[000:00:00;00] an extremely interesting and productive conversation, director of the center for middle eastern studies, well, i will now pass the floor to my colleague , irina koval, the news editor has already prepared a lot of interesting things, irina, i congratulate you, i am happy to hand over the baton to you, i congratulate you too, antin, how are you , in just a moment i will tell you about the most important events at this time, and including, i hope that we will be able to talk with our correspondent tatyana vysotska. after all, the european commission recommended starting negotiations with ukraine on joining the eu, i.e we will find out all the details in a moment.

so 14:00 in ukraine, time. news on the espresso tv channel in the studio of iryna koval. greetings to all viewers. the european commission recommended starting negotiations with ukraine regarding eu accession. today in brussels, the european commissioners, headed by the president of the european commission, ursela fonderlein, will approve a written report on the issues of the enlargement of the european union. when can negotiations between brussels and kyiv start. tetyana vysotska, correspondent of espresso in european institutions, knows more. which works in brussels. tani, i welcome you and i am waiting for details from you, what is already known at this time? greetings iryna, greetings ukraine, right now the press conference on the results of the meeting of the european commissioners, who today actually approved the 2023 enlargement package, and during this press conference, the president of the european commission ursela fonderlajen stated that the european

commission... recommends the european council to start negotiations with ukraine on joining the european union, this is exactly what we have been waiting for since today, but not there are some reservations, negotiations on ukraine's accession to the eu will begin only when it completes all the reforms that are currently underway, and for which it made commitments back in june 2022, receiving the status of a candidate country, ursela funderlajen stated that ukraine has already completed more than 90% of these reforms, that is, 10% remains, ursela fonderlein emphasized that among the reforms that have already been completed, the reform of the constitutional court, anti-corruption reforms, the selection of candidates for the supreme council of justice, are important. the fight against money laundering, and finally new legislation in the field of media, this is what ukraine has already done, but there are problems in the field of anti-corruption, again, there are problems in

the field of... oligarchization and there are also problems with bringing legislation on national minorities of ukraine in accordance with european legislation. what are the next steps to expect from the european union? now the next word must be said by the european council, during its meeting on december 14-15, 2023, the framework document must be made public. about exactly what reforms ukraine has to implement and when they should be implemented, and the european commission will issue a corresponding report in march 2024, so we are now waiting for news from the european council, which includes all 27 heads of state of the european union . studio, tanya, thank you for such good positive news, it was our correspondent tetyana vysotska from brussels,

well, we can congratulate all ukrainians. and to say that 10% is not so much anymore, we are on the finish line, the main thing now is to complete all reforms successfully. well, we move on to the next news. ukraine needs not only taxes, but also profits from russian frozen assets. the minister of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, thanked belgium for its efforts to use taxes on profits from the frozen assets of the russian central bank for the reconstruction of ukraine. however, on the condition that a legal one is required. base at the eu level, writes radio svoboda. 180 billion euros of the aggressor country are in belgium, in just 9 months of 2023, frozen russian assets yielded 3 billion euros in profits. but the congress of the united states states has already supported the decision to transfer frozen russian assets to ukraine. the document requires

the biden administration to give. kyiv confiscated funds from the central bank of the russian federation and other assets of the aggressor country. russian funds are transferred to a special fund. then for six months. the us secretary of state should identify ukraine's most urgent needs for recovery. the initiative also prohibits the return of assets to moscow until it pays compensation to kyiv. meanwhile , polish carriers have completely blocked tolls at two checkpoints on the border with ukraine, it is about yagodyn dorogusk and ravaruska, grebenne. at the same time , krakow is howling. from ukraine is still possible, while coming to us is not - said the deputy minister of infrastructure. so, the day before , polish drivers began to block three border crossings with ukraine, their main

demand is to return the system of issuing permits for work in the eu to ukrainian carriers. the ukrainian military received czech rocket launchers under heavy fire. new weapons arrived at the 61st separate unit mechanized brigade. artillerymen have already used machines against the occupiers, reports the military. for the first time, the shear produced by the czech company exkali was seen in ukraine in april last year. the salvo fire system is capable of firing all soviet-style rockets, including foreign modifications with a fire range of up to 40 km. our neighbors are strengthening their skies. poland concluded an agreement with britain on the purchase of anti-aircraft defense for 4 billion pounds. this is stated on the website of the ministry of defense

