news time on espresso tv channel, kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. 98 votes for the parliament as a whole adopted the law on increasing the budget by 500 billion hryvnias. these funds will be used for military needs - said people's deputy yaroslav zhelezniak. in general, this year's expenditures are a record for ukraine, more than 3.5 hryvnias. gas station murder. law enforcement officers detained the suspect in kyiv. the tragedy happened in the morning at a gas station in sviatoshyn district.

an unknown person approached one of the parked cars and shot the driver, who died on the spot from a gunshot wound, and the shooter ran away, the national police reported. later, the man was found and detained. now law enforcement officers are investigating the motives of the murder. a special police operation was launched on the territory of the city and all police teams were directed to search for the intruder. as a result of the priority measures taken, the special forces of the kyiv police will disperse. and detained the suspect, who turned out to be a local resident born in 1983. criminal proceedings have been initiated based on this fact. the russians hit kropyvnytskyi with mortars. currently known about one dead. a woman was also injured. this was announced by the head of the region, andrii raykovych. as a result of the attack, several residential buildings were destroyed and fires started there. emergency services are on site. 40. six

shaheds were destroyed that night by our defenders of the sky, and in total the russians launched 52 drones over ukraine. the air force worked in eight regions, the air force said. also, the occupiers hit ukraine with three kh-59 guided air missiles, which were launched from the territory of the temporarily occupied kherson region. ukrainian drones hit a large warehouse with ammunition of the occupiers in a creative attack. region as a result of the attack, a large-scale fire started, followed by a detonation. guided aerial bombs, anti-hail missiles and s-300 and s-400 systems, as well as iskander and north korean knn-23 ballistic missiles were stored in the warehouse. at present, the place of impact has been covered by fire for about 6 km. the local authorities announced the evacuation of the population from the city of toropets and neighboring settlements. and

it was a hellish night in russian yaroslavl, a warehouse of fuel and lubricants was on fire, russian media reports. the fire engulfed the entire building. the cause of the fire was allegedly a depressurization of the gas cylinder. three injured firefighters are known to have been injured. the officer gave the coordinates of the combat positions of the armed forces to the russians. according to the sbu, the traitor served in one of the brigades at pokrovsky nayjaryakhi. the front he issued the occupiers with the location of units and command posts. the russians promised the attacker a million rubles for this information. however, he never received the desired amount. the security service exposed the russian agent ahead of time. during the search, law enforcement officers seized phones with evidence of treason. the perpetrator faces life imprisonment. and at least eight were recorded in lviv at night. deliberate

arson, in particular, the dzvin cinema burned down. the fire covered more than 400 m2. as a result of the fire , the building was completely destroyed, the city council reported. container yards in the halytskyi and railway districts were also set on fire, and an electrical switchboard and facade decorations were also set on fire. so far, rescuers have extinguished the fire. fortunately, no one was hurt. they work on the ground law enforcement officers captive knocks down. the relatives of the prisoners of the mariupol garrison demand the defenders to return home. another campaign in support of military prisoners has started in kyiv. the families of the missing are demanding the release of the fighters, who have been received by russia for more than two years. most people have not been in contact with their relatives since the first day of captivity. some participants of the action came from other regions of the country to express their pain. came from sumy region. to help me

return my son, the third year of captivity, i do not know anything about him at all since the 22nd year, whether he is alive whether he is or not, everywhere he washes.

after more than two years in polonia , defender ivan smatanyuk returned home, he is a fighter of the 36th marine brigade, one of those who defended mariupol at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. his wife told us the story of the soldier. let's see. carpathian ivan smetanyuk spent 29 months in russian captivity, as a regular military serviceman, he was in donetsk region even before the start of the full-scale invasion. his contract was supposed to expire in february 2022, but he stood up for the defense of mariupol and defended the city until

mid-april 2022. our guys did not surrender, but they were surrounded and captured, no one voluntarily surrendered there and no one even... thought, and they were only positive, he called me and told me that they tried to break through the territory of ukraine, but the breakthrough was unsuccessful, and they found themselves surrounded and captured, well, most likely, he told me that it would be a capture, for more than two years in captivity, anna received only one from her husband letter, the 12th. in may 2023, the woman wrote to him regularly, but only 13 letters reached ivan, information about his condition, his wife found out, except from already released brothers, anna says, she did everything possible, went to rallies, appealed to the coordination headquarters, the international committee

