a residential quarter with 47 sections will be built here, they had a large military unit, they are currently reforming it and want to build housing there as well, so i have a question: special forces is a structure that works for the state, it is another construction office. during the preparation of our material for the broadcast, it became known that nabu reported the suspicion to the head of the state intelligence service, yury shchigol, and five other employees of the department. when purchasing hardware and software. they allegedly illegally took over 62 mln uah the official was arrested and the very next day he was released from the pre-trial detention center on bail of uah 25 million. the government dismissed shchygol from his position , and it is much more difficult to roll back the decisions made by the head of the service and the judicial authorities in the case of metropolitan gardens. we see that, after all, there is a possibility of a peaceful settlement of this dispute and... so

the judicial panel decides to postpone the consideration of the case until january 17. so now the community of lviv is facing a new round of legal proceedings for the historical territory near the st. george's cathedral, which has most likely already been eyed builders today i have everything, it was judicial control and i am tetyana shustrova. tell us about... facts about corruption and dishonest judges at the email address you see on the screens or write to me on facebook. see you in exactly one week. good bye! welcome to the espresso channel. today, in our military program, we will talk about what new

prospects for ukraine will be the decisions and plans that were discussed in washington on december 6 and 7, where representatives of ukraine discussed the situation on the battlefield and urgent defense needs, it was also about security guarantees for our country. and in washington at the same time, a large-scale conference of government officials and gunsmiths from the usa and ukraine was held, in which about 350 representatives of defense companies from both participated. and the goal was to find ways to accelerate the production of weapons for the defense forces of ukraine with the help of the united states of america. according to the results, among other things, they signed a memorandum on joint production in defense industry and it was also announced that production facilities should be built in ukraine production capacity to provide the armed forces of ukraine with the necessary weapons in the areas of air defense of ukraine.

technically necessary ammunition, as well as repair and maintenance of equipment samples that have already been transferred to the armed forces of ukraine. so, how will all this affect the defensive and offensive capabilities of ukraine, what should we hope for, and where should we bet on our own capabilities. we will talk about this with professional experts and managers of our companies, who want to strengthen the combat capability of our army at the expense of potential. own projects and initiatives. my name is serhii zgurets, i am the director of the information and consulting company defense express, which, together with the espresso channel , seeks to highlight the most relevant trends in the field of the defense-industrial complex and in the field of security, and now we have the first guest joining us, this is valentyn badrak, director of the research center of armies, conversions and disarmament, military analyst and writer, mr. valentin, greetings, good to see and hear from you, mr. sergey. greetings, very pleased with

the invitation, as always, would like to start with to the first question, but i am sure that you actually followed the results of our delegation's negotiations in washington, the minister of defense was there, the head of the president's office, and the minister of strategic industries, that is, it was about the military-political and military-technical components , but when we talk about the military-political component, i was first of all interested in this thesis that... security guarantees for ukraine were created, this is a topic that was raised there after the vilnius nato summit, then it somehow a little bit on the back burner, but we see that the process is somehow taking place, i would like to ask how we now understand these security guarantees from the united states, whether this concept remains that there may be an option that the united states has with israel, where , conditionally speaking, security guarantees do not seem to have such a direct understanding of... however, there are

agreements that are guaranteed to provide assistance to israel from the united states and must always ensure that the israeli army has a technological advantage over its own. opponents, is this option possible for us in the context of these conversations and plans about guarantees for ukraine? in fact, the question of guarantees becomes even more urgent, because the war is dragging on, and under such conditions, in principle, we cannot, if we are realistic, and we understand that we cannot count on full membership in nato, which would provide us with such and such full guarantees for us to be protected from attacks in russia, but the guarantees that can be based on the israeli model are very effective and very interesting, why? because israel not only receives

more than 3 billion dollars annually from the united states, but also constantly conducted joint developments. for example, the aarrow missile defense project. the third version there , the united states spent more than 50% of all appropriations for this project, it is very important , and during the war it worked very well, because the united states and israel have these weapons, and when the time begins or, so to speak, yes, that is, combat operations, israel made a request and almost immediately received all the necessary high-tech things, combat. primarily for these anti-missile systems, so this is a very important point, regarding guarantees in general, of course, and this was heard during the summit in july, and it was recorded in the protocol of the g7, that ukraine should not only

receive resources and receive weapons from the west countries from, guarantor countries, but also receive technologies. which will allow the defense-industrial complex of ukraine to be integrated into the defense potential building system, and this again corresponds to this israeli model, because it gives us exactly such opportunities. the only thing i wanted would say that we are very keen that bilateral guarantees with all countries, say with the united states there, or with germany or with france, to have the form of a legal document. and for them to clearly define both the amount of aid and the directions in technologies that we need, for example, say, missile technologies or air defense, this is a very urgent need for ukraine right now, it would greatly speed up our developments

