Contusion, mineexplosive and closed craniocerebral injuries. One person died, six others were injured due to shelling of donetsk region. This was reported to the Regional Police. At night, the russians hit s300 rockets on ukrainsk and novogrodivka in selid. A guided aerial bomb was also dropped on the village of progress. As a result of the attack, apartment buildings and private houses were destroyed. Educational establishment. Industrial facility and enterprise. A minibus with passengers crashed through a large sinkhole in the kyiv region. Two people died, seven more were injured. All are in serious condition, the state Emergency Service reported. The accident happened in the morning near the village of oliva on the highway ivankivradomoshel. A minibus takes people to work and the road collapsed under it. There were nine people in the cabin. Russian missiles were aimed at kherson. The sbu detained the exdeputy and his accomplice. According to the investigation materials, a former deputy of the kherson District Council and a hospital employee secretly recorded the locations of the military bases. The suspects also collected information about the consequences of enemy airstrikes. All data was transmitted to the occupiers through another agent. The enemy group included a total of four people. Tell everyone. Rumors about suspicion. Working people less than pensioners. The ministry of social policy presented the demographic strategy of ukraine. We will ask our correspondent dmytro didora what the situation is with the birth rate and how to provide social benefits for such a large number of taxpayers. He is with us live. Dmytro, congratulations, you have a word. I congratulate khrystyna, and i also congratulate our viewers. Indeed, people who pay taxes now are less than pensioners, but they say that in order for social benefits and pensions to grow, one and a half people are needed for one pensioner, who pay at least one state tax. Regarding this, lets hear straight away. Today, we have 10. 5 Million People who pay a single social contribution, this is a contribution that is immediately transferred, lets say, to a pension, and 11 million pensioners, so that every pensioner is paid at least uah 500 in pension, everyone who works , only the euv in the part of the pension contribution, must pay at least 500, one to another, this makes it impossible to increase the pension for pensioners in ukraine, because there is no resource. Also, the minister of social policy noted that it was received recently aid voted by the United States congress, it cannot go toward people receiving pensions because there is no way to explain to american taxpayers why they are not receiving them. Pension from the state, and they send these funds for pensions to ukraine, today they also talked about the fact that the birth rate in ukraine last year was only 187 thousand newborns, which is 32 less than before the fullscale invasion, so the ministry of social policy plans attract those who are abroad, thinking how to bring them back home, they cited the example of leka hrytska, known on the internet, who returns to ukraine every year and settles here, and he already has five children, whom they are currently investigating as well. Plan to attract diasporas, ukrainians in several generations, and this is all the ministry of social policy is thinking about today, how to implement, how to make ukraine attractive so that people can return here today, they talked about access to medicine and inclusiveness, about what ukrainians cities need to become more inclusive of people, to people with disabilities, and they also gave examples of what ukraine needs more. And Educational Programs to provide people with education, so thats all i have time to tell christ at the moment. Thank you dmytro, our correspondent dmytro didora talked about the demographic situation in ukraine. Destroying the russian evil before the International Earth day, ukrainian defenders eliminated another 730 occupiers. And in general, since the beginning of the fullscale russian invasion , the Defense Forces have wiped out more than 400 and 60,000 invaders from the earth, and with them they have been incinerated scrap metal just yesterday, seven tanks, eight bmps, 17 artists, 35 units of enemy cars and special vehicles and one antiaircraft vehicle of the muscovites were destroyed. The general staff reminds that the data are indicative. And i remind you about our collection, means of communication and security, needed by the Intelligence Unit of the Third Regiment of special operations forces. They are fighting for independence. Of our country in difficult battles on the Eastern Front and give us the opportunity to live, work and study. Our goal is uah 720,000. With your help, we ve already made the down payment and have some left over to collect about uah 400,000. So lets not delay, the war continues and the help of each of us is very important. Every hryvnia of yours is of great importance. You can see all the details on the screen. The street named after white angels will appear in kostyantynivka in donetsk region, the Regional Police reported. In honor of the police unit that daily evacuates people from the frontline areas. The citys longest street will be renamed. The name was proposed by the townspeople themselves to celebrate the heroism and sacrifice of ukrainian Law Enforcement officers. The new head of the press center of the souths Defense Forces became dmytro pletenchuk. He reported this to the departments page. It should be noted that before his appointment, pletenchuk was the spokesman of the naval forces of ukraine. Let me remind you that before this position of head of the press center was headed by nataliya gumenyuk. She was released on april 19, because journalists complained about problems with obtaining