federation, and a fire broke out there. the russians write that the strikes were carried out by ug-22, airborn drones. and please tell us about these drones, what kind of drones they are, are they exclusively ukrainian drones, are they assembled from some separate parts and assembled by ukrainians, are they not ukrainian, that is, what kind of resources are we currently using in... . strikes on the rear of the occupying state, i would like to tell you about these kurjet-22 drones, but the strike was not struck by them, so the strike was struck by the ukrainian an airplane, it is an airplane too, an a22, but it is called an aeroprakt, it is an airplane, it is an airplane that is used in an unmanned version and is loaded with explosives. and in this way

it was possible to reach, to overcome a distance of a thousand kilometers, in total the distance was 1,200 km, because the nezhnikam and the ilabuga, they are apart from each other, well , this zone, so they, the alabuga zone, they are separated from each other across the volga by some 20-30 km, that is, it can be assumed on average that both objects were hit by the same drones. so the distance was about 1200 km, i took it distance from kharkov, and kharkov is a few ten kilometers from the border, and what kind of plane is this, an a22, that is, it is a glider, as i understand it, with wingspan, like a small motor plane, that’s right, and this is a plane with wingspan, it has been produced since 1999 in ukraine. and in general, the wingspan is from 9.55 to

10 m long, well, you see it, yes, it is such, such a huge plane, yes, as for comparison with a drone, it is noticeably larger than a drone, so it was very easily identified by these videos , which were publicly displayed in network, in general, the plane, why did it also fall on it, so to speak, well, the certainty that... it is actually this plane, because its range, which is in the advertising brochures, is 1100 km, slightly increase this range there by 100 km for such a size cars, this is a small problem, especially since there is no need to put people on board, there is free space in the plane and add a little fuel, well, the only more difficult thing is for you to make executive mechanisms that would control this plane according to the signals of the navigation system. well, it is clear that our

engineers managed to create such a powerhouse a system that converted radio signals into executive commands for the controls of this aircraft. you said that this aircraft was created a long time ago, eh, and it was obviously not designed for the tasks for which the security service of ukraine and the main intelligence directorate are now used, and what are these ... a22 aircraft for, what are they for were created in ukraine from the very beginning, in search of adventure, it is for those people who have enough money, and they can travel somewhere together with their wife or with their son, or together with their daughter, because it is a two-seater plane in general, although yes, it seems to be a two-seater, i won’t tell you for sure, i’ve seen this plane many times and sat in the cockpit, but it’s small... what

kind of plane with a rotax engine, depending on the model, there is an engine power of 80 or 100 horsepower , the plane is generally cool, cheap, but such that, you know, you need to be an expert to know which element of the plane you can lean on, because it is designed to be the lightest and there are many composite, well, most materials, which they created are composites, that is. in general this machine, it is already, i think, in ukraine, well, since 1999, i think that there are enough of these decommissioned planes, which in general can be converted into such remote-controlled kamikaze drones. nevertheless, in parallel with these a22, ukraine also uses drones, well, at least, that is what the minister of digital transformation mykhailo fedorov says, in an interview with the german publication, he said that...

the production of drones with a range of more than 100 km has begun , to quote the minister, we have increased the production of long-range drones tenfold compared to last year, most of the drones that attacked the russians. refineries have a range of 700 to 1,000 km, but now there are models that can fly more than 1,000 km. in one of the previous programs, we talked about these drones with you, and we talked about the range that they cover, but fedorov did not say what the industrial capacities are in the production of such drones, he said that production has increased tenfold, compared with last year, well, the question is, from which one? multiply the numbers by 10 to understand whether ukraine produces hundreds or thousands of such drones? well, that's not a question me, this is for mr. fedorov, he knows better, much better. i know we have a few drones, for example,

the drone was announced in february, right? yes, and it is guaranteed there, well, now you are showing exactly the ucrjet-22 drone, yes, they showed it, now it is him, yes, then the drone was created. lyuty, so lyuty is, let's say, a ukrainian copy of the bayrahtar, but the bairahtar is a scout, a reconnaissance drone, and the tyul is a kamikaze drone, but if you compare the photos of the two there, you will practically find the difference only in the hood of the engine. then there is the drone from, which finances mr. prytula's fund, it is stolen 26. yes, i did not say in february. indeed, it was, so to speak, announced with a range of 1000 km, ukrzh 26 drones, bober yes, the drone range is less, there was something up to 700, 600, 700, maybe 800 km, well, in general, yes,

