a congressman or a senator, that is what we are talking about, i mean, you know that there are young people, these young people still go to rallies by themselves, make speeches by themselves, here is sparta, yes, she is a young politician, and she is her left that they asked her to be re-elected again because she is a popular person in indiana, she is not a veteran politician, but she knows how to find an approach to people in indiana, this is a very important thing that we also forget all the time. that america, it is like the european union, it is the united states, you need to find a common one a language not with some abstract american, like the one here, you need to find a common language first of all with a ukrainian, no, you need to find a common language with people in indiana, in oregon, in california, in new york, and these are different languages, completely different political languages, and when a person knows how, of course, his party needs him, society needs him, and he can be very... well, by the way, about one more

senator, if we have already mentioned senators, andriy derkach, he was a people's deputy of ukraine , how many, how many convocations you have to google, but many convocations, he became a senator, a senator or a member of the federation council in russia, from the astrakhan region, a person who was... basically one of those apologists for the russian church in ukraine, a person who basically promoted this russian peace in ukraine, and and a person who became famous in general for all these russian connections, if not the most, mr. vitaly, what kind of phenomenon is this and what is derkach for putin, well, it is clear that after andriy derkach fled from ukraine to russia, he could lie on the bottom, he could stand. there is such yanukovych, but we see that

he, in fact, in fact, how to say it, was reincarnated from one policy, from one political reality into another political reality, what is this, what are the members of the federation in russia, this is a political pension, i am only very surprised that, let's say, senator from zaporizhzhia region, this is dima ragozin, and the senator from ostrakhan region, this is andriy derkach, why not vice versa, why derkachan was made a member of the federation council. i can explain to you why, because dima rogozin is an fsb agent, and andriy derkach is an officer the fsb, these people have a different report card in ranks, even in such a situation, i do not think that andriy derkach should have gone to the bottom somewhere, the agents go to the bottom, they have fulfilled their mission, no one needs them anymore, and with the agents of the chekists they always behave like this, well you got your 30 there. and the officer who did the work all the time,

he should get an award, well, look, andrii logovy, the person who was found guilty by the british court of murdering litvinenko, he is also a member of the russian state duma federations, a very active deputy, this is not a federation council for you, this is an active public activity, because he worked well, he worked, he performed correctly all the tasks that were. now work in the parliament, gets access to certain financial flows, i generally believe that andriy was an agent of the russian special services all his life, i don’t know how his father, the former head of the sbu, it’s just a good question, but he definitely is, the point is you you mention that he, he was a member of the verkhovna rada who... all the time advocated pro-russian

narratives, no, he was the owner of these the era television company and era radio, these were the main voices, as you remember, next to the fifth channel of the orange revolution, he was then close to the deputy from the motherland, well, maybe it was necessary, well, you don't think that he has such the political suddenly changed, as they say, you understand how to say it correctly, the image or tasks can be different, and then i will tell you more, i was with andrii derkach in the studio in kyiv, there were not many of us there, four people, savik shuster invited us on his own initiative, when there was a story with tuzla, that is, there was a moscow story studio, there were people from this side with patriotic views, so andriy derkach was then the main patriot of all times and people, he stood up for that, if you find this program. in the archive, you will see how

andrii dorkach, but we understand that it was all just a game, and he needed the escalation of this conflict to put kuchma in an uncomfortable position. that is, he was all the time first in the national-democratic camp, and then, when they decided that they already had everything in their pockets, he revealed himself early, then he performed tasks in the regional camp, but his most important task was the story with the compromise of biden and poroshenko, and it was again a hook, but they were always trying to catch the completely inexperienced ukrainian authorities on some hook so that they would like it, but they know. let's say that zelensky has a personal hatred for poroshenko, it's not a special secret, i think i'm not revealing any secrets here, that zelensky trembles when he mentions poroshenko, i don't know why, it's hard for me to understand , because i believe that the succession of power in a democratic country excludes such behavior, but on the other hand, trump did not

