if everything goes well. events of the day in two hours. big broadcast of vasyl zima, a project for intelligent and caring people. espresso in the evening. greetings, news time is on the air of the tv channel. kateryna shirokpoyas works in the studio. ukrainian pppo fighters shot down 15 out of 20 shaheds launched by the enemy at night. the drones flew from the north, the russians launched them from the kursk region. according to the air force, air defense was operating in the kyiv, poltava and cherkasy regions. the authorities of the region also told about the downing of three drones over sumy oblast. in cherkasy

the wreckage of the drone damaged five residential buildings. a drone of the pppo forces was shot down over the dzvenigorod district, the head of the military administration of the region ihor taborets said. according to preliminary data, no one was injured. and as a result of a night attack in the kyiv region, an infrastructural object was damaged. a fire was frightening there - said the head of the kyiv regional administration, ruslan kravchenko. he added that experts are currently eliminating all consequences. i will remind you that at night our defenders shot down about a dozen shaheds in kyiv and on the approaches to the city. enemies drones entered the area in waves from different directions, while constantly changing their movement vectors. explosions rang out in kherson in the morning. the enemy attacked the dnieper district of the city from the left bank. in general, during the day, four civilians were injured due to enemy shelling in the kherson region. the occupiers released almost a dozen in the region. hundreds of shells, - said

the head of the region oleksandr prokudin. hits were also recorded in kherson itself, antonivka and sadovoy. the russians poured into residential quarters and agricultural areas enterprises in the kherson district. meet russia. almost 1,200 occupiers are going home, who how, because they were destroyed by ukrainian defenders during the past day - reports the general staff. and in general from the beginning. invasion , more than 318,000 invaders took their last breath and breath on our lands, the day before yesterday, the armed forces also turned into scrap metal, 13 russian tanks, 25 armored vehicles and 3 dozen tanker trucks. a meeting on the implementation of the un convention on combating desertification was held in uzbekistan. ukraine called for 170 participants to include in the agenda a daily discussion of the consequences of ter. of russia on

kakhovsky hes. the first secretary of the embassy of ukraine in uzbekistan, yusuf kruchi, emphasized that as a result of the russian full-scale invasion , more than 2,000 hectares of ukrainian land were contaminated by russian mines and shells. separately, the representative of ukraine called for an analysis of all environmental threats created by aggression and, in particular , by the russian terrorist attack on the kakhovsky ges. the representative of the krefia, of course, all the accusations from. threw and urged not to poison arefia meeting. we have it together find common answers to all environmental threats created by russia's aggression. without this , there will be no return to a normal, stable life, and the echoes of the war will remain for a long time. in mine explosions that take lives, in the pollution of water, soil, atmosphere and natural environment. on the border of poland and ukraine, the

protest action of polish carriers has been going on for more than 10 days. already about 3,000 cargo vehicles are now on the territory of poland in the direction of entering ukraine. transporters are blocking the movement of trucks at three main points pass: dorogust, korchova, krakivets, grebenne, rava ruska. my colleague, natalka starepravo, knows more about what is currently happening on the ukrainian-polish border. for the second week already, the traffic blockade has been going on. on friday morning , he finally found himself on the territory of ukraine, he stayed on the polish border for five days, the man says: on sunday evening, 30 trucks were allowed through per hour, later the polish police came and blocked the traffic, so for only one truck was allowed through per hour. it is good that we are not like that, our colleagues, others, who are on the other borders, there on the berry there, and where else

there, so there they are, the guys are standing in the field, there you don’t bathe, there is nothing to eat, we were here , although there was a shower, let’s say, in the parking lot, it was possible to eat and do something there. brought to eat, well, a pole. mr. ivan admits that ukrainian drivers tried to block the autobahn, although polish law enforcement officers did not allow them to do so, but they did not detain the military convoy. and after that they said that we would either go out on the terrace or drive along the road, well, what we have the right to move on the autobahn, and then they came, the police there in shields, in this, there are guys who blocked our exit to the bus in general, this is one of the carriers from poland. and this is one of the carriers, i think this is a comrade, we all know, putin, yes, maybe a comrade of putin, and i think that this is a paid promotion, because guys, for money, funds are there, they are not, this is not an idea, in contrast to other border crossing points,

