those who died in the russian-ukrainian war, the memory of all those who died at the hands of the occupiers and who died defending our country with you. let's observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war started by russia.

cold weather is coming and will it cool the situation on the front line. our country has become a hostage of the mexican border. in the us congress, what will happen to the financing of our state, and about what method ukraine found to bypass the blocking of the border by polish carriers. about this and much more in today's issue. the war with russia is entering a new phase. winter dictates its conditions, so in addition to the influx of invaders, the armed forces have to fight the elements, lack of shells and even rodents.

pay off energy. after an almost three-month pause, the russians attacked ukraine with missiles from strategic bombers. how ready are our energy facilities for enemy strikes? the fall of soviet leaders. 10 years ago , a monument to lenin was torn down in the center of the capital. how is decommunization and de-soradization going? congratulations, in the studio of iryna koval, and this is the news, the results of the week on the espresso tv channel. and let's start with the situation at the front. the russians continue to attack the positions of the defense forces in the lymano-kupian direction. the hottest situation is in the area of ​​sinkivka settlement near kupyansk. there, the enemy concentrated the largest number of personnel and equipment. russians

they are trying with all their might and means to break through in this area. in the direction of bakhmut, our soldiers repulse the attacks of the invaders and continue to storm south of bakhmut, donetsk region. they cause losses in manpower and equipment to the enemy, and are fixed at the achieved boundaries. ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the occupiers in the evdiyiv direction. to the north, along the railway, muscovites are trying to surround avdiivka. armored vehicles and aviation to try to put pressure on ukrainian positions. our soldiers firmly hold the defenses. in the maryanka direction, the armed forces of ukraine continue to restrain the russian troops in the maryanka and novomykhaivka districts of the donetsk region. in zaporizhzhia, the defenders repelled the enemy attacks in the areas to the west, verbovoy and robotyny. at the same time , the defense forces of ukraine continue in the direction of melitopol.

active actions to inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting them along the entire front line. in the kherson direction, the defense forces will continue to maintain occupied positions on the left bank of the dnieper, continue counter-battery combat, and inflict fire damage on enemy forces. so, everything indicates that the winter at the front will be hot. but in addition to the influx of ... hordes, our defenders have to fight the elements, lack of shells and even rodents. what will be the war on the front line in the cold season , let's see further. digging trenches in winter is a cossack's deadly force. in general, i wouldn't even want a chukhryn to do this, but a ukrainian will be heard like that, why? because the ground was freezing, and this is already a horror. dmitry service. in

the airborne assault troops. last year , bakhmud and soledar passed in the winter. he knows very well how at the front you have to fight not only with the occupiers, but also with the weather. in winter. conditionally , you waste time trying to get a source of warmth for yourself, since you are waiting for the time when you will passing the passability of military equipment at the front is a painful issue. for example, the weight of the most common t-72 tank is more than 62 tons. in order for it to pass, the ground must be hard and dry. the ground wet from the snow makes the equipment heavy. and the cars are all loaded. we had them there. elki, elki 200 mitsubishi, nissan, well , with all-wheel drive, we had cases where we just dug in like that, like that, we were pushed on the chest by the bayurs, and you don’t push, you just stand, and while the offensive equipment is standing, the artillery has to fight, in our maltsters

worked, airborne assault mortars in honor of them praise so every night, fire shot, fire shot. he already started there in the afternoon , by 6 o'clock in the morning he had nothing to say at all, he was already in a bathhouse, and there is a lack of shells for positional warfare, the fighters complain, despite constant explosions at enemy warehouses, the russians have an advantage in the number of weapons, they they do not spare the shells, that is , they simply destroy us there, they will rain. very many, very many shells are being poured, that is, one shell at ours they release 10, hell was happening there, horta was silent for about 15 minutes a day, while there is no normal amount of weapons, in

normal amounts, not drops. another problem of the winter company is the invasion of mice in the warm positions of the military, the network is full of such videos from our soldiers. pests not only eat food, but also spoil weapons. we have two bins, corks and mice, they even ate the weapons, it was the rats that gnawed the weapons, so we still ate. according to the publication bloomberg, in the budget for next year, the kremlin is on military aggression will allocate 6% of the gross domestic product, which is 112 billion dollars. so the war will not be as cold as the weather. artem logutenko, oleksandr burlevich, yulia belska, espresso tv channel. so, winter creates new challenges. the military-political leadership of ukraine assures that during the cold season

