but i really want to hope that they will never be useful to anyone, get ready to start pre-launch preparations. the kremlin said russia had recalled its ability to carry out nuclear strikes. defense minister sergei shaigu explained that the corresponding military exercises were aimed at responding to an enemy nuclear strike. president vladimir putin led the exercise, which included several test launches of ballistic cruise missiles. these exercises took place a few hours after how the country's parliament canceled the ratification of the treaty on universal accept the main balat

hotsman dive to a depth of 100 m. drill, missile attack. the yars icbm was launched from an undisclosed location, while a nuclear submarine launched from the sea near the arctic. center forward five knots. there are normal starting conditions. commander bach2 begin pre-launch preparations. pre-launch preparations have begun. start time. number 12, end of the salvo, as

the kremlin added, the exercises took place under under the control of president vladimir putin included launches of ballistic cruise missiles. on state channels, defense minister sergei shaigo called the exercise a rehearsal for a nuclear strike in response to an enemy nuclear attack. the exercise took place against the backdrop of a vote by the upper house of parliament to withdraw ratification of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. this decision will now be sent for final review. to please putin. this is another step that increases tensions between russia and the united states by background of the war in ukraine. experts are concerned this could mean russia is preparing to conduct nuclear tests. from time to time, russia

conducts nuclear tests to test its so-called nuclear triad. the us also regularly conducts similar exercises on a regular basis. nuclear weapons experts say either side could trigger a nuclear arms race. russia has the world's largest nuclear arsenal and believes it is in an existential standoff with the west over ukraine. presidential decision. vladimir putin's russia withdraw ratification of the treaty reflects the current status of us instruments. this is another step that has increased tensions between the countries since the start of the war in ukraine. moscow suspended its last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the united states in february, and putin turned to tactical action, moving nuclear missiles to belarus on the border with ukraine. no country other than north korea has tested nuclear weapons since the 1990s. the decision to withdraw from the comprehensive treaty.

according to russia, this is not a statement about nuclear testing, if she wants it, but the intentions, you need to look at this in context, it is not new, but you can say that this is in quotes a new cold war, between the western bloc and russia, between these two camps in recent weeks, even in in recent months, it's as if the nuclear issue is in the air and in the media, and it 's very... disturbing, well, we saw sergei shaiku say that these missile shots in the north of russia in the immediate vicinity of the norwegian withdrawal were just training to prepare to the possible response to the enemy’s strike, which will be the first to strike it against russia, and therefore, again, this rhetoric consists of saying that russia is only preparing, if you like, for an attack by the enemy from the outside. russian and western observers also see the possibility of a resumption of nuclear testing on the russian side. putin from the very beginning of the war.

ukraine wanted to reassure everyone a little, saying that nuclear tests in russia have not yet been resumed and that there can be no talk of launching a nuclear strike on ukraine, but it is felt that in russia. voices that in fact, there are increasing calls to change nuclear doctrine. the state duma adopted in the first reading the draft federal budget for the next 3 years, the revenue part is 35 trillion rubles, the expenditure part is 36.6 three. a priority item of expenditure is natural in these times. defense and, of course, social services. more than half of all funds will be spent on these two areas; from january 1, the average pension for a non-working pensioner will reach 23,244 rubles. this is 7.5% more than now, that

is, indexation to inflation. will grow up and the minimum wage, and immediately by 18.5%. mrod next year composition. 19,242 rubles per month, the indexed maternity capital for the first child will reach an amount of 630,000 rubles. but the minister of finance of the seluans began his speech before the deputies not with social issues, he stated that the key task now is to achieve victory, and for this it is necessary to strengthen russia’s combat capability and support the participants in the special operation, the latter will be created a special fund, serious funds will be allocated to him, 30 at once billions rubles for 3 years. if we consider budget expenditures in individual areas, then the largest share of allocations in the next twenty-fourth year

actually falls on the “national defense” section. 29.4%. rubles, which is equivalent to 6% of our gdp, there has never been so much before; the key task, of course, our priority is strengthening the country’s defense capability and supporting participants in a special military operation. next year , the state's resources are concentrated to achieve the main task, our victory. the resources planned for the twenty-fourth year have been determined jointly with the departments of the security bloc, making it possible to solve the tasks set within the framework of a special military operation, including the supply of military equipment, logistics and social support for military personnel. the total amount