there was also such a drone of extremely primitive design, which was called aq400, but there it was announced that the manufacturer is capable of ... flying up to 500 such drones per month, but if of course there will be funding, well, that is, in general , there is some line of drones for production, well, i hope that they are will be produced in the agreed quantities, but for now it is not possible to say which of them and how many, well, you understand, that should be said by mr. fedorov and what he considers necessary to say, well... he is not saying yet, but president zelenskyi yesterday, at a meeting dedicated to the production of drones, he said that drones will say one of the decisive words in this war, ukraine should produce more of them. let's listen to what president zelensky said. we talked today about

the nuances of production, and about support and financing, about contracts, about the necessary flexibility in... just what war requires. our defense-industrial complex should produce as much as needed, as timely as needed. it is obvious that drones in this war will say one of the decisive words for victory, and it should be a ukrainian word, ukrainian drones, ukrainian victory, and therefore we need more and more effective ukrainian drones, we can provide it... by the way, cnn reported that ukraine has built a full-fledged industry of drones, which gave it a technological advantage against the russian federation, and as the american television company reports, every ukrainian drone has

a terminal computer with satellite data and data about the terrain, accuracy became possible thanks to the sensors of the drone, it has machine vision, which is a form of... artificial intelligence, that is, i i understand that the production of drones and the construction of drones is now becoming one of the priority tasks, and these drones or the production of these drones are coming, strangely enough, to replace the ukrainian aircraft industry, well, you know, i'm still somewhere in... september 22 year said that our the only possibility to be a full-fledged participant in a contactless network-centric war, and this is to build drones, this is the simplest option, the destruction of russian bodies, what is

a contactless war, network-centric, yes, it is the destruction of the enemy economy, enemy control centers, enemy energy systems. at long distances, unfortunately, we are not given either cruise missiles, or ballistic missiles, or missiles that could be used there from airplanes, so that... we could work on the russian rear, and even on those rockets they give us they impose restrictions not to fire on russian territory, which is there until february 22nd , therefore the production of drones is our only opportunity to inflict similar blows on russia, such as it inflicts on our territory all the time, and i am very happy that now we have finally given this... attention is needed, finally something is being produced and i hope that such drone strikes will

be carried out on a regular basis, especially since russia is very vulnerable to this due to its huge territory, it will not be able to provide protect all the enterprises in such a large area with anti-aircraft missile means or anti-aircraft means or anti-aircraft artillery. now the russians. have already begun to form such mobile groups with machine guns as work in our country on distant approaches or, in general, on the nearest approaches to some of our important objects. mr. valery, against the background of our successes in the construction of drones and in the design of drones, we see how the russians began to use aerial bombs again to strike kharkiv, the spokesman for the air force of the armed forces of ukraine. ilya yevlash says that russia has an extraordinary number of bombs weighing 1.5 kg, or 1.5 tons,

probably 1500 kg, which are capable of completely destroying residential high-rise buildings, and russia uses such bombs to wear out ukrainian air defense, which is for bombs that weigh one and a half tons, does this mean that russia pulled out old soviet bombs or? and this is already the weaponry that was prepared and that the russian military-industrial complex is already beginning to restore or produce? well, i'll try to briefly explain what it's about, it's actually not about bombs, it's about we are talking about umpk modules with these bombs, in kharkiv they are striking and our front lines in general are striking not with free-fall bombs, but actually with... ump blocks installed on fab-1500 m-54 bombs, i.e. bombs of the 54th model,

production which russia has renewed since last year, although a huge number of them were still in warehouses, so now on these, so these are drones, they have, these bombs have very bad aerodynamics, so the russians made such a cap on the nose part and install it with... well, the umpk module is slightly enlarged wings, which allows this bomb to fly, well , not 70 km, like five hundred, a little less than kilometers, but still, ah, they are dropped outside the range of our anti-aircraft missile systems, so very, so to speak, very, very dangerous for our defense, for our cities, because on board such a bomb, well, not on board. excuse me for this expression, this bomb contains more than 760

kg of explosives, that is, we have, excuse me, 600, 674 kg of explosives exactly, that is, these are very dangerous, and the carriers and what is found there is, i have huge tears on them and no field fortification can withstand the impact of such a bomb, but as for, let's say... a house, one hit is enough to completely destroy our normal standard five or nine-story building, at the same time, the russians are still testing a hypersonic missile, a zircon, and that's already certified by the ukrainian side, and by the russian side, and what are the problems with the work on this missile now that the armed forces of ukraine have? the problem is that we do not have enough long-range anti-aircraft missile systems that are capable

of doing the job, well, in the anti-missile mode, yes, to be anti-missile complexes at the same time, in general we have as many as four of these, three patriots and, well, if he works for us, then one himself pte, that is, we cannot practically cover even 10% of our territory with such... anti-missile complexes, although in general, they are capable of shooting down all types of missiles, as was confirmed by the conclusions of the institute of scientific research. the one from the forensic examination that both zircons that flew over kyiv recently were shot down, that is , there are no problems with shooting down, the problem is with the number of anti-aircraft missile systems that we can to use to destroy these enemy hypersonic missiles, and on the terminal last segment they are no longer

