this code to find people and this constant game that is a paper game, well, for example, i am an active military serviceman 2402, and in the last few months i received two summonses again, to come to service, or rather to come to the military mat and i have to, if i were to be mobilized, this is very negative example, for me, because it shows the formality of work, that formality... people are sent summonses, no one checks it, when i arrived the first time, everyone apologized, explained that yes, you are really in the base, we are not we understand how it happened, well this suggests that there is no single base, and when these will be brought to the uat with electronic document management, i think it will remove a large number of questions about the fact that there will not be these double, triple stories, challenges and it will be clearly understood where and who and how and with whom you can go to whom... well, how to go and

call for mobilization on a mobile phone, well, there are certain problems, i’m saying, they were in all wars, in all armies, and here ukrainians will definitely not become some kind of ideal, which they won't have it, but of course it would be desirable to minimize all these negative points, let's say yes, the president of ukraine, you talked about women, he said that i will not sign the mobilization of women, at least that was his statement when he held a press conference, it was my opinion, well, a few days ago this week there was a press conference the president's conference, and that he does not... write, but there is the issue of reducing it to 25 years yesterday, the issue is still open, we are waiting for these changes to the law, which are currently being considered by the verkhovna rada of ukraine, what they will propose, but the president named the figure, he said we need 500,000 people for the armed forces, 450, 500,000, they listened to colonel kostenko , a colonel of the security service of ukraine, a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, a people's deputy, he said that in principle the president should not say the number we want to have, it is a state secret, but the president has already said it and everyone is discussing it 500 thousand .

and simply then you can ask, this is meant in your opinion, maybe for less information in order to change those people who simply do not charge anymore, who should rest, this is natural, and whether to add to those who are still to add, because there is complete understanding in there is no society, i don’t know if it shouldn’t be in society, but it seems to me that something needs to be explained to people, but here i am 100% sure that we are talking about the rotation of certain units, i don’t think that we are talking about additional completely ... half a million new military personnel, since the thesis was mentioned in the speech that the army, well, a certain part of the military needs this rotation, and they are finally starting to discuss it, this is an important part, because really, in two years, the state could finally fix mechanism changes in military personnel so that there is a part of those who really need that rest, and... the second is about

women, well, it is surprising, because according to the constitution, all citizens are equal, and this is the duty of all citizens of ukraine to protect the territorial integrity of ukraine, that is why there is already a large enough number of women who are serving, so probably, well, here the president has slandered something or not, well, he spoke about the mobilization of women, because it is already ongoing, it just doesn't have... for sure of such a mass character as men, and here we are talking about certain new mechanisms or new specialties , and about, i apologize, there was a third thesis you had, and about numbers or, well, unfortunately, ah, how is it, as you say, voiced, we can only to discuss, but i am sure that only our general staff and the commander-in-chief know the real needs and the full extent, but i want to ask you from your experience as a military serviceman, it always happens that the people

who are mobilized are all, well, let's say, of limited suitability for peacetime, now people become fit, and again all people get into, well, roughly equal conditions, if a person does not have the rank of an officer, yes, and here the question is to what extent it is possible, according to your experience, that all these people can be effective in the conditions of hostilities, in the conditions of just life of hostilities, i am not saying that there is a need to run with a grenade launcher, it's just a life that requires a certain health, as far as these people are possible, they find for them the work that they, that they would be able to do, and then the question... also before maybe some changes to be included in the tsc as well, because it was actually said more than once, that this complete change of all managers, it led to the fact that for a certain time there was slack, someone got up to speed, newly appointed, someone did not understand how this mechanism works, because it is also, well, a separate science that must be known, well, you are 100% right , this is another part that is not very popularly discussed, that in our country people often use microscopes to drive the svahy, that is, that they involve with the civilian... people who have

