and now we will speak with taras zhovtenko, an expert on international security of the democratic initiatives foundation, a candidate of political sciences and a member of the public council at the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine. there is already taras, mr. taras on your screens. mr. taras, we congratulate you. congratulations. the welt publication says that ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive, which zaluzhny himself planned, and this counteroffensive will take place this summer. in 2024, somehow, in general, foreign publications are voicing different plans at odds, you no longer know whose plan to believe, or the one that sounds the best to the ears, or the one that is the worst and the most frightening to be ready , what do you say about it, or do we have the strength, the ability to launch a counteroffensive in the summer, and well, i'll start with the fact that it's actually very good that.. . that the western media, the expert environment is so actively discussing completely different scenarios, different options for the development of events, which are connected with the continuation o

this study was done by the democratic initiative foundation and now at the end of december and last year december, that is, we can even compare the results. and there was another question, what do you think, in which horizon, here when will the war end? and last year , far fewer respondents thought that the war would last a long time. around there, if i'm not mistaken, 20% said that the war could end in a year or three, that is, in some long-term perspective. at the same time, this december, the number of such people has increased, already 30% say that maybe in a year, three years, and moreover, respondents appeared who say that the war may end in 5 years, that is, it was added , that is, ukrainians are basically changing their views, i think that there is already a critical mass of people who, well understand that we live in this difficult situation, that it can be for a long time, accordingly, we have to somehow change our life plans, life strategies, and now, answering your question, where do the resources for optimism come from, it can be taken, usually sociological studies show that

professor oleksiy haran, and director of the democratic initiative foundation named after ilko kucharivprofessor of political science at the kyiv-mohyla academy , we talked about volodymyr zelenskyi's press conference, certainly, this is not just the top topic of yesterday, but the top topic of the week. thank you very much. well , that's the end, i'll remind you that the day before, radio svoboda broadcasted volodymyr zelensky's press conference live from the beginning to the end, and after svoboda live you can do the same from the beginning. watch it until the end on radio svoboda's youtube channel, and also subscribe to our pages on social networks, we are on instagram, telegram, facebook, choose, leave comments in the chat under the broadcast, and svoboda live will be back on the air tomorrow. turn on well - it's when everything is as you want it to be. click and you are in the world of cartoons, click and around the world of cinema, then on the good, oh, what you need, megogo, turn on hundreds of channels, thousands of movies and sports, there are discounts on molterenforte 20% in

taras zhovtenko, international security expert of the democratic initiatives foundation, joins our conversationory to ukraine, mr. taras. glory to heroes. i congratulate you. well, it is difficult to talk with orban in europe, but it looks like zelenskyi may try to hold another such conversation, although not at the border and not in brussels, but behind by the ocean as far as argentina. because... he went to the inauguration of the new president of argentina, and there is an assumption that he will hold several different meetings there, he will also meet with other presidents, in particular with the prime minister of hungary viktor orbán, on the eve of this summit, which we mentioned. what are your predictions, how important and effective can this trip to argentina be? well, actually, if you're talking about the trip to argentina and, well, in a broad sense , the president's visit to this region, it's actually important from the point of view of what we're trying to do to establish relations with the key countries of the so-called global south, this is a strategic foreign policy initiative, wh

results of the survey conducted by the social service of the razumkov center and the democratic initiatives foundation. i to our viewers on... facts from this survey. 94% of surveyed ukrainians now trust the armed forces. the majority of ukrainian citizens do not trust political parties, the state apparatus, courts and the judicial system in general. so, volunteer battalions are trusted by 89%. state emergency service - 83%. national guard - 82, ministry defense - 73. the state border service - 72, the security service of ukraine - 71%, the national police - 58%, well, according to the survey data , 68% of respondents trust the president of ukraine zelensky, ukrainians also trust public and volunteer organizations 63%, 86, respectively and the church 63%. well, if you look at these numbers, it is clear that zelenskyi... as the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine, should take more initiative and responsibility, as in this case with the bill on mobilization, it would be obvious the rating was equal, although even now we do not talk about the rating, but the trust rating, whether it would be