, it is especially relevant at that moment, when washington and berlin hesitate to give us missiles with a range of 300 kilometers or more, we could make your own especially since, well, i won’t go into details, but we can make an upgraded cruise missile that will hit targets on the ground, and a ballistic missile as part of the operational-tactical missile complex project, this is now known and understood in the united states, but the negative moment came from the french foreign ministry this week, they announced there that they were ending the negotiations. regarding security guarantees and can complete it by the end of the year, but they are extremely unwilling, uninterested, that the parliament, first of all, that there should be some numbers, that there should be a definition their clear obligations, and secondly, for the parliament to ratify it, let's put it this way, yes, and

this is a danger for ukraine, because it can become a trap just like the budapest memorandum was, when everyone agreed and everything was fine, but when one country, we know russia, the guarantor country, violated its obligations and started a war against ukraine, that is why we would like a legal document. now back to the united states, there have been some very interesting things in the united states, in my opinion, and the first two projects that already reported in the military-technical cooperation, namely it is said. about the adaptation of western-made missiles to domestic, well, not domestic, but to soviet, let's say, buk-300 complexes, which are in ukraine, and this project called franken, he actually received, well, a new

life there, yes, it was actually concluded the agreement on his co-production, and this is very, very important, and this co-production will be... both in ukraine and in the united states, this is kind of, in my opinion, an intermediate project, if we do very well with it, well together with the second project, the second project is help. two powerful american companies , as i understand it, primarily with technologies in deployment on the territory of ukraine, in ukraine, the production of 155 millimeter ammunition, again , it is a very important project for us, and the main thing is that it is joint production, it is a very, very important thing, i think that the situation here looks the same as with the german company rhine metal, which did not start with some high-tech projects, but rather... offered to produce armored vehicles, which, well, let's say it like this soft, not new, there is, yes, but joint

production, it is probably about the fact that if the ukrainian defense complex proves in practice that we are powerful partners and can do all this, then more powerful projects can proceed, and projects, perhaps, which will be a part, a partial localization, well, let's say, for example, poland for... bought about 500 hymars complexes, yes, high-precision, high-precision artillery, and is deploying, localizing the production of launchers, partially, yes, so partly rockets, and this is very important for us example, because in this way we can get technology, become part of a high-tech world and ultimately get a high-tech advantage over the enemy, this is the main thing that... is the content of the new security guarantees, because security guarantees are,

strictly speaking, a situation where the enemy will not dare to attack us, but one option is, yes, this country becomes a member of the nato bloc, and then it does not dare to attack, because it affects the entire union, and the second moment is when ukraine, following the example of israel, will increase its combat potential to such opportunities, when uh... when the enemy will consider it an extremely difficult task to attack ukraine and will understand that he will immediately have a very powerful response, we have already started doing something now, yes, i have already mentioned about our missiles, and i want to say that since the month of november attacks on russian enterprises actually began, this is actually a new stage in this war, because before that, we remember, we received... uh , information that there were attacks on, let's say, airfields, one, two, there were hit

three planes and so on, but when it comes to that about the destruction of defense enterprises, then it is already, well, let's say, ukraine is showing its teeth sharpened, already new teeth, and therefore, in fact , such joint productions, they can do a lot for ukraine, and of course. one of the main components that i would like to talk about is the creation of a missile with a range of 1000 km, ukraine is already conducting such developments, and actually, joint actions with the united states, this would be, well, a logical opportunity to accelerate the creation of such missiles. another project touches on french, ukrainian-french military-technical relations, this is... creation together with a french company based on the antonov enterprise

, the creation of such, i would say operational-strategic drone aaron, which will be able to fly for up to 30 hours, climb to a height of up to 10, well there nine or so kilometers and have 1.5 tons of weapons on board, we definitely need such projects, and they are already an integral part of the future. security guarantees, this is how i see the situation with the issue of security guarantees. mr. valentine, but we understand that the deployment of these capacities in ukraine there or outside of ukraine, joint projects, they take a certain amount of time, there are certain, let's say, nuances related to the fact that it is necessary faster, but everything is equal, let's say, well, the inertia of these defenses is quite noticeable. and against this background, the ukrainian side turned to the united states with an expanded package. wishes for other types of weapons, because at the same conference we are talking about now, where there were representatives

of defense industrial enterprises, it was said that ukraine would like to receive the thaad anti-missile defense system, yes ballistic defense, new f-18 type aircraft, apaches, military transport aircraft, what does this mean, can we say that these wishes from the ukrainian side will be satisfied. and about what stage of changes in the quality of the ukrainian army can we talk about, if these supplies will be after a certain period of time, and here the situation is, of course, complicated. with practice, yes, with transfer to the practical plane, but the move is made in my opinion, absolutely true and correct, which, by the way, defends express already wrote today that we need to order more, then we will get at least something, yes, that is, it is a normal, normal theory, because, but i do not really agree with

