greetings, it's news time on espresso. he works in the studio. an unknown assailant shot a car on the dnipro-reshetilivka highway. the 49-year-old driver died on the spot, dnipropetrovsk police reported. according to law enforcement officers, the shooter was in balaclava. he jumped out onto the road and fired several shots in the direction of the car, previously with a silenced machine gun. a special police operation was launched to search for the attacker. the police are asking for witnesses to come forward.

a high-rise building, nine private houses and a gas pipeline were damaged by russian attacks in nikopol, dnipropetrovsk region. the enemy was firing with artillery and kamikaze drones, reported the head of the region, serhiy lysak. fortunately , there were no casualties. the occupiers also shot myrivska and marganetska communities. at least five powerful explosions were heard in the temporary settlement during the night. sevastopol, local media reports. according to the so-called governor of the city mykhailo rozvozhaev, the air defense system was activated over the sea. the occupiers claim that they destroyed one drone, there is allegedly no infrastructure damage. it is also known that at night blocked the kerch bridge. ukraine plans to start serial production of 155-caliber projectiles next year. in the ministry of execution. many branches

of industry stated that some of the elements have already been mastered and tested, but the support of western partners is necessary, because the threshold for these projectiles has not been produced in our country before. also, according to the ministry, ukraine and the united states have developed five projects that will strengthen ukrainian air defense. we are talking about the modernization of old soviet complexes, of which there are few, of which there are few in service armed forces of ukraine, elements of new western weapons. for next year, we have absolutely clear goals for artillery, for drones, for missiles, and for armored vehicles. one of our biggest political results this year is an agreement with partners, in particular the united states, regarding our joint production of weapons, the creation of new factories, localization in ukraine, expansion of the repair base, all this...

adds to ukraine's strength in defense, and economic strength, this gdp growth is substantial, and good jobs. united states of america provided ukraine received a new military aid package of $250 million, state secretary anthony blinken announced. in particular, the ukrainian military will receive additional ammunition for sams air defense systems, anti-aircraft missiles. 155 mm and 105 mm caliber shells, javelin anti-tank systems and more than 15 million small arms cartridges. the aid will provide the most urgent need for ukraine to protect its sovereignty, the pentagon said. this is the 54th military support package from the us department of defense stockpile from august 2021. blockade

the polish-ukrainian border did not become an obstacle. ukrposhta found a way around the obstacles and sent international parcels by rail. our correspondents will tell you how effective the solutions turned out to be and how logistics were organized. christmas shopping abroad managed to be delivered to ukraine. even with the blocking of three border crossing points. with poland. for the first time in 20 years, ukrposhta transported international shipments by rail. domestic and foreign partners helped in this. we delivered these parcels from europe, from european airports to slovakia, namely košice. in košice, our other partner is interport, the company that did the customs clearance of our postal wagons. ukrzaliznytsia wagons and freight wagons were used. koshytsia, uzhgorod, lviv. kyiv, a test

train with such a route arrived in ukraine on christmas day, it brought 80,000 shipments, it managed to cross the border in less than a day, some of the parcels pass customs. registration, and some are already waiting for recipients in branches. this logistic model has shown its effectiveness, because the border itself is us crossed in less than a day, and then there were still several days when we were moving through the territory of transportation, already through the territory of ukraine itself. before the great war, ukrposhta actively developed aviation logistics and sent up to 50 flights from boryspil to the region. however , since 2002, international passengers have not been accepted by rail. year, however, delivery by trains in the current conditions turned out to be an effective solution, both economically and operationally. ukrpochta has a unique opportunity to access railway platforms. that is, our sorting center is located in close proximity to

the railway station, therefore the arriving wagons, even these cargo wagons, did not arrive at a special cargo terminal, they arrived directly at the passenger platform, were fitted to... ukrposhta has a specially equipped customs area. the tandem of ukrzaliznytsia and ukrposhta began at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. since then, mail has been delivered by passenger wagons. in this way, six ukrainian cities are connected daily, and during the period of cooperation it was possible to deliver 15 million shipments across ukraine. international logistics are also not far behind. ukrposhta serves 70-20t international services. vans that run constantly between different european airports , 12 european airports are involved in our model, the main concentration is on five, which are london, frankfurt, warsaw, riga and chisinau, and thus we connect 1902 countries in the world. international

