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[00:00:54] We continue live on the first informational studio, Sergey Lopanitsin, now briefly
[00:00:58] about the main thing. Tests of abnormal heat,
[00:01:02] specialists give useful advice. The country is at a red
[00:01:05] weather alert level.
[00:01:08] Restrictions, bans, and water shortages are becoming increasingly acute.
[00:01:11] Following Western Europe, drought has come to Eastern
[00:01:14] Europe. Connecting, protecting
[00:01:17] specialists, focused on success. Railway troops
[00:01:21] of Belarus celebrate
[00:01:22] their 150th anniversary.
[00:01:25] High degree of harvesting in the field and on the thermometer. Despite
[00:01:29] natural anomalies, everyone who is responsible for food security
[00:01:32] works at their maximum, young crews helping experienced
[00:01:36] machine operators, not afraid of the heat, because behind the controls of
[00:01:39] domestic machines it is comfortable, all
[00:01:42] conditions are created, modern combines with air conditioning systems, and
[00:01:46] also constant delivery of drinking water directly to the field.
[00:01:49] There is an air conditioner in the cabin, a full-fledged
[00:01:52] climate control, so if it's +30 degrees
[00:01:56] outside, it's comfortable in the cabin, everything brings pleasure in... sum,
[00:02:00] that is, working late is not scary, without days off is also not
[00:02:04] scary, all this is compensated by wages, incentives, so
[00:02:07] everything is ideal, such
[00:02:10] a temperature situation in the fields near Minsk, where thermometers outside
[00:02:13] the combines consistently show 30 plus, while in the
[00:02:17] Gomel region the sun is completely extreme
[00:02:20] 40°. There hasn't been such a scorching harvest for a long time, but even
[00:02:24] here the climate control in the machines is holding up, you can
[00:02:27] work, I feel comfortable.
[00:03:00] complexes can save resources, time for drying
[00:03:03] grains. To curb the anomalous heat, the harvesting process
[00:03:06] is controlled by rescuers, they check equipment before going to the field
[00:03:10] and regularly patrol the fields. Under
[00:03:13] the scorching sun, it is also difficult for those behind the wheel in a car
[00:03:17] without air conditioning, the temperature rises significantly
[00:03:20] above that outside the window in a matter of minutes, and this is a direct path to
[00:03:24] distraction and slowed reactions. In conditions of anomalous
[00:03:27] heat, the State Traffic Inspectorate of the country has increased control on... roads, inspectors
[00:03:31] remind of the risks of overheating, checking the car's
[00:03:34] system, the importance of strictly observing traffic rules.
[00:03:38] We use air conditioning,
[00:03:41] of course, such conditions are not easy for
[00:03:44] drivers, but you still have to
[00:03:47] drive through, endure in some moments to
[00:03:50] reach the desired destination. We cover large
[00:03:53] distances, for example, we drive into a park, stop,
[00:03:56] rest and in such short segments... I always have a bottle of water with me, this
[00:04:00] is a mandatory condition, and a glass one,
[00:04:04] so that if it suddenly gets hot, I put the bottle in the car,
[00:04:08] nothing from the plastic was damaged, plus I always
[00:04:11] start the car first, set it to
[00:04:14] 20 degrees, I stay outside until the car cools down, because
[00:04:18] in addition, when it's scorching outside and scorching in the car, then
[00:04:22] it becomes very difficult, well, and ice cream, all road users without exception
[00:04:25] need to constantly monitor their well-being and drink
[00:04:29] more water. In case of malaise, drowsiness, or the
[00:04:32] onset of a painful condition, drivers, if
[00:04:35] possible, need to stop off the road
[00:04:39] in the shade and rest. To improve well-being and
[00:04:42] prevent its deterioration on the road, drivers need to maintain
[00:04:46] a comfortable air temperature in the cabin of their vehicle.
[00:04:49] This can be achieved by ventilation and also by using
[00:04:52] air conditioning. It is extremely important for pedestrians to reduce
[00:04:56] the time spent under direct sunlight. Special
[00:04:59] caution is required when crossing the
[00:05:02] road. The heat is not going to retreat yet.
