constant technical re-equipment and modernization. today, the share of modern weapons and equipment in the strategic nuclear forces has already reached 95%, and the naval component of the nuclear triad is almost 100%. serial production of new zircon hypersonic missiles has begun. tests of other strike systems are being completed. once again called him a son of a bitch, a madman who has gone mad, and in your opinion, mr. valery, is there any mechanism that will allow us to avoid this madness and the implementation of these crazy ideas that putin and medvedev have? well, if we talk about these statements again there with a nuclear club, then the first thing i will say is that what medvedev is doing is completely... another story,

it is the story of the formation of a parallel world, and there is his own theory of management, when he, he performs a specific role in the information space, that is completely different, well, sometimes they send some signals, but not ukrainians, so, frankly speaking, there is not much of that, well, if he was named, it seems that the official spokesman of the euro commission has already said that he needs to see a psychiatrist , well, if... they say that it is necessary medvedeva to the psychiatrist, unfortunately , there is nothing for us to discuss here either, but regarding what putin declares, first of all, let the specialists speak, but we have already seen this story in the 22nd year, this is the unfolding of all these threats , the first thing i will tell you, not being a great expert in nuclear weapons, i can definitely tell you, and not only these specialists know this. without

tests, nuclear warheads, there can be no question of any, as he says, one hundred percent re-equipment, there were no tests for, well, if i'm not mistaken, since 1996, if i'm not mistaken, in the world, therefore, without this, without the fact that the russians did not first test a nuclear warhead on some test site, it is impossible to talk about the fact that there is any effectiveness . if he is talking about carriers, about missiles, then there are also serious problems with them. so, his statements that sounded there many years ago, he, i think we already know, he bluffed in some ways, lied in some ways, but there was some truth in all of this, so underestimate the that russia invests resources, which, unfortunately, we talked to you about, they have financial resources, unfortunately, this also happens with strategic bombers, that is... they

do it, they continue to produce, i emphasize once again, carriers, on carriers i can see that some things are happening, especially in the preparation of a large-scale war in ukraine, to talk about the fact that they have changed something fundamentally in terms of the ability to threaten precisely with nuclear warheads, what strategic, what tactical, well, it does not come to pass, unfortunately for them and luckily for us, so... we don't have to now participate in promoting this new stage of threats from russia. first of all, we know that the talks between the chinese leader and the russian leader, and china, took place on a regular basis. it is not beneficial for china to deploy such things, even to prepare nuclear weapons, because china is surrounded by nuclear countries in its region, and some of them... cause great

concern to china itself, so in this regard, at least it can be a consolidated position , this is firstly, and secondly, look , we were told by those who promised security guarantees there according to the budapest memorandum, they said, we promised from the point of view of using nuclear weapons, so the use and preparation for use are also there, so i think we should now pay attention to these. the statement drew the attention of not only the united states, britain, which in many respects are fulfilling their promises now, but also france, nuclear and china, because they actually wrote their letters back then, these letters are in the archive of the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine, they were not signatories, but they joined such an approach, not to threaten with nuclear weapons, but in fact now you can apply this document, no matter how weak it is appeared, this is the first, the second, once again naked...

shuyu, we need explanations in ukraine that there are no threats, strikes with strategic nuclear weapons on the territory of ukraine, this does not exist today, because it has already been discussed. putin will not cross these red lines, he really is a human being, well , mentally ill in many ways, but there are his own, including technical fuses, these stories, if we talk about other options for tactical nuclear weapons, then there are no tests yet, that’s all well , so far such empty statements, and the third, to us it is necessary to look now at other things that we forget behind this. firstly, we have much more threats, specifically the russian offensive now on our territory, secondly, they have the zaporizhzhya nuclear plant under control and in a very dangerous state, thirdly, they also have facilities in crimea, which can be used as man-made disasters, this is what

