this is of course good, because the senators have voluntarily marked, you know, called by name on a large scale, who is for ukraine, who, who is for ukraine in words, in deed, well, we have what we have, you know, not by words, but by deeds, mr. ivan, thank you, ivan tymochko, a serviceman and head of the reservist council of the armed forces of ukraine, was with us, we will return with andrii veter at 2:10 p.m., and we are just watching the news right now. kateryna works in the studio as a wide-band speaker from loud vibu. kyiv started in the morning at a temporary time

occupied sevastopol, an air alert was declared in the city, and the occupiers also blocked the crimean bridge. this is reported by the local public. according to their data, after the explosions , fire engines rushed towards the cracker bay. meanwhile, the so-called authorities of sevastopol do not comment on the situation at the moment. a 56-year-old man was rescued from the rubble in the kharkiv region. russians in the evening. dropped controlled aerial bombs on the settlement of zolochivska hromada, reported this to the state emergency service. two aerial bombs hit the building of the former farm. it was under its rubble that a local resident found himself. the rescuers unblocked the man and handed him over to medics, the victim suffered a moderate injury. one person was injured due to enemy shelling in the kherson region. during the day, the occupiers set fire to more than 20 settlements in the region. points, as well as rockets

hit the chornobayiv community - said the head of the regional military administration oleksandr prokudin. the russian invaders targeted residential areas, damaged a dozen private houses, an educational institution, a dormitory, and a public food, agro-industrial enterprise and gas pipeline. and in the hunting season, our defenders choose correctly. goal, so another 950 russian carcasses are sent to russia, although in black bags, and in general, and at the beginning of a full-scale russian invasion, more than 459 thousand invaders have already returned home in polyethylene, took care of the defense forces and pro-russian scrap metal, only yesterday they burned 16 tanks, 23 combat armored vehicles, 41 artillery systems, 68 vehicles, four air defense vehicles and eight units of special technicians the naviks landed 38 enemy

drones and six cruise missiles. the general staff reminds that all data are approximate. and to operational information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. 115 combat clashes took place at the front during the day. it was the hottest again in the avdiyivsk direction, where the defense forces repelled 32 enemy attacks, and another 28 assaults were stopped in the bakhmutsky direction near klishchiivka, belogorivka. vanivka and spirnyi on novopavlivskyi repulsed 25 attacks. zaporizhzhia is also restless. the russians tried to attack four times in the vicinity robotic and old mayan. three more attacks were repelled by our soldiers in the kherson region. and during the day , the ukrainian aviation struck eight district concentrations of personnel of the occupiers, and rocket launchers and gunners hit the control post and two districts of concentration of personnel. the means of air defense of the muscovites were destroyed. and a warehouse with ammunition. and so that

the losses of the enemies only increase, we invite you to join our gathering. the intelligence unit of the third regiment of special operations forces needs communication and security equipment. they are fighting for the independence of our country in difficult battles on the eastern front, and give us the opportunity to live, work and study. our goal is ambitious - uah 72,000. however, we remember that there are no small donations, but each of our hryvnias has one. fair value, so join, you see all the necessary details on your screens now. joe biden is ready to sign the draft law on aid to ukraine as soon as possible, the white house announced this decision. the us president called on the senate to immediately consider the document and send it to him for signature. according to the words biden, the decision to help was made at a critical moment, when ukraine is suffering from continuous russian bombing. so... the president is ready

to sign as soon as possible and send kyiv the necessary weapons to fight against russia. it is important. ukraine will receive the resources for victory and reconstruction thanks to american help - said prime minister denys shmigal. he thanked both parties for passing the relief package in the house of representatives. the head of the government explained that the lion's share of funds is almost 50 billions of dollars will go to defense spending. about 8 billion more will go to support the budget and more than 15 billion to economic aid. in addition, they plan to spend 400 million on humanitarian aid. demining and border protection, the prime minister also added that our defenders will receive more long-range weapons and air defense systems, the government will be able to provide funding for budget expenditures and direct funds to restore critical infrastructure. bad day for putin. thus,

