“After 2022, I think it was the most difficult year since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. First of all, US President Trump, who is unfavorable to Ukraine, has had an impact, and we feel it constantly and regularly on ourselves. This is a change in our diplomacy towards the United States. Ukraine has to act in ways that are not classic diplomatic ways in order to maintain support from the United States. These are the challenges in the war zone, when the enemy accumulates manpower and fights mainly in numbers, trying to press with that. This is the increased terror against the civilian population and the rear Ukraine itself by Russia, which takes place against the background of increased production of kamikaze drones like "Shahed-136" and other means of destruction”, expert added.
He said that this is, of course, a number of certain challenges related to the internal processes of moral and psychological order, which emerged against the background of the war, and which have been discussed and raised in Ukraine throughout this year. “Corruption scandals that shook Ukraine, especially in the second half of the year, and seriously undermined confidence in the government. Although, on the other hand, the Ukrainian authorities did not hinder the development of corruption investigations and even made efforts to ensure that corrupt officials, even without court decisions and punishments to date, have already been restricted in their rights and freedoms - deprivation of citizenship, removal from leadership positions, and so on. Therefore, the year was quite difficult, we can say so”, he told.
According to him, Ukraine did not lose a single regional center. We have not lost a single oblast within its administrative boundaries. Of course, this year, alas, we have lost more territories than in 2024, but we are dealing with a much larger grouping of Russian troops. “As of today, the Russian occupation troops number about 710,000 personnel. This is a colossal amount of forces and means concentrated in Ukraine by the Russians.
It should be noted that, for example, in 2024 the grouping of Russian troops was actually about 500 thousand at the beginning of the year and about 600 thousand at the end of 2024. So we are talking about the fact that the grouping has been increased by more than 100 thousand compared to the end of 2024, and the Russians used exclusively the quantitative factor to continue the war against Ukraine. This is probably by far the largest army in the European part of our continent - the Russian army concentrated for the purpose of war against one country”, he said.
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The outgoing year became for Ukraine a
time of resilience, experience, and
important victories gained at a high
price. In an interview with Charter 97,
Ukrainian military and political
observer of the group, Information
Resistance, Alexander Kovalenko, stated
that after 2022, I think it was the most
difficult year since the beginning of
the full-scale invasion. First of all,
US President Trump who is unfavorable to
Ukraine has had an impact and we feel it
constantly and regularly on ourselves.
This is a change in our diplomacy
towards the United States. Ukraine has
to act in ways that are not classic
diplomatic ways in order to maintain
support from the United States. These
are the challenges in the war zone when
the enemy accumulates manpower and
fights mainly in numbers [music] trying
to press with that. This is the
increased terror against the civilian
population [music] and the rear Ukraine
itself by Russia which takes place
against the background of increased
production of kamicazi drones like
Shahed 136 and other means [music] of
destruction. The expert added. He said
that this is of course a number of
certain challenges related to the
internal processes of moral and
psychological order which emerged
[music] against the background of the
war and which have been discussed and
raised in Ukraine throughout this year.
Corruption scandals that shook Ukraine
especially in the second half of the
year and seriously undermined confidence
in the government. Although on the other
hand, the [music] Ukrainian authorities
did not hinder the development of
corruption investigations and even made
efforts to ensure that corrupt officials
even without court decisions and
punishments to date have already been
restricted [music] in their rights and
freedoms, deprivation of citizenship,
removal from leadership positions and
[music] so on. Therefore, the year was
quite difficult. We can say so, he told.
According to him, Ukraine did not lose a
single regional center. We have not lost
a single oblast within its
administrative boundaries. Of course,
this year, alas, we have lost more
[music] territories than in 2024, but we
are dealing with a much larger grouping
of Russian troops. As of today, the
Russian occupation troops number about
710,000 personnel. This is a colossal
amount of forces and means [music]
concentrated in Ukraine by the Russians.
