news time on espresso. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. all but one. ukrainian defenders destroyed 41 enemy mines at night. most are in heaven. over odeshchyna, the air force reported. there they noticed that the russians started attacking us with drones since 7 p.m. the previous day. the launches were carried out in waves from three directions from the temporarily occupied crimea and primorsky akhtarsk. a total of 42 attack drones were launched. the occupiers also fired six s-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the direction of southern ukraine. one more person died. got

wounded due to enemy shelling in the kherson region. around midnight, the occupiers attacked the village of myrolyubivka, kherson district, with an s-300 rocket. an elderly woman died under the rubble of a private house. in the village, private houses, a school and a partially destroyed building of the local dispensary were damaged. this was reported to the regional prosecutor's office. subsequently, the russian military attacked kherson twice. the rescuers had to. put out a fire in an apartment building and a business center. fortunately, people survived. in general, during the day, the enemy released across the region more than half a thousand shells. hits were also recorded in the villages of sadove, antonivka, prydniprovske, and kumyshany. 11 people were injured, including three children. five wounded had to be treated. they talked about the consequences of the enemy attack on odeshchyna.

in the state emergency service. debris of the downed shaheds damaged the dormitory. another 11 buildings were also damaged as a result of the russian terrorist attack. two private vehicles, vehicles in the city of vluchan burned down. rescuers installed a mobile heating station. psychologists of the state emergency service work with residents there, as well as red the cross brings people food and warm things. let me remind you that a 42-year -old man died in odesa the day before . 1,300 occupiers were destroyed in a day by the ukrainian armed forces, the general staff of the armed forces informs about this. and since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, ukrainian soldiers have already eliminated 343 thousand invaders. yesterday, our soldiers destroyed 10 enemy tanks, the same amount of special equipment, more than 20 guns. armored vehicles and 12

artillery systems, landed 10 missiles and 33 drones. thanks to ukrainian soldiers , 13 tanker trucks will no longer carry fuel. the data, the military clarifies, are indicative. the moscow region was attacked en masse by drones at night. according to the local public, the target of the drones were military units in alabino and podilsko, as well as a military base in the ramensky district of podmoskoy. some ukrainian media, referring to their sources in the special services, confirmed that the night attack in russia was a special operation gur. let me remind you, according to the ministry of defense of erefia, russian air defense allegedly shot down nine drones in the moscow and kaluga regions overnight. if the threat from the northern borders, particularly from belarus, grows, the armed forces of ukraine will be ready to react quickly. the team emphasized this.

serhii naev of the united forces of the armed forces of ukraine. in the most dangerous directions, ukrainian defenders continue to strengthen the positions of the first and second lines of defense, equip boundaries and set up barricades. as of now, the situation is stable and under control. the work continues 24/7 and will be completed at the appointed time terms when necessary, these defensive lines will be occupied by troops, and we... are we ready to respond adequately to the development of the situation? we move on. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. volodymyr zelandsky had the first telephone conversation with the new prime minister of poland , donald tusk. the ukrainian head of state announced this on his page in the social network, noting that the conversation took place during his stay in norway. the president congratulated tusk on his appointment and the beginning of a new party. in bilateral

relations between ukraine and poland. in return received words of support for kyiv's european aspirations. zelenskyi also agreed with tusk on the further schedule. belarus has started building a military town near ukraine, it will be located 50 km from the border, the monitoring group "belarusian forest" reports. according to their data, new places for deployment of the military are being built on the territory of five children's camps. there is also a popular active recreation club korsar, which... recently announced its move to another location, previously the authorities announced a tender for cutting down trees and bushes at the site of construction of new military infrastructure. slovakia partially resumed the movement of trucks from ukraine

to its territory. cars were allowed to pass at 1:80 p.m., the state border service reported. as of six o'clock in the morning at the uzhhorod checkpoint, to leave ukraine. have already issued 28 trucks, 24 of them have already passed all types of control on the slovak side, it was previously planned that they would accept two trucks per hour, but in fact three or four cars are allowed through. i will remind you, on december 11, slovak carriers joined the polish protesters and blocked the movement of trucks from ukraine through the checkpoint on their border. standing and recover, representatives of the authorities, the public sector, business, as well as international partners discussed the prospects for the development of the ukrainian agro-energy sector. about how ukraine entered the heating season and what decisions and actions will help create a new sustainable