[00:05:06] Today, in many regions of the country, the air will warm up to
[00:05:08] 35-40°
[00:05:11] due to extreme temperatures. The red alert level
[00:05:14] continues to be in effect, while in the daytime, in the northwest, short-term rains,
[00:05:18] thunderstorms, and heavy downpours are expected in many areas,
[00:05:21] hail is possible. Specialists recommend adhering to simple,
[00:05:25] but vital rules: avoid the sun during the most active
[00:05:28] hours, drink enough clean water, choose
[00:05:32] light, breathable clothing, if possible, limit
[00:05:35] physical exertion.
[00:05:38] Following Western Europe, drought has come to Eastern Europe.
[00:05:42] In Poland, the authorities of 625 municipalities announced
[00:05:46] restrictions on water use for citizens and
[00:05:49] organizations. In particular, it is universally forbidden to water
[00:05:52] gardens, use private household swimming pools, and even wash
[00:05:56] cars. The Vistula River has in some places become so shallow that from
[00:05:59] its surface to the bottom there is now not even 5 cm,
[00:06:03] however, water consumption during this dry period has sharply
[00:06:06] increased, which is all the more dangerous because its reserves in Poland
[00:06:09] are among the lowest in the EU. Drought creates
[00:06:13] serious problems for the residents of Moldova. Here, the authorities
[00:06:16] are forced to start distributing strategic water
[00:06:19] reserves. The country's main river, the Dniester, has become sharply shallower.
[00:06:23] The water shortage is becoming increasingly acutely felt in the country's capital,
[00:06:27] Chisinau. A little earlier, drought made itself felt in Moldova's
[00:06:30] neighboring countries. In Romania and Hungary,
[00:06:33] nuclear power plants were shut down due to a sharp increase
[00:06:37] in water temperature in
[00:06:38] cooling ponds.
[00:06:41] New mass shootings. Happened in the USA, in North Carolina,
[00:06:44] an unknown person killed at least three people and wounded several
[00:06:47] others. The police do not disclose details of the crime,
[00:06:51] however, it is reported that the perpetrator also died, and accordingly, the threat
[00:06:55] to public safety disappeared. Mass shootings
[00:06:58] in the USA occur with regrettable regularity. This year
[00:07:01] there have already been more than 280 of them. On
[00:07:05] average, about 700 crimes
[00:07:08] are committed in the United States annually where more than two people
[00:07:11] are victims at once. The main reason for such tragedies is considered to be the wide
[00:07:15] availability of weapons, as well as the influence of mass psychoses
[00:07:18] and stresses on American society.
[00:07:22] Reuters reports that during discussions of peace agreements between
[00:07:26] the US and Iran, Tehran managed to secure the right to control
[00:07:30] shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Persians previously
[00:07:33] agreed with Oman on regulations as of
[00:07:36] today, it is assumed that all ships will follow northern
[00:07:40] routes, i.e., along Iran.
[00:07:54] So far, all news on this matter consists of uninformative leaks from circles close to the
[00:07:57] negotiations. Meanwhile, Trump stated that the issue of navigation in
[00:08:01] Hormuz could be resolved even before the end of the current
[00:08:04] week. So far, however, there are no visible shifts in this
[00:08:07] issue. At least five hundred
[00:08:11] predominantly oil tankers remain trapped in the Persian Gulf.
[00:08:14] Earlier, one of them tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:08:17] but was fired upon from the Iranian
[00:08:20] coast.
[00:08:26] The investigation into the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic
[00:08:30] War continues. Within the framework of this criminal case, the Grodno
[00:08:34] Prosecutor's Office has established more than 3,000 facts of murders of
[00:08:37] civilians by the Polish bandit formation of the Home
[00:08:40] Army during the war. military post-war
[00:08:44] period. Thanks to the activity of Belarusians, new facts
[00:08:47] of crimes are regularly established, which leave no one
[00:08:50] indifferent. About one such case in our
[00:08:54] report. The Home Army's task was to
[00:08:57] return Poland to its 1939 borders, so they
[00:09:01] launched their activities in the territories of Western Ukraine and
[00:09:04] Belarus. Here they recruited, created intelligence
[00:09:07] networks, terrorizing those who supported Soviet power, as well as
[00:09:11] Orthodox priests and Belarusian language teachers, doing
[00:09:14] it demonstratively to intimidate others.
