nikopol in dnipropetrovsk region. the russians pounded the city four times a day with heavy artillery. in nikopol, a shop, 14 private houses, electricity grids and a gas pipeline were damaged. from aviation, tanks, hail and artillery. the occupiers shelled 10 settlements in donetsk region. most of the destruction was in teretsk. the russians dropped two air bombs on the city, seven administrative buildings, a cafe, a bank, 10 houses and cars were damaged. in the chasovoyarsk community , two were affected. high-rise buildings, private homes and industrial facilities. russians in zaporozhye drones attacked novodarivka, chervone , and poltavka, dropped an aerial bomb on the preobrazhenka, fired on machka and robotyn from the rocket salvo systems and malotok artillery. in general, almost a hundred times the enemy raided the territory of the pologiv and vasyliv districts, destroying human housing. the russians hit kharkov this night with rockets in the kyiv district of the city, near residential buildings from the district.

i always slept soundly, so she was asleep and didn't hear anything, but my husband and i, of course, woke up from a very loud explosion, and the alarms in all the cars in the yards were all ringing. the ukrainian defense forces in donbas have to repel dozens of enemy attacks every day in several directions. according to the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, the russians are climbing near kupyansk, bakhmut, avdiyivka and on the outskirts of maryinka, which the ukrainian army no longer controls. and today. during the day

we have disturbing news. according to the experts of dipstate and the institute for the study of war, the enemy has not significantly, but still moved the front line in donbas. it happened in the district stepovoy, which is near avdiivka, nevelsky and maryinka. also, the enemy regained control over the terrecon of one of the mines near horlivka. however, experts note, the russians did not have time to gain a foothold there everywhere, and they advanced in rather small areas. fierce fighting is also ongoing in the zaporizhzhia region in the area of ​​the villages of priyutne and verbove. on the left bank of the dnieper in the kherson region, the defenders have secured their positions, are counterattacking and exhausting the enemy. the occupiers there, according to the general staff, are suffering heavy losses. without breaks for sleep and food. 24 hours a day, our fighters in the avdiyiv direction repulse the meat assaults of the occupiers. according to the usual words, our fighters repelled the attacks of the occupiers, there are superhuman efforts in the trenches on... the middle edge,

ukrainian defenders are holding back the enemy attack in the freezing cold with massive artillery fire. exclusive video of the battle on the front line on the southern flank of avdiyivka from the film crew of tsn warfighter ruslan yarmalyuk. rains and frost turned all the fields and roads into solid ice. walking is difficult, but running is even more difficult more difficult, but when shells fall nearby, run. it is difficult not even to hold the battle, but to reach a position where it can be accepted, because the slime is such that it is just a slipper, in the frosty air you can clearly hear how the projectile flies with a whistle towards our positions. the occupiers do not save ammunition near avdiivka, neither on the northern flank near the steppe, nor near neversky on the southern flank. weekday foot soldiers, did it just fly in? yes, after

the third explosion directly into the trench, still warm, yagay, the enemy fires tons of ammunition in a day, trying to break our infantry, which bit into the ground and restrained the enemy's meat rushes, became active, which means that their infantry may soon approach, the enemy's infantry did not force themselves to wait long and moved en masse to the assault, it is difficult to say this without saying anything, under the feet of summer. constant shelling and drones on one section of the front of one battalion drop at least 6 shells a day and in such conditions the guys are attacked every day 24 hours a day by the enemy, who is advancing and advancing on the southern flank of avdiivka. no one shouts before the battle here, everyone knows that immediately after a massive artillery barrage, the assault groups are already in the field and crawling towards our chances. worked hard, ready, yes, come on, the cannonade

of explosions near the trenches and firing from machine guns merges into one monotony. the sound of the chaos of war. thousands of bullets fly in the direction of the enemy, and they continue to try to crawl and storm our fortifications. they don't go in, it happens that at first there are four men, two, three, four, and then the group tightens up and four more. about eight to 10 people go to the attacking position. texas does not count the number of rounds, medicine during the fight goes to the boxes. this soldier, a teacher of physics and astronomy, there in a past life, here he is a machine gunner, they are tired, because the daily assaults are exhausting, but they hold the defense and do not let the russians advance on their flank. we have time to rest for three hours. splinters from

enemy shells fall into the trenches, but our infantry is not defeated, no one hides, everyone works like cyborgs. on the battlefield, they started their assault, we help the adjacent units to hold back the assault, the enemy is shot, he continues to move, titushars, the secret is probably in pills that are given to the occupiers before the battle in order to extinguish their fear, besides, there are fenced units behind, which shoot those who turn back, since a month ago i was in one of their positions, i found theirs. a first-aid kit, then pills, injections of all kinds, there is simply no measure. the intensity of the battle is such that the barrels overheat.