the determined cost, yes, which was provided by defense express, why, because it is. .. is primarily a political project, and when we talk , for example, about f-18 aircraft, there is a way to already obtain australian aircraft, for example, which are no longer needed by australia , have actually been removed from the combat fleet, and could be obtained through various american compensations, let's say there from development the submarine fleet of australia, for example, yes, and get not at all for the huge amount of money that they cost, yes, and that's one moment, the other... the moment might be a delay in paying for it, but in the end, in the end, if , let's say, the united states supplied, well, for a lot of money, let's say , supplied these sed anti-missile systems, yes or sat, this, i mean to saudi arabia and

the united arab emirates, we understand why, because this is an issue of oil first of all , yes question. games and the issue of creating powerful allies in the middle east, then eventually ukraine turns into an active, an asset, in the alliance and can become, can claim to become an ally of the united states and other countries, countries, european nato countries, precisely an ally, and when we move to the stage from partnership to having the status of an ally, of course the supply of such things can make enormous political and security sense for the donor countries themselves. but why? let's remember when, on the last day of november, the german analytical services issued a report that before the war with nato, russia needs 6-10 years to recover. and then a few

weeks later, the head of the polish intelligence service said that... it takes russia years to recover, i will say more, i believe that these are not entirely realistic data, and unfortunately, i want to state that the western intelligence services receiving exceptional , the exceptional data of their intelligence, cannot draw the correct conclusions from this data, i say on behalf of my center that russia needs 2-2 years to... to attack nato. why so? because russia has a completely different mental dimension and mental potential than the westerners, than the inhabitant of the western world. therefore, strictly speaking, ukraine, just as a country with a similar mental dimension, can stop russia. i

will say even more that only ukraine can stop russia from this invasion. and western partners should take advantage of this and create a powerful ally from ukraine, that's roughly how i assess it. then, mr. valentine, i would like to ask in more detail your estimates of the enemy's potential, because for a long time we they talked about the fact that russian missiles are running out, they have less ammunition, relatively speaking, there are no reserves there, but now the dynamics are such that in fact a certain mobilization of the defense industry, ideological work in russia itself has led to a certain internal transformation of the russian defense industry and it is possible there are changes even in the russian mentality, although we understand that it has always been war-minded anyway, does this mean then that we have to draw more thorough conclusions regarding the assessment of russian capabilities and from this is actually, well, look at

ukraine's own defense strategy, and in the perspective of offensive actions, so far, defense is still at the first stage and thus, well , it conveys this information in a different way to our partners, who, as we see, do not fully realize reality. on the one hand, they still have big problems with the mobilization resource, i want, if someone does not believe this, then let them find, there is such a center of analysis, strategy and technology in moscow, our former colleague, yes, with whom we communicated before the war, he conducted such so-called gar. hearing and posted it on the internet, fortunately for us, yes, from this, from these reports, we learned very clearly that when there was especially happening with... during the hearing, not the event, but the debate with the participation of general boluevskyi, the former chief of the general the headquarters of the russian federation, well, they clearly said there, they clearly said that

they, they have huge problems with the integration of the mobilization resource into the troops, that is, they admit that there are not enough trained people, and in terms of numbers, not as much as they would like, throw people, further in... they determined that they do not have the combat superiority and the strike power to make a breakthrough, but this is as of the 23rd year, but at the same time, at the same time, russia is now building up its capabilities, yes, russia continues to sell oil and gas, russia continues to sell even their planes , yes russia... even then , the ban on the export of russian diamonds, the ban on the purchase of russian diamonds, yes, and there is a lot more

that russia sells to the eu alone for 20 billion dollars a year, and it is non-ferrous metals there and the same diamonds there and all that otherwise, that is why the situation is very problematic, it is connected with the fact that economic resources. russia at this point still has many years, i don't want anyone in and i don't want to hear even if someone tells me that russia can be there for two years or three years, russia can in such conditions as now, as now, how long , for as many years as you want to wage this war, for as long as you want, further, mobilization work has intensified in russia, we know that electronic registers have been introduced, electronic subpoenas have been introduced, and there is a lot of pressure there. on the background against the background of the growth of propaganda, like get up big country, that's all, the west is waging a war to destroy russia, yes, that's why there

