Ukrainian. Defense capability is one of the key topics of the summit of the European Political Community. The leaders of the eu countries, as well as the states that only aspire to become part of the european family, gathered in the spanish city of granada. The ukrainian leader also arrived at the summit. Already after all the official meetings, my colleague iryna ivanova, who is currently also in spain, managed to ask Volodymyr Zelensky a few questions. In particular, the head of state told what agreements were reached with partners regarding weapons, more details about everything, just now we will ask irina , she is in direct contact with us, iro, congratulations , once again, about a few hours ago, you promised a new batch of good news, so what did the president tell you and what were the results of the summit, congratulations oleksiy, this is how the third summit of the European Political Community came to an end in the palace the meeting rooms of the congress of granada were closed and the leaders went to a celebratory dinner at the local tourist attraction of the alhambra fortress. The day passed, as i have already told, in bilateral meetings. I would like to remind you that representatives of almost all countries of the european continent, 27 eu Member States and political leaders from other european states, are participating in the summit. And so today the president of ukraine had eight bilateral meetings, both with the political elite of the European Union and with the leaders of spain, germany, france, spain, the main, main topic that he raised the president is the protection of heaven over ukraine. This issue has become particularly acute today, russia shelled the village of groza in the kharkiv region, more than 50 people died, and at the press conference the president announced that germany is currently working on getting ukraine an additional patriot system. Volodymyr zelenskyy called on europe to continue to put pressure on the aggressor with sanctions and to prevent him from dividing the International Community surrounding ukraine. Europe and the us must work together. At this moment, it is necessary and very important not to lose unity. Russia works and works well over the division of the world into prorussian and civilized. The United States has supported europe and ukraine for a long time. This is true and now is the time for real challenges. The president also said at the press conference that work is ongoing on. The package of sanctions against russia, Volodymyr Zelenskyi admits that the process is progressing slowly, but according to him, daily work in this direction will definitely give the desired and fair result. The head of state said that ukraine will give european leaders the names of all the companies that have learned to circumvent sanctions against russia and still supply the equipment thanks to which the aggressor pushes forward its war machine. In addition to sanctions against russia and the strengthening of Ukrainian Air defense, other , less important issues of the grain corridor and ukrainian european integration were raised at the meetings. Our grain corridor, which, despite russias efforts to destroy it, still works, we see the successful movement of ships, both to ukraine and from ukraine, but for the successful functioning of this corridor, security is also needed, like security in general in the black sea, so and specific the means and tools for protecting these convoys, i mean the corresponding sea boats. And, accordingly, the systems on the shore, so this was also discussed with the leaders of the states who are present in granada today, and tomorrow the issue of the european integration of ukraine will be raised again here in granada, the city is hosting another diplomatic round. The leaders of the European Union will gather for an informal meeting, where they will discuss its further expansion. I would like to remind you that spain, which is hosting the summit, currently presides over the European Union, and the further expansion of the European Union will be discussed at these meetings. After all, Nine Countries stand on the threshold, these are six balkan countries, as well as ukraine, moldova and georgia, and brussels is preparing for the conclusion. All the necessary procedures to extend this until 2030. And we have such news from granada. Oleksiy, i give you the floor. Irina, thank you very much, thank you very much for the detailed story. Let me remind you that this is our colleague, iryna ivanova, from the summit of the European Political Community in granada, spain. Thank you, we look forward to more good news. 29 enemy drones, just this night. Russia has significantly increased the intensity of its air strikes. In u in september, the occupiers released a Record Number of 538 attack drones over ukraine, of which our defenders managed to shoot down 80 . How russia manages to increase its drone power, why sanctions do not stop the deadly Conveyor Belt of the occupiers, our correspondents were looking for answers. 746 strike drones. 