not having the right immigration policy , not finding the right balance between bringing in the people we need and protecting sovereignty and stopping the flow of criminal gangs and drugs, this is a serious problem in us politics, and so the republicans see this as an opportunity to pressure, because i see how the president, biden and the democrats want to give aid to ukraine, as well as taiwan and ... and the republicans prioritize local, domestic political gains over international politics, this is ironic, because most republicans in congresses and in general throughout america also support ukraine. this is the politics of clean water in an election year. it also shows that

the republicans, the party of ronald reagan, who was always so tough on the soviet union and russia, the reagan party has become vulnerable to russian disinformation. they use theses of russian propaganda. i never thought i would hear such a thing in my life, but it happened like this, and that's why the president, my president. biden must work very carefully with other democratic leaders to pressure republicans to make a deal the president must explain to the american people why this is important to the united states. there is no choice, whether to strengthen the borders or help ukraine? both issues are very important to us. it will probably happen, i think, by february, because the republicans don't want to be blamed for the loss of ukraine. i think that the issue will be resolved,

but the damage has already been done. the russians saw that we were vulnerable to their disinformation. at a recent event in washington, you didn't hold back and criticized those at the event who questions the actions of the armed forces of ukraine, calling such statements unprofessional and useless. could you explain your point of view in more detail? i am very sorry to see how people in the pentagon, the bundeswehr or other similar places criticize the effectiveness of the ukrainian armed forces. what soldier will like it if the headquarters is somewhere far away from you, criticizing what you are doing. in principle , i do not like it when someone in the pentagon 800 km away criticizes the actions of ukrainian troops on the battlefield. but there is a greater reason for mine

irritation, and i said that it was unprofessional to do so, because we, the west and especially the united states, did not provide ukraine with what was needed for a successful, land offensive. aviation, enough engineering equipment to break through minefields, long-range high-precision weapons to destroy russian headquarters, artillery and logistics. and we... made decisions so slowly that the russian forces had time to dig in, lay mines, dig trenches, strengthen defenses. we would never send american soldiers into an attack without a full air superiority and significant engineering capabilities. so these comments look like an attempt at self-justification. they say, it's not my

fault, the ukrainians are to blame, i think it's extremely unprofessional. we look forward to next summer's nato summit in washington. in your opinion, will ukraine be able to achieve more than in vilnius? frankly speaking, i am not optimistic. i do not hear statements or conversations that would indicate that... in 2024 in washington, the result can be more successful than in 2023 in vilnius. i look at orbán in hungary, at fitso in slovakia. they are both now doing kremlin work. in different ways within the european union. hungary even blocked sweden's entry into nato. i don't feel like i have enough energy. on the issue of ukrainian

membership, let's hope i'm completely wrong, but that's how i feel right now. in my opinion, this is what the united states needs to do now. i am personally focused on the fact that the united states gains clarity about its goals in ukraine, that ukraine must really be helped to win, because it is in our interests. that's why you should continue to support ukraine's accession to nato. nato will become better the day it accepts ukraine. but i will be honest with you and my ukrainian friends. i am not very optimistic now. that we will see something better compared to what we saw at the nato summit in vilnius. compared to last year, the nature of russian air attacks on the territory of ukraine has changed significantly. a year ago, by this time, they had launched more than 500 cruise missiles from strategic

bombers and warships at energy infrastructure. at the same time attacks occurred every 10-14 days. everyone expected a repetition, but it did not happen. of course, i don't know, but there are probably various reasons for this. the first is encouraging, they don't have many weapons. it is possible that sanctions have limited their ability to produce weapons in the quantities they have done in the past. but i'm not sure. iran, north korea and others are willing to support them. i'd like to think they're running out of guns, but i don't believe it. the second reason: ukraine learned well from last year's lesson. air

defense has improved. ukrainian engineers did a good job on strengthening the protection of the power system. perhaps this is part of the explanation. and the third reason: the russians are waiting for the cold to intensify. maybe now they have other reasons telling them not to. i don't know, but we should not forget that almost every day innocent ukrainians die under russian missiles. will ukraine significantly increase its military potential after the arrival of f-16 fighters and how should we use them? the arrival of the f-16 should have happened last year. obviously that would help a lot.