of the united kingdom. as noted, as part of the program, poland receives more than 1,000 missiles and more than a hundred launchers . this is the largest commercial agreement ever concluded between. these two countries. the verkhovna rada supported the presidential bills regarding the extension of martial law and general mobilization. formally, it was offered for another 90 days until february 14, 2024. martial law has been repeatedly extended since february 24, 2022. taking into account today's votes, this is already the ninth time. deputies also supported the draft law on redistribution military tax on the income of individuals. part of the funds will be taken from local communities. recently, they have been actively

using them for landscaping and non-urgent repairs. we are talking about uah 96 billion. 45% of this amount will go to drones and marine drones. another 45% for defense-industrial development. of the complex, 10% will be automatically distributed among the military units in accordance with the tax paid by their soldiers. the first group of ukrainians was released from the gas strip. as of now, 43 people have crossed the rafah checkpoint on the border with egypt - president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said. the process is ongoing - he said. currently, 101 of our citizens have permission to leave , and in total, more than three hundred ukrainians are waiting for rescue. also, our diplomats helped 36 citizens of moldova leave. the country's president, maya sandu, thanked kyiv

for such help. people's deputy oleksandr dubinsky received a report on an administrative violation related to corruption. he was handed over as part of the criminal cases in which he appears. as a suspect. according to the state bureau of investigation, in august and in october, dubinsky appealed to the ministry of health and the sbi with a parliamentary request to consider his case and tried to pressure the investigation. with such actions , the people's representative violated articles of the law on the prevention of corruption. and i want to remind you about the collection for the 27th separate rifle battalion, which is devastating. in one of the eastern directions, for protection from enemy uavs , as well as for continuous operation of starlink, timely charging of drones, tablets and other equipment, they urgently need two portable anti-drone shields, two generators and two

chargers. our goal is uah 5,000. thanks to you, we have already collected uah 243,513. so join our gathering, it's the least we can all do for our warriors. you can now see all the details on the screen. such were the news at that time. we will see you at 2:30 p.m. more news you can. read on our website espresso tv, and also subscribe to us on social networks and watch us on youtube, and literally in a moment the broadcast will be continued by my colleague antin borkovskyi. thank you to iryna koval, thank you to the news editors,

an extremely meaningful issue was brilliantly refereed and presented the main news by iryna kovalnu, who picked up the baton with gratitude, so the state department supported president zelensky on the issue that the war is not the best time for elections, said the representative of the state department vedant patel, or patel, not i know, well, patel is somehow more like a frying pan in ukrainian, i think , i quote, it is important to remember that ukraine is in this situation because russia continues to wage its full-scale... illegal war against ukraine. ukraine and its people are fighting for survival. the representative of the state department also reminded that almost 20% of the territory of ukraine is occupied, and tens of millions of ukrainian citizens are displaced persons, many of whom ended up outside the country as refugees, i quote. russia continues its daily shelling of civilian infrastructure throughout ukraine. we also clearly stated to our ukrainian partners about our commitment to support not only ukraine in its struggle, but also to support the constitution. the approach to preserving democracy in

wartime is a diplomatic statement from the side the state department, but the key story is that the president of ukraine gave a very clear signal in order to remove various conspiratorial assumptions, insinuations, suspicions, and so on and so forth. yes, and important intelligence news, albeit in estonian, but estonian intelligence operates with data that it will receive from other intelligence agencies of member countries of the euro-atlantic alliance. so, russia has established production and will now be able to produce about a thousand kamikazet-136 drones per month. this was stated by the head of estonian intelligence, ants kiviselk. for him words, russia is building new hangars for aircraft repair, and has also launched military factories to operate in three shifts. representative of estonia. noted that the enemy can produce millions of artillery pieces per year,

he did not name the exact number, kiwisilk said that north korea handed over thousands of containers with weapons to the russians, approximately from 3,000 to half a million shells, i am quoting an important message now. our calculations are based on the number and size of containers and production information. as for weapons from iran, there are information that russia has started producing drones based on iranian technology, the production... capacity is almost 1,000 drones per month, an estonian intelligence officer said. the military emphasized: there is currently no information that moscow has received iranian missiles. so, i just quoted the head of the estonian intelligence ansakivalga, he made this statement on the air of the telethon. well, now i'm waiting for vadym halaichuk to join us. people's deputy of ukraine, first deputy chairman of the verkhovna rada committee on integration of ukraine. with the eu, yes, i would like to talk

