on youtube below this video what do you think if you watch us on tv pick up your smart phone or phone and vote if you think these russian volunteer raids on russian territory are helping us defeat the russians 0.800 211 381 no 0800 211382 all calls these numbers are free, call, at the end we will sum up the results of this vote, then we will have a colonel of the great army in contact. british retired military expert glen grant. mr. colonel, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, thank you. sir colonel, in warsaw it was announced that there are 300,000 soldiers in the north atlantic alliance who are in a state of high readiness to redeploy to poland in case of armed aggression against the country. this was announced by the deputy chief of the general staff of poland, karol. dymanowski, at the same

time, the president of the united states of america stated that there is no need for additional troops of the united states of america in poland, and there is no need to expand this contingent, at least this was the information even before the visit of the president of poland andrzej duda to washington. in your opinion, is there now a need to increase the military of nato countries in poland, taking into account to those threats that are assessed by representatives of european states from the side of russia? no, we have enough troops on high alert and we have to remember that if we continue to move soldiers, it will mean that people will be far from their homes, it will mean that they will not come through. we

understand that america and the united states, they have huge capacities to provide reserves. of course we do too we understand how powerful nato's capabilities are, and i am sure that, for example, military aircraft can be transferred very quickly to positions, but not people. because people are exhausted in this way, being far from their families, they lose, unfortunately, their competencies, but we understand that the threat has increased. mr. colonel, how likely is it that vladimir putin can start a conflict, i don't mean a war, a conflict with some country that is part of the north atlantic alliance solely for the sake of one thing, to sit at the table of transitions. with nato and

to prove that vladimir putin is not negotiating with ukraine, but putin is negotiating with nato about some kind of coexistence on the european continent. you have mentioned so many things here, firstly, there is no such thing as an attack on one of the participating countries, if he attacks such a country. member of nato , this means that he is launching an attack against the entire alliance, that is , we understand that nato still has a huge numerical advantage on the ground, in the sea, in the sky, this is, firstly, secondly, there is no such a chance, in general , an opportunity to disconnect, that's how to look, move the photo. from europe, or to somehow

separate europe, the european union and the cis. of course, putin must withdraw his troops from ukraine, this is the only way that nato will go to negotiations. at the end of 2022, the administration of the president of the united states of america was developing a response plan if putin uses nuclear weapons in ukraine, the new york times wrote about it. administration officials said the united states' response would have to be non-nuclear, but they quickly added that it would have to be something dramatic. response, perhaps even a conventional strike against units that launched nuclear weapons, or they risk emboldening not only russian dictator putin, but any other authoritarian leader with a nuclear arsenal, large or small. moscow didn't... uh didn't comment on this information in any way, uh,

but i what uh, what could the warning from the united states of america have been, other than ... could there have been a conventional strike on launchers that launch nuclear weapons, or could washington say much to putin? more? firstly, there have already been warnings, we don't expect russia to do anything, we have been clear from both the us and other countries, still... it was from 2014, which ruled out any nuclear attack , and we know that there have even been talks with the president of china on this issue, if putin decides

to go ahead with a nuclear strike, he understands what the response will be, we know that it will actually be. so for russia, the fact is that the usa has a lot of different types of weapons, they don't even have to dare to the use of nuclear weapons, they have really a lot of soldiers who are ready ready to intervene, or with the use of other types of conventional weapons, putin is aware of this, and he understands that now he is bluffing, and if... "if he dares to be so radical step, he will simply sign a death sentence for himself, because the people who are close to putin, whose children are now in europe, in america, they have real estate there, of course they do not want their entire future to be simply

destroyed because of putin's ambitions, that is, to put it simply, putin can be killed, but not allow a nuclear war." yes, i think so, if not to kill, then to somehow eliminate, i don't know, some psychiatric clinic, for example, yes, we, this is a very radical step, to use a nuclear weapon, but we understand that the entire network of people , acquaintances, close entourage , putin, they are not ready for this, they understand what the chain will be. putin is playing like this now, and let him continue to blaspheme, he knows clearly what will happen if he dares to take such a step. mr. colonel, in the course of in the past few months , we have been watching how the federal

they are trying to convince german chancellor olaf scholz that he should provide ukraine with taurus long-range missiles. there was even an appeal to the bundestag. regarding the transfer, the possible transfer of taurus missiles to ukraine, the chancellor of germany stated that he does not want to create any misleading expectations, therefore he once again confirms the impossibility of transferring taurus missiles to ukraine. let's hear what scholz said. regarding one weapon system, given its effectiveness and method of application, i believe that it cannot be used without... expectations, certainly and not create any misleading