of the red cross and the european court. ivan smetanyuk was on the lists for exchange for a long time, but he was released only on september 13, 2024. i got a message. of the coordination headquarters, congratulations, smatanyuk ivan romanovych was released from captivity and already somewhere after 20 minutes he called me, he informed me that he is already at home in ukraine, welcome home, glory to the heroes. i am very glad that my husband returned home, i was very worried about him and missed him very much. currently, ivan smetaniuk, like other ukrainians released from russian casemates , is undergoing the necessary examinations, in the future he will undergo a period of quarantine and treatment, already

after returning home to prykarpattia. in total, during the full-scale war, 3,672 of our fellow citizens were freed. please join me. to our collection for defenders, we need funds for drones and a charging station for reconnaissance of the third sso regiment, which is destroying the enemy in the area of ​​chesovo yar in donetsk region. there, the russians constantly attack and try to capture the city, because it is a commanding height from which it is easier to shell other settlements. our defenders are holding the defense, but they need your help. soldiers need drones. they will help not only to improve the performance of combat tasks, but also save the lives of our military personnel. so... donat will increase the effectiveness of actions against the enemy. our goal with you is uah 890,000. that's why i'm asking you to join, you can now see all the details on your screens. look for espresso on youtube and be sure to subscribe, because there is a permanent broadcast of ether, all program releases and

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about money during the war. oleksandr morchyvka is next to me, and sports news. i invite yevhen pastukhov to the conversation. two hours in the company of your favorite presenters. cultural news, alena chekchenina, our art viewer is ready say good evening. hosts who have become like relatives to many. vitalka didenko is already next to me, ready to talk about the weather for this weekend, as well as the distinguished guests of the studio. mustafa dzhemilov, the leader of the crimean tatar people, is in touch with us. mr. mustafa, i congratulate you. the events of the day in two hours, vasyl zima's big broadcast, a project for smart and caring people, espresso in the evening. today in the program is the verdict with serhii rudenko. revenge for own failures in the kurshchyna. the russians increased the intensity of their shelling of sumy region with missiles, shock. drones and guided aerial bombs. the regional center is partially de-energized. what awaits

the border region in the future. a long wait for a long-distance permit. the meeting between us president biden and british prime minister starmer did not live up to expectations. what prevents us from removing all the red lines regarding ukraine's use of western weapons. preparation for the hellish winter. more than 60 ukrenergo facilities are equipped with reinforced concrete protective structures of the second level of protection. does ukraine have enough strength and capabilities to save its energy sector? glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours we are talking about ukraine. about the world, about the war and about our victory. let's talk about the rather difficult situation that is currently

developing in sumy oblast, about how the enemy is trying to destroy the ukrainian energy industry, and about how we will prepare for winter and, most importantly, how we will winter in conditions of constant shelling of our energy facilities. we will also mention the situation with long-range weapons and... and our indecision western partners who are postponing the decision to give ukraine the opportunity to use their weapons deep into the russian federation. in the first part of our program, our guests will be roman kostenko, colonel of the sbu, people's deputy of ukraine, diplomat oleksandr khara and former minister of energy and fuel, ivan plachkov. in the second part of our program, which will start in an hour, we will have a deputy. club, deputy studio oleksandr mereshko, rostyslav pavlenko and oksana savchuk. let's talk about expected

taxes, tax increases from october 1, 2024 year, about the changes that await not only fops and entrepreneurs, but also all of us when paying, including the military levy. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest you watch a video about how ukrainians speak. ukrainian defenders destroy the enemy with the help of kamikaze ground drones, the video of the detonation of a russian tank with a powerful seeker mine was laid out by fighters of the svoboda battalion, the rubizh national guard brigade, who are fighting in the seversky direction, we are watching.

friends, during this episode of our broadcast, we are conducting a survey, today we are asking you about the following, would you move to the united states or the european union if you had the chance yes no it's pretty easy on youtube if you have an opinion please leave it in the comments below the video if you watch us on tv take a fool smartphone and or phone and vote for the numbers if you... would move to the us or the eu if you could 0.800 211 381 no 0.800 211 382 all calls to these numbers are free. i have to explain why we are actually conducting such a survey, since our colleagues from the kyiv international institute sociology of kmis conducted a survey and it turned out that the absolute majority of ukrainians - 79%, even in case of obtaining citizenship of the united states of america or a country of the european union, would still remain in

ukraine. we are interested to know your opinion, what would you do, would you move to... the united states of america or the eu, if you had the opportunity or not, please vote. i would like to introduce today's first guest, roman kostenko, people's deputy of ukraine, secretary of the committee on national security, defense and intelligence of the verkhovna rada, colonel of the security service of ukraine. mr. colonel, i congratulate you and thank you for being with us today. good evening, mr. sergey, good evening to everyone. mr. colonel, today, at night, the russians once again attacked sumshchi. there was a rocket attack on sumy oblast and on sumy itself, electricity generation was hit at energy facilities, and it is clear that in the conditions when the armed forces of ukraine are in kurshchyna in the region neighboring sumy oblast, and it is clear that it is probably worth talking about

