drones, but i have already repeatedly said that it is necessary to look for something new, invent something new, manufacture it, work at a high capacity, switch to military rails, so here you know, you can throw arguments at each other like that, but we understand that supplies , they are quite slow, but ukraine has already received a lot, unfortunately, the government of ukraine is extremely slow to act, so i really wonder when the replacement will take place, will the experts know how to act? mr. colonel, zelensky is talking about the lack of western military aid affects the front, and this is an absolutely clear conclusion, and obviously this conclusion is before consideration in the congress of the united states of america, the question of providing ukraine with aid in the amount of 61 billion dollars. in your opinion, if congress does not pass this decision, what consequences do you think it could lead to?

at the front? i think that the consequences will be very painful, in particular, when we are talking about the infantry, because they are very lacking in artillery equipment, but compensating for this, the ukrainians, the people of ukraine, provide, buy, order drones, order without... and so on equipment, but we understand how great the demand is, ukraine must mobilize, mobilize, and if this does not happen, then there will indeed be great losses. today there was information that the russian army plans to completely capture donetsk and luhansk regions by march 24, and has already prepared a part of kharkiv region near the oskil river. the russian federation about

500 tanks, more than 600 combat vehicles and at least 40,000 occupants. this was reported by the ukrainian center for defense strategies. date - march 24, in your opinion, mr. colonel, why is it designated as the month when putin will be re-elected as the president of the russian federation, and how possible is the development of such a scenario that literally... in a month the russian occupiers can enter the administrative borders of donetsk and luhansk region and part of kharkiv region. you know, right now i'm going to put my reputation as an analyst on the line and say that they're not going to make it. yes, of course there are soldiers, there are a lot of their resources, but unfortunately... fortunately, their soldiers are not

prepared, they will not be able to carry out the intentions that they have, they can talk a lot, but also again, if there is a breakthrough from russia, they do not have enough soldiers who are in the body, because the people , the ukrainians, for example, so , if the russians would suddenly break away, the ukrainians would then start to act more actively, they would help. of course, we understand that there is a great danger, we understand that we are not ready for a great armed aggression. in parallel with this, mr. colonel, the largest ones were deployed in europe large-scale nato exercises, and obviously the north atlantic alliance is trying to demonstrate to the russian federation that there is no need to encroach on the territory of countries that are part of... the north atlantic alliance,

can you say, in europe, in western europe and in the north atlantic alliance, did they expect such a scale of the war that russia is now waging against ukraine. why i ask, because the first thing we are talking about is weapons, which are in short supply in europe, obviously we are talking about ammunition, which is also in short supply. in europe in in connection with the war in ukraine, why could western european and nato analysts not calculate the scale of the war that is now going on in ukraine? so many questions in one question, it's hard to answer really, but first i want

to say... no one expected the war to last this long, we really understand that we were not prepared for such a big war. we thought that this kind of active fighting ended with the end of wwii, but you see how the policies have changed, eventually in european countries after wwii war, they reduced their military potential, they did not produce weapons, but they really have a lot of missiles, a lot of planes, that is, again, if russia attacked them, they simply did not let her do it, they gave her power. well, rebuttal, so i think that on the contrary, even if they have less human resources, and we understand what is the quality of training and education that the nato military has undergone, compared to

nato soldiers. mr. colonel, if this conflict between russia and the north atlantic alliance does happen, more precisely... russia will attack one of the countries of the north atlantic alliance, how would you assess the chances of the russian federation in this confrontation? or they lose immediately, it could be in a month, right? we must not forget how great the resources of the united states are. the national guard, the army, that is, there are about a million soldiers. if the united states enters this war, we understand that the conflict will take on a completely different character, and russia will suffer irreparable losses. if this conflict

continues, is it possible to repeat the situation with the second world war, when there was this block, hitler's, big... block from italy, germany, japan, can russia in this situation enlist the support of north korea, china, iran, syria and other countries that can enter into a conditional putin's bloc, which will fight with the western bloc. extremely good. question, because i believe that this putin block, as you called it, i believe that it already exists, and what we are talking about now is actually the support from other countries, even countries like india, brazil, which, saudi arabia, which