ukraine would get a chance to move away russian aviation, which is important. it also provided air support to the ground forces. operations, they would also be needed against crimea, it would open up many opportunities, but the key for ukraine is to use the f-16s only when they are ready at the right moment, obviously russia will hunt them down, but i am sure that the ukrainian air forces will choose the right time for their application, what conclusions can be drawn. i believe that what we are seeing is an attempt by the kremlin to create

the impression before the event that russia has unlimited resources, that they will appear again and again. obviously, the kremlin does not accept the loss of these soldiers. they are mostly recruited from ethnic regions, far from moscow and st. petersburg, from families there. they don't care what happens to this military and are willing to lose hundreds of soldiers every day just to make it look like they have unlimited reserves. and this complements their thesis that sooner or later russia will win, and because of this the west and... some ukrainians are losing the will to fight, i think this is exactly what they are trying to achieve, they know that they do not have the opportunity to inflict a decisive knockout on ukraine. political wrangling in the us congress has revealed a significant risk of losing or delaying

us military aid. what would you advise the leadership of ukraine in this situation? first, there are many european countries that are doing a lot. some are increasing aid, including germany. i live now, even if the us does not fulfill its obligations, the threat to europe will remain very real, and it is in the interests of european countries that ukraine can defeat russia. i think work with europeans countries and canada, encouraging them to continue the necessary support, this is an important task for ukraine. secondly, there is a feeling that... i know that german and british

companies, as well as some others, are coming to ukraine and helping to rebuild the defense industry so that it can reappear in ukraine. i think it is important, ukraine will attract other nations to help, build its own. i think that ukraine should also resolve the situation. with manpower, you have no shortage of people, there are somewhere around 2 million men and women who could serve in the armed forces, but the staffing system, i say this as an observer from the outside, not as an expert, looks like it has a lot of inefficiencies, the authorities should fix it so that

ukrainian ... , poland, romania, as well as in ukraine, who should voluntarily volunteer to join the armed forces, but it requires a serious effort on the part of the authorities to establish this system so that people go to the army. what are your predictions for the military campaign of 2000. the 24th year, or will the nature of hostilities change? we know from history that the nature of war has never changed, it is always violent, deadly, soldiers experience chaos and uncertainty, and it is very, very difficult. the nature of the war, how it is waged, is changing right before our eyes. it is obvious how much in... everything has changed due to the use of drones. russian means of radio electronic

suppression and gps signal are the best in the world. better than what we have. long-range high-precision weapons have also changed the character and way of waging war. how the ukrainians applied it naval drones and stormshadow cruise missiles against the black sea fleet, changed the nature of naval warfare. i think. that over the next few months, as ukrainian forces prepare to regain the initiative, they will do four or five things: number one is to prepare better to operate against russian electronic countermeasures, improve countermeasures against russian drones, take some units out of combat for what we call renewal , when the unit... is taken from the battlefield, and it gets a few weeks to rest, recover, replace the damaged one

equipment, getting a new uniform, all those things and going back into the fight , i think that's what will happen to some extent, i think ukraine will continue to beat the russian logistics system, which is terrible, and this vulnerability of the enemy should be exploited, and i think you the situation with the replenishment of the army must be resolved. this is an important component of preparation for the coming year. thanks for the conversation general hodges, it's always a pleasure to see you on the air. thank you for inviting me to your program. everyone i know thinks about ukraine every day. we worry about the safety of your families, especially as the holiday season approaches. i understand that this christmas is not a holiday for ukrainians, but... you can be sure that millions and millions of people in

europe, america and canada are worried about what is happening in ukraine. thank you very much, very nice. fight in the third assault, become part of the victory. such slogans-appeals can be heard all the time recently in different corners. of ukraine on different media, what is the meaning of this powerful phrase and how important is recruiting as such in conditions of the war, then everything is calm in the project 450. the third is separate. the assault brigade is a unit of the armed forces of ukraine, which was formed at the base of the teroborony azov battalion, kyiv, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. in less than a year, in january 23rd, it was transformed into a separate assault brigade of the ground forces, its fighters, among whom are veterans of the azov regiment , are fighting in the hottest directions. currently , the recruitment of volunteers to the brigade continues,

