russia is stockpiling missiles and preparing to attack critical targets infrastructure of ukraine when it gets cooler. according to the rnpo, among the objects in the risk zone are mobile towers and telephone communication nodes, because from the experience of last year, we were convinced that after the disappearance of electricity, the internet soon disappears too. our nina kolomiets, i am listening to you, what is your question? each operator of this contact center repeats this phrase 100 times a day, residents of kyiv call here to complain about low-quality utilities services or social problems. we work 24/7, in order for the authorities to know about the problems

that exist in the city, we must work without... interruptions, the work of the service did not stop either in the first days of the war or during massive air attacks on the capital, says the head of the department , the operators are assisted by a computer program to receive calls and requests, so the contact center should work even when the lights go out. the contact center has the possibility to switch to the standby power supply of the kyiv city state administration power supply, has the ability to connect to generators, so it is uninterrupted. the work does not work through wi-fi, but through fiber optic, that is, which is supplied with internet support. likewise , work should not stop during air alarms. this is the shelter of the kyiv city state administration, and this, this is the room where our operators work during an alarm, it is equipped with all the means and what

is needed for this. what is it like to live without communication and the internet. ukrainians felt last fall and winter, after massive russian attacks on energy the lights went out in the facilities, mobile communications and the internet did not work, people were literally cut off from the rest of the world for hours, and sometimes even days. the city is without electricity and water, and accordingly there is no internet connection. in order to avoid similar situations, this year mobile operators worked for several months to strengthen their own energy independence. we purchase stationary generators, install batteries, and buy mobile generators. in fact, plan b in case of a blackout of communication operators is approximately the same. these are additional generators and battery. as alternative sources of energy in case of long blackouts. this huge unit is actually a diesel generating station with a capacity of 500 kw. it turns on automatically when

the voltage in the network disappears. it already has enough fuel reserves for four days of continuous operation, so in the event of a blackout, the station will power the equipment that provides subscribers with internet and telephone communication. sites, they will have the opportunity to receive communication, during blackouts, on other sites, they are provided with backup power, with the help of batteries, at least 3-4 subscribers will be connected. a few weeks ago, the national commission, which carries out state regulation in the field of electronic communications, conducted unscheduled inspections of mobile operators. violations were found in

all companies. there are two disputes. the first dispute is related to the fact that at each, at each base station should be a generator, or this, or some, base stations can be powered by portable generators. when the regulator inspects, it requires that each station be equipped with this, the operators report that they have mobile crews that can, depending on the region where there is a bigger problem, send a number of crews there with these mobile generators, in order to provide housing for these base stations. simply put, communication and the internet can disappear in the event of powerful enemy attacks, but representatives of mobile operators promise... to respond as soon as possible and return the opportunity to consumers to be in touch, so ukrainians will not have to sit cut off from the world for a long time, as was the case last fall and winter, for critical situations, when there will be

a longer lack of supply, ah electro, mobile operators will limit data transmission, make it truncated, so that the minimum speed of 0.5 mb gives the opportunity to exchange messages in messengers and voice communication will also remain available and sms message. those who, in the conditions of a total wave of popularity of mobile communication, did not give up using landline phones can probably be called lucky. such a device will work regardless of whether there is voltage in the network or not, because it receives power directly not from electricity, but from a telephone exchange. from the point of view of reliability, indeed, the wired technology allows you to use the telephone connection, whether you have an apartment or a house, when there is no external electricity, the outflow

of the subscriber base is smaller than ours expectations were, therefore, if more people still leave the landline as an alternative means of communication. another important point to understand. the more the enemy attacks ukraine, the more additional expenses the company will have to repair fuel for generators, if such expenses are too much, it is likely that subscribers will have to partially compensate them directly, for example, during the last autumn and winter season, we burned 7,000 liters of diesel of fuel in order to maintain communication during of blackouts, an interesting calculation was made there recently, that uh, well, on some platforms, in fact, if there will be an intensity of blackouts, like last year, then for this period, we will spend all the subscription fees that we will receive from subscribers

for dis fuel and plus an additional 50% on top , which operator and how long will be able to maintain uninterrupted operation of the network in your house in the event of outages, it will soon be possible to check on a special... march is promised by the ministry of statistics. plus, don't forget about inviolability points, they are already being actively deployed throughout the country, where you can charge your phone and use the internet if necessary. news of procurement of the ministry of defense without corruption, the department starts bidding according to new rules, food for the armed forces will be bought not for six months, but for three months, smaller companies will also be able to participate in procurement. upper and lower limit prices will be set for each product. the day before , the accounting chamber confirmed the data on the inflated prices of food purchased

