you and analyze all the main events for you, antin and i say goodbye to you for today and see you on monday, goodbye, have a good day and evening! it's 5 p.m. in ukraine, and we have a news release on the espressu tv channel in the studio of iryna koval. greetings to all viewers. russia hit odesa with iskander m ballistic missiles , the defense forces reported. meanwhile , the death toll from the russian attack in odesa has increased to 16. among them - a paramedic and a rescuer. the latter arrived at the scene. after the first explosion, 55 people from

with injuries in the hospital, seven of them employees of the state emergency service . this was announced by the head of the regional military administration oleg kiper. 10 private houses, a service station, a gas pipeline and two fire and rescue vehicles were damaged. mourning will be announced tomorrow in odesa and the region. a terrible attack that happened after the use. odeshchyna, by firing rockets from the temporarily occupied crimea, the alleged iskander m. as a result of the rocket attack , a three-story building in the recreation area was destroyed. olaf scholz, emmanuel macron and donald tusk meet in berlin as part of the weimar triangle. germany, france and poland, which are the largest countries in europe, will try to reach an agreement on the issue. military support

of ukraine. the disagreement between the european capitals arose after macron's statements about sending the troops of western allies to ukraine. according to diplomats, the european dispute arose against the background of the weakening of support for ukraine by the united states. ready to march to brussels and occupy the center of the european union to protect freedom and sovereignty of hungary. he said so. hungary's viktor orban on the eve of the european parliament elections. let me remind you, they will take place already this year. orbán said that the current actions of the european union are harming farmers, the middle class, companies, and, quote: dragging europe into war. we have been deceived, it is time to rebel. it is time to restore the self-esteem and pride of europeans. we are not alone. in this. they are protesting from all

sides. polish farmers blocked the crossing point with slovakia. it is reported polish media. farmers from nearby settlements will check every truck in the area of ​​khyzhne village. after all, according to them, it is through these roads that ukrainian grain enters poland. the blockade was announced until the end of march. cars and buses will supposedly pass without delay. color voting: russians continue to fill ballot boxes with zelenka during the pseudo-election of the president of the russian federation. in this way, they are trying to spoil the ballots on which voters have already voted. local public reports about similar cases in moscow, karachay-cherkessia and rostov region. thrown like cannon

fodder. russia's conscription campaign for forced mobilization is running out of steam. therefore, the aggressor ukraine sends mercenaries from other countries to the war in ukraine. today , citizens of nepal, cuba, and some african countries are in ukrainian captivity. for them, captivity is a lucky ticket, because most die in the first days of the war. ukraine reminds all occupiers. the only chance is to save your life, turn to the project: "khachuzhit". which deals with the question prisoners of war russia intensified its efforts, agitations, mobilizations and sending citizens of countries with a very low income to the front, that is, citizens of countries who cannot earn money at home. as of today, we have more than 30 appeals to our

resources, namely to hotline phones, as well as whatsapp, telegram, and telegram chatbot, this is practically two years of the project's existence. of those who surrendered, there are more than 270 people, these are actually about those whom we can voice and talk about, but show for appropriate reasons we can not. life hacks did not help. three evaders tried to illegally cross the border towards romania. to carry out their plan, the violators used online instructions, for which they paid 4 thousand euros each. this was reported in the western regional office of the state border service. the law enforcement officers detained the evaders. in chernivtsi region. currently , the search for the organizer of the illegal scheme is ongoing. too expensive business trip. the organizer of the illegal border crossing was exposed in the lviv region. this was reported by state border service. the so-called businessman employed men

of conscription age at one of the enterprises, after which he made them a certificate of a foreign business trip. such a service for dodgers cost 6,500. dollars of the violator were detained while receiving the next tranche. memorial of chess warriors. the first international charity chess tournament in memory of the heroes of the russian-ukrainian war took place in lviv. the event was organized by the lviv state university of physical culture and the chess federation of ukraine. it was attended by close 300 players aged 5 to 80 from all over ukraine. as well as from other countries of the world. the competition is held according to the swiss system of nine rounds with the calculation of the international rapid chess rating. the organizers will direct all funds from charitable contributions to help the armed forces of ukraine. as you