the appropriate specialties and could be in several times more useful in certain directions of the armed forces, instead, they are simple, since the tcc has them by order well, to fill the various units as much as possible and they are simply sent to the most in-demand units, well, let it be overland, cheap, then, according to the final principle, there can be a territorial defense force, and accordingly, well, other units, and here i agree that it precisely also something that needs a lot of change, in addition to the electronic circulation of documents, which would make it possible to understand where and in what way, who we have. and they didn't do this stupid paper work, they didn't call people several times and didn't bring them to them subpoenas, and secondly, it is true that those people who have civilian specialties should be taken into account when mobilizing them to the armed forces of ukraine, because thanks to these specialties, they can improve

the work of the armed forces many times over in one or another direction. thank you very much for from my experience , sorry, you still asked from my experience, in our unit, well, since we went as volunteers, and there were... a lot of servicemen who now most likely would not have passed the vlk, but there were, for example, boys who had vision in one eye was almost at zero, but at the same time they performed and perform their duties, in particular , they are also reconnaissance pilots, before that they were infantrymen, and a rifle company, we were in a rifle company, so here probably a lot depends on the people themselves and this desire and... aspirations, thank you very much, mr. vadym, vadym vasylchuk, an officer of the armed forces of ukraine, a deputy of the kyiv city council, was in touch with us, well, we discussed a few questions about mobilization, we will take this topic up for conversation, because here everything should be again with the greatest efficiency for the front, let's say yes. serhii zugrach, director of the defense

express agency, leader of the military summaries of the day column. sergey, i congratulate you, vasyl, i congratulate our viewers, today i read from the soldiers of the commander of the svoboda battalion, and about the actions in particular. direction, the situation there is not easy , but they say that if there were more shells and drones, it would be possible to balance the situation in a certain way in view of the enemy assaults, how difficult this problem is, why can't it be fixed somehow in the near future, because it is critical, well, not critical, but a difficult situation now right there, well, when we talk about artillery and drones, this has already been repeated many times in various directions, in any case, there is hope that our defense industry will increase production by a similar amount, but what about... artillery ammunition, then this is a more complex and long-term topic. well, further on in our column, today we will talk about the fact that new joint weapons projects with western companies are announced in kyiv, about the situation in certain areas of the front, in a conversation with our soldiers, and whether they can and will fight for ukraine

foreign private military companies? more on that in a moment. ukraine is increasing the production of weapons due to the joint work of western companies. oleksiy danilov, secretary of the national security and defense council, announced this today. according to him, joint production of weapons with nato countries is already taking place. another thing is that we need to increase this production. danilov did not provide any specifics regarding the nomenclature of such weapons, and here it is necessary to understand that... joint production with the countries of the alliance may also mean that ukrainian companies started manufacturing military equipment on the territory of the european union countries to protect against russian missile strikes. this applies in particular to the production of ammunition,

the production of drones, as well as certain types of armored vehicles. as for the projects of joint production of weapons specifically in ukraine, among the officially known projects, these are first of all: air defense projects within the framework of the frankens initiative are actually the modernization of our air defense systems for western missiles, for this the usa transferred technologies for modernization of our buk air defense systems, there are also agreements with the german company rain metal with promises to start manufacturing fuxs armored personnel carriers in ukraine, and then bmp links, the opening of the center of the german company quantum systems in ukraine. in order to localize the production of vector uavs, which we just saw on our screen, the british company baysystem promised to create repair centers for m37 howitzers in ukraine. and in the same context, today, by the way, a statement was made by the ukrainian

company ukrainian armored vehicles that now the possibility of production of askode bmp in ukraine is being worked out. this development belongs to the european branch of the american company general dynamics should first purchase a test batch, and then negotiations will begin on the localization of the product. the swedish bmp cv90 is considered a competitor in this segment, but its production in ukraine is not considered yet, said the director of the ukrainian armored vehicles company, vladyslav belbas. in general, there is a positive trend in this, but its impact on improving the situation on the battlefield, it will be possible to determine the effectiveness of the use of the ukrainian army only after actual deliveries of certain types of military equipment take place, about some... our officials and manufacturers of military equipment are announcing today, then about