there is only a one-way obstacle to traffic at kraków korchów, there is also a polish person in the queue to leave ukraine transporter adam, a man delivering humanitarian aid, in particular to war zones. adam says frankly: the ukrainian government is to blame for the unprofitability of polish companies. polish carriers have been forced to compete with ukrainian drivers since the beginning of russia's full-scale war against ukraine. for you, for ukrainians, for you ukrainians in poland, all conditions of privilege have been created, and you are not even a member of the european union. instead, ukrainians do not respond to us poles with mutual compliance. it looks like you're just. that's our blood, that's why our carriers block the border so you don't drink it all the way. due to the blockade of the border , carriers do not have time to deliver products on time, the driver ivan assures, both individual enterprises and the entire

ukrainian economy suffer losses. i haven't delivered the goods yet, i have to pay the tax already, i also have to pay the tax for the employee, everything has to be paid , and there are no funds in the account yet. sometimes queues of downloads at the border do not decrease. drivers choose alternative routes for themselves, due to which they form long queues on others as well directions, - says the spokeswoman of the lviv border guard, oleksandra kuchkovska. the checkpoint is open, it works as usual, nothing prevents the movement of trucks there, but precisely because of that, many drivers chose it in order to use it and cross the state border, and there is the same from the polish side. a queue was created, it is the largest and as of today it consists of 1200 cargo vehicles. blockade participants have permission to picket until january 3, 2024. so, how long will the border blockade last, and what are the consequences will tire out ukraine, and

only time will tell in such a crisis period. natalya starepravo, roman kovalyuk, espresso tv channel. i remind you of our assembly for the 27th separate rifle battalion, which destroys the russians in one of the eastern directions to protect against enemy anti-aircraft missiles, as well as for the continuous operation of starlink, timely charging of drones, tablets and other equipment, they desperately need two portable anti-drone shields , two generators and two chargers, our goal is uah 500,000. now we are practically at the finish line, because together with you we have already collected more than uah 462 just imagine. that your donation can be decisive. you can see all the details on your screens now , so grab your phones and tune in, that's all the news for this hour, you can find more interesting and up-to-date information on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our

social networks. join in, put your favorites, i'll end the issue on this, see you. greetings, dear viewers, on the tv channel studio zahid program, we will analyze the most important events of this week and they will undoubtedly have an impact on development of upcoming events. our guests today are valery chaly and andriy piyankovskyi. valery chaly, the former extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to the united states, an iconic ukrainian diplomat, will be working on the air of the tv channel. glory to ukraine, mr. ambassador, i congratulate you. glory to the heroes, congratulations. well, the key story, we understand, is not banal, you can even say an age-old meeting. in particular, we are talking about the forum in

san francisco, where president biden and sidzin pinn met. we understand that we will not find out everything, because there are probably the main ones other discussed trends. took place behind closed doors, that is, they will not be included in any official communiqués , but we understand that there are several extremely important issues, and we in ukraine are of course interested in how much russian aggression will depend on xi jinping and how sharply the president of the united states will be able to formulate the , which is called collective action requirements. your vision? if we talk about this meeting, it's really a landmark, i don't think it's historical, that's how it's been described mostly, the media, regional, i mean the region of southeast asia, and chinese and indian in the first place, but that was not said either in america or in europe.

why, because everyone understands that this is quite such an intermediate meeting, it is somehow forced , it is forced by the fact that the relations between the united states and china, it really affects the global level of the economy, and also security, and here it turned out such a situation that in a year this relationship has been seriously affected by certain from both sides, so there was tension, and here such a situation arose, china is not ready for any a serious confrontation with the usa, the usa does not need it even today, and i will tell my version here, which i have not heard anywhere in the ukrainian party or even in the american party, i generally believe that the key word in these victories was the word election, for joseph biden , now the key question is actually. so that we don't talk about it, it's a political issue, victory in the presidential elections