, there will be no stoppage of counteroffensive actions on the territories occupied by russia, and the armed forces of ukraine will maintain a strategic advantage at the front. the fighting will continue, but the tactics will change, the center of the countermeasures says misinformation in particular, the role of drones and anti-tank systems is increasing, and the actions of small groups with the support of artillery and bets on anti-tank systems and the use of uavs instead of armored vehicles will also be important. the winter campaign will be characterized by positional battles, active counter-battery measures and the destruction of logistical chains of personnel supply. composition of equipment and ammunition, military expert serhiy zgurets assures that advances and significant advantages for the ukrainian or russian sides should not be expected. russia will try to use the situation on

the front line to its advantage, but we can hardly expect any significant changes compared to what is being done now, because in fact all the main reserves that the russians had are on'. they are now stretched along the entire front line, now russia is trying to reformat part of these reserves, which were, in particular, in the south, and create new groups there, and this direction will most likely be the enemy in a certain way in order to suppress our advances in the zone of the robot , but all this will happen only after the enemy's offensive operations in the avdiyivka zone, which remains for the enemy, for the most part, are completed. a higher priority task. in the us, parliamentarians have been unable to decide the fate of ukraine's funding for several weeks now. these events created the impression that our state has lost the bipartisan support that

has allowed it to count on american aid for the past two years. however, this is not the case. while discussions continue, the administration of president joseph biden announced the allocation on december 6. not like that unified, but still important package of support in the amount of 175 million dollars. it included missiles for anti-aircraft systems. additional ammunition for hymars, artillery shells and other badly needed types of weapons. but what will happen next? the us senate did not allow the bill on aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan to be put to a vote. due to the demands of the republicans regarding the migration situation on the southern borders of the usa. 51 senators opposed. and you need at least 60 votes. the most important thing is that... that senate majority leader chuck schumer also voted against.

tense negotiations continued between representatives of republicans and democrats. but earlier this week it became known that they failed. the situation was exacerbated by the closed hearing of senators on tuesday regarding ukraine. but it turned into a controversy surrounding the migration issue. several republicans even... left the meeting in protest, and the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi , canceled his participation at the last minute. the leader of the democratic majority in the senate, chuck schumer , spoke frankly. the republicans took over hearing and demanded to talk about the border issue, not the needs of ukraine. the republicans want to include provisions on border protection in the aid bill, due to concern that due to... international politics , domestic priorities are neglected,

and there is little time to pass at least some decision on aid to ukraine in the congress. from december 14, the legislators of both chambers will go on christmas weekend. after that date, congress cannot approve additional funding. ambassador of ukraine to the usa oksana markarova stated that the blocking does not deprive the possible. re-introduction of the draft law for voting in the near future. in the end, the white house is ready to make concessions in migration policy so that the senate votes for aid to ukraine and israel, reports reuters with reference to its own sources. the republican majority in the parliament issued an ultimatum to regulate the issue of illegal migration across the us- mexico border in order to... continue military support for ukraine, because the white house understands that if the us stops support

ukraine, and russia will come to the borders of nato, will have to start acting in accordance with the fifth article of nato and pay with the blood of americans. the coordinator of the national security council of the white house, john kirby, noted that the president of russia is counting on the fact that the united states will stop supporting ukraine. this will be a great gift for him. after the failure of the vote, president joseph biden called it madness, the inability of the american parliament to vote for the appropriate decision and political blackmail. history will severely punish those who turned away from the cause of freedom. we cannot allow putin to win. it is in our national interest and in the interest of all our friends. any interruption in our ability to supply weapons. ammunition to ukraine definitely strengthens putin's position. we are now running out

of money for this aid, and some republicans are playing with our national security by holding ukraine's funding hostage to a deeply biased border policy. in this heating season, the russians will obviously try again to extinguish the ukrainian energy industry. about this for several months in a row warn the military, representatives of the authorities and. specialized experts, however, with the onset of cold weather, the invaders massively struck only with shaheds, but this week, after an almost three-month pause, the russian federation attacked ukraine with strategic bombers. 14 out of 20 cruise missiles were shot down by our anti-aircraft defense forces, including all those flying towards kyiv. as of now, ukraine , the occupier, has accumulated more than eight hundred missiles for its... terror, which is half as much

as the enemy had last year at this same time, said air force spokesman yuriy ignat. however, our energy infrastructure does not currently have such capacities either, because it was not possible to fully restore it after the attacks of the invaders. this year, thanks to western aid, ukrainian air defense has significantly strengthened, american patriots have appeared. the number of german arst systems increased, together with the united states it was possible to adapt the soviet anti-aircraft missile systems, which are still the basis of the protection of the ukrainian sky against western missiles. because the soviet reserves are almost exhausted, all this gives reason for optimism, what the president said during the online summit of the group of seven countries. this winter, we have a chance to win the energy battle. last year , russia tried to hit ukraine with a blackout. its rockets, the trans shaheds, which became a weapon of russian terror, tried to destroy our energy industry. now we will settle

