given by the verkhovna rada, and the verkhovna rada does not have the opportunity, although it has all the legal grounds, opportunities, er, levers of influence for this, but it does not use it, it simply, well, the majority waits for what they will be told from the office the president, we cannot influence it in any way, many wonderful laws have been submitted and voted on that the president should sign, but he does not sign them, so of course there is such a threat, and when you vote for such a bill, you also think about it. won't someone use your voice so that later to point fingers at you, but look, that's all they did, we didn't want that. well, why am i asking, because the previous law, which lowered the lower limit of those who are mobilized, from 27 to 25 years old, it has not been signed by the president, it is there, it is lying, yes, and the verkhovna rada once again adopted own responsibility, this is not a popular law, because yes, it lowers the age, so is the bill on the write-off of military property, when we say it... it is a glaring

problem, and yesterday the president was directly, as he says, there somewhere at zero, on the line of the front, well, let's say zero, let them call it zero, on the front line, but if he was, i mean in the right line, then he should have been told about this bill, because this is one of the most glaring problems, along with the lack of munitions, the fact that people cannot write off property that has been there for two years , either destroyed in the war or lost, and that's all the fuss about... documents they need to make so that it is not credited to them, and we say that we we worry about our military, and at that time this bill is lying, ready, waiting for signature, but no one signs it, and here is the attitude towards our military. mr. colonel, what will happen if the verkhovna rada of ukraine passes this law, and the president does not sign it and says, well , the team prepared this bill diligently, and that is why i am against it, because 500,000 people are needed there.

to mobilize, we cannot make it so that these people leave and our economy there collapses, because there is already an appeal from the european business association not to adopt the government draft law on mobilization rules without finalization, because it can paralyze, as they consider, the work of a part of the country, played a good and an evil investigator, or a good and an evil president, well, that is, the hard-working team is leaving. these are the problems of the industrious, the verkhovna rada does not approve, the bill was prepared by the government, and what will the supreme commander in this situation look like? i think, anyway, how can he make himself look like a winner if this bill, of course, is not a popular bill that limits rights, yes, it's not about 500,000, it's about , let's say, giving rights there to tccs . it's about

restricting rights, it's not about 500 thousand, it's about those who should be framed and then taken away , and here is the question, of course, when you come out and say, i won’t sign it there, it’s all the deputies or it’s all the team, of course, people will accept it, because they are unpopular, sign it, that will be an unpopular decision, and we understand that the government is now, as far as we can see, not very ready to make unpopular decisions, including those that are being imposed on them , including because... like, like, they gave a slack , yes, when you tell them, sign the law on write-off, they say, but no, well, that’s the way it is opposition deputy, although 40 different deputies signed it, and 302 voted, but no, we won't, it doesn't matter that the army suffers from this million, but we won't do it, and we have this at the exit, of course, what is the problem with this and that, that when we see what is happening, then impose something on seeing what unpopular decision and that the government cannot accept them, do you think to yourself? it is necessary,

say, to do something now so that someone from above, violating the constitution, simply does not sign it later and says that this is all bad mps, bad government and bad military. mr. colonel, thank you for the conversation, this was roman kostenko, colonel of the security service of ukraine, people's deputy of ukraine, 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 there , please like this video. don't be stingy, it's a very good broadcast, it claims to be present in youtube trends, and take part in our survey, today we ask you about whether you are satisfied with your work the head of zsu zaluzhnyi, yes, no, if you are sitting in front of the tv, you can vote on the numbers 0800, 211 381, satisfied, 0800-211-382 dissatisfied, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. next up is glen

grant, retired british army colonel, military expert. mr. colonel, i welcome you and thank you for being with us today. you, colonel, in ukraine they are waiting for the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny, president zelenskyi says that there will obviously be a rotation to touch not only zaluzhnyi, but also other leaders, including the army, some power bloc, as he said, which in your opinion will change after his resignation. chief of the armed forces of ukraine, how will this affect the situation on the russian-ukrainian front and is it advisable to replace a veteran during the war? and