hypersonic, like daggers, and that's why we listed these complexes. they are able to knock them down and knock them down effectively. this does not mean at all that the russians are not improving, including their weapons. since the beginning of the great war, we have seen progress in the improvement of the weapons that the russians had at the beginning of the great war and now, that is, as sad as it sounds, but the russian-ukrainian war is probably the best training ground for them to... to test their missiles and their weapons, well , you understand what the situation is, they, when they had no money, they actively developed various systems, so they saw the jdem system, yes the american one, yes, bombs with modules there that allow you to convert an ordinary bomb, and as

they say, an iron bomb, guided, but the americans did it, the russians made an analogue. made, for example, jadem, a winged bomb, the same bomb as jadem, but already with wings and with greater range. russians they also did, they did not start serial production, but they made such a version, and they made several versions. and that's why, when they felt that the war was, well, becoming protracted, long-lasting, they pulled out all these projects quickly, all these projects that only passed the stage of... preliminary tests and very quickly, very dynamically began to implement their production, so here they outnumber us by two heads, but everything is very fast with them, their industry works on military rails, both civilian and military, they instantly orders are executed, failure to comply with

the state defense order is subject to criminal prosecution. you understand, the management of the company that did not comply with the state defense order, it can fall into play, very strictly, everything is very clearly controlled, because the russians have always been able to produce means, means of destruction, they could not do something peaceful, such as a tv, a smartphone, a coffee machine, yes , well, but with the means of destruction, they were doing well, and now they are proving their reputation, that is, that... the only thing that works well for them is it is an industry that is capable of creating bombs, rockets, everything, that is, everything to destroy people, to destroy their own kind. thank you, mr. valery, for the conversation, it was valery romanenko, aviation expert, leading researcher of the state aviation museum. friends, we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. during the program, we

conduct surveys. today we ask you about the following: does ukraine need diplomatic relations? with lukashenka's belarus, yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote if you think ukraine needs diplomatic relations with belarus . this vote. next, we will be in touch with mykhailo samus, military expert, deputy director. center for the study of army conversion and disarmament, director of the new geopolitics research network, mr. mykhailo, i welcome you, thank you for being with us today, i congratulate you, literally before the broadcast, it became known, mr. mykhailo, that president zelensky signed such a law on the creation of an electronic register of the obliged and on reducing the age of citizens

who can be mobilized, that is, from 27 to 25 years. almost 10 months ago, this law was adopted, it was adopted by the verkhovna rada of ukraine, zelenskyy did not sign this law, he signed this law, now, actually, the mobilization resource is increasing in order to call up the ukrainian army, well, in addition, president zelenskyi signed the law by which the limited fitness is now taken away from such ob'. course of the tsk and the armed forces of ukraine, what are these laws and the signed laws , the effect of these laws, what does this mean, how will it affect the armed forces of ukraine. on mobilization, on opportunities and on the expansion of this mobilization base, well, in principle, there is a linear dependence here, of course,

when the mobilization age is transferred from 27 to 25 years and decreases, then the mobilization base increases, everything is clear here, regarding the electronic register again , to be honest , i would wait for the main mobilization the law that will govern the processes in this area, and... of course, the electronic register is one of the basic elements of the new law on mobilization, because it is this electronic register that will ensure the same transparency, the same justice, which is constantly being talked about everyone says that when it comes to conducting the mobilization, it should be as fair as possible for all sections of the population, we didn't have any special or non-special people in this process, well , of course, just... keeping the same paper ones in electronic form daddy, he will create the conditions for the new law to start working effectively. well, that is,

i understand correctly, now our men will be divided into two categories: suitable for service in the army and unfit, that is, there will be no more limited suitability there, those who can be taken into military service, now all will be in military service . service, and people who are disabled simply will not enter the armed forces. well, in fact, it is peaceful, in peacetime there are regulations regarding those with limited fitness and those fit for military service in wartime, in a special period, of course, this is a different situation, and again, i want to emphasize that, as far as i know, re-certification of those people who had decisions can be carried out. vlk regarding limited suitability, they will go through all these procedures again, this will be done in order to avoid the possibility of corruption schemes that

have been implemented recently, it is known that not everything was clean there, and therefore, in principle, this process, which has already will take place obviously under the new law on mobilization, v including, these issues will be regulated in relation to the vlk and the categorization of those categories of the population that are or are not subject to mobilization, including according to the state of health. while, mr. mykhailo, the mobilization law, or the law on mobilization, it is only preparing for the second reading, 400 amendments will begin in the verkhovna rada on april 10, but at the same time , president zelensky is saying that the russians are preparing a new offensive, and this offensive can begin. in june, in may-june 2024, it is clear that it is partly this statement the president of ukraine was directed to our