538 of them are precisely iranian shaheds, and this is only for september, the russian invaders continue air raids on ukraine, this is an antirecord since the beginning of a fullscale invasion, despite the fact that our air Defense Forces managed to shoot down almost 80 drones, they still caused considerable damage, victims of destruction and lack of light in many regions of ukraine, this is a typical summary of a september night for odesa. The enemy directed attack drones of the 131136 type, the attack was directed again at the port and border infrastructure of the danube, in particular, it suffered as a result of a hit, there is a fact that a Motor Vehicle caught fire in the waiting area for registration, there is already information about two injured drivers who were given medical assistance, there was also a very serious risk for the bus, which was preparing to cross the border. Drones for russia are an effective weapon, which is called cheap and angry, for example, a Cruise Missile , depending on the modification, costs 57 million dollars, for comparison, this is 150 drones, and such a flock breaks through the ppu much more effectively. When the drone falls, it does not always explode in the air, sometimes the engine itself is damaged and it falls there with the warhead. And where it falls, they thus pursue a more general goal of terror against the civilian population, and the drone, in this case, is more effective than even a Cruise Missile. Where do russia have so many drones from . According to experts, it is unlikely that the aggressor country produces all of them by itself. Despite the loud promises to put on a powerful flow of production of shaheds, the occupiers have not yet succeeded in this. So, either the Russian Federation managed to accumulate a supply during the relatively calm summer months, or the supply from iran has been increased. As of 2022, he produced an average of 50 kamyak drones per month for shahets 136. And by the end of the 22nd year , they were able to increase this production to a hundred per month, and already at the beginning of the 23rd, they were approaching to the rate of 150200 drones per month. Russians are also working on their own production. They supply their lancets and eagles in large numbers to the front. Despite for. Sanctions, these drones contain 70 of foreign components, which means that moscow has found enough loopholes to bypass the restrictions, and it will not be easy to close them, through third countries, some other countries can buy, well , for example, the magda islands and so on, and then it gets into russia, well, it can be blocked, of course, these are chains, sanctions against these companies, but countries in the world there are quite a few that can provide this, and as long as you cover some, others will appear. Therefore, ukraine continues its work on strengthening the sanctions pressure on the aggressor country. According to experts, this can be a punishment for companies that deliberately participate in circumvention schemes and the introduction of enduser certificates, and at the external meeting of eu Foreign Ministers in kyiv, president Volodymyr Zelenskyi reminded that the pause after the 11th sanctions package is already too dragged on more collaborative work vs any forms and schemes of circumvention of sanctions by russia. Any supply to russia that allows it to increase military production must cease. It is also important to expand sanctions against iran in sensitive areas, including imported equipment and chemicals. Every iranian strike drone that strikes european cities in ukraine is a reason for if sanctions are protection against drones for the future, then air defense means security already today, and this is what ukraine is asking its partners for first, against more destructive the effective Defense Systems of the small radio court available to protect our entire territory are not yet sufficient. These are cheetahs, this is alvis stormer, this is krotal, this is again the soviet, tunguska and shilka, there are not enough of them to completely block all paths and directions, and the main guarantee of our Security Experts call our own powerful military potential and jewelry strikes on Russian Military industry and warehouses are legitimate military targets. The destruction of which will essentially reduce the possibility of terrorizing the residents of ukraine with raids drones evgeny brygar, olga zhydetska, details, intermarathon tv channel, edine news. Interim budget of the United States of america, what to expect next . Political and military experts across the ocean make forecasts. How will the white house act, how long it will take congressmen to resolve the ukrainian issue. Well, most importantly, how will the events at the front develop, during such a budgetary pause. Our special correspondent, a correspondent in the United States, dmytro anopchenko, heard answers to this from diplomats and military personnel. Congress is not up to the rules now, everyone is engrossed in the fight for the speakers chair. Legislators say it themselves, we heard it verbatim from senator blimenthal. We have complete chaos here. And indeed, after the irreconcilable republicans were able to achieve. Dismissal of Kevin Mccarthy for the whole of this week they took a break for consultation , next they will try to discuss the candidates and hold the first votes, there is already a first candidate, congressman jim jordan nominated himself and is building his campaign on calls to completely refuse funding to the ukrainian package, but how strong such sentiments are kortwalker, former special representative of the state department for ukraine, seeks to reassure. These are voices that are not so much as they are loud, and when they call so loudly against aid to ukraine, it paints a pretty bleak picture for people of what it looks like in washington, when in reality the reality is better, first of all, there is a solid majority of lawmakers from of both parties in congress and among the public, people who support ukraine and support continued aid to ukraine, for the latter for a year and a half, the white house provided substantial support. To kiev, yes, we all agree that it was too slow and hesitant, too gradual, but they really did it, the abrams tanks are finally arriving, and the administration has decided to provide shock weapons, including armorpiercing cluster bombs, not those that give a single explosion, and this is a very positive step , this is something that was not agreed to before, it is important that the russians learn about the new ukrainian capabilities at the moment when they are already being hit, and