next year, for shizenpin, there are also elections, the republic of china is on january 13 next year, and they are already being applied, that is, china can wait, because the situation there is unclear, and china itself says he wants to control taiwan, no matter how they control it, whether by military means or by changing the government in taiwan. they, they will wait, and therefore both sides needed a pause, a pause that would reduce this tension, make it appear to the whole world that both leaders are achieving their results, including in domestic politics, and in fact, everything that follows, what will we see, the intensification of contacts, there will be meetings, commissions will gather, that's all for this, pre-election year, and then... and after the elections, the situation, well, you'll see, it will be

only to intensify, because objectively, these are different visions, different systems, different countries, and china's proposal, the world is big, let 's share it, well, what was said, just, by the way, very surprised, i'm surprised, like shidenpin frankly said that the world is big, let's find something for everyone, not for everyone, not for everyone. and there will be a place for china and the usa, let's divide the world into two, and if you carefully read the redoubt, that is, what was published officially by the american side after the meeting, this proposal was rejected, but it is possible that the united states will somehow be able to hint unequivocally to china that it is worth working with its, let's call them that, undiplomatically, vassals, in particular the russian federation, iran, the north. for them to get rid of their aggressive degrees a little, well

, it would be very naive to imagine that china will suddenly change its position in one meeting, will not allow putin to act aggressively now and move away from his approach. their approaches are very clear, they do not need aggravation, escalation, they have definitely played already, well, this is a plus, do not allow of nuclear blackmail, it was last year, there on the hands... they hit normally from all sides and this is a positive step by china, everything else, unfortunately, it allows putin to continue the war, and china could do more, it does not want to do it anymore, of their own, based on their own interests, how it will change in the future, we will see, the usa clearly in the same release or redoubts after the meeting noted the importance of the issue of supporting ukraine, as it says, the sovereignty of ukraine and the ability of ukraine to defend itself from aggression, well, that means

the supply of weapons, this means constant support, that is, here it is, you know, it is already engraved on paper, i think the chinese will not like the american redoubt very much, because they have fixed all their positions there, which they had before, and if they did agree on something, maybe they talked about a certain decrease in... precisely in the pacific-asian region, precisely there, and , well, hardly, please, but experts say that joseph biden could, if he insisted that china influence the north korea, so that it does not supply the same the shells of russia themselves, well, theoretically it is possible, but practically with the same, north korea , you know, there is even a small border there, that is, between russia and north korea, if , for example, at least the border was closed by china, then something is possible

it would be for them to talk, and they, and they can just make excuses like that, so i don't expect it to change anything, it will get better on our side, but it won't get worse, also, it would also be very strange on the part of china after such a meeting to go to the further abetment of the escalation, to throw firewood into the fire, yes, that is, it would be it is strangely perceived, therefore the status quo will be in this situation in ukraine, and the status quo, in our conditions, is already not bad for the general future victory, well, of course, if the allies only strengthen theirs. effort now. mr. ambassador, the summit in san francisco was preceded by the visit of yermak, the chief of the office of the ukrainian president. what do you think mr. yermak could be bringing to the united states? well, because, as they say, a strange coincidence. just a couple of days before the meeting between president biden and xi jinping, this meeting took place, meaning that

talking about american money to support our economy, is it possible. it was also about some, i don't know, more far-sighted strategic things, strategic things, unfortunately, are defined in washington and are not defined much in kyiv now, well, this is a very clear sign, if the strategic partnership commission had passed, then there were strategic things, and this is how we react to the fact that today this visit is in no way connected with the apec or the meeting there of the leaders of china and the usa, it is connected more with an invitation from the united states, and quite quickly, to come to the congress to lobby for the funding of ukraine, you know, the situation is not easy now, of the three scenarios that we

have talked about for a long time, but for some reason our government evaluated the most optimistic. that will go the most optimistically, and now the worst is going, in fact, for today , it is going to the worst, when in the games of these politicians , one group of republicans, which included the head of the house of representatives, mike johnson, they want to actually postpone the issue of providing aid to ukraine, and there it is unknown what this will continue, the fact that there will be a decrease is already visible, by the way, the delegation was also quite strange in our country... but it’s good that in principle, at least in this format, but clarify, please, yes, what surprised you, half of these delegations, where half of the delegations are employees of the cabinet of ministers, and half of the president's office, i don't even remember them, two delegations have already been punched, i guess, well, i know

