will primarily deal with problems related to poland, the polish economy, polish social policy, polish development, this is his task as prime minister, and he will be forced to work in conditions of a sufficiently powerful opposition, because the party received 35% of the right and justice, which has been in power for 8 years, is promised a happy life and... many of its functionaries are promised a happy life, this is, so to speak, a practice that will be quite difficult, and it is obvious that in order to fulfill their pre-election promises, the necessary evidence will be needed, and we will also have to learn this, just as we will have to learn that now we have to search with poland for a new ideology of the new promoteism, because only... by ascertaining the existence of

a common enemy of russia, we can achieve certain success, only by moving in this direction, we can ensure a situation in which there will be appropriate changes in our state, that is, we must change together with our partners, and poland, despite the problems in our bilateral relations... which are observed in recent months, it still has not lost the status of the main ukrainian strategic partner, we have to develop this status, we have to fill it with real substantive content. thank you, thank you, mr. yevhen, it was yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics. friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are currently watching us on these platforms, please like us.

videos, and also subscribe to our pages. in addition, today we conduct a survey, today we ask you about trust, do you trust the current verkhovna rada of ukraine? yes, no, please vote, you can vote both on youtube and by phone lines. if you are watching us on tv now, you can pick up the phone and vote, if you trust, 0800-211-381, no, 0800 211 382 phone. all calls are free for you, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. next we have a retired lieutenant general of the united states of america, a former commander of the army of the united states of america in europe, by ben hodge. mr. general, i congratulate you and i am glad to see you on our air. mr. general, over the past few weeks we have been watching how. the united states of america decides

the fate of future funding, or the continuation of funding for ukraine by the congress of the united states of america. biden convinces the republicans and says that putin can be in europe. yermak says we may lose the war with russia if the united states of america does not resume funding ukraine. you, mr. general, how do you assess the current one the situation he is in. ukraine, and can putin really come to europe? if i understand your question correctly, i am very concerned and worried that if the financial aid is not extended, even the possibility or possibility of it.

we understand that this will be additional oxygen for the kremlin. russia hopes to win this war. and these are the efforts of the west, they help them. that is, there is no stability. of course. we do not provide help as quickly as we would like. but let's try, what threats does this pose for europe, for the world and for the united states of america, because we are already at war, can putin escalate the war and transfer it to other neighboring countries? i think so, if russia manages to win in ukraine, i... am sure

that they will not end there, they are putin and his henchmen, they speak openly about moldova, about the baltic countries, so there is no... less in this doubt, if we allow ukraine to lose, we understand that other countries will be at risk. is it within the power of the united states of america, sir general, stop putin at this stage and do everything to prevent this from happening? yes, i think so, but for this it is necessary for the american leadership to clearly state that we... will be ready to fight for victory for ukraine, not only do we help ukraine to win, but we intend to do so, that we do everything in order for ukraine to win. we will provide what is required, but the very

fact that we have not yet done so, we have not said that it is within our policy, this is exactly the kind of effort, that is a problem. sir general, what is victory in the understanding of the united states? america's victory of ukraine over russia, and what is the defeat of russia in the war with ukraine. what i hear from the representatives of the white house is that they want ukraine to decide what victory is for ukraine. for me, this means that victory means knocking out all the russians. beyond the borders, that is, beyond the borders of 1991, as well as the return of kidnapped ukrainian children. of course, it is very important that a security agreement is signed.

but again, i want to say that, on unfortunately, the white house is not so dedicated to the action that these sectors were. embodied, they still believe that there should be some negotiations, i am not in favor of such, mr. general, on the eve of biden's speech on the financing of ukraine, where he warned that american soldiers may also be drawn into the war, but already in europe from the russians , in the washington post, there was a large text about the ukrainian counteroffensive, and this text is called no... correct calculations limited the strategic planning of the united states and ukraine. obviously, you are familiar with this text and know this outline on the counterattack. are the publication's conclusions correct and what could be the consequences

of incorrect counterattack planning? in fact, i am deeply. depressed this publication, such an article, and actually the people who were quoted there , yes, they tried to somehow shift the blame from themselves, yes, they tried to blame others, the ukrainian command, precisely for the wrong conduct of the counteroffensive, but i do not agree, i am sure that the industrious general, their military command, they did everything they could to... we would never achieve the results they achieved , acting in such conditions, with such limited military resources,