of spending on national defense next year will be almost 11 three rubles. before the start of the special military operation, national defense expenditures were half 14% of budget expenditures, now 29% of expenditures, the necessary provisions are also provided allocation for the technical re-equipment of production capacities of the defense-industrial complex to meet the needs of the armed forces with modern means of destruction of military equipment for social expenses in the draft budget, more than 11 three rubles are taken into account. all social obligations are provided. the first is, of course, pensions for non-working pensioners, they will be indexed to the forecast level of inflation for the current year, we predict 7.5% from january 1 , 2024, the average pension for non-working pensioners in 2024

year will be 23,244 rubles. assistance to families with children, the benefit that we recently introduced, will receive almost... for the payment of a single benefit in the three-year budget, 4.4 rubles are provided. maternity capital will be indexed, for the first child 630,000 rubles, for the second child, if the family did not receive maternity capital for the first, 833 rubles. innovation next year , resources are provided for the creation of a state fund to support participants in a special military operation, about 30 billion rubles in a three-year period for 320, against - 80, no abstentions. dear colleagues, the bill was passed in the first reading. but a little more about money, already about american

money. zelsky is in mourning today, mike johnson was elected speaker of the house of representatives, all 220 republican congressmen voted for him. johnson, not just the far right. against aid to ukraine and making corresponding bright statements, and, well, an opponent of perverts. johnson demands a ban on discussion. relations in all american. as for ukraine, if you want to know more, just look at johnson’s support rating ukraine. refuse on all counts. if the new speaker did not enter into any preliminary agreements with pro-ukrainian party members, then the aid budget to ukraine is a very, very big question. in general, with a trump fan as speaker, the proposed biden beat on johnson simply won’t be put up for a vote, well

, immediately after taking office, mike johnson, look, he hinted to the democrats who will now run everything, the speaker shows a sign with the new position in his office via the washington post with trump on cover. we read the headline trump, well , we choose between ukraine and israel, johnson chooses israel, he talks about this too. johnson said nothing. we will restore your faith in what we are doing here, you will see a new form of government, and it will happen quickly, these people are ready to rule, and we will rule well in the interests of the people.

finally there is a speaker. mike johnson, who represents louisiana, has become the new speaker of the house of representatives. republicans chose a little-known congressman after a meeting that lasted until late at night, immediately after a noisy press conference was given, during which one of the legislators shouted at the reporter: what was the reason? here's a question from an abc reporter. mr johnson, you took part in the campaign to overturn the 2020 election results, you still hold the same opinion. shut up. next question. the next question about supporting ukraine was also met with ridicule. you will advocate for additional assistance to ukraine. you've already asked your question, go away. this is unacceptable, this

the little nasty woman should be the first to resign, she said shut up, everyone has the right to ask the questions you asked rachel. so who is mike johnson? he is an evangelical christian, a lawyer and a staunch trump supporter. i want to congratulate mike johnson. during a civil hearing today, trump credited johnson with winning. i mean, just yesterday no one could even think about mike johnson, but we put in a good word for him, and now he’s the speaker of the house of representatives, thank you, thank you. mike johnson becomes one of the most powerful men in washington. he voted against the certification of the 2020 presidential election , he led the texas overhaul case , and he also changed his position on ukraine. he initially generally supported it, but more recently he voted against additional funding, but tonight he said that he would support

additional aid to ukraine, but subject to certain conditions. why was johnson able to get these votes and the rest are not? yes, i asked him that question, but because of the rush , he didn't have time to answer it, but part of the reason i think it's that he's a new face, as some republicans said, that's why tom emer and steve scalise had some difficulties , especially after macarthy was overthrown. over the past 3 weeks, many bills have been put on pause. this evening the house of representatives passed a resolution condemning hamas and its attack on israel. but what happens next depends on what happens with the aid package to foreign countries of the biden administration. its size is $100 billion, and it includes funding for israel, ukraine and taiwan, the us-mexico border, but as we heard from speaker john.

his position on ukraine has changed a bit, he supports additional aid, but subject to certain conditions, i wonder if he will leave this package in its current form, or if aid to ukraine will be included in a separate bill, which some congressmen support israel, but do not necessarily want send even more funds to ukraine, so this will be a difficult issue, we just passed a resolution. assistance, we must fully support israel, but as i and many are convinced. my colleagues, financing of ukraine and financing of israel must be taken separately. we need clarity on what the ultimate goal of the war in ukraine might look like. where exactly did the money that we allocated, $113 billion, go, what will the additional money that the president wants to allocate be used for? i know that everyone looks at israel and ukraine differently than i do, but what

