part of the discussion that was between the prime minister and the president of ukraine, and i want to say that we do not know what will happen, and we should not know, because if there are attempts to fire these missiles outside of ukraine, then it must there should be some kind of surprise, it should be a surprise, and of course for ukraine, ukraine needs to destroy the crimean bridge, which... mr. colonel, one more question that arises from today's reaction of dmitry medvedev, the deputy head of the security council of the russian federation, who reacted to the signing agreements between great britain and ukraine, he said that in case of placing their official military contingent in ukraine.

great britain is meant, it will mean a declaration of war on russia, or in the literal sense it may happen that russia perceives the presence of british troops on the territory of ukraine as a declaration of war on russia, or is medvedov simply bluffing in this situation and trying to do something else, i i repeat, once again threaten great britain. an interesting question, i think that russia has been talking for a long time about the fact that it is waging war with the west, with nato members, including great britain, so these words, which we hear again, have already happened, this is not something new, in my opinion, which one.

such rhetoric is aimed at a domestic audience, and especially those close to putin, perhaps even someone they see as a potential successor to putin. of course, if they want to declare war on us, they actually declare it, this war after every step we take, aimed at helping ukraine. that is a great answer sir. colonel, because the amount of how much medvedev has already threatened great britain, i can no longer count even on my fingers, how much it is possible to place a british contingent, limited or unlimited, maybe it will be some retired officers, but british, on the territory of ukraine in order to to help ukrainian. state in

the struggle for its independence, first of all, i want to say that in the short term, in the future, great britain will not station its troops, its soldiers on the territory of ukraine. yes, they can send certain advisers who will help representatives of the defense sector of ukraine. week. that's why, when talking about mobilization, he said that i actually did it , he asked me if i would recommend someone who could help the ukrainian military, it's about foreign ex -military or military analysts, and i answered that yes, of course, i actually, when we talk about... about soldiers who were trained

by our military, ukraine should not make such a request to british officers in principle, but of course we know that when we we are talking about f-16 fighters, about them, their technical support and ultimately help in training, mastering new equipment and equipment, so such help would be very not... in january, the united states of america and the united kingdom struck military facilities with tamagav missiles the iranian-backed houthis in yemen, in response to a series of attacks on merchant ships sailing through the red sea. according to the military. forces

of the united states of america delivered more than 60 strikes on 16 targets using more than 100 high-precision munitions of various types. under time of visit to kyiv. the consequences of this strike and the reasons for this strike, let's listen to what the british prime minister said: the alliance of great britain and the united states is carrying out strikes against the houthis in yemen, it was aimed at destruction. to the red sea, it brought destruction and trouble, it led to a threat to sea shipping, after repeated

warnings about the need to stop these attacks after the speech of the un, nothing happened, exactly. therefore, today britain, in particular, has taken limited steps to self-defense. and in the face of this aggression, we we will always adhere to the rule of law. colonel, how is it possible that the conflict with the houthis in yemen could turn into something more, when iran supports the houthis, when turkey supports the houthis. when the arab world treats this as an attack on its entire territory, that is, does the world have other safeguards in order to maintain the situation in yemen and in general in

the region? yes, out of many... very interesting, because we know that from yemen there were missiles at american military bases, and again the attacks and airstrikes that were carried out, again, this is not only, it affected merchant ships, actually in the region, this is a kind of declaration of war on the part of iran and yemen against western countries. it can all happen. because these countries, iran and yemen, they think that western countries are weak, they think that the united states is a weak country, maybe because of the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, maybe, but for several years, they,

because of the influence of other countries, they have developed that's the impression, so yes, it was a powerful attack, last night, i think, as soon as m... people lose a certain fear, then it is very sometimes even difficult for them to regain this fear, so you mentioned iran, you mentioned turkey, so after such a blow, i think these countries will be quite careful not to make the situation worse, because they received a blow in return, turkey should be especially careful, because it is in nato, and it does not want to upset... the united states, and iran will now think very carefully about what next steps they will take, because if there is a war with the united states, they will lose it. literally several days therefore, mr. colonel, the american magazine time has identified the top 10 risks for 2024,

these are global risks, among them is the creation of an axis of evil. russia, iran and north korea. in fact, we are now seeing how regional wars are being played out in different parts of the world. that is, russia is waging a war against ukraine, although it is not a regional war, but a european war, a continental war. we see iran participating indirectly through its proxies in the middle east. north korea. joined russia's war against ukraine and threatens south korea, can we say that this one the risk prescribed by our colleagues from time is high enough to create this axis of evil,

it is possible to design this axis of evil by some kind of treaty, as it was before the second world war between germany, italy and japan. would also add china, and others, and the arab emirates, switzerland, again, they have money, they have technology, and thanks to their technology, russia replenishes its reserves, so yes, they are already de facto at war with ukraine and with russia, they are the tidings of evil, they want to instill fear, they want to... do so, so that the usa cannot focus on something very