so the ukrainian forces, they correctly analyzed, changed tactics on the battlefield, of course it is difficult. to act when it is over, when the next equipment is expected to be delivered , when everyone is waiting for something to be done, to act quickly, but we can see, you can ask the commander of the black sea fleet what he thinks about the counteroffensive, he will tell you that it is going well , because we saw what happened to the russian black sea fleet when... they were running away, running away because they were being pushed out in the waters of the black sea, so that's where the success of the counteroffensive lies. mr. general, i want to ask you, as the former commander of the united states army in europe, if you were faced with the same task as

zaluzhny, and the task of a counteroffensive , would you go on a counteroffensive without air support and having enough long- range missiles, of course not, my command never. i was not given such a task when we're talking about the limited resources that we have, but i want to say that if it ended up being the case, i would do everything in my power to complete this task and complete it successfully, in the end what i did general zaluzhnyi. yes, the united states expects that the armed forces of ukraine, they expected certain successes from... the ukrainians, but did not provide f-16 fighter jets, and therefore we

see why the responsibility lies on our shoulders for such and such a result. general, another edition of the wall street journal believes that the next attack by the armed forces of ukraine on russian positions should take place no earlier than 2025, that is, ukrainians should prepare, western partners should help. the ukrainian army and only then should this strike take place, do you agree with these forecasts or expectations relayed by the wall street journal? we understand that the ukrainian armed forces will be working for the next few months, they will... the main target now is russian

logistics, because it is such a weak point, and this is precisely why the ukrainians will impress in the near future, but we know what ukrainian soldiers and russian soldiers are doing now, that is how we talk about entrenchment, that is, how much... it is necessary to improve the actual situation with human resources, we know what the mobilization power is in ukraine, we know that now, unfortunately, not so many soldiers are in a hurry to join the army, secondly, it will work very hard to strengthen its defense industry, to

produce weapons for itself, there will be, there will be, i i think that there will be certain riots in the territory of crimea and in the occupied territories so that ukraine does not succeed in achieving its results, as well as ukraine. will use many drones and carry out exactly such drone attacks on russian territories? at one time, mr. general, you predicted that ukraine could enter crimea at the end of 2023, or at least set foot on crimean land. you have repeatedly said in your interviews that crimea is the key to the failure of the russian military. to failure putin in ukraine, in your opinion, if crimea,

the peninsula will turn into the island of crimea, will this allow ukraine to break the russian war machine. of course, i believe that crimea is the most important story. in general, when we talk about occupation. the general staff knows that ukraine will never be safe as long as the russians occupy crimea. ukraine will not be able to restore its economy as long as the russians are in crimea, they will have black marches to azovstal and the like. it is very important, in fact, that all regions. odesa, kherson, mykolaiv, yes, these are very important regions, but in order to strengthen the actual

defense and the reconquest of ukrainian territory , crimea is key here, and of course, yes, maybe i was somewhat wrong in my predictions when i spoke about the year 2023, but again, if ukraine would had earlier attack aircraft, f-16 and other non...equipment, it is clear that she would have done it faster, but unfortunately, we, we, the americans, we did not provide what you asked for, nevertheless, mr. general . but i will ask you to make a forecast for the 24th year, we live in anticipation of a new year, and we still want to understand what can await ukraine, to what extent russia will be able to renew its military-industrial complex in the 24th year, to what extent they can provide themselves with the weapons that

will help them, and most importantly, in what way in... ukraine can change the situation in the war with russia? first of all, i want to say that ukraine and the west can actually do more in the information space. yes, ukrainians can knock on people inside russia. explain or convince them of what is really happening. i think many russians understand what is happening, but not many they do not understand, because it is about hundreds of thousands of killed russian soldiers, they do not know how much resources are spent, how much of their money is actually spent on this military

campaign. again, the west has to say. then we have a clear policy, and ukraine must win the war, this is our policy. i think that this is exactly what our president should explain to the american people that we must do this, we must help the ukrainians to win, this is our duty. here's what we have to do, but it's not there yet. it is very important that the west remained united and eventually fulfilled what it had promised earlier. we must continue to help ukrainian soldiers by increasing their training on our territory. it is very important