the opinion of taras zhovtenko, an expert on international security of the democratic initiatives foundation, was on the air of the espresso tv channel. now is the time for news and anna eva melnyk is ready to share information about the most important things. good day colleague, thank you for your work. next, the news team will work. stay with us, we will tell you about the most important thing. the russians attacked boryslav in the kherson region, a 46-year-old man was killed and another was wounded, the national police reported. a 61-year-old resident of kherson was also injured during the shelling. a woman from was hospitalized with a mine-explosive injury. the russians also hit chaykin. five private houses were damaged. effective. hunting the security service of ukraine has released videos of the special forces unit on the destruction of the occupying force. this time , the advent calendar of good news of the sbu for december features the jewelry work of the operators of strike drones of the special operations center a. in two weeks, they destroyed almost 500 russian invaders and promis

actually inviting you. to talk with us taras zhovtenko, an expert on international security democratic initiatives foundation, candidate of political sciences and member of the public council under the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine. taras, congratulations, glory to ukraine. i congratulate you, glory to the heroes. salam aleikum. well, summing up this week, literally on december 29, literally yesterday, we experienced a large-scale, the largest attack on the territory of our country, by missiles. drones, and many believe that this may be putin's response to the destruction of novocherkassk for a rather daring attack in general on feodosia and crimea. i am not a supporter of such an opinion, because it seems to be leads us to think about whether it is even worth stepping in and aiming for that place? actually no, it's worth it, it's worth doing your job and... putin is shelling ukraine simply because he can do it, as you can see the development of the situation around crimea during the last week and possibly even throughout the current year. well, first of all, i completely agree with you that it is a

, professor of political science, kyiv-myglyansk academy, scientific director of the democratic initiative foundationtrip across this continent, congratulations, mr. oleksiy, congratulations, well, this is exactly the moment when you, when you were finally at the right time, in the right place, i would said, yes, my trip included south africa, mexico and cuba, well, you see, south africa is also like that, well, let's start with latin america. if we manage to get to africa, we will still manage, but the most important question that you may have realized when you were in latin america, will there be a war there or not, will venezuela fight for a part of guyana? i think not, i think not, because, well, this is a subversive regime, besides, brazil has also sent troops to that area, and latin america, the countries of latin america will not support. carried, so i think you know how for many dictators, this is an attempt at a small victorious war, we know how it ended in argentina at the time, we know how it ended in greece, by the way, yesterday you talked about cyprus, about a divided cyprus, yes, it st

and now we will talk with taras zhovtenko, an expert on international security at the democratic initiatives foundation of political science and a member of the public council at the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine. there is already taras, mr. taras, on your screens. sir taras, congratulations. congratulations. the publication welt says that ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive, which zaluzhny actually planned, and this one will be. about the onset of the summer of 2024 , somehow foreign publications are announcing different plans in advance, you don't know whose plan to believe, or the one that sounds best to the ears, or the one that is the worst and most frightening to be prepared, what do you think about it will you tell me whether we have the strength to mount a counteroffensive in the summer.

we thank you, oleksiy garan, scientific director of the democratic initiative foundation named after ilko kucheriv, professor of the political science department of the kyiv-mohyla academy. well , mykhailo tsymbal was also with us in the studio. people's deputy of ukraine, first deputy chairman of the verkhovna rada committee on social policy and protection of veterans' rights, general, police lieutenant. we are talking to you today with ankin borkovsky. goodbye, our colleagues continue their work, that's all for today. so. greetings to everyone who is with us, this is news, i am anyevamelnik, and i will start this issue with the following: law enforcement officers exposed the director of one of the branches of the state enterprise forests of ukraine, for bribery and...

