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[00:00:23] The News program, results of the day, is on air. Irina Losik is in the studio. Good
[00:00:27] evening. The North group has liberated Alkhavatka.
[00:00:31] Battles are ongoing for Maloye Volchye. The Russian army is tightening the ring around the Kharkiv
[00:00:34] cauldron. What is happening on other sectors of the front, we will
[00:00:37] tell you.
[00:00:41] Ukraine is without a Prosecutor General. Kravchenko, who left the country, published
[00:00:45] compromising materials against the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. What will
[00:00:48] the conflict between these two agencies lead to, and what does
[00:00:51] it indicate?
[00:00:55] Russia is ready for trilateral negotiations with the participation of
[00:00:58] the USA. We would have been living
[00:01:02] without war for a year now. What prevented the conflict from ending a year ago, and what
[00:01:05] about the timing of the end of the SMO now? Hear the statement of the Foreign Minister:
[00:01:08] World fuel prices are breaking records. Dissatisfied
[00:01:12] Europeans are already using
[00:01:14] their fists.
[00:01:19] And we told you, but you didn't listen. Oil magnates talk about a great
[00:01:23] fuel crisis. Global raw material reserves are decreasing, and strategic reserves
[00:01:27] can no longer compensate for the deficit. What are
[00:01:30] the oil and gas
[00:01:31] kings warning about?
[00:01:38] And we begin with the situation in the Kharkiv region, where the Russian army is tightening the ring
[00:01:42] and destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces units. Another settlement has come under the control of the
[00:01:46] North group. We are talking about the village of Alkhavatka.
[00:01:49] It was taken by soldiers of the 79th Motorized Rifle Regiment.
[00:01:53] Assault troops entered the village under the cover of artillery and drone operators,
[00:01:56] dislodging militants who by this point were already behind...
[00:02:14] The remaining militants are also being eliminated in the areas of the settlements of Khrepuny and Buzovo. All attempts by the enemy to break out of the
[00:02:17] Kharkiv cauldron have been thwarted.
[00:02:21] In the rear areas of Ukraine, logistic chains are being broken. Our
[00:02:24] military has launched new strikes on weapons depots, as well as
[00:02:28] energy and transport facilities. Dry cargo ships are burning in Chornomorsk.
[00:02:32] There, in the Odesa region, one of the strikes hit a logistics center
[00:02:35] where military equipment from abroad was stored and distributed.
[00:02:39] Against the backdrop of our strikes, Zelensky has more and more problems.
[00:02:42] The heating season is just around the corner. Ukrainians are afraid of
[00:02:45] being left without heat and light. Mikhail Prokofyev will tell you more
[00:02:49] about everything.
[00:02:51] Russian drones are catching up with Ukrainian Armed Forces echelons. Western Ukraine, the settlement
[00:02:55] of Rymachi, Volyn region. Four Geran-2 drones hit a
[00:02:58] railway train. It was carrying military cargo, including foreign-made
[00:03:02] drones and components for them. The strike
[00:03:05] was carried out just 2 km from the Polish border, in the area of the Yagodin
[00:03:09] checkpoint. The logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are collapsing. And this is already central
[00:03:12] Ukraine. The Russian army is striking at power plants. Darntisky
[00:03:16] Golosiivsky districts of Kyiv are under attack. Science Avenue - the target is hit.
[00:03:19] Obolonsky district - a hit on warehouse premises - confirmed by
[00:03:23] Mayor Klitschko. In addition, our Geran drones struck the territory of Thermal Power Plant No. 5. In the area of
[00:03:27] the power plant, explosions are thundering. This is the largest.
[00:03:32] People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Kucherenko acknowledges the accuracy of the strikes on targets,
[00:03:36] and winter is already close.