not in advance, so that. They would not have time to prepare or withdraw the troops, but the important question is, how will everything develop, yes, we have a president ial election next year, but i think that the American Public and even voters who support republicans and republican candidates will be ready to support the continuation of aid to ukraine, will understand that on american interests and National Security interests are at stake. Namely, in order to demonstrate this to america and the world, they say, despite the situation in congress, the aid will not stop, i will look for other options, bidens team asked him personally to make a big speech about ukraine, and at the same time the white house is preparing a new package of weapons , to provide it right now during the budget break, financed from transitional funds, is considered fundamental, and because all this is really needed at the front, and because i want to give a signal, help will come. Whatever political storms are raging on the capitalist hill, and it is these messages that are needed now as much as atacoms, believes general hodges. You and i can say as much as we want yes, it still means nothing, i would like the president to sit in the oval office, look into the camera and say americans, let me tell you why the victory of ukraine is important, for him to say we want the victory of ukraine. It is in our interests for ukraine to win, push russia back to the borders of 1991 , and in order to win, ukraine must be able to make crimea unusable for russian forces, drive them to the devils mother from sevastopol, so that the black sea fleet cannot be based there, so that they had to change the location, relocate 350400 km east, so that it will be increasingly difficult for them to maintain the capabilities of the black sea fleet, to smash the Russian Air Base in saka and the Logistics Center of udzhankoya to hell, so that their air force cannot continue to fly, so that they cannot launch drones, cannot continue ground operations, thats why ukraine just now needs an opportunity to apply. Precision strikes at long range and then the only advantage the russians would have would be numbers, i mean, they dont care how many of their guys get killed, theyre over 275 now, killed, wounded, wounded, yes, they will always find someone else to send to war , but other tactics are needed, pinpoint strikes on headquarters, artillery, and Logistical Support bases, that is why we hear about the need, not even so much to unblock budget aid, but this is also necessary this cannot be done without, but also about the need just now, at the expense of transit funds that are in the accounts, and this is more than 5 billion dollars in the pentagon alone, to give ukraine longrange weapons in order to change the situation at the front. So, if you are serious regarding the victory of ukraine, there should not be any question that they say we do not have enough hightech weapons, i have heard so many excuses why we havent done it yet, why we havent provided the attacks with sichim. Or some powerful drones, but regarding the obromtsi, of which there should be a beautiful number of 31 this is the number for one ukrainian tank battalion. Yes, i know that the ukrainians will not disclose where this Armored Vehicle is and in what condition, they are very good at protecting information, and the russian soldiers sitting in the trenches with their rpg will start cold with fear that everyone up there doesnt care about them, abrams tanks are coming at them. But not with a single weapon, the same kurtvolkerker, for example, says about. The need to strengthen sanctions against russia, and this is also a process that is not directly related to the budget pause. Kyiv can work with the white house and European Partners in this regard. We have introduced a huge number of restrictions, but the sanctions need to be maintained, implemented and adjusted over time. There is only one fact that the europeans told me about recently, the decrease the trade of the European Union with russia was 100 offset by the increase of the trade of the European Union with kazakhstan, azerbaijan and armenia, but i am sure, comrade, they are not going to these countries, they are people who violate sanctions in order to continue trade with russia, and here you have to look closely, we have not been tough enough on financial transfers and financial sanctions, and therefore more needs to be done on the financial side, there is also the potential of energy, because it is the main source of income for moscow, which continues finance. That walker, that hodges list nonbudget steps that can be focused on in these 45 days while the political bickering on capitol hill, and a shutdown would be a much worse option than the situation now, when yes, you have to fight for the ukrainian package , you have to wait, but there are highranking officials in the workplaces, and with whom ukraine is able to talk, and there is money in reserves, which washington is still able to provide and spend. On weapons . A shutdown of the government would affect everything, thousands of people, production, salaries, unless the military was still paid somewhere, but the whole process would seriously slow down all processes, regardless of how long the shutdown would last, from the United States, dmytro vanopchenko, serhii koval, American Bureau of the inter tv channel, marathon edinii novosti. Countries that help russia circumvent sanctions are criminals, the president says. Zelensky, is it possible to cut off oxygen to the economy of the aggressor country, and most importantly to its militaryindustrial complex, how, what are our prospects for receiving aid from western partners, we will talk about this with mykhailo podalyak, adviser to the head of the president s office, mr. Mykhailo, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, therefore, first