won't be any problems with the people there, yes, with the number of people, with education, yes, i think it will be, with the availability modern technology will be the same, because a lot now depends on the position of china, after all, and a lot in the direction of harmonizing relations with china. made by the united states and various warnings made by the leading countries of europe and by the same united states, so if as a matter of fact , if china's support falters, then the situation can be changed, but as of now, as of now, the situation looks like, indeed, having a low level of technology, having a low level of education of people. they will create the effect of an influx and we will constantly face this danger, therefore it is really logical for ukraine to prepare for a large protracted

war, to really create fortifications, to increase defense capabilities, echeloned defense, so that there are analogues, ukrainian analogues of such own lines srulykina and that the depth there is 20, maybe more than 30. in russia there are certain areas where the depth is up to 40 km, areas of echelon defense, so this is one side of the matter, and the other side of the matter is the build-up of high-precision weapons and the implementation of high-precision strikes, it seems to me , that only high-precision damage, and especially if it will concern the occupied crimean peninsula and its key objects, including the crimean bridge and tikhlogi'. possibilities, that is, it is necessary to isolate the crimean peninsula and simply smash all of them to the ground

objects that are related to war or logistics, this is, in fact, a tactic for the future, well, at least six months, because the advances that the west dreamed of above all were and are still too risky, why? the west pushed the ukrainian army into frontal attacks and contributed, so to speak, both informationally and in various other areas by encouraging this. for ukraine, this is an extremely dangerous tactic, because it is a symmetrical war. no one has yet managed to win a symmetrical war with russia, and we do not need it, but to use asymmetrical strikes, yes, create steps to wash. front lines, to create, next to these lines of defense, to create powerful capabilities of small autonomous groups, following the example of how

the modernization of its navy is doing. the united states is united, when these autonomous groups, 12-15 people receive high-precision intelligence and high-precision weapons, including cruise missiles and powerful drones, this is actually our way, because i still don't know any other way saw, because well, human resource, we cannot exploit human resource this... the way enemy russia does it. mr. valentin, thank you very much for your professional explanations, for your vision of the changes that are currently taking place in geopolitical relations and in the defense of tsarina. thank you for your inclusion and i will remind our viewers that this was valentyn badrak, director of the center for army, conversion and disarmament studies, a military analyst and writer. and then we will talk about how our companies want to strengthen the fighting capacity of the ukrainian army at the expense of

the government's potential. of developments, initiatives, but about that after the advertising and information block. tingling and crawling sensations arise spontaneously and disturb you, the dolgit antineuralgia complex helps to normalize the functioning of the nervous system. dolgit antineuralgia helps to return to usual activities without tingling and numbness in the limbs. dolgit capsules antineuralgia. help. nervous system. turn on well - it's when everything is as you want. click and now you control the game. the bird and you are in a tv show. oh, what is needed. megugo turn on hundreds of channels, thousands of movies and sports. oh, there are no potatoes. will you bring and already well, ashina, something has caught on. i remind you, apply dr. tice's vitreous ointment and get back to work. ointment with comfrey. german ointment for

joint pain. and muscles. reverses motion. from pain in the joints and muscles - a natural remedy with ham from dr. tais. also try dr. tice's comfrey warming cream. proven tool. vasyl winter's big broadcast. two hours of broadcast. two hours of your time, two hours to learn about the war and what the world is like, two hours to keep up with economic news and sports news, two hours in the company of favorite presenters, presenters who have become like-minded to many, as well as distinguished guests of the studio, the events of the day in two hours, vasyl zima's big broadcast, a project for intelligent and caring people, at dinner at espresso. verdict

with serhii rudenko, from now on in the new one. in an hourly format, even more analytics, even more important topics, even more top guests, foreign experts, inclusion from abroad, about ukraine, the world, the front, society, and also feedback, you can express your opinion on malice of the day using a telephone survey, turn on and tune in, verdict with serhii rudenko, every weekday from 8 to 10 p.m. at espresso. there is a war going on, and not only for territories, it is also a war for minds. we are engaged in propaganda. russia is throwing millions of petrodollars into turning ukrainians into little russians. ukraine will become russia. countering russian information attacks in the chronicles of information war project with olga ley. on monday. tuesday, thursday at 17:15 on espresso tv channel. we continue

our military program, where we talk about what conclusions and expectations we have from meetings in washington, where ukrainian defense companies are looking for partners to create new types of weapons for the armed forces, and now we will talk about what our small companies themselves are trying to do for our military, and now ihor bilov is joining us, this is the co-owner of pcc biologic 7 , which developed a series of decisions aimed at improving the use of foreign weapons systems in combat operations, well, not only foreign, but sometimes ukrainian weapons systems, so let's talk about it now, mr. igor joins us, hello if you can see and hear me now good afternoon yes i see hello again please tell us we want to know what your company is doing for the armed forces right now we know your company

is developing different types . simulators, so which one?