can lead to positional gains for the kremlin, this is definitely a danger for us, and therefore this political part of the war, it is extremely connected with what is happening on the battlefield, and therefore the fact that ukraine is accelerating the scaling of high-tech means of destruction and intelligence , this definitely gives a... a certain impetus and certain hopes that at some stage ukraine, the defense forces will be able, even without the powerful participation of the western coalition, to hold the front and to some extent destroy the russian defense potential, but really the exhaustion of our infrastructure remains a big problem, because we know that there have only been strikes since march 22. and to

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the invitation. i will start with the president's statement, which was made a few days ago, where it was said that ukraine needs at least 25. patriot systems, then the foreign minister talked about at least seven patriot air defense systems. explain to our viewers how many we have now, and this 7 and 25, are these significant numbers compared to what other countries in europe have that have these weapons? regarding the number of patriots in ukraine, we can rely on exclusively public information, which has been repeatedly announced, it is about... that ukraine received one patriot from the usa, one more from germany, germany and the netherlands also collected two, and with we are already talking about three, but the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi also said a few months ago that ukraine received two more air

defense systems that can shoot down everything, which was not the case, but the fact is that when it comes to the air defense complex, which can shoot down anything, this... means that it can effectively counter both direct ballistic missiles and aerodynamic targets such as aircraft. only two complexes fall into this category from the available and from the available, this is the patriot itself, because it works effectively both against such things as iskander, and against aircraft, which has been proven many times by the so-called blocking patriot, and samptsi. regarding sampci, the fact is that during all this time, after quite long talks, italy and france... these two big countries were able to single out only one complex, and therefore, it was quite public, so it is unlikely that they they would do it again, especially two at once, and it would certainly not be a secret, given the position and publicity of rome and paris in this matter, so most likely ukraine

still has a little more than three patriot batteries, and the question of which patriots themselves are very, very important questions, because there are objectively now devices. in nato countries , including and in the world in general, there are two types of patriot: patriot pack-2, which uses only gzhem t missiles, which effectively fights precisely with aircraft, high-altitude aerodynamic targets at ranges of 160 km, and there is a third pack, which has anti-missile capabilities and allows to shoot down ballistic missiles such as iskander, shoot down kenjals and even circus, that is, this is the third one, and it can also, of course, work with jmt missiles. aircraft, so while we can only say approximately that ukraine has three dashes five, probably, patriot systems, not all of them may be pactrets, for sure 100% it is known about three, relative to the number of patriots in, for example, nato countries, so recently joseph borel

at the summit of the europe forum, he directly said that the western armies, that is, the western world, is nato, it is the usa, plus its european segment. nato, then we are talking about what is generally being discussed there about 100 batteries, batteries, let me remind you, this is actually an anti-aircraft missile complex, because batteries are such an organizational staff structure, but if you take exactly how many batteries of patriots, then there is only one that is composed, usually it is ods, one command post, six, eight launchers, again, this configuration is quite vague, we are talking about a modern digital anti-aircraft missile system, so the number of launchers can be changed, as well as on the smaller side, usually where... countries cannot afford such a number starters in one patriot batteries, there, for example, sweden, it orders only a limited number of launchers, a third or four, and japan is also far from a poor country, it has five launchers per battery, but if we talk about

nato countries, we are talking about about 100 batteries, if to be more precise according to the available information, then we are talking about 95, of which 60 are directly in the usa and... 35 to 35 is what europe has, and these 35, they are quite conditional , because it is more correct rather than talk more about 30, because now some countries are currently in the process of receiving additional patriot systems, for example, sweden, romania, poland, and so on, so let's say, it has a plan to increase the number of forward zones, we already have two, two reinforced batteries. they plan to order another 12 or so, so it must also be understood that even receiving the first systems, for example, as sweden did, this does not mean that they immediately went on combat duty, to this time usually one and a half to two years should be added, these are the standard terms for the full combat capability of the system,

when after we received it, that's why when we talk about seven or 25 additional batteries for ukraine, how much? these figures are realistic in terms of what other countries have, can anyone be expected to share such a number. let's hope so, because here it is. the biological position that the ukrainian government broadcasts, there are patriots in countries, for example, in germany, at least, there may be at least 10 pac-third patriots, it is also possible that we have a certain number of them in what is called warehouses, maybe quite a few killed state, because they decommissioned them during the course of, starting from the 2000s, that is, they sold them off, maybe they took them out, that is, their fate is unknown, but they had... well, we can say that she still has about 10, so when there are only 10 patriots in germany, and we