energy system, further in our story. resilience and recovery. the issue of ukraine's energy security has united ukrainian, european and... american specialists. talked not only about development, but also about endurance at every level, personal, regional and national. taking into account the experience of last winter, they also discussed the provision of plan b. we are talking about the creation of a parallel power system, which in case the main one fails, will be able to pick up the power supply of critical infrastructure, i.e. water supply, heat supply, hospitals. schools, these are the basic things that provide life in communities, life in cities, and this will allow us to be sure that the plans of the enemy are not will take place this year, the energy system of ukraine, despite the difficult restoration, is holding up, but when it is not possible to cope with its own forces, they attract emergency assistance from

neighboring countries. she, of course, helps out, but her prices are not fixed, the provision is not guaranteed. therefore, experts emphasize regulatory changes in order to create such a regulatory framework within ukraine so that commercial imports from europe come to us, ukrenergo has completed the technical task of opening these imports, 1,700 mw, this is an amount that would be absolutely sufficient to cover our needs today, the needs of our energy system, ukrainian consumers, but due to economic reasons, this import is not going, the ministry of energy assures that they have prepared for the heating season, added a powerful one. to the system, units at thermal and hydroelectric power stations were restored, a number of nuclear power units were repaired, but experts repeatedly said that the sector would not be restored so much as they would try to build anew. we will not restore everything that

was in the same, in the same form. the recovery process is already and will be, if the process structures of the new energy system. we will need to add so much generation. where we have already added gigawatts to the energy system, we have repaired the required number of different types of generation, units of different types of generation in order to cover this and that demand. so, despite all the challenges and the northern neighbors, the ukrainian energy sector is holding on and even taking steps forward. in particular , on november 28, the process of synchronizing the ukrainian and european energy systems was completely completed. union, we have been going for this for six years, but there is still a lot of important work ahead: commercial synchronization, decarbonization, full recovery and investment attraction. the espresso tv channel together with the public organization baza ua is collecting funds for

atvs to transport the wounded and other needs of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine kholodny yar. in extremely difficult conditions, the ukrainian military makes a choice every day. victory without leaving wounded comrades on the battlefield. with atvs, evacuation will be faster and easier, and therefore the chances of saving the injured will be much greater. our goal is 800 thousands uah. with your help, we have already collected over uah 350,000. let's make sure that this collection is closed by the end of the week, because we can do it. you can now see all the details on your screens. that's all the news for this hour. more interesting and up-to-date information can be found on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks. join, put your preferences. next , my colleagues lesya vakolyuk and andriy saichuk are waiting for you on the air. see well,

we continue with our espresso information marathon, thanks to everyone who joined us, and we already have oleksiy hetman, reserve major of the national guard of ukraine, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, mr. oleksiy, good morning, good morning, well , first of all, let's start with... the operational situation at the front, there are reports that the russians they seem to have had a small advance near avdiyivka, there is also a refutation of this, and what is actually happening at the front, in your opinion, what is your assessment, well, near avdiyivka , they started on october 10 and are already continuing the third wave of offensive actions, and there they are attacking well, by and large out of three directions, from the north, from the east and from the south, but... there, in more detail, six directions are distinguished, where they are trying, well, somehow

to advance, as far as they manage, well , the fact is that the front line, such as well, maybe we remember from some old movies, there it is about the second world war or the first world war, here you can't clearly draw the front line, because it is dynamic, the positions change, so we can clearly say where which units are located, ours or enemy's? well, you can’t exactly reach one meter, plus or minus up to 100 m there, the situation changes, well, 100 m this is the width of a football field, a dozen , it is more accurate approximately to visualize, and by and large, fire positions can change within such distances, so it is impossible to clearly say where we are, where the enemy is, but approximately as it is drawn now on the dipst map, we can say that it is true, here we see that they are attacking from the north and lo... from the east, from spartak, there from the south, from vodyanny, opytny, there, by the way, from the south are attacking

