the more active the consultations within nato and the european union will be now, the more actively ukraine will demonstrate its capacity for internal transformations, precisely the capacity for internal transformations, and not emotional diplomacy, the more chances we have that we will be able to collectively give fight back, we will be able to stop it, because as far as i understand, as far as i see sociological... studies, i would say mildly that to the west of ukraine, the willingness to fight against russia is radically lower than in ukraine, right? and if before the large-scale invasion of ukraine, more than 90% of western experts and analysts said that ukraine would fall apart, then i don't even know what the forecasts will be if russia starts playing with its muscles and really implements. creation of two

new military districts on the borders with nato countries. the west must act preventively, strengthen sanctions, shake russia from the inside, and we, ukraine, as a victim of aggression, have a full moral right to say that the dismantling of russia is the only possible way to ensure a safe world. living in a world without russia is normal, it's just that western politicians are afraid to imagine it, many of them are comfortable living in the same world with russia, because there are a number of reasons, i will not take up the issue of money and everything else now, but to have such a situational ally , with which you can frighten someone if necessary, it is very profitable, and it was very profitable to play on the contradictions between the european...

united states at the time, and russia, for its part, did not spare money, supporting, well, for example, in italy, romano prodi and silvio berlusconi, in the czech republic, baslav klaus and milos zeman, while simultaneously supporting, you understand, and, for example, in the czech republic , only vaclav havel, who was a man of firm democratic principles, scared russia, and the more people in the western world... will be inclined to do business as usual with russia, the more they will face the threat that russian soldiers will come for their, sorry, already worn underwear and used washing machines, this threat will grow, and what they saw on tv, it can materialize in life and in completely different realities, not such as ukrainian ones. russia, unfortunately

, knows very well how the western world works, it knows how the principles of democracy work, and it actively works with it, and, for example, the undermining of trust in relations between poland and ukraine is quite an obvious prelude to possible aggression against poland and other nato countries, or, for example, the desire to interfere in elections, one way or another to destabilize the situation in the united states. it's the same, or raise russian pro-russian parties in germany are also actions aimed at strengthening the role of russia. russia skillfully uses hybrid tools of influence, by the way, they have learned well that in this way you can achieve your goals much cheaper than using the armed forces, which suffered heavy losses during the war in ukraine, which ... continues even now.

yesterday, during a video address to ukrainians, president zelenskyi, mr. yevgeny, said that ukraine is stockpiling domestically produced long-range weapons. let's listen to what zelensky said. i had the opportunity to thank you employees of our defense complex, people who dedicated their lives to ukrainian forces. who make our weapon, which manifests itself at the front, at sea, in air strikes against the russian system of war. thank you for ukrainian shells, guns, drones, our missiles, our anti-aircraft defense systems, for everything that helps our soldiers fight, protects the lives of ukraine and ukrainians. there will be more of our weapons, shells, our drones, our reb systems, and every day we accumulate more of these. strength, such necessary strength,

such long-range strength of ours. third year of the great war, the president talks about what we are beginning to accumulate. cuban weapons of domestic production, the president says that we are starting to build fortifications at a distance of two to 200 km, which are necessary for us to protect ourselves from the russian invaders, why do you think these decisions are being made with such a delay and these decisions are being discussed, well , it is being said now, but obviously we will see some result, mr. serhiy, i for ethical reasons, and for the reasons of a person who is a citizen of a country that has become a victim aggression, i will not question the words of volodymyr zelenskyi, i would very much like them to be embodied directly on the battlefield, and then, i think, we will all be grateful,

just like the president, who is grateful to the workers of the ukrainian defense and industrial complex , i am fully aware that it is not within our competence now to... to discuss what kind of missiles may appear tomorrow, or in what quantity, how they may appear, but when it is seen that the costs have been increasing over the last month for attacks on fortifications buildings, the question arises as to who and what they thought about further, before that, and what were the conclusions, despite the fact that really, well, for these almost 700 already 50 days... there were different moments in our struggle with russia, there were also relative calm, i don't want to talk about it now, i want to go back to something else, i think both you and our viewers remember how

the missile cruiser moscow was sunk by the armed forces of ukraine with the help of ukrainian neptune missiles, right? tell me, did you see it? heard, that we should communicate this with our nato partners, that we should remind about it, for example, in turkish media, made something similar to such an information show and talked about it, because thanks to the fact that moscow is at the bottom, turkey began to dominate completely in the black sea, russia ceased to be just its competitor, you understand, that is, we have to speak with our partners in the language of our common interests, and the missile cruiser moscow is with russian vocabulary, the killer of aircraft carriers, the fact that the killer of aircraft carriers has turned into a diving object, how is this treated in the american sixth fleet? did we ever wonder about it? i'm just up to that

