with thunderstorms, in kyiv, in the capital, tomorrow the air temperature will still be low, +12-+14°, significant precipitation is not expected, the southeast wind will be moderate, but from may 16 and until the end of the week the air temperature will gradually rise and in the whole of ukraine will warm up, by the end of the week the air temperature will reach 18-23° heat everywhere. keep an eye out for our detailed... weather forecasts on the espresso channel. good evening, we are from ukraine. today in the verdict program with serhii rudenko. the tendency towards stabilization. the defenders blocked the russian one offensive in kharkiv oblast, but sumy oblast remains under threat. were the fortifications on the northern borders of ukraine really ready? unwavering support.

us secretary of state blinken assured president zelensky that american aid is on the way. can ukraine count on additional patriot air defense systems to protect kharkiv? kremlin castings. putin left his associate patrushev in his inner circle and appointed his former adjutant dyumin as another assistant. the dictator considers him his successor.

glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. anthony blinken appeared in kyiv today with an unannounced visit, spoke about the security agreement with ukraine, about the future of the russian-ukrainian war, about his support, the support of the united states of america for ukraine. let's talk today. about blinkin's visit and how the situation is developing on the eastern front, in particular around vovchansk, and about prospects the deployment of the offensive by the russian occupiers not only on kharkiv, but also on sumy oblast, at least this is what the ukrainian generals are talking about, we will talk about this and other things during the next hour with politician and diplomat roman bezsmertny and general igor romanenko. in the second part of our our program will be

people's deputies of ukraine, yevgenia kravchuk, oleksiy kucherenko and yaroslav zheleznyak. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest watching a video of how ukrainian fighters stopped an enemy breakthrough in the kharkiv region. fighters of the third separate assault brigade, the 66th separate mechanized brigade and the 77th aeromobile brigade smashed russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the invaders. the assault unit of the occupiers was completely destroyed... three units of equipment were completely destroyed, four more were damaged, let's see how it all turned out.

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our first guest today, he is roman bezsmertny, a diplomat, former ambassador of ukraine to belarus, a people's deputy of several convocations, a politician and a person who knows about ukrainian... ty not only ukrainian politics, but practically everything. mr. roman, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, mr. sergey. however, i would like to invite our viewers who watch us on youtube to subscribe to roman bezsmertny's youtube channel. the link to the youtube channel is under this video, in on youtube, find it, please subscribe to roman bezsmertny's youtube channel. so, roman petrovych, today's state secretary. of the united states of america blinken arrived in kyiv with an unannounced visit, the secretary of state spoke about the fact that the united states of america will continue to support ukraine, and at a meeting at sekorskyi university

he spoke about the security agreement that will be signed by representatives of ukraine and, respectively, the united states of america, and ... blinken also said that the help that is so awaited in ukraine will soon be in ukraine, and it will have a real impact on countering russian aggression. let's listen to what blinkin said during the meeting with zelensky. some aid has already arrived, more support will follow, and it will have a real impact on the current situation on the battlefield. the united states, along with many other partners of ukraine, is convinced. that you will succeed in this battle, we are also determined that over time ukraine will stand firmly on its feet militarily, economically, democratically, because a strong, successful, prosperous, free ukraine is the best reproach to putin and the best guarantor of your future, and for all

this the united states is and will remain a loyal partner. we have a huge shortage of air defense equipment. i think this is our biggest problem. and yes, today we really need to strengthen the defense for kharkiv, for the region that is often hit, because all the civilians are under attack there, and all the people live under russian missiles. roman petrovich, how should this visit - blinken's - be regarded? we know that the situation in the east of ukraine is quite difficult? it a sign of support from washington, or is it? is there an attempt to make up for what was lost due to the position of the congress of the united states of america regarding aid to ukraine? mr. serhiy, i would not combine this visit with the decision of the congress, the belated decision of the congress, but there are several things that the state department

of the united states of america is conducting and they must be resolved, because they must be answered. first of all, it is the approach of the summit. nato, it looks like the parties are quiet and waiting for some kind of miracle or surprise, and we know very well that the best impromptu is the impromptu that is being prepared, and it is so obvious that one must be prepared for who and what role will be played, what the result will be, so that there are no curious statements, as there were in vilnius, from any side, because this is why this is the question... number one, question number two, this is actually, now it is very clear how washington, kyiv, brussels, paris, london, berlin, they look at the strategy and tactics of the armed forces of ukraine differently and in 2024 and in 2025. what

is it worth with a week difference in the statements of the adviser to the president of the united states of america jake sullivan about what... something to think about, so that there would be some negotiations, and then we will next provide the necessary weapons, and maybe in 2025, ukraine should prepare for... for an offensive, and at that time the statements from berlin, so it is obvious that these topics need to be coordinated, because it depends on this, and what needs to be delivered, in what volumes, at what level of readiness, and actually this is immediately here in the dialogue, which we have just seen and manifested itself . the third question, in fact, is the so -called bezekov agreement. as we see, aa in... it turned out that the united states had the most discussion here, and this discussion is explained by the fact that

the ukrainian side, acting absolutely correctly, included in the text of this document all the materials that are currently between the united states of america and israel, between the united states of america and taiwan, between the united states of america and the philippines, and the work is quite difficult, it turned out, so it is necessary and simple here... because there are already up to a dozen documents, they are of different weight, of different content, but in this case it is necessary if we were to come to a certain result, well , it is obvious that during today's meeting , certain issues of european politics, initiated by paris, initiated by london, and so on, which are ahead of the curve in certain issues, were also discussed. to date, washington is ahead of the curve for the reason that ah, both president biden

and his team, it is clear that they have to react to the course of the election campaign, which separates them from active action and interaction with kyiv and with other partners, and here coordination is necessary so that it does not happen that because of the speed of movement or france or great britain arose... certain collisions, i'm not talking about the fact that today the question is very much asked, which is connected with the coordination of certain informational messages that sound, which are clearly not coordinated, and nature understood them in the fact that contacts at such a level between washington and kyiv have become rare, this is a complex of issues that must be paid attention to now. petrovych, in parallel with the visit... information appeared in blinkin's volume about the report of yeermak irasmussen's group, which suggests that

nato invited ukraine to join the alliance at the summit in washington this summer, the jubilee summit, and confirmed the commitment to accept kyiv into its ranks no later than july 28. the report also suggests that allies spend 0.25% of their gdp on military aid to ukraine and unlock frozen russian assets. 300 billion dollars to support ukraine. blinkin said that the united states of america is bringing ukraine closer to nato, and then they will introduce it to the alliance. when it will happen, blinken did not say, but here it is the date that yermak and rasmusin's group made public was july 28. to what extent it can be real, how much the situation can change in general, which will be decided at the alliance summit in two months. some cardinal decisions that will affect, including the course of the russian-ukrainian war.

mr. serhiu, the issue of ukraine's membership in nato and the washington summit itself is so surprising, and actually why i paid attention to it is because the course of events can be so fast and unexpected that i do not rule out that not only the invitation may be. as well as accelerated procedures related to ratification, so you have to be ready for everything in this regard, and in fact, if we talk about the current aid and the prospects of aid to ukraine, then these issues are very closely related, because it is not by chance that these issues pop up these are messages about defensive tactics or offensive tactics and so on, because all this is related to volumes. and supply in accordance with the strategy and tactics, it may happen that, including

two months before the summit, the situation will change radically, as in the eurasian continent, as ukraine's interaction with the europeans regarding the assistance of the european community and individual states in ukraine, that the washington summit will have to catch up on the issue. and to fight for leadership with europe, and healthy leadership in this situation, firstly, secondly, if you look even at internal ukrainian documents, in particular... which operate within the framework of the ukraine-nato program, then there are the parameters of 2028 of the year were already indicated, the preparation should be completed according to these documents by the end of 2025, and there are even the moments that must be fulfilled by the summer of 2028 are indicated there, so this is not a new date, it

has already, let's say, appeared in circulation, including from ukraine. parties, but everything will actually depend on the technique of interaction between both parties, moreover, it is necessary to understand very well that the answer to this question may one way or another affect the results of the presidential race in the united states of america, and therefore, how it will affect , so will return, let's say, the initiative and leadership of washington regarding the possibility... invitation of ukraine to nato, however, i am very excited by these words, especially rasmussen's, because if they announce some serious progress, i am not saying that such a decision may actually be reached at this summit, but the fact that this is a very serious announced progress, by the way, which

coincides with the internal ukrainian normative and legal and by- laws, it is very ... important and important that this sounds actually during the visit, it only confirms our theme with you that this problem is discussed as the number one problem during the current visit of the state secretary of the united states of america. roman petrovych, the time publication writes that the head of the foreign ministry of great britain, david cameron, is in closed negotiations with