in fact, in one way or another, they tend to gravitate towards the putin bloc rather than the western bloc, and so i want to say, of course, it is very important. there is the role of china, you talked about this country, china is extremely powerful, but you know that china is economically dependent on the west, i am not sure that the chinese economy will survive, survive such powerful sanctions that will fall on the chinese market itself, and that's why i think , that china is going to play this game that they are playing, saying we are here for nothing but secretly supporting. resources that russia has asks them but, colonel, we see how north korea is trying to join russia's war against ukraine, their ammunition is found on the territory of the ukrainian state, russia is firing north korean missiles

at ukraine, we see how north korea is provoking south korea, and obviously this is also part of big plan... putin so that there are as many points of war on the world map as possible, i.e. the middle east, north korea, maybe somewhere else there can be the same point of war in order to enter into negotiations with the north atlantic alliance later or with the americans and prove that the war he is waging in russia against ukraine is... not a war against ukraine, but against the whole world, well , in order to justify his aggression against ukrainians, is this possible? i don't think so, i don't think that western countries or nato, at

one time or another, will go to any negotiations with putin at a time when he is now in the role of a neo-hitler, i am sure that ... will try to create these hot spots where he can do it, we say the same about north korea, and about taiwan, and of course are different. regions in the middle east, where again you can destabilize the situation, but i'm sure that the countries of the west, they will try to isolate these hot spots so that this does not turn into a third world war, as in fact, as they are doing now with israel, you see that they help israel so much, but feed the palestinians as well, i'm sure there will be a lot of... and thinking, there will be a lot of actions that will be directed towards diplomacy itself.

colonel, i thank you for the conversation, this was retired british army colonel glen grant. friends, we are working live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live there. please do not forget to like this video, write comments under this video, and most importantly, take part in our survey. today we ask you about that. are you satisfied with the work of the head of the armed forces of ukraine ? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you are sitting in front of the tv, take it to smartphone or phone and vote. if you are satisfied with zaluzhnyi's work, call 0800 211 381 or 0800-211-382. all calls to these numbers are free. at the end of the program, we will sum up the results of this vote. next, we have ms. ivanna klympushyntsa in touch. people's deputy of ukraine, head of the committee of the verkhovna rada on ukraine's integration into the european union. mrs. ivana, i congratulate you

and thank you for being with us today. good evening, thank you for the invitation. well, first of all i would like to ask you about zelensky's wishes should be dismissed, because it became obvious from the interview with italian journalists that there will be a personnel rotation, and the personnel rotation will affect not only the head but the armed... forces of ukraine, but also other people, as he said , the heads of state it sounds very strange to the leaders of the state, because he talked about the five or six managers he has, does this mean that zelensky is ready to dismiss andriy yermak, oleh tatarov and other state leaders who are part of these five -six, a pool of five or six people, a pool of five to six people who don't have any full. and legal grounds in general to issue any orders, pressure

, demand and give tasks, yes, i think that it is just them, president zelenskyi is not going to change, he feels in the bath they have created for him, quite comfortable and convincing, he, i am i think that he feels with them, but unfortunately, we really see that... during the last week, the entire foreign press is full of reports that president zelensky intends, and this is according to various sources confirmed there our colleagues, journalists from abroad, is going to be dismissed from the post of commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, and indeed today ukrainian society will learn that he is really thinking about it from the mouth of the president himself, but not from... any ukrainian broadcaster, and not through the interview of the president of ukraine and not through

his daily appeal to the ukrainian society, but through an interview, again, to the foreign press, the italian media. i am sorry that president zelenskyy despises citizens so much of ukraine, who cannot manage to conduct a serious and mature conversation, if he really has complaints against... the head and conduct a serious conversation with ukrainian society, unfortunately, all this, all this red tape, this, this information that is spreading about the conversation zelenskyi and zaluzhnyi about zelenskyi's demand for zaluzhnyi to write a resignation letter and simply list his powers there, it does not add confidence to the real ones. internal cohesion and understanding of the role