servicemen of the so-called donetsk people's republic, there is a battalion samoli, still they have some units there, that's why they attack her in the south through plantings, through fields for a large amount, there are still hundreds of meters to some buildings, but from the north, this is already kokhsyhim, this is already from the rooster. in the east , these are already buildings, that is, it can be considered that there are battles going on in the industrial zone and in, well, in populated areas, well, in populated areas, among buildings. the commander of the northern direction, naiv, the general , visited the northern front itself and showed how arrangements are being made there, we can probably show this video also to the engineering a line of defense is being built and... and we can actually see that they have started, in fact, work on

strengthening, strengthening of our various borders, in particular in the sumy region, obviously, and i don’t know if we can show this video, it is quite telling, in particular there it is obvious that you can see it, we can just look at it, and, that is, the technique works, it actually works to a certain extent... it reminds us of what we saw not so long ago, how the russians were preparing for our offensive in the zaporozhye region in the first place, and now even the same teeth the dragon is present, here and there such positions are arranged, this is a more or less normally arranged trench, well , it must be lined with wood so that it can be normal. we need to move there, well, there is a lot, in short , we will focus on this, there

is a lot that the engineering troops have to do, they understand how it is done, and thank god that they are involved in the execution of these works, because in addition to the infantry, they are constantly fighting digging, it's kind of, well, a little difficult, so the engineering troops, they have to do it, they have to set up positions, there is hope that everything after all, private construction companies will also be involved, well, their advertisements are on... on big boards in big cities, and not only in big ones, we constantly see where they advertise their opportunities to do something very quickly, to do something very qualitatively, well let them do it now where we need to do it. fortifications, they know how, they are such professionals, that is why we expect to see them there too, to think that we are moving into some kind of defense, these are some words they use, we know that on the eastern front from kupinsk to ugledar and on and perhaps on the northern front from the side of belarus , bryansk, perhaps there are no

large russian groups in the north yet, well , perhaps, offensive actions are possible, so at this time, for the winter, we just need... we need to strengthen ourselves, build fortifications so that to allow the enemy to advance so that we can give him axes, so that in this way, in powerful fortifications, we can save many lives of our servicemen, holding the defense, so here to consider that it is some kind of blind defense that has all disappeared, no, this is normal, well, how are we there offensive actions we are not going to plan, let's simplify the situation, the enemy is going to take offensive actions, we can't just sit in the field, of course we need to strengthen ourselves. that it is better to hold the defense, there is no need to look for a second meaning, a second meaning of some kind, this is a normal situation, god grant that they have time to build more or less, well, you see, there are trenches that we dig, we strengthen them with wood, and the russians had time, they had more time, they had time to build iron concrete blocks in general, it was more convenient to hold the defense there, but here they are

no, no, no, we were able to withstand it, although we were not very ee... at a long distance, but we were still advancing, let's see what the russians can do, and of course mining, very important mining in order to make it harder for the mob to approach to our positions, that is why this phase of the war, the winter phase of the war, we need to strengthen in the middle of the night and in the east, and the actions we are taking in the south, well, continue, well, here as far as the weather will allow us, in your opinion, well, you may have also seen this publication, we're quoting it... it's from the new york times that there seem to be different views, in particular, what is the priority direction , i.e., as if kyiv insists on the fact , the american journalists write, referring to their sources, that it is very important for kyiv to get what is called the east at any cost, the eastern regions, that is, donbas, in first of all, while washington seems to think

that the most strategic direction is the south of ukraine. can it be said here that there are some such priorities, taking into account that now very serious events are taking place near avdiivka, well , the fact is that they have not changed their plans of the russians to go to the administrative borders of the donetsk and luhansk regions, in order to say that the special military operation they planned has achieved its goal, then, well, they will start telling you what can be done... at the negotiating table , that it is necessary to take into account these realities that exist now, that they did not attack anyone, they helped the donetsk, luhansk people 's republic to hold our, as it were, occupation, which we planned to do, or are going to do, well, that is, it is important, really important keep the defense in the east, prevent them from reaching the borders of the donetsk-luhansk region, well , the priorities are half-south where we plan