by the ministry of defense at the end of last year, these anti-corruption safeguards will be in place until the end of the year, until the newly created agency of the ministry of defense, the state operator tylu, becomes operational, it should start working in december , dmytro klymenkov , deputy minister of defense, told interra on the air of the marathon, in order to prevent the mistakes that were made, we established some fuses, these are caps, so that the price is not at a high level, and also set a lower limit, as i mentioned, so that you can manipulate, also i would like to mention, such important things as, which we implemented in for the prevention of corruption, this is the first, these anti-corruption safeguards are built into the basis of these processes of the agency, this applies both to the process of personnel selection, and interaction with the supplier of procurement procedures

there, etc. the fight against corruption is a top priority for ukraine, so that western aid continues to flow steadily and uninterruptedly, that washington and european capitals must be absolutely sure that everything is transparent and there is maximum reporting. what exactly are the steps for this, the states expect from ukraine, our special forces in the usa, dmytro anopchenko questioned the official who is responsible for anti-corruption... issues in the state department of the states and coordinates the fight against corruption around the world. just think, more than 2.5 dollars is 5% of the world gdp, the countries of the world lose annually due to corruption, the number is shocking, but in the case of ukraine, the potential price is much higher, it is not only financial losses, but also human lives that will cost any delay in western military aid. i think that every country in the world

struggles with corruption, this is one of the challenges that is everywhere, and there is no one who knows the perfect solution, but there are states that face more significant, more serious corruption problems than others, so we are working very closely with our ukrainian partners to overcome these problems. president zelskyi and his government speak quite frankly about the challenges ukraine faces due to corruption, which is a particular threat to national security. so we are in constant contact to help think through and implement anti-corruption reforms, such as prevention, as well as regarding support in the investigation of such facts and power structures that conduct it in order to bring corrupt officials to justice. in washington, they understand that the country is at war, but my interlocutor is convinced and is trying to convey this message to kyiv that anti-corruption efforts cannot be postponed, which is called for later. i believe that

the situation is definitely complicated, and it cannot be easy here, because the war is ongoing, but this is a good indication that the ukrainian government, despite the military conflict, is doing a lot of what is in list of reforms and improving the work of ukrainian anti-corruption structures, this is a priority, a matter of national security, and we are here to support ukrainians, the special coordinator does not comment on the letter with a list of urgent corruption reforms, which, according to media reports, was sent to kyiv at the end of september from the us security council, at the same time says: nobody hides these priority directions, they are known, the dialogue about them is public. however, it is transparent, we openly talk about it, and the ukrainian side openly talks about our close relations in the struggle with corruption and the challenges that ukraine faces and how we can work together on...' the reforms needed are quite

broad, from preventing corruption, and ukraine has taken some important steps here, signing the asset disclosure law, to reforms on the independence of investigators structures and judges, it is incredibly important for the whole system to work, a general understanding that the independence of anti-corruption bodies should be preserved and respected, that is what is at the core of the reform program, it is now important for ukraine to show success in the fight against corruption, and that is why that on the capitalist hill, the word reporting is increasingly spoken when it comes to new tranches for ukraine, no one, not even the most ardent republicans, is against ukraine, and this rhetoric has appeared from them now... in the lexicon of the new speaker, we rather hear about the desire to see complete transparency regarding aid, and any corruption scandal only benefits the skeptics, and vice versa, the anti-corruption measures used in kyiv take away these arguments from the skeptics, so this reporting system is needed, but on

in the opinion of special coordinator nephew, it should not be based on the fact that in washington they tighten the nuts and strengthen control, but from the middle? accountability is ensured on the ground, it is best when each country ensures such measures themselves, from the middle, but this does not necessarily mean that only the government does it, when there is a strong civil society that is able to hold corrupt people to account, both of these ways are correct thanks to this , the government can see where there is a failure in the system, how it can be cleaned, say: "oh, reforms are needed here, or oh, we still haven't seen that there is a loophole here" because of which we have problems, it needs to be covered quickly, changes to the legislation are needed here. and that's why, says my interlocutor, it is important for washington that they see all the elements, and the west did not control so much as helped, for example, with insiders. that is why public

organizations are needed, which are not judges, but rather observers, monitor what is happening inside the power system, what problems arise and what is needed... a source of information for state structures, which on the basis of this will conduct their own investigations, and this is where the involvement of international partners is important, as a way to ensure that everything works. the biden administration is going to talk in more detail about ukraine's fight against corruption and specific steps regarding it in a month in atlanta, where the states will host the huge uonov anti-corruption conference, and, as special coordinator nephew told me, they are also waiting for a huge delegation from ukraine. from the united states. dmytro anopchenko, serhii koval, american bureau of the tv channel. marathon, single news. anti-corruption measures are not only conditions for receiving aid, but also a requirement of the eu for all candidate countries. the standards of the organization were formed over decades,

