that is, it can be assumed that the infrastructure is prepared, and perhaps the same partners who provide ukraine with these planes, they also took care of this. well, of course, there is another one, maybe our technicians, not all of them passed the exams, because i always said that training pilots can take less time than training technical personnel, this is a brand new machine, it is designed after others principles, there is a different distribution of both. communications between personnel, there is a completely different weapons system, a completely different radar, communication, well, it's different, so maybe there is still some delay in this, but if there are already six, then what you said , one crew is needed there, one plane needs up to 14 service specialists, then they are the ones who service all the planes, these are the teams, and they work to maintain the f-16 after... an hour of flight, it is necessary

to conduct its pre-flight training for 16 hours, and this does not mean that it stands for 16 hours, it stands for 16 hours, which means that specialists work around it , what is the total amount of these 16 hours worked. i also wanted to ask you about the tactics of russia's use of cabs, guided air bombs, they literally poured it. there avdiivskyi, the avdiivsky direction, and this became the main problem for the armed forces of ukraine when avdiivka was captured by russian troops, and it seems that the military told us on our broadcasts that the russian side had almost perfected the use of cabs, and there is hope that when in ukraine from are f-16s, they will shoot down the carriers of these cabs, that is, su-34 aircraft, whether or not the f-16 and these six aircraft are capable. complete

these tasks when they appear? well, again well, let’s go back to the modification, well, in general, if the f-16 will patrol the area there somewhere near the possible appearance of a pair of su-34x there, they usually work in threes, two su34s carry a bomb load, and they are covered by 135 from above, so when we actively knocked down, not always knocked down. but the su-35s were there, but they were also further and higher, and they could, due to their capabilities there as a fighter, make an anti-missile maneuver and get away from the missile, but if there is an f16, then i think that they will not be able to be so bold to fly in and drop these bombs on a whim, it will be a very, very serious risk for them, it is still there, and they are reducing it now.

number, but with the arrival of 16, it will be a completely different matter. and you said at the beginning that there are very few planes. and how many planes does ukraine need in principle? we have a vision back there in '19 that said we needed 180-200 aircraft like the f-16. but if you treat it like that with the understanding that... aircraft maintenance will be on our military budget, then i don't think we can afford such a number of planes, this statement of 60 planes is a very serious burden on the budget, if we ourselves receive the planes as military aid, then their maintenance is already our money, so there is always a shortage of planes here , it would be very nice if we had f16s there and to shoot missiles there. and jasom

158 there to perform other tasks, try to somehow make some kind of parity there with respect to the su-35, threaten them with their amram missiles, but i would also like to have them there a10 stormtroopers, i wish we had gripens that were very well integrated into the scalp stormshadow system, because right now we don't fully utilize those capabilities very much. well, if the taus were not carrying the same flu, we gave the impression of the crimea and the crimean bridge there, it would be very good, but we must understand that all this is money, and this is the main issue that is facing us here on obstacles, well, you said ukraine needs 180-200 planes, this is a vision, a vision, well, a vision ideally, but the partners will only give about 40, well, at least they promise 45, in in some future, there were numbers

60-61, these are such well-weighted numbers, this is a reasonable number of aircraft with which you can already do some of these. to organize round-the-clock flights, it is already possible to provide adequate rest for the crew, well, this is a normal number in order to conduct the combat operations that we are currently conducting, which we need to conduct and these and those tasks that are in front of us, so we still need to understand , what are the challenges facing these planes, the f-35 is a very good plane, but it will not be able to do here what it can do in general, and we will not be able to ... it to maintain, because it will be very expensive, so the most correct decision for us now is to hold on and get v16 and at least 60 planes there, at least during this next year, but let me remind you that by

this summer, as new writes york times, ukraine can get six planes. thank you very much, kostyantyn kryvolab, analyst, aviation expert, was on radio svoboda. well, the main news, an event, perhaps even of the world: the documentary 20 days in mariupol won the main award in the world of cinema, the oscar, the film tells the story of the siege of mariupol by russian forces in 2022, and has also previously won the british bafta film award. the authors of the film, director mstislav chernov, photographer yevhen maloletka and producer vasylisa stepanenko, being journalists of the associated press agency, went to mariupol on february 23. in 2022, literally the day before a full-scale russian invasion, they became the last media people to remain in place at the start of the invasion and record what was happening there during the first three weeks of full-scale war. for us it is a great honor to represent ukraine at

the oscar ceremony. this statuette, this victory is for ukrainians, for mariupol. thank you to everyone who defends our country and fights. how will this victory affect the world, where little by little the war in ukraine, well, maybe they do not forget, but it recedes into the background, we conducted a survey of people in kyiv, of course, this is not sociology, but listen to their opinions. i think it's very important to keep the world informed of all the happenings so that they don't in any way forget what's going on because they start scrambling for gas, for all the things, which are more important to them, and to devalue our life, the way we fight for... maybe their eyes will open to the truth, because i can't look at it without a smile. it seems to me that western society will learn more about this, learn about mariupol, about what happened there a little more, and not only from

