our courses are aimed primarily at teaching the boys to carry out a combat task and rescue and survive at the same time, i.e. the first thing is, well, well, in short, thank you, we have to finish it, oleksandr pali, political scientist, participant in the center's drone operator courses training of drone operators, and nikita gavrylenko, the development director of the same center, and antiyna and i have to say goodbye to you today, and we are actually saying goodbye to you until next week until... monday, but our colleagues will continue to work for to inform you about the most important things.

greetings, dear viewers, i am annayeva melnyk, and for your attention, a news release. an important visit, a bipartisan delegation of the congress of the united states of america led by the chairman of the intelligence committee, mike turner, arrived in kyiv. this was reported by the former ambassador bridget brink on the social network. she added that the delegation includes congressmen french hill, jason crowe, abby gale, and mr. the purpose of the visit or planned meetings have not yet been announced. they met and discussed. defense minister rustem umyerov held the first working meeting with the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrskyi. they discussed the detailed action plan of our defenders for 2024, the department reported. during the meeting, it was also about setting up the logistics system and on time.

meeting the necessary military needs. the focus was on an effective system of rotations and rest of units. special attention was paid to a new type of troops of the armed forces of ukraine, the forces of unmanned systems. on february 8, president volodymyr zelenskyi made important personnel changes oleksandr syrskyi replaced valery zaluzhnyi as commander-in-chief. yesterday he was in charge of the mainland. troops during his long military career distinguished himself in the landmark operations of the russian-ukrainian war, which is known about the new commander in the material of my colleagues. oleksandr syrskyi was born on july 26, 1965 in the village of novinky , volodymyr oblast, russia. in 1986, he successfully graduated from the so-called soviet westpoint, namely the moscow higher military academy. command school and began

a military career. the new commander-in-chief passed all levels from platoon commander to deputy chief of the general staff of the armed forces. started in 1986 with the commander of a motorized rifle platoon. already in 2002, he was appointed to command the 72nd mechanized brigade. as of 2013, he was the first deputy chief of the main command center of the armed forces of ukraine and was involved in cooperation with nato. thus, in november of the same year, syrsky... on behalf of the ministry of defense at the nato headquarters discussed changes in the ukrainian army in accordance with the standards of the alliance. with the beginning of hostilities in the east of ukraine, syrsky was in charge ato headquarters. he was one of the commanders during the battles near debaltseve and uglehir, and also coordinated the bars group, which covered the withdrawal of ukrainian troops from debaltseve itself. for this operation, oleksandr syrskyi was awarded the order of bohdan khmelnytskyi of the third degree

, and later he received the rank of lieutenant general . of the united forces. from may to august in 2019, sirskyi was the commander of the joint operational headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine. on august 5 , 2019, he became the commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of ukraine. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia , it was syrskyi who was responsible for the defense of kyiv, for which he received the title of hero of ukraine. in the fall of 2022, syrskyi was one of the commanders of the counteroffensive in kharkiv oblast. the ministry of defense of ukraine named his name among the creators of victory of the armed forces of ukraine. atilants holding the operation on their shoulders. syrsky in 2023 led the eastern group of troops, which fought battles on the hottest areas of the front. he then called an offensive battle. near bakhmut,

where thousands of ukrainian soldiers died, a matter of principle and a matter of honor. syrskyi said that the armed forces could surround the city captured by the russians, but this did not happen. from the fall of 2023, he led the khortytsia operational-strategic group, which is responsible for the section of the front near kupyansk and lyman. here, the russians attack powerfully, and the ukrainians hold the defense. oleksandr asyrskyi often goes to the front lines and personally meets with the soldiers the hottest areas of the front. to analyze the battle tactics on the spot, identify problematic issues and support the fighters. in ukraine, an industrial and defense committee was created, the main task of which is to establish systematic work between weapons manufacturers, military leadership and independent experts. prime minister denys shmegal informed about this during the government meeting. he stated that he would personally head this committee. and

