however, above all, russia depends on china, the states that together will try to resist russian and russia and china the influence of the united states of america and the european union, only with that, i would say with the difference that, at least for china itself , the idea of ​​a multipolar world, which for many years advanced both in moscow and in beijing, since the time of boris yeltsin and... chinese counterparts, is now being replaced by the idea of ​​a bipolar world, a world in which the main forces are the united states of america and the people's republic of china, and it is precisely about the bipolar the world was spoken by both chinese politicians and chinese experts when the president of the people's republic of china xizen ping visited san francisco and held his summit with the president of the united states of america joseph biden, the only difference is that in this bipolar.

of course, beijing wants to represent the interests of moscow and is interested in russia undermining the capabilities of the united states through its relations with the west, its war in ukraine, and other efforts, because a weakened united states is much more will confidently agree to chinese conditions than it was until now, so in this regard , the allied relations between russia and china cannot be overestimated either. as a matter of fact, the bilt publication , which we will certainly remember today, literally in one of its last publications notes that russia may try to attack europe in the winter of 24-25, taking advantage of this transitional period in the united states, when there will be a moment alas, without a leader, and when the united states is not immediately able to come to the aid of european allies, it should at least do it promptly the bill refers to... will china stand

by the russian federation if putin wants to implement this plan? it won't happen, because it is absolutely obvious that china will not get involved in such adventures, but i also do not see the real danger of the russian federation attacking europe, this is a beautiful forecast, but it will mean absolutely. true thing: that the russian political leadership, in the conditions when it failed to restore its military resources, in the conditions when it lost a huge part of the professional army and military equipment, even before how this power is restored, will start a war with the armies of nato member countries, or the military potential cannot even be compared to the military potential of the russian federation.

what can be a strong russia? it, of course, has nuclear weapons on a completely different scale than the countries of the european union. however , i will remind you again that there have been no tests of these nuclear weapons for almost three decades. in order to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons, it is necessary to at least start testing them. imagine to himself that the head of a nuclear state without testing nuclear weapons would make a decision on its use, well, if we are talking about strategic nuclear weapons, it is difficult to imagine at all, it means not understanding the technologies of use, russia is not even trying to start such tests yet , the only important point is that putin gave the order... to prepare

a suitable test site for this, because as we know, in the soviet union nuclear weapons were tested at test sites that were outside the current administrative borders and state borders of the russian federation itself. so, this means that if russia launches any strikes against european countries, it will do so with the help of conventional weapons. without even creating the danger of exchanging nuclear strikes with european countries, and here is a good question, is the intervention of the american army necessary in this case? we are talking about the war of technologies, of course russia has the ability to fight, but we must remember that the ukrainian army is literally snatching the latest technologies from the west. and still no bug

many, many things from western arsenals, things that have long been in service with western armed forces, we are given old samples. weapons, even when it comes to the f-16. old. these planes are many years old. and western armed forces, nato forces receive new models. when slovakia or poland gave us old planes, they received new western planes. all this is brand new. and here, the interesting thing is that these old western weapons, samples, they are still more. more effective than the weapons currently used by the russian federation. so a good question arises: with whom in europe is the russian army going to fight? today's war, as we see, is a war of technologies, not a war of slogans. the ukrainian armed forces, it must be told the truth, were

armed with quite old soviet weapons, which began to change only after 2013, to effective ones. but also to a certain extent antique samples of western weapons, the russian army also in 90 cases works, fights with antique weapons, of course there is a certain part of the latest weapons, let’s not not to be noticed, there are, but you know that russia produces even some of the latest missiles during the six months of the year, a few pieces, a few units at a time, and therefore... so happily in quotation marks bombards us with cheap drones, it is an effective weapon, but it is difficult to name it , i would say, a huge advance in military technology, uh, well, that's why i have a very bad idea

of ​​an attack on europe, besides the very idea that the united states will not have a leader, which means there will be no leader, in the united states , even if... a new one is selected the president of the united states, in december 90 , 2024, there will be a commander in chief, there will be a secretary of defense, there will be a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and i assure you that no new president of the united states, even if there is donald trump, when he will prepare to make a decision about his presidency, he will not say: you know, let's not respond to russia in any way, so... i think that we should all surrender to russia, where have you seen such an american president, yes donald trump, i will remind you, he was the first to fire at positions in syria, which for his predecessors were considered inviolable from the point of view