hope that she will still give some to everyone there, right? no, we're not talking about that, because of course, i just immediately understood that if the entire western world is composed of patriots, then 1/4 part, if we talk about 25, well, it already says that it can't be easy, as well as even about what if europe in conditions where the usa is not at all with, well... so far, there are no signs that this, well , is objectively a blockade of aid to ukraine, i don't know what to call it, because it goes beyond any limits, in general discussion, when the usa does not provide aid for ukraine and thereby shoots itself in the foot by the fact that now everyone in poland, in europe, and even in japan , the prime minister says in a speech in congress that the usa has to return to the role of the guarantor of security, because, well, how can you not add help, when in... it was promised to do so, that's why we exclude 60 batteries from the american ones in this

situation, and then even seven batteries from the 35 european ones are also quite a significant mark, so of course we are not talking about the fact that somewhere there someone has a whole basement filled with these people, which is filled with patriots, one only needs to remember where the keys are from him, to open and get the reports of the anti-aircraft missile systems, it is difficult, so immediately when even germany , after all, it is the leader of the coalition directly, which, he adds, should get air defense to ukraine, it immediately said that it will not be easy, it will be some rather difficult ways with the search for some combinations, well, again, berlin has experience when they assembled one battery of patriots together with the netherlands, the netherlands handed over, by the way, two launchers, germany gave the other one, and then there may be such a situation that it will be necessary to take it somewhere, someone will give one go. someone will give a communication car, for example, one too, somewhere someone there will hand over a radar

station, for example, somehow it will be restored, someone there, because it is precisely the radar station that is the main core of the complex, without it she, well, let's put it this way, this is a separate conversation, but we believe that it cannot work without her, and all this is additional, in fact, except for the direct question of where to get the patriot batteries themselves, eh... well, here and there, by the way, you need everything i should also note that germany also said that it will look for options outside of europe, asia and the middle east, as i understand it, yes, this is exactly asia, i mean japan, which does not export weapons in principle, but the missile may be transferred to the americans , and well , i recently shot an independent film there, well, self-restriction regarding the export of weapons and can transfer those missiles that... produce under license from lokhit martin is to wipe mc to sell to the usa, in the event that the usa does not

provide assistance, you can forget about it. taiwan, well, there are seven batteries, well, japan has 24, 25, ah, taiwan, seven more, taiwan, well, it will definitely not transfer anything, there is south korea, of course, well, it also does not transfer any weapons to ukraine, and it is quite clear why, because there next to them from the dprk, which. there is constantly testing something, firing rockets into the sea and shows what she'll do to soul and all that. ah, the middle east is a very difficult region from the point of view of trade, they generally arm themselves with diplomacy, but there really are patriots there. in particular, it can be up to 25 only in saudi arabia. why up to 25, because we are talking about countries that are much more closed in the public sphere than, for example, european countries or the usa, and that is why it is possible. only about a certain, well , interval, how many can there be, it is 18

or 25 patriots, well, about this interval, saudi arabia is really quite a possible potential donor, because it is quite focused directly on european, american weapons, and well , let's say, there are chances in my opinion, but unless of course berlin will negotiate, because berlin has been blocking since the 18th year... to the saudi arabia breeders of euroyter, that is why there is more participation from london, which was also announced by the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine koleb, who will also look for patriots. can be much more positive, because the trade balance of arms directly from saudi arabia and great britain 10 billion over the past 10 years and pounds, dollars. mr. oleg, we are now talking about the peytor and about the complexes, but why do we forget first of all that, probably, in the first place should be missiles for these systems, what about the production, means of impression under the patriot,

what are the needs, what are the opportunities of the manufacturers to satisfy the demand and ukraine and... other countries that use these weapons, here it becomes even more difficult, that is, it is clear that, well , it is already clear that they are patriots, they are not lying around somewhere, and the problem with missiles also exists, regarding the production of new missiles, because is of course stocks, we still hope that ukraine will still receive rockets in stock, and not wait until they are manufactured, because otherwise everything becomes quite ... critical and perhaps just explains the fact that the search for peteriti stops and the number of missiles that will need to be transferred, that is, even if you get 25 batteries of patriots there, there may not be enough missiles for them in such a banal number, what is the problem, and regarding the production of missiles, there are gmt missiles that are designed to destroy aerodynamic targets , they are produced by rayton and