we must not only thank our manufacturers for supporting and strengthening our defense capabilities, that's all... but we must communicate our victories, including raising morale and talking about our future successes, we must create an atmosphere, which allows one to be convinced of further successes, and not just to react to russia's attempts to sow despair and doubts and various problems in ukraine, that is what it actually lies in. today, i think, our joint task, well, that is, the russians are much more effective in spreading theirs information than we do, because their state information machine is subordinated to the sole interest of destroying our

independence, our state information machine has different interests, and to push the opposition representatives away and... to simulate violent activities, and sometimes to cover up some ineffective management actions, so they, you know, we have to remember one simple thing, that in russia there are enough people who consider it an honor to serve the russian empire, which for some reason pretends to be the russian federation, and they do it enough consistently, and they will be very pleased if the scalp of ukraine hangs on their wall. no, but i think that this will never happen as long as we exist, and as long as there are ukrainian defense forces, which from the first days, from the first hours destroyed the myth that russia is capable of destroying ukraine, precisely the ukrainian defense forces from

the first days of large-scale the invasion shattered the illusion that russia could win, and we have to ... for today use that fact to our own common interests, to our independence, to make us feel more sure, not just... were, well, i don't know , strangers on this victory over russia, we have to talk about how to dismantle russia, in what way to do it and discuss it with our partners as intensively as possible. thank you, mr. yevgeny, for the conversation, it was yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics, friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, we conduct polls on youtube and on tv. today we are asking you about this, whether the west will dare to send its troops to ukraine. let's look at the intermediate results

of the poll on tv. so, 44% yes, 56% - no, according to our tv viewers, on youtube we have a ratio of 46 to 54, well, almost the same ratio. we will go back to the studio, we will have a press club. with the participation of kateryna nekrecha and oleksiy mustafin, stay with us, it will be interesting. glory to ukraine, dear tv viewers, the west studio program is on the air of the tv channel. we will analyze the most important events of this week, in particular, we will talk about the international one safety as a component. our guests, retired british army colonel glen grant and former chief secretaries. president yushchenko oleg rybachuk. glen grant, a

retired british army colonel and a military expert, will be on our air now. glory to ukraine, mr. colonel. well, the situation is extremely complicated. thus, some military experts talk about a possible attempt to break through the front line. we understand that our armed forces are doing everything possible and impossible, but the so-called strategic issues... which russia trying to attract if we talk now about the level of dangers on the front line, how do you assess them? at the moment, it is premature to say that there may be a breakthrough. we know that the artillery munitions being procured by the czech republic are due to arrive soon, which could significantly change the artillery battle and potentially shift the front line again, provided ukraine has enough munitions to use them effectively. however, the effective use and mobilization of... strategic reserves remains a difficult task due to the lack of clarity regarding numbers

and the actions of russian troops, without intelligence data on the training and movement of russian troops, it is difficult to predict where and by what means a breakthrough may occur. we need to wait and see what their strategic goals are, although russia's goal is obvious - to break through. we lack information on where they might attempt to do so and whether they have the capacity to do so given the heavy losses they have suffered in recent months. especially around avdiivka, it is likely that they are feeling the strain in certain areas due to these losses. we understand that war is not only about heroism, it's about resources. well, accordingly, i would like to ask you how you see the pace of supplying the most important thing to us. in particular, we are now talking about artillery ammunition. to be honest, i'm not very familiar with the details of the tactical level. at the strategic level, we are aware that financial support is expected. on the part of america has not yet materialized, however, american politicians who support ukraine are becoming

more and more persistent and skilled in using political and procedural tools in the congress, this gives reasons to suggest that there may be a breakthrough in the issue of american support. on the european front, the czech republic receives munitions from countries outside europe, such as south africa and south korea, although these munitions are already on their way, their delivery cannot be instantaneous due to logistical reasons. problems are related to the movement of heavy ammunition, because sea transport is usually used, since the capabilities of air transport are limited. in addition, there are delays in the production of the million shells promised by europe, which lead to a slower than expected delivery of them to ukraine. however, i believe there will be a critical moment when ukraine starts receiving more ammunition, potentially putting it in a more advantageous position compared to russia. in your opinion, what is the essence of the american game now, and will they dare and perhaps the administration