of the impossibility of a conflict with the russian federation, from which hell, he is not yet in the position of the president of the united states, will try to somehow harm the american... military to do their duty, that will not be the case with donald trump, by the way, actually trump before the election and trump in the event of a hypothetical victory in the election, these will be two fundamentally different positions, can we hope that the united states will be able once again, in fact, to make donald trump a president who will stand back. the protection of the national interests of the states, in which we would very much like to believe, still includes us as a sovereign state, you know, in my memory i remember three donalds, four donald trumps, the first donald trump i remember during election campaign, when he was competing with hillary clinton,

the second donald trump, i remember in the first two and a half to three years of his presidency, when he was coordinating his decision. with enough careful professional team of his staff, this is the second donald trump, i would say the second and a half, because he had to get rid of certain people on his team in the first weeks after he became the president of the united states, then there was the third donald trump, who eventually created a completely different environment. and he had a completely different vision of how he can behave in politics , both foreign and domestic, and this led to the storming of the capitol. and now we see a fourth donald trump. donald trump's campaign and legal proceedings. if this donald trump gets

the republican nomination and wins the presidential election, we will see a fifth donald trump. and this donald trump, one way or another, will depend on the people he surrounds himself with, at least. the first period of his presidency, because we must understand that trump himself, as an impulsive and unsystematic person, very much depends on those in making decisions. who ensures the functioning of the state machine, and this is also an important point, many say, this donald trump the fifth will remind third, because he will not be dealing with the republican establishment, because he will surround himself with the most radical people in the republican party, but those people, if it even comes to that, also when they come to the offices in the white house, they will... will be connected in one way or another with the responsibility that

anyone who appears in such offices always has, and they will know the fate of associates of donald trump, who recklessly followed all his whims, and now spend months in trials and receive sentences. they 're still going to know that donald trump's presidency is going to end, even if... imagine the most unlikely scenario, just because we're talking about someone who's quite old, when donald trump becomes, we're talking a lot about the age of joseph biden, yes, but when donald trump here becomes the president of the united states, he will be 78 or 79 years old, how old will he be, he is 77 now, yes, as far as i can remember, we need to check, let's check, so as not to ... misinform our viewers because i always have trouble with numbers and this is a huge one, he, he's 77

years old right now, right, so he'll be 78 next year when he runs for office, he'll be 78 when he becomes president of the united states, he will be 79 years old in a few months. in fact, this is a 79-year-old president of the united states, that is, when he ends his term, he will be 83 years old, not as old as joseph biden is now, you know, a few years older, and the question is whether such a person will be even with all his weight and opportunities, even if it is possible to conquer the entire state machine at the age of 83. run for a second term, i seriously doubt it, most likely even if

donald trump wins the presidential election next year, it will be physiologically his last term, unless he dies in office, people die from time to time at 81 or 82 or 83 years old, and this is not such an incredible result, especially when we are talking about a person who is under constant stress at that age, it can be, i wish donald trump, as well as joseph biden. good health, but people after 80 tend to die more often than in their 50s, or 40s, or 60s. so every employee of donald trump will know that in four years he will have to deal with an america, shall we say, of american justice and have previous experience, this is not russia. where the people surrounding vladimir putin can confidently believe that they still have 15 years ahead of them,

relatively speaking, and if they keep the power of the federal security service of russia after putin's death, then in general infinity, no, it electoral democracy, so here, too, you have to think about what donald trump can really do, even with the help of the most radical representatives of the republican establishment, ugh, well, we'll come back. a little to work, journalists in particular, this week the bilt publication published some statements of our head of the ministry of defense, minister of defense ustem rustem umyerov, and attributed to him what he did not actually say, which, in my opinion, is absolutely normal from the mouth of the minister of defense, also of crimean tatar origin, the statement that crimea and its... liberation is a strategic goal for us, and ukraine is moving towards it one way or another, for some reason was crowned with an

absolutely specific date and period of 2024 . it was so scandalous that the spokesman of the ministry of defense, pavlyuk, had to deny the information that it was about any specific dates. in your opinion, mr. vitaly, why are they again trying, i don't know, consciously or unconsciously, to make us fit into some kind of situation. even if we ourselves already refuse to put them on ourselves. i have another question. for why give an interview to a tabloid? i am still a supporter of information hygiene. there are solid publications, ugh, who, of course, would very much like clickable headlines, but who are forced to stick to the content of what the interlocutor tells them, and there are tabloids, and everyone knows this very well in the west, if you have a desire to create some sensational material , something so incredible, if you are a member

