stay with us for the next hour, but now let's honor the memory of our compatriots who have already died. 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.

the most massive shelling of ukraine in the past year, the bill on mobilization, which caused criticism and controversy in society, about... the loss of the russian fleet, about this and much more in today's issue: they hit with almost everything they have in their arsenal: the most massive russian attack from the air, the ice storms killed and wounded ukrainian civilians in homes, a hospital and a shopping center. additional mobilization. the government submitted the bill to the verkhovna rada. society is outraged, commander-in-chief valery zaluzhny will be happy with any way. youth program to lavzsu, and

the ministry of finance does not yet know where to get funds for such plans, from as much as ukraine needs to as much as we can. changing the rhetoric of the countries of the world regarding the provision of aid to our state. greetings, iryna koval is in the studio, and this is the news, the results of the week on the espresso tv channel. how many goals? at the same time, we haven't seen it on our monitor yet - said yuriy ignat, spokesman for the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, on the morning of december 29. the russian federation carried out the most massive shelling of ukraine in the past year. the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhny, also wrote about the situation in the country on friday morning. he noted that the enemy attacked critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities. in general, the russian federation'. released 158

aerial targets over ukraine. air defense forces shot down 27 drones and 87 cruise missiles. unfortunately, they died in several waves of attacks at least 37 people. more than 160 civilians were injured. but in addition to military facilities, the enemy targeted a maternity hospital and a shopping and entertainment center in dnipro. to the hospital. residential buildings in kharkiv, in a number of civilian objects, including homes of residents of kyiv, zaporizhzhia, dnipro, odesa and lviv. in 5 hours, the enemy army released almost all types of missiles, except calibers, on the territory of ukraine. well, traditionally, when striking ukrainian border towns, russian weapons fly. into nato airspace. so

and on december 29, one of the missiles fell on the territory of poland - the polish general staff reported. this attack cost the terrorist country 1.270 million dollars. according to serhiy zgurets, a military expert and director of the defense express consulting company. in recent months, russia has bombarded ukrainian cities with s-300 missiles and shaheds. meanwhile, she was stockpiling. laid rockets, so the enemy is still in a position to repeat massive attacks. if we are talking about the laying of the rocket itself, then the average rate of production of these rockets is about 40 per month, when we are talking about rockets of the type x101, and if we count there, then in general both daggers, and x101, and calibers, then on average they produce together within the range of 110-120 missiles, so... i think that the total indicators

of the accumulation of missiles by the russians are now within 500-700 missiles remain, which means that in fact russia will have at least... the ability to carry out at least five or six such attacks there with such a number of missiles, i think that the enemy will now be preparing for a long time, realizing that that it's easy to use such precious rockets, well, for it is difficult enough. hard conscription or encouragement to serve. the personnel problem, along with the shortage of ammunition, is gradually coming to the fore for the armed forces of ukraine. so... this week, heated discussions were caused by the bill on mobilization, a document with its proposals submitted by the cabinet of ministers to the verkhovna rada for christmas on december 25. it was announced a long time ago. at a press conference on december 19 , president volodymyr zelensky noted that the military

command offered to mobilize up to 500,000 people. not even a draft law yet began to consider. in the session hall, however, it led to panic, especially among ukrainians abroad. men massively began to submit documents to replace foreign passports and driver's licenses. so what does the draft law proposed by the government envisage. let's see further. as indicated in the explanatory note , prime minister denys shmyhal, who is formally the author of the draft law. approval of the document will create conditions. for the proper staffing of combat units will improve the process of staffing the armed forces of ukraine and will contribute to the restoration and development of society based on the values ​​of patriotism and devotion to the state. certain proposals in the draft law have already caused

considerable resonance and even criticism. the document proposes to lower the conscription age from 27 to 25 years and abolish the concept of "limited attachment". to the service, at the same time , it is proposed to significantly limit the right to postponement, to leave it not for all conscripts with disabilities, but only for the first and second groups. another proposal is to exclude conscription as a type of military service and release all conscripts into reserve. the procedure for serving a summons is simplified, it can be given both in person and through an electronic cabinet or e-mail. innovations concern. among students, according to the new rules, only those who obtain a higher level of education than previously obtained, for example, bachelors who want to obtain a master's degree , will receive

a deferment abroad and carry out transactions with property, restrict the right to drive one's own vehicle and obtain a driver's license. dispose of own funds, securities and take out loans, as well as suspend benefits and services from the state. as for the mobilization of women, the draft law clearly states that women who are not on the military register and decide to serve in the army, sign a contract for military service. this is done only at one's own will, and even earlier the president declared that he would not sign the law with coercion. the government also offers strengthen responsibility for violations of legislation on mobilization, defense, military duty and military service. thus, the document proposed by the cabinet of ministers, if adopted in this form, may somewhat complicate the life of ukrainians abroad who