western partners, ukraine needs weapons, ukraine needs finances, ukraine needs help, but what can this offensive be and what can we expect from it, because it is clear that the russian army is already advancing, just when zelenskyi.. emphasized that there could be a bigger offensive, or does this mean that they will go there from the northeast, from other cities or from the north to enter ukraine and thus try to attack the ukrainian army. well, i will immediately say that in principle, if calculate and impose all the necessary measures that must be carried out in order, for example, to create a strike group in the northern direction, well, that is... on the territory of belarus, in fact, or from the northeast, including, part from the territory of belarus, and part , for example, from the belgorod region, then, in my opinion, they will not have enough time

to create this group of 100-200 or more thousand military personnel by may or june, that is, we can talk, for example, if we are talking about the probability , the creation of such groups of preparation of such operations, after all, it is either the end of summer. or still closer to the fall or to the end of the year, if we consider such a possibility at all, with regard to other measures, because when we talk about e may, the end of may, june of the new offensive, we are still talking more about a-a directions kramatorsk-slovyansk in the donbass and the ughledar direction are those directions that russia nevertheless defines as priorities for implementation. to the same main task, which, which no one canceled, that is, the kremlin is still trying to completely occupy donbas, and if they can do it by the end of the year, then they would... put

it forward as an argument for the new president of the united states, that look, we are moving forward, ukraine will lose, so let's do everything to stop this war, we are ready, the conditions are russian, they are known, demilitarization, denazification, neutralization of ukraine and the ban on its joining nato, and, of course, these territories, which are already occupied, they remain for russia, that is, such a plan of russia, but judging by everything, they will not succeed this... to be carried out, since, well, i mean occupying the donetsk luhansk region in its entirety and possibly a piece of zaporizhzhya there, as they plan to bite off, and what is most important, well, if , again, we count on the fact that russia is preparing the creation and shoigu is obviously open about it talked about the fact that they will create new divisions, even a new district and so on, they need in addition to personnel, when they say that russia will now recruit 300 00

military personnel, well, they can recruit through contracts, through zetas, or even partial mobilization, 300 and even 500,000 people, but the question is about equipment, after all, a division is still a state, staffing, including weapons and military equipment, which russia simply does not have physically, they are suffering huge losses, here are the latest events at the front, when they threw, to be honest, it is very difficult to find logic here, maybe... they wanted to grab and break through the defenses, when they threw more than 30 tanks, a couple of dozen bmps in order to break through the front, they did not succeed, and carried, just as you were showing this video, they carried huge losses, i.e. more than 30 tanks, this is more than one tank battalion, so to throw it in one direction, small, and with very little prospects, you can imagine how much

equipment they need, how many resources they need. to really occupy the donetsk region , including kramatorsk, slavyansk, and break through in the uglydar, zaporizhzhia directions, well, these are simply colossal resources with which the russian defense industry simply cannot cope physically until june, obviously, until the end of the summer, unlikely, maybe until the end year, that is, they do not have a time schedule, i think that the key point here is again why they are talking about it now and why they are acting like that at the front, including, obviously, they understand that they have a certain lag, there is such a gap, until the united states decided to restore aid after all, they are trying to use this time to the maximum, to throw resources as much as possible, based on their such russian avos, but now avos we will throw everything away, the ukrainians will be sprinkled, and then further, if the united states states will not resume aid,

and there comes trump, and in principle we... maybe we won't need so many tanks or other armored vehicles, so they are now trying to throw in the maximum amount of resources in order to achieve maximum success and create the conditions for that big offensive if the united states will not restore aid, but if aid is restored, a full range of weapons will be provided, for example, for the f-16, because let me remind you, the planes will be from europe, the f-16, but the range of weapons and... we need a lot of this range, she still is american, and here without american help it will be very difficult, if the americans return to the formation, let's say so, then the russians still do not expect success in their offensive plans, i think, and here is the speaker of the state department of the united states of america matthew miller said that america is concerned about increased

cooperation between russia and china. and therefore made it clear that she was against any support by china of the russian federation. let's hear what matthew miller had to say. we have made it clear that we are concerned about a full-fledged partnership, which we observe between russia and china. we have made it very clear that we are against china taking any steps that would help support russian aggression in ukraine, and we will continue to make that clear. mr. mykhailo, perhaps not a military issue, but, let's say, a military-political one. why are our western partners and the united states of america not talking about how they see russia's defeat in this war. that is, they constantly talk about the fact that they will not allow the defeat of ukraine, which should be the defeat of russia, that is, in the understanding of our western partners, so that they say: "well, putin

has been defeated." well, such a paradox now.