[000:00:00;00] we will pay due attention to this in our future broadcasts as well, now i am handing over the floor to my tireless, qualified and brilliant colleague irina kovali, i can already see in her eyes that she has prepared something extremely important, irina, share it with espresso viewers. thank you, antin, well , in just a moment i will tell you about the main bills that the verkhovna rada supported today, and there will also be information about which checkpoints the carriers have completely blocked the passage of trucks, wait. so it's 4 p.m. in ukraine. news time, on espresso tv channels. in the studio of iryna koval.

greetings to all viewers. verkhovna rada. in the first reading, she supported the draft law on simplifying the procedure for obtaining the status of a participant in hostilities. 298 people's deputies voted in favor. it is proposed to shorten the period of obtaining the ubdd to six days and to introduce an electronic procedure for acquiring the status of a participant in hostilities. the basis for obtaining the status should be a combat order of the commander, which he must send to the unified state register of war veterans. according to the ministry of defense. on august 2023, only about 96,000 people received the status of a participant in hostilities. the verkhovna rada supported the presidential bills regarding the extension of martial law and general mobilization. formally, it was proposed even before it was extended for another 90

days until february 14, 2024, starting from february 20, 4, 2022, martial law has already been extended several times, taking into account today's votes, this is already the ninth time. and the deputies also supported the law on the redistribution of the military tax on the income of individuals. it will be taken from local communities part of the funds. 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 naval drones, another 45% to the development of the defense-industrial complex, 10% will be automatically distributed among the military units, according to the tax paid by their soldiers. a historic moment, the european commission recommends starting the process of negotiations on the accession of ukraine and moldova to the european union, said the president

of the european commission, ursula fondern, at a briefing. in brussels. at the same time, she noted that kyiv should implement another part of the reforms. according to funderlein, so far our country has fulfilled more than 90% of the recommendations put forward by the european commission. the main progress was achieved in constitutional reform, reform in the sphere of justice, in selection to the supreme council of justice, in anti-corruption processes in the fight against money laundering, there were important measures to limit... the influence of oligarchs on public life, the new law on media, progress on of national minorities, the remaining reforms are being carried out, and that is good. on this basis we recommended today that the council open accession negotiations, we also recommend that the council approve a negotiating framework once ukraine completes ongoing reforms. volodymyr zelenskyy congratulated ukrainians on

the european commission's decision to start negotiations. despite all the difficulties, we are moving forward and already in december we expect a political decision from the european council. ukrainians have always been and are part of our common european family. our country should be in the european union. ukrainians deserve this and their protection european values, and the fact that even during a full-scale war, we keep our word: state institutions, we make all the necessary decisions. ukraine needs not only taxes, but also profits from russian frozen assets. minister of foreign affairs dmytro koleba 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 , rfe/rl writes that a legal framework is needed at the eu level.

150-180 billion. aggressors are located in belgium, in just 9 months of 2023 , frozen russian assets yielded 3 billion euros in profits. polish transporters have currently completely blocked the passage of trucks at two checkpoints on the border with ukraine, namely yagodyn dorogusk and ravaruska grebenne. at the same time, it is still possible to leave ukraine in kraków, but it is not possible to come to us - deputy minister of infrastructure serhiy derkach said. he noted that despite the blockade , humanitarian goods and passenger transport are allowed through. 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 minister of youth and

sports of ukraine, vadym gutsaid, has written a resignation letter. the document has already been sent to the parliament, said the chairman of the verkhovna rada , ruslan stefanchuk. people's deputies will consider the application in the near future. vadym gutsait plans to focus on his work at the national olympic committee of ukraine after his retirement. and personnel reshuffles await the state property fund of ukraine, its head the verkhovna rada should appoint him in the near future, he may become the current head of the rivne regional military administration vitaliy koval. he has been in this position since september 2019, said people's deputy yaroslav zheleznyak. in september 2023, the head of state property was rustem umerov, who currently heads the ministry of defense of ukraine. people's deputy oleksandr dubinsky received a report on an administrative offense