therefore, first of all, i want, when we talk, actually, if about resignation, yes, then he will not leave himself, yes, it is not, it is not a resignation of his own free will, yes, of course. he would not want to go alone, of course, this is about release, yes, about the fact that he will be released, and the important thing is the fact that he is a very powerful motivator in our country, there is no better person than him, and of course, to replace him at such a moment, when such a rather stressful moment, a difficult moment, it is not appropriate to make such a decision, i have already said many times that it is very a lot of... his generals don't train as well as they could, and of course there are a lot of different things, well of course you can talk, and what do you want from them, they are fighting a war, it's difficult, of course, combat experience, combat in general actions, logistics, mobilization, there is so much

something to work on, and of course there are good moments and bad moments in this, of course, if he, if he is released, then we... mr. colonel, how would you characterize the role of zaluzhnyi during the great war, because one way or another, well, we will have to sum up, as i understand it, the activities of valery zaluzhny, what the ukrainian army gained together with zaluzhny? i believe that... first of all, the army believed in itself under the brave man, they believed in the fact that the brave man covered his rear, he loves his work, it is obvious, it is obvious, how much fire burns in his eyes, that

warmth that emanates from him, and indeed, this is very important to the morale of any army. mr. colonel, volodymyr zelenskyi in an interview with italian... journalists called the situation at the front of stagnation due to delays in the supply of western military equipment, let's hear what volodymyr zelenskyy said. as for the land line of corrections, and there is stagnation, yes, and and and this is a fact, why? because something was missing, something was missing, sometimes you think that oh... here is this date, here let's go ahead, i believe that in terms of the amount of appropriate ammunition, there was a delay, and the delay is a miscalculation, but

to be honest, well, we are not fighting just a terrorist organization, we are fighting terrorists, who are one of the largest armies in the world. mr. colonel, do you agree with the president's conclusions that there is stagnation at the front in the land part of ukraine? well, there is no stagnation, but of course there are specific areas where the russians are trying very hard to break through the defense line, this is not stagnation. and on in the south it is not there either, for example, in the kherson region, you see how they are fighting to gain a foothold on the banks of the dnieper, but of course,

now we understand what is going on, all such statements now will be that the western partners are not helping quickly , but i mean, really. did very little to produce weapons with her own hands. yes, we know that drones are being produced, but i have already repeatedly said that you need to look for something new, you find it. something new, to manufacture, to work at high capacity, to switch to the military rails, so you know here, you can throw arguments at each other like this, but we understand that the deliveries are quite slow, but ukraine has already received a lot, unfortunately, the government of ukraine acts extremely slowly, and therefore it is really interesting when the replacement will take place, or will those experts know how to act? mr. colonel, zelenskyi says that the lack of western military aid has an effect. to the front, and this is a completely clear conclusion, and obviously, this conclusion is before

consideration in the congress of the united states of america, the issue of providing assistance to ukraine in the amount of 61 billion dollars. in your opinion, if congress does not pass this decision, what are the consequences on the front? i think that the consequences will be very painful, in particular, when we talk 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 drones and other equipment, but we understand, how big is the request. ukraine must mobilize, mobilize, and if this does not happen,

therefore 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, part of the kharkiv region near the oskil river . the russian federation has already prepared about 500 tanks, more than 600 combat vehicles, and at least 40,000 invaders , the ukrainian center for defense strategies reports, the date of march 24th, 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 to what extent it is possible that such a scenario could develop that literally in a month the russian occupiers could enter the administrative borders. donetsk and luhansk regions and part of kharkiv region? well, you know, now i

will put my reputation as an analyst on the line and say that they will not succeed. yes , of course there are soldiers, there are a lot of their resources, but unfortunately, fortunately, their soldiers are not trained, they will not be able to carry out ... there will be a breakthrough from russia, they do not have enough soldiers who are in the body, because people, ukrainians, for example, yes, if the russians suddenly broke through, the ukrainians would then start to act more actively, they would help. of course, we understand how great the danger is.