now, in fact, that ukraine solves this problem with the lack of soldiers, so that it happens permanently. rotation, constant reorganization of separate battalions, separate in order to continue the counteroffensive. mr. general, today nato deputy secretary general mircea joanne stated that nato hopes to expand the north atlantic alliance in the near future years, the border will move further east, according to the deputy general secretary. in the coming years , ukraine, moldova, georgia and the western balkans will become part of the european union, and then nato. and this is a fairly optimistic forecast for the coming years. in your opinion, how much time should pass before ukraine becomes a full

member of the north atlantic alliance. of course, in my opinion. ukrainians are already in nato. we know that if ukraine were already in nato, we would not be conducting such a dialogue even now. now i'm not so optimistic determined that ukraine will be invited to nato this summer. i think there's a lot of countries, including the united states, that i decide to... wait, and that's a very big mistake, i think, oh god, i'm wrong, i mean, don't have those hopes for this year, or mr. general, you are a supporter of the fact that ukraine can legally become a member of the north atlantic alliance even before the end

of the war in ukraine with russia. i would say yes, but unfortunately the probability is very low. i hear the talk, because if there is a clear settlement, what conditionally speaking, if there is an agreement that certain territories occupied by russia will remain with russia, and the part that will remain with ukraine, that part will be taken to nato. i heard such conversations on the sidelines. and, but if someone thinks that this is possible, then unfortunately, i want to say that there are very few chances for this, ukraine must completely win, oust. occupiers, and only then it will be able to join nato. thank you, mr. general, for speaking with you, this is ben godges,

lieutenant general of the united states army , former commander of the united states army states of america in europe. if you trust the current verkhovna rada, then vote on 0800 211 381, not 0800 211 382. all calls are free for you. already more than 1000 tv viewers took part in our vote, what we watch, so 6% yes, 94% no. further, we are in touch with former platoon commander of aidar battalion, veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, yevhen dykiy. mr. yevgeny, i congratulate you and thank you for joining our broadcast. good evening, glory to ukraine. glory as a hero. so let's start with the situations in the east. spokesman of the defense forces tavriysky direction oleksandr shtupun said that the occupiers have launched a massive offensive in the vdiiv and mariyan directions, and they say that

they use aviation quite actively, guided air bombs have carried out 15 airstrikes in a day, the front lines have not moved much in the last few weeks, but fierce battles continue , what do you think is happening in the east today, mr. yevgeny, they have been busy with avdiivka and mariinka for so long, that is , their ultimate goal is to reach the borders of donetsk and luhansk regions, or to focus on these, well, at least two settlements, plus kupinsk, so let's go here, i understand what you actually meant, but we and you together with such formulations can very significantly, let's say, call people from sense let's always remember that when we talk about the ultimate goal, the ultimate goal is the occupation of the entire territory of ukraine. this goal did not

change, on the contrary, during this war itself, they finally convinced themselves that only this goal had real meaning for them, everything else is a disaster for them, and therefore any other thing. in the same way , the entire donetsk region is an intermediate goal, so when we say that is their ultimate goal to reach the borders of donetsk region? no, their ultimate goal is an exit, well, roughly speaking, to the ukrainian-polish border, so let's see it in this perspective all the time, but if we are talking about time perspectives, then... so far, they have maryinka and avdiivka is the nearest goal ideally within this year, well not ideally, but yes, well at least

somehow, it is acceptable, it is until march 1 of the next year, that is, during the winter, until that ritualistic event, which is supposed to represent the election of the president of russia, but by the way , i would not exaggerate the connection with the presidential election. as , in my opinion, many western analysts do, but western analysts are still to some extent in the grip of this opinion that in russia someone elects someone, and that putin in principle needs someone's votes, and some see through this prism, in particular military and political decisions, well, this is russia the page of history has been turned for about two decades, and for now, as this fake jester of theirs says... piskov. i quote verbatim: elections in russia are a bureaucratic rather than a political procedure. well, that's all, you can't say better than this clown. well

