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our conversation with what happened in davos. the davos forum is a key event when it comes to aligning the geopolitical clocks of the european union, the united states and of what is called gray power, in particular , it is about the financial sector and not only about it. the prime minister of china was there, no one from the russian federation, well, in particular, when we are talking about official... there was none, but we understand that this story is extremely important, because it is not just a question of finances, it is a question of medium-term prospects for ukraine and, in general, about supporting our civilizational choice, but russia treated the davos forum extremely aggressively. russia is no longer welcomed at the world cup economic forum in davos and the russian house, which was once the center of the world. attention

has given way to the ukrainian house, at least last year this space in davos was dedicated to the memory of the victims of russian aggression, this is another sign that russia is relegated to the background of the world arena. if earlier it was a desirable partner for many countries, today its status has turned into a rogue. the key story is how the european community will behave, america, in particular the biden administration, and russia. we understand that it takes a long time long debates between republicans and democrats, we in ukraine are extremely nervous, if not to say hysterical, we perceive these domestic american political debates, but we hope for the best. on the other hand, we understand that our european allies are extremely worried, yes, because we see how russia is preparing its population for what is called not just

confrontation with the west, but possible aggression against certain member states nato, in particular in estonia , feels... extremely, so to speak, threatened so, what is happening in our country with the position of the united states and to what extent the united states will be ready to respond clearly and aggressively in the event of an immediate danger to nato states or an escalation of aggression against ukraine. we saw on the example of yemen that it is possible to act clearly and boldly. i do not think that in the administration. and biden are having a special debate about aid to ukraine. the biden administration wants to provide an additional $60 billion in aid to ukraine, and the vast majority of members of congress, as i said, want this aid has arrived in ukraine. there is only a small

group of radical far-right republicans who use biden's willingness to provide this aid to ukraine to demand something else from him. in particular. a new policy to protect the us-mexico border. throughout the russian invasion of ukraine, the biden administration has been rhetorically supportive and slow with military support, always delivering the next type of weaponry that ukraine desperately needs with some delay. this trend is likely to continue and further. i do not predict that in the near future. russia will attack nato territory in estonia, latvia or lithuania. russia is stuck in its trenches in ukraine. ukraine has successfully pushed the black sea fleet out of its territory, and putin understands that if he starts military operations on nato territory, it

will lead him to a state of war with the alliance, which he does not want. when i headed a think tank in tallinn after the russian invasion of ukraine in 2014. we were concerned and studied possible scenarios according to which, how and in the case of crimea, russia could send troops there, hiding the involvement of, say, the same little green men. these are the scenarios where they claim that russia has nothing to do with it. these troops occupy some minor administrative centers, and then putin says: these are russian troops, we captured nato territory. are you ready for a nuclear war to try to free? these unimportant buildings, it is not something that worries me, or something that is outside the scope of an article five response, should russia attack nato territory, which can permanently discredit nato. dear mr. ambassador, i would like you to analyze

now the message from the kremlin, which was voiced by the former president of the russian federation medvedev in his telegram channel, it is extremely aggressive. text, and this is not about the fact that they changed their narratives, so at one time they said that they were fighting, so to speak , with the bad ukrainian government in the pews, but not now. medvedev announced a plan for an existential war with what is called ukrainianism and said that ukrainians simply to be dangerous, yes, and huge claims were made, in particular, it is about the occupation. our country let me remind you that medvedev is the deputy secretary of the security council of the russian federation. how should we perceive such threats. since the beginning of the russian invasion of ukraine, former president and prime minister medvedev has looked, to put it mildly, inadequate. because of

his aggressive speeches and constant threats to use nuclear weapons. of course, those were just words, but what you're saying is deeply troubling because , in my opinion, it's true. putin, medvedev and the elite of the putin regime have decided that their goal is the destruction of ukraine. they said so. putin spoke about this a few years ago in his very long article in which he denied the existence of the ukrainian nation. therefore , putin's goal is to destroy ukraine, but he does not succeed. why does medvedev speak like that? in my opinion, such possibly sincere, but unattainable goals are connected with the fact that he wants to position himself among putin's elite, as we say in english, trying to be more catholic than the pope. i