come to biden's inauguration, we no longer live in such conditions, so it is zelensky's right, but we are not talking about it now, so they understand that if someone publishes some tapes that will give zelensky and his entourage the opportunity to say something bad about poroshenko, then they will definitely take advantage of this, despite the fact that poroshenko's interlocutors include biden, which means they will compromise biden and, on the one hand, create problems for in the relationship between zelenskyi and biden, if biden becomes the president of the united states, this is also part of the preparation for war, that is , he must say something bad about biden, he must... he should take advantage of all this himself, because the moment the war starts , biden will in any case feel a personal antipathy towards him, who can perform such a difficult task, not some agent dubinsky, you know that, it’s all a trifle, but a real officer with a good

education, you understand, derkach graduated from the academy there , fsbshnu, so, his to all this in... they taught, you see, they teach all this, and if we look at all the forms, how they teach, they, let's say, study all their previous operations, they just pass the exams, this is the operation of trust savinkov, do you remember this one the story of when borys savinko was lured into the soviet union, creating a special organization abroad, ready to fight the regime, like the current fbk. it is very, very similar, but when you look at the activities of the fbk, from, i don't want to say anything about the fbk, uh, but it is absolutely similar to this organization created by arbuzov and other chekists outside the borders of soviet russia in order to lure

savinkov here and in general to compromise opposition activities, because you understand that after borisenko, who was a charismatic leader of the opposition, repented of all these sins. died, it dealt a serious blow to the anti-bolshevik opposition, which was stronger than it seems to us, because we also live in the soviet narratives of history, so far, and in this regard, here is a wonderful story with drikach, well, if he it did, they are evaluating, then you did it, here, you did it, in principle, biden would probably have a better attitude towards ukraine, if it were not for this story, he would have more, i would say, more personal contact with the president of ukraine, if it weren't for all this wonderful history. or something else, sumy region, ugh, he was actually its curator, also positions, do you remember how the mayor, michel tereshchenko, ugh, he screamed loudly, what

was happening to the sumy region under derkach's people, and what, it didn't happen even opportunities to somehow stop it, because everyone they believed that the situation was stable there, well, derkach, well, the regionals. he was not regional, he was just a statesman, and andrei always tried to make such an impression on his er, how to say, interlocutors that this is not a question of political views, it is a question of statehood, he is such a senator, sorry, roman, not russian , because he is the son of the head of the security service of ukraine, this always causes respect in our conditions of the political elite, well, you know that we have hereditary politicians, and hereditary people. which are completely professional, completely skilled, and there are people who use this complacency for proper activities, the question here is simply that there are actually such jerks, well, conditional ones, small or big, if we are talking about the sumy region, as an example, then we can also talk about the same 2022

is about kharkiv oblast, kherson oblast, mykolaiv oblast, zaporizhia oblast, donetsk, oh well, and 2013 is luhansk oblast and tovarysh, well, we are talking about that one. a very recent retrospective, and why, look, yefrimov now lives in moscow, the truth is that the leader of the former fraction of the party of regions, he was the curator of the luhansk region, he was, in fact, he trained the cadres that contributed to its support for the russian invasion, it is true, but what happened to yeflim, after the 2014 maidan , nothing, he led the faction of the regions until the end convocation, you see, in principle, he could continue his activity as an agent for the protection of the interests of the russian federation, er, directly from his office in kyiv, he continued to fulfill his powers. until the last day of the deputy, well, he is not the only one like that in fact, but it’s just me, in fact

there were many of them, and i say once again, from a small cog of some kind to very large efremovs, yes, but here the question arises whether there was or is, that is, we have to understand what level of infiltration of russian agents into ukrainian political, military, security structures is absolute, that is, it is clear that a large number of people have already disappeared. but we do not know how many agents and most importantly, sleeper agents of the russian federation, given that there was never an actual severing of the umbilical cord, still continue to perform their functions and wait for their time, well, here you are regarding this, i had a question about five minutes ago, you mentioned that derkach, he was at one time so democratic, supposedly a person who provides platforms for freedom of speech. in ukraine, yes, we mentioned the same era, and yes, well, allegedly, the era television and radio company at that time

