dear friends, we are returning to the ether, 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 de

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

for explaining important things that concern our future, we remind the audience that 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 c

dear friends, we are back on the air, and now we will talk with taras zhovtenko, an expert on internationalthe democratic initiatives foundation, a candidate 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.

would just like to remind you that today and during. of all our broadcasts devoted to crimea, taras zhovtenkoional security expert of the dem initiative foundation, candidate of political sciences and member of the public council at the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine, expertly analyzed the situation with us, i would probably like to return a little to reality and show how the northern part of the crimean peninsula looked literally these days. in dzhankoya, and despite the fact that regular flights arrive there, we simply see an unprecedented movement of military equipment towards the mainland of southern ukraine. unfortunately, the russians are still, well, let's say not enough, hindered by the flights organized by the defense forces, in particular in this area. i firmly understand that getting the ukrainian south is now just critically important for them, well, critically it is important, and... the most important thing in crimea is not only the basing of troops or equipment there, logistics, it is still working, i think that this is the task that our, our military leadership sets fo

there, it's like that and very tasty, well, we, we're 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 cur

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