the officially announced pace of their production is 20 missiles. per month 240 per year on all the patriots in education, which are to understand, if you even just load these, well, take all the american patriots and load them with these missiles, then that means that rayton has to work for about 7-8 years in order to just to provide one total zap from these american patriots at the current rate, of course it is expanding, the important aspect here is that they are... are producing missiles, now in europe the production of gmt missiles is starting, it will be in germany, a joint venture of ratem+dba, camlock, but the first missiles should leave the factory in two years, and in the 27th year , the pace of production of zm+ missiles should be set at 35 missiles per month in the 26-27th year. regarding

anti-missile missiles, more precisely, mce anti-missile missiles, that is, which are intended for patriots for... if they are supposed to shoot down already ballistic targets, such as the same iskanders, work effectively against daggers, everything and anything else, then the official announcement and, well, this is absolutely public information , it became the subject of congressional hearings in the congress, even knocking out the budget, the fact is that lokit martin is currently producing 500 mci anti-missiles, eh , that’s all, well, there are still in japan, and... but again, it’s unknown, because japan did not announce any data regarding the american 500 units per year with a plan to expand their production to 750 per year by the 27th year, but for this you need money from the pentagon, from the pentagon, the pentagon needs money from the us congress, that is, everything is difficult, but the plans are 750 until 2027, quite realistic in

anyway, because again there are more and more patriots in the world, this is... the main system that will definitely be in service for another decade, and even taking into account the fact that work is currently underway on the integration of these missiles, mc on the american yasmins elib and other systems from, well, ship systems mr. oleg, right now we are talking about patriots, about missiles for patriots, and in front of you i spoke with alantyt madryuk, he said that it is necessary to look around and look for countries that can have them as well. air defense systems, in particular there turkey, south korea, in order to receive support in such systems of similar power there, conditionally speaking, what do you think about this, does it make sense to expand the fleet of our air defense systems, everything rests on the possibility, in particular, in turkey, let's say so,

air defense projects, at once three national projects under the general name khaysar. and their essence is to, well , create their own anti-aircraft defense, this is against the background of the fact that turkey bought the s-400, received sanctions, patriot already did not accommodate them with the price tag there, choku it is possible to understand, after all, a billion dollars and missiles for 2-3 million dollars are quite expensive, so they went the way of investing the maximum funds in creating their own, there is a really long-range missile complex, come on. sarah, at the same time, it is still only, shall we say, at the stage of completing tests and starting mass production, that is, it is not that it is possible to get them in ... ready- made and in the right quantity right now, it is actually, if you order , then wait years. relative to south korea, then the whole problem with

this country is that again in the case of anti-missile defense, it relies on american complexes, relies on patriots, relies on american deployed tet complexes, and ultimately does not produce similar complexes with anti-missile defense capabilities. there is a country that really has the ability to create and sell anti-missile defense systems, which also does not export weapons to ukraine, like south korea, this is israel, this is the sling of david complex, the most interesting, it is already approved for export, it became its first customer directly finland, and it is significantly less expensive than the patriot, and its rocket costs, according to official data, not announced in the pentagon, 20% of the cost of the iss, that is, approximately $ 400-500 against three. and she, this missile should be integrated into

the next iteration of the patriot paak-4, which is currently under development. but here it is very important to understand that israel still maintains such a difficult political position regarding the transfer to ukraine and the sale. or though pre-export of weapons to ukraine, he blocks it. mr. olezh, literally just one minute, how would you predict the search for the patriot system for ukraine in the short or medium term, what can ukraine optimally count on according to your estimates? unfortunately, once again the situation primarily depends on the usa, if the usa still accepts its own. real aid budget for ukraine, then the question of where to take the patriots, where to take the missiles to them, they automatically disappear, this opens up the possibility of strengthening the ukrainian papago necessary the number of funds, in the conditions of the us blocking

aid to ukraine, this is a very difficult issue, it is possible that in europe they will be able to collect really one, maybe two batteries, this is in the short term, in the future , of course, they can say that now one, now the day after tomorrow two, and... then there, we are not going there yet, but it can be, of course, with such an aim for 26-28 years. mr. oleg, thank you very much for your professional comments and for your time. let me remind you that it was oleg katkov, the editor-in-chief of defense express, our information consulting company company, and if we talk about the results of this program, then indeed we have a demand for at least 25 patriot systems, we see that this is extremely ambitious. our goal is, if in the best case, we can get five systems of a similar class from our partners, that will be very, very good, we should also make a bet on cooperation with european companies to

obtain european air defense systems, and still, don't forget about cooperative projects with a number of countries, where we have to create joint air defense systems of various types appointments, which are also extremely necessary for solving various tasks and for the protection of peaceful cities and for the protection of the battlefield, so we hope that these projects will develop and they will really have a concrete result on the front line. these were the main points related to the search for patriots for ukraine. stay tuned to the espresso channel, there will be a lot of interesting information to come. the search for 17-year-old student alina boshko, who mysteriously disappeared while

on vacation with friends in the volyn region, has been going on for more than a month. the situation is really difficult, but we really hope that alina will be found and most importantly, that she is alive. so, all this time, the search did not stop, it continues, and we are doing everything possible to help find. and above all , the girl's mother, mrs. kateryna, is asking for help in the search, it's even difficult to imagine what she felt and what she experienced in the time since her daughter's disappearance, i want help, i don't believe that she is not among the living, she is alive , i want her to be found, i can't sleep or eat, i just don't live, i just exist, and i i would like to remind you that alina bozhko disappeared on february 17. she was resting with her friends on a meadow near the village of ugrynychi, in the volyn region. around 2 p.m., the girl went into the forest,

but did not return, she left her... mobile phone in the car. so there was no connection with her. friends began to look for her, but, unfortunately, in vain. alina was nowhere to be found. and this photo was taken a few hours before the girl's disappearance. hundreds of people join the search every day. these are law enforcement officers, rescuers, soldiers, border guards, who care citizens, quadcopter specialists and dog handlers. the search area is constantly expanding, forest strips and bushes are being surveyed. coastal areas and swampy areas. friends say it was her decision. they rested and she went in an unknown direction. then they got up and started looking for her. at the moment, we cannot put forward any other versions. we work precisely in the direction of search. we work for the result and until there is no result, until we find the truth in this situation, we will work. and searches gave a certain result. i managed to find

the girl's belongings, a wallet from aidipas. headband, as well as alina's coat. it was lying in the forest 7 km from the place where the student was last seen. unfortunately, at the moment there are no more clues or information, at the same time , searchers and native girls do not lose hope and say that while there is even the slightest chance to find her, we must do everything possible for this. in turn, fellow villagers said that alina is from a prosperous family and is in an educational institution. where she studies, she was described as very good and calm student she did not have any conflicts in the group, she is a cheerful, cheerful girl, she went to classes, until the new year she lived in our dormitory. alina followed the rules of residence and was always at classes. it is also known that in the summer of 2023 , alina's 20-year-old fiancé died in the war with the russian invaders. after

that, the girl returned to... studies and all this time tried to recover from such a loss. we really hope that alina is alive, and she will be found, and in turn, we are doing everything we can for this. and the least, no matter what you could help in this situation - repost, share this video on your social networks. the more people see the information about the missing girl, the more chances there will be to find her. and of course, please. take another look at alina's face, she is 17 years old, she is of medium build, she has blond hair and green eyes. if you know anything about alina boshko, don't delay and immediately call the hotline at 116.30. calls from all mobile operators in ukraine are free. you can also write to us on the website or to the chatbot of the child search service in telegram. and i want to note that

there is no search. important information, any little thing, any detail can be decisive, so we really hope for your help, attention and concern, and please, i ask again, share this video. and the very end, i also ask you to go to the website of the children's search service, here you can see photos of all the boys and girls that we are currently trying to find. do not be indifferent, take just a few minutes of your time and take a look. carefully in the faces of these children, everyone they are missing, but with your help we can find them, if you know any information about any of them, immediately call the hotline of the child tracing service at the short number 116/30, calls are free from all mobile operators in ukraine.

we are starting an information day on the spresso tv channel. khrystyna porubiy works on the air of the news in the studio. the russians killed one person in donetsk region and wounded another. in the evening, the enemy fired at the village of new york. a 64-year-old woman died. a 60-year-old man was wounded, the head of the region vadim said filashkin the russians shelled the zaporizhzhia region 410 times a day, attacking eight settlements. aviation was hit on the job.