shipments are extremely important for immigrants, as well as for the development of ukrainian business, thousands of domestic entrepreneurs export their goods around the world, and strengthen ours with taxes. economy, in addition, ukrposhta is already working on another format and announcing a new delivery method based on passenger transportation. kateryna galko, yulia belska, espresso tv channel. a new development of volunteers, the border guards of the kramatorsk detachment, who perform combat tasks in the bakhmut direction, received electronic carriers from volunteers for evacuating the wounded, the state border service reports. according to... statistics, the number of casualties may double during medical evacuation, now take out the wounded ground drones can also be used from the battlefield, they overcome difficult terrain and ice and are capable of carrying up to 200 kg, in addition, you can attach a

stork-type night to the drone and evacuate one more person, it is very easy to manage, it is better for. .. even with what tesla is turned on, there is such a joystick and you control it forward and backward and the wheels turn to the right, to the left, 200 kg, they pull, we go. 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. of a separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, cold yar. in extremely difficult conditions, the ukrainian military will choose victory every day, not leaving wounded comrades on the battlefield. with atvs , evacuation will be faster and easier, and therefore the chances of saving the wounded are greater. in general

, our goal is uah 800,000. with your help, we have already collected over uah 740,000. your donation is a thank you to those who protect us on the battlefield, so please support. and do not remain indifferent. you have all the necessary details now see on your screens. republicans are challenging donald trump's disqualification from the presidential race in colorado. the party appealed to the us supreme court. the appeal comes after the colorado supreme court disqualified trump from running in the state's republican primary on dec. 19 because of his role in the attack. at the capitol on january 6, 2021. trump, who is the frontrunner for the republican nomination in the 24th presidential election, is expected to file his own appeal. the state supreme court adjourned his decision by jan. 4, saying trump would remain on the ballot if he

appealed. the prosecutor's office of serbia has accused the protesters of attempting to violently... change the constitutional order - these are additional charges, in addition to the previously brought charges of violation of law and order at a public event. the punishment can be from six months to five years. imprisonment. at the same time , the opposition considers the accusations unjustified. protests in serbia began immediately after the elections on december 17. president vučić was accused of falsifying the results voting, intimidation and bribery of voters. on sunday, the protests turned into clashes. the police detained 38 people. for now, this is all the information i have as of this hour. to learn more interesting and up-to-date information, follow updates on our website. website, as well as in our social networks. next, my colleagues lesya vakulyuk and andriy saichuk are waiting for you on the air. don't

switch, see you. good morning. this is in... and today is the 673rd day of the russian large-scale invasion, my name is andriy saichuk, we are starting our the morning run of our telethon, which has been going on for almost two years already. gentlemen , we will start right now with zaporizhia, zaporizhzhia at night there was an air raid, russian drones were launched and the sounds of explosions were also heard. more about what happened today.

i hope so. mr. askade, can you hear me? greetings, greetings to you. tell me, please, how was the night for zaporozhye? probably in the last week, the most restless night for the regional center, because yesterday over zaporizhzhia, well, actually there was a drone attack on the regional center itself, according to preliminary data, there were four drones. in fact, if we compare with all the data of the headquarters, seven drones in ukraine, in several regions, it is certain that the largest number was shot down in the zaporozhye region. currently, there is no information about any destruction, not among the civilian population , not among infrastructure objects, thanks to the air defense forces, let's say, the rest of the night passed calmly, and managed to avoid any significant destruction there. meanwhile. says the institute for the study of war that the occupiers recaptured its positions in zaporizhzhia, which the armed

forces of ukraine tried to recapture in the summer, that is , they moved the front line again, do you know anything about it and what can you say, well, the key activity today is in the work area, but in fact, this information of the institute of the world war, it also coincides with the information of the general staff that the enemy had no... success in the area of ​​the populated place of work, that is, the entire this week or 10 days, there was probably an intense counteroffensive by the russians, it was all a struggle for this settlement, it has actually already been destroyed, and therefore there are some tactical advances of the occupiers in this direction, but we must understand that it is measured by hundreds of meters there, and there are no significant advances in the direction of orikhov there or other large, well, significant settlements, despite the fact that the russians actually... and what is the point of those