related to corruption, it was handed over as part of criminal cases in which he appears as a suspect. according to the state bureau of investigation in august and 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. it will not be possible to cancel the retention of the private person. the court once again postponed consideration of the appeals of the government, the nbu, the ministry of finance and the private bank on the decision on the lawsuit of ihor kolomoiskyi about challenging the nationalization of the bank. it was adopted back in april 200, however, in february of this year, the supreme court confirmed the impossibility returning the bank to its former owners. it will be recalled that the private company became state property on december 21, 2016 due to

insolvency. the court postponed the consideration of the case due to the fact that the plaintiffs, representatives of the plaintiff, one of the representatives of the plaintiffs filed a motion to declare a break before the hearing of the case, as they are allegedly not familiar with the position and practice of the grand chamber of the supreme court in the dubilet case . we do not know exactly why the representatives are delaying the process plaintiffs, nevertheless, we believe that this case should come to an end, in favor of the state, since it acted in clear accordance with the requirements of the law on banks, banking activities and the law on the system of guaranteeing deposits of individuals. rain metal defense company will produce 100,000 ammunition for 120 mm mortars for ukraine. they noted

that the german government's order is part of a 400 million euro aid package for the ukrainian armed forces. deliveries will begin soon and will continue for the next two years. accordingly, the average volume of deliveries may be slightly more. 4 shells per month. the ukrainian military received czech rocket launchers during the stryg alpine fire. new weapons arrived at the 61st separate 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 at all soviet -style rockets, including foreign modifications with fire range up to 40 km. law enforcement officers detained three criminals who tried to sell abroad spare parts and equipment

for combat aircraft, including a radar unit for mig-29 fighters. according to the investigation, the perpetrators planned to supply asian customers with spare parts for aircraft engines for almost uah 2.5 million. components were previously stolen from the motorsich plant. one of the participants was detained at the border while trying to export the products. kome was the organizer. from kharkiv, he posted ads on specialized internet resources. that was the news for this time, wait for the updated news release already at 16:30, of course you can read more on our website espresso tv, follow us on social networks and watch on youtube. my colleague, antin borkovsky, continues the broadcast

of the tv channel. well, while we were listening to the newscast, fresh news arrived from ursula fonderlein, she answered her predecessor about the corrupt ukraine in quotes, she answered the statements of her predecessor jean-claude juncker, quoting ursula fonderlein: these reforms... are impressive, they are we, fought corruption, money laundering, strengthening the legal system, this is all part of the reforms, as a result of which we see everyday life in ukraine, so they did not just pass laws, they implement them, so right now we need to start negotiations on accession, and she now reminded of course that ukraine is now waging a defensive defensive war against russian aggression, we understand that war is about resources, in particular about combat. equipment, there is equipment that is

simply destroyed, within a few days, and you have heard the story about the need for bpll from more than one of our fighters , whom the espresso tv channel regularly includes in our broadcasts, so accordingly, i am turning to you, dear tv viewers, with another request to help our fighters assemble the drone they need, so the espresso tv channel , together with the vesna charity fund, are collecting funds for the purchase of modern drones for our scouts. uavs are needed by the 23rd separate rifle battalion of the armed forces of ukraine. the guys are fighting in a hot and extremely difficult direction, it is about donetsk region. the purpose of the collection is to collect uah 1,900. the amount is astronomical, the amount is not easy to collect, but thanks to you, for which i am infinitely grateful to you.

thank you fighters, we have already managed to collect uah 1.5 million, it remains to collect, well, the amount is quite a lot for one person, or for two, for three, but, if we are talking about joint costs and joint financial efforts, well, this sim, this amount can overcome together. you can see the qr code on our screen, so, dear tv viewers, if you have such an opportunity, please pass a hryvnia, second, third. for this collection, so that we can close it as soon as possible, ours fighters need drones. well, i continue to analyze the most important thing, now we will analyze the internal ukrainian situation with our next expert. volodymyr tsybulko, political analyst, writer, is in touch with us. glory to ukraine, mr. volodymyr. a hero of glory. well, the specter of elections seems to have receded. the president of ukraine publicly stated that it is not the right time to hold elections during the war, but in

any case the situation is related to both the elections and the election process, which de jure does not exist, but which de facto seems to manifest itself from time to time, so to speak, she forces us to talk about this and that situation, so there will be no presidential elections in the spring, or additional circumstances may appear that can turn the situation around and play it out again. well, really, holding presidential elections in the spring without holding parliamentary elections in the fall is a bit of a strange story, and it's a story about double standards. if the principle of impartiality of power already applies to the verkhovna rada, then with regard to the presidency, for the period of war, it is necessary to look for some form of, let's say, a political compromise in connection with the impossibility of conducting.