why this is done, because unlike from ukraine, where we have... the office of the president now plays the role of the government, in fact, yes, a the cabinet of ministers is an appendage, it's just that the executive element is already an element of decisions, relevant directions in the president's office, we know this system, and at this level, the head of the president's office, well, someone is the vice president, we don't have such a position, but as one politician in ukraine once said, he is not the first, but not the second either, for the ukrainians. politics, yes, that is, but for the american one, there is a protocol, and there , the chief of staff, and the chief of staff does not have the opportunity to report even a normal protocol meeting, and the government representative has, that is why such a delegation is made is inserted, this is the person who leads the delegation, well, it looks funny, but, but the americans have already come to terms with it, they know

our specifics, that is why, that is why i say it is strange, but maybe it is good that it turned out that they were talking about the economic the question is, where is the block, well, in this package, yes, that is, without money , it will be very difficult, there are 11.8 billion , now the americans, the white house invited, not even 13, as it was last year, but 11.8, and well, this money is what goes directly to the budget, to pay salaries, pensions, it is not only the americans, it is the japanese, there is the european union, other countries, but the fate of the americans is great, and this money can simply be blocked, military cooperation , i do not think that it will be blocked, but this money can be blocked, so the fact that the meeting was held in the congress is good, unfortunately, there was no meeting with mike johnson, by the way, at mike johnson's. there are military interests in the district, i know the details there, we could talk there, but here is mitch mccone

, well, we met, there is no result, now maybe we will see what will happen next, but for a few weeks we will be watching this again development, we need to change our approach, not to go at the last moment, but to work systematically, well, i can say yes, in principle , a delegation went... of evangelicals, well, church-wise, there were evangelists, and mike johnson, you know, he is a supporter of the church, somehow he did not feel such a religious unity with his brothers in ukraine, unfortunately, that is, you can say , there were elements of such a systematic approach, but everything was done exactly at the last moment, and there you have to work for more than one month in his district, you have to write came from him district to the office, well staffers, what have you read. every day he was brought, what is called, his voters, then there will be a result, so that it is more the trip of this delegation was tied to two issues, lobbying

for financial aid to ukraine, here the support of the white house in this matter, and the second is an explanation of the situation, what's called, what's happening on the front, what's the situation in order to brief national security adviser jake salev, who can then use it to shape the position of... president biden, we understand, as difficult as the situation is with our ukrainian budget, in particular the deficit that we hoped to close with the help of, in particular, american allocations, i also think that the united states understands very well that it is not only about money, and about the internal climate in ukraine, we understand what will happen, how aggravated the situation will be, if, for example, i do not know whether inflation will intensify, whether there will be delays in payments and so on and so forth, everyone already knows this schedule, how many crumbs, but i i will tell you this, if you read carefully,

to analyze, 61.4 billion, called for ukraine, nothing like that, but from the word absolutely, no, of these 61.4 billion, for military purposes, well, just for the purchase of weapons, fmf 1.7, plus 12 billion for us. this is an initiative to help ukraine, it’s about 14.18 billion for armaments there, it’s replenishment of warehouses in america, weapons, the latest ones, they gave us something, and in return they buy the newest weapons there for this amount, theoretically, well, theoretically, the next year can be taken from there, yes pda, the presidential program, that is we can say that this money can go to ukraine. and they may not actually go, that is, if further, humanitarian aid, there really is a new package of almost half a billion for ukrainians

who are now, well, as refugees in the usa, but in fact , let's be honest, those ukrainians also have to find work for themselves at this time, they were given work permits, that is, i am a conservative here in this regard, let our ukrainians use the time already, let them... already provide for themselves a little there, especially since half of them did not come from ukraine, let's go let's be honest, but from poland, from europe, those who found this window to move to the usa, that is, you can see already here, if the republicans look at refugees, they are really meticulous, there is humanitarian aid, but the main thing, you know, what is the problem, the main thing is, no matter how this money is distributed, because it has not been distributed there yet, there are initiates of israel and taiwan. ukraine, there are different ones, but no matter how they are distributed, there is some kind of plan for the year, but if you take this document and read it carefully, it is not only about money, but about directions, like the usa