the air force, particularly with your support. and if we continue to do this, if we endure this winter energetically, the russian terror will... know one of the biggest losses. last year, at this time, ukraine had already experienced six massive enemy attacks. 50, 100 missiles each, and more a series of raids by shaheds. in november , there was even a blackout in the country. as a result of another attack, all nuclear units in the controlled territory were disabled, and the power system lost its integrity. millions of ukrainians were left without electricity. i had to adapt to life with emergency shutdown schedules, the city appeared on the streets. characteristic sound: the noise of the generator on. according to the ministry of energy, 50% of energy infrastructure, thermal power plant turbines, distribution networks and deficit transformers. in the spring and summer , energy workers conducted a large-scale repair

campaign, but the energy system met this winter in a much worse condition than last year. it. to restore completely, of course, it is impossible, and unfortunately there is damage and destruction that cannot be restored at all, but conditionally something happens there that does not make it possible to generate the necessary amount of electricity, for this there is import. thanks to the import of electricity from the european union, in particular romania and slovakia, ukrainians have not yet had to to remember how to use the light according to the schedule, and there is such a risk, and even without... attacks, a slight decrease in temperature to -4-5°, or an unscheduled repair of the power unit and a deficit occurs in the ponivatchyna electric system, it goes through the winter without capacity reserves for the first time , therefore, any russian strike can be particularly painful, the partners understand this and help not only with air defense systems, but also with appropriate equipment. one of

the vectors of our efforts is providing ukraine with spare equipment and spare mats. these are high-voltage transformers, industrial gas generators and mobile autonomous equipment that would increase resilience and prevent heat and power losses should russia launch a devastating strike. another area of ​​assistance is the physical protection of critical infrastructure. in particular , the state agency for reconstruction and development of infrastructure takes care of this. the department assures that, together with ukrenergo, they have developed a three-level system of protection of energy facilities: gabions and running. runs, special structures filled with explosive materials, must protect against wreckage of drones and missiles, concrete structures from the explosion of shaheds. the third level is protection against a direct missile hit. the americans provide special protective equipment, including nets and rebar. how effective it will be will become clear in the near future. the morning attack on december 8 may indicate

the beginning of russia's winter campaign to destroy the ukrainian energy system. the relatively small number of missiles in some... of which, according to the publication defense express , lacked a real warhead, speaks in favor of the version that the invaders are only probing ukrainian air defense. if there are many times more missiles, there will be a serious disadvantage on the street, a return to emergency shutdowns is a very real scenario, experts say. the ministry of energy has already prepared the corresponding schedules. the russians continue to destroy kharkiv. rockets hit civilian infrastructure, destroy homes of peaceful ukrainians. almost 300 high-rise buildings have been demolished in northern saltivka. dmytro didora will tell you how people live and whether they are rebuilding their homes. and here the wall was also made, here. well, these cracks

that's all, and i had the same thing. you hit it, then it is covered up , this crack opens up, then it is covered up, and then, you see, it is transparent, maybe you can see, there you can see what is happening in the apartment, they strengthened it with concrete and built new walls in ms. svitlana's apartment as well. the builders did such rough work to us, they patched up our cracks, they filled in the top of these two rooms. remsmesyu, well, excuse me, it’s not a repair, it’s because they glued the mesh, they missed the restoration, the woman also installed and

new windows, but despite such a restoration , it is impossible to live permanently in a burned-out apartment, so svitlana decided not to wait and start internal work with her own efforts and funds, more than uah 20,000 have already been spent on this, this is puttying, leveling the floor and laying linoleum. the work is still ongoing. they plan to make it before the new year, you can already see that the curtains have been hung, because yes, well, somewhere at least we will meet the new hour at least with curtains and light, but all efforts may be in jeopardy, since the house does not have centralized heating received, even though more than 200 km of main pipes were laid in the city before the heating season, so the couple is warmed by electric heaters and gas, so even such an unfinished repair already has consequences, here are my... cracks that are sewn through, that's it, you see, that's it , and it manifests itself through this putty , because there is no one there, there is nothing there