[00:03:39] It is no coincidence that there are loud headlines in Western media regarding what
[00:03:43] awaits Ukraine. Even the UN states that a humanitarian
[00:03:46] catastrophe is possible due to strikes on energy in winter. The Russian
[00:03:50] army is paralyzing the remnants of maritime logistics. Objects of the
[00:03:53] Velikaya Balka in the Odesa region were hit. In warehouses, military cargo delivered
[00:03:57] by sea. In the port of Chornomorsk, a dry cargo ship and a
[00:04:00] ferry were found. According to our intelligence, both were carrying weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The blockade
[00:04:04] of Black Sea ports puts an end to the usual schemes of Western supplies. But
[00:04:08] before the strikes on the port area, thorough preparation was made. To blind
[00:04:11] the enemy's air defense, radar stations were destroyed, one
[00:04:15] near Odesa, the second in Kaluga, Mykolaiv region. Also under attack
[00:04:18] were the Novaya and Usatovo power substations, which supply power to the port and
[00:04:22] logistics infrastructure of the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions. In Odesa itself,
[00:04:26] a strike was carried out on the sorting center of the Eva network and warehouse premises
[00:04:30] of the inter-service military academy, located near the Lazovsky horse breeding farm.
[00:04:34] All material property is beyond repair. And in these shots,
[00:04:37] explosions at the Horizont electrical substation in Zaporizhzhia. As a result of
[00:04:40] the attack, transformers were damaged, the replacement of which will require significant
[00:04:44] time. There is a fire at the substation. Part of the city
[00:04:47] is de-energized, confirmed the head of the local administration. Interruptions in
[00:04:50] power supply led to the suspension of production and logistics in
[00:04:53] the region. In Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, warehouse premises
[00:04:56] of the Varus shopping center were destroyed. Under the guise of civilian infrastructure.
[00:05:42] next, ensuring the safe operation of oil refineries and increasing
[00:05:46] the volume of production of petroleum products does not solve
[00:05:49] global problems. We can saturate, we will saturate,
[00:05:53] we are saturating the domestic market, but as for
[00:05:56] the world market, the issue is not production,
[00:05:59] the issue is unhindered access of these petroleum products to
[00:06:03] world markets, and here it is necessary to ensure
[00:06:06] safe commercial navigation for
[00:06:09] oil tankers. The Kyiv regime is not yet
[00:06:13] inclined to guarantee such security, and you know
[00:06:17] that not only our oil tankers suffer, but also
[00:06:19] those belonging to other countries, and people of various nationalities
[00:06:23] die there. Destroy enemy birds and
[00:06:27] remain unnoticed. Important targets in the rear in the Zaporizhzhia direction are guarded by
[00:06:31] MOG crews. Losing superiority in real combat, the enemy massively uses
[00:06:35] drones. They are a desired target for our crews, regardless
[00:06:39] of their purpose. Mobile fire groups of the East destroy
[00:06:42] both attack drones and reconnaissance drones. War correspondent Ranna Tsipayeva saw
[00:06:46] how the duty goes. We are changing
[00:06:49] position.
[00:06:55] The crew is packing up for a dash to a new position, because the process from the command to
[00:06:59] get in the vehicles to stepping on the gas takes less than
[00:07:01] a minute.
[00:07:09] Well, sometimes it's quiet for two or three days, and then they...
[00:07:43] Air! Everyone out of
[00:07:44] the car!
[00:07:49] Air, air! We need to quickly leave the open space.
[00:07:53] We keep a safe distance from the crew so as not to attract unnecessary
[00:07:56] attention to the position and, of course, not to interfere with the work of
[00:07:59] the MOG. Now we see how they
[00:08:01] are already,
[00:08:10] did they work successfully?
[00:08:12] No, it flew over us. Now it might come back. Most likely, it's just
[00:08:16] a patrol, but usually after
[00:08:19] three or four minutes, if they start circling, they fly.