including with the possibility of transfer from other military units. call center, rank of senior sergeant. one of the instructors of the recruiting center of the third sb, fought in the vicinity of the svyatodar arc near novoazovsk, took part in the defense of kyiv, liberated kherson, passed through bakhmut, klishchiivka, and kordyumiv. and you manage recruits, several hundred recruiters have already passed through this training with your participation, how do you assess their abilities and in general, are many appreciated, well, first of all, it is a high level of motivation, morally painful. qualities, good physical fitness, a good level of health, health indicators, that is, in principle, desire, desire fight well recruit from the french to recruit or to hire, a person accepted for military service by conscription or under a contract, a recruiter is someone who recruits for a specific military unit or

formation, from grenade launchers and snipers to programmers, cooks and medics. when talking with the military, we usually ask about their callsigns, callsign cat from turniket, cat chocolate kitt or kat, because kateryna, where is the callsign, callsign from turnstiles, callsign kat, 22 years old, originally from kyiv region, studied to be a designer before the great war interior, the dream of ending the war with the victory of ukraine, in order to return to his favorite business to study for three weeks. after all, in civilian peaceful life, you took care of interior design, that is, in principle. could we continue to do this, why did they choose the third brotherhood, in the beginning and all this time it was so wrong, i don’t know the feeling that they will manage without me, but now with time i understand that people are running out, and someone needs to be replaced, need to be saved, and that's why i'm here, i decided

for myself that now i will do it, you you were a military conscript... you just recently finished your service and you want to be a member of the third assault unit, but what is the fundamental difference between training in the army directly and here? i will say this, what was in the military service is, to put it mildly, nothing compared to what is here. nickname bekha, 22 years old, born in the brovary district of kyiv region, also studies for three weeks. aspires to become a real stormtrooper and get to the front line, this is the relationship, this is the material base, instructors who directly participated in the military actions, the instructor finds an approach to everyone, what i like best is that you can approach the instructor at any time,

ask anything on the topic, not on a personal topic, there may be some problems, there is a request, always express yourself. you want to be a combat medic, why did you choose this specialty? i want to save the fighters, the people who chose their path to protect us, and a lot of them die, i want it to be less. not everyone is accepted into the third assault team, except for excellent physical training, stability and endurance, as well as the absence of chronic and age-related diseases, there is also an interview with a psychologist, an internal check. security services and a whole lot more, about 10% of those willing are screened out at the very beginning, many go alone because they understand that they will not be able to pull it, in general, as the sergeants assure, when it comes to young people and those whose eyes are burning, there is potential, well, since this multi-stagedness gives us an already quite high-quality

contingent, that's why we manage to rely on them absolutely. for all stages then the basic, basic course of combat training. some may say that two months is not enough, if a person is not after the army, but conditionally, after university, after school, well, from scratch, yes, you say that if you have a desire, you can learn everything. everything starts in the morning, everyone arrives, there is a morning exercise, we worked out, then everyone ate, after which we have lectures, lectures are for an hour or two. depending on what the material is, after the lectures there can be practical classes, shooting training, practicing the assault of positions, the enemy... and defending one's own, the ability to carry out counterattack actions, provide the first medical aid and evacuate the wounded, boys and girls practice these exercises carefully and under the supervision of coaches, combat

commanders, who, in turn, rely on their own experience and nato recommendations. it turns out that not everyone can get to zero, directly on the very line of battle. how is it selected who can receive this honor? well, actually, anyone can, actually anyone can. but not everyone succeeds, i.e. the possibility is open to everyone, because, because it is already zero directly, that is already stormtroopers, the highest, let's say, level of both development and knowledge absorption, the ability to absorb knowledge, the level of moral-psychological, moral-psychological overcoming of barriers is high there, you must show yourself well, you must study military affairs. everyone will have their own profession, everyone will have their own specialty, if you are a grenade launcher, then you must be well versed in weapons, calculations and everything else, if you want to be a scout, you must also

know topography and everything else well in reconnaissance, then everyone must be in their place and must show themselves well, how do you see yourself serving directly there at ground zero, if you find yourself there, do you have an idea about what is happening there, the imagination is like, well, i communicate with the military, you not scary? i think that everyone is afraid, but you have to pull yourself together, fight with fear. at the end of the 23rd year , the number of women in the armed forces of ukraine exceeded 62. according to the ministry of defense, we currently have the largest number of women on the battlefield in recent world history, about 5 thousands of female soldiers perform tasks in the area of ​​hostilities, literally at ground zero. well, the number... of women who have been assigned the status of a combatant is almost 14,000 . it is often said that those who are 30 plus 40 plus, and maybe