despite what you might think, these are complex issues that deserve separate approaches, an asymmetrical conflict involving terrorists in israel. is very different from a war between the two states of russia and ukraine, despite the fact that russia has nuclear weapons, it has intercontinental means of delivering them, so combining these problems at the bottom could damage american interests on both fronts. well, in this regard, politico publishes a mocking article with sad, sad zelsky on the cover, the material that accompanied the photographs as if ready. the ukrainian clown is about to burst into tears, the point is that the white house is receiving requests from congressmen from both political parties to, if possible , justify assistance to the nazi regime by the fact that it will help ensure economic growth in the united states itself, will create new jobs and guarantees

new orders for the american military-industrial complex, an anonymous republican told the publication. with this step , the biden team recognizes the failure of the policy in ukraine while trying to change this policy. well, now they explain to the americans, that a war with russia is needed not to protect some kind of democracy, but simply to profit from the deaths of others and, of course, to make money, as always. however, you and i knew this without them. we are waiting for this important understanding to come to the ukrainians themselves. another piece of criticism is published by the new york times, saying that because of the war in the middle east, biden deprived zelsky of his special status, and ukraine itself turned into just one of the fronts for the united states, but the worst thing is that putin achieved his goal, so they write: ukraine has withdrawn to the background kiev is losing media attention and losing the support

of its allies. hungarian prime minister orban said that he will block the allocation of additional money to ukraine from the eu budget until he receives a clear explanation of why all this is needed. well, the last nail in the ukrainian coffin was hammered today by the new prime minister of slovakia, fitzo, who stated that his country would no longer provide military assistance to kiev. well, in general, the war in ukraine, according to robert fitzo, began due to an attack by ukrainian fascists on the russians residents of the country, terrible komola, we are waiting for hysteria, of course, from the ukrainian foreign ministry, boorish cries of adviser zelsky far away, and i state that the public refusal to support ukraine in the west is becoming an increasingly popular trend, in brussels they have not yet realized this. the head of the european commission, ursula fonder

, congratulated robert fitz on his appointment and said that brussels needs a strong slovakia first. to support ukraine, but fitsoo himself believes that a strong slovakia is needed to protect the interests of the slovaks, apparently very soon he will convey this idea to ursul, as for ukraine, there are things that we are open to, if they need medicine or humanitarian assistance, we agree to do whatever is needed, but we will not send military assistance. the eu must turn from the arms supplier that it is now into a peacemaker, it is better that they negotiate peace for 10 years than kill each other for 10 years without any conclusions, i am in favor of ending hostilities, and i don’t care what it will be a plan, what to agree on, that's the deal russian americans, you know that ukrainians do not play any role here, what

the russians and americans agree on will be valid, i want there to be peace, i do not support any of zelensky’s plans. because they are completely unrealistic in terms of the conditions that are put forward. i will speak out in brussels against any sanctions against russia until the financial consequences of introducing these sanctions are calculated. if sanctions will harm us, then i see no reason to support them. well, even good ones the news comes from the russian defense industry. rostech shipped the first batch of 152 artillery pieces to the troops. this was reported in the press service of the state corporation . thanks to the wheeled chassis, maalva is able to quickly turn around in a position and quickly leave the position avoiding return fire, which, as you might guess, is important for counter-battery warfare. the rostec message also notes that with the help of malva it is possible to destroy almost any objects

with high-explosive fragmentation shells at a range of more than 24 km. in addition, the network got colorful footage, but in fact, confirmation of a direct hit on the 47th arsenal of the ukrainian armed forces in the khmelnitsky region. the day before, if you remember, the ukrainian media literally. they shot down all the geraniums while still approaching, and now pay attention to the screen, this is what the open burning of destroyed ammunition looks like, a huge glow, a cloud of smoke, and numerous, endless secondary detonations. according to some information, such a logistics hub was chock-full of missiles, uranium hymers containing tank shells, this is the third leopard in... a day that operators have been destroyed, the beaver squad, famous throughout our country. look, it flew straight into

the left rear part of the tower, where the ammunition is stored, after which the tank for 6 million euros burns out like a match, here is another fp-vidon hiding a ukrainian dugout with ammunition in zaporozhye, from the shock wave, a huge number of shells, a dugout and ... the extension scatters, as if after the arrival of a high-explosive bomb. well, according to reports from russian military officers , i don’t want to jinx it right now. our troops intercept the initiative of the air force in zaporozhye direction, russian fighters move into the offensive contour in the rabotin, verbovoye area. look.