about the european commission's assessment of our readiness for european integration , well, we understand, plenary sessions are ongoing and certain certain changes are possible, well, we'll see if there will be or not, mr. vadym galaichuk is with us. yes, about important news. yes, yes, yes, regarding the law. the project regarding the ban of church structures connected with the aggressor state , well, in particular, it is about the law on the uocp, so more than 1000 amendments have already been submitted to this draft law, this was reported by the deputy head of the servant of the people faction evgenia kravchuk. so, 1,200 amendments have already been submitted, and accordingly, the verkhovna rada committee on humanitarian and

information policy plans to prepare its bill for the second reading by the end of the year. ms. kravchuk noted: " the deadline for submitting amendments to the second reading of the bill has already expired." people's deputies submitted 1,200 amendments, among them, in fact, 2/3 have signs of spam. i am quoting mrs. kravchuk. we have already started work on the draft law in the committee, held the first working session. members were heard the committee is supreme. the council on humanitarian and information policy, who were co-authors of other similar bills and submitted their amendments in order to integrate the best ideas from them into the government project, were representatives of... the state service on religion and its head viktor yelenskyi. mrs. kravchuk added that the authors of the amendments, members of the all-ukrainian council of churches and religious organizations and representatives of the ministry of justice will be involved before the drafting of the draft law, so far

these are working discussions, no committee decisions yet did not pass, but we will work quite intensively on the relevant draft law, we are not afraid of such a number of amendments, especially since some of them were submitted by committee members, and those amendments are agreed, but here the key question is who submitted the amendments that ms. kravchuk mentioned said that this is legislative or legislative spam, it would be interesting to read the relevant analytics, there will be a short break now, wait, we will return in a couple of minutes to our broadcast and i will update you on all the most important and will involve the most competent experts. there are discounts on peect one plus cough syrup 10% in pharmacies, plantain for you and oshchat, and what do you think about lakalut fix, it reliably fixes me , my dentist advised me, even particles of food do not get

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own conclusions. espresso - interesting facts. in 10 years existence, the espresa tv channel published more than 220,000 news items. for 10 years, the espresso tv channel was on the air for 3,652 days, or 87,648 hours. information day of the tv channel in rospal. therefore, the minister of youth and sports of ukraine vadym gudtsait submitted his resignation. this was announced by the chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine , ruslan stefanchuk. it. i quote: the verkhovna rada of ukraine received a statement of the resignation of the minister of youth and sports of ukraine, gutsait vm. the application will be considered in the near future. well, that's the key. history is the motives of writing this age-old statement from the minister of sports.

meanwhile, we are talking about an outbreak of hepatitis a in vinnytsia. needless to say, the minister of health determined that this scare was managed to be localized, i am quoting viktor lyashko now. the hepatitis a scare in vinnytsia was contained. we are seeing new cases emerging, but these are cases that are being detected proactively. examination of contact persons or in family cases. and due to virological studies, it is possible to establish the presence of infection. therefore, the system of centers for control and prevention of epidural diseases worked we are currently looking for a source, there are several options that have not yet been confirmed. as soon as there are confirmations, we will communicate what measures and management decisions will be adopted in order not to repeat such outbreaks in the future. 274 cases of gpp were registered in vinnytsia. and isolated cases are registered in other regions, but the ministry of health does not combine them

into a single outbreak and does not declare a nationwide epidemic, well, vaccination against hepatitis a continues in vinnytsia, of the relevant risk groups, yes, it is necessary to get vaccinated - the minister of health of ukraine, mr. lyashko, assures us. well, we understand that it is ours. and in general, our current situation is largely supported by the help of our partners and friends, and the united states plays a key role in this. we understand that there are some debates going on in the united states right now, particularly between different political groups, environments, political, between the republican party and the democratic party, right? now i suggest you watch a small story about american aid to ukraine, and that's it after that... we will return to the analysis of the most important thing, we will watch together. 226 for 196

against. the lower house of the us congress passed a package of aid to israel worth more than 14 billion dollars, split along party lines. democrats mostly did not support the bill. the reason is that it does not have funds to support ukraine. president joseph biden proposed a joint $106 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan, but the newly elected speaker of the house, republican-trumpist mike johnson opposed he said that israel is an indisputable ally of the united states, and if the white house wants to help ukraine, then let it, but on the condition that the american-mekmek border, through which illegal immigrants arrive en masse in the united states, will be strengthened. migrants ukraine will appear in the near future, it will be next. i said that we want to unify