even older, are fighting now, and now we need to give way to young people , do you agree with this and how can you draw the attention of young people to the issue of war, mobilization, and recruitment? i don't agree with you, we have the majority here, these are boys who are 18, which i have in... yesterday birth, and today i am here, that is, many young people come and fight for their country, how long does his work last in the assault unit, this cannot be an endless story, because it is a moral and physical burden, since we have every assault, he quite serious, quite dangerous, and its success always depends only on the level of development of the fighter. therefore, if a fighter in the first assault remained there alive, unharmed, won a victory in this

assault, then even from the first assault he can already be considered official, if according to ours, with to our understanding, hurry up, you communicate with each other, three weeks have already passed, have you found your friends here, brothers and sisters, so everyone communicates with each other, eh... somewhere , someone even from civilian life meets together, not only here , some come with friends, that a person can be motivated to go specifically to the third separate assault brigade, but if everything there did not sound cynical, in fact, it is the lowest mortality rate, considering that we have almost the highest level of danger there during the execution of combat operations tasks, it is qualitative provision of the fighter itself, starting there from head to toe... special attention is paid there to high-quality defense, high-quality, clear professional planning and command, and indeed there is a sincere sincere

brotherhood in the relationship between the personnel. on the boards that advertise recruiting , you can often read to join the fighting brotherhood, have you felt during these three weeks that this brotherhood is a family? yes, we are all one family. we are all friends with... standing, if someone doesn't have a banal jacket, i don't know, socks, everyone will share, everyone can, when we run, we have dory, it is very difficult for her to run, the boys pick her up and we all run together, no one leaves anyone, we are all one family, of course, these are only episodes of such training and active communication, but believe me that after such a pump you will definitely become part of the fighting brotherhood, well, see you next friday, at the same time in the project. 4:50 everything is calm. helping the military is the best new year's gift.

chevrons approaching victory, a marine is not born, a marine is made, is made by constant training, thanks to the support and help of comrades and commanders, i add. to a friendly family of brave-spirited and sworn sons and daughters of the motherland, fight the enemy together with the best cossacks of today, contact the representatives of the center of equipping and recruiting marines in your rtcc and sp, or call us by the number on the screen. greetings, friend, i am marichka padelko, a tv presenter and mother of three children. i 'm sorry i don't know your name, i'd like

to know... what was your job before the full scale war, what kind of coffee did you drink and what about i dreamed, but i know something else, one day you went to defend what is dear to you and to all of us, our ukraine, my husband is also at the front, and i understand what difficult trials the war forces me to go through every day, your wound hurts me, i really want you to get well, and the least i can do for that is to share my blood. i do this very sincerely and with only one note. thank you, hero. hospitals need donated blood every day. one donor can save three lives. donate blood, save the hero. aid to the military. the best new year's gift. helping the military is the best

new year's gift. chevrons approaching victory. finding yourself in new circumstances is a challenge that thousands of defenders are overcoming. to help them in this process, the state created a grant program for veterans and their family members, which is implemented by the ministry of economy of ukraine. applying for a veteran's grant is easy and convenient through action. apply and receive up to uah 1 million to start or develop your own business. privatization is important for industry because it creating the new from the old. look,

the state has inactive industrial sites. therefore , she sells them to an entrepreneur who will create a new production on their base, and at the same time jobs, profits and benefits privatization from the fund of state property of ukraine, we have, we care, we develop, help to the military, the best new year's gift. glory to ukraine! glory to the heroes. 679 day of the full-scale war of russia against ukraine. we sincerely thank our defense forces for the opportunity to work for you and for every new day under the ukrainian flag. in the studio kanaluda olena morozova and andriy sinitsen, our team prepared the final information issue of the only news marathon for wednesday, january 3. watch the capture of the iranian shaheed and the downing of the russian missile today,

as mobile air defense groups destroy. the main one is belgium, has the country decided on its priorities for the six-month presidency of the eu council, and will ukraine have military and financial support? without days off or rest , the head of traumatology from dnipro receives wounded defenders every day, he told his colleagues about his work. about this and not only within the next hour. deaths, fires and destruction. we are 70 years old, that’s all, nothing, how did kyiv and the region survive another massive russian attack and in what condition were the victims, the garden is slaughtered, splintered, with iskanders and daggers, oh, the scale is very large, how many houses were destroyed by the occupiers in kharkiv during another air raid ...