through the takmak direction, well, through... kherson, the direction to skadovsky to armyansky from the western part of crimea, to exit in the north of crimea, well, these, i am sure that no one canceled it, and this is what will be done in the future, but here once again, the weather makes its adjustments, well, in such weather, on such soft ground, it is obvious to move not only with heavy equipment, it's quite difficult for people, it's not because they are... tired, there are people there prepared, it doesn't count here , tired, not tired, but simply you can't move quickly, you have 1, 2 kg of bognyuvka sticking to you, you just become less mobile, that is, you are more vulnerable, it's easier speaking, for the enemy, uh , we are waiting for some decisions regarding new and new approaches to mobilization, they have already

been announced in principle, what do you think they will be and what they should be, i understand that one of the approaches that remains, this is something that should be in ukraine, no officially it is, general, total , so to speak, mobilization, we have heard it more than once from mr. danilo that all men will fight, at least in this country, we know examples from history when such total mobilizations took place, this was in the first world war, in the second world war partly the same, but we also know that i don't know ... in the same britain, that meant that the princes, barons, earls, dukes, their children, they so were on the front lines themselves, the british queen. the medical service has very wonderful photos, where she takes care of the wounded there, well, yes, that’s how it was, that is, yes, i’m trying to understand

what kind of mobilization would suit us, given that somehow on patriotism itself, it seems that we, well, from that the point that we are at least now, it seems to me, we will not get far, we will not get there, no, of course, look, those people who were motivated are full. motivated, they were immediately there on the 24th 02-22 they were near their military units, or near the military commissariats, there were queues, we remember that, well, these people left and went on will leave people less motivated and even those people who are not motivated at all, well, this does not mean that these people should not defend the homeland during the war, all for some reason , i don't know how it is, when it started and how it worked, well, a lot people for some reason are sure that they will go to serve in the armed forces during the war. it's your right, i want, i don't want, i want, i don't want, i want, i'll go, i don't want, i'm sorry, i have other business, it's not, it's a man's duty, and every

man who has the opportunity to serve in the army has it should serve in it, but it doesn't have to immediately think that all these people will go to the front and will directly conduct contact battles there, well, in the armed forces there are a lot of units, a lot of functions, other functions, which are also no less important. in order to, well, in general, be on, so that we could somehow hold the defense, so that we could win on the battlefield, so if a person can even, well, you know, i listen, well, let's take a little side, in my units, even during a full-scale attack, there were people, officers, i don't want to name their names, of course, who just came up and said cambrig, that they are these people who have been fighting since the 14th year, but here's something... a fracture occurred in the head and people say, i can't, i'll be there, well, i can't conduct combat operations directly with a machine gun i can’t in my hands, i can put people and well, and i’m here by myself

, that’s fine, i’m the commander of a unit, i understand that it’s a small unit, but i understand that nothing good will happen, and what do you think was the reaction of the manager the leadership of our brigades, well, the military unit, the man remained to him, well, to him... there are a few more such people were given very important, very important documentary work at the headquarters, organizational work, they took on very big responsibilities, well, there is a lot that needs to be quickly organized, quickly written down so that who goes where, who goes where supplies, that is, logistics, let’s say the question even before the brigade leaves, or does the unit leave, there is a lot needed there, so that there are weapons in a timely manner, so that there is a timely... namostina traffic routes, well , that is, there, believe me, there work very, very much a lot, and these people who honestly admitted that they just had a psychological break, he can’t directly conduct

a contact shooting battle, they even were, were awarded certain awards there, for very professional work, people 24/7, and they pulled on themselves such a burden of work that, well, they freed other people in this way who could already be engaged in, well, let's say combat, more combat. nothing else, respect for them has not decreased, and respect on the contrary, that a person is not hiding somewhere, said that i have a fracture, i can’t, i just shoot at a person won't be able to, that's all i'm saying, that you shouldn't be so afraid of mobilization, that everyone will definitely go to fight, those who are most prepared will go to fight, if a person ca n't and his hands are shaking, then there's no need to send him there send. there is a lot to do on the second line, on the third line, there is aerial reconnaissance, which you can do, well , the operator got caught, who cannot