we arrived at the infantry of the forty-seventh separate mechanized brigade, the guys with whom we will now communicate have returned from the assault, come here, lie down in the trench, come here,

it’s very easy, here the threes are more important, here it is much more difficult, because there is a mine, a mine - this is fear, it’s just radically different that there are infantry, that is, there are infantry, artillery battles and equipment, and here we have artillery, drones, namely explosive barriers, mines - this probably the biggest enemy in this area. mines, a very large number of mines, barriers, anti-tank, combined, that is, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, there are a lot of tripwires. this is how they are camouflaged, this is how they are camouflaged by nature, how long they lie here, how long they lie here we don’t know, in this direction, roughly speaking,

every 2-2.5 km there are anti-tank minefields, which greatly complicates the movement of equipment and infantry , oops, everything is back, and what is most difficult for you, artillery shelling, when you work under a mortar or under a hail, sometimes it works for us, drones, the comedian's drones the comedian's drones are more important, they predominate mainly in aviation, those that drop guided bombs and rocket launchers, well, hurricanes, tornadoes, they really fumble, they really they are wondering how to build fortifications, they mine very coolly, they make fortifications very coolly , then there, that is, there are structures that neither artillery takes, nor anything takes, that is, machine gun crews there are simply made of concrete, they open and they shoot, shoot, hard hard. it hurts, it hurts, i already have two here too, i already have two friends killed, unfortunately, people are dying, equipment is breaking down, this is war, this video, yours is hard, i

mean, well, generally morally. and morally, morally, when they die, death is always difficult, death is always difficult, now urgent news is coming, according to the official representative of the military wing of the hamasubed movement, as a result, i quote, for authenticity, it is difficult to answer in this situation, so the military wing of hamas states that as a result of the israeli bombing of gyaza died... approximately 50 hostages, the day before the israeli side reported that 222 people were still being held captive by terrorists, two women were released on the eve, two more people a few days earlier, and now hamas reports that 50 people were killed, what

the citizenship of these people is not truly known, let us... move to israel, tel aviv is in direct contact with the chief of our middle east bureau, sergei pashkov, seryozha, and so, netanyahu said that everything is ready for a ground operation, but when will it will start, i didn’t say. ambassador israel in russia said that it would begin unexpectedly. does this mean that something should happen in the near future, and how does this correlate with american messages that they are not ready, they must. wait, maybe later, you have the floor. hello, olga, in my opinion, it directly correlates, yes, indeed the message, in the american press, and in the american press, which has its own sources in the political and military circles of israel, they increasingly began to write that israel should not rush to start ground operation, while canceling the ground operation the american media, say, do not

offer surgery. insofar as it is clear that for israel this is a kind of red line, and after the tragedy that occurred on october 7, after the massacre that terrorists carried out in the border villages of israel, a different point of view, a different concept would not have found understanding directly among the population of the country that is experiencing what happened like a colossal historical catastrophe, and benjamin netanyahu prepared the population for the fact that the operation would begin, that this was a war, that the war would be long and difficult, you remember everything these are statements that the israeli prime minister made almost every day, but for the first time he was able to utter the words ground operation only last night, while visiting military units near the gaza border. benjamin netanyahu just said that we, in a narrow military cabinet of ministers, unanimously voted to conduct a ground operation

on palestinian territory. but the timing and start of this operation will be determined in the interests of israel. it is clear that these interests indicate completely different, let’s say, time lags. one of netanyahu’s military advisers says that it is necessary to bomb gaza for at least six months. someone says that in order to prepare a springboard for the entry of the army into the territory of the gas sector, first destroy the underground tunnels of 500 km of communications, and this is at least 2-3 months, someone says that we need to very carefully monitor the fact that will occur, moreover, on the northern borders of israel, and most of israel’s european partners say that it is necessary immediately, while there is still time and opportunity start negotiations for the release of the hostages, this should become the primary task of the israeli government, that is, you see how many introductions, and it is clear that benjamin netanyahu is not one of those people who is in a hurry and

recently... showed us this, he clearly calculates the situation, but he gave a show, he made it clear to both his own population and the international community that the operation would take place sooner or later, this is the nature of it, yesterday morning the israelis, or rather last night the israelis already entered with tanks with special forces territory of the palestinian enclave, they destroyed some hamas anti-tank nests, carried out some special work, how about this ... today the army, but this is not yet a large-scale offensive, a large-scale offensive is one in which tens of thousands of military personnel are involved, this order is here they are waiting, it has been promised, but i believe that some time will still pass before the israeli troops begin this very new phase of their actions. thank you very much, sergey, our neighbor’s boss.