can see, there are many children who are just starting their chess journey and they have the opportunity to meet grandmasters and masters at the chessboard. we are also played by military personnel. eh, that's why it's such an integration, let's say, tournament that has on still has a more charitable component, and i also wanted to donate, of course, and honor the memory of these people who heroically laid down their lives for freedom, last week guys from my native platoon, from my battalion are calling and saying, we urgently need bpl , drones are urgently needed. we urgently need cars again, we need food again, we need it again, because one or two flights arrived and everything we brought was handed over, he is not there, but we try every day, every minute, even every second, to join here, from here to help the boys who are currently defending

unfortunately, the weather is in reach. the first international exhibition opened in kremenchuk, at which 22 artists from ukraine and the world volunteered to illuminate. my colleagues will continue their work for connoisseurs of quality art. among the works, the most diverse currents of modern graphic art, from academicism to the avant-garde, are presented. watercolor, pastel, gouache, charcoal. in total, more than 60 compositions were exhibited, each about the inner world of the author, his experiences and reaction to the events happening around him. what is graphics? what is this graphics? the artists are convinced that their works are a kind of historical witness and a powerful means of communication. this is food for

the eyes, for the soul, and not so often we are full, that is, of course, it's cool to be hungry, but you won't be busy. a light nephew in order to move and create further, because we are like such balls, we push each other artists, and we charge some kind of positive energy. the exhibition presents the works of artists from kyiv, irpen, lviv, poltava, as well as their canvases from kremenchuk sent by artists from sweden, switzerland, france and canada. there are works here that are already, so to speak, with a mark of quality, here is the work of viktor chumachenko, it has already been exhibited. at the all-ukrainian drawing triennial, but there are works that we all saw for the first time, i think they will still go around the world, they will still be at all-ukrainian exhibitions, because almost all of these works are of very high quality. the mysterious and full of meaning and

folklore vernissage will last one and a half months in the city's local history museum. iryna skrypachova, serhiy vitrovy from kremenchuk. and i want to remind you about our collection about... we ask you to help with the purchase of mavics and their components, as well as fpi drones for the 74th battalion of the 102nd separate brigade. these soldiers defend the country in the direction of zaporozhye, so that they do not risk their lives and go on an assault on minefields, drones are needed, and you and i can help. our goal is uah 500,000, and let's push a little more and collect half of it today, because we can do it, because we already have more than uah 200,000 in our account. remember, each of your donations important, so join the gathering, you see all the details on the screen. such were the news for this. we will see you at 6 p.m., you can read more on our

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by football, stronger together, welcome to the channel espresso, today in our war and weapons program we are talking about private defense enterprises that work to ensure that our fighters... all of them, and these are our relatives and relatives, who are now fighting the enemy, were well protected, well dressed and had reliable communication system, and it will be about the enterprises that happened to be connected with. the city of lviv. with the beginning of the large-scale invasion , the lviv defense cluster was created, which produced body armor, and now the range of products has significantly increased. and another young defense company is called the chimera company. last year, according to the estimates of the ministry of digital, it was recognized as the number one military startup in ukraine. and

already in february of this year from the lviv venture fund united angels network and a number of others. from private investors, including foreign ones, the chimera team received half a million dollars for the development of means of communication for the armed forces. in the conditions of war, this is a rather unique situation for the ukrainian defense-industrial complex. hence, war, our technologies for victory, and the labyrinths of bureaucracy that we must get rid of in order to get a noticeable result on the battlefield. about this is what we will talk about in our next edition of the program war and. weapons, my name is serhiy sgurets, i am the director of the information and consulting company defense express, which is currently working together with the spresso channels to cover the most relevant trends in the life of our defense industrial enterprises. and now we are joined by maksym plekhov, chairman of the board of the lviv defense cluster association of defense sector volunteers and enterprises. mr. maxim, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear you. good day,

sergey. i would first like you to remind me to our viewers. what is your lviv defense cluster doing, what is it producing now, how has the life of the enterprises that are part of it changed in two years, well, what is the current situation with the enterprises? today, if we speak for what is produced at the enterprises of the lviv defense cluster, we can say that these are body armor, this is tactical equipment ordered by the ministry of defense, starting from the uniform. ending with backpacks, unloading systems, summaries, elbow pads, knee pads, a lot of other products, new enterprises have been increased and built, i will tell you that the situation with khymer is not the only investment, an enterprise for the production of drones has already been built, and the size of the investment is also quite large,

