the shelter was difficult, you see, the building was damaged, there were certain legal procedures, land ownership , beneficiaries, financing, public procurement, tenders and so on, but we were a team together and worked step by step, deciding what to do with the bomb shelter, the building , reconstruction, construction permits, etc., the restoration of the lyceum cost almost 8 million euros, the work on... was financed by the fund for the development of cooperation and humanitarian aid of lithuania, and almost 2 million euros for internal equipment, furniture and external the infrastructure was contributed by the representative office of taiwan in lithuania. lyceum in borodyanka was completely modernized, now there is an atrium, interactive panels, smart boards and other modern equipment. here we were told the whole story. of course, i think the school is even better. not just rose from the ruins, but also

became better than it was before. i also believe that it is very important to restore qualitatively when we rebuild ukraine, take over schools, hospitals or other facilities. it's important to make them better, especially when it comes to stability and similar features. reconstruction schools at the initiative of the lithuanian government was implemented by the central project management agency, and even more so in order to scale. educational institutions across the country, are currently working on another project. an international architectural competition has already been announced as part of the school of the future for ukraine. the winning project will be used for the construction of educational institutions throughout ukraine. it will be an adaptive project that can be logically adapted to different locations, to different needs, to different numbers of students. and in general, this project will be provided to everyone the community is safe. precisely for their

use, and this actually, returning to the issue of design and estimate documentation, which is extremely expensive, so here is this project of the future school, an architectural project, it will greatly simplify the life of many communities. the lithuanian-ukrainian lyceum number one is ready to welcome seven hundred students, it remains to complete the improvement and put the school into operation. friends from lithuania emphasize that such a new school is far from the last gift to ukraine. it sounds like a cliché, but in fact, we invest in the future, investing in children who i'm sure will create a better world, a world without war, because i understand all the circumstances now, i know about all these atrocities of war, so we have to help rebuild as soon as possible, now, not later, not when it's over war, and now the republic of lithuania has already allocated more than 14 million euros for construction. temporary

settlement, reconstruction of educational institutions and other projects in ukraine. kateryna galko, dmytro nikiforov, espresso tv channel. glory to ukraine, dear tv viewers, the west studio program is on the air of the tv channel. analyze will be the most important events of this week, in particular, we will talk about the international security component. our guests, retired british army colonel gleng. and oleg rybachuk, the former head of president yushchenko's secretariat. glen grant, a retired colonel of the british army, a military expert, will be on our air now. glory to ukraine, mr. colonel. well, the situation is extremely difficult, so 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 asks... the so-called strategic reserves that

russia is trying to attract, if we talk now about the level of danger 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, effective use and mobilization of strategic reserves remains a difficult task due to the lack of clarity regarding the number and 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 the goal of russia 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. which

they have experienced in recent months, especially around avdiivka. it is likely that they are feel tension in certain areas due to these losses. we understand that war is not only about heroism, it is also about resources, and accordingly, i would like to ask you how you see the pace of supply of the most important thing to us, in particular, now we are 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 the expected financial support from america has not yet materialized. however, american politicians who support ukraine are becoming more and more persistent and skilled in using political and procedural. instruments in congress, this gives reason to assume that there may be a breakthrough in the matter of american support. on the european front, the czech republic receives ammunition from countries outside europe, such as south africa and south korea, although this ammunition is already on its way, its delivery cannot be

immediate due to the logistical problems associated with moving heavy ammunition, as sea transport is usually used , as the possibilities of air transportation are limited. in addition, in production. of the million shells promised by europe, there are delays, 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 whether they would dare to do so and perhaps the administration of president biden would be ready to use some others. mechanism, well, according to the type of lendlease, so that's one side of the problem, how far france, how far great britain will be prepared to shoulder a certain burden that the united states may refuse to shoulder, it's a matter of life and death really. oh, can you

ask 10 questions, i will try to answer them one by one and start with the situation in america. it appears that there is still uncertainty in the white house about how to effectively confront russia without provoking a nuclear war. this concern about nuclear weapons is an important factor shaping the us approach. as for congress, we know what's there happens. the political landscape in congress reflects the effects of russian influence over the past 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 is still keeping. the ability to impose further sanctions, he may well do so, just last week they discovered an additional 300 million that was saved in other contracts, however i i don't foresee that the us will somehow deviate from its current actions, it is quite 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. this is for me. it seems obvious that regarding europe, 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, while macron's actions in the past have also not always matched his rhetoric, so it remains to be seen whether his recent statements translate into concrete action. as for britain, despite its lack of military resources, it still possesses significant financial capabilities. foreign secretary cameron recently visited germany to negotiate the purchase of long- range missiles. we see that britain remains active and seeks to play a leading role in