of president biden would be ready to use some other mechanisms, well, like lend-lease, and this is one side of the problem, since france and great britain will be ready to take a certain burden that the united states may refuse to bear, a matter of life and death indeed. oh, can you ask 10 questions, i will try to answer. on them one by one and i will start with the situation in america. there still appears to be uncertainty in the white house about how to effectively confront russia without provoking a nuclear response. this concern that... nuclear weapons is an important factor shaping the us approach. as for congress, we know what 's going on there. the political landscape in congress reflects the consequences of russia's influence throughout the last two decades. and trump is the answer to that. trump is so strong in the republican party that it seems many of his supporters simply won't do anything against him unless he

makes up his own mind. so we have two big problems. now the white house retains the ability to introduce further ones. sanctions, he may very well do it, just last week they discovered an additional 300 million that was saved in other contracts, however , i don't foresee the us moving away from its current actions in any way, it is likely that they will continue to do everything too, trying to get additional funding and resources. it is unlikely that they will deploy their troops in ukraine unless putin directly attacks nato, that seems obvious to me, as far as europe is concerned. macron is trying to position himself as a leading leader, he is putting considerable pressure on others to support ukraine, which is a positive thing, because someone should have taken such measures a long time ago. olaf scholz has a tendency to speak loudly, but without much consequence. then as actions macron hasn't always lived up to his rhetoric in the past either, so we'll have to wait

and see if his recent statements translate into concrete action? as for britain... despite its lack of military resources, it still has significant financial capabilities. foreign secretary cameron recently visited germany to negotiate the purchase of long- range missiles. we see that britain remains active and committed to playing a leading role in current efforts, but the future remains uncertain. despite a lot of talk, no significant positive action that would affect the front line. except for the purchase of the czech republic. and ammunition, so at the moment we are in a period of uncertainty, well, mr. colonel, do you personally believe that, for example, president macron can sign this or that decree, maybe not only president macron, maybe even some other european leaders, maybe great britain will agree, yes, when we are seriously talking about a foreign contingent that would help our

military, yes, on the territory of ukraine. i have mean that even. there is always a possibility that anything can happen, so there is a possibility of deployment of foreign troops on the territory of ukraine, especially when it comes to military training of ukrainian fighters. the armed forces of ukraine urgently need support in the training of soldiers inside the country. whenever they have to deploy troops elsewhere, they lose precious time for transportation and organization, time that is now crucial . so, yes, partner troops can potentially come to ukraine. is also there is a significant need for european staff officers who will help the general staff in planning and organization, especially european ones, because i believe that their culture and concepts are closer to the ukrainian than to the american example. europeans probably have a better understanding of the activities of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. however, in the long term, it is difficult to predict the possibility

of introducing troops into ukraine, in the short term, we will have to wait and watch. france remains undecided as to whether their actions will only by talk or actual implementation, i understand that you are not a professional diplomat, but in any case the prospects of general zaluzhny as ambassador to britain, as he will be heard, is a key story in the british cabinets, and perhaps whether he would succeed to convince the government of great britain in these or other additional steps necessary for us. the role of general zaludzhny is a role. an ambassador, not a glorified defense attaché. it is important that people understand that the role of an ambassador is much more complex. in britain this difficulty is further compounded by a decentralized power structure, where decision-making is dispersed among different centers of power. unlike ukraine, where the president takes most of the responsibility, britain works differently. which requires general zaluzhny to interact

with many stakeholders to understand how the country functions, because even ... the decision-making process is decentralized and much wider in britain than in ukraine, in terms of his prospects after his return, i don't think they will be in primarily military oriented, faster after all, his return will be related to political activity in ukraine, whatever that political activity may be, but great britain offers him the opportunity to learn a different way of working, a different system or a different culture, i hope he will gain valuable experience during. being there, however, i am not sure that he will have enough strength and convincing arguments to win additional support. the current british government seems determined to support ukraine in all aspects, except. deployment of troops. it is unlikely that he will be able to influence the government, to change this position. along with this, his primary task is to preserve and strengthen the existing relations between ukraine and

the united kingdom. the incumbent must ensure that these relationships go beyond traditional channels and include other centers of power such as the scottish parliament, the welsh assembly, the northern ireland assembly and even the church of england. it is necessary to involve. stakeholders in order to gain wider support for ukraine. in this regard, he appears to be a good choice due to his benevolent nature, which is likely to find a good response in people. and to what extent great britain will be ready to become the flagship when we are talking, perhaps, about a new construction of european defense policy, right? well, we understand that great britain has done a lot, but the question of taking the lead is a key story, it is not for nothing that german chancellor olaf scholz does not hand over tauros to ukraine. this is how we understand that great britain proposed a so-called circular scheme:

germany supplies taurus to great britain, great britain will supply them to ukraine. but we see that scholz is not ready even for this. and most likely, he received very specific signals from the kremlin. this question is quite complex, as it involves different perspectives, depending on whether we are talking about europrop. or about europe as a whole, it is important to note that britain is not part of the european union. well, that requires a different mindset. in many ways, great britain is not shy about taking a leadership role. let's get this straight. we have qualified officers, commanders, the ability to create headquarters and conduct military operations. we have demonstrated this ability before and within the framework of nato. considering the question of the involvement of great britain. to military activity, it is important to recognize that this effectively means the involvement of a large part of nato's command staff. this adds complexity to political

negotiations and relations. however, if the situation worsens, say if trump seizes power and withdraws america, or if biden refuses to deploy troops, britain is not afraid to take on a more serious role. i believe that in europe there is only two countries that are capable of this are great britain and france. germany, unfortunately, does not have this capacity, as it has suffered significant losses over the past 20 years. it lacks officers capable of effective administration, so either britain or france, or both, can manage anything serious. it is worth remembering that great britain already effectively performed similar work in bosnia, so both britain and france are quite capable, yes, capable of managing something really serious. dear mr. colonel, i would like to ask you about the medium-term and short-term prospects of what will happen in the war now. in particular, we understand the difficult situation in the zaporozhye

region, such as chasiv, novomykhaivka, marinka, and so on. these are all extremely difficult areas of the front. on the other hand, we understand that the enemy may be preparing to raise another degree of military escalation. in particular, it is about the use of certain strategic resources, their preparation. to the spring-summer campaign, and when we talk about the current difficult situation, well, it can be compared to a huge terrible downpour, yes, but the downpour may be followed by a certain tsunami, and indeed, whether russia is currently preparing for some fundamentally larger-scale actions on land. i think that russia is currently acting within its capabilities. i don't believe a tsunami-like event is coming, though. i could be wrong, there is no intelligence to indicate that russia is amassing significant resources for a major offensive such as using nuclear weapons, we know their difficulty in

getting enough armor to the front lines, so they have to decanning old equipment from warehouses, it is important that they have reserves, we are talking about almost a thousand such machines that they can mobilize. the russians can also send many more people to the front. however, they clearly lack a comprehensive training system capable of producing a large number of well-trained personnel and equipment, because russia simply does not have the necessary resources, the technical resources necessary to conduct operations, such as radio stations, the experience to develop complex strategies is also limited, so i predict that we will continue we will observe the redistribution of human resources of the same russian forces for their use in supposed... weak spots in the ukrainian defense. however, i don't think of it as a tsunami. it is more like a person digging a vegetable garden. you can only dig at a certain pace, dig and dig until

you get tired. similarly, the russian attack is likely to develop gradually, they may launch a significant offensive, lose personnel, and then resort to a forced retreat, especially after the re-election of putin, when the political motivation will decrease any further fighting could take place around october or november, as russia currently lacks the resources to break through. these 5-6 months also provide ukraine with an opportunity to solve some political problems. and strengthen our defenses, thank you very much, mr. colonel, for this honest and extremely interesting conversation, i want to remind our viewers that glen grant, a retired colonel of the british army, a military expert, was currently working on espresso. glory to ukraine, god save the king. glory to heroes. and the king, as you know, still is he is ill with the flu, we hope he is fine. at the very end, i would like to emphasize the excellent work performed by ukrainian fighters

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maria gurska meets with the head of the committee on foreign affairs of the polish sejm, the representative of the polish government for the restoration of ukraine, pawel kowal. as always, we are talking about the most important things that happened this week in poland, ukraine, and europe. what is being said about ukraine in the eu, how should we perceive the statements of european politicians and how our entry into the eu will look like. in the project close to politics, close to the world with maria gurska. every sunday at 15:30 with a repeat at 22:00 in collaboration with au sisters. oleg hrybachuk will be working on the espresso tv channel now. former head of president viktor yushchenko's secretariat, co-founder of chesno movement. glory to ukraine, mr. oleg. i congratulate you. glory to heroes, death to enemies. well, two key tracks, the so-called swiss track, when we talk about the development of the so-called peace formula, and the beijing-moscow track. and we see that these are some parallel worlds or parallel lines. they currently do not overlap. but

i will wait. president zelenskyi's visit to recep tayyip erdogan, to turkey is extremely important, so we understand that president erdogan also has certain initiatives. putin's visit to turkey was also expected there, and it was postponed, postponed, well, as i understand it, now there will be no reassignment of it, although there is no cancellation of this visit. well, this is a certain aggravation, there is a certain cyclicality in these conversations at... around the end of the war, around of the need for peace negotiations, in fact , during the two years of the war, this situation arose from time to time, now it is somewhat aggravated for several reasons, first of all , the whole community has somehow already agreed that the war will not end this year, that it will most likely be postponed, as at least for...