i believe that there is no chance that russia will achieve such goals. however, there is a need for europe and the united states to give ukraine what they promised. help immediately, and so that ukraine can protect its skies effectively and better than now. it is absurd to expect that ukraine will be able to supplant. entrenched russian forces, not controlling the sky. yes, well, in any case , we see certain extremely positive signals from our friends in the west, in particular , the signing of a number of security agreements. well, the key is the security agreement with the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. this is an extremely important signal. on the other hand, we understand that there are unpleasant signals, in particular, it came from the federal minister of switzerland. yes, who said, well, it is very difficult to discuss the peace formula and it will be very difficult to implement it,

without having certain negotiating positions with the russian federation, and here we come to the most important, the most problematic dilemma, in particular, it is about how we will implement the peace formula and to what extent our friends, partners and allies will be ready to implement it under the conditions, if russia... will only raise the degree of escalation. putin is virtually impossible to negotiate with, as only a week and a half ago he stated that his goals in ukraine remain the same, which are to de-nazify and demilitarize ukraine, and to ensure that ukraine never joins nato. when putin makes such demands, and the medvedevs threaten in their style, they clearly indicate that they are not ready for negotiations. thus, if russia continues to escalate, then of course there will be no negotiations. as i

recall, the italian federal minister said, that support for ukraine remains strong, but he would like to see negotiations because everyone wants the war to end. despite this, you can not doubt. we support ukraine and want to continue providing assistance to it. so i'm not one bit worried about these. yavy: i believe that in case of aid to ukraine from the european union, and it will be either at the level of 27 countries, if viktor orbán finally gives in, or, as many european leaders claim, at the level of 26 eu countries, without hungary, aid will come , and what the more russia escalates, the more aid ukraine will receive. bilateral security agreements. i have already mentioned the security agreement with the united kingdom of great britain. and northern ireland, we understand that additional security agreements are brewing. there are certain, so

to speak, catchphrases and a key story, how things will be filled, such as, for example, providing the necessary military assistance and so on and so on and so on. we understand that, well, it will depend on how strong and how far they will be our security agreement partners are ready to go. how far? i think about the actual presence of nato troops on the territory of ukraine. however, there are some nato members that we talked about that are not under the auspices of nato, can send their own military forces and assets to ukraine. this question comes up from time to time and there is no clear answer as to what the limits are for individual western partners of ukraine, other than that nato will not directly intervene, unless some nato member states. are not attacked with on the russian side, however, going back to your previous question, the more russia

escalates, the more likely it is that some nato member states will intervene on the ground. i also think that the more ukraine can succeed in keeping the black sea fleet out of the black sea, the more it can prepare, with the support of its western friends, to destroy. bridge between crimea and russia. i am sure that we will see even more help from the countries of the west. former president donald trump demonstrated that he can recruit. he won in the primaries, and won, albeit in one state, but with a crushing result. well, accordingly, european countries, members of nato, are very worried. we are very worried. donald trump gives quite strange... signals, so in his last interview he stated that he knows how to negotiate with putin and could help

zelensky and so on and so on and so on. i am quite skeptical about the promises made by donald trump, but donald trump is, he is the reality of political life in the united states. what can we expect in the coming months? first of all, the chances that donald trump will become the candidate of the republican party are very high. the next primary is tuesday in new hampshire, and he is likely to win again by an impressive margin, as he just did in iowa. i think that his main... rivals and ron desant will drop out and trump will become the republican candidate. it's too early to predict if he can beat joe biden, but if he does in november, he has already expressed his opinion several times about the effectiveness of nato in the past and suggested that the united states withdraw from the alliance. but he won't be able to do that because

congress has passed a law that says the president of the united states can't withdraw the united states. states from their contractual obligations to nato. the senate approves treaties, only it has the power to cancel the participation of the united states in the north atlantic treaty. but that won't happen, so the united states will stay in nato. trump aggressively talks about ending the war on his first day in office tenure. if he is removed, which means that he will put pressure on president zelenskyi to... conduct negotiations, even if ukraine is not ready for them, and this is a cause for concern. on the other hand, let's not forget that it was president trump who, after coming to power, did what barack obama did not dare to do. namely, he provided significant lethal aid to ukraine, i.e. anti-tank weapons, after the russian invasion of ukraine in 2014. so