at the same time, mr. colonel, the largest large-scale nato exercises have unfolded in europe, 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 the countries that are part of the north atlantic alliance , can you say: in europe, western europe and in the north atlantic alliance, or expected such a scale of the war that russia is currently waging against ukraine. why i ask, because first of all it is about weapons, which are lacking in europe, obviously it is about ammunition, which is also lacking, lacking in europe in connection with the war in ukraine, why with... western european analysts and nato analysts could not calculate

the scale of the war that is now going on in ukraine? yes, so many questions in one question, it's hard to answer really, but first i want to say that no one expected it to last this long and... the war, we really we understand that we were not ready for such a big war, we thought that such active hostilities ended with the end of the second world war. but you see how the politics of the rest of the european countries changed after world war ii, they reduced their military capabilities, they didn't make weapons, but they really have a lot of missiles, a lot of planes, so again, if russia attacked them, they

they wouldn't let her do it so easily, they gave her a booty rebuff, so i think it's the other way around even... if they have less human resources, and we we understand the quality of training and education that nato military personnel have undergone, compared to nato soldiers. mr. colonel, if this conflict between russia and the north atlantic alliance does happen, or rather russia attacks one of the countries of the north atlantic alliance, what would you do? have assessed the chances of the russian federation in this confrontation, or they will lose immediately, it could be in a month, so we must not forget how large the resources of the united states, the national

guard, the army, that is, there are about a million troops 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 unfolds, is it possible to repeat the situation with the second world war, when there was this bloc, hitler's, a large bloc from italy, germany, japan, or. in this situation, can russia enlist the support of north korea, china, iran, syria and other countries, which may enter putin's conditional bloc, which will fight for the western bloc? extremely

good question, because i think that this putin bloc, as you called it, i... that it already exists, and what we 're talking about now is actually support from other countries, even with 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 one, and so i want to say, of course, the role of china is very important, you talked about this country, china extremely. i am not sure that the chinese economy will survive, will survive such powerful sanctions that will fall on itself china's market, and so i think that china will play this game that they play, saying we have nothing to do with it, but secretly supporting russia

with the resources that russia is asking for, but colonel, we see how north korea on... 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 north korea provoking south korea, and obviously this is also part of vladimir putin's grand plan in order for there to be as many points of war on the world map as possible, i.e. the middle east, north korea, perhaps somewhere else there may be the same point of war in order to enter into negotiations with the north atlantic alliance or 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, in order to justify his aggression. regarding ukrainians, is this possible? i don't think so, i don't think that western countries or nato at one time or another will enter into any negotiations with putin at a time when he is now in the role of neo-hitler. i'm sure he'll try to create these hotspots wherever he can. we say the same about north korea and taiwan, and of course there are different regions in the middle east where, again, it is possible. er destabilize the situation, but i'm sure that the western countries, they will try to isolate these hot spots so that it doesn't turn into a third

world war, so in fact, as they are doing now with israel, you see that they so they help israel, but they also feed the palestinians, i am sure that there will be a lot of thinking, there will be a lot of actions that will be directed properly. on diplomacy colonel, i thank you for speaking, this is retired british army colonel glen grant. friends, we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are watching us live there now. please don't forget to like this video, comment below this video, and most importantly, take part in our survey. today , we ask you about the following: are you satisfied with the work of the chief of the armed forces of ukraine ? yes, not on youtube. everything is quite simple, if you are sitting in front of the tv, take your smartphone or phone and vote, if you are satisfied with the work of the diligent 0800 211 381, no