and my answers are accordingly clear. colonel, what is scholz afraid of? it must be remembered that he represents left-wing politicians, and left-wing politicians very often intertwined their relations with russia, they wanted to believe that russia is a good partner, that is, his party never had a pro-american orientation in the past. to say that he is talking nonsense now, i will say so, because not to use such missiles, it only increases the chances that this conflict can reach germany, and i think, unfortunately, he cannot think about all this at the same time and

sleep so peacefully, because he says, on the one hand, we have to fight russia, and on the other hand , he says that we cannot provide ukraine with the necessary weapons for it to fight. against this background, the head of the british foreign ministry , david cameron, last week. declared his readiness to work closely with german partners to help ukraine, in particular, he did not rule out the possibility of a ring exchange, when berlin transfers taurus missiles to london, and london sends another batch of storms to ukraine shadow. the minister of foreign affairs of germany, anna lena burbock, also does not rule out such a possibility, and let's hear what ms. burbock said. a german invention, this would be an option, and we already did it with other

equipment some time ago, well, that is , germany wants to shift the responsibility, colonel, to great britain, although great britain already helps, provides important assistance to ukraine. yes of course. the position of great britain is quite clear, we have given what we give and have given, we will give what we can. yes, in the past and now that we are talking about support to ukraine, great britain plays a leading role. we are using financial resources to buy weapons from other countries. weapons in ukraine, but of course, everyone understands that

no one can defeat a country like russia, if only one weapon is at your disposal, of course, we are acting both diplomatically and financially, trying to convince germany to give up these missiles , ukraine really needs such missiles, people, civilians and military people are dying because of it, that is, it turns out if... what not to provide participation in murders. mr. colonel, such missiles, then they just have a passive president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi in an interview with the french tv channel bfm tv said that the situation at the front is now improving in ukraine. let's listen to what president zelensky said. the situation is much better than the last three months. that is... we had some difficulties due to the lack of artillery projectiles, long range,

blocking the sky and a large number, ah, and the density of drones of the russian federation, we worked very well in the russian air forces have now leveled the situation in the east , the russian advance has been halted, mr. colonel , against this background, cia director william burns stated that ukraine could regain the offensive initiative in late 2024 and early 2025, provided that the congress and senate of the united states of america restore funding of ukraine. if the united states of america does not restore this funding, or this funding will be delayed, what is the threat to ukraine, and from... accordingly, in western europe, it is actually a very difficult

question and the answer is quite difficult to find, because all this depends on many different variables, because russia is actually now throwing everything it has into the crucible of war, it is trying to show it as such a political bonus before the elections in russia. that's why it's such a positive signal for them, because the ukrainians were pushed out of avdiivka, for example. at the moment , it is quite difficult to make certain judgments or predictions about what this pause in the russian offensive will be like. zelensky is certainly right to say this, but we know that the ukrainian armed forces are also exhausted. and that's why this pause will last i don't know at the moment, but i'm sure that russia

will search until it finds some weak point, some weak point along the entire front line, and then it will start hitting there. of course, it is very difficult for the armed forces of ukraine now, it is very difficult to prepare soldiers for another counteroffensive, even if they will have the necessary weapons and ammunition from the us. they still need to be taught, they need to be trained, because what happened last year, yes, soldiers are soldiers, they were nego. prepared for what they faced and suffered huge losses but if they don't get the weapons they've requested, they're not going to get very far. during the last month , french president emmanuel macron has hinted several times in different interpretations

that the french army or french army troops may sooner or later end up on the territory of ukraine. this caused an immediate reaction, a big reaction in the kremlin, you allow the possibility that individual countries of the north atlantic alliance can send small contingents to the territory of ukraine for need. well, there is no point in sending such small legions now. or similar on the part of individual states, that is, if there is still a decision to send their military to ukraine, then it is necessary to do it on an appropriate scale, on a large scale. yes, macron wants to put himself somehow, you know, in such a light, that he is a leader and in europe, because putin has somehow now

receded into the shadows, he is now in the role of a villain. he is now trying to put pressure on scholz as well, i also want to say that he is saying sensible things, he is preparing his troops for such a development of events, why the british, german or french troops, why should they prepare for such a scenario, because we have already talked about the fact that if there is a ... certain attack on one of the nato countries, then it is necessary to really translate into state of readiness of the army. sending these troops from france, for example, well, a larger contingent of troops to the territory of ukraine, would this mean that russia, having, for example,