[00:09:18] A terrible fate befell the Alekhnovich family. Father Ioann and
[00:09:21] his wife Olga were first long tortured, the woman was raped
[00:09:25] in front of her husband, her breast was cut off, for curses against
[00:09:29] the criminals, she was shot, Father Ioann was beaten, three
[00:09:32] fingers with which one usually crosses oneself were cut off, then he was led out into
[00:09:36] a field and shot. The children were not
[00:09:39] at home then, they learned about what happened from...
[00:09:42] neighbors, they found grandmother's scarf and then started to orient themselves, then they found,
[00:09:46] she says, both of them, grandmother a little closer, grandfather was killed
[00:09:50] further away, grandfather had this figure of Jesus, she says, we couldn't unclench his
[00:09:54] fingers, it remained in grandfather's hands. Alekhnovich's granddaughter
[00:09:57] Vera Vitalievna studies the events that deprived her of relatives,
[00:10:01] in this she is helped by witnesses of that time and their
[00:10:04] descendants. It turned out that that night they killed another
[00:10:08] resident of a neighboring village Semyagi, not far from here.
[00:10:13] We learned about this from his son, he came to us
[00:10:16] from Shchuchyn, now he lives in Shchuchyn and told
[00:10:20] that that night these bandits broke into their house,
[00:10:24] and...
[00:11:55] Well, my mother just told them, she said, ask for forgiveness
[00:11:58] from God, she said, I only wish that you would ask for death, but it would
[00:12:02] not come to you. In the murder of Father Ioann and
[00:12:05] his wife, here, probably, after all,
[00:12:09] the personality of that
[00:12:12] person who committed all this played
[00:12:15] a role, who
[00:12:19] was, I think, a fanatical
[00:12:21] person.
[00:12:24] Currently, the Grodno Prosecutor's Office has established more than 3,000 facts of murders
[00:12:28] of civilians by the Home Army, or as they are called by the people,
[00:12:31] "White Poles." It is important, perhaps, to recall that after the Great
[00:12:35] Patriotic War in the Polish People's Republic, the AK members, for
[00:12:39] their collaboration with the occupiers, received the nickname "cursed
[00:12:43] soldiers." In modern Poland, the bandits and punishers from
[00:12:45] the Home Army are honored
[00:12:49] as heroes. Ksenia
[00:12:52] Lebedeva and Oleg Dolgopolov. First information.
[00:12:56] Railway troops of Belarus celebrate their 150th anniversary.
[00:13:00] Alexander Lukashenka congratulated the personnel and veterans of the transport
[00:13:04] troops on their professional holiday. The history of the unit began in
[00:13:08] 1876 with the deployment of a separate
[00:13:11] railway battalion of the Russian Empire in Baranovichi.
[00:13:15] The first combat use took place during the Russo-Turkish War of
[00:13:18] 1877-1878.
[00:13:22] Already in modern Belarus, the tasks and purpose of
[00:13:25] the railway troops were defined by a resolution of the Council of Ministers in
[00:13:29] 1992, and the day of railway
[00:13:32] troops was officially established by presidential decree in
[00:13:35] 1998.
[00:13:38] In our troops, the experience of combat operations
[00:13:41] in Ukraine is taken into account, and issues of mobility and
[00:13:45] dispersal of material assets,
[00:13:48] alternative methods of cargo
[00:13:51] delivery are practiced. Issues are also being worked out
[00:13:55] with the Belarusian railway on carrying out a number of measures to increase the survivability
[00:13:59] of the railway. We are not standing still, we are keeping pace
[00:14:01] with the times. Today we have two main
[00:14:05] directions: this is the purchase of new weapons
[00:14:08] and military special equipment, as well as the modernization
[00:14:11] of existing models. Last year, several models
[00:14:15] were adopted into service as part of the modernization of weapons
[00:14:18] and military special equipment. In the models, units
[00:14:22] that have served their
[00:14:25] established service life are being replaced
[00:14:28] with new domestic models.
[00:14:32] Despite the development of other types of transport, the railway
[00:14:36] remains one of the key elements of military logistics:
[00:14:40] high throughput, developed infrastructure and
[00:14:43] independence from weather conditions allow it to be effectively used
[00:14:47] for transporting personnel, equipment and cargo in the interests
[00:14:51] of the armed
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