and they were fixed by the maastricht treaty. the document entered into force 30 years ago. officially, it is about the formation of the european union. as. the organization has changed over these three decades, what challenges it faces now and how it sees ukraine in its future, iryna ivanova found out. on february 7, 1992 , we arrived in the dutch city of maastricht foreign ministers from 12 european countries. at that time, so many countries were part of the bloc, which did not yet have an official name and was based on three previously concluded treaties. document which parties signed in the netherlands. did not enter into force on november 1, 1993. he consolidated previous agreements and initiated closer cooperation between the countries. brussels has become the coordination center of the newly created european union with a single market , foreign policy, the principle of the rule of law, with an eye on a single currency - the euro. during the period of validity of the contract, the european union

gained 16 new members. the largest expansion occurred in 2004. then 10 countries joined, but the process stopped at 20. after the accession of croatia, instead one country left, in 2020 great britain supported brexit and left the eu. now the european union is preparing for the next wave of expansion, also to 10 new member states, but the process does not promise to be fast - says the head of the european council. as we prepare the eu's next strategic agenda, we must set ourselves a clear goal. i think we should be ready with both sides by 2030. the year before the expansion. every european country has the right to join the eu, increasing its importance on the international stage. for this , the candidate must fulfill a number of requirements and adhere to certain criteria. one of these criteria is compliance with european values. this is respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule

of law - respect for human rights. along with this , countries get free borders, a single market, additional investments, higher social... protection and education levels can together to overcome energy and security challenges for 30 years, there were many of them. since the signing of the maastricht treaty, the european union has more than doubled in size, expanded the schengen area, survived the global financial crisis, and then the crisis of the eurozone itself, the influx of migrants, a series of terrorist attacks, brexit, the covid pandemic and the war in ukraine, the seizure of crimea, donbas, and then and a full-scale invasion with all its consequences. russian aggression. ukraine became the bloc's biggest challenge not only over the past 30 years, but also over its entire period existence. this is a clash between the rule of law and arms, between democracy and autocracy, between order. based on rules and a world of undisguised aggression, how we respond to russia's actions will determine the future of the international system. the fate

of ukraine is at stake, but our own fate also hangs in the balance. a war in the middle east was added to the war in ukraine. the migration crisis is unfolding again, relations with china are intensifying. uncertainty is caused by the upcoming presidential elections in the united states of america. 27 eu countries do not always manage to be unanimous in their view on this or that problem, but nevertheless, it is easier to overcome them together than individually, - says roland frodenstein, vice president of the globsec analytical center. according to him, the behavior of some eu member states came as a surprise to the european union itself. we did not expect that some of the new member states would go back in their democracy, having made progress, also with the help of the eu in the rule of law, we did not expect them to go back to an authoritarian type of system, but this has happened, and it makes us become more cautious and knowledgeable about the risks that too rapid expansion can bring. the european union had to develop a penalty

mechanism, which in the end was applied first to poland, and then to hungary for violating the principle of the supremacy of the law of the european union, they were blocked from financial assistance. this tool turned out to be effective, says the analyst, at least in the case of poland. despite the difficulties faced by the eu, a dozen countries declare their european integration intentions. these are six countries. of the balkan region, as well as ukraine and moldova. it seems more distant the perspective of georgia and turkey, given the policies pursued by the governments of both countries, although such intentions are declared. eu leaders say that despite the war, in the future our state will become part of this union. ukraine has something to share, adds roland frodenstein, and not only economically. ukraine and ukrainians have already shown that they fully defend the fundamental values ​​on which based on the european union, individual freedom, pluralistic democracy, rule of law, separation of powers. ukrainians are defending all this just now, for now

we say, it is a huge plus for us for ukraine to become a member of the eu. enlargement opens the way to the improvement of the eu itself. before accepting new members, the bloc must prepare itself by conducting a large-scale internal reform. iryna ivanova, oleksiy shmatov, details, european bureau of the inter tv channel, marathon one. news. the decision to start negotiations on ukraine's accession to the eu may be taken as early as december. such statements were made today in berlin at the ministerial conference on the enlargement and reform of the european union. she was invited chief diplomats of eu countries and candidate states, including ukraine. about the progress of the meeting and the main statements: tetyana lognova. in one hall, the minister of foreign affairs of all eu countries and the head. in it , the diplomats of the states that are currently preparing to join the organization discussed the future enlargement of the eu in berlin today.