we need to deal with directly now in ukraine, and you know, this whole story with nuclear threats, we have already gone through it, we have already from our... already, in my opinion, the ukrainians fought back. you mentioned france, that france could, in this situation, mention its signature, that they signed the budapest memorandum, and emmanuel macron invited a number of foreign leaders to him on monday, and there they will discuss strengthening cooperation in support of kyiv . we see that the bundestag called for. the german government to provide long-range weapons, without mentioning the taurus, we see some talk so far that the americans are ready to provide longer-range radio-guided missile attacks, so we understand that the whole world is beginning to realize

danger coming from putin, especially, i guess, after he gave that boring two-hour interview with tucker cars. well, it is clear to everyone that he is living in some kind of medieval times, or maybe even ancient times, and is trying to redraw the world, according to the maps that were still available in the 13th or 14th century. well, you, mr. valery, do you think that the west will be able to turn around the situation, the uncertainty in which we are now, when the congress of the united states of america has not yet made a decision regarding ukraine, when we do not yet have a long-range. weapons, when even the americans themselves admit that the lack of these weapons affects the front, in particular , as far as audio equipment is concerned, that is, whether the time has come when they already understand that without such weapons it is simply impossible to defeat putin,

the time has come when they began to realistically consider the threat of a direct confrontation with russia at this stage, that is, it was initially in intelligence and in the ministries of defense, now it is... already politically in nato countries , what we talked about, well , in fact, at first, a large-scale invasion, and i think that this correct conclusion, only you have not been preparing it for a long time, the time has come when europe, in particular germany, france, well, britain earlier, understood that it is necessary to rely on its capabilities of military-technical plans for the production of weapons, and where they have for many years, well , in fact... lagged behind the united states states and in terms of volumes and new equipment there, although there are good results in france, in germany, in denmark, in norway, in britain, sweden, but the volumes are not ready for today's period, so i will just remind you that in fact that

ultimatum putin in the 21st year in december, which he sent through the ministry of foreign affairs of russia as a security draft of some kind of agreement there was sent to nato and... to the united states, they did not accept it, two countries, now finland and sweden will be further, join nato, but in terms of response, to this threat, they have just now woken up, or are waking up, so there is one point that i try to explain to all partners, reminding them that i was right, or we were right, many of us, two years ago, now they think, that ukraine will restrain the russian invasion as much as possible, they... will gain additional time, further prepare as much as possible, deploy the same bendisfera division, excuse me, the bendisfera brigade, materialized in lithuania, then they will increase what they are already adding through the suval crossing, to their eastern border , they will increase even more opportunities, yes i will say that putin will not wait, if ukraine

does not have what you said, concentrated now in this, well, in the coming months, the supply of those missiles, which are called long range... in fact, it is up to 500 km, it is essentially only from the rear there are now attacking front, that is, if there is no such fool. there is an absolutely senseless prohibition to answer only on the territory of ukraine, and not outside, but how will you repel even f-16 attacks in the air, how will they be, they will simply hide there from the airspace, well, it is senseless, so if this understanding is coming and there will be concentrated aid to ukraine, then they will not have to form a new line of defense actually already on their territories, well, now in fact they... there is one dangerous moment in this, on the one hand they are dangerous for ukraine, on the one hand, they already agree

that even during, even during the war with ukraine, if it is so positional, entrenched, there may be attacks on them, and missiles have already flown into poland, drones into romania, well, so far still alone, but there can be a tataka along sukhadol, very easily through estonia, through suwalki, 100 km through lithuania. and poland, maybe, well, they scare transnistria in some way, although this is a separate story, that is, they want to raise the escalation bar, if it were, and show the incapacity of nato. so the error is now in nato countries that they think they have time, 3 years, they called it 3-5 years, there is no time, i claim that they should be ready for this at the end, at the beginning. next year, at the end of this , at the beginning of the next, and if they