the minister of foreign affairs dmytro koleba commented on the approval by the house of representatives us aid to ukraine. the minister thanked for the adoption of the long-eye plan. vany of the bill and noted that this is a bad day for anyone who believed that america would falter in its defense of democracy. 1,700 trucks are standing in queues at the polish border, said andriy demchenko, the spokesman of the state border service. there are intense traffic jams in both directions at the shagyny medica and korchova-krakowiec checkpoints. let me remind you that earlier these directions were unblocked, but within the last two days. polish farmers renewed protests, so the movement of trucks is difficult. and with the arrival of heat in ukraine , ticks became more active. for example, in kirovohrad oblast, about a hundred people have consulted doctors because of their bites.

our journalists will tell you how dangerous ticks are and how to fight them, in particular, the communal workers of kropyvnytskyi. peak seasonal activity in ukraine. in the spring and autumn, people most often turn to doctors because of their bites, a tick bit yuliya from kropovni during a vacation in nature. and at some point in the evening, i felt that my leg started to hurt a little and was pulling. i think, well i didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so i decided to take a look. upon examination, she discovered that i had some kind of growth on my leg, and then, when the light was already turned on, because it was already dark in the evening, it turned out to be a tick. julia removed the tick herself, the next day her leg was very swollen, the girl went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with lyme disease, which is fatal. i was prescribed antibiotic treatment, this treatment, first of all, is expensive, well, expensive, because the drugs

are currently quoted for how much they cost, and secondly, this treatment took a whole month, i was bad, i had a fever, i was very tired, my leg hurt, a tick can... carry about 150 types of infections. after spending time in nature, a person should be alerted by red circles on the body, pain and itching, according to the regional center for disease control and prevention. here, pests are examined for infection. it has already been proven that if a tick, an infected tick has been on the human body for up to one day, the risk of infection with these diseases will be minimal, but if the tick has been in the human body for three days, then the risk of infection is close to 100. lyme disease, ixodid tick-borne bereliosis, unfortunately, has a growing tendency both in the kirovohrad region and in ukraine as a whole. substances that destroy insects in kropyvnytskyi are sprayed with the help of steam generators, for their own safety, utility workers wear protective

equipment. denis processes paths, bushes and trees already at the fifth location. brothers, he says, are in stock, will remain for next year as well. well, most often they hide, it's like that parks, on oaks, on maples, and so in general, in principle, they are all around now. during the processing period, we post announcements about, indicate on which day the work will be carried out, and request that people... on this day and the next day, for at least one day, not to walk with their dogs, cats and were not in the parks. earlier, communal workers recall, the fight against ticks in the city was not systematic, but now green locations will be treated every spring and autumn. last year

, almost a thousand people, more than 60 of them, went to the hospitals of kirovohrad oblast due to tick bites infected with lyme disease. from kropyvnytskyi for the tv channel. espresso. ukrainian tennis player marta kostyuk won for the third time in her career. wta finals. in stuttgart, our athlete won in two. the eighth racket of the world, the czech, marquette vondrushova, this is the third consecutive victory of the ukrainian over the representatives of the top ten. in the final, kostyuk will meet with the fourth ranked player in the world yelena rybakina. at this moment, the ukrainian woman rose to 21st place in the world ranking. this is her personal record. for now, this is all the news for this hour, we see you later. stay with espresso, don't switch.