after donald trump, god forbid, becomes president again, he will limited in the radicality of his actions. however , i note that he will try to take very radical steps, especially with regard to ukraine, nato, and the domestic political system of the united states. his threats to fire tens of thousands of experienced civil servants and replace them with his political cronies appear serious. even if, taking into account american legislation, it is difficult to implement, he is all. will try to implement radical changes. dear mr. ambassador brydze, finally, i would like you to ask what mistakes there would be in our situation when it comes to ukraine, what mistakes would be the worst, the most fatal, what mistakes we cannot afford to make. and accordingly, the key story is also russia's desire to make the aggression

against ukraine the longest, not only the largest. the war after the second world war on the european continent, but also the longest, so we see that russia wants to drag out the additional resources of north korea, iran and, possibly, china people's republic. in my opinion, it is important that ukrainian society does not lose the spirit of struggle that it has demonstrated until now. political differences within the country should not be used to ... stir up tensions caused by war. now , more than ever, ukraine needs to remain united. i support president zelensky that now is not the time to hold elections. certainly not in the midst of an existential war. in addition, i have full confidence that ukraine will win and that we will ultimately provide ukraine

necessary support. if she continues to fight, not only those are incredible. the brave soldiers, men and women who are on the battlefield, but also the entire civil society that has come together to support ukraine, and if russia remains as demoralized as it is on the battlefield, then ukraine will inevitably win. however, it is important that ukraine preserves its internal unity, similar to the transatlantic unity with which all of us in nato must support ukraine. and the biggest threat to ukraine's victory, in my opinion, is... the issue of our capacity provide the necessary assistance that ukraine needs for victory. god bless america. thank you very much, mr. ambassador, for this extremely important conversation on the air of the tv channel, i want to remind our tv viewers that now matthew bryza, former adviser to the secretary of state of the united states

of america, former director of european and eurasian affairs at the us national security council, worked for them. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. the time of our program has run out, stay tuned to the espresso tv channel. my colleagues will inform you about all the most important events of this day. watch yourself and your loved ones, do not ignore air alarms. see you on air. exclusively on the air of our channel. congratulations, friends, politklub is on the air on the espresso tv channel. the most relevant topics of the week. russia's war against of ukraine, the war in the middle east, the crisis on the border between ukraine and poland. topics that resonate in our society. attack. drone attacks on kyiv and other cities of ukraine, drone attacks on moscow and other russian cities. analysis of the processes that change the country and each of us. the country should get

the right to start negotiations on joining the eu. vitaly portnikov and guests of the project: we are bored because there is nothing to fight about. let's invent, help to understand the present and predict the future. for the world, a second trump presidency will be terrifying. a project for those who care. and thinkers politclub every sunday at 20:10 at espresso. the speaker of the diet of latvia, ms. daiga mierinja , made her first official visit to ukraine. in addition to the capital, she also visited chernihiv oblast, a region with which her country cooperates fruitfully and is helping to restore it with all its might. a region that is at the beginning of a full-scale invasion by the russians tried to capture and destroy. 30 years here, then it suddenly disappeared, disappeared, and human life was lost here, and material goods, so we did not expect it, but

thank you for telling us that there is such a country that can help, this is mrs. elena, a resident of yagidny, 18 km south of chernihiv, her husband died at the hands of the occupiers, and the house was destroyed by russian shells, she admits that she no longer believed in the reconstruction of her home, but thanks to the help of latvians , the new home will be so. mrs. daiga, who visited the construction, promised to come stay again in the already restored house. and then the delegation of the republic of latvia went to chernihiv to open a day center. the whole city, it is affected. anxiety disorders in women and in people, manifestations of aggression, and that's exactly what it is. which are now appearing in chernihiv, such as our center, is primarily psychological help, screening is help for children who have received psychological help. st. olga's women's hub is a center that

will take care of women and children affected by the war. its creation was made possible thanks to donor support the ministry of foreign affairs of latvia and the latvian organization center marta. here, anyone who wants to can not only get help from specialists, but also practice. sports , leave the child for a few hours or consult about employment. the next stop of the delegation is kindergarten number 19, which was seriously damaged by aerial bombardment and artillery hits, and it is being rebuilt. it was very important for us to do a lot of work as quickly as possible so that the children returned, the families returned, the parents could go to work, so kindergartens must function. the work in this institution was partly financed by the state and the city, but from spring with the support of the latvian government in cooperation with the undp,