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 are in touch with ms. ivanna klympushtsadze, people's deputy of ukraine, head of the committee of the verkhovna rada on ukraine's integration into the european union. to the union, mrs. ivano, 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 zelenskyi's desire to resign in good faith, because it became clear from the interview with italian journalists that there will be personnel rotation, and personnel rotation will affect not only the head of the armed forces of ukraine, but also other people like him said, the leaders of the state, though. for me , 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, oleg tatarov and other heads of state who are part of these five or six, in the pool of five of six people, a pool of five or six people who do not have any authority or legal basis to issue any orders or pressure. to demand and give tasks, yes, i think that it is precisely them, he is not going to change, president zelensky feels in the bath that they created for him, quite comfortable and convincing, he, i think so 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 dismiss the commander -in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, and indeed today the ukrainian society will learn that he really thinks about it from the mouth of the president himself, but not from any ukrainian broadcaster, and not through an interview with the president of ukraine and not because of the animal. his daily appeals to ukrainian to ukrainian society, and through interviews, again to foreign press, italian media, i am sorry that president zelenskyy despises the citizens of ukraine so much that he cannot manage to have a serious and mature conversation if he has there are indeed complaints against the chairman and to have a serious conversation with ukrainian society, unfortunately, all this... this, this is this thread, this, this information that is spreading about zelenskyi's conversation with zaluzhny, about the demand

zelenskyi to write a statement of resignation to zaluzhnyi and to submit his credentials there, it does not add confidence in the real internal cohesion and understanding of the role in this group. the head of our country, and for sure, such a movement, if it is approved by president zelenskyi, will be perceived negatively by our partners, we must understand with you that despite the fact that they will obviously talk about the fact that it is absolutely is the authority and an internal matter of ukraine, it really is an internal matter of ukraine, but we understand that with respect... with respect, our partners treat the huge, huge work that you have done over these two years, even more,

being on your own. commander -in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, and any trust that is built over a long period of time between partners and any ukrainian and heads of these or other institutions, it is not easy to build, and general zaluzhny definitely has a high level of trust of both ukrainian society and ukrainians armed forces, defense forces, and... and our partners, i am convinced that any such actions aimed at eliminating it will not provide additional, let's say, positive arguments in our further, in our further efforts to obtain additional, in particular, military aid from our partners, i think that the question of ukraine, mistrust of ukraine due to such actions of commander-in-chief zelenskyi will only increase. mrs. ivano, solo

of ukraine in the united states of america oksana markarova reported that the american senate may vote on the bill on the international aid package as early as february 7 of the united states of america, including for ukraine, 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 worse than we expected and it doesn't even come close to ending the border disaster that... the president, if this bill gets to the house of representatives, it's going to be dead on arrival, and trump said that the senate bill to help ukraine , literally, only durin or a radical left-wing democrat will vote for this document, said the former the president of the united states of america. how do you assess the passage of this bill, because zelensky says that there is a lack

of aid from the united states of america. greatly affects the course of the russian-ukrainian war, and 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 turning to and ours there are interactions and efforts to get information. understanding from our partners in the united states of america, we we are really getting very low chances of, information that there are very low chances of passing this bill, which would include, including this resolution that the senate worked on on the border, of its passage in the lower house of the american congress, and this is a crazy challenge, moreover, we see that, in parallel

, the republicans are doing... a different move and are planning to consider a bill in the house of representatives on providing exclusive aid to israel, and the biden administration is saying that the president will not sign this separate draft law, you and i are now between the hammer and the anvil, we are in the framework of a completely internally oriented discussion inside. of the united states of america, which, unfortunately, cuts awareness of the risks for every american citizen that non-support of ukraine and the potential advantage of the russian federation due to the non-supply of weapons by the united states to ukraine entails, and this is the risk that, unfortunately, can really have catastrophic

consequences, not... purely for us, as a state, but also for the european continent and actually for the global world, according to those potential new costs and including the insane human resource on the part of the united states, which today prefer not to notice, in particular , the radical republicans in the united states, well, in america, this is what is meant by the right-wing radical wing of the republicans, and we call... to the fact that, 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 it is possible, it is possible to remove, say, from all these agreements the aid to israel, then in my opinion it is exactly the same...