of the royal family, prince haiby, you can talk to the sunday times or to bild, but if... the president of ukraine or the minister of defense of ukraine, you have other informational tasks, it questions to people from the press service of the president of ukraine or from the press services of the ministry of defense of ukraine, why they believe that an interview for a tabloid may not lead to a scandal. tableaus are a thing that exists because of clickability. the headline, the minister of defense of ukraine hopes for the liberation of crimea, is of no interest to anyone. title minister of defense of ukraine. does not promise to liberate crimea in 2024, the headline is interesting to everyone, the minister of defense of ukraine believes that it is necessary to mobilize all citizens of ukraine of conscription age, well, not mobilization, but let’s put it this way, if to ask questions about the possibility of updating

the databases there, well, it doesn't matter, you won't write about it in the publication either, it is of no interest to anyone at the event. the headline the minister of defense of ukraine will call people from abroad and just thinks what sanctions will be applied against them if they do not come, of course a huge number of people in germany will read it, because it is about their neighbors, right? uhu, but bilt is a western tabloid, what is the difference between a western tabloid and a ukrainian one. ukrainskyi will never in his life, if he invents such a thing, deliver it video chats and you will then beg for video conversations from them through all possible tools, write to them, ask them to prove it, to show you the audio, to show you the video, and our ukrainian scoreboards, as a rule, do not do this, but solidly tell you, that they have a source, that you said this, that they have a record in the editorial office,

a western tabloid cannot afford such a thing, such... ukrainian luxury, and that is why bilts printed all this on the one hand, and on the other hand provided a video interview with the minister of defense of ukraine, there is the soundtrack itself, there is a german translation, it can be cleaned from the german translation, if certain technologies are applied there, and listen to this english-speaking conversation and see what, say, the journalist bilt three... times asked the minister of defense of ukraine questions about ukrainian men who are in germany, and the minister of defense of ukraine told him three times that there should be the same approach to all citizens of ukraine of conscription age, however, ugh, there is another question, and what

is happening to us, khrystyna, why ukrainian media is simply reprinted. the minister's interview from the bildu headlines, when there is a video recording, when i saw all this, the first thing i did, because i also wanted to comment on it, i listened to this 25 minutes, i can't say that i am a great german speaker, it wasn't so easy to hear english there, i didn't have access to tools where. this interview, i asked a colleague to listen to this conversation and to make sure if i was right, if i was wrong, that's all, after that i made sure that what was printed in pain and what what is said

the minister of defense, these are different information flows, and therefore i... i don’t think that anyone is influencing us to do anything, the tabloid does not influence anyone at all, the tabloid needs profits, it needs advertising, it is normal, in general we cannot understand that this is a business and there is a concept of reputation, dievelt or dietzeit or frankfurtemaig has one understanding of reputation, bilt has another, no one will complain about such a title because... they will say that they that's how they interpreted the words, but in the end, they gave you the material, right? yes, they haven't hidden anything, nothing from you, you, you can interpret differently, you have... freedom of interpretation, because you have the completeness of information, if you don't have 25 minutes, well then trust us, if you have 25 minutes , trust yourself, we have done everything

depending on us, but of course fractorgimayg or dievelt, they will never in their life afford this, so next time let our honorable minister of defense give an interview to some other german publication, and let the president next time. does not speak ukrainian sunday times, and with some serious british publication that will not also distort some of the important theses, uh, that he taught, also recently there have been quite a few serious publications of repute in great britain, and so in every western country, but if you want something such, i would say, bright, with a smell. from a previous life, then of course you need to talk to bilda, everything will be as you like, well, mr. vitaly, about

the results of the president's communication with journalists, in particular, not only foreign, but also ukrainian, great the press conference was held, for many it was remembered for certain theses about the vision of the president regarding mobilization, and some... rants and what accents would you put? i believe that the president has been prepared quite carefully to speak to a western audience, because perhaps the number one issue for the president right now is getting help from the west, we've already talked to you about these problems that have arisen in connection with the allocation of money to the united states congress states, you and i already understand that by the end of this year there will be none there will be no allocation of money, and with the problems that... have arisen in connection with the allocation of money by the european union, we already understand that the european union will have to return to this issue at an extraordinary summit in early february, and therefore conversations with

western journalists , the appeal to western public opinion was quite seriously worked out by the president's office and possibly by the president himself from this point of view , the importance of communication with ukrainian society. as it has been happening since february 2022, took a back seat. i to you i would like to remind you that from february 2022 , the president of ukraine gives exclusive interviews exclusively to foreign journalists, in fact. the only person with whom he spoke from ukrainian journalists during the entire time of this war was the famous travel brooger, who really has serious achievements in this genre, but who has never engaged in political journalism and analytical journalism necessary for conversation. with the president of a country that is going through the most difficult period of its recent history, but this is the choice of the president himself and the choice of his office, if the question