[00:08:22] Kamikaze, whether it's that or a scout, there's no time to figure it out. The soldiers have one task -
[00:08:26] to detect and destroy the enemy UAV before it completes its
[00:08:30] mission. And now we hear how the neighboring mobile
[00:08:34] fire group crew is working. The Ukrainian drone is maneuvering, changing one
[00:08:37] sector after another, but the mobile fire groups have passed target designation down the
[00:08:40] chain. Our crew.
[00:09:13] It's not easy, of course, yes, it's a bit small, yes, because
[00:09:16] it was flying high, and it's a small electric one, so
[00:09:20] it's still hard.
[00:09:23] It often makes a turn, like, makes a circle and
[00:09:26] goes back. Immediately after a successful interception, the machine gun belt
[00:09:30] is replenished with new
[00:09:31] cartridges.
[00:09:36] No time to relax. Ahead is intense work and round-the-clock
[00:09:40] monitoring of the sky. Behind this MOG.
[00:09:51] And while mobile fire groups create a reliable barrier in the rear, on the front line,
[00:09:54] the Vostok group is advancing on Zaporizhzhia. Far Easterners
[00:09:57] are advancing west of Novoselovka and Chervona Krynytsya. An area totaling over
[00:10:01] 5 km has been taken under control.
[00:10:05] UAV crews are striking enemy positions in Yegorovka and
[00:10:08] Omelnik. This is in close proximity to Orekhov, the main
[00:10:11] defense area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this sector. In parallel, assault
[00:10:15] units are penetrating the enemy's defenses in the areas of Zelenaya Dibrova and
[00:10:18] Barvinovka. Anatspayva, Andre Snosti, Zvezda channel, from
[00:10:22] the zone of the special military operation. In the
[00:10:25] Dobropolye direction, the hottest sector is now right at
[00:10:29] Dobropolye. The Center group is intensifying the pressure, battles have entered a new phase.
[00:10:33] The liberation of this city is extremely important. The enemy has turned
[00:10:36] it into a major logistics hub for supplying Ukrainian Armed Forces
[00:10:40] units in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. And they also managed to create
[00:10:43] shelters. Militants are hiding in mines and basements, from where they are literally
[00:10:47] smoked out. What tactics our soldiers use is in the report of
[00:10:50] war correspondent Andrey Vakula. Come on, right-left.
[00:10:55] Rotors, camera, ammunition. Technicians of the Center troop group first check
[00:10:59] the Lightning drone, and then attach another attack drone on top. This
[00:11:03] tandem is a development of soldiers, a unit of radiation, chemical, and
[00:11:06] biological protection. This drone duo, FPV drone + Lightning, flies
[00:11:10] at a distance of more than fifty kilometers. When the Lightning
[00:11:13] reaches its target, the FPV drone rises into the sky and flies further to
[00:11:17] strike enemy positions. The birds fly towards
[00:11:20] the forest belts at the junction of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region. According to
[00:11:23] intelligence, Ukrainian militants here are accumulating forces for a further
[00:11:26] breakthrough. But here our Lightning reaches its target. I see, I filmed it.
[00:11:30] There was an explosion. An explosion, yes, clearly. The FPV drone cameras record
[00:11:34] the hit. Seconds later, another strike, a control one. These soldiers launch
[00:11:38] 30 drones a day, burning Ukrainian
[00:11:41] UAV launch points. The enemy unsuccessfully tries to
[00:11:44] stop the advance of the Russian army with hexacopters. The Lightning itself
[00:11:47] dived into the control post, where there were about four
[00:11:51] militants. Accordingly, this is a BBG crew. We already hit
[00:11:55] the Baba Yaga itself with the second drone, the FPV drone. These aces of unmanned
[00:11:59] aviation work on the line Novopodgorodnoye, Mirnaya
[00:12:01] Matyashevo, thwarting enemy counterattacks. And assault troops are now
[00:12:05] engaged in fierce battles in the urban development of Dobropolye. They are advancing from
[00:12:09] three sides: from Annovka, Novo- Donbass, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnopolye
[00:12:13] and Novogrishino. The Center group is advancing along a wide front
[00:12:16] line. We have a very active offensive. Over the past 3 days, our
[00:12:20] infantry, which we accompany, has advanced about six, maybe
[00:12:23] seven kilometers.