was difficult to blame for the fact that, i’m sorry, there is some very big censorship there, or they don’t allow opposition politicians there, i’m that i also remember, but you really said one thing, that this is a person who at some point, at least demonstrated that she is a democrat, taking this into account... the following question arises: could there have been such jerks, including in the national-patriotic forces, at that time and not only at that time, some certain number, i.e. at, i.e. conditionally, as you say, sleeper agents who, conditionally speaking, simply performed their patriotic role, since the late 80s, early 90s, well, our representatives of the national-patriotic forces are very reluctant to talk about it, as a rule, it is for them an unpleasant thing, but considering the fact that in those countries where... the opening of the archive is real kgb, it suddenly turned out that in the leadership of the same sayudis at the time of independence,

other organizations, such a lot of former agents of the state security committee of the soviet union, we can conclude that such people were also there, the only thing is that they were not so much there needed for one simple reason: sayudis came to power, the popular movement did not come to power, and in order to really exert some influence on the situation, as you understand, it was necessary to find. and realized that you need to continue your agent activity where you are you have, firstly, access to financial flows, and secondly, where you can influence the decisions of the ukrainian authorities, and what you can steal from the popular movement, some things, relatively speaking, that is, there was no such interest, and in fact, it is very interesting that... and here, i think, maybe in the future we will learn something more. and,

of course, unfortunately, in ukrainian politics, we still observe those people who, even now in the verkhovna rada, who both until 2014 and until 2022, promoted russian narratives, but they are still in the verkhovna rada council of ukraine. but this is another topic. we're on a short break and we'll be back with some more super important topics, stay tuned and stay tuned to espress tv. greetings, dear friends, this is the espresso tv channel and the program of urban reconstruction and development is on the air, i will conduct this special edition for you. i am lesya vakulyuk, and this is a project in which we talk about the reconstruction of ukraine, we talk

together with experts, we talk about what are the renewed initiatives, so that those who need it know what they have rights and who have opportunities, and also we want to improve the recovery process in different parts of our country. today we will talk about the kharkiv region and the reconstruction of logistics facilities, the guest of our program is tetyana melnyk, she is an expert on the restoration of municipal infrastructure of the association of cities of ukraine. ms. tetyana, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, ms. lesya, and i... i suggest you watch together with our viewers the story of my colleagues about how bridges in kharkiv region that were destroyed by russian rockets are being restored, and then we will talk with you in more detail already about reconstruction. first of the full-scale invasion in kharkiv oblast,

27 bridges and overpasses were destroyed or damaged, and this is actually the vascular system... of the logistics of the entire region. 2022 was the year of fighting for the kharkiv region. the invaders captured half of the region. the defense forces of ukraine managed to knock them out quite quickly, but in constant military maneuvers all the key logistical routes were destroyed. first of all - bridges. the transport network was completely paralyzed. this is how the bridges looked after the kharkiv counteroffensive. damages were estimated at uah 8 billion. during the destruction by shelling of the russian federation, it was completely destroyed, the remains of the concrete and truss structures that were, they were scattered even up to 50 m. this bridge was destroyed by the russians with targeted missile strikes, today it is almost completely rebuilt, it was completely

restored, that is, the piles were driven in, completely foundations, new supports. grill bars, beams and covering, it was completely made from scratch. in the infrastructure restoration and development service, they emphasize that rebuilding bridges is not a luxury, but a necessity. some of them have a key significance not only for civil, but also for military logistics. the remarkable object is located on the highway m03, kyiv-kharkiv-dozhanskyi, which combines many regions, it is the main artery of the road industry of one. from the more important arteries of the road industry, humanitarian corridors, and others, which are currently very important for ukraine. rebuilding bridges is not only difficult, but also dangerous, especially in war zones. in particular, this bridge was mined, and now rockets are flying past it. the entire area was mined before