left their native country illegally. for the first time, the bill envisages demobilization for those who have been in the army for a long time. those who have been in the army continuously during martial law for the past 36 months will also be eligible for release from captivity. in addition, the initiative contains many proposals regarding additional leave or rest of the military, and soldiers who served during martial law and were released to the reserve, will not be called up for service within two years from the date of release. if the proposed option is adopted without... mines, then conscripted citizens will have to register the electronic account of the draftee of the conscripted reservist. those who were previously recognized as limited fit for service will have to undergo a medical examination again within six months. through a lively discussion in

society, the document on the improvement of mobilization and military accounting was promised to be finalized until the new changes came into force, this process works in the usual format. on december 26 , the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhnyi, commented on the bill on mobilization, who... for the first time during the full-scale invasion of russia, appeared to ukrainian journalists. he admitted that he was dissatisfied with the work of the territorial picking centers. he said that he would be happy for any way of enlisting in the armed forces forces of ukraine. however, he noted that the sending of electronic summonses and the inclusion of evaders in the register of debtors is not a proposal of the general staff or the armed forces of ukraine. so about. to comment and clarify several important points in the document, we

asked oleksandr musienko, director of the center for military legal studies, today. mr. alexander, i congratulate you. i congratulate you. so, perhaps one of the most painful issues is demobilization. not every week in different cities of our country, the wives and mothers of those who have been at the front for 22 months go to rallies. they have repeatedly appealed to the country's leadership and urged them not to make a decision about 36 months, because in their opinion it is impossible, how long to fight. instead, 36 months appear in the new draft law. mr. oleksandr, is it generally a real term of 36 months to stay at the front, or can we say that there is simply no substitute, and that is why exactly such a term appears. 36 months from the point of view of being on the front line, of course not, and this

term cannot be, you know, being on the front line at all, i have on focus on zero, on position zero, what is called, it should be limited, and there should be rotations, accordingly, if we are talking about 36 months of service in general, it is one thing, because the conditions of service are different, there are combat brigades, there are non-combat, you understand, that is... ah, being on duty and performing tasks, important tasks, but in the rear is one thing, and being in advanced positions is another. therefore, it is necessary to apply a combined approach, in my opinion, when we envisage the rotation of combat units that are at zero, and they can be there from 45 to 90 days, well, there are different, let’s say, conditions and it is offered in different ways, it can be seen, and accordingly these combat units, they... go through rotations, that is, they served from one and a half to two to three months, which then

are changed to other units, this is an ideal formula, well, during some time he serves, this is about combat brigades, units, this is an ideal formula that we would like to come to, and there is no global objection to this, but from the point of view of practice , in terms of what is happening, you see that both the military leader... and the command are not against achieving such goals, but there are realities that arise on the battlefield and say that it is possible to do this only gradually, not, let's say, without risking what we we can remain uncovered at all in certain areas of the front, therefore, even with a better ideal formula of adoption and proposals in this draft law or another, it will still take time, it will not happen all at once, no matter how much you would like it, artyom, i understand. mr. alexander, and probably, the biggest storm of emotions was caused

by the number of half a million people needed at the front. commander-in-chief valery zaluzhnyi commented on this figure at a press conference he gave this week, noting that the military command has formed the required number of mobilized personnel for the entire next year. in my speech, i did not say the number 500 or 400 in any way, i am talking about the pros. need, and i already asked one of the girls, i already said that this need, of course, it is divided into certain periods, of course, that is, someone will mobilized in january, some even in december, i will say that we do not talk about the fact that we now need all this need in order to provide clothing, shoes, and weapons, no, it's not like that at all, so the general said he can't divulge the qi... because it's a military secret, as well as predicting our losses that we

might suffer during the year. so the figure of 500,000, where did it come from and can it even be considered relevant today? well , come on, we still have a certain one here uncertainty, because it was the president of ukraine who spoke about 500,000, and let's just say, it's a figure, it's the same. in general, it seems to me that the needs arise from the fact that , look, the numbers can scare someone, but i will explain very simply how it happens, there is a strategic goal, goals for... tasks that are set: deoccupation of ukrainian territory, liberation in between internationally recognized borders of 1991, when the corresponding tasks are set, plus there is a logic of events of how the situation at the front is developing now, now i want to remind you that it is not about so far, we are talking about the liberation of territories , as of now, concretely, i emphasize, as of now, it is about defense, about active defense,