important, they constantly make the usa get distracted by some conflicts, whether it is conflicts in africa, whether it is the threat of an attack on taiwan or others. now the top priority is ukraine, because if russia captures ukraine, it will become much stronger, it will capture technologies, people, people, others. resources, and you know what they are currently doing in donbas, for example, yes, they are mobilizing ukrainians to fight in the ranks of the russian army, and therefore it is now very important not to be distracted from what is our main priority from ukraine, from the war in ukraine, there is no need to scatter our attention on other regional conflicts, we must understand what is most important now. mr. colonel, the leaders of european countries are talking loudly about a possible war of russia against the north atlantic

alliance, more precisely against the countries of western europe, is it possible to prevent this war and in what way can it be done? when we talk about preemption or security, it's about making sure that russia doesn't...replenish its reserves, its power, and if we don't if we do, we will lose in the end, if we have to make it so that russia cannot fight, respectively, then korea and iran, they will simply lock themselves in their hole and stay there, because they will not feel such a powerful support from partners, they won't move and advance, they won't talk about any wars with such...

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vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. next on our air is political expert volodymyr tsybulko. mr. volodymyr, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. today, great britain says, the british government says that they have signed a historic agreement with ukraine. about security, this is a top topic, i think it will also be in today's world news, after yemen, of course, and tomorrow's first headlines of the british press , what can you say about how the british are actively supporting ukraine during this war, and why they are doing it, despite everything, despite moscow's threats to start a war, despite the fact that putin hinted to boris johnson that one minute and

you will have missiles, that is, what is ukraine for britain and what is britain for ukraine? well, in fact , in recent days we have been living under the pressure of the transfer of nuclear ammunition to belarus, which essentially meant the final and... irreversible burial of the budapest memorandum, so this very timely and very strong gesture of great britain is, in fact, the beginning of the process that was announced at the vilnius summit, about the signing of bilateral guarantees with the g7 countries , for the period until ukraine became a full member of nato. and it was richy sonak who spoke in kyiv about the fact that britain is putting a shoulder, and if ukraine

ends up in nato as soon as possible, then this agreement will exhaust itself. actually, it seems to me that... great britain, with this act, started such a wider process of preparing ukraine for nato. there are high hopes for the summit, the nato anniversary summit in washington, but this is the first of a series of these bilateral security agreements, the first such agreement, and we can say that the next couple of months. probably, we will draw up such security agreements with the countries of the big seven, which in fact will be such a very strong gesture to other countries, well, let's say, junior nato partners, to be ready to accept ukraine, while rishi sunak was in kyiv, shmyhal's government

was rewriting the draft law on mobilization, zelenskyi says that... after taking into account all the proposals, the draft law on mobilization should look in such a way that it answers the main questions, well , first of all, about justice, let's hear what volodymyr zelensky said, regarding what concerns your question about the mobilization law? i know that the military worked with the deputies, and i did not see the final version, for me the most important thing is that this law is fair, when i see all the details, i can say then. since this law has been quite actively discussed during the last three years weeks, starting from christmas, what do you think, mr. volodymyr, is fair in

the law, and should be fair in the law on mobilization? well, first of all, these are guarantees, social guarantees, wage guarantees, and the honest position of the state in relations with its soldiers. unfortunately, during the two incomplete years of the war, the authorities repeatedly changed the rules for payment of labor, and completely strange stories with these medical commissions, with a completely dekun story, sometimes with the granting of the status of a member of the armed forces. when people have no vice in war certificates of a participant in hostilities , and most importantly, what is important is for the state to build honest and very long-lasting relations, so as not to plug holes during the war, when everything is on fire, and then retroactively dismiss a large number of military personnel, i would like to remind you that after

the election of zelenskyi approximately 40,000 troops were released. highly qualified employees, then we are also talking about more serious things, so to speak, that is, the economy of war, it is very important here, because the question is to take a fighter, take a person, a specialist in civilian labor and make it is military, it is not, it is not, let's say, the determining room. an event, a defining event , when the military has a guaranteed material support, a material base for training new specialists and sufficient reserves of weapons, so that it does not happen that again, as in the 14th year of the family, soldiers were bought and

provided their soldiers with helmets, with bulletproof vests, in... uniforms, well, everything, because now when ukrainians see these crazy stories with the twisting of this or that person on the streets, people in military uniform form, it is not about high-quality specialists for the armed forces. in fact, it is not about recruiting half a million people with shovels and machine guns, which is actually called a militia, but ... it is about the fact that such a mobilization law should create the circumstances under which the armed forces will have a sufficient number of highly qualified ... specialists , in order to destroy the enemy with high-tech weapons, and not to dig trenches with shovels and shoot back with a machine gun. mr. volodymyr,

when the commander-in-chief talks about a just law and justice, then obviously, we should talk about justice in the broadest sense of the word, well, in particular, regarding the justice of society during war, the justice of the authorities during war. the fairness of how the ministry of defense of ukraine conducts tenders and who earns money from these tenders turns out in such a way that in parallel with the rhetoric about a fair law on mobilization, it turns out not to be unfair, but rather corruption, it was never fair, rather than unfair corruption in the ministry of defense of ukraine, but yesterday the sdf and arma arrested - property, everything these are the grynkevichs, businessmen from lviv, what do you think about these constant corruption scandals that arise around