the prospects of sumy oblast in context development of the counteroffensive operation of the armed forces of ukraine in kurshchyna. and especially if the offensive operation will be russian, do these strikes, which are now increasing in sumy oblast, mean that the russians want to turn sumy oblast, or at least sumy oblast, into this sanitary zone, or are they forcing our soldiers to return to the territory of ukraine in this way? well, for now, we are only making a sanitary zone in them. for the time being, the initiative is still ours with regard to the russians, of course they have the same history as throughout ukraine, there are objects to be struck, infrastructure, which would not allow our military to be stationed there normally, or it, and including to terrorize the local population, which would have a negative attitude towards those of our military, in principle nothing

changes in them . that even before a full-scale, well, not our invasion. to the russian federation, kurshchyna, it is the main area from where the russians launch their shaheds, from where they fly over, and in principle, i thought that this would change, but still they continue, yes, they fly over places there collisions at high altitudes, they go, but still they continue there, well, they fly to the territory of our country, well, of course, it is close to sumy region, so... they strike with them in order to save on expensive missiles there, well and to strike , including on infrastructure. mr. colonel, an influential political publication published, published a text that the former head of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhnyi, spoke against the offensive of the ukrainian military in the kursk region, at a time when president zelenskyi

spoke about him for the first time at the beginning of this year and insisted on... holding, in addition, journalists mention emil ishkulov, the commander of the 80th airborne assault brigade of ukraine, he was also in the position of zaluzhnyi and supported the former head of the armed forces of ukraine, the then head of and he was dismissed in july amid protests from senior officers who called for him to remain in office, or? there was generally such a discussion when zelensky insisted on the political component and on the political expediency of such an operation, and hardworking, how could an experienced officer be against this military operation, given the conditions in which this operation of the armed forces was planned,

maybe you know about it, well, look, let's take turns, well, don't be repulsed by the names of the president or the commander-in-chief now, there must be one scheme: war plans approve the war, precisely the war in general, what kind of war, not just the battlefields, the war, working with partners, the task of the main main strikes, there capture, this is a military-political matter, it is approved by the stake, the supreme commander, precisely direct warfare. and the fulfillment of the tasks that have been set, this is already a matter for the commander-in-chief of all defense forces, this is how it is right, this is the whole story that was imposed from the very beginning, that there is no... interfere with us, do not interfere with us, we will do everything, she is a little wrong and a little she is, she was manipulative, i say this once again, without talking about surnames, this is

in general how a war should go, then it is a question of experience, who knows, who does not know, who makes which decisions, but people in positions have, it should work like this, there is no other way, sometimes they are completely illogical from a military point of view, when you only have an army... a component and you see only a military part, they can bring less benefit than it will be a direction that is less, let's say, successful from a military point of view point of view, but more successful from a military-political point of view and will bring you greater dividends, this is a fact, this is a strategy and it must be approved, i say once again with a bet, this is the first, without surnames, the other is about valeriy fedorovych, was he against it or not against, look, valerius phaedra... it could be there against history there in the year 2024, i myself took part in many operations, and uh,

you know, here this clearly can be said there one of - expressed nothing, there my today ee there refutes my yesterday and that is how it is today you have to be, you can... be against, because you have the same circumstances, and tomorrow you yourself will insist on exactly what you opposed yesterday, because you have new forces, you have a different front, you are an opponent attacks, you need to seize the initiative, so i'm just saying mine now conjectures that zaluzhnyi might have been against it were substantiated at the time when he made this decision at the beginning of the 24th year, and syrskyi there and who is supreme there, who there insisted on this operation, i don’t know, in fact, let’s say, they could be right, because at that time there were different circumstances, we have to understand that the situation in the war changes

very er-er quickly, and at the moment this operation has positive consequences, political, er, let's say, international and military with point of view, that is, if it is considered piecemeal, that is why i do not think that it is possible here, that there the politician wanted to highlight that we went on the offensive in the wrong way. and beating the enemy, i don't think so. after the start of the kurdish operation, the armed forces of ukraine, the armed forces of ukraine, the zagarniks significantly reduced the intensity of the use of guided aerial bombs in the area of ​​chasovoy yar. oleg kalashnikov, press officer of the 26th artillery brigade named after general khorunju roman dashkevich, reported this on the air of our tv channel. let's listen to what kalashnikov said: it significantly decreased, if in the spring in our... direction we could observe the moon the use of cabbies is quite a significant amount there per day, they could use 10-20 cabbies, even