bullets and projectiles are shining overhead, our soldiers are steadfast with weapons in their hands, minus the decisive ones. strag always goes, it's from. but here we cannot predict everything, these guys do not need prayer, here at ground zero, where time has stopped, to them drones , shells and mobilization support are needed, psychological, relatives have not been seen for a long time, you know, first of all, nothing, relatives are waiting for us, we will return, the battle subsides in an hour and a half, the enemy leaves the dead and pulls back to regroup before a new assault, literally 5 minutes and the fact that today the intensity of the enemy’s movement was low, yesterday there were literally interruptions of 10-15 minutes, these were the maximum interruptions, just enough to replenish the ammunition and climb again,

the infantry, dusk falls on the chance to rest and dream, the day begins to work again hostile artillery. which means that soon the earth will move again and the earth will burn again. ruslan yaremlyuk, mykhailo putyat, tsn 1+1 marathon, only news. a historic decision was made and the issue of money was postponed. at the summit of the leaders of the european union in brussels, it was decided to start accession negotiations with ukraine, and hungary did not interfere with this historic decision, although it managed to block the decision to allocate 50 billion euros of aid to our country. tsn correspondent oksana tkachenko is in direct contact with us from brussels, she followed all the events yesterday and today oksana, congratulations, tell me in more detail how you finally managed to convince the hungarian leader, and what this decision means for ukraine now. you have a word. greetings, hello.

well, the second day of the summit is coming to an end, i think everyone here is moving away from yesterday's euphoria , especially the ukrainian part of the press pool, many of my colleagues were simply shocked by the speed of making this historic... decision to start negotiations, and actually, not least, because there were statements by the leaders before the summit that it would be very difficult to reach agreement and unanimity, they were preparing to sit for several days and even until christmas, but in the end we still have to, the summit of the european council did decide to start negotiations with us and with moldova, and let me tell you a little about how everything happened yesterday, you know, there was actually such a political series in the hall for sure fierce debates continued behind the doors, european leaders tried to convince viktor orbán to change his opinion about ukraine, and in the end they managed to vote only after the hungarian prime minister left the room, thus bypassing their veto. it is rumored in the media that in fact this

idea was suggested to orban by german chancellor olaf scholz. well, my sources in the european council say that orbán was simply trying to save face in this way. so, we have 26 votes in favor and one abstention. literally after the announcement of this decision , charles michel came out to the journalists in the hall. this happens very rarely, but it is obviously very common. wanted to share this news with us, and says that it is just a historic decision, and german chancellor olaf scholz in the journalist's comments stated that it addressed not least to vladimir putin. we have worked hard to prepare this european council. it is important that every member state does not oppose this decision, and that is why we were able to make this announcement tonight. we want to support ukraine, this is a very powerful political signal, this is a very... powerful political decision, and today i think about the people of ukraine, we are on their side, this decision

made by the member states is extremely important for trust in the european union. we sent a clear sign of support, a sign to the courageous citizens of ukraine who defend their country, but it is also a sign for the president of russia, who must understand that the european union, its member states, should not be expected to weaken their support for ukraine. there is also a decision regarding the 12th package of sanctions against russia, it will be officially announced a little later, but regarding the 50 billion euros of financial aid, well, it is blocked by hungary for now, but our foreign ministry said that there is hope, the leader allegedly reached an agreement in principle, it's just that all procedures will be carried out next year, and literally several hours ago there was a final press conference, ursula fonderlein was there, charles michel was there and... hungary was unable to support