mentioned the results of the survey conducted by the social service center razumkov and the democratic initiatives foundatione our tv viewers the facts from this survey, 94% of ukrainians surveyed now trust the armed forces, the majority of ukrainian citizens do not trust the political parties of the state apparatus. 89% trust the judicial system in general, that is, the volunteer battalion , 83% trust the state emergency service, 82% the national guard , 73% the ministry of defense , 72% the state border guard service, 71% the security service of ukraine, 58% the national police, and according to the data poll 68% trust ukrainian president zelensky. surveyed, ukrainians also trust public and volunteer organizations 63% , 86%, respectively, and the church 63%, well, if you look at these figures, it is clear that zelensky, as the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine, should take take more initiative and responsibility, as in this case with the bill on mobilization, then obviously the rating would be equal, although even now there is no talk about the rating, but the rating of trust, would it be eq

we're drawing by money is of keana, had of regional security and conflict studies on the democratic initiative foundation thing time. she is also the research fellow on ukraine at the london school of economics and from belle. and that was found and editor in chief of b and e, intel, the new site business media company and full of mosca bureau chief with the daily telegraph to all of our guest. thanks. joining us on inside story dr. typing starts with you actually own is what well really in the ranks of the e. u and this will concern ukraine. you'll have to judge where the thursday's news of accession tools installed, funding already a blessing or a cost and the show time long time. well it's, it's been a bitter sweet so much for, for your training and use because this is a historic moment. you can't get away from that. the role to be membership is now opened to train. and us, your report indicate that this is, you know, 10 years since the, you are my don, protests and ukraine, which in many ways precipitation was to conflict with russia because ukraine was making clear its intention to move westward. so

according to research data of the democratic initiatives foundation . kucherev for different years, in 2012 10% of surveyed ukrainians engaged in volunteer activities, in the 15th year, a year after the start of ato, this indicator increased by 3%, and in another three years it reached 18%, but the following year, 2019, the number of volunteers decreased by half, this year's research by the foundation showed that that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the russians, close to the surveyed ukrainians have joined volunteer activities. darya sydorenko, vladyslav nagorny, public news. a volunteer, olga danchenko, in order to be more effective, moved from ternopil to donetsk region, where she now her fiancé is fighting. in order not to travel across the country and be closer to her beloved, she settled in the headquarters. he is cared for by one of the clans of the 67th brigade, brings cars, drones, clothes and everything necessary for everyday life. bohdana sevytska saw her at work. together with volunteer olga danchenko , we set off at dawn f

this is evidenced by the results of a poll conducted by the democratic initiatives foundation. named after ilko kucharev, together with the razumkov center. according to the results of sociology, 88% of ukrainians believe in the victory of ukraine over the aggressor country, ukrainians look with hope to the future of ukraine. the survey was conducted from december 8 to 15, the sampling error does not exceed 2.3%. stairs, which for ours, which is in the first place , goes with a huge advantage. hope, yes, optimism indeed goes to the third, but if we judge it with hope, hope is also optimism, yes, it turns out that ukrainians look quite positively at their future and at the future of the country, and the dynamics, in the context in which we always see these results we invest, since the beginning of the russian full-scale war against ukraine, actually shows quite good, quite positive. dynamics, which consists in the fact that the margin of safety of ukrainian society, what is called stability, it is actually quite large and quite powerful, and the espresso tv channel jointly with the pu

this was taras zhovtenko, an expert on international security at the ilko kuchariv foundation for democratic initiatives. now we are quickly updating information about air alarms. looking at the map, again, due to the activity of enemy tactical aircraft, the alarm continues, alarm sounds, signals continue to sound on the territory of kharkiv region. well, actually, then also about anxieties, not quite airy, but nevertheless, a feeling of anxiety and disturbed sleep, these are... the most common problems with which ukrainians turn to psychologists, therapists and family doctors. in general, over the past year , more than 85,000 ukrainians came to medical institutions under the program of support and treatment of adults and children with mental disorders at the primary level of medical care. they also complain of depressed mood, memory impairment and even an acute stress reaction. also, among the common symptoms are psychological disorders and... feelings of irritation, anger. currently , almost 8,500 primary care physicians in 870 medical facilities provide psychological services in ukraine. next, we wil