congratulations, another episode of the real front program is on the air. and i, taras berezovyts, am with you. ukraine does not have the necessary amount of weapons to successfully resist the russian invasion, president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said in an interview with the pbs channel. under such conditions, the occupiers will push it further every day - the president emphasized. let's hear direct speech. i will give you one example, very simple. at the trypil station, and the light depends on it kyiv region, 11 missiles flew,

we destroyed the first seven, four destroyed trypilly, why, because there were zero missiles, we ran out of all the missiles that protected trypilly, you know when they say that the allies... can't give us that or other weapons, or these or other forces cannot be in ukraine, because then it will be perceived that ukraine dragged nato into the war. today we will talk about this in our issue. the situation at the front and the lack of motivational resources. military to make loud statements, and politicians to intensify mobilization. in

the united states is concerned about a possible confrontation between israel and iran. however, they promised not to intervene in a direct confrontation. after several difficult months of blocking aid to ukraine in the us congress, the process still got off the ground. ukraine continues to strike at the military infrastructure of the occupier, which is... left over from the former second army of the world, and we will also talk about the new ukrainian missile long neptune, stay with us. on tuesday, april 16 , president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi signed the law on the improvement of certain issues of mobilization, military registration and military service. recently , both the military and politicians began to speak loudly about the lack of resources and... people at the front. more details about this in our

story. the situation at the front is getting more complicated, president volodymyr zelenskyy said in his evening address on april 14. the situation at the front during such a hot war is always difficult, but these days, especially in the donetsk directions, it is more difficult. a few days earlier , this was also announced by the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrskyi on his telegram channel. the situation on the eastern front has significantly worsened in recent days. this is primarily due to the significant intensification of the enemy's offensive actions after the vrf presidential elections. the enemy is actively attacking our positions in the lymansky, bakhmutsky directions with assault groups with the support of armored vehicles. in the pokrovsky direction, we are trying to break through our defenses with the help of dozens of tanks. bmp oleksandr syrskyi also noted the main problems at

the front. this is a lack of high-tech weapons and an increase in the quality of training military personnel who could make maximum use of all the capabilities of military equipment and western weapons. lt. col. pavlo kurylenko , commander of a separate presidential brigade, told the newspaper in an interview that the ukrainian army suffers from a lack of weapons. only. hindering russia's breakthrough on all fronts are fpv drones, 90% of which are provided by volunteers or military units themselves. a year ago it was a bad situation. today the situation with shells and equipment. just terrible. he noted that russia is preparing a large-scale offensive this summer, and without new supplies of aid, the ukrainian military will soon have to retreat to the dnipro. we will succumb to a full-scale and powerful offensive. closer to the summer, russian troops will be ready to attack the area at the junction of the zaporizhia and donetsk regions and try to advance

in the direction from kharkiv to poltava. after that, the battle line will be expanded, and the depth of the line will also increase. the front we will be able to disrupt their logistics routes so that they cannot win, even by outnumbering ours strength this line will freeze along the dnieper, and we will lose the territory of ukraine all the way to the dnieper. on april 11, the verkhovna rada adopted the draft law on mobilization in ukraine as a whole. it will not come into force a month after it is signed by president volodymyr zelensky, or it will be returned to the parliament if it contradicts the constitution. according to the new law, the following mobilization changes are foreseen. mobilization from happens not from the age of 27, but from the age of 25. all released conscripts transfer to the mobilization resource and undergo basic general military training preparation basic military service is conducted on request until the age of 25 for those who have not completed basic general military training. men who do not update military registration data and evade mobilization will be able to restrict their right to drive vehicles. also

, men between the ages of 18 and 60 without military registration documents will be limited. rural services. conscripts with the second or third group of disabilities after february 24 , 2022, except for military personnel, must undergo a medical examination again to determine suitability for service. the same applies to limited fit. they must pass the vlk within 12 months. people with disabilities and those released from captivity have the right to demobilization. at the same time, the verkhovna rada completely removed from the draft law the provision on the demobilization of the military after 36 months. services promise to consider this issue separately. our state lost too much time in the issue of mobilization, now in ukraine mobilization should take place from 20 years. taras chmut, a veteran of the ato and head of the come back alive charity fund, shared this opinion in an interview with ukrainian truth. according to him , the ukrainians are currently ineffective. an inefficient country will never defeat