few hundred meters reflect? well we are we understand that the russians are not always guided by some kind of military logic or direct logic in general, there are political tasks, it is already clear that they had intentions to imitate the capture of zaporizhzhia or pressure on zaporizhzhia, because before this major escalation on the line clash , they used informational and psychological attacks there , that there was a mass mailing, that zaporizhzhia could also be captured and so on, that is , they are currently trying to create pressure, and i think that the issue here is not the zaporizhia direction taken separately, but the more general picture, which is connected in general with the russian-ukrainian war and their efforts to somehow come there or to force us into some kind of negotiations or to have more, let's say better positions to enter into these negotiations, so i think here is the question. and not only in the zaporizhia front line, but we must state that there were no significant shifts, neither

orikhi, nor gulyaipole, nor other large settlements, they did not reach them and, in fact , even those territories that were liberated under at the time of the counteroffensive, we only have a small setback in work there and in the willow area, that is, despite the great intensity and great aggravation on the part of the russians, eh, that is, you say that the otras are sending messages about the fact that zaporizhzhia will also be captured, it's already being sent out these semesters, i mean... i mean, it was two weeks ago, we also, i think, discussed on the air, i mean, it's more of a general picture like that, when they started to prepare, to create an informational first pressure to further exacerbate the situation on the front line, i i think... so creating an image that it seems they are ready to throw all their forces, or only create pressure here in the south of ukraine and threaten the city of zaporizhzhia itself, but well, this has nothing to do with reality, let's say, and practice has shown that they even there they were not able to achieve any significant successes in the region of orikhov or in the region of shrobotino. our armed forces in

the novogodar region captured enemy positions and captured soldiers. of the russian federation, as they thought, but it turned out that these are our people, these are prisoners from zaporozhye from the crimea, and they actually went to fight on the side of the occupier, because they were promised that they would be freed sooner, however, such an irony of fate befell them, they were captured by the ukrainians, and when the ukrainians were already leaving, the russians fired and killed them these these prisoners. who fought for them, how common is it that some prisoners from the occupied part of the zaporizhzhia region go over to the side of the occupier? in fact, this is not a frequent occurrence, i think, among some such recorded cases, this is not the first the case when we have some prisoners from the territory of zaporizhzhia region, or people in general who were mobilized, and they

directly fought on the contact line, whether in zaporizhzhia region or in other directions, that is, after all... compared, for example, with donetsk, luhansk oblast or crimea, here the processes of integration, conditionally recruiting these prisoners, they went a little slower, but we predicted this and in general , the authorities there, in general, civil society constantly addressed people who are in the temporarily occupied territory territory, that they need to avoid these processes, because in addition to prisoners, we know that mobilization processes are underway, when the occupiers try to recruit, recruit people just civilians'. relatively speaking, who then join the ranks of the russian armed forces, or fight against their fellow citizens, this is either monetary motivation or violent mobilization, that is, these processes in the temporarily occupied territory, they are happening today, we must also talk about them, it is important for our citizens still avoid because again well, the conclusion of all these stories is clear enough, either they will surrender, or they will be killed or on the battlefield,

because they will come under fire from the armed forces of ukraine, which are liberating their territory, or will they just grow? not to russians, as the russians do, in relation to their military, who do not perform certain tasks, so actually for people from the temporarily occupied territories, mobilization to the russian army, well, it is actually a one-way ticket, let me ask you again, what is happening in the occupied parts of the zaporizhzhia region melitopoli heard that people are returning there because they are afraid, because balitsky announced mass nationalization, it appears that their apartments, some... they are sealed there, and others are already locked, and for this they risk and go to cities from which they fled from the occupiers, are there many such people, have you heard anything about it? i will say frankly, for sure, that we cannot record the number of such people and how widespread this phenomenon is, because these processes, they do not take place from

the controlled part of ukraine, if they occur, then they occur either from the territory of russia, or from the territory of russia, but through third countries from the territory. europe , therefore it is very difficult to record the number of these people, and i will say frankly, based on the analysis of other territories there, the brodyan tamukayu nergadar, in fact, the processes of settlement of the occupiers, the housing stock of civilians, i mean in private buildings in apartments, it has been happening for a long time, and according to in some settlements, we have up to 30% there, when the occupiers actually settled directly in some hostels, kindergartens, schools, directly to the apartment of people who left, so i... think that these cases are isolated in terms of returning there to melitopol or other cities, and to a greater extent, again, they are used as such a picture and a symbol for other people , who left, i mean that the occupiers are being used, come back, we will still give you some of your property there, and you will have some, let's say, the opportunity to use it, because in fact, if we