[00:12:25] Here, unimpeded, we help in any way we can.
[00:12:28] They are entrenching themselves, wearing down the enemy. The soldiers of the
[00:12:31] RCB Protection troops, called chemists on the front line, have all types of ammunition.
[00:12:35] Cumulative charges easily penetrate concrete shelters where Ukrainian
[00:12:38] commanders are hiding. And this is the so-called thermobaric charge. At the epicenter of the explosion, the temperature
[00:12:42] reaches 3,000°. The aerosol
[00:12:44] ignites, gets into all cracks, penetrates
[00:12:48] all dugouts, premises, and
[00:12:52] detonation occurs. There's no way to hide from it. This is how Ukrainian
[00:12:55] militants are smoked out of basements and mines. The enemy has dug themselves underground,
[00:12:59] rarely engaging in rifle combat with the Center's assault troops. Only sometimes do militants
[00:13:03] from Azov, a terrorist organization banned in Russia, offer
[00:13:06] resistance, but our UAV operators
[00:13:09] act preemptively. About five people, everyone hit, everything
[00:13:13] is burning there. Reconnaissance flew over, looked,
[00:13:16] almost nothing left of the house.
[00:13:20] Then we caught an intercept from the other side,
[00:13:22] and some
[00:13:25] of the groups belonging to the first corps of Azov were
[00:13:28] destroyed. For months now, Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Dobropolye
[00:13:32] have been holding out on remaining ammunition. Roads, including those from Dnipropetrovsk region,
[00:13:36] are under the fire control of our drones. Pickups and robots are burned
[00:13:40] on the road. The enemy can bring in equipment in the morning, deliver
[00:13:43] ammunition, literally in a couple of hours, where they
[00:13:47] deliver ammunition, that place is gone. That place is
[00:13:50] destroyed by our UAVs. UAV operator
[00:13:53] Daniil Glazovsky.
[00:14:32] Ukraine today is left without a Prosecutor General. The Verkhovna Rada dismissed
[00:14:35] Ruslan Kravchenko from this position. He himself
[00:14:39] published a video with compromising material on the head of the National
[00:14:42] Anti-Corruption Bureau. The day before, when he was still Prosecutor General,
[00:14:45] he brought charges against him, having previously left the country. However, as
[00:14:49] it turned out, Kravchenko violated the rules for sending the document, and
[00:14:53] the Prosecutor General's office later stated that.
[00:16:25] which are believed to be behind Zelensky, who only after charges were brought against the head of NABU, gave Kravchenko permission to leave Ukraine and thus saved him from
[00:16:28] possible criminal prosecution, are not taken seriously even in
[00:16:32] the Prosecutor General's Office. They stated today that none of
[00:16:35] those mentioned at that time... prosecutors have not been charged,
[00:16:38] as for this, citation, there are no
[00:16:42] legal grounds. The fact that the attack against the head of NABU,
[00:16:45] an organization believed to be sponsored by the United
[00:16:48] States, mildly speaking, had no consequences for him,
[00:16:52] is evidenced by the fact that Semyon Krivonos spoke at a separate
[00:16:55] press conference, naturally, at
[00:16:57] liberty.
[00:17:01] This morning we woke up to an unprecedented information
[00:17:04] attack on anti-corruption bodies.
[00:20:37] artificial targets, we do everything
[00:20:39] possible
[00:20:42] to minimize human losses, primarily
[00:20:46] among the civilian population, but also our military.
[00:21:40] wanted to transfer this money to Ukraine, but then abandoned this
[00:21:44] by approving a 90 billion euro loan to Kyiv. Then it was
[00:21:47] Belgium that decided, not everyone, that was against it.