elections during the war, obviously it is necessary to find some such model that would suit everyone, it is impossible to hold elections, so there must still be some compromise option, for example, in the form of a parliamentary coalition and from and well, i would say the restoration of the constitutional system, it must be reminded , that according to the constitution we have a parliamentary-presidential republic, but as a matter of fact... we have a super-presidential republic, since the bulk of the powers are concentrated, not even in the hands of zelsky, but his entourage, as it it is not sad, and this is not according to the norms, therefore, when we want to join the european union, but today we have such pleasant signals from the eu, then first of all we must renew the effect of the constitution, and this may be, since it is impossible to hold

elections, then we need a certain political consensus between the main political players, well, how many times is the unity of the nation talked about? here we have an example of national unity in israel, which is in the same position as ukraine, that is, it is waging a war, where a military cabinet has been created, the war has been going on for 20 months and no yes, mr. volodymyr, well, but when we talk about unity, very often we have a big, beautiful aromatic doula in our pockets, and even when talking about unity, they cross everything there, you understand, accordingly, your insidious question at the beginning of our inclusion, it came down to to the fact that the elections were allegedly rejected, but in fact the presidential team is working day and night on some such model so that the elections are not held and power is not lost,

that's what, i admit, this is a characteristic feature inherent in all political constructions throughout of the world, starting with the united states, already give mongolia a word to do so , so that somehow it was like during the previous political cycle, and if we talk about the parameters of this unity, the key story here is the coordinates around which different political environments could in reality consolidate, i think that in deep down, everyone understands that there is no need to rock the boat, but they have to reach a certain, relatively speaking, compromise, but every day we have one or another information irritant from the bearer of political will, you know, these or other sovereign deputies of ours generate sometimes, well, there are huge scandals in the city, everyone begins to conspiratorially accuse each other of working for some underground, you know, the moscow regional committee, and this applies to almost all without

the exception of parties, well here without almost all, but especially brightly lit up: deputies from servants, therefore that one person involved in the bribery corruption case has already been released on bail and is wandering the corridors of the verkhovna rada. dubinsky, a former deputy from a servant, has now become a figure in a corruption case about people smuggling, well, this truth is somewhere under under house arrest and does not appear in the corridors of the verkhovna rada, but what is the essence of such a compromise idea... unity , firstly, it is a parliamentary coalition, secondly, a coalition agreement, very clear and understandable, one can say, a coalition of victory, the coalition of victory undertakes in every way, well, it signs a coalition agreement, which spells out all the points of commitment of such a coalition,

in particular, it is membership in nato, membership in the eu, that is, all steps related to the acquisition of membership are provided. this coalition, then the need for defense, provision defense problems and issues, this is also the first question, the second, the upcoming elections and one, well, the second, i would say the restoration of the constitutional system, the return to a normal parliamentary-presidential republic, because what, well, let's say, is the most difficult challenge of the current political... situations, if presidential elections are announced, literally two months before the elections themselves, when a candidate for the presidency, or rather the current president, suddenly becomes a candidate for the presidency, he is deprived of the functions of the president, i.e. he

is no longer the president, he is on him the immunity of the candidate and the functionality of the presidential candidate are extended, he is not the president, and under these circumstances, the most ridiculous thing... would be to roll the country back to the norms of the constitution, where there is, well, operational management of the economy in the hands of the cabinet of ministers, where, in essence verkhov, well, there is complete dominance in the formation of internal policy and the external supreme council, and not the chancellor, the presidential, relatively speaking, so there are a lot of such moments that could be played out, and it would be a certain compromise, well, people would don't freak out like that, because there is a lot of fatigue from, especially from the deputies, from the servant of the people, today.