the ministry of defense, it is clear that there is grynkevich, a businessman who, according to preliminary data, earned 1.5 billion hryvnias there, what does he have, who, or rather should be responsible for this corruption , because corruption is not only... one-sided, that is, when a person corrupts, there is also someone who is being corrupted, if he earned this money and bought himself luxury cars, luxury real estate, abroad and in ukraine , then obviously he didn't do it himself, that's right, mr. volodymyr, we lost contact with volodymyr tsibulek, now we will restore this contact, we had some problems with... with the sound, well, you saw, friends, that the matter concerns the hrynkevich family, who

earned money from the armed forces of ukraine, and in fact they had companies that worked with the ministry of defense of ukraine, until a certain time, until they had problems with the law enforcement officers, now you see the older father. who among this company is being arrested by the sbi investigators, and is it the special forces of the sbi, and this happened after he offered the state bureau of investigation $500,000 to resolve all the issues hrynkevich had with the guards, and this has literally happened over the past few weeks... this story is starting to unfold right before our eyes, and it's clear that in this situation

raises a lot of questions, how could there be such big abuses, abuses that cost millions and billions of hryvnias, and the question of what to do with these abuses and who should be responsible for them. hrenkevich decided to give a bribe in the amount of 500,000 to the investigator, he was detained, and now arma today, this agency for seizure, seized property, found luxury cars, real estate and weapons found in hrynkevich, 17 objects of residential real estate, in particular three apartment owned by ihor's wife. svitlany, one lviv apartment owned by yaryna hrynkevich, one lviv apartment owned by mariyan shved and two apartments owned by sofia morozyuk. seven objects

of non-residential real estate, in particular a non-residential premises on the street of saksagansky center capital, 18 plots of land, in particular large plots in the vyshgorod district of the kyiv region, belonging to ihor grenkevich and his son roman grenkevich. nine premium cars, shares. in the authorized capital of 14, almost 15 million hryvnias, 12 weapons, three objects of intellectual property, accounts in eight banking institutions, and, as the agency reports, arma initiated measures to obtain information about the availability of funds and transactions on the accounts, the data obtained by the authority in an extremely short time and in full amount was directed to the sbi for the seizure of assets and their possible future. confiscations, the department noted, and volodymyr tsybulko is in touch with us again, mr. volodymyr, i am already talking about a complete retrospective of

elite real estate. cars and what is in this grynkevich family, but my question concerns not only the grynkevichs, but also the party with which they worked, because corruption cannot be one-sided, obviously the one who receives, the one who does some certain kickbacks or shares with someone why this story is not considered in in a broader format, why do we see only a focus on this family, on this family. and there are no loud resignations from the ministry of defense of ukraine? i have the feeling that this is also an attempt to expose, on the example of these contracts of the grankevichs, to expose almost lviv or the whole of western ukraine as so corrupt, because corrupt officials in the ministry with the ministry of defense work from odesa, and from the dnipro and from other cities,

and they sit the same. in the scheme that the hrenkiewiczs were sitting on, this is the first question, and the second, indeed, it is impossible for the hrenkiewiczs without someone who makes a political decision on the allocation of such contracts, obviously no , most of these contracts were not obtained through tenders, and if they were obtained through tenders, then the one who writes the technical conditions of the tenders, as a rule, also writes them under the future winner, therefore... well , i believe that this is the first step, if the next step is not taken, that is, the appropriate mirror in the ministry, that is, the officials who signed the agreements with the hrenkevychs, and they are very easy to comb out, even that the anti-corruption council of the ministry of defense, which now works quite actively, and dana yarovanovich became an adviser to the minister, deputy minister, now,

that is, there are a lot of opportunities. if the investigative bodies do not reveal, well, this chain, then i think that the activists will do their thing. well, that is, political responsibility should still be there, because if it was at the level of deputy ministers of defense , supervision took place, or at the level of heads of departments of the ministry of defense. i believe that contracts worth more than half a billion hryvnias definitely did not go through. past the minister’s pen, it’s impossible, this, this, well, it would be strange if such a reznikov was in charge of the ministry, hundreds of billions were walking behind his back, and he didn’t even feel the breath of the wind, how these bills were rustling to and fro , the answer is clear, thank you, mr. volodymyr, for participating in the program, it was volodymyr tsybulko,

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the united states, britain and allies attacked the yemeni houthis, what is happening there, and whether the situation could turn into a war, we will analyze together in today's edition of bbc ukraine, i am olga polamaryuk. military and air base, airports, weapons warehouses , targets of the houthi movement in yemen are under attack. west. is trying to stop houthi attacks on ships heading through the red sea. on the night of january 12, the military forces of the united states and great the british carried out a massive strike on the facilities of the hossite group in yemen.