of the leader of our country in this cohesion, and this is exactly the kind of movement, if it is adopted by president zelensky, will be perceived negatively by our partners, we have to understand with you that despite the fact that they will obviously talk about the fact that this is absolutely the authority and matter of internal ukraine. is really an internal matter of ukraine, but you and i understand that our partners treat this huge, huge work with respect and honor. which he spent these two years, even more, while in his post, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, and any trust that is being built for a long time between partners and any ukrainian leaders of these or other institutions, it is not easy to build,

and general zaluzhny definitely has... the level of trust of both ukrainian society and the ukrainian armed forces, defense forces, and our partners, whether - what kind of actions are aimed at eliminating it, i am convinced, will not give additional, let's say, positive arguments in our further, in our further effort to obtain additional, in particular, military aid from our partners, i think that the question of ukraine, mistrust to of ukraine due to such... actions of supreme commander-in-chief zelenskyi will only intensify. mrs. ivano, ambassador of ukraine to the united states of america, oksana markarova , reported that the american senate may vote on the bill on the international aid package of the united states of america, including for ukraine, as early as february 7. but the speaker of the house of representatives of the united states

of america, mike johnson, said that he would not put the bill to a vote. this bill is even worse. than we expected and is not even close to the completion of the border disaster that the president has created, if this document reaches the house of representatives, it will be dead on arrival. well, trump said that the senate bill on aid to ukraine is literally like that, only durin or a radical left-wing democrat will vote for this document, said the former president of the united states of america. how do you rate the passage. of this bill, because zelensky says that the lack of assistance from the united states of america has a strong influence on the course of the russian-ukrainian war, eyes, and this it is obvious whether the united states of america is aware of the consequences of delaying the adoption of this bill, and from all those sources and

public ones that you are now, to which you are now. refer also to our interaction there and trying to get information, understanding from our partners in the united states of america, we are really getting very low chances of that, information that there are very low chances of passing this bill, and which would include, including this is the decision that the senate worked out on the border, on passing it in the lower house of the american congress and... this is a crazy challenge, moreover, we see that at the same time the republicans are making another move, and they are planning to consider a bill in the house of representatives on providing exclusive aid to israel, and the biden administration is talking about that the president will not sign this particular

bill, you and i are now between the rock and the anvil, we are in, ah... within the framework of a completely inward-oriented debate within the united states of america, which unfortunately, ah, cuts awareness, ah those risks for every american citizen, and which are not supported by ukraine and the potential advantage of the russian federation due to the non-supply of weapons by the united states to ukraine, and this... that risk, which, unfortunately, can have truly catastrophic consequences, not purely for us, as for the state, but also for the european continent and indeed for the global world, in accordance with those potential new costs and including the insane human resource on the part of the united states, which today prefer not to notice, and in particular

radical republicans in the united states, well, america, i mean. this is the right-wing radical wing of the republicans, and we call on the fact that, even this moderate part of the republican party, the democratic party, this center, which is constantly emphasized, whose representatives constantly emphasize their readiness to support ukraine, still decide this the question, if possible, can be taken out, say, from all these arrangements. israel, in my opinion, it is just as possible to withdraw aid from all these agreements ukraine and consider then the purely foreign policy aspect separately, but ... you and i understand that once again everything rests on this frantic pursuit of the presidential campaign, which has already actively begun in

the united states of america and actually the parliamentary campaign, because the lower house the us congress will be re-elected at the end of this year, and many here, well, with such a view are looking at their opportunities to be nominated and win the primaries on their own. in his district from the republican party, unfortunately, all these things are impossible a normal, constructive, visionary dialogue that would concern aid to ukraine. but ms. ivanna, from the current course of events in the united states of america, should we say that when trump comes to power, the attitude of the united states of america towards ukraine may change. or to be different, whether trump is a pre-election candidate and trump is the president, these are basically two different people, because in principle we saw

trump's activities as the president of the united states of america, now he is saying that for he has no problem at all with ending the war in ukraine, of course this is a pre-election slogan, and that he is ready to convince putin, whom he knows very well, and to talk with zelensky and that in the event... of his coming to power, this war will not take place, where is trump , real, in which story? well, you and i understand that no amount of trump's conversation, neither with putin, nor with the god-tsar, you know, will lead to the fact that this war will just start and end, and because for this it is necessary, it is necessary that it ended on the terms of justice, so that it ended on terms between'. law and on the conditions of preservation of the functioning and possibilities of choosing the country, the state of ukraine, therefore it is obvious that any election campaign,