the conference was initiated by germany, the host of the meeting, anna alena burbok, proposed two main topics: preparation of the candidate countries for joining the eu and the european union itself for the reception of new states. we in the eu have achieved consensus: expansion to be. this is a geopolitical consequence of zagardnytsia. russia's war against ukraine, but our larger european union will only become stronger if we do what we have not dared to do for years, we need to reform the organization, we need a strong and stable structure, from the basement to the roof. the necessary reforms, what exactly should be changed, have already been determined, but whether it will be successful is not yet clear. germany, for example, proposes to abandon the principle of unanimity when making decisions in foreign policy. belgium, spain, italy, luxembourg, the netherlands, slovenia, finland and france. but poland and hungary are against it, considering the cancellation of the right of veto

as a loss of voice in the eu. the search for consensus can take a long time, so ukraine, as a candidate for accession, proposes to divide the process of enlargement and reform. our main position, which i brought from kyiv, is that eu reform should not take the enlargement process hostage. mivynny find the right balance between the reform process. union and the continuation of the enlargement process. i don't think the eu can afford a protracted one reforming ourselves, we are also carrying out the necessary reforms necessary for accession, and i think we will manage faster than the eu. so the key point is that enlargement should be merit-based, respect the pace, the dynamics of each specific country, and entry should not be delayed by reform. currently, the key date for ukraine is november 8 , in less than a week the european commission... will publish a report on the progress of the candidates for accession to the european union and it is expected that it will recommend the start

of negotiations with ukraine and moldova, a corresponding decision already in december. last month we with my fellow eu foreign ministers were in ukraine, and we all saw and felt that the heart of europe beats in kyiv, we felt how strongly people in kyiv, kharkiv and lviv are devoted to europe, we want to see ukraine as a member of our union, and i i am convinced that the european council will give this signal this december. i am optimistic, let's wait a little. i will repeat what i said before, i took the risk, but there is such work, taking risks, i think that if there are no force majeure circumstances, then at the summit of the european council this december year, ukraine will open negotiations on, that is, let's be very clear that the european council summit in december of this year will

make a decision to open negotiations on ukraine's membership in the eu, then there will be the next steps, but that's all, it's already an opening not only doors, but also windows. at the meeting in berlin, ukraine proposed to create a european defense alliance, i.e. to strengthen cooperation between the defense industries of member countries and candidate countries. the idea has already found wide support. tatiana luguno, vyacheslav frolov, details, german bros of the intermarathon tv channel, single news. how many the number of hepatitis a patients in vinnytsia region is increasing, according to the data of the vinnytsia regional state administration, 207 cases have already been laboratory confirmed, and 111 patients remain in hospitals. sanitation services continue to search for the source of the infection, while information about outbreaks in other regions is spreading on the network, but the chief sanatorium of moz , ihor kuzin, claims that all cases registered in other regions are isolated and

do not have a common epidemiological connection. therefore, he urges to check the information and not to spread fakes. our journalists provide more details about the situation with the incidence of hepatitis a. the first case of hepatitis a in the vinnytsia region was recorded on october 16, since then the number of patients began to grow rapidly. i contacted my family doctor and she immediately sent me here to do an analysis, they did an analysis, they showed that hepatitis a is in the brain. the number of confirmed cases has already exceeded 200, so on october 31 the ministry declared a state of emergency in vinnytsia, all educational institutions of the regional center was transferred to a remote location. after all, the main group that naturally gets sick from viral hepatitis is children, we separated them, now, unfortunately, we are the wave that has already been infected for about two or three weeks, and we can't do anything about it , they get sick, but new cases, our main

task is not to spread, so that there are no new fresh cases of this kind. currently, there are 111 patients in vinnychyna hospitals, among them 20 children, of which seven patients are suspected of having hepatitis a. ureshty the diagnosis was laboratory confirmed. it's been more than a week. the wife 3 days earlier, she is lying in a row in the second ward, the temperature, the weakness is so terrible. they do not have a pronounced intoxication syndrome with the appearance of jaundice, but we state that this medium severity has passed. specialists of the prevention control center are currently working around the clock in the region. oxen and products are checked. eight washings from markets, from vegetables and fruits were examined and selected. all these samples were also negative. specialists disinfect the public transport and markets, limited the sale of some goods. hepatitis a vaccine is arriving in the region. we are primarily vaccinating employees of infectious diseases hospitals, infectious disease departments, reception departments, departments,

intensive care anesthesiology. emergency medical teams. services that transport patients with suspected or confirmed hepatitis. the next step is to vaccinate contact persons. cases of hepatitis a were recorded in prykarpattia. in october , 12 patients were found. currently, there are eight patients in the hospital, including children, their condition of medium difficulty. all these cases, they are not connected and did not come into contact with the patients who are now in the vinnytsia region, that is , the outbreak that is there has nothing to do with these localities. such cases as in the city of ivano-frankivsk. therefore, there is currently no talk of hepatitis a outbreaks in ivano-frankivsk region, doctors assure. specialists have already disinfected the houses where the sick live, they are testing contact persons, what exactly caused the disease, the epidemiologist has not yet been established, but it is already known that the source of the infection is definitely not water. during the month of october, during these two weeks, we took