democratic and constitutional foundation of our republic. this filing is ahead of oral arguments set to begin in washington on january 9th. the trial was initially scheduled to begin on march 4th but trump has been trying to delay that in his fight over the community claim underscoring those efforts. if the appeals court moves quickly, it could keep the original trial date from sliding. with the almosting presidential campaign months away, timing is critical for both sides in this case. >>> no end in sight to the fighting in gaza. palestinians who have already pled are facing food shortages and disease outbreaks. we'll have a look at the miserable conditions they're forced to endure ahead. >>> north korea rejects reunification with south korea as it launches more satellites and steps up war preparations. details ahead. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war against hamas will continue for months. he claims that israel's military has the upper hand right now and that it has killed more than 8,000 terrorists since the war began. >> translator: the war is at its height. we are fighting on all of the fronts. we have huge success,

democratic and constitutional foundation of our republic. this filing ahead of oral arguments set to be -- begin in washington on january 9th. the trial was initially scheduled to begin on march 4 but trump is trying to delay that in his fight over the immunity claim underscoring those efforts. if the appeals court moves quickly it could keep the original trial tate from sliding. with the presidential campaign months away timing critical for both sides in this case. >> thank you. joining me is cnn legal analyst michel moore. michael, good morning to you. let's start with tim parlatore, his thoughts on the trump claim of immunity. let's play that. >> i think that on this point jack smith does have the better argument. i never really bought into the idea of immunity being a winning argument here. it is something, however, that i think is going to be helpful in his plans to try to delay the trial because by using the appellate process, that could end up pushing this out past the election. but ultimately i don't think it will be successful. >> what's your take? >> i think that's right. i think it's not the strongest argument he has going forward. part

democratic and constitutional foundation of our republic. this filing is coming ahead of oral arguments that are set to begin in washington on january 9th. the trial was initially scheduled to begin on march 4th, but trump has been trying to delay that and his fight over the immunity claim underscoring those efforts. but if the appeals court moves quickly, it could keep the original trial date from sliding. and with the looming presidential campaign only months away, it's clear that timing is critical for both sides in this case. zachary cohen, cnn, washington. >>> in new york, the times square new year's eve ball got a test run before the famous countdown. it's 12 feet in diameter covered with more than 2,600 crystal triangles and weighs nearly 12,000 pounds. organizers say for the first time ever, it will be re-lit after the traditional playing of "new york, new york." >>> and luckily, not a whole lot of rain and snow in store for the u.s. as the new year approaches. cnn meteorologist alisa rafa has more on what we can expect. >> that potent tomorrow that we've been talking about that has been kicking the waves in california, it's not going to really make it

democratic and constitutional foundation of our republic. this filing is coming ahead of oral arguments. those are set to begin in washington on january 9th. the trial was initially scheduled to begin on march 4th, but trump has been trying to delay that in his fight over the immunity claim really underscoring those efforts. but if the appeals court moves quickly, it could keep the original trial date from sliding. and with the looming presidential campaign only months away, it's clear that timing is critical for both sides in this case. zachary cohen, cnn, washington. >>> meanwhile, trump's political rival and republican presidential candidate ron desantis says that removing the former president from ballots in states like maine and colorado won't affect him. >> it doesn't affect me. i'm running to win, period, and that's the reality. i do not think the supreme court will uphold what colorado and maine did. i think it opens up a pandora's box. and let's just be clear, if one of trump's competitors were kicked off the ballot, he would be spiking the football. he would be cheering it. that's just a fact. >> desantis was campaigning in new hampshire on saturday ahe