current efforts, but the future remains uncertain. despite a lot of talk, there have been no significant positive actions that would affect the... front with the exception of the purchase of ammunition by the czech republic, so we are currently in a period of uncertainty, well, colonel, do you personally believe that, for example, president macron can to sign this or that decree, maybe not only president macron, maybe even some european leaders, maybe great britain will agree, yes, when we are seriously talking about a foreign contingent, who would help our military, both on the territory of ukraine. i mean that in a war 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 soldiers. 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 military. partners can potentially come to ukraine, there is also 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... concepts are closer to 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 foresee the possibility of introducing troops into ukraine, in the short term, we will have to to wait and watch the actions of france, it remains undecided whether their actions will be just talk or real implementation, i understand that you are not a professional diplomat, but in any case a prospect'. the assets of general zaluzhny as ambassador to britain, as

he will be heard, is a key story in the british cabinet, and perhaps whether he would succeed in persuading the british government to take such or other additional steps necessary for us. general zaluzhnyi's role is that of an ambassador, not the famous defense attache. it is important that people understand that the role of an ambassador is much more complex. in britain, this complexity is further compounded by decentralization. power structure, where decision-making is dispersed among different centers of power, unlike ukraine, where the president takes most of the responsibility, britain works in a different way, 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 broader in britain than in ukraine. regarding him prospects upon return, i don't think they will be... primarily military oriented. most likely, his return will be connected with political activities in

ukraine. whatever this political activity was. 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 while there. however, i am not sure that he will have enough strength and convincing arguments to win additional support. the current british government seems set on... ukraine in all aspects, except for the 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. he 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 anglican assembly. church, it is necessary to engage various stakeholders to engage

wider support for ukraine. in this regard, he seems to be a good choice, thanks to his friendly nature, which is likely to resonate well with people. and to what extent great britain will be ready to become a 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... taking the lead is a key story, it is not for nothing that the chancellor of germany, olaf scholz, does not issue tauruses to ukraine, so 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 issue is quite complex as it involves different perspectives depending on whether we are talking about the european union or 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 the uk is not shy to take on the role of leader. 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 in military activities, it is important to recognize that this actually means the involvement of a large part of the nato command staff. this adds complexity to political negotiations and relations. however, if the situation worsens, say if trump rises to power and withdraws america, or biden will refuse to deploy troops, britain is not afraid to take on a more serious role. i believe that there are only two countries in europe that are capable of this. great britain and france. germany, unfortunately, does not have this

capacity, as it has suffered significant losses over the past 20 years. she lacks officers capable of effective administration, so either britain or france, or both together, can manage anything serious. it is worth remembering that great britain was already effectively doing similar work in bosnia, so both britain and france are quite capable, yes, able to manage. something really serious. dear mr. colonel, i would like to ask you about the medium and short-term prospects of what will happen in the war now. in particular, we understand that the situation is difficult. in the zaporozhye direction, such as chasivyat, novomykhaivka, marinka , and so on, these are all extremely difficult sections 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 for 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 for evil'. a certain tsunami may also follow, and in fact, is russia now preparing for some fundamentally larger-scale actions on sukhodol. i think that russia is currently acting within its capabilities. i don't believe a tsunami-like event is imminent, although i could be wrong. there is no intelligence to indicate that russia is amassing significant resources for a major offensive, such as the use of nuclear weapons we know about their difficulties in supplying a sufficient amount of armored vehicles to the front line, so they have to deconserve old equipment from warehouses, it is important that they have reserves, we are talking about almost a thousand such vehicles that they can mobilize. the russians can also send a lot more people to the front, but they clearly lack a comprehensive training system

capable of producing large numbers of well -trained personnel and equipment, because russia... simply does not have the necessary resources, the technical resources necessary to operations, such as radio stations, experience to develop complex strategies is also limited, so i predict that we will continue to see the redeployment of the human resources of the same russian forces to use them on perceived weak points in ukrainian defenses. however, i don't think of it as a tsunami. it is more like a person digging a vegetable garden. you can dig only at a certain pace. similarly, the russian attack is likely to develop gradually, they may launch a significant offensive, lose personnel, and then resort to a forced a temporary lull, especially after putin's re-election, when political motivation wanes, any further fighting could happen around october or november, as russia currently lacks

the resources to break through. these 5-6 months also provide ukraine with an opportunity. retired british army colonel military expert kudos to ukraine god save the king kudos to the heroes and the king as you know is still suffering from cancer so let's hope he recovers. finally, i would like to highlight the excellent work that... ukrainian fighters on the front lines, especially considering that they have almost no artillery ammunition. let's hope that when the munitions arrive, it will allow them to push forward and put pressure on russia, not the other way around. thank you.

events, events that are happening right now and affect our lives, of course, the news feed reports about them, but it is not enough to know what is happening, it is necessary to understand. antin borkovskii and invited experts soberly assess the events, analyze them, modeling our future. every saturday at 1:10 p.m. with a repeat of sunday at 10:10. studio zahid with anton borkovsky at espresso.