communications, western society was chosen, and not ukrainian society, this indicates that in the office of the president and the president himself believes that ukraine is not so much a subject as an object of politics, and that it is through communication with the west that it can be success achieved. in the war with russia, but i believe that a pro-ukrainian society , especially when it comes to a society from the ranks of which one way or another the mobilization of military personnel takes place, which one way or another has to live in anticipation of the continuation of the war, the president himself cannot say in which year or in in which decade this war will end, you also need to have serious communication, and you also need to realize what issues are important from the point of view. preservation of public trust, and what issues reduce trust in the authorities and thus the effectiveness of the solidarity of the authorities and society in the conditions

of this war until the next difficult stage, which we are passing. the president did not answer clearly about the government of national unity, although it is absolutely obvious that the creation of a government of national unity is a request of ukrainian society and, by the way, a request of our western friends who keep saying if you can't hold elections... the only guarantee of your legitimacy is the government of national unity, it's the alphabet of politics, whoever doesn't want to learn the alphabet of his politics, sooner or later starts learning the alphabet of other people's politics, president should be aware of the great credit of trust in the ukrainian society today that the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine has, and i do not discuss the issue of effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a particular person, because i am not a military expert, i believe that the issue of effectiveness, inefficiency - the question of the ukrainian president, who appoints the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. how did volodymyr zelenskyy himself say about it? olek, if the president realizes that the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine has

a much... greater credit of trust in society than he himself, he should use this credit of trust of the commander-in-chief for the good of the state, and not perceive this credit of trust as some kind of political electoral threat in conditions where the presidential elections of ukraine may take place through long and difficult years. i'm not talking about the fact that in order to hold such elections, you need to have the subject itself, the state, which must stand up in the fight against. the russian federation, which set itself the goal of liquidating this state as a political organism. this is also a serious mistake of this communication with our compatriots, which took place during this press conference. well, that's all, and this is my second conclusion. and my third conclusion is that something is happening with ukrainian journalism itself. ugh. colleagues, not all, but many, i think, have been infected by

power with the disease of the ego. to change i heard not so much a question as an answer. i believe that only a clear, specific and tough, tough question can give the opportunity to get the same answer. if you are engaged in the presentation during the press conference of any politician, professional, non-professional, experienced, inexperienced, with a big mega, with a smaller mega. that's how you get back. this politician's self-presentation set, and politicians are always grateful to journalists for the opportunity to conduct this self-presentation session, so i believe that everyone it is necessary to carefully prepare for the press conference, to prepare for the president of ukraine, to prepare for his employees, to prepare for ukrainian journalists, and that the press conference cannot be focused exclusively on the needs that exist in communication with

the west. the press conference of the president of ukraine should be connected with communication with ukrainian society. and this is also an important point and an important lesson, but we are learning from this war, and since none of us knows when this war will end, we will, unfortunately, continue to learn from our mistakes so. and you noted in one of the comments on this topic that there is no professional journalism without a society that does not respect professionals. what does respect for professionals actually say, we also begin to teach, yes, because by and large , respect for professionals is the trust that our society today places on our military, and it trusts our military precisely because it hopes that professional skills in the war will allow us to withstand the fight against the russian federation,

that... our military will be better professionals than the russian generals and officers, whom vladimir putin set the task of destroying the ukrainian state and buying, and thanks to the professionalism of the ukrainian military, we managed to withstand the most difficult periods of this war, professionalism can be respected when your own survival depends on it, survival means of your family and the survival of your country, not the whole guild-ha. thank you, mr. vitaly, that we had the opportunity to hold this saturday political club, albeit in this format, and i would like to remind you that joining such conversations and programs every saturday, we will continue to work for you, vitaly portnikov and khrystyna yatskiv, as well as respected guests who will talk about the most important topics of the current week. thank you for

being present with... us in the discussion of these important topics, our colleagues will continue the spress broadcast. greetings to all espresso viewers. yaana yavomelnyk and the news team are ready to talk about the most important thing at the moment. residents of kherson are recovering after another enemy shelling. instead of cooking christmas dinner, they are forced to clean up broken glass and smashed furniture in their apartments. the day before, the russian invaders hit the regional center.