border security with ukraine. if we are going to take care of the border in ukraine, then we should also take care of the american border. the future of the approved bill on aid to israel is doubtful. to become a law, it must pass the upper house chamber of congress, that is, the senate. and there the democrats have a majority and their leader... chuck schumer has already declared that he will not put the initiative to the vote. president joe biden is also threatening to veto the document in this form. in addition, the leader of the republican minority in the senate, mitchell mcconnell, advocates the simultaneous allocation of aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan. he sees all three conflicts as a single challenge that the dictatorships have thrown to the west. think of it as an axis. axis of evil, china, russia and iran. so this is not just a test for ukraine, it is

test for the united states and the free world, and the path to greater security for all of us is simple. help ukraine win the war. another argument of mcconnell is that the billions of dollars that the us allocates to ukraine eventually return to the american economy. defense enterprises in 38 states. receive this money for the production and modernization of weapons to replace those that washington gives to kyiv, but not all of mcconnell's party mates, both in the house of representatives and in the senate , agree with him, some of them are frank isolationists, who are against even indirect participation in any conflicts abroad, others consider the actions of the biden administration a waste, saying that the white house allocates funds to ukraine without any strategic purpose: this week, eight republicans in the house of representatives sent a letter to president biden with the conditions for further

assistance. a simple strategy, you and i will not win yet, or we must win, is not a winning strategy, how ukraine will win and how long it will take, let these assessments don't have to be precise, but we have to understand the ultimate goal, is there such a strategy in the white house, this week defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken made sure during a senate budget committee hearing: to support a joint aid package, about they did not mention ukraine's victory, instead they talked about the need not to give victory to putin. in ukraine, putin felt that he could wait, this is part of his strategy, the main part of his strategy. he hopes that the west will get tired of supporting him ukraine and in this way he will soon achieve his goal. if that's the case, if we don't

support ukraine and putin wins, he won't stop in ukraine. valery zaluzhny's article also fueled the debate about ukraine. opponents of aid cling to the words of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces that the war has become positional and reached a dead end. supporters emphasize the need for increased aid in order to get out of this impasse. observers assume that in the end , a compromise may be the allocation of an aid package to ukraine, but less than 61.5 billion dollars offered by biden. probably the military component will not be touched, instead , budget support for kyiv may be reduced, which means that ukraine will have to think about where to get money to pay pensions and salaries to state employees. in any case, the controversy surrounding aid is a bad story for ukraine. the issue that united american politicians at the beginning of the full-scale invasion has become one that divides them. support for ukraine is also falling

among ordinary americans. according to october data. survey of a sociological company helab, 41% of americans believe that the usa is doing too much for ukraine, this is almost twice as much as in august 2022. more than 60 us citizens believe that neither ukraine nor russia will win the war. thanks to my colleagues for this extremely interesting story. well, an air alert has been announced across the country, dear tv viewers, so you should immediately go to shelters, we understand how many drones the enemy has and possible strikes not only with the help of drones, different equipment, various tactical and technical characteristics, so air alert, going into shelter and working for you, wait, be with

espresso. three weeks of massive airstrikes and the entry of tzahala troops into the territory of the gaza strip. at the end of the fourth week of the war , the israeli army reported that it had struck more than 1,200 villages in the enclave and had destroyed dozens of high-ranking terrorists. yes, israel is responding to the invasion of nearly 3,000 heavily armed hamas fighters on october 7. at that time, the terrors disappeared in the outskirts of the city of takitsi, they were shot, raped, and cut off head for adults and children. according to the latest data, 1,400 israelis died that day, until now about one and a half hundred different victims could not be identified. according to updated data, 242 people are held captive by terrorists, the youngest hostage is not even a year old. when i saw danielle's photo on

tv, my heart almost stopped. on the one hand. my wife and i were both shocked and relieved to see her alive, we didn't know anything about her until today. in four weeks, hamas released four hostages, others they promise to give back as soon as israel releases about 6,000 hamas fighters from prison, stops shelling and delivers everything necessary in gas, primarily fuel, which is very necessary for the terrorists to operate their tunnels. another hostage, a military soldier , was freed... during a ground operation in gaza. the shared assessment of everyone, not just the cabinet members, but also the security forces and the military, is that ground action does provide an opportunity to get our hostages out. because hamas will not release prisoners, if the terrorists are not pressured. the situation in the gas strip itself is critical. since the first day, the tzahal has warned of shelling and called on civilians to evacuate to the south,

closer to the border with egypt. this is the hamas.