It should be noted that for example in
2024 the grouping of Russian troops was
actually about 500,000 [music] at the
beginning of the year and about 600,000
at the end of 2024. So we are talking
about the fact that the grouping has
been increased by more than 100,000
compared to the end of 2024 and the
Russians used [music] exclusively the
quantitative factor to continue the war
against Ukraine. This is probably by far
the largest army in the European part of
our continent. The Russian army
concentrated for the purpose of war
against one country. He said experts say
that it is a unique situation [music] in
the history of wars and conflicts
precisely from the point of view of
proportions and in this regard I can say
that Ukraine's [music] losses even in
2025 are not the greatest. Yes, there
[music] are some unpleasant moments, for
example, the Zaparizia direction where
the Russians have expanded the zone of
control, the Severers direction. But
with all this, the defense continues to
hold and the Russian occupation troops
have [music] not seized any regional
center, not a single region completely
within its borders. And the capture of
territories during the year will be
somewhere between 4,200 [music]
to 4,300
km. This is a very low figure for such a
concentration of forces and means
against [music]
such a country as Ukraine. I think this
is a very important [music] aspect.
Ukraine continues to hold its defense.
But beyond that, we have achieved a
number of unique results. For example,
conducting [music] an operation against
Russian strategic aviation which has
never been conducted before in history.
Operation Web on June the 1st, 2025 when
a crushing blow was struck against the
Russian nuclear triad. Dozens of capable
aircraft from the aviation component of
the Russian nuclear triad were either
destroyed or damaged. This is an
operation of historic proportions and
Russia was not prepared for it at all.
It is also a continuation of the
expansion [music]
of capabilities to blockade the Black
Sea, destroying Russia's shadow fleet.
We are reaching a new level of control
in the Black Sea. Our remote control
forced a country that [music] had a
full-fledged fleet to reformat it into a
flotilla due to losses fleeing
Sylvesterol for Novarasque. But already
Novarosis is not a safe place for the
Russian flotilla fleet. It's also deep
strikes on the Russian Federation's rear
area. We begin to pressure Russia
directly in [music] its rear, destroying
oil refineries, the gas transportation
system, power and heat supply
facilities, military facilities,
airfields, ammunition depots, military
industrial complex, enterprises, and a
number of other facilities. That is, we
are engaged in deep strikes on the rear
of Russia. The scaling of these strikes
is [music] enhanced by more systematic
application of missile weapons of
Ukrainian production. He added
President Donald Trump warned Iran on
Monday that the US could carry out
further military strikes if the country
attempts to reconstitute its nuclear
program as he held wide-ranging talks
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu at his home in Florida.
According to Associated Press, Trump had
previously insisted that Thran's nuclear
capabilities were completely and fully
obliterated by US strikes on key nuclear
enrichment sites in June. The Gaza deal
is in danger of stalling before reaching
its complicated second phase that would
involve naming an international
governing body and rebuilding the
devastated Palestinian territory.
At a news conference with Netanyahu
after their meeting, Trump suggested
that he could order another US strike.
If it's confirmed, they know the
consequences, and the consequences will
be very powerful, maybe more powerful
than the last time, Trump said. Iran has
insisted that it is no longer enriching
uranium at any site in the country,
trying to signal to the West that it
remains open to potential negotiations
over its atomic program. The two leaders
discussed the possibility of taking new
military action against Thran just
months after June's 12-day war. Trump on
Monday also said he was not informed of
a Chinese military exercise in advance,
but that he was not worried either
because China has been doing naval
exercises for 20 years in that area.
Touting his great relationship with
Chinese President Xiinping, Trump
suggested he didn't think she was going
to attack Taiwan.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to
know if if you and the prime minister
talked about uh having uh Israel uh pull
back its troops before uh Hamas fully
disarms. I know that's been been an
issue. Did you push for that today?
>> Well, we talked about Hamas and we
talked about disarmament
and they're going to be given very short
period of time to disarm and we'll see
how that works out. Steve Woodoff and
Jared Kushner will be in charge of that
from our side. Uh but if they don't
disarm as as they agreed to do, they
agreed to it and then they'll be held to
pay for them and we don't want that.
We're not looking for that. But they
have to disarm within a fairly short
period of time.
>> Israel withdrawing its forces.
>> Well, that's a separate subject. We'll
uh we'll talk about that.
>> Mr. President,
>> Mr. President, did you have a message
for the prime minister about the West
Bank? And are you at all concerned that
settler violence, Israeli settler
violence could be undermining the peace
plan that you
>> Well, we have had a discussion, big
discussion for a long time on the West
Bank, and I wouldn't say we agree on the
West Bank 100%. But we uh we'll come to
a conclusion on the West Bank. If
>> I could ask, what is the