do not strengthen us as much as possible by this time, they will face a direct, there will be a direct confrontation between nato and russia, or nato countries and russia, and that's all now, now they are talking about this line defense, well, it is absolutely clear, and their ministry of defense is talking about it, of course in ukraine, which pays the highest price and there are armed forces that are ready... now, well, just to, you know, withstand it and repel the occupier, give weapons, give as much as possible, it can be used, if they don't use it, then it will be completely different for them the situation , i will tell you, to be honest, it will be fair, because if you think that they will give you an ultimatum for you, as was sent to russia, nato countries and the usa, and only ukraine is fighting, with all the thanks for... dosed, more time, dosed supply of weapons, i

say again, dosed supply of weapons, because 23 could have been a completely different year if our partners had not played the game of escalation control, and now they have reached them, well , but sorry, time, time plays a role, so now, i think, the second time they should not make the mistake , thinking that it will last somewhere there for a long time, no, i think that... understanding has come, i want to see actions, well, that is, you are sure that our western partners will no longer continue this game in some kind of truce, peace , some lines, putin with some intermediaries, zelensky, with some intermediaries, and they are among themselves now solve some question, how to actually stop the war in ukraine? well, i will take the liberty to say that they are, well... you can say backroom negotiations , let me refer to the leaks in the mass media, they lasted in november, december

between washington and moscow, and in principle did not come to anything, because, well, if this development is to be believed, the americans said that we cannot make such decisions without ukraine, because the russian side demanded to recognize, de facto today, already occupied territories and objects, so that they would be fixed. after them also in the agreement, that is, that the conquered territories were fixed, well , the approach, you know, as if hitler’s approach was obvious, well, hardly anyone would go for it, that is why it has failed now, attempts by russia will continue, because they profitable, of course, today's situation, they will still try to conquer the territories, thinking that later it will be possible to achieve the fixation of these ot'. zagarban, but i believe that in the fall it is necessary to do so that in the fall, summer-autumn, we will enter a

completely different story, in order to force putin and russia already on completely different terms until the end of the situation, and until this period, well, let's say so, before the elections, the day of the elections in the united states, why did everyone formulate such a date for themselves, well, it's clear. for what reasons there are elections not only for the president , there is also the congress, there really a lot depends on the position of the usa, well, in russia they expect that this will be a very favorable period for them, so by this time, i think, there are some serious options to make this temporary suspension, as they say, a freeze, such a thing will not happen, well, even if we assume theoretically, that there may be some talks and some agreements there, but the recognition that russia occupied the ukrainian territories will simply

completely destroy the entire world security system, because if at some level... there even an expert will be involved in the coordination of this agreement and fixing the fact that russia did the right thing, this means that all other participants in world diplomacy can no longer engage in diplomacy, but simply engage in the accumulation of weapons and by force to regain some certain territories or win back some territory, that is, it is unacceptable under any circumstances, right? absolutely , i will tell you more, diplomacy has already become less, i still maintain from the point of view that there will not even be any formal agreement with this russian regime, it will not be by definition, because it is impossible to do with them, because they are simply an enemy who wants to destroy another country, here only

to force, you can force to do anything, but i see that now it is not that... diplomacy now international law is simply torn apart broken apart yes, it is spat out, that's why that it has come to such things that it was impossible to imagine before, and in fact everyone was quite confused, but nevertheless it had already been two years, and in these two years a lot more could have been done, well, i think, i really hope these statements about , that there are 800 thousand shells. there is half a million, there is production, there are already some european budgets that are changing, that it will still put understanding on other rails. when they talk about a diplomatic end to the war, when ukrainians in particular answer this question, i asked those who are conducting it survey, in fact, ukrainians do not

mean signing an agreement with russia or with putin, but actually about capitulation, but that is not what he is talking about. and it is said that through diplomatic means it will still be possible to push this russian regime so that they crawl away, because with all their mental problems, they also have mistakes, they are still, well, we understand why they want to keep , power, there is control in their country, because they will be torn apart if they do not hold back, therefore, in principle, there are ways to squeeze... the world really affected them approaches, it is true, and the first is weapons , the second is sanctions, the third is still the continuation of obstruction, political isolation, this is the most difficult, because many countries in the world do not want to do this, you are looking for your benefits there, we see it, and this all together you can call there some diplomatic influences, but