[00:22:04] its quantity is sufficient, and preparations for the season of
[00:22:07] the traditional surge in colds, Vladimir Putin was briefed by
[00:22:10] the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova. This year, specialists
[00:22:14] completely replaced all components of the vaccine. Such an update
[00:22:17] is necessary due to constant variability.
[00:22:50] situation, citizen health control,
[00:22:52] our services, availability of vaccines, and
[00:22:56] so on, and the situation. Flu will undoubtedly be
[00:22:59] present this year, as it is every year, but we
[00:23:03] are preparing along with the entire healthcare system. Vaccines
[00:23:06] have been prepared in accordance with recommendations. The Russian
[00:23:09] Federation has excellent vaccines, quadrivalent and
[00:23:12] trivalent against all variants of the influenza virus that may come to us,
[00:23:16] and today they include a completely new antigenic
[00:23:20] composition, which is prescribed. Vaccines are already
[00:23:23] arriving in the regions, their quantity is sufficient,
[00:23:26] and readiness for carrying out the vaccination campaign is also
[00:23:30] quite high. As Anna Popova noted,
[00:23:33] Rospotrebnadzor has reformatted all sanitary and quarantine control at
[00:23:37] the border. This allows minimizing the number of cases of imported
[00:23:40] infectious diseases. Our specialists, epidemiologists, work
[00:23:44] together with foreign colleagues. For example, they help in eliminating
[00:23:47] the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. In particular,
[00:23:51] test systems developed in Russia are used there, which have already shown
[00:23:54] high effectiveness.
[00:23:57] The great fuel crisis has already arrived. This is a quote from a headline
[00:24:01] in the Wall Street Journal, which refers to the heads of
[00:24:04] major American oil companies. They have already warned
[00:24:08] that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz will inevitably lead to
[00:24:11] collapse. And now a pipeline has been damaged, through which
[00:24:15] Saudi Arabia supplied raw materials through the Red Sea.
[00:24:18] The Middle East conflict has led to a shortage of gasoline and diesel and rising
[00:24:22] prices at gas stations in the US and Europe. Gas prices have also sharply increased. Well,
[00:24:26] the Kremlin today reminded that lifting sanctions on Russian energy resources
[00:24:30] could increase supply in the world market and lower
[00:24:33] prices. What is behind the loud headlines will be told by
[00:24:37] my colleague Rossina
[00:24:38] Patrova.
[00:24:44] Blockade on the Cote d'Azur. About 60 striking
[00:24:47] French fishermen set up in...
[00:24:58] displayed banners with slogans: "Europe is killing us, drowning
[00:25:01] our ships, and Paris just watches." The riots
[00:25:05] provoked clashes with the police. The
[00:25:08] situation itself is unfolding against the backdrop of rising fuel prices.
[00:25:12] French entrepreneurs are trying to reach
[00:25:15] Macron through journalists.
[00:25:20] I spend about 400-500 euros a month on diesel, so
[00:25:24] by the end of the month it's tough, and money is needed not only for fuel.
[00:25:28] Can I ask you how much you
[00:25:31] earn? I earn 1,700
[00:25:35] euros. It turns out that 400 euros for diesel
[00:25:39] fuel is already a reason to think. Yes,
[00:25:43] no restaurants or cinema, plus you have to watch your daily expenses
[00:25:47] and look at prices every time you go to the supermarket or
[00:25:50] fill up the car. The oil collapse caused by the unrest in
[00:25:54] the Middle East echoes across various
[00:25:57] parts of the planet. It happened in Poland at a cabinet
[00:26:00] meeting. Prime Minister Donald Tusk is scaring his
[00:26:04] citizens instead of taking urgent
[00:26:07] measures. Diesel fuel prices at Polish gas stations have risen by
[00:26:11] an average of 2 and a half dollars. The government has repeatedly
[00:26:14] stated that there are no more funds in the budget
[00:26:18] to curb price increases.