of all, i cannot avoid the question about the tragedy in kharkiv oblast, for the previous ones. The russians beat the iskander missile with these data, and earlier the western media repeatedly reported that chips and microcircuits from the west are still getting into russian missiles, how can this be resisted . Well , we absolutely understood that the sanctions do not work as we would like with you, because the companies that supply, they supply directly, even if these are private companies, i will leave, by the way, in parentheses the companies that are absolutely clearly, deliberately. Work for the Consumer Market of the Russian Federation, they finance the budget of russia through taxes, and of course, directly a third of the budget, by the way, 11 trillion rubles are used for military components, and of course these companies, western companies, i emphasize once again, the whites work for the Consumer Market and in this way with their taxes , russia deliberately buys weapons with which it attacks us, there is another component, private companies that directly, for example, certain Electronic Devices are not sold in russia, but through a third, fourth party there. That company, they sell them to the russian one, they get there , regarding this, you can only have a negative attitude towards it, and you have to do three things, the first is to look for. Options for a different legal status for a country called the Russian Federation, that it is not necessary to have the status of a terrorist country right away, because , of course, it would be a nice status for a country that is definitely a terrorist, but you can look for other statuses that will restrict the right of any companies, even those countries that have not joined the sanctions, have certain legal problems or have secondary sanctions there, and so on, the second component is again to publicly talk about Companies Whose chips or other components are used in military equipment of the Russian Federation, of course, to start naming these companies publicly, to take certain legal actions in relation to these companies, to impose on them, regardless of how their products got into the country called russia federation, to impose direct sanctions, well, and the third component, it is definitely necessary, well, regarding the financing of russia, of course, it is necessary to first remove the opportunity to work on the russian. Markets for one or another company, well, these are the three components that must be done and it is definitely necessary to talk about it on different platforms, by the way, let me remind you that the 12th package of sanctions has been discussed for more than nine months and is still theoretically not fully packed, meaning our partners and so on, this indicates that what and lets talk even more for example, about the oil and gas sector, gas has been dealt with a little there, in europe today. There is no russian monopoly on the supply of gas as such, but you know, you remember, on the eve of the war, they said that it was generally a horror if in russia will not supply gas, then europe will not be able to provide for itself, today, for example, 96 of everything, everything that is needed is already in the warehouses of european countries, and in terms of preparing for winter, they are already there at a pace earlier than even in the past or the year before last, but there is such a component as russian oil. Which absolutely normally sold on Global Markets and so on, there is some strange quota, what is there, the pricing is strange, which allows russia to get extra profits, because it increases the sale of oil, indirectly to any countries, through countries that are neutral, and so on , this is a difficult issue, it is a question of separating the russian economy from the Global Economy , taking into account the fact that russia has long enough invested in corruption opportunities, to integrate into economic processes and it is an integral part of a certain number of gray, huge amounts of gray money that circulate in the Global Economy, you know this, it reminds me, when they talk about corruption , they say that ukraine there is a big powerful corruption there, and this prevents ukraine from being a more effective state, quickly moving forward there, for example, integration into the single European Economic space and so on, but i have a question, in general , corruption exists only in ukraine, it is a component of the Global Economy, which, by the way, does not allow the russian economy to be completely isolated in a separate direction, to close it there, isolate, deprive enough essential resources and thus hasten the finalization of the war. Rhetorical question, do you understand the answer . Absolutely correct, there is nothing to add to it , but nevertheless, and sanctions and the strengthening of the ppo and the protection of the grain corridor, all this was discussed today by the summits of the European Political Community, and how. the results of this summit in the office of the president on the first day, according to the first, well, the first assessment, of course, is extremely positive, because there is a concrete direct understanding that russia is in this war, at this stage, again will still try to use missile, missile technology, Drone Technology to attack Critical Infrastructure and civilians , and what you say about kharkiv, and what you say about the kharkiv region, and what we see with you in kherson. There the hospital was attacked and so on, this suggests that it is necessary to increase the protection of the sky as such, well, to close it with air Defense Systems, in addition, and there are definitely relevant concrete agreements with a number of countries, we will not talk about it in detail now, so what exactly logistics, the president s