weapons and what is happening in certain areas of the front line , where these weapons are extremely needed, in particular we will talk about the situation around bakhmut, where the number of combat encounters has increased, where the enemy is raising his forces in order to suppress our units, military units, and about what is now is happening in this area, we will talk with our guest, we are joined by oleksiy tarasenko, the deputy... commander of the fifth separate assault brigade, mr. oleksiy, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear you, i wish you health, good evening, good evening, it is known that in recent days the enemy is almost constantly attacking klyshchiivka, trying to break through to the heights from the north of ktyshchiivka, this is what is happening now on this part of the front, because as i understand it, your brigade, klishchiivka also lies in front of it, there to the left just the road from ivanovsky wall is also trying to advance, here is exactly what is happening, because he knows that the situation is extremely difficult, so you named the two

most, let's say, intensive directions, where really now there are the most problems, the most combat clashes with the enemy, precisely in our brigade, and- well, i can say that this situation has persisted for almost a month due to constant, constant attempts by the enemy... to break through in this direction, in particular, they are definitely interested in the highway in the direction of ivanovsky, as well as klishchiivka itself, or rather what is left of it. currently, in the last few days, we see a slight decline in the offensive potential of the enemy, this is probably due to the heavy losses of the enemy with the lack of blood in his strike units, and maybe the enemy is... is now burning reserves in order to continue its operation, but for now, for now, we see that

a little stabilization took place, at least in the section of the fifth brigade. oleksiy, the generals, in particular general tarnavskyi, talked about the fact that due to the restrictions on the supply of ammunition, reformatting is taking place certain battles in certain areas of the front, but... when they talk about your brigade, brothers and brigades standing next to them, they say that the second assault brigade does not run out of ammunition, and that your artillery even helps other brigades. explain why such a paradox occurs precisely with your art unit and its ability to constantly use ammunition? well, it seems to me that this is a typical situation where everyone thinks that the... neighbor has much more ammunition than he does, and starts, as it were, to feel sorry for his immediate

the commander, pointing to the neighboring units , the situation is the same, as far as i know, according to the operational-tactical grouping, the distribution is uniform, uniformly small, let's say this, that is, everyone has a severe shortage of ammunition for the main types of weapons, however, when it comes to the stack... that, that somewhere the enemy has success in a neighbor on the flank, then in the brigade they never refuse help and on the contrary , there the last, last reserves fire at the enemy's assault groups in order to ensure overall success in this area, if here no one pursues their personal interests, everyone works for the common result, and i do not get tired of mentioning the artillerymen, both brigade and ... mortar batteries of the battalions that are, now

we are resuming communication, i will remind you that this oleksiy tarasenko, this is the deputy commander of the fifth separate assault brigade, now the connection has been restored, oleksiy, please continue, i apologize, our gunners use ammunition extremely effectively, and in principle, almost, almost, almost every firing task. it is represented by one of those the videos that you are broadcasting now have something to show to the neighbors and to the community as well, oleksiy. your brigade has been in this very difficult direction for a long time, you have seen everything, you have seen the attacks of the wagnerites and the kadyrovites there . after all, the bet on manpower again returned to this scheme, which at one time was implemented by the wagnerites, definitely a bet on

manpower, because the only reason, in principle , in... the enemy, is a sufficient number infantrymen whom they can throw into battle without regretting much, and those who arrive to them with fresh reinforcements, they do not think long, immediately introduce them into battle, the groups in number of people are reduced to literally two , three, four people in order to avoid impressions by our artillery in order to somehow disperse the personnel and... here are these super small groups, even smaller than the wagnerites worked in the winter, and this year, they try to advance, try to sneak from house to house, and usually where succeeds just give them a fight, they are not able

to advance, they succeed where for some reason the position is not occupied. where there is a house that is not occupied by our troops, that is, in principle, where our units give a normal shooting battle, the enemy does not succeed. oleksii, what is the weather like now, because a couple of days ago there was fog and wind there, it made it difficult to use drones there, it affected the use of so, as a result, the effectiveness of the use of our artillery, what about the weather now, what changes can there be be? the weather changes every time day, such a period, in principle, constantly, whether it is fog, or rain, or frost, it all greatly hinders aerial reconnaissance, therefore, unfortunately, there are periods when we cannot raise a single reconnaissance drone into the air, the enemy does the same , if it works