be outside the shelling zone, somewhere in the depths, there is a lot of engineering work, well, listen, and repair work, equipment need to repair yes, i will now start to shift gears, it will not be enough to do what, what, what else to do in the army besides conducting combat operations, so i am quite positive about mobilization. the only thing is that there are no such cases as in transcarpathia, when people go to the gyms and almost a whole village of people are dragged to the military commissariat, it is necessary, well, i think that a law will be passed by the end of the year, i talked to people from the committees, who are developing these laws, they still don't have a single vision of how to do it right, there are different opinions expressed, well, i think in the end in the last two weeks of this year, they will adopt it, and then all the actions of the military commissions, they will be, well, i think that... within the limits of the law that will be adopted, well, maybe people should really go with documents, well during martial law, well, excuse me , during war

, you have to carry a passport and a military card with you so that you can identify a person and calmly hand over a summons, well, that is, a lot of rural areas, well, you don’t need to, because if a person evades military service, it is a crime, but correcting this crime with another crime is the way nowhere. well, i will briefly ask your opinion, literally your reaction, probably, the investigative information has published information according to which... this year the financial department of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine bought 116 different valuable gifts for a total amount of almost half a million hryvnias including some author's works of chess from figures of napoleon and some other ancient rhymes, some silver-gilded icons, which, to my humble taste, have great

distaste. made, but they cost tens of thousands of hryvnias, as well as watches apple and other similar miscellaneous, miscellaneous junk, what do you think about it? well , you know, awarding in the armed forces is normal, it motivates, it can not only be state or departmental awards, it can be some, well, for example, an award weapon, it can be some other things, but this. it should not be at the expense of the state, after all, well, it can be voluntary, well, it’s a person ’s birthday, well, there’s nothing wrong with that , he will give a gift, for example, well, chess, if he likes to play chess, well, but for this, well, listen , we have a birthday we are in units, well, listen , well, let's not do something like that with ourselves, we always used to get together, we used to get together on someone's birthday, let 's get together, let's buy a person, let's buy such and such, it's so normal, and for some reason i don't...

no one can say that these are state units for money, so that we buy it, no, if necessary, i want to give a gift, i want a person to be pleasant, or if this person is worthy of an award, it can to be a prize weapon, well, such things that are prescribed are normal situation, not to mention just thank yous on paper or awards, and if you want to give something more valuable, well , you also respect this person, it is your or your subordinate, or your boss, it is not unprincipled, get over it. certain new customs are even adopted, well , we, for example, will celebrate together with the western world and the civilized world, so to speak, although this is already

beyond the bounds of political correctness of the latter. sometimes such a wording as the civilized world and well here you know it is very difficult to hold on after that are told by some foreign journalists , some of their comments are within these limits , well, it is almost impossible, nevertheless, in many countries, for example, in western europe, it is literally not accepted to give expensive gifts, including to your bosses, because it puts you in an awkward position and the boss and those who give it, after all, because it produces. unhealthy relationship, and on the other hand it is generally a good good tone for even close people to give gifts that cost no more than €5, for example. that's it, that's it when, well, i would be interested to know the list of people who received, for example, chess for 40 00 hryvnias, well, who are they really, these are people from the front lines, fighters who were awarded, so they don't have time to play those chess, and you advanced ones are not needed in principle, i think, let me just give you an example, something

valuable is not valuable, here... count, i, well, in the unit where i served, there was a person who has now resigned and is busy, she makes knives , balls, well, those who don't play football, there axes are so hutsul, well, how, how, how, a specialist, well, eh it's a bugle there, he can fish it out, they're quite expensive, there, well, i'm not, i won't advertise, well, it's not inconvenient, but that's it. precious, precious expensive things , he makes them very professionally, well, it wears out the artistry in the account, and sometimes we, yes, our bosses, let’s say this, leaders, he made for them, produced these hutsul axes, for example, and it was like a gift, and to count the money, it is definitely more than 5 €, but how can it be evaluated, as a valuable dep or not valuable, here you have to...