the ministers of strategic industries, defense, finance, as well as the heads of the ministry of internal affairs and the security service of ukraine will be involved in the work. d permits improving logistics is also about our task - to bring the ukrainian defense industry to a new level. level to form a unique support system for producers, give more incentives, increase the level of interaction with international companies in this field. we will also invite local authorities to join this work. in general , it is important for us to involve local authorities more in supporting the defense of our country. even more powers have been given to employees of territorial procurement centers - said a representative of the verkhovna rada in cabinet of ministers. taras melnychuk. the government allowed representatives of the military authorities to consider cases of administrative offenses and impose fines, as well as to organize periodic physical examinations and psychological examinations of conscripts and reservists. in addition, the tsc may introduce a record of vehicles to be transferred

to the armed forces during mobilization in wartime. the work of the centers was transferred to a 24-hour mode. the government has appointed oleksandr porhun as acting minister for veterans' affairs. he still held the position of the first deputy minister porhun is also a participant in hostilities and a hero of ukraine. in this position , he replaced yulia laputina, who was dismissed by the verkhovna rada the day before. and the assembly of the espresso tv channel at the vidrona fp for a separate platoon of unmanned aircraft complexes of the state sapsan continues. of the special transport service. these courageous soldiers are actively fighting in the donetsk direction, attacking and restraining the enemy. thanks to drones, they successfully destroy a lot of russian equipment, fortifications and manpower. so we have a goal to collect uah 1 million for flying weapons.

remember, the best investment is in our freedom and independence. this is a donation to the armed forces of ukraine. in the zaporozhye direction. ukrainian border guards successfully repelled a massive attack by the occupiers from the air. the enemy launched a dozen strike drones at the positions of our defenders at once. border defenders completely destroyed seven of them with the help of anti-drone guns. one quadcopter got caught in the branches of a tree. two more of our warriors landed gracefully with their deadly cargo. the police arrested the criminals, which are fake documents in an underground printing press, they produced driver's licenses, certificates of registration of vehicles and special equipment, as well as foreign passports of other countries. a 35-year-old resident of kyiv region organized an illegal business, he was assisted by six more accomplices, one

document cost from 10 to 12 00 hryvnias. the equipment brought the participants about one million hryvnias per month. they can be jailed for forging documents. play for 5 years. finland will transfer the 22nd package of military aid worth 190 million euros ukraine. both the needs of our state and the resource situation of the defense forces were taken into account. the country's ministry of defense was informed. at the same time , the department emphasized that the detailed content, delivery method and schedule will not be reported for security reasons. the package also includes the product. that were purchased from finnish manufacturers. separate financing in the amount of 30 million euros was allocated for its purchase. i would like to note that helsinki is preparing a long-term plan to support ukraine. strengthening of defense: ukraine will receive

more anti-aircraft missiles from norway of medium-range nasams complexes. this was reported by the ministry of defense of the country on its page on the ex social network. it is noted that the government. proposes to the norwegian parliament to order 10 more launchers and four fire control centers. let me remind you that at the beginning of january in oslo, a decision was made to sell their weapons and products directly. defense purpose of ukraine. and then we watch the program war and weapons with serhiy zorc. tired of heavy and bulky saws? then pilka strong from razpak tv is just for

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zima's big broadcast, a project for intelligent and those who care espresso in the evening. welcome to the espresso channel. today in our program we will, of course, talk about the front and weapons. but is it a front in our war with the russian federation? limiting the enemy's ability to generate or restore their energy are there industrial opportunities, of course there are, if so, is it possible to undermine russia's ability to continue? war only with strikes on its industry, energy and defense enterprises. and whether information is a weapon in its delivery in the form of either truth or lies, and how this weapon is used by our enemy and how we use it, and whether there are any new technologies that have a powerful effect in the conditions of this war. so, the front and weapons are now

multidimensional, and about how ukraine acts and... our partners on different fronts and with which as a result, we will talk about it with our leading experts in the war and weapons program and, of course, including in the context of changes at the head of the armed forces of ukraine. my name is serhiy zgurets, i am the director of the defense express information and consulting company, which is currently working together with the espresso channel to highlight the most relevant trends in the life of our defense industry, the military, and international cooperation. and now he joins us. the president of the strategy 21 center for global studies mykhailo gonchar, one of the best, in my opinion, specialists in of the field of energy military security, mr. mykhailo, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear. good health, i congratulate you, mr. serhiy and the audience of lviso. there are many questions related to the events of this month, this week, and