with this with this weather, so everyone is on a level playing field, but of course, these are with... not the weather, they make it extremely difficult to conduct aerial reconnaissance, which is now the basis, as in principle, of warning of assault actions, plus -minus the early, as well as the adjustment of artillery fire. oleksiy, how much? are usually present now, the infantrymen are on the front lines, because now the weather has worsened, are there cases of frostbite, how exactly is the medical support set up in these difficult conditions? no, there was no defense of any fact. however , it is definitely not easy for the guys now, due to difficulties with transport, in such weather, people are in positions, well, we try for three days, it happens more than four, sometimes five, of course , some kind of heating station is made, where people can have

a little rest , to warm up, drink something hot and then become an observation or directly to... a new position, but if the job of an infantryman, it is always the most difficult, and nothing has changed there in the last 100 years at all, well, then the job of an infantryman is related to what should be is it reliable, what is the fortification like, is there an opportunity now in these difficult conditions to deal with the improvement of defensive structures, or is it extremely difficult to do under shelling, of course it is extremely difficult. of course, it is extremely difficult, people constantly report that the enemy conducts aerial reconnaissance, makes drops from drones, if there was any movement during the day, it would be extremely difficult, i.e. all the fortification takes place either at night or is very limited under camouflage nets, and

any materials are used under some ruins. which can be found in broken villages nearby, let's say, people on the ground are inventing all kinds of methods to dig an additional, additional trench, to create an additional dugout, this is extremely important, and now, in principle, the main efforts are thrown into this, however, if the lines of defense, and the cutting positions that were created earlier, they are now they help a lot, and... and oleksiy, one last question, i would like to update the assessment of the situation with mobilization from the front line where you are, i think that your brigade, like other brigades, needs strengthening now. and replenishment, however, the rate of arrival of replenishment is less than what i need, what would you, well, advise our citizens in the perception of the war, how should they,

well, respond to what is happening on the front line in the context of mobilization? well, we need to take off our rose-colored glasses and remember that the fact that we knocked out the enemy from under kyiv is doesn't mean he can't go back there. if there will be a similar situation and everything will reach some kind of critical limit, people who have been fighting non-stop for a year and a half, they are morally, psychologically, i'm not talking about physically incapable of constantly charging such a load every day, but they are demanded, demanded, as if they had just arrived, so if there is no help with fresh replenishment, with high-quality ... replenishment as it was at the beginning of the war, then the situation will simply turn into much more deplorable, and then it will not succeed

just wait for the end of the war in kyiv, so if you don't take some steps now for the common cause, then you can only wait for the enemy at home, mr. oleksiy, well, thank you for what you and your brothers are doing for our protection. and i will remind our viewers that it was oleksiy tarasenko, the deputy commander of the fifth separate assault brigade, which is currently operating right in the pinch zone, holding back the enemy's onslaught. and then about the ways of increasing the combat capability of our units, we can talk about mobilization, about recruiting, whether there are other versions to find variations. of our combat capability, we will continue to talk about private military companies, about their experience, because we know that in the same

american army, private companies sometimes perform a much more difficult task than the american army itself, is this experience what it should consider ukraine, and now we are joined by andriy kepkalo, he is the founder and head of the private military company omega consulting group, mr. andriy, i am glad to see and hear from you. congratulations, mr. serhiy. you have considerable experience in cooperation foreign private companies, you worked in iraq with the americans. you have experience in creating a domestic private military company. and against this background, i would like to ask a rather unusual question: do we have the opportunity to invite or enter into contracts with private companies. companies from other countries to perform tasks on the territory of ukraine, are there mechanisms for this? the question is quite interesting, yes