today the construction of two factories in lviv region for the production of special fabrics for the needs armed forces of ukraine and a factory for the production of ceramic armor elements for the needs of the armed forces of ukraine. therefore, development is ongoing, development is ongoing and today we can truly say that lviv oblast is gradually becoming so productive an investment pool where enterprises are built to provide our armed forces with everything they need today. we spoke with you, i think, for the last time in november last year, and then we were so in advance... we were assessing what the rules of the game would be in the procurement market, because then it was announced that new structures would be created there, a state style operator, an agency of defense purchases, and now this state operator of the rear, which ensures the purchase of fuel, property, and clothing there, says that he made a significant amount there

purchases through prozoro, there are significant cost savings in other ways, but what about these new procedures? did the procurement rounds affect the loading of your enterprises, what is your experience of the first communication specifically, well, through contracts with the state operator tylo? come on, if we're talking about dot, first of all, it should be noted that the agency started working only from the new year, and indeed, in the first two months, there were huge problems with conducting tenders and receiving orders, that is, actually receiving them. orders started from the end of february, today most of the tenders has already been carried out, market companies receive orders, begin to fulfill them, if we speak for a general assessment, well, what needs to be said, that is, it is a completely new structure with a completely new composition of people who have not previously worked in the ministry of defense, specialized departments,

they have very great desire to do something, can do normally. to change significantly, well , as always, as a new structure, there were a huge number of problems, starting from mistakes in the fact that a large number of completely incomprehensible one-day companies were made, then, at the request of the market participants, they returned the tender security, returned the tender guarantees, so that there was no possibility of market manipulation, that is, it is still working today, the procedures are being carried out, the only thing that should be noted is that... today, there are also constant, constant negotiations between the market and dot, this is the amount of fines, because dot increased fines five times, previously there were fines for every day simply. points of the company, suppliers paid 0.1% of undelivered goods, today it is 0.5%. and realizing that we have a lot problems with the actual war that is going on all

over the territory of ukraine, with the situation on the polish border, it is clear that there will be disruptions in terms, so the situation here is quite unclear and critical, because companies can have big problems, at the same time, that is, understanding that that there is a clear understanding of when... there will be a deadline for the execution of the contract, there is also no such deadline, therefore, for example, if a tender is announced on february 1, they say, and the deadline for the delivery of products is written in it is march 30, this is catastrophic, but at the same time , when the company enters not at all in tentr understands the codes when the signed agreement will be given to her, that is, today there is a situation when companies sign the agreement only on march 10-15, realizing that they are already running out of time, on the other hand, to refuse the agreement is... actually to put under srif of the supply of the armed forces, that is why the overall picture is so average, that is, there are positive changes, there are some mistakes, well, we believe that

this actually also requires experience for the agency to work adequately, well, that is, as i understand, now the newly created agency is primarily directed her efforts to avoid there were no hints of corruption there, and i was ready to sacrifice there even, well, certain circumstances in the east of the enterprise, as far as i understand, that is, the terms of the contracts are sufficiently undefined, while only indicators related to the price of products and fines are determined, if these products will not be delivered, that is, the spectrum of interaction is quite narrow, or should some nuances be added? well, i would say yes, indeed, that today the first task that is put before the agency is absolutely no even possible theoretical corruption, they have appropriate... departments that even monitor communication with suppliers, this is very adequate, very reasonable, on the other hand, they have other kpis there , this is the reduction of the price, as far as i understand,

the supply to the zzsu and the delivery time is already the third kpi, and in fact it is already sometimes there is a doubt, a problem, because delivery terms, planning, long -term tenders, so far we do not see this, corruption, let me say this... talking to all the market, there is not even any possibility there, it is a long way forward, a way forward , and when we talk about the terms of purchase there, well bulletproof vests or clothing, can the conditions of purchase be prescribed in such a way that , conditionally speaking, the winner will be a prospectively determined company that has one parameter that is better compared to others, this parameter is taken just... the basis of a potential contract signing, so to speak for example, it was only a one-time situation that can be evaluated in this way, it was the purchase of active headphones