the decision, so there will be a new cfsp at the beginning of next year, and we as a commission will use the time until then to ensure , that everything that happens at this council will have an immediate solution. a historic day, a historic victory for ukraine and the whole of europe, this is how president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi commented on this decision, the results of this summit, and expressed his gratitude to everyone who worked for this victory, well, this decision gives motivation for our people, for our fighters on the front lines. i think that now ukrainians have received a clear confirmation that the european union recognizes our aspirations, the aspirations of our people and is waiting for us in its membership. let's listen to what the ukrainian president said. i congratulate all

of you, each and every one of you, on what has been achieved, all of us who, with the unity of ukraine, are strengthening the unity of europe, have succeeded. i want to especially thank all the boys and girls, men and women who fought, are fighting for ukraine, who are now fighting to defend the will of ukraine, who they help our soldiers, treat, train, import weapons, produce. everything we achieve would be impossible without this heroic courage of our people, our nation, which so inspires the whole world. i would like to emphasize that everyone here says that this decision is absolutely deserved. ukraine fulfilled all the necessary eu recommendations, even under war conditions, carried out reforms, fought corruption, improved the rule of law, and the european commission took this into account. well, i would like to explain a little to the audience that... what awaits us next, there will be a series of negotiations, the first intergovernmental conference,

as well as the screening of our legislation, there will be negotiations and they will check for compliance with ukrainian european legislation, there are as many as 35 spheres, it can be agriculture, ecology, but they must be brought into compliance with eu legislation. well, after the completion of this process, we are waiting for the closing of negotiations and a big decision on ukraine's accession to the eu. from myself, you know, i want to... add that here we had a lot of meetings with european officials, i must say, you know, it is impressive how sincere here they expect greater cooperation with ukrainians, and secretly admit that they are going not only to share their experience in improving standards and legislation, but also to learn where and why from all ukrainians. studio, thank you, oksanochka, really good and encouraging news. ktsn correspondent oksana tkachenko with details of the historic euu summit for ukraine. well, the decision to allocate 50 billion euros of financial aid to us by the european union

has been made in principle, as reported by the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine. completion of all procedures is expected in january. we are waiting, thank you. the senate of the united states postponed the christmas vacation, which was supposed to start today, in order to try to vote for the allocation of aid to ukraine. after several weeks of impasse, he finally sees a deal with the republicans, the leader said. in the chakshumer senate, as realistically as possible, we will speak with tsn's own correspondent in the united states , olga koshelenko, she joins me live from washington. congratulations, so how much. this progress is touching, will the senate be able to vote for aid to ukraine, and so what? what to do with this situation with the house of representatives, which has already gone on vacation, it also has to vote? hello, well, for now we can say that the democrats are very persistent and determined in their efforts to resolve the issue of aid to ukraine, and their leader, at the same time the leader of the majority in the senate, chuck

schumer, used his powers and canceled the vacation, for now, because the senators already today... at the end of the day they could safely go to their states for the holidays, prepare for christmas there. schumer did say that he has seen progress and can see how he said, and the possibility of reaching an agreement with the republicans, although he admits that there is still a lot of work ahead. speaking the day before in the senate, he recalled putin's words, which he spoke the day before at his annual press conference, that sooner or later the world will tire, and it seems that this is already happening, and the whole world, as he said. v shomer is looking at the congress now, and putin, well, is just smiling at the united states, so he urged his colleagues to stay and use, perhaps, the last chance, as he said, for to pass this legislation. my fellow republicans who say we need to act urgently on the border, let's keep working to find

a solution instead of rushing to get out, if republicans are serious about... the bottom line: there's no need to rush home. this may be our last chance to pass this bill. after two weeks at a standstill, we are finally seeing some significant progress and need to take advantage of it, or there may not be another chance. it is not easy to reach an agreement on such a difficult issue, but a lot is at stake, so we have to try our best. but the will of the democrats alone is not enough to unblock. this process necessarily needs votes and the republicans as well, they are less optimistic so far, for example, senator tom cotan said that there is indeed progress, but they are still very, very far from a final agreement. a stumbling block remains the authority of the us president, as a humanitarian password, under which, by the way, many refugees from ukraine entered the united states. not all republicans were happy, by the way,