today, such cases are rare in comparison, and it certainly helps us to maintain our defense and of course saves the lives of our defenders, in addition, president zelenskyi said about ... that the kurakhiv direction is currently the most difficult in terms of the number of enemy attacks, but the kurdish operation of the armed forces continues according to plan, he emphasized the importance of providing the army with drones, we will also listen to the supreme commander-in-chief armed forces of ukraine. there have been more than a hundred battles since the beginning of this age. the most kurakhiv direction, pokrovsky. we defend the position separately and in detail regarding the kurdish operation, and we act in this way every day. as predicted, we are constantly working to ensure that ukraine has sufficient forces and means for the production and supply of drones. providing drones is not just

a tactical thing, it is a strategic priority. i thank everyone who works with this. mr. colonel, how do you currently assess the situation in donetsk region, did the armed forces succeed of ukraine, having started an operation in kurshchyna, to withdraw its forces. and the means of impact on the kursk direction from the pokrovsky and kurakhiv directions, well, some forces were withdrawn, and in general, we see that they were equally withdrawing forces and means from the secondary directions from kramatorsk, something from the southern direction, and but the enemy continues there some of his crawling actions, and we understand that he needs reserves to continue them, just right. these reserves, they were forced not all, but some part, instead of directing the east there, they after all, they are sending them there in the kurdish direction, because we see that they have also read to take active actions there, er... in particular, from

the side there they are hitting the left flank, from the side of the glukhiv district, we have ours there again a counteroffensive was made, they took control of the crossing, there are maneuvers going on, a war of maneuvers, we call it that, there is no permanent line of defense, everyone is trying to take a position that would allow the enemy to be put in a worse position, now we see these maneuvers, you have on the map that the enemy there broke through to lyubimovka there, but we from the side of glukhov there... took control of it there from the point of view of 7 km there , even with mortar fire, and that was by breaking this wedge, well, almost there, well, this territory between the seym river and our border into two parts, now they are going there tough battles, but there , let's say, we are trying to bring the matter to an end, that in relation to this direction of kurakhivskyi, it is really difficult, it is difficult due to the fact that there in the direction

of hirnyak there was a formation... which is really quite difficult and there we have to to do everything so that the enemy does not go to the mine, because part our troops will be surrounded, that is why we now need such a pretty jewelry work of our command to control the troops, to provide the troops, so that if we see that the enemy will still push and move in the direction of gornyak, it will be necessary to align this arc and... retreat, or other - are counter-offensive actions that forced the enemy to retreat to their previous positions in order to break this bag. well, due to the fact that we see that lately it is very difficult for us to equalize the situation, then i think that it is necessary to be careful so that these units do not fall into the encirclement, therefore, indeed, but there is another story

that the opponents... just moved forward here in this direction, somewhere there it has a width of 20 km , along the entire front, such as his performance, uh, it turned out, and it is positive that it can be assessed that the enemy does not have the ability to immediately conduct an offensive on all this, at least in several directions, the fact that he stopped there a little on pokrovsky direction, and here, even on this mountain, we already have this projection there for probably a week or more, and they can't close it down, that means they're still...not strong enough to attack in multiple directions, they're almost, they're gathering forces, then they attack in some particular, one direction, and cannot now have enough reserves to develop this offensive, i think that there is also a sense in this and the kursk operation, which also supports and withdraws some troops, but i say once again that the situation there is difficult, indeed, against this background , mr. colonel, putin is increasing the russian army, he increased it by his decree

regular the number of the armed forces of the russian federation is up to 2,389 thousand people, including 1.5 million servicemen. the last time the staff number was increased on december 23rd, it amounted to 2,209,130 ​​people, including 1,320,000 military personnel, taking into account these numbers and the fact that putin is gradually reducing the number of the armed forces of russia federation, it seems that he is not going to any truce, any peace, any negotiations with our western partners, let alone about ukraine, because i understand that he wants to create a huge army, as it was during the time of the soviet union, and only then, from a position of strength, simply explain to everyone on what terms he will talk to, what, what

we... can our western partners oppose this? well, we have to understand that we are talking a lot about the fact that putin does not want to carry out mobilization, this is a fact now, but if he does carry it out, it will be such a mini-catastrophe that we, to which we will have to react, and with at the rates of mobilization, which we have, we, let's say, forcefully react to the fact that putin is simply for... now he is recruiting people there for 30-40 00 a month, who, what there for money, and we somehow oppose them there, and then they push us somewhere, if they mobilize, it will be necessary to have some measures, measures in order to counteract this somehow, well, in a mirror, i think there will be completely different rules later, because it is really, really, well, if he says there, let's have more 300 00, then it will be a serious you.