at the beginning of the works, we had to wait until they were demined. well, there was no shelling of the precinct itself. hitting either nearby or in the artificial structure itself where people, road workers, construction workers worked and because of this, work was suspended at some objects for some time, at some it is completely suspended at the moment. it is precisely because of the threat of repeated shelling that the service cannot publicly name which bridges have already been destroyed. from scratch, the work on the overpass is 100% done, it is ready, now the approaches to the overpass are being arranged, asphalting, as you can see, and arrangement of lower layers of road clothing. now we are at one object, which is already in the final stages, that is,

the completion of the specified artificial structure is already 97%. remained, so i will say, in my own words, the marafet, as we call it, these are some works of the final stage, and this is one of the three bridges in the region that have been completely repaired and put into operation, now 17 bridges are in operation, 10 of them are promised to be handed over in operation until the end of the current year. artem lagutenko, oscar yanson from espresso tv channel. so, i'll remind you that you're watching a special. program of reconstruction and development of cities, and today the guest of our special issue is tetyana melnyk, she is an expert on reconstruction and an expert on the restoration of municipal infrastructure of the association of cities of ukraine. mrs. tetyana, once again i congratulate you on our airwaves, actually there was a story of my colleague about the reconstruction of objects in kharkiv oblast, as told by the head of the kharkiv regional

military administration oleg senigubov, in kharkiv oblast only 30,000 infrastructure objects actually need such reconstruction and restoration, this is a crazy number, c within the framework of the whole of ukraine, do you know about the numbers, how many infrastructure facilities and how many of the housing stock of some private households need to be restored? yes, there is a lot of damage in the field of transport infrastructure. significant, and they rank second among all damages caused to ukraine due to the armed aggression of the russian federation, which is about 20%. of all direct losses and, according to the assessment made at the end of 2023, is about 37

billion us dollars, in the first place in terms of damages, in terms of infrastructure destruction, there is housing itself, residential infrastructure, and these are very significant damages, they make up about 40%, almost 40% of the total. but today we operate with data from the end of 2023, when a rapid assessment of the damage caused by the armed aggression of rdna 3 was prepared, this is a report that is prepared jointly by the world bank, the united nations, the government of ukraine and the european commission, and such a report is precisely for the end of 23 th of the year, we are waiting for updated data, in general, regarding the general infrastructure in territorial communities, then a very significant number of educational institutions were also damaged, 3,800 institutions were damaged, there

are also destroyed objects, and such losses amount to about 5%, but today we understand that during 2024, during these more than eight. in the past few months, there have been new destructions of both housing and energy infrastructure, which will also add to the volume and possibly change the proportions of these losses, probably what you are talking about housing, i also wanted to say that about housing, such volumes, they reach more than, if converted into hryvnia more than 3 trelny hryvnias, these are very large volumes. damages and the need for restoration not only of direct damage, but also the need for restoration of such buildings is calculated. and who is responsible for the restoration of infrastructure facilities, and whose

responsibility is the restoration of residential buildings? there are currently various programs, various mechanisms for recovery, of course, local self-government bodies work, the state works, international partners, international organizations help, many... foreign countries, european countries, provide assistance directly to communities, for example, the baltic countries, estonia, latvia, lithuania provide assistance to the de-occupied communities of kyiv region, buchi in particular, in addition, we know very much about the fruitful, close cooperation of denmark with the mykolaiv city territorial community and mykolaiv region in general, this is such a long-term program aimed at if at the beginning it was primarily directed to the provision of humanitarian aid such as equipment and basic necessities,