they see, well, i think so, in coordination with ukraine , how it will be done, for internally displaced persons, for help with pensions, salaries there, for the rule of law, for the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, for border control, for all elements of biological weapons there , that is, this is all, if removed, then these directions may not be in such a volume, that is what the problem is, it is not only money, it is also the mechanisms of cooperation between the two countries, and in this regard, it is not even so critical that there will not be the entire amount, but it is necessary to it remained at least in that, the list of questions, now very briefly to your specific question, inflation or not inflation, i explain very simply, imagine that you have a hole in the family budget , and you have some kind of big expense hole, you're

missing a third. money, and you counted on it, but there are no options, well, there are no different options, or you , well, just save, yes, the family saves, or takes some kind of loan somewhere, which means in this case, to save, how will the country print money, that is, print the hryvnia, so, of course, it will affect inflation, in the long run it may affect... the exchange rate there for foreign currencies, but there may be another scenario, they can replace this money with others, for example, we had david cameron, the newly appointed minister immediately arrived of funeral affairs of britain, the former prime minister, yes, who has been a friend of ukraine for many years, and he said right away, literally days have passed since the appointment, that ukraine is a priority, so we can expect that

there will be compensation for the americans somewhere. certain problems for this period, if not there will be a government, they consider it our official today, and president volodymyr zelenskyy stated this in an interview with african journalists, he said that either we will have to cut the payment of the military, which from my point of view is impossible, or save on social programs, which from my point of view vision will lead to internal problems and russia will take advantage, but no one will...' she said, let's look at our programs in the budget, what's written there, i 'll show you there with my finger, 60 million each, 120 million each, where you can calmly hold, at least a year or two before victories, that is, it is not necessary to say that there is no money, there is money, it just needs to be used correctly, and do not look at the reduction of the civil service, again, civil servants, for example,

people think that this is the civil service, but everything is taken from them. mps and the civil service, this is not true, people, believe me, it is not true, you look at the numbers, what is happening, that is, what payment is going there, something can be optimized, i do not argue, something can still be optimized, but at the expense of unnecessary projects, it must be done, and i can agree here, even in this case with the official authorities, and the regions should take a look, it's not normal when a road to resorts is being built half a mile away. it is not normal in the conditions of war, it is not normal when roads are being built and asphalted in kyiv, and i don’t care who the names are , i just see it as a kyivan, why now some, well, i can say as a motorist, why are these roads now a war, here what to do with them, they are normal in order to wait for a while, and so on, there are a lot of reserves, in the end they buy

a car from us. 100 state institutions, modern cars, people, volunteers they are being assembled there for the front, here 100 pieces are being purchased, look, i will give you a simple solution, the first days of last year in kyiv, we drove, everyone drove normally, well, how normal, russian tanks were already on the approach, but on the roads, despite these are all bags, everything was closed with roadblocks, they used to drive, and now i just see that these guys are driving, you can't... go around them, because they are standing wherever tow trucks, so-called commercial ones, these are all cars to the front , tow trucks to the front, and the whole issue will be closed to you, there is a solution, there is a solution, but you can’t make money at the same time and to fight, at the same time, this is not the case, talking about money, in particular, about the fact that in the congress they can block, and maybe even god forbid, of course, but block this proposed financial program for ukraine, what will the situation be, for example, with weapons,

what from the outside... brothers, there will be weapons, but these weapons are the way we are fighting now , ours are fighting, this is approximately how it will be, the worst-case scenario, i think, will not come true when it is blocked, yes for next year, there with on the part of the usa, and where will the middle one be when the military-technical part leaves, well, that is weapons will be most likely, i tell you about the difficulty of getting money in the budget, but in terms of types and weapons, well, it will be the same approximately, which we are not now... well, the issue of articles and the issue of quantity, yes, i understand that 31 abram is very cool, but we understand that this is a drop in the ocean, and the decision about 310 abramsim, that is, an order of magnitude higher number, would be important. yes, it can be solved, it has been solved before, we had a loan lease lying on the table, we could use it and put at least 300, at least 600, which is available in america, well, this one more transfer is needed, why america did not

do so. but you should not expect them.