opportunities to work overtime and stay at a time when they could already be on vacation. for example, sen. lynsey graham said he's going home, things will wait until next year, so we'll see how many republicans are in the room on monday. i am happy to come home to south carolina and say that i do not support the needs of other countries until we take significant steps to secure our southern border. what the democrats are proposing continues the disaster they created. so, negotiations are ongoing, if we assume that the senate really manages to do the almost impossible thing to agree and vote for aid to ukraine, the next step should also be the house of representatives, which is also the lower house, which should also meet and vote. let me remind you, it is headed by the republican mike johnson,

who is not so favorable to ukraine, and despite the calls of the democrats to stay, he still dissolved the congress yesterday. men for the holidays, but some representatives said they would be willing to return for a day or two if there was full consensus to also to vote for aid to ukraine in the package with the american border, that is, we can summarize, alo, that the negotiations are ongoing, they are not easy, and the fact that they did not stop, it is already good for now, obviously, yes, olochko, but how do they comment in the united states yesterday's decision of the european union to start negotiations with ukraine? about the introduction, have americans been inspired by such determination of european leaders? but i can't say that it caused a violent reaction in the united states and is discussed in any way very widely, because even though for us historically it the decision is extremely important, but still it is intermediate. the state department released an official statement saying that they welcome the

decision, and i quote, it gives hope and encouragement to the countries affected by the decision. and their peoples to continue with the necessary reforms and to advance their ambitions in the european union, this is a historic moment, as the united states says, for europe and the transatlantic partnership, and the united states, for its part, will resolutely continue, support the process of enlargement of the european union, and as they say , with we look forward to supporting candidate and potential candidate countries as they continue important reforms along the way. to eu membership, and at this crucial moment, the state department says, they are reaching out to the transatlantic community with calls, encouragement to use. this moment in order to fully realize its democratic and economic potential. hello! thank you olya. vlaskor tsn in the united

states olha koshelenko on what are the current chances that the american senate will unblock aid to ukraine. there is hope, we hear. and then, whether the states really remain one of the main defenders of democracy on the planet, in addition to putin, others who want to grab other people's lands are also closely watching. the kremlin's scenario from... seizures of foreign territories are spreading across the planet. following putin, his friend, the venezuelan dictator maduro, is building popular support by annexing the land of neighboring guyana. so far, the consequences of his illegal referendum remain on paper, to prevent the escalation of the conflict, the countries of south america gathered representatives of both countries to the negotiations, from which maduro came out, declaring to the camera of his tv channel, it happened the way we needed it, venezuela won, what really happened? ktsn correspondent yanas sliserchuk will tell. at the same time that the historic european union summit in brussels is deciding the fate of ukraine, on the other side of the planet, at the airport

of the tiny caribbean state of saint vincent and the grenadines, they are trying to prevent a war. putin's friend, venezuelan president nicolas maduro, meets face to face with the president the neighboring country of guyana, 2/3 of which he virtually annexed illegally. referendum in early december. i am glad that the countries of south america and the caribbean basin were able to take this step. venezuela first encroached on the territory west of the sequibo river at the end of the 19th century, when deposits of gold and bauxite were found there. in 1899, the international court of arbitration confirmed that this land belonged to british guyana at that time. disputes raged throughout the 20th century. he has been considering the case for years. international court of the un, but in 2015 in the territorial waters of guyana found large deposits of oil. american companies came there, and now guyana is the fastest economy on the planet. therefore, a year before

the next elections, venezuelan president maduro, in defiance of the decision of the international court of the united nations, which forbids him to encroach on the neighboring territory, holds a referendum in his country. only 10% of citizens come to the polling stations, but they vote anyway. you have to, so the venezuelan authorities are drawing a new map of venezuela for regions with sekibo and are going to send it to all schools, and it's very stressful american oil companies. and fran ali, the president of guyana, the only english-speaking country in the region, pulls on a bracelet to remind him what the map of his country looks like. shall i tell you what it is? this is guyana. all this belongs to guyana, this is a map of guyana. a few hours of negotiations with mediators in a tiny , suffocating airport and alize maduro meet face to face. how are you? normally.