now oleg hrybachuk will be working on the air of the tv channel. former head of the secretariat of president viktor yushchenko, co-founder of the chesno movement, glory to ukraine, mr. oleg, i congratulate you, glory to heroes, death to enemies. well, the 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 do not intersect at the moment, but an extraordinary the important visit of president zelensky to recep tayyip erdogan, to turkey. right, we understand that president erdogan also has certain initiatives, putin's visit to turkey was also expected there, and it was postponed, postponed, well, i understand, now that he will not be reassigned, although there is no cancellation of this visit, well, this is a certain aggravation, there is a certain cyclicality in these conversations about the end of the war, about the need for peace. spoke, in fact, during the two years of the war, this situation arose from time to time, now it is somewhat exacerbated with several reasons: firstly, the whole

community has already somehow agreed that the war will not end this year, that it will most likely be postponed at least until next year, that this year will be largely determined by the military, successes, failures, and a breakthrough. of russian forces, there will be no breakthrough of russian forces, how will the elections in the united states and in the european parliament end, that is, this year is kind of like a transitional one, you don’t want to call it, intermediate, yes, and based on how this year will end , certain strategies are being built, and conversations we hear about peace from russia all the time, they were quite active. present when putin made his next boring speech, now his tone has become much more aggressive, he is practically there during this

final stretch of his reassignment, he is simply talking about what and what we are from, who is this badun, we will now stop the actions there, what do we have at all, due to the fact that the ukrainians have run out of ammunition, we have something to stop there before... conducting negotiations, i.e. he has sharply radicalized, and on the basis of such statements of his it is very difficult to talk about a desire, because he used to repeat this mantra that we were always for peace, we offered, and there is a decree of president zelensky, which forbids putin to talk to me at all, that is, he passed in this phase, which simply practically does not allow anyone who... intervenes as a mediator to somehow lean against putin's position, because the phrases that you and i hear that no peace can be achieved unless

there can be no peace conference, if russia is not there, well, it is there now it is obvious that russia is not even interested in this, but this does not mean at all that such leaders there as dogan or such countries as china, they will not try to bite their status. this is a very beneficial status, economically beneficial, attracts attention , well, erdogan in general, he already understands that he has stepped on this pedestal for the last time, he would like to write his name in history somehow, and that is why this escalation is happening right now, although our position, well, as far as i can understand it quite clearly, we are talking about the fact that it is necessary to talk about peace when putin has there will be a desire. to talk about it, but if he does not want to talk about it, then we have to agree among ourselves, the democratic camp must agree on a position, and then invite

putin and put... him on notice, something like this mood is prevailing now, well there was also an extremely important trip by the special representative of the people 's republic of china lihui, so lihui, so to speak, collected information rather than anything else in different capitals, accordingly xi jinping conducted a reconciliation of the information received, and so china will be nominated to switzerland as observer, well, here is the question of how active or passive china will be, and in general , this is the coincidence... or not the coincidence of the position of the republic of china and the russian empire on the issue of the deployment and escalation of the war. china's position has not changed in principle, and many observers say that this visit, well, it was, to put it mildly, about nothing, did not offer anything new, as you rightly said, he also listened to some initiatives or some larger interpretation of this chinese peace plan

these... 12 steps, in which there is one, one step that interested us the most, it is the recognition of sovereignty and inviolability of state borders, after which we could talk about a lot, but this visit did not increase any pressure on russia, it did not offer any new initiatives, and answering the question , what is the position of china, well, in principle, china repeats the same phrase, but when you analyze its actions, you understand that it really benefits us... that the war continues and the war weakens its main opponents on the world stage are the united states the states, and russia, and the europeans, because ukraine is not, well, for china, it is not, not the scale, the dimensions, not the influence that china personally or individually does not

assign to ukraine. and that is why when our journalists there tried somehow or whether our experts tried to interpret the importance of the visit of the chinese leader to kyiv, no, they do not consider kyiv as an independent player, but it is already a well-recognized fact that the world has clearly understood that russia is, well to put it mildly, the junior partner of china, and not russia, but china determines geopolitical goals, to... what strive for what conditions to set, that is, china is the elder brother of these in this situation, and in principle nothing has changed here, ideologically it is important for china that russia does not disappear, that it weakens, but that it remains. the key story here is resourcefulness, our resourcefulness, the resourcefulness of our allies, so to speak, let's try to separate the wheat from the chaff, that is, on the one hand, on

a certain rhetorical basis. equal, everything is fine, but we understand that everything is not completely good with money, so we do not know how they will be now to lead the united states, and the issue of equipment, ammunition, weapons, and so on, but president macron is now ready to try on the imperial confederate, well, i’m being ironic, of course, but president macron was extremely harsh and specific in his words, what do you think it is can mean in practice, as well as just macron. well, as a political animal, he felt this opportunity, because formally, well, in numbers, the largest donor of ukraine is germany and scholz, who simply called on all european partners there, significantly to increase aid, the 8 billion that we received from germany is now the largest contribution, but scholz broke down, here is the eyes of taurosa, and politically we see that

the opposition is pressing on him from all sides, it is very difficult for him to explain, and why actually no , and the main thing is that scholz does not have these personal traits, and probably also the desire to be , as you said, the emperor or the newest emperor, while macron has it, but for macron what is also important is that both of them and scholz and macron competed to talk to putin longer. and who will spend more telephone visits and everyone tried to explain, they tried to explain to the world that in fact russia is not a threat, that you can talk to putin, i have the feeling that the transformation that happened with macron is, in particular, macron's realization of how much he was used by putin and what an idiotic world he looks like in now.