some news clips, but more from such a view of life, more creative. even if we didn't deserve it from an artistic point of view, yes, for this oscar, we still... should have received it, it's like a sign that the world is with us, at the oscars there was there are a lot of international actors who have a very large audience, they will also spread it, i think it will have a very positive effect, it is difficult, i know about the film, i have read it, but i will not be able to watch it myself, it will be very tragic for me, it is true, it's not fake, it really happened, well, it's scary, it's horror, but i don't think that it will affect the community very much... well, abroad, i mean, it hurts, as a rule, only its own, and you look at strangers as detached, in principle we ourselves know how we treated syria, everything, watched it, switched to another channel, it’s all quickly forgotten, smart people, they should hear it, see it and draw

conclusions, well no, not everyone understands what it is, those who haven’t seen it, those don’t know it, well, let’s see a film, well , a documentary, well, it's scary, well, yes, well, it's for people... it's unclear, an event that will give an impetus and provide an opportunity for the whole world, all the peoples of the world to see the true faces of the enemies of the modern civilized world. film critic alena chechenina, who commented on the oscar ceremony for ukrainian audience and director valentin vasyanovych shared with radio liberty. we are talking about ukraine's first oscar for a documentary film about mariupol and the significance of this award, including for international aid to ukraine. social networks are already talking about how chernov was able to dare to say that this is the first oscar, this is not the first oscar, because he was the head

of the ukrainian company filmotekhnik, which develops the very technology that is really cool, he received, i forgot in what year, well, it has been quite a long time, technical a technical oscar, that is, it is also an award, but it comes first separately, and it is still considered that this is a different oscar than this one, that chernov said that this is the first oscar. to a ukrainian film , it is absolutely correct, the most important thing is that it gives the opportunity to see the film to a million viewers, and it can have, let's say, a very practical result, for example, if this film will be shown there in the us congress, or for example, for example, to the speaker of the american parliament, this film can influence him, this film will have a strong influence on american voters, who will put pressure on their let's say the management, this... can change the course of the situation in general, maybe i am exaggerating the importance, but it

works roughly like this, if we talk about this particular nomination, yes documentary cinema, what other films were presented there, that is, among which they chose ukrainian film, four more films were presented, in general , the biggest competitor was the film four sisters, this is a tunisian film, actually about a citizen of tunisia, who has... girls, but two of whom joined an extremist organization at the age of 15 and 16 idol, and she knows nothing about them, and the film is interesting because it was such a hybrid story, a mixture of a feature film and a documentary, but as we can see, the ukrainian film won, and chernov shows very well how russian propaganda manipulates, because there are scenes from the maternity ward in the house, where we can see everything, how it all happens, then... shots from russian television, which say that it's all a production, it's all actors. and this film, what is important, it

was made, let's say, not as a creative documentary, but as a quality american documentary, and this is also important for the perception of the international audience , namely the americans, because there are several layers, there is, let's say, high-quality documentary pure shooting, there is the director's attitude to the events, he comments, and in principle in all respects, eh... this film is very well made and it is understandable, it is emotional , it is traumatic, it is powerful, and all this, in general, gives a simple, on the one hand, a rather heavy emotional effect, and on the other hand, it really tells a true story without any embellishments, and that is the main thing, that this is the director's experience, the director's experience, he went through it himself, he didn't do it using a chronicle , but whether there were other people's filming, well, that's... documentary is also important - it's what's happening around us, and well, sometimes what's

actually happening, it's such that you can't think of it, and here are 20 days in mariupol - it 's just a show of these extraordinary circumstances, it doesn't happen so often with documentary filmmakers, when there is an opportunity to film such circumstances, which are not like anything at all, in mariupol, this is a completely deserved victory for this film, because his virtues are thin. they definitely are, and that's exactly why they gave the oscar , because there's a lot of talk already, well, as part of the talk already about what they gave because of the situation, it wasn't deserved, documentary, it shows, it's concentrated, it shows life and introduces the whole world is with us, with people , with ukrainians, who we are, how we feel the world, this is very useful, this is exactly what art exists for, and art must be supported all the time, even in the most difficult times in ukraine. times mstislav chernov definitely delivered a very correct speech, correct with in terms of cultural diplomacy,

in terms of meaning, i think whether he wrote it thoughtfully enough or with the help of someone else there, but it was very well pointed to this western audience, it wasn't too radical, it wasn't too no ilaitov about nothing, just at the right time. that's all we have, i encourage you to subscribe to radio liberty's pages on the internet, we are on social networks, instagram, telegram, facebook, twitter, viber, and we are also on youtube, two channels radio liberty and radio liberty ukraine, like this broadcast, in this way you will support our work and support independent journalism in ukraine. thank you for watching us and see you tomorrow.