all this will be less in the future , let's be honest and this is a lesson for ukraine, the right of force will play a key role in the coming decades, not international law, not rules, but the right of force, you see, first tanks enter, first some action, first 100 tamahawks were released there or cruise missiles, including tamahawks, then they start to understand, first hamas there provoked israel to attack them, then let's maneuver to lead, who is right, who is wrong, when to withdraw, that's how it will continue, i.e. , if you have the strength, you will be able to defend yourself, if you do not have the strength, any formal agreements, any previous agreements will not work, everything will depend on what you have in your hands at the moment here and now, for ukraine it is means to have, well , ideally it is clear that the safety umbrella through

precisely collective defense, well, nato, is a separate topic, and now it is, unfortunately... difficult to implement, but the fact that we should have a large, sufficient number of missiles in the near future, which, let's say, we call long-range eyes 500 km is not true, in fact the average range of the missile is 5,500 km, medium range, shorter range, it is thousands of km, if only to have missiles, ours are without nuclear weapons, but a thousand kilometers, several hundred missiles. which could be some kind of weapon of deterrence, well, i say about other components, so we need to use this moment to strengthen our capabilities, and for now... let's be honest, we do not have an advantage over the russians in many types of weapons, we have somewhat balanced there in terms of systems, well,

pppo, thank you, etc., we are very far behind in self-propelled artillery installations, something has been improved a little in the area of ​​anti-aircraft guns, but very little. .so it must be at all a different approach, and now we always talk about it, constantly discuss it, but i think that we should talk, i think that more openly, and not at the official level, you know, at this level the parliament could get involved, but not it was a little bit from another opera, but today our government went to the polish border there and stood there taking pictures, but... the poles ignored it, well, why isn't the parliament involved, why some big one, we have different associations, in we are an association

of people, there is simply no coordination, no work of such an active government, well, yes, well, here we are, we took a picture, yes, to the stadium, yes, the stadium, and what’s next, well, this is the same thing, this story, to be honest, is kind of very strange, because yesterday the guy said that he will not come to the border, but shmyhal went there with government officials and... zelensky said that they should come there, and shmyhal, by the way, said today that ukraine has developed and is offering poland a plan to unfreeze the border, it consists of steps, the issue of unblocking the border should be resolved before march 28, as tusk said that a meeting may take place on march 28. let's hear what shmigel said? today , there are more than 9,000... trucks on the border on both sides, and this issue must be resolved urgently. the trilateral headquarters should work around the clock, and the issue of blocking the border should be resolved much earlier than march 28,

the date when a joint meeting of the governments of ukraine and poland should take place. otherwise , ukraine reserves the right to apply mirror measures at checkpoints. oh, this is some kind of artistic self-activity. i do not know how mr. valery, you are perceived as a professional diplomat. and how can i come to the border like this and say: listen, come out, let's talk, and we have five-point plans, well, that is, somehow it doesn't look professional, look, the fact that some institutional possibilities should have been involved a long time ago , we talked about it a few months ago, i know, and we all know, and i also worked at the time, the ukraine-poland consultative committee, which in principle is under the president, which in principle should warn about such situations, they

may arise, and it was warned, well , we do not want to bring it to the level of the president, although it was stated here that it was volodymyr zelenskyi who spoke with donald tusk, after this conversation, donald said that it could only be at the end of march 28, there the subject... cannot be discussed, well , it is really unclear what they are pulling, the situation is critical for us not only from the point of view of the supply of goods there, yes, but also from the point of view that this is an information tool, very serious, and of course, that different forces are at play here, but they are still some military cargo turned around, that is, it is absolutely not acceptable to us, that is why the decision, for example, the statement of the prime minister of poland that we are on the border... these facilities, that is, all these crossings , we recognize as critical infrastructure, which means that it is not possible to carry out actions there , this was a good decision, so if