permits for filming in the sector of the Operational Command south. Spectator stands on the champselysees with. Sports fields in ancient palaces. France is preparing to host the Olympic Games on 2024. In paris, the grand palace is being converted to on the banks of the seine river, where the fencing and taekwondo competition will take place. Spectator stands for bmx freestyle, skateboarding and breakdancing are being installed on the square of consent of the famous champselysees avenue. Let me remind you that the olympics are less than 100 days away. 10,000 olympians and 4,400 paralympians from 206 countries will take part in it. Such was the morning in ukraine. I say goodbye to you, until tomorrow, stay with us. The politclub program is broadcast on the espresso tv channel. Greetings, friends, Vitaly Portnikov is with you, two hours of analysis Current Events this week. Our first guest, dmytro snegerov, a military expert, coleader of the Public Initiative right. Congratulations, mr. Dmytro. Hello, thank you for the invitation. And so, lets talk with you about how the military aid of the United States can really affect the. Defense capabilities of ukraine, because the decision has already been voted on tuesday by the house of representatives, on tuesday i hope the senate will also vote and next week the aid, at least the military one, will begin to appear in orders of the armed forces of ukraine, perhaps even from the european stocks of the pentagon, how can this really change the situation, well, lets talk about what will be the very first supply of weapons, if we are talking about artillery shells, then accordingly we will be able to get the situation. On the front line under control, let me remind you, currently the ratio of fire damage is 1 6 in favor of the occupiers, accordingly, the advance of the russian occupiers, their certain tactical successes in donetsk. Direction is primarily related to the lack of a sufficient number of artillery shells, so i will not to jump ahead, but it seems to me that artillery shells will be the priority of delivery, respectively, plus air defense systems, and , accordingly, missiles for air defense systems, taking into account the unprecedented activity of the russian side in Striking Energy and critical infrastructure. Plus, lets talk about the fact that the decision was made for the consideration of the president , and it is not for consideration, it actually says that biden should either agree or, accordingly , reject the decision to transfer the attack to ukraine, and with an impression range of up to 300 km in my opinion, mr. Vitaly, this is a lightning game by trumps team, they created a socalled fork. For the Biden Administration, when biden , god forbid, refuses, he must explain his position not only to the americans, but also to ukrainian and european partners, and most importantly, all theses about trumps prorussianness, they are effectively nullified by this decision, but less so if, accordingly, there is a positive decision for ukraine, then. We will receive weapons that allow us to keep under fire control of both the occupied territories of mainland ukraine and, accordingly , the territories of the occupied crimea, and this significantly strengthens the position of the armed forces of ukraine at the time of liquidation of the field infrastructure of the enemy. Tell me, how do you characterize the Current Situation near the checkpoint, to what extent is this a tactic of the russian troops, reminiscent of what happened near avdiivka . Not only under avdeyko, mr. Vitaly, lets talk about the fact that this tactic was practiced by the russians back in 2022, unfortunately, the ukrainian media spread information with a link to the build that this tactic is in fact a copy of the actions of the russians near avdiyiv or bakhmut, firstly, the tactics of the socalled local boilers of flank coverage of the positions of the armed forces of ukraine were practiced by the russians during the battles for popasno and severodonetsk. Then russian general lapin was awarded the title of hero of the Russian Federation precisely for conducting these operations. The basis of these operations consists in flanking the positions of the armed forces of ukraine with the aim of operational encirclement of the ukrainian group. And lets say so, the main goal is to take it under direct control or fire control of the location of the armed forces of ukraine, which does not allow allows, does not allow, respectively. Rotation of personnel, evacuation of the wounded and, accordingly, transportation of bc, this is the main task of the russians, so it is no coincidence that they are currently pressing precisely on the flanks in the chasivyar area, trying to break through to the location. Chasivyar is located at a crossroads, the road is not only a key point of defense of the armed forces of ukraine, but also, accordingly, a rather powerful logistics hub. And tell me, in principle, do you think this american aid is something now will force the russians to reconsider their plans for a possible attack on ukrainian positions . Mr. Vitali, and about american aid, lets talk, i generally got the impression that american aid was voted for precisely after the signing of the law on mobilization, and all these political games of the United States were primarily connected with the fact that ukrainian. The parliament artificially delayed the question of voting on the law on mobilization, that is , the American Partners had a great opportunity to argue to their voters excuse me, in ukraine the law on mobilization has not been voted on, why should we help the armed forces, and as we can see, literally in a few days, after the adoption and accordingly signing of the corresponding law on mobilization, a package of. Technical assistance is voted