retaliated against france, simply started a war with the entire north. does this agreement allow about the north atlantic alliance to avoid it? this is a very good question, because what has happened so far, russia has taken a lot of bad initiatives, they work very much in... a trusted space, they want to undermine trust, put the top representatives of the higher political establishment in a bad light, they are trying to intimidate georgia, countries the baltic states, moldova, and what did france do? france tried to transfer this whole threat

to russia itself, to russia, and therefore putin ... now has to think whether he wants to transfer this military game to another level, i think that putin will not do it, and even if french troops are present in ukraine, he will not dare to do anything more, because for him it means a great danger. mr. colonel, today, the russian public and the russian media are writing about the british ministry of defense publishing test footage. classified long-range laser weapon, the video shows the use of the laser against static targets and a six- month range test, did you know that what kind of weapon is it, and to what extent it is such that it will help to hit russian, including

equipment, in the event that it is tested in ukraine. so there are open sources that make specific announcements, specifically about this laser weapon that works against missiles, against military aircraft, and this has been known for quite a long time, because many countries have been testing something similar for 25 years, and that's why... . if such weapons are really at the proper level now, then good luck, use them, we'll see what happens, because so far i haven't... heard that indeed, such tests were successful, but i read that several countries, yes, they are looking for exactly such systems

in order to disable satellites, but if there are already such conversations, then such a thing will be invented in the future, mr. colonel , the american institute for the study of war suggests that the russian defense and industrial base. will inevitably face labor shortages, inventory reductions, including due to sanctions, so its capabilities will not be sustainable in the medium and long term prospects in your opinion, at the current pace of hostilities, russia will have enough time to recover or create new types of weapons and be at some level. there are a lot of different discussions, especially when it comes to heavy weapons, they can no longer

produce in sufficient quantities, and they cannot produce specific spare parts and heavy weapons in general. and all this is precisely the consequence of sanctions. one of my friends, who has connections in russia, that people who work in factories in russia, they can to name, i don't know, some young ladies of the village who do not know what they are doing there at all , that is, they have unqualified personnel, they are already lacking, accordingly, the weapons that they manufacture do not meet the standards, when we talk about sanctions, there are countries, there are countries, in particular switzerland, for example, and... that simply violate sanctions, certain companies, there are companies all over europe that do not pay attention to these sanctions, that send russia what it

needs, using third countries, in armenia, azerbaijan, for example. so i i think that russia really has great potential in that it manages to get what it needs using other countries. but unfortunately, receiving. these parts, they just don't have specialists, then they turned all this iron into proper equipment, combat equipment. we know that russia has been successful for a long time, they had real specialists, but now we see how much they are improving the means of electronic warfare, and therefore they will continue to do so. for this, experts, thank you, mr. colonel, for conversation, it was glen grant , a retired colonel of the british army, a military

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the territory? of russia we work live tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are now watching us live there. please subscribe to our pages, take part in our survey. today we ask you about the following: are the raids of russian rebels on the territory of the russian federation bringing our victory closer? yes, no, everything is quite simple in youtube. if you're watching us on tv, please pick up your smartphone or phone and vote if you think ... russian insurgent raids on russian territory are bringing our victory closer 0800 211 381 no 0 800 211 3802 all calls to these numbers are free call at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. i would like to introduce the guests of today's studio - people's deputies of ukraine ivana klympush tsintsadze, head of the verkhovna rada committee on ukraine's integration into the european union. mrs. ivana, i congratulate you and thank you for being here

today. with us, good evening. oleksandr mereshko, people's deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people, chairman of the committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary cooperation mr. oleksandr, i congratulate you and thank you for taking the time to join our broadcast. good evening, thank you for the invitation. andrii osachuk, people's deputy of ukraine from the voice faction, first deputy chairman of the committee on law enforcement activities of the verkhovna rada of ukraine. i congratulate you, mr. andriy, thank you for being with us today. good evening. well, since we ask our tv viewers and viewers what they think about the raids of russian rebels on the territory of the russian federation, which happened both today and in the past, i will give you the same the very question, ms. tanova, which i also ask our viewers, is whether the raids of russian rebels on the territory of the russian federation are bringing our victory closer, ms. ivano, let's start with you, with you, you know, i believe that...

any transfer of military actions in this war on the territory of the enemy are positive for our future victory, and just like these drone attacks on oil refineries, on absolutely legitimate military targets, and such actions of the russian volunteer legion, on the territory of the russian federation, they are definitely will force the russian federation to additionally deploy its military capabilities to protect its own territory and, accordingly, will withdraw a certain resource from ukraine, so i believe that yes, such things one hundred percent add, well , arguments, let's say, military arguments.