, the mechanisms exist, but i would divide my answer into three parts: first, why should we involve foreign private military companies, if we have private military companies in ukraine for a long time. and these are not some small organizations, these are private military companies that have experience working both abroad and on the territory of ukraine, i.e. why should we turn to foreign private military companies for help now? there are a lot of issues here, even the issue of financing, because if we pay for the services of foreign private military companies, they will not pay taxes in ukraine, and they will pay their salaries... to put it bluntly, they will not spend in ukraine to ukraine, that is, certain sums of money go out from ukraine, rather large sums of money. if you contact

a ukrainian private military company, it will at least pay taxes in ukraine. it's firstly, secondly, it's quite strange when you're not the first person to raise this issue, it's quite strange when we on the one hand say that... let's invite foreign private military companies to work in ukraine, but as soon as we start talking about the work of ukrainian private military companies, immediately voice, all experts say no, because private military companies are prohibited in ukraine, of course, no one can specify by which law, but all experts say, no, we cannot use private military companies, because they are prohibited in our country by some law, that is, it turns out that with on the one hand... if we are talking about foreign companies, i don't want to call them military anymore, then cooperation is assumed, and as soon as we talk about

some kind of cooperation with a ukrainian company. then we immediately go into the ban, and the third, c foreign, private military companies already work and have worked in ukraine, and we already have some experience, i will not name which company, i will not name the name, but an american private military company worked in ukraine for a year, they are registered in the usa, in the united states of the united states of america, i checked and they are registered not as a private military company but as a limited liability company, which in principle should be the case, but this private military company worked in ukraine for a certain time, about 12 months, they opened a charity fund, collected , if i'm not mistaken, a million dollars, and after that they left ukraine, because there they said that there were not enough funds for salaries, that is, i understand that a foreign

private military company... went to ukraine, set a pretty good salary , and it was not bad, and after 12 months there it turned out that the salary was very good, but there was not enough money for the operations in the territory of ukraine, for which they came to us, they packed their things and left ukraine, here you have such a rather dubious experience of using foreign private companies military companies, i'm not saying that all companies are the same, but... i just give you one example, that is, a foreign company, as soon as the money ran out, it left, and ukrainian companies, they are here, but they are somehow prohibited, and, for example, the ministry of defense of ukraine does not see a mechanism through which cooperation can be carried out, well, mr. andriy, these are private companies, they are not sitting in the basement somewhere, private companies are specific people, they are either mobilized or they are in

the army, or they... they are in ground defense or are waiting for mobilization, when we talk about private ukrainian military companies, then in what space do they exist, you as the head of the company, we say, we can put such and such a number of personnel there to strengthen the front line or perform special tasks , and then in fact you become responsible for some mission there due to the delegation of these powers from the main intelligence management there or another structure, so it should look like and how in reality? yes... it should look like two or three months ago maybe four, there were approximately 20,000 people, 20,000 volunteers who agreed to come to ukraine and thus strengthen our military group. i offered this proposal to some law enforcement agencies, but they refused me, without explaining it in great detail, on what grounds, etc., they simply said that this, well, this... such

a proposal is not accepted, period, and that was just relations with certain power structures of ukraine, which, that is, american companies can come, you can pay money, and your company will do this work impossible, because there is a ban, and this ban is more in words than on paper. well , it turns out that it is, that is, we can work with some foreign military companies, but... but as soon as a ukrainian private military company enters here, it is somehow not expected to cooperate immediately. i understand that people are frightened by this abbreviation, private military company, but i want to remind you that we do not have a practice in ukraine where private military companies tried to commit some mutiny there or to eliminate

remove the government or something else, because it was the villages... people , that is, if we recall, for example, the events of 14th year, civilians were not shot at by employees of private military companies, but by representatives of the security forces, that is, i i don't understand why some people, some representatives, some representatives of the authorities, not all, but this abbreviation itself, a private military company, scares me so much, that is, they are afraid that they will lose the monopoly on... the advancement of force or something? they already lost this monopoly a little at first in the 14th year, and then they lost a little more in the 22nd year, and nothing happened, no one removed any power. mr. andriy, thank you very much for these explanations, i hope that we will be heard and some kind of correction will be made to private companies, our leaders and political military will make. and i will remind our viewers that it was andrii kepkalo, the founder and head of the private company.