, they drilled a hole from me, they brewed there, that’s all, there is nothing there anymore, that’s why we melt these cracks here and there with cold, and it manifests itself , ugh, and fungus, poly no no i manage to wipe, because... puddles, puddles, puddles, puddles. more than 400 residential buildings were damaged in kharkiv. in total, the russians destroyed more than 8,000 objects in the city. this year, it was possible to renovate 38 objects. work on seven more will begin in the coming days. city funds and state subsidies are allocated for repairs. we have developed projects for the restoration of the city, there are already 118 potential objects, which we will also submit a subvention to the state, or look for... attract funds from international funds, donors and so on, and the third, well if there is an opportunity, we will add

the city budget to these objects, if there is an opportunity. half a thousand houses in kharkiv are not subject to restoration at all - said the mayor of kharkiv, ihor terekhov. he noted that kharkiv provides dormitories to those citizens who are left without a home. currently , all houses in kharkiv are being prepared. with heat in advance, but the local authorities predict a difficult winter, because last season the utilities were forced to completely restart the heating system of the entire city eight times, due to hitting in critical infrastructure facilities. as of november, 1,300,000 people live in kharkiv. dmytro didora, oleksandr burlevich, espresso tv channel. more than a month of strike. ukraine. found a way to bypass the blocking of the border by polish carriers. ukrzaliznytsia sent the first contrailer train with trucks to poland. truck drivers will be taken

to the polish city by bus. similar flights are organized in the return direction. thus, the authorities are returning to the long-forgotten practice of the 2000s of counter-relay transportation by freight trains to poland. by full-scale war. other ports are practically blockaded, and railways and roads across the western frontier have become the lifeline for all kinds of transport. the blockade of the border became tangible for our soldiers as well. taras chmut, the head of ukraine's largest military aid charity, return alive, said: critically important supplies of drones, electronics, and car parts have been stuck at the border for several weeks, because... they are being transported by commercial trucks that are prohibited from passing through the blockade. trade associations and chambers of belgium,

austria, the netherlands and italy called for a boycott of polish carriers, namely not to renew transport contracts and not to conclude new contracts with polish transport companies while they continue to block the ukrainian border. this is stated in an open letter. mentioned trade associations and chambers. the authors of the letter hope that polish transport companies will quickly end the strike if companies in western europe boycott them. meanwhile, the association of international carriers of ukraine filed the first complaints with local authorities in poland. according to yaroslav romanchuk, a lawyer and head of the office of the association of ukrainian business in poland, the first stage. there are submissions of official statements that the blockade threatens life, health and safety. after receiving complaints, the leaders of polish territorial communities are obliged

to appeal to the organizers of the blockade with a call to stop the action. yaroslav romanchuk says: so far, both business and lawyers do not plan to bring the case to court. but at the same time notes that with the advancement of ukraine to the eu, there will be more and more such disputes, conflicts and actions. a monument to lenin was erected on shevchenko boulevard in kyiv. in 1946 opposite the bessarabian market. the monument to the soviet leader was erected at the site of mass executions during the second world war. he decorated the center of the capital, so to speak, for a long time, but then he collapsed loudly. his heroic overthrow took place on december 8, 2013, during euromay, and marked the beginning of the mass destruction of monumental

propaganda throughout the country. as the fall of this lenin was dragged down by the demolition of a number of other soviet figures? kateryna halka will tell. for more than half a century , a monument to lenin has stood in the heart of the capital at the corner of shevchenko boulevard and khreshchatyk street. there were several attempts to demolish it. however, it was 10 years ago that it was finally toppled, it was the toppling of the lenin monument in kyiv that caused a chain reaction throughout the country, which was later called the fall of lenin. people rejoiced, people took hammers, but when they knocked him down with a crowbar, when they had already knocked him down, people there directly danced,

they collected pebbles for themselves, took pictures, well, it really was, it was lenin, it was a symbol of the ussr. in 2013, attempts were made to demolish the almost four-meter pedestal of ilyich on basarabka at least three times. the first two times the law enforcement officers resisted, but the third time they simply watched. lenin in the center of kyiv dragged everyone else along with him. only during december 2013 there was a flood in ukraine. three more of these. they overthrew lenin and felt everything, now let's overthrow yanukovych. indeed, viktor yanukovych fled in two months. and since then, the process has accelerated, and monuments to soviet figures began to be torn down in the southern and southeastern regions. in particular, in 2014, the second tallest lenin in ukraine fell in kharkiv. and already in 2015 , decommunization officially began. thanks to

the package of laws, it was possible to clean up. thousands of soviet toponyms, names, memorial signs and monuments. from the beginning of the full-scale invasion, de-sovietization was joined by de-russification, so we finally got rid of not only lenins and stalins, but also pushkins and chkalovs. after the full-scale invasion , it became clear to everyone that the capital of ukraine is not there should be nothing russian, there should be no russian propaganda, there should be no russian symbols. we've got. enough of their heroes. the capital, as of the end of 2023, is 98% free of colonial signs and figures. in particular, several high-profile and long-awaited demolitions took place this year. motherland lost the soviet coat of arms from its shield, and pushkin finally disappeared from bagryany park. they even dropped the rider shchors, for whom leonid kravchuk once played. they promise not

to stop there. and the city. tons, a few more uh