a full comprehensive reconstruction of the premises, roof repair, facade insulation, and internal work should begin here. in general , 80% of the entire educational infrastructure was damaged in the city during active hostilities. it is she who is the priority in restoration, - noted the speaker of the latvian parliament. she talked to the leader about this and not only of chernihiv ova, and also assured that they will not stop at schools and kindergartens. today, we talked with the latvian side and ms. daiga about the issue of restoring the shelters. another thing that must be said is demining, a very, very important issue, and today latvian partners, latvian organizations, including, are working on humanitarian demining in chernihiv oblast. the republic of latvia is one of the first countries to recognize the russian federation as a terrorist country, the first in the european union decided to confiscate russian property and recently adopted a resolution

condemning the deportation of ukrainian children. and latvia's military and humanitarian aid relative to gdp is one of the largest in the world. if all countries, our partners and allies allocated as much percentage of gdp as latvia allocates for aid now, believe me, we certainly would. and although such a visit to ukraine was the first for ms. daiga, it was undoubtedly very thorough, what she saw and heard once again convinced her of the value of help from latvians. and also left no doubt that we are in dire need of such support. today we visited the village of yagidne, and although i admit that the latvian people followed the news and stories very closely and carefully. by what happened in this place, it is still impossible to convey it. what we saw, saw these people's eyes and heard these living stories, cannot

be compared with what we... the republic of latvia will continue to provide us with a strong friendly shoulder, in particular, for the reconstruction of ukraine , the state budget of latvia for 2024 provides 5 million euros. glory of ukraine. wounded lions, tigers, wolves and many other wild animals. a wild animal rescue center operates in chubynskyi, kyiv region. here the tails are rehabilitated. are preparing for a better life, many had to be saved from the war, among them tigriul, she was brought from the kharkiv region in the fall of the 22nd, she lived in a private house in a small cage, where her owner abandoned her. the animal arrived at the center exhausted with a fractured knee joint, kidney and repair failure. i still managed to steam it, although it was huge risk, but thank god everything worked out.

we were able to remove the pain in this joint, we have already seen her running, recently, during regular shelling, she hit the grate, received a concussion, in which, of course, all the rehabilitation went back a little, but now we have seen her condition, it is improving, i have hope that we can restore her to a stage where she can live a happy life, which is a porcupine. tosha, all his life he entertained the circus audience, and when he retired, the trainer transferred him to the center, through that had to live in a small box, now tosha has a habit of walking in circles in the enclosure. when an animal is wild, they have to live in the wild, under normal circumstances, but when they are put in a small cage,

that is enough for them. a lot of stress , they go crazy there, and that is why, unfortunately , this behavior occurs when you put them in a large enclosure, they still walk in circles like that, another resident of the shelter, venus from poltava region, the owners took her in when she was still small and thought it was a dog, but when the animal grew up, it turned out that venus is a she-wolf and it became very difficult to get along with her, the animal was treated in the center and she will soon be on her way. she will soon go to greece, we found good conditions for her together with another animal, together with another she-wolf, which we rescued earlier from under the belarusian border, they will soon go together. among all animals , swans live in the center, they were rescued mainly from weather conditions, some birds are injured, others have an infection, recently six have already been released, 11 more are undergoing

treatment. they were found by caring people, saved mainly by the animal rescue team of kyiv karkh, they rescue animals from ordinary situations, some died there in the summer, they got them, beat them out. at the wild animal rescue center, animals are not hoarded, they are given help and released into nature or are looking for new homes. in the west of ukraine or abroad. the resettlement procedure is complex and long-lasting, at least three... months, besides, the animal must be healthy, because in europe diseases are indicators for euthanasia, we do not transfer to zoos, except for border, where there are, we transfer animals, where there are large enclosures, because in principle a zoo is a zoological park, yes, take it there in europe, there is an enclosure for bears there that is 2 hectares and above, the same for tigralev, in us ...

it is customary to consider a zoo as a small enclosure. you can support these wild animals in any way, with donations, food, building materials, and you can also arrange guardianship, that is, help a specific animal and receive an honorary certificate. currently, there are 27 residents in the center. in general, during the great war managed to help more than a thousand animals. more than two hundred were placed abroad. besides , it works here. five ambulances, if you see an animal in need of rescue, call 303. kateryna galko, andriy verstyuk, espresso tv channel. we are looking for three-year-old esfir pavlovska. the girl lived on the left bank of the kherson region in the city of oleshki. from the first days of the war.