compare it with others there conditional in quotation marks by the decrees of this occupying power, when... are actually aimed at deporting people there or vacating the housing stock, when they evict people who have large apartments there, resettle them in some small ones there, when they reinforce the occupiers with people who have free rooms there, then probably in general this whole story when you come back, your apartments are waiting for you, it looks strange enough, because the situation there is not like that in reality, and they also say that the russians are now taking from ukrainian women who received russian passports with help... on which they are trying to leave somehow through russia and escape from under occupation, now they are taking away these russian passports, is this true, how does this scheme work? i'll say frankly, i don't have such information, i don't have information, to what extent there are such precedents of distribution, i'll say frankly. i understand, fine, thank you, mr. askada, thank you for

the conversation, askata shurbekova, a deputy of the zaporizhia regional council was in touch with us, we talked about what is happening in zaporizhzhia, in the occupied parts of the territory, we will also have victor today dudukalo, v we will ask him what is happening in occupied berdyansk, but we will talk about that later, now we are going for a short break, then we will return and continue, dear friends, stay with us. wow, i went for a walk, water, there is not enough ordinary water here, drink reo. i'm saving myself. reo. you are ready, dear, ready, took reo. reo - water for special medical purposes. it is a good tradition, during the christmas holidays, to carol together with the picardy carol. the spirit of christmas will definitely come to your city.

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bilopolska was shelled. the community , the yunakiv community, the krasnopil community was also affected , a private house was damaged in the suburbs, in fact, a small part of the population who live directly in the villages in the five-kilometer zone, a certain part of the people remained, they, unfortunately, are still constantly suffering. i also rely on what is happening in the city... and there are some roma people there strange information, then there was information that the mayor beat the secretary of the city council, one of the servants of the people, then, and everything is checked by the prosecutor's office, then there was some kind of situation when the local residents did not let the deputies of the city council leave the session hall, there is this video can even show in words that

what is happening in romny, there is some kind of uneasy situation, well, in romny, a campaign for the allocation of budget funds, or rather the approval of the budget for the next year, has started in romny, as in most communities of ukraine, and it is actually active part of the community wanted a certain amount of funds to be allocated to support the armed forces of ukraine, to be allocated to territorial defense. and the deputies could not agree on that amount and said that they did not have funds in the budget to allocate for the defense of the community, actually to allocate for the support of the armed forces of ukraine. people, in particular, families, among the members of whom are at the front today, public activists, were

outraged by what actually. no funds were found in the budget, in the budget of the romansh community, or it was very difficult to allocate certain funds funds for the armed forces of ukraine, a certain number of deputies took advantage of the announcement of an air alert, stopped consideration of this issue, began to leave, and it was precisely against this background that a conflict took place between the secretary and the head of romansky. communities and activists in principle tried to stop the deputies and force them to vote for the allocation of funds, well, in fact, the situation is due to the fact that the parliamentary factions simply did not work and did not properly prepare this issue, did not communicate the issue of the allocation of funds from community, and for some reason there is such

a pattern... what we are observing in sumy oblast, i think it is characteristic of other regions as well, the pattern is such that the leadership of the communities today for some reason does not consider it necessary to discuss the issue of the 2024 budget with the residents, they think that actually using the martial law, they can make such volunteer decisions, independently make decisions without... consultation with the public, in fact, the lack of such consultation led to this conflict, as we observe in social networks, and we we are watching on your broadcast. in any case, as far as i understand, not without this pressure from the public, but 15% of the budget of the city of romny will go to the needs of the armed forces of ukraine in the end, this is the situation, but i don't know who was here in this situation. .. as

the draft law on mobilization is being discussed in sumy oblast, it will affect literally many aspects, how do you deal with mobilization in general, including the economy, what are your thoughts on this matter? well, first of all, i... in order to give an objective assessment, you need to have full access to all the changes to the draft law, and we understand that it can radically differ from the version that will be voted on in the verkhovna rada, here, but in fact there is a lot...