it carries with it a huge number of slogans and such statements, which are far from always part of politics, after one or the other... the insider comes to power, but it seems to me that now we should not so much predict what kind of president trump will be, or not, because you and i also do not understand how it will end, in this is the secret of democracy, that unlike russia, we do not know the results of the elections that will be held at the end of this year, on the 24th in the united states of america, it would seem to me that we now have to continue ... continue to work primarily with public opinion in the united states the united states of america , to which american politicians are actually listening, if we have any

minimal chance to make our way to uh, to be heard in the united states of america by ordinary american citizens, this is the trick, the effort , which to me it seems that now it would be important for all public figures, all...politicians, all representatives of the parliament in ukraine, including government officials, to do the same, but we see that, unfortunately, systematic work in this direction is not being carried out, who will be the president or this or that president who will be elected at the end of next year, at the end of this year and what he will be in the next year, but we still have such hope that it will be the same as the first time. mm, for example, if it will be trump, then like his first presidency, after all

institutions, precisely the balance of power, exactly the balance, well, of all these counterbalances , which, which, which the united states formulated for itself for many, well, centuries, it gave the united states the opportunity to remain a country, a democratic country that... takes take on leadership and be able to make decisions in the national interests of the state, so we will count on the institutions, we will count on those people who represent them, well, besides that, we have no opportunity to relax and simply wait for the end of this election campaign, let's get to it until you see its completion , you must not just survive, but you must continue to return to the fact that we can win back. its people from aggressive russia, from the occupier country, the terrorist country. today, the members of orbán's fidesz party did not

come to... the parliamentary session where the ratification of the agreement on sweden's accession to the north atlantic alliance was put to a vote, and well, they didn't come and that's all, that is, they should have voted and postponed the whole issue until february 26. at the same time, szijjártó said that hungary is against the new sanctions of the european union union against russia in the field of the energy sector, i.e. synchronously and... orbán and szijjártó are taking steps that indicate that they are not friendly, neither to ukraine, nor to the european union, nor to nato. although it seemed on friday, when the decision was made, or on thursday, when the decision was made to provide ukraine with 50 billion euros of aid, the problem of orbán or the problem of hungary, the european union somehow

still. decided to what extent hungary will stand in the way of ukraine in our european euro-atlantic aspirations? well, just so that you and i understand what happened in the hungarian parliament, the hungarian opposition gathered the necessary number of votes in order to announce an extraordinary session of the parliament, in order to make a decision on the ratification of sweden's membership in nato. and yes, indeed, fidesz did not come... the deputies of fidesz did not come to this meeting, obviously, in order to show that no opposition will tell us anything, and we will be here ourselves to decide when, in what manner, and how we will make this decision, and as for how is hungary going forward, will it pose a certain threat to us, will it not pose a certain threat to us, obviously, unfortunately, it will put sticks in our wheels at every stage

in... our negotiation process with the european union, the issue of hungary, or there, let's say, the question, well, this constant opposition to the unity of the european union on the part of orbán was not resolved in any way finally there, let's say, you know, on february 1, so this is another formula was found, how to force orbán not to break the agreements of everything of the european union. and e to give an opportunity to make this decision, including about 50 billion euros of aid for ukraine, but he did not abandon his further intentions, he promised you and me that even there before our entry into the european union, he still has the opportunity to block up to a hundred times our progress will benefit not even

the least, well, at the most... at this lowest technical level, it will try, well , to create additional problems in order to increase its importance and in such and such a way to receive additional attention or some additional benefits for myself, but i think that polish prime minister donald tusk made a very clear statement on this matter, when he clearly said that it is already europe itself. i am tired of mr. orban, i think any of his new exits will demand a tougher and give a tougher, tougher reaction inside, thank you ms. ivana for the conversation, it was ivanna klympush, friends, during this broadcast we are conducting a survey, we are asking you about the following , are you satisfied with the work of the head of the armed forces of ukraine, so the results of the television survey 94% yes, 6% no on youtube, 96% yes,

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