now programs are already being prepared for longer-term support of the city in its restoration and development, in the planning of these recovery and development. does it make sense to rebuild all objects, if we talk about infrastructure objects that were damaged as a result. russian attacks, perhaps there are such objects that are already morally obsolete, and if they are to be restored, then in fact they should be built from scratch according to some new principles, taking into account the latest technologies. to answer this question, you need to understand how our recovery planning system is built today, as of today we already have several different documents provided by legislation, which, in particular... local authorities self-governments should develop in order to plan their recovery, precisely study those needs, analyze what needs

to be restored, what does not need to be restored, what are the higher priority projects that can be implemented a little later, but today in the legislation there is such a series of that there are contradictions, but issues that need to be agreed upon in order to establish and make... the recovery process more effective, because there are several different documents, both the recovery plan and the recovery program, which are provided for legislation, communities also develop development strategies, other sectoral documents that relate to the development of various areas at the local level or the resolution of certain issues, in addition, it took a very long time, but today we can say that the state regional development strategy has already been updated, in which the main challenges are formulated , including those caused by armed aggression, and

resisting such challenges, resisting such. the strategic document, which will be adopted in an updated version in august, communities can plan more considered, more understanding of the challenges at the national level for recovery, can take into account in their development strategies, as well as the goals set in the state strategy, another problematic issue is that there is no separate for these planning documents. a clearly defined source of funding, there is a recovery plan, but there is no clear source of funding for it, of course, local self-government bodies approve programs from their local budgets, provide funding for urgent needs, including providing housing, for the reconstruction of some buildings, if these budgets are capable and have such funds, that is why

it is extremely important, the question is acute about ensuring that local budgets are capable in the future and in the next year, and this is relevant today, because the budget process and the association of cities are ongoing ukraine defends such important issues that relate to the filling of local budgets, both in relation to pdpo and in relation to other sources of income, well, as we know, the communities say that there is not enough. often money to them for reconstruction, and then they do not refuse some offers from other countries to join, like in lviv, when there was a rocket attack, when several houses were damaged, and the minister, the prime minister of poland, donald tusk, offered his help, but he offered help for reconstruction, he said that they will choose some houses that they will rebuild, it is clear that the rest of the houses will be the responsibility of the city budget, and these are large sums. these are very

significant amounts, and of course there are state programs that are planned in the state budget for 2025, but these volumes, even though they sound like very significant, it's up to a billion hryvnias for the coupe and home programs, which provide for the restoration of damaged and destroyed housing, specifically for residential objects, but if we are talking about the need for more than three... and that's at the end of the 23rd year, we understand that such losses have increased significantly over the current year, we understand that even these funds will not be enough, other sources and other resources are also needed. how is it determined which object should be rebuilt first, whether to tackle a bridge or a road or a school,

that's exactly what it's for. the plan for the restoration of the territorial community should be the document on which it should be based, in addition, of course, there are some sectoral priorities at the level of the ministries, where they determine for themselves which objects are more important, but first of all, a plan for the restoration of the territorial community must be drawn up communities, where the priority of such objects should be determined and what should be restored first. however , territorial communities are still waiting for approval at the central level of the list of restoration territories, because they were a criterion the definition of such areas was approved in the 23rd year, then these criteria underwent some changes, now we are still waiting for the list of restoration areas to be officially approved at the level of a government decision, and

the speed of development of restoration plans also depends on this. challenges - these are actually these plans, yes, money, but not only that, because we have, as we saw in the plot, and what the builders say, we are starting the restoration process, and again somewhere it can fly nearby, and this is also a challenge, and, in addition, mostly at rehabilitation facilities men work, because it is hard work, and men for the first time. are very necessary at the front, what challenges do the cities and the country face in the process of reconstruction, in general, such challenges are mostly connected with the armed aggression itself, with the destruction of the infrastructure, but not exclusively, because the infrastructure was inadequate even before the armed aggression , i mean outdated.

the equipment is outdated.