single applause relieves the nervous atmosphere. around the presidents of venezuela and guyana, the un secretary general, representatives of brazil, diplomats from colombia and honduras. according to the results of the meeting, a declaration is announced, which should relieve the tension. guyana and venezuela agreed. that they will neither directly nor indirectly threaten to use force against each other under any circumstances, including those that may result from any existing conflicts between the two countries. guyana did not make any concessions to venezuela. i have clearly stated that guyana has all the rights to act sovereignly within its land, the right to negotiate and carry out any investment, any partnership, the right to issue a license and... concessions within our sovereign space. the kremlin has enough recipes to circumvent such promises. an operation under a foreign flag, or simply a statement that a neighbor is not behaving

in a good-neighborly manner, threatens the security of the state. the question is, will maduro want to continue on the path trodden by russia? so far, he has issued a permit to a venezuelan oil company to work in the fields of guyana, and he is also going to issue it to willing residents of ssakibo, according to a familiar scheme. venezuelan passports. yano slysarchuk, tsn, 1+1. marathon, only news. the main task of ukraine today is this is the defense of the state. president zelenskyy stated this at the congress of local and regional authorities, which took place today in lviv. the president called on community leaders not to separate themselves from this and emphasized that if any of the officials thinks that the war is far away, it is a big mistake. he also talked about plans for european integration for the next year. what else? we ask the correspondent of tsnichka kuzhik, she is in direct contact from lviv. marichko, congratulations, what were the main theses heard at the congress? welcome, hello, to lviv for

the final congress with the participation of the president representatives of local authorities from all over ukraine and government officials gathered. almost a hundred congress members were present at the meeting, and half of them are city leaders. those who could not come in person, namely 1,500 participants, attended the meeting online. and during his speech, volodymyr zelenskyy emphasized the need for active work on european integration. that last year ukraine obtained the status of a candidate for accession, now there is a decision to start accession negotiations, and this is institutional proof that ukraine will indeed be a member of the eu, the president noted. the next one year, we have to work together with the european union, already the details, substantive, already the framework of negotiations and start the process of full integration of our

institutions, life to the standards of europe, to the standards of the european union, this is not only legislative work, regarding laws and rules and regarding the realities of our lives, which should be exactly such realities so that it is really felt that ukraine is ready for accession. but most of all , volodymyr zelenskyi talked about war, about defense. nowadays , the number one question for every community is whether it is far or close front line? if someone in any position, either in the state or in local self-government bodies, for some reason believes that the war, it, it is somewhere there, he can supposedly deal with anything else, let's say, a priority issue, then this big mistake

which must be corrected, i would like everything to be done on the ground for the sake of our victory, from the number one allocation of funds to other issues, for which the society may be simply ashamed. the key point for victory is unification, the central local authorities must be abandoned quarrels and work together, and these are the words of andriy yermak. one country, one goal, joint efforts, this is our formula for success, and it works, international support continues and will continue until victory, all new packages of defense and financial assistance are coming to us from different countries, sanctions are being tightened step by step, and yesterday , as you saw, the 12th package

of european sanctions was adopted. union, we are systematically increasing the production of weapons and ammunition, and i will say more, already today we have practical successes in the joint production of weapons. also, during the congress, they discussed how to protect the regions that russia terrorizes the most, and the first thing is to increase the number of quality shelters, and for the rapid demining of de-occupied territories , the number of sappers needs to be increased, they also talked about grants and loans for small and medium-sized businesses, it was also discussed about assistance to military personnel and veterans, including housing, as well as assistance to refugees, of whom there are more, iryna vereshchuk, minister of reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories, said that the next year will be difficult, because opportunities donors and international financial aid are decreasing, accordingly, it is necessary to determine the focus for priority expenses. simultaneously.

the minister of economy reported that efforts are underway to stabilize exports, namely insurance against military risks, ships carrying civilian cargo, and these are the main issues that were discussed today, hello, thank you, mariechko, we will wait for decisions after these conversations, our own correspondent tsn in lviv region, marichka kuzyk with details of the current congress of local and regional authorities with the participation president of ukraine. and these extraordinary events in transcarpathia. 26 people are injured, six are in serious condition. at a session in the transcarpathian village of kyretsky, a deputy detonated several grenades. the meeting was recorded on video, so the moment of the explosions and what preceded them were recorded. the bomber threw grenades into the hall, one of them actually exploded in his hands, so doctors are saving his life now. we will learn more from ktsne correspondent pas, she is with us live. hello, what is known at

the moment?