[00:26:21] We will soon have record fuel prices, such as no one has ever
[00:26:25] dreamed of in their worst nightmares. A completely incomprehensible
[00:26:29] blockade by the president makes it impossible to lower prices for that.
[00:26:43] Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz and new attacks by
[00:26:47] their allied Yemeni Houthis on the oil pipeline in
[00:26:50] Saudi Arabia. From the world oil market,
[00:26:54] 2.5 million barrels disappeared in just one day.
[00:26:57] Oil company executives are sounding the alarm. The global fuel
[00:27:01] crisis has already arrived. Reserves and strategic reserves
[00:27:04] are being depleted. Attacks disrupt the operation of
[00:27:07] energy infrastructure in the Middle East. Meanwhile,
[00:27:11] the Trump administration claims that the disruption is temporary
[00:27:15] in nature.
[00:27:17] We control the strait and much more. Immediately after the election,
[00:27:21] oil prices will crash, they will fall and we will
[00:27:24] lower them. I think we will bring gasoline prices below two dollars a
[00:27:28] gallon. Prices for the most affordable gasoline brand
[00:27:31] E10.
[00:27:49] for refusing the same Russian gas, Germany has already
[00:27:52] spent 50 billion euros from taxpayers'
[00:27:55] pockets. All actions of Merz and his
[00:27:58] team lead to no results. Even they themselves no longer...
[00:28:32] There is definitely a comment, and it was voiced today in
[00:28:35] the Kremlin. It is necessary, of course, to lift sanctions, these illegal
[00:28:39] restrictions on the supply of energy resources to the world,
[00:28:42] only then will the world be saturated with these
[00:28:45] petroleum products, world markets, and prices will go down.
[00:28:49] The Strait of Hormuz is closed, the Houthis have stopped the alternative to
[00:28:53] Hormuz, the East-West oil pipeline in
[00:28:56] Saudi Arabia. In Russia, a crisis is not expected,
[00:28:59] leading experts confirm.
[00:29:02] there from 100, 120, even up to 120, 130 dollars per
[00:29:05] barrel, they will generally be comfortable for us, because the high
[00:29:09] cost of oil causes a rise in the
[00:29:12] cost of Russian grades, plus Russian grades become even more
[00:29:15] in demand. India and China will now compete more for the opportunity to
[00:29:19] buy Russian oil, from this we will sell it more
[00:29:23] efficiently. Due to the lack of prospects for
[00:29:26] regulating the conflict in the Middle East, the situation risks
[00:29:29] getting out of control. Experts urge
[00:29:33] the government to press the stop button in this war
[00:29:36] in time. Rassina Bodrova, Zvezda
[00:29:39] TV channel. And now, footage from the Ministry of Defense.
[00:29:43] Strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS performed
[00:29:46] a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. They spent
[00:29:50] about 5 hours in the air. They were accompanied by crews of
[00:29:53] Su-33 naval aviation. At certain stages of the route,
[00:29:57] fighters from foreign states. The Ministry of Defense noted that
[00:30:00] the flight was conducted strictly according to international rules for the use of
[00:30:03] airspace. The experience of Russian sappers, as well as
[00:30:07] the technologies and methods they use in their work, will be adopted by
[00:30:10] the military from ten ASEAN countries. They took part in exercises
[00:30:13] on humanitarian demining in the Nizhny Novgorod region, conducted
[00:30:17] jointly by Russia and Laos. Participants practice the most complex scenarios
[00:30:21] for neutralizing ammunition. Foreign
[00:30:24] participants were shown modern sapper robots, as well as complexes
[00:30:27] that use artificial intelligence at the training ground.
[00:30:31] интеллекта на полигоне.
[00:30:40] In these boots, a non-contact mine with a magnetic sensor was hidden. If an armed person or even someone with an iron chain or
[00:30:44] keys had passed nearby, the ammunition would have detonated. This dugout door seems safe, but
[00:30:48] only at first glance.
[00:30:51] At the training ground of the Nizhny Novgorod Higher Military.