, i am sure that it has long been decided how many votes each federal district will give, and that is exactly how many votes they will announce on election day, regardless of whether anyone even reaches the polling stations. but, by the way, they will arrive. in russia now, the us is in the sense that the concept is appearing again shortages, they have, you and i, when we last saw the line for eggs, they are already in russia again, when there is someone, who is of an older generation, here is our plus there, here he still remembers such the terminology was thrown out, the name of the product was given, but now when cheap food is thrown out in russia, there are really exactly such queues. as in the years of my soviet childhood, and if there are any cheap shortages at the polling stations, they will go, well, but the army

has absolutely no direct influence on the war. precisely because the result of the so-called elections is determined in advance and absolutely guaranteed, well , they will take avdiyivka, maryenka and kupensk to the elections, the sovereign will be pleased, they will not take, exactly the same number of votes will be announced, so let's not get carried away, let's not think that they have these two things, actually war and elections are already too closely related, but look, mr. yevgeny, they are quite actively selling in quotation marks, selling war, fear and... and everything else, that is, the capabilities of the russian army, because another kremlin jester, dmitry medvedev said that the threat of war russia vs. nato is more real than ever, well, there 's this whole theory about what, what, that it's going to be like, there's even worse than the caribbean crisis, and there's no more real threat than there is now, biden is saying that, well , if we do not give enough weapons to ukraine. if we do not

give money to ukraine, then american soldiers will fight on the european continent, well, that is , this topic, it is quite actively torpedoed and pumped into russian propaganda, not only russian, you see, even the president of the united states of america, in this case yes, the same thesis is used for different purposes, thanks to biden that he is at least trying to convince stubborn republicans that we should not be left to fend for ourselves now. russia, although i think that biden and kacha, you know, biden and his administration, by the way, are very careful, so careful that, in fact, we have already paid and continue to pay a very high price for their caution, in fact, for their constant fear of escalation, so i don't rule out that when biden says this now, he really sincerely believes in this, but when medvidka says it, he doesn't believe it, but he actually knows

very well that russia is the one that is in direct military conflict with nato, primarily with the united states, that is, europe they are really not afraid, but they are madly afraid of the states , they know very well what will be left of them in the case of direct confrontation, they had such a small experiment somewhere, i don't remember, in the 20th or 21st year, when due to some there because of some of their there frog-gaduking domestic, for some reason they angered the wagners in syria then, but for some reason they gave the americans... through official channels information that ours were not there, well, theirs were not there, in fact, the only direct, direct battle between the russians and the americans in 21 century lasted about one hour, over 200 russians killed, not one american killed, this is really the level of technology, this is really the level of the difference between the two armies, american and russian, and the russians know it very well, and guess what they still don't are trying

bomb at least one of our as? precisely because they received a direct warning, in the case of the use of nuclear weapons or an attack on nuclear reactors, it was equated to them, but in this case, nato will intervene directly, and pay attention, they are doing everything they can against us they do, but they don't do it, precisely because they are actually very afraid of a direct confrontation, but they understand very well what the result will be, but, but you have to give credit to putin, he really knows something, he is a very ... good player in poker, how to make this poker face when the game is really bad for him, this is one of his strongest traits in general, which made him what he is now, this was probably taught in his youth in the kgb, he really knows how to keep a poker face brilliantly and to bluff, and here's all the talk about russia scaring nato with the war it fears the most, this is a brilliant bluff, brilliant because,

unfortunately, a lot of people in the west are ready... go for it, a lot of people really afraid of them, despite the fact that, in fact, we see what they are worth in reality, if they can't deal with us in two years, they conducted the largest mobilization since the second world war, and so far their maximum achievement is that they held back our offensive, well, you yourself understand where to hold back, how to hold back the khakhlyat breakthrough, and excuse me, to fight against all of nato, well , let's compare these. things and everything just falls into place at once, but unfortunately, there are still a lot of people in the west who, precisely because of inertia, are very afraid of russia, they are very afraid of a direct conflict, and putin skilfully plays on this. well, that's it prime minister, minister of estonia kaya kallas wrote in her author's article on the page of the german agency rnd that russia

is preparing for long-term hostilities. therefore , the european union needs to be ready for.