will speak at bilateral meetings, these are systems that work on ballistics and on supersonics, such as patriots, because they know how to work with it, these are also additional mobile systems, such as cheetahs or vampires, which work directly. Against drones and so on, this is the first component, the second component is definitely additional resource opportunities, including instrumental opportunities for the energy system, for the Energy Infrastructure of ukraine, this is also the second priority, which we know and understand that until the stage of the war as of course, you have seen the enthusiasm with which bilateral meetings take place, how people meet the president , and accordingly, within the framework of these bilateral meetings, they openly say that ukraine must, must, must receive such and such types of additional instrumental resources and regarding the conduct of war, and regarding the conduct of offensive cooperation and the destruction of russias ability to conduct a defensive war, and regarding the unconditionally closed sky over ukraine. Mr. Mykhailo, russian propaganda is now actively spreading the news about the list of relaxations, the weakening of the west, its fatigue from the war, and they, by the way, are very good for russia, and fall on this news background, we also see certain and troubles, well, conditionally troubles in the american complexity in the american congress, and the british say that the reserves are running out , how to resist . Message, what is the position of the eu regarding the war in ukraine, in fact . To resist ironically, this is russia, it will absolutely tell as much false information as possible, scale it up, spread it and so on. Lets talk about what is happening in the partner countries democracy, these are not authoritarian countries , of course there are internal discussions, of course there are election processes, of course these processes somehow influence the commentary component on the war in ukraine, but there is a tough position. And mr. Biden has already said about it several times and is even saying it literally yesterday, regardless of what happens in congress or regardless of how heated the political debate in the United States is, in any case, ukraine will get the necessary tool, this is the first, the second component, and this speaks for itself and mr. Stolteng and mr. Borel, regarding european joint support, europe is definitely investing more in military production today, europe is definitely trying to build military cooperation with ukraine, you remember the forum of defense industries, there are already certain contracts in order to play, from the point of view of military production as such, and definitely, and definitely europe will additionally look for opportunities, the ability to provide us with tools, i want to say and emphasize once again, for example, we take any a country where, where there are parliamentary elections, for example, one party or another party wins there, and in public there may be lets help ukraine a little less or lets look for some diplomatic ways of settlement there, but no, the societies of many european and north american countries clearly understand that the point of no return has already been passed in this war , there is none, the Russian Federation is not a country with which you can agree on something and it will fulfill it, if russia does not lose the war, on the contrary, it will invest in instability, including on the european continent. In breaking the security contours, the Security Architecture as such, will invest directly in the ultraright, ultraright parties, will create enormous Political Tension in a number of countries , will invest in large propaganda programs, that is, it will create the impossibility of democracies to dominate in the modern world, the impossibility of dominating others type of management than those used to in the Russian Federation. It is obvious that today, on the contrary, it is necessary to increase aid in ukraine, yes, there are certain discussions, i want to say once again, and indeed, from time to time in these or other countries within the framework of these internal discussions, internal political discussions, various proposals are heard, but this does not concern how this war will be finalized. To date, i will record three positions first, the Russian Federation is not a negotiating country, it is impossible to agree on anything with it, there is no elite there, it is responsible and can keep its word. The second component is definitely to invest, and today they are investing in military production, in changing priorities in this production, in the accumulation of relevant types, in the accumulation of relevant types of weapons, which at this stage of the war are extremely important, these are drones, longrange missiles, the same shells, Armored Vehicles, logistics as such repair and so on similar and the third component, no one will force ukraine to look at this war in a different way after 19 months of direct hostilities, taking into account the fact that russia did not come here to seize a small part of the territory, namely to destroy ukraine as such, the people of ukraine, who look at how to live in a completely different way, what the rules of life should be, and accordingly destroy the ukrainian state, that is, this war is not about that territory in exchange for us. As it was in the 14th year, this war is, accordingly, whether you will live or not, and our partners are aware of this, so they will be in full financial, advisory, informational, and even more so military it makes sense to help ukraine. Mr. Mykhailo, i thank you very much for the conversation, for your time, for a small amount of optimism, restrained, i let me remind you that mykhailo podolyak, adviser to the head of the president s office, joined our broadcast