at the end of that year, yes, when the non-price criterion was introduced, in order to enable the company to produce headphones company trim, more chance before headphones company sardin, the situation was. one -time, it is very controversial, very subjective, because on the other hand, some characteristics, the headphones were better, on the other hand, was this small improvement worth the 20 million that the state overpaid, today such tenders are not held, the situation is being analyzed , today the only criterion can be, it is only one hundred percent compliance with technical conditions and... the price of products, so the situation in our country this year is only as was earlier, but regarding the price of products and profit for companies, or relatively speaking, these

conditions and the fixed profit allow companies, in particular, which are part of the defense cluster, to develop, create new models there, purchase surplus, you said that the surplus is purchased , the question arises, where do the funds for these large-scale expansions come from, well... come on , first of all, the situation has changed significantly since the 22nd year with the procedures, yes, that is, we remember the situation that was for what was prohibited defense sector companies have profit, there is a specific law of the verkhovna rada that completely changed this situation, brought it into the regulatory field, but it concerned only direct contracts, if we say for tender procurement, there is no regulation regarding the amount of profit, that is, there is no... no, companies really works, in some cases it can work even to zero, if there is a situation where it is necessary to download the reception, in some cases the company makes a profit, if we talk about expansion, then first of all today...

the defense segment is very attractive for the domestic investor, yes, because today many private investors, who previously invested in construction, in the processing of fur products, today willingly want to invest in the defense sector, because today it has the greatest development, it is the largest market in ukraine and it is quite attractive for private investment, today we also created within again cluster investment fund. well, what exactly is a real investment fund for the possibility of attracting private investment on the one hand, on the other hand, it is already helping ukrainian defense startups to get the necessary funding for further development, this is a bridge between the desire of investors to invest and defense startups to receive, because without the development of the defense segment of the private defense industry, we will never be able to provide our army with everything we need, sir? you said

at the beginning that, relatively speaking, there are enterprises there that already manufacture unmanned systems, as i understood as part of the cluster, and the manufacture of ceramic plates for body armor, this is also a new direction in the format of your defense-industrial of the defense-industrial cluster, are there any details related to these directions, what is it about, what are the volumes, or just where are we moving with these two components, well, if we talk about drones, this is the rarok company. raspace is an unmanned aerial complex ra-7, which will be adopted by the ministry of defense, it is a strike drone of the latest generation with the necessary initiation boards, with translators completely that meet today's needs, the industrial capabilities of the enterprise, today we estimate up to 100 thousand units per year, it on drones, there is still work

on its own ammunition. something will be unified just for this type of drones, for the production of armor plates, this was actually a very controversial situation for us for many years, because such factories need constant loading for 10 years at a volume of approximately 100,000 plates per year, yes, that is, we understood that there would not be such a deployment in ukraine, so if they hesitated for a very long time, but ... a few months ago such a decision was made, because we understand that the ukrainian army cannot depend still from supplies abroad, so we must today as much as possible localize the production of anything that we use, and even there, if we even say that it is a form of body armor equipment, it is first of all, starting from the manufacture of the fabrics themselves, so as not to transport them from china or from turkey, and ending there with armored elements, then possibly

with ballistic materials... it is necessary to localize everything, so it is by drones - it is video control of communication modules, today the issue of the entire localization of all components is considered, because we potentially understand possible problems with china against the background of the fact that america already prohibits the use of drones on its territory, and we understand all the possible risks, therefore the issue of localization on the territory of ukraine, moreover, the fact that today the armed forces are used and there are components. for the further equipping of weapons, this is an urgent need, it must be done today every day. mr. maksym, you are all right about the ceramic plates, it seems that we have very few companies that are now making ceramics for armor protection, that is, your company has really decided to deploy it now high-tech, expensive production , despite the fact that ceramic body armor is more expensive there, and it is not a fact that the ministry of defense will

buy them compared to the standard body armor with steel plates, well, if we are talking about ceramic armor in general, today ukraine has high requirements for ceramic armor in the world, it happened in such a very strange way that we took the american standard for the durability of the plates, it is a drop from two meters, there is an impression of bullets, well, at the same time, we forgot and recorded the indicators for armored... the injuries that were in the ukrainian standard are 25 mm, so today we really have the highest requirements for armor piercing in the world, and the ministry of defense after the situation with the fact that they received samples of the 545 yulnyk project of russia, which has very high test properties , today is switching to ceramic armor as much as possible, if we talk about the production of ceramic armor there by artisanal means,