we are not attacking now, we are defending and holding back the enemy, in order to hold back the enemy there are... exact needs, further , in order to prepare the forces, the means for the possibility of conducting offensive actions, for the fulfillment of those tasks that are set strategically, the military develops a plan and says that in order for us to achieve these strategic goals, we need such a number of weapons, such a number of people, everything is very simple, it's simple, when we start to honestly talk about the fact that the liberation of territories sometimes requires such a price, well , that's how it starts. to mention money , already count and so on, well, maybe it is unpleasant for someone to hear, but such are the realities, and the fact that there is a discussion about this now, i believe that it is just as important, and where to actually take funds for additional mobilization, because the internal potential for financing military needs is exhausted - said the minister of finance of ukraine serhiy marchenko in an interview

for the forbes project. artificially, increase expenses fails because there is no money. therefore, the ministry of finance is waiting for decisions from the general staff and the ministry of defense on cost optimization. marchenko noted that his department needs information on the scale of mobilization and terms, as well as the necessary costs. the official believes that the previously announced amount of financing of 500 billion uah in the case of the draft of 500 thousand people is quite correct. if we need to find them, we need to understand time. these funds must be found today, or it may be march, april, may, or perhaps the second half of the year, that is, me we need a picture, as the minister of finance, and as soon as i have a picture, we can then talk about providing for these needs, we do not rule out that we will have to look for additional opportunities, regarding additional

revenues, additional sources of financing, internal, again, i emphasize, but it is still too early... to talk about numbers, because the understanding of the needs on the part of the responsible structures has not been formed in the first place, and this wording about optimization in general is very interesting, and is it realistic to find these funds for financing in the current situation? well listen come on, we remember what our situation was, you remember with the change in the payment procedure and... the reduction of the fact that there were combat positions, not combat ones, well, how much further can we optimize from the point of view of the financial support of the fighters, well if we talk about additional motivation for mobilization, now the issue that is acute, let's face it, is obviously motivated by the fact that the financial support can still be reduced somewhere, i don't think it will be an additional bonus, on the contrary

, we should consider ways to increase sometimes financing those payments, which are provided for. or let's say that many of our fighters even today spend even their own earned money to find solutions for themselves for better equipment, equipment, and volunteers work who also help with a lot of everything, so i definitely think that it's not about optimization, but in general, i like this discussion, you know, i don't understand it, because when we talk about some strategic things and planning, it all has to be laid down. or it should be known and obviously certain things should not be carried out at all, they can to be discussed absolutely at the level of the supreme commander-in-chief, at the government level, ultimately between the military, between the ministry of finance and so on, well, i just want to remind you again, maybe someone simply does not understand somewhere or in

political circles or among people what i will say, well maybe it's rude for someone, but... the truth is that war needs people, but war also needs money, and you need to have this money, you need to afford this money, i expect, of course, and i understand that our partners should join in, and of course that on they should have hope in this sense. mr. oleksandr, and i thank you for this truth, oleksandr musienko, director of the center for military legal studies, was with us, and we are moving on. the large landing ship novocherkask followed the flagship of the russian black sea fleet, the cruiser moskva. on the night of december 26, the air force of ukraine. cruise missiles destroyed a large landing ship of the russian federation - novocherkassk in the area of ​​occupied feodosia. after powerful explosions

, a fire started in the port. there were reports on social networks about the wreckage of the ship, which found in different parts of the city. the russian authorities recognized only the damage to the vessel. later, information appears from the press service of the black sea fleet that 74 russian sailors were killed during the attack, 27 more were wounded, the spokesman of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine yuriy ignat also informed about the destruction of the crew, but did not specify the details. a few hours after the defeat of novocherkassk, two more russian ships left feodosia bay. according to oleg katkov, chief editor of defense-express, russia will not be able to replace a vessel of this type before 2035-36. years the ministry of defense of great britain reacted to the destruction of the great landing ship by ukrainian forces. minister grand shabs reported that over the past

four months, russia has lost 20% of its black sea fleet. and the destruction of novocherkassk significantly weakened russian logistics. according to him, this proves that those who believe that the war in our country has reached a dead end are wrong. he also noted that russia's dominance in the black sea is now being questioned. shaps is sure that the new coalition headed by britain and norway, will help ukraine win at sea. 22 months of full-scale war. now it is no secret for anyone that everything will not end tomorrow. the enemy is not going to give in and wants to destroy our nation. the russian federation has a huge advantage in human resources, our victory at the front depends on the help and support of western partners. if we take dry statistics, the countries

of the european union are increasing the amount of military aid to the armed forces of ukraine. but this is not enough, as they often do not have enough capacity for production. so, for example, less than a third were sent to the eu in november 2023. of ammunition supplies. as for americans, the latest polls show that the level of support for ukraine is decreasing. analysts cite economic problems in the united states, information fatigue from the protracted war, and loud statements by individual american politicians as reasons. yes, the rhetoric of president joseph biden has changed somewhat. thus, in december, during president zelenskyi's visit to the united states, biden for the first time... voiced a new formulation of support. previously the head of the white house spoke about the fact that we will support as much as necessary. this time, biden said:

we will continue to supply ukraine with the necessary weapons and equipment as much as we can. despite everything, the usa is in a coalition with more than 50 countries that provide military assistance to ukraine while supporting us in the fight against and containment of the enemy. zelenskyi said that in 2023, america provided ukraine with 34 packages of military aid worth more than 24 billion dollars and thanked the united states for such support. and also expressed gratitude for a package of military aid in the amount of 250 million dollars was announced on december 27. additional missiles and components for air defense. anti-tank weapons. ammunition, demining equipment and other equipment, as well as for the historic decision to provide ukraine with f-16 fighter jets. so how did the event sustain

us through the second year of a full scale invasion. see further. on february 20, 2023, us president joseph biden will pay an unannounced visit to kyiv. cameras capture him together with president zelensky comes from mihai. someone in the cathedral to the sounds of an air alarm. the visit was more than symbolic. at the beginning of the year, the west united in support of our state. chancellor of germany olaf scholz finally gave permission for deliveries of modern leopard-2 tanks to kyiv, and ukrainian servicemen have already mastered american systems. in the state of oklahoma. it seemed that support for ukraine was stronger than ever. we have created a coalition of countries from the atlantic to

the pacific around the world. more than 50 nations are helping ukraine to defend itself with unprecedented military, economic, humanitarian support. we will be with you as long as necessary. at that time, only isolated voices were heard against the supply of weapons. the most vocal of them is the prime minister of hungary , viktor orbán, who never tired of calling for so-called peace, even if ukraine has to give up its territories. if you look at the truth, if you... look at the numbers, if you look at the fact that nato is not ready to send its troops to ukraine, it becomes obvious: the poor ukrainians cannot win on the battlefield, which means that we need de-escalation and peace negotiations. at the beginning of june, the ukrainian counter-offensive in the south finally began, it did not achieve quick results, and already at the nato summit in the freedom of kyiv, the first disappointment awaited. allies have clearly stated that they are not ready to invite ukraine

to... we must take a sober look at the current situation. the ukrainian authorities themselves recognize the impossibility of becoming a nato member while the war continues. our goal is stable military support for ukraine, in particular, with modern western weapons and strengthening of economic stability of ukraine during the defense against russian aggression. towards the end of the summer, it becomes finally clear that the results of the counteroffensive are more than. the international coalition is beginning to show cracks. in the spring, half a year before the parliamentary elections in poland , the right-wing government of mateusz morovecki banned the supply of ukrainian agricultural products. kyiv and warsaw exchanged a number of harsh statements. and in november, polish carriers began a large-scale blockade of the border with ukraine. on september 30 , the party won the parliamentary elections in slovakia ex-prime minister robert fizo, a categorical

opponent of the military. aid to ukraine, one of our biggest allies in the region stopped sending weapons to the armed forces of ukraine. in november, europe was stunned by the results of the parliamentary elections in the netherlands. the far-right freedom party led by geert wilders won the first place there, he also for the limitation of military support. and the world's attention was diverted from ukraine by the large-scale war in the middle east, which flared up after a fierce attack by the islamist group hamas on... israel, but the biggest problems were waiting for kyiv in the united states. the american congress de facto plunged into the election campaign and refused to support the aid package for ukraine of more than 60 billion dollars. republicans put forward a categorical demand, first to strengthen security on the border with mexico. within three months, volodymyr zelensky was forced to visit the united states twice, but failed to convince congressmen. at a joint press conference with the ukrainian leader on

december 12, the president. joseph biden used at all different formulations than in kyiv at the beginning of the year. ukraine will emerge from this war strong, proud and firmly anchored in the western system, if we do not leave it. americans should be proud of the role they played in supporting ukraine's success. and we will continue to provide ukraine with the necessary equipment and weapons as much as we can. problems with aid also arose in europe. all the same. viktor orban blocked the adoption of a four-year aid package for ukraine worth 50 billion euros. the international coalition's military support for kyiv has fallen to its lowest point level from the start of a full-scale invasion. statements about the need to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict are increasingly heard in the west. therefore, in 2024, ukraine enters the conditions of deep political, military and economic uncertainty. despite this,

zelensky did at the final annual press conference. optimistic statements. i believe once again that our partners will not let us down, they know the details, what is needed, how it will affect, they know how the postponement of certain dates affects us, they know about our persistence, that it is not artificial, that it is necessary for stability for our defense. whether there are grounds for optimism will become clear at the beginning of the 24th. on january 8 , the american congress returns from vacation, already. in february, the leaders of the european union countries will gather for a special summit in order to try to approve the aid package for ukraine in the second attempt. the year 2024 will be difficult, we will have to go through a lot, and in order to win, we need to unite, fight corruption, come to a constructive discussion and change the approach to international cooperation. i called.