it can be unlocked at the expense of it, then okay, but if they don’t want to see you, if you want to put pressure on the decision of the polish government, it is hardly the best option, the plan we offer is good, what brussels and i offer together also good, because you know brussels a little now. also distanced himself so much from this issue , that is, the issue is absolutely not about grain, that is why we should now talk with poland about joint structures of collective defense, it is time to talk about it, and we are forced to talk about the following elements of the border blockade, this is absolutely unacceptable thing, and with all the elections that will be held there in poland or new elections there and... they say that they want to take revenge, the previous party that did not get this power, that is, it does not satisfy me at all, how let us act here, let ours, well ours, when we say

the government, well, not here... only the government, i emphasize once again, must be coordinated, the line of the state, i would start with the work of parliamentarians , diplomats, parliamentarians, well, the government got involved, okay , at this stage, well, but the picture itself is unlikely to make an impact now, it is unlikely to make an impact, and to us, honestly, it looks like a certain weakness, i don't know what they were counting on, because i know these people, some of them like professional people. and in the government, well , i don't know why such a decision was made, i think that this decision was made in government buildings, in others, where they are developing such informative, informational steps, well, this is an emotional decision and it is directed first of all to pr, to pr, and on the eve, and there should be actions directed at poland, because in principle i understand that

poland... does a lot and has done, well, let's say, it has done a lot more, and now there are questions recently, and in fact everyone was counting on the government of donald tusk, he is a european politician, he sees it differently, i tell you i will say, frankly, that so far we do not see such drastic changes, something this is his authority, i met with him as part of a delegation, he is a person who understands this perfectly, a person who is for the unity of... europe, i think that he will be able to take steps, and here we would not play in public, but to find ways, really there from coordination, i am sure that donald tust is interested in solving this issue in the context of european security. another issue that is being discussed, well, at least for the last few days, is the possible holding of a so-called congress of so-called deputies of various levels in

transnistria on february 20. on february 8, this congress of deputies is supposed to take place, and it is said that this unrecognized transnistrian moldavian republic will ask for entry into the russian federation, on february 29, putin should address the federal assembly with an annual message, although gur of the ministry of defense of ukraine says that the information that transnistria will ask putin to join them in the russian federation. currently, it is not confirmed, and the ambassador of ukraine to moldova, marko shevchenko, stated the need to create a new format for settlement of the transnistrian conflict, since the previous format with the participation of russia has already been discredited, and assured that ukraine will provide assistance to moldova in the event of an escalation of the situation in transnistria. let's listen to what the ambassador said. ukrainian officials

have repeatedly publicly said that if... there is an official request for support or assistance from the authorities of the republic of moldova, ukraine will definitely provide it. how and how quickly it will be provided will be discussed later, and it will depend on the seriousness of the situation. if moldovan officials consider that there is a threat to security or stability, they can apply and we will discuss what kind of help moldova needs and that help. will be provided, as far as the circumstances allow, mr. valery, how probable is the scenario or the repetition of the scenario from the so-called lpr and dnr, or from the pmr, well, on the one hand , they are ready for this, because in fact this transnistrian gathering of deputies of various levels, but it happens for some important moments, yes, that is,

the past... time and time again, they made a decision there to appeal, in principle, to russia, and in fact they only need to confirm it and that's all, that is, in the grand scheme of things, the development of events can be anything, so i would not reduce exactly such threats, it feels like there is some kind of behind-the-scenes constant struggle, something is being reduced in russia your decisions appetite. because it is from their point of view now, what is the purpose of the corridor from the south of ukraine, well, it was through odesa and in transnistria, transnistria is cut off from the border with russia, that is, both by sea and by land, so here somehow serious things are difficult to carry out, but from the point of view of such a game of destabilization, raising the state'.