a totalitarian, authoritarian, rigid vertical of force and coercion, which also has 150 million people. huge funds. in my opinion, mobilization should take place since 20 years ago, we have lost too much time. 25 years - okay, but it's too late. we have to make unpopular decisions, because in the future we will face even bigger problems. kartoplyan, following lukashenko, follows putin out of the treaty on conventional arms in europe. the lower house of the parliament of belarus adopted a bill on the suspension. and the treaty on conventional armed forces in europe. the document itself was signed by nato and warsaw pact countries back in 1990. this treaty established a system of quantitative restrictions on five main categories of conventional weapons and equipment in the conventional armed forces of the participating states in the area of ​​application of the treaty. these are combat tanks, combat armored

vehicles, artillery, attack helicopters and combat aircraft. let me remind you that russia withdrew from this agreement in 2023. current event means that russia, and now belarus, will not limit themselves to the number of weapons placed in the european part. in the case of minsk, this is the entire territory of belarus, with russia, and european territory up to the urals. on the night of april 14, iran launched winged and ballistic drones at israel. later it became known that the total number of iranian targets reached 300. part of the drones were able to be intercepted by the american and british military and their allies on the same day israel retaliated by striking a hezbollah weapons production facility in lebanon. later the american institute for the study of war on the x network, formerly twitter, reported that the iranian attack on israel was similar to

those that russia has repeatedly carried out against ukraine. combination of drones and missiles, according to analysts, is aimed at knocking out pantelik and disabling israeli air defense. this iranian approach replicates russian experiments with a combination of ballistic and cruise missiles along with drones for increasingly effective strikes capable of penetrating american and european air defense systems, the report said. more about events around the conflict between iran and israel in our plot. the confrontation between israel and iran is not abating. on april 16, israel discussed how to respond to the iranian attack that took place. on april 1 in response to an alleged israeli airstrike on the iranian embassy complex in damascus on april 1. members of the military cabinet plan to send a clear signal to iran that their attacks will not go

unanswered. even with western calls for restraint toward iran, israel will independently decide how to defend itself. this was announced by prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the 17th april - reports reuters. what is happening now between israel and iran is a struggle for the symbolic field. who will present himself as the winner? so no. chances of a compromise between them should not be expected yet, according to deputy director of the center for middle eastern studies serhiy danilov. each side is trying to explain to the region and the world that they have won. of course, there is more debate in israel that we must not have won because we did not strike back, but there is a compromise being discussed. who built a place about that in response to israel's restraint in the iranian direction, israel's hands will be untied to end

the operation, whether it is so or not, we will see, there is no chance that there will be any kind of reconciliation, there is no chance of that, on the content of the existence of the regime in iran, that which is now... the destruction of the state of israel, this goal is declarative, no one there is seriously going to destroy it directly, but the iranians have made, are making and will make efforts to cause as much damage as possible to israel, first of all, by the hands of the corps, which is now, corpslan revolution, which is now de facto taking over the state. from the inside, displacing the old one, well , moreover, this situation with an attack on israeli territory from the territory of iran,

it crossed the red, this is the crossing of the red line, if it has been crossed once, then it is possible to continue, that is, the red lines will move away, and we will see an increase such crises in the middle east. at the same time, serhiy danylo believes that the usa will put pressure on both countries. to reduce the conflict between israel and iran, states will pressure both sides to reduce the scale of hostilities, or their to stop so that they, if they were of a local nature, of a smaller size, so that they take place by agreement, so that the blows are delivered where the enemy will warn in advance, even before such, yes, as is known, after the assassination of qassam suleimani. and the islamic revolution guards corps warned the americans within a day which base would be struck in order to minimize

the consequences of this strike, in order not to irritate the united states too much, and of course their policy in this will be absolutely consistent, reducing tension and de-escalation , they will work for it. according to reuters, the united states of europe. and the g7 group of industrialized nations announced plans to consider increasing sanctions against iran to appease israel and persuade it to restrain its retaliation. against the backdrop of an air attack on israel and increased missile attacks on ukrainian infrastructure, the speaker of the house of representatives of the united states of america, mike johnson , presented four separate laws at once on monday, april 15. projects regarding assistance to ukraine, israel, taiwan and about priorities of national security. in turn, the white house announced that it opposes a separate