i was sent information from narodych where the narodych plastered, well, with postcards, in fact, against the incumbent, the deputy of the local supreme council, arsen pushkarenko, the head of the regional branch of servants, zhytomyr, so people plastered on a relative, with homemade postcards against him, well, this, this already in my opinion, some kind of partisanship is starting, and i can't... i can't count with these sentiments at the bank. ugh. mr. volodymyr, stay, be kind to us in communication, now a short pause, and after it, we will continue to analyze the internal ukrainian political and not only political cuisine. wait. when the cold and cold come, noses want to go to the resort. humor for daily prevention and for complex. treatment of runny nose. humer - a sea resort for the nose. there are 30% discounts on humer nasal spray in travel and

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well, let's go back to our difficult conversation about the search for internal, i don't know, internal political consolidation, at the same time, the eternal ukrainian , so to speak, system, several hetmanships, that is, currently the various political forces have not been able to come to an agreement among themselves, and the worst thing that is happening is that , which is written about in the west the press, we hope, so to speak , foreign journalists and so on, are not right, but in any case they write about a certain line of tension, in particular between the military command and the political and political authorities. we understand that you want to believe that this is not the case, and maybe it is not, because yesterday there was such a rather strange piece of information, or some poorly thought-out statement by one of the people's deputies of ukraine, who in general wrote there not knowing what they say that they send the hard-working man to resign, then he apologized and took it away message, well, but we understand how heated

the social, socio-psychological atmosphere is now in the country, and it is necessary to choose somehow... with all that business, well, on the other hand, there is the resignation of the generalmar, yes, until recently the commander of the special operations forces, so what is happening now in that aspect, well, first of all, yesterday, in addition to the announcement that the dismissal of the commander-in-chief may be being prepared, there was also a report about the dismissal of one of the ministers, well, the minister is quite scandalous. and indeterminate c the government, but god be with him, just after this, well, informational attack on the military happened, because it cannot be said otherwise, first the deputy head of the president's office zhovkva, who deals with international issues in general, began to comment in

such an unsightly light, to recommend how the head behaves. well, well, these are not comparable values, no matter how much he inflates his cheeks, but he is only the assistant of the assistant in the patronage service, the president, that is, he is a small bipod compared to the commander-in-chief during military operations, secondly, on one of the tv channels there was such an outpouring of commentaries, a whole round table , they planted commentators there about trampling on the publications with a head, then they released the main lair, that is, we have a kind of stupid deputy, when the authorities have nothing to say, they release stupid and she’s doing something there, she’s poking out some kind of message from her nose, so to speak, so it’s a very unpleasant moment when the bank itself provokes the military

leadership during the war, you can’t touch during the war... the military, the military is busy with the most important thing, the defense of the country, if god forbid, the military will feel insecure, because of the actions of the political authorities, ukrainian society will start to act very harshly, to act against the authorities, that is, the authorities are doing it rashly, and it is desirable for them to come to their senses, on the contrary, now it would be important in the light of such, well, frontline tensions, on the contrary, to keep the military and strengthen them, i understand that society is now impoverished thanks to the actions of political power and it is difficult to earn an extra penny to volunteer or donate to the armed forces, but it is necessary, it is necessary, because it is a matter of

survival, each new drone is, essentially saving the life of a ukrainian fighter, that is why when some politicians make some preventive remarks about personnel changes in particular, that is, a reaction to the unforeseen, to the unforeseen actions of the government, the government itself, that is , a certain consensus must be reached, preferably confirmed in the public sphere , which would testify that russian throw-ins, russian narratives will not pass, so it was not for nothing that they launched a fake video with... commander-in-chief luzhnyi , society did not believe in the honor of our wise people, he was in touch with us volodymyr tsybulko, political analyst , writer, i regret to end the conversation with him, but there is also good news in this, because now, dear tv viewers, who will appear before you? iryna koval and the news editor will present the most important. thanks antinich, that's exactly how it will be, literally in