on, that is, we can assume that there are certain grounds that, accordingly, delaying the law on the provision of military Technical Assistance was an element of the militarypolitical pressure of the United States to adopt the law on mobilization. Regarding the plans of the russians, and again, lets refute those theses which are heard in the ukrainian media about the next offensive. Russians at the end of may, at the beginning of june. Mr. Vitayu, well, you are not surprised by this thesis, against the background of the messages about the already voted militarytechnical package. Aid from the United States, against the background of the statements of the president of the Czech Republic that their country has found not a million, but a million and a half shells, and against the background of the statements of the eu countries that the socalled aid program from the eu country for the supply of artillery shells to ukraine, and we are talking about 500 thousand, it will work in the coming weeks, that is, lets put ourselves on. Russians, the projectile initiative of the Czech Republic, the projectile initiative of the eu countries, will work by the end of may, and ukraine will receive military and Technical Assistance from the United States, and do you think that against this background it makes sense for the russians to start another offensive , if this one hasnt ended yet. In my opinion, it is said that the russians are trying to use the socalled window of opportunity. Until the end of may, namely at the moment of the assault, and the time of the ravine and the further advance, god forbid, if they succeed in capturing chasivier to the administrative borders of the donetsk region, this is in their plans until the end of may, that is, you believe that it is in donetsk that this main such offensive will take place, absolutely, mr. Vitaly, lets talk about the fact that it is donetsk that will become the main direction of the russian attack, i. Explains why on september 30, 22, the russian dictator signed a decree on the inclusion of the so called lpr within the framework of administrative borders into the Russian Federation and, accordingly , if currently, as of april 20, the Armed Forces Ukraine controls approximately 45, and according to other estimates, 50 of the territory of the donetsk region, so this is primarily a personal defeat of the russians. To the dictator and the military, and political, and information failure of the first stage of the socalled svo. What do you think, in principle, about all these conversations about the fact that the russians can attack kharkiv, to what extent are they confirmed by reality now . Not confirmed. Lets talk about the fact that this is an informational and psychological operation, and the fact that it is ipso is evidenced by several factors. The first is the Source Information if you remember before that. On march 22, a vorstka first appeared, thats right, with this message, it found absolutely no reaction, then the socalled opposition medusa advanced a thesis about the possibility of an offensive on kharkiv, again there was no reaction, accordingly, the russians went to raise rates and already directly one of the leaders of the Russian Federation , after all, this is the minister of Foreign Affairs, promoting that. Regarding the possibility of an offensive on kharkiv, and here it has already rushed, moreover, lets talk about the fact that the date of the statement was not chosen by chance, well look, on the 18th, on the eve of the vote in the house of representatives, thats right, here we can talk about the fact that two target audiences were chosen, the first was the american one, on which militarypolitical pressure was applied, that is , russia tried to show the scenario of the further development of events, if there is a suitable program. A vote on the decision to provide aid to ukraine, well, and accordingly to ukraine in order to force the general staff to redeploy operational reserves, without provoking internal migration processes, namely the exit of local the population is from kharkiv, and there are 1,300, and the third is to sow panic, chaos and distrust in the actions of the central government, and unfortunately, the ukrainian media help in this, but you know, i was surprised that after. The first information in to the ukrainian media, namely on april 19, on april 20, a second wave took place, just at the time of the vote in the house of representatives, and with reference to the socalled institute for the study of war, which generally assumed that the target could be not only kharkiv, but, accordingly, further advancement into of ukrainian territory, and this socalled the institute is not the first to produce outright disinformation about the plans of the russians. Command, i will remind you, in january , with reference to such an authoritative primary source as a russian literary critic, they already reported that the russians should advance on kharkiv, and the deadline was january 15, well, the degree of idiocy, it is just critical, imagine, literary the critic reflects on the plans of the general staff of the Russian Federation, however, the ukrainian media did not even check. American, have suffered this blatant misinformation, but, dear society, the viewing audience, according to sources close to the Ukrainian Special services, behind the American Institute for the study of war is a certain anton yuriyovych gerashchenko, well, to call him a citizen of the United States, in my opinion, is quite problematic, you dont did you confuse the institute of war studies with the institute of the future, mr. Dmitry . No, absolutely no, no, mr. Vitaly, actually he should talk about the fact that these two institutions, he. Taking care of, tell me, mr. Dmitry, for your, your curiosity, how did the russians r