bill on aid to israel without aid to ukraine. this was reported by the press secretary of the white house, karin jeanpierre. according to her, this actually delays the resolution of this issue, both for israel and for ukraine. more about the american petrel. politics in our next story. ukraine can receive more modern laser weapons for air defense from great britain. he writes about it for the telegraph. britain plans to replenish its arsenal with a laser anti-aircraft system by 2027 dragonfire. the cost of one shot from which is only about $10. the country's ministry of defense reports that these weapons can be sent to ukraine even earlier. the publication notes that britain has accelerated the development and testing of these weapons against the background of increased use of drones in ukraine and gas. scientists of the british defense

laboratory. have been working with industry experts in recent months to transform the laser weapon from a laboratory experiment to one that is almost ready for battle. the minister of defense of great britain grand chaps during a visit to dragonfire labs said a weapon that could hit a £1 coin a kilometer away could have huge consequences, adding that delays in deploying the latest weapons technology was the biggest waste of defense money. every time... whenever there's a delay, it adds to the cost, what i want to do is speed up a process that's usually very long, maybe up to 10 years, to a much shorter time frame and roll it out potentially on ships and potentially on sushi. grand shaps also said that although the country and plans to add dragonfire to its arsenal by 2027, but is already working to see if britain can send prototypes to ukraine sooner, even if they

are not 100% perfected. i am absolutely sure that what we have here is very special and has a level that other countries are unlikely to copy because it is state of the art. in the meantime, ukraine is still waiting for help from the us senate, which in february supported a bill providing $95 billion in aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. 60 billion dollars, of which for kyiv. at the same time, the speaker of the house of representatives , mike johnson, refused to advance the document to... representatives, however, on april 14, more than 90 congressmen of the us house of representatives called on mike johnson to immediately introduce the senate-approved draft law with the help of israel and ukraine. one of the congressmen, josh gutheimer, announced this on his page and attached a corresponding letter with an appeal. this weekend, the iranian regime launched hundreds of cruise and ballistic missile drones directly at our key democratic ally in the middle east.

israel time is of the essence, and we must ensure the delivery of much-needed aid to israel and our other democratic allies who face threats from our adversaries around the world. members of congress emphasized that this bill received overwhelming bipartisan support. 70 out of 100 votes in the senate, democrats and republicans. we urge you to put the senate supplemental aid package on the floor for an immediate vote when we return on monday. this aid package passed the senate with 70 democratic and republican votes and we can send it to the president for his signature on monday night. president of the european commission ursla fonderlein appealed to the us congress to provide urgent assistance. she said this in an interview with a german publication - reports ukrinform. now i very clearly call on the us house of representatives to also rally and finally allow the passage of the aid package

to ukraine. which had been stalled for months. ukraine deserves the support of all the free countries of the world. but already on april 15, the speaker of the chamber representatives of the us congress, mike johnson , presented four separate bills on aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. he announced this on the x network. this week, we will consider separate bills with a structured and appropriate process to amend the funding of israel, support ukraine in the war against russian aggression from ... strengthening allies in the indo-pacific region, passing additional measures to counter enemies and strengthening national security. representatives of the house intelligence committee 16 in april, the x social network called on the congress to immediately vote for assistance to kyiv, because the situation is critical. we must get aid to ukraine now, today at a classified briefing our committee was briefed on the critical need to provide ukraine

with military assistance this week. the united states of america must confront russian dictator vladimir putin's war of aggression now because the situation in ukraine is critical. speaker of the house of representatives of the united states of america, republican mike johnson received an endorsement from former us president donald trump's approval of the package of military aid to ukraine. indeed, as the former american warned. president, it will be issued in the form of a loan. an interesting detail, according to american analysts, out of more than 60 billion dollars, almost 50 billion, will remain in the united states itself and will finance the american military industry. ukraine's own body of credit will amount to only about 12 billion us dollars.