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any time. just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stopcrime ua. you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time. my name is maria ulyanovsk congratulations. the first oscar for ukraine. the film 20 days in mariupol was recognized as the best full-scale, full-length documentary film. the film tells about the russian siege of the now occupied mariupol. director. pulitzer prize laureate mstislav chernov became the first ukrainian author to receive such an award. chernov delivered a speech that was already called the strongest performance of the ceremony. i wish i

never made this movie. this is a bitter victory for all ukrainians, which helps to maintain general attention to mariupol, history mariupol and the history of ukraine - said the director. khrystyna shevchenko says more about the film and the award ceremony from los angeles. greetings from... specifically from the hollywood area, i'm currently on the walk of fame near the dolby theater, where the 96th academy awards were held yesterday, and they're still under construction, and there's a lot of tourists walking down the walk of stars, stars are photographed, and this year it was ukraine that was immortalized in the history of the famous film festival, because our film 20 days in mariupol won a golden statuette in the documentary film category, the film's director mstislav chernov, photographer yevhenii maloletka, and producer vasylisa stepanenko were here yesterday for the ceremony about... mstislav chornov gave a very touching speech, because he said that he is probably

the only director in the history of the festival who would rather not make this film. his speech received a standing ovation, and after the ceremony, this is what mstislav said in his interview. this is the first. oscar for ukraine, the first oscar for the associated press, the first oscar for me. this means that journalism important, important journalism that gains even more credibility in a world where everyone is doubting. at a time when it has become a trend to criticize journalism, it is very important to support it with iconic things like this. and that's what we're trying to do, we 're trying to take it to a new level, to show that there are stories that need to be... given in different ways, but they all deserve attention. it gives me more credibility, which means i'll do more stories. i am returning to ukraine. i will continue

reporting, but ukraine is not the only country where important stories happen and where people suffer. so, again, all of this helps to keep the overall focus on mariupol, the history of mariupol, the history of ukraine, but it also gives us as journalists the confidence to continue working elsewhere. and that's what we're going to do, we're going to keep working, we 're going to keep reporting. from march 14 , the film 20 days in mariupol will return to ukrainian distribution. during this year , voice of america journalists repeatedly communicated with mstislav chornov, my to his colleague kateryna lisonova, he said that he hopes that this film will become a hope for the people of mariupol, who are currently under occupation, and for all of ukraine. in fact, you speak the language right now. the story of the people who are currently under occupation, or those who managed to leave, what did i want to say to the people of mariupol, who are now

at least under occupation... or those who were able to leave and have already seen your film. i want to tell the people of mariupol that their history will never be forgotten. i want to tell them that mariupol will never be simple for the world in a word ah, mariupol will not always remain a symbol, a symbol of pain, but also a symbol of the struggle of ukrainians and the people of mariupol. for survival and for my country, and this is already a huge achievement, and this is everything i could wish for as a director. mariupol is not a story about what has passed and ended. mariupol is a story about now, about what is happening in ukraine now. even more, he became a universal symbol. loss and

pain, through which, through which the civilian population passes, when and on the country, on their country is being attacked by a neighbor and people are being killed, when the people of mariupol watch this film, they see not only pain in it, they see hope in it, and i saw it in the eyes of the international audience as well, hope and... surprise at how we as a country, as the people of mariupol , as a society, have always been together and supported each other, this hope, it, it lies precisely in unity, and this unity, it, it, it is in the film, you can see it. and

feel, and that is why this film carries hope. since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the pope has spoken almost weekly called for peace and repeatedly stated that he wanted to mediate between kyiv and moscow. the other day, in one of the interviews , the pontiff said that ukraine should have the courage of the white flag and agree on ending the war with russia. now is not the time to talk about... the capitulation of ukrainians, giving president putin what he wants is not only a tragedy for ukrainians, but also a great danger for the alliance, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg believes. this is not the time to talk about the surrender of ukrainians, it will be a tragedy for ukrainians, it will also be dangerous for us everyone, because then the lesson that moscow will learn is that when they use

military force, when they'. thousands of people , when they invade another country , they get what they want, it creates a temptation to do the same thing again, and it's closely watched, for example, in beijing, so the risk of other authoritarian leaders using military force will increase if putin gets that , what he wants in ukraine. in fact, answering the journalist's question, pope francis did not mean the capitulation of ukraine, but rather called for dialogue and reconciliation, about it's in a voice interview. the head of the ukrainian greek-catholic church , his beatitude sviatoslav shevchuk, said in america. well, i was shocked, probably like the entire ukrainian people , but we also asked for an explanation, and thank god that these explanations were what the pope really meant, readiness for negotiations, and ukraine was ready to talk with everyone from the very beginning, but the problem was that

russia is aggressive... the authorities do not have us as an interlocutor, we are not a subject of negotiations for them, ukraine does not make sense for them to exist, so from the very beginning it was it is clear that the only way for us to stay alive is to defend ourselves, and this is the message that we are bringing to the whole world today, including to the holy father, but still, this is not the first such statement of his, i i remember before that you commented that you would try to meet him and... did you manage to do it, because this is a completely different level, probably communication, that's how we met, we meet, and we will meet again, because really our church today has a special mission, we are the voice not only of the greek catholic church, but of the whole of the ukrainian people, with a voice not only in front of the apostolic capital.