even the last few days, and here nada's accents and points are important, which i hope you will help us with. i will start with this specific question, which comes from the fact that during the month, at least seven facilities in the territory of the russian federation, which are related to the energy sector, were subjected to of such significant strikes by our unmanned systems, losses of more than 100 billion or 100 million, rather 100 billion dollars for the russian federation have been set. and the question arises whether this is such a significant new trend, which can really significantly weaken the defense capabilities of russia, and whether it is possible to make a single bet on this in order to force the enemy to abandon the submission of aggressive actions. thank you, good question, well, there can be no doubt that

there cannot be any kind of bet on one type of weapon, which one will bring victory and in the same way, you cannot bet on defeating something alone, which will also ensure victory, that is, the classic here should be the complex use of forces and means and the defeat of the enemy not only on the front line, in its operational depth, so to speak, but also in strategic, and in principle , the fact that the fuel infrastructure facilities in... in the depths of russia, the european part of russia began to be affected, this, i think, is precisely an indicator that there has been a transition to such a more comprehensive approach in the war of attrition, because as russia has moved to such a format of a long-term war of confession, and from the very beginning it shoots through our entire territory to its entire

strategic depth, and we were, so to speak , limited only to its actions... on the front line and near the state border, then there is actually such an asymmetry, i i would say unnatural, so now there is a corresponding compensation and use of those new opportunities, i have a long hand in the opportunities that appeared with the appearance of new, more powerful and more far-reaching unmanned aerial vehicles of the shock type, so this is absolutely the right strategy, actually speaking... now it has acquired such a more complex character, because if we remember that in the 22nd, in the second half, and in the 23rd year, attacks were carried out, including against those objects, which were already attacked in the area of ​​southern russia, well, but this year's feature, so to speak, is that they reached

both the baltic and the continental depths of the european part of russia, this... everything must be continued here, there must be a system and sequence . i finally figured out why i was confused about these metrics, it's about that last year this trade in hydrocarbons brought russia about 100 billion dollars, that is, in fact, in fact, the sanctions that we talked about there in various formats, after all , russia bypassed, and this way of living on hydrocarbons seems to be preserved, are there any steps to a solution , which can limit... this maneuver of russia in this segment, what decisions can be made and how do the sanctions work in the energy segment and in other directions in general, have they not exhausted themselves, are there mechanisms, means. do they really make it an effective way to put pressure on russia? well, first of all, i doubt that the figure of about 100 billion dollars is correct, according to our

calculations a much larger amount was received, another matter is that part of this money, well, if there are petrodollars, but there are petroyuans, petrorupies, which, so to speak, reduce the possibility of a maneuver for the kremlin, but... we see that the war budget is secured, and this is not only due to the growth rate of russia's gdp for the past year, because according to the idea, sanctions should stop this process, not just stop the process of gdp growth, on the contrary collapse it, we will not collapse we do not see, so we see serious problems that are brewing in the russian economy, but so to speak, roughly speaking, there is enough money for the war, for now, at least, and the russian budget for 20... so that in the first half of the year as much as possible to throw money into this hotbed of war, and they are doing it, and that is why it once again emphasizes the relevance

of strikes by the ukrainian defense forces on a strategic russian enterprise, in this case i mean not only the enterprise of the fuel and energy complex. now for the sanctions, well yes, they work, no we can say that they are not working, because the trade... of russia and the european union and the g7 countries has basically collapsed. but on the other hand , sanctions do not work as they should work, that is, they do not stop russian aggression. and the purpose of the sanctions was precisely to force russia to refuse, or rather not to refuse, but to make the operation of this engine of aggression impossible. that is, this is the receipt of these cash flows, which allow you to feed the war budget, but in this sense, sanctions do not work. more, we see that if the sanctions package on

oil and petroleum products somehow works there, and indeed russia received much less revenue than it was in 22, but the revenue that came in is somewhere at a level slightly lower than in 21 and the year before. that's why this money is enough, and therefore, accordingly, we are talking about the fact that sanctions should not just be improved there, holes should be patched , some holes will be patched, others will appear, a more comprehensive approach is needed, and in particular, when we look at it, a big hole - it is the absence of a gas package of sanctions, no less a hole the absence of a nuclear package of sanctions, moreover, the granting of sanctions. about the fact that in general in russia, so to speak, they mock and are proud that the united states broke the record for the import

of russian uranium raw materials, bought as much as 1.2 billion dollars, which is practically twice as much as usual there, so to speak, nuclear sanctions the package has been on the agenda, in the plan of macphail yermak's group since april 2022. and in fact, if it turns out that the fact that sanctions against rosatom are ignored are sanctions against, not just against of some corporate structure, this is one of those, one of those backbones of russia in its expansion. moreover, it ignores the fact that precisely the largest unit of the rosatome is the military unit engaged in manufacturing. of nuclear warheads , i.e., roughly speaking, the americans themselves are financing a strategic nuclear threat to themselves with their own funds, because what they are buying

in the russian federation is ostensibly for the needs of nuclear energy, of course, but in fact it all goes to the needs of the nuclear, nuclear industry russian and russians strategic nuclear forces and not only strategic ones, that's why there are such things , such big gaps, they seem to require a new approach, but when different discussions were held in davos, it was also heard behind the scenes that it was necessary to move from sanctions packages to a policy of total economic isolation russia, from the western side is meant, because of course china, india, and turkey will not join this, but we perfectly understand that if there were sectoral restrictions from the side. of western countries, which were introduced to russia in 22 and 23, and will be there now the next and 13th, 14th, probably 15th packages are discussed, but each of them becomes

smaller and smaller. and it does not give an effect, in the end , that is why we are talking about a turn to a fundamentally new policy, to what extent the party will be ready for this, we will see, i think, in the coming months, well , it is very interesting, but we understand that there are currently several ways, sanctions, a change in approaches to limiting the potential of the russian federation, and on the other hand, it is a strengthening of our own capabilities, and now it is a somewhat difficult, if not a stalemate, situation when... we are now very we are expecting to receive american help, primarily military, financial help, and i would like to ask you how you assess the prospects, whether it may not happen that, conditionally speaking, these internal permutations in the states related to reaching a compromise will continue like this for a long time, that it will have a negative or radically negative effect on our front line, what is your forecast, what are your estimates, well, for sure... it is hardly worth

making any catastrophic forecasts, although the situation is really difficult, and moreover, if but inadequate actions on the part of the top political leadership add to the problems of this situation, because the enemy's main goal in the classics of military art is to disorganize the enemy from the inside, and above all, his armed forces. and when, during a critical period of ukraine 's defense, the supreme command is replaced by the armed forces, this is a step towards the disorganization of ukraine's defense, practically, and accordingly, with all the ensuing consequences, and our partners are also looking at it, and of course,

so to speak... er, the enemy, the aggressor will be here to throw out information that special narratives, messages about whether it is worth helping those who are not ready to help themselves, on the contrary, chaos themselves from the inside. another thing is that this chaos is a consequence of the work of the enemy's agency, and the agency, the agency of influence. even before the start of the russian invasion, the political leadership of ukraine was very unambiguously informed that the highest echelon of state administration had to be cleared of agents, and immediately after the start of the foreign invasion , they talked about it and constantly talked about it. are we seeing progress, are we not , and so of course if for our partners both in

the united states and in... europe the question becomes in terms of how do we continue to help, i don't think the question would be to stop aid , because first of all this, of course, it will first of all hit us, but it will also hit the west, the western politicians, it will not be the case that, as they say, this is a separate defeat of ukraine. it already sounds quite clear that in fact, then it would mean a scenario, such a dark scenario for the whole event, and on the contrary, it is an encouragement of all forces a-a from the so-called axis of evil or coalition of evil, to continue to act exactly in the way that russia has shown. well, we can see in the near east how the iranian proxies, which it has been creating for a long time in various subregions, have become active.

east, that is, here in this case we are talking about how quickly the approaches in washington will be rethought in brussels, and here it must be said that in europe this re-thinking is moving, in my opinion, much faster, well , because there is certainly an awareness of the fact that the war in ukraine is actually a war in europe, not somewhere else there on the threshold of europe, as brussels officials sometimes say, and this is a war in europe itself. so, i think the coming weeks will be indicative in that context, and yet, i think there's reason for cautious optimism when we talk about, well, the most indicative actions, you expect, in particular, progress in certain directions, there in particular, unlocking is there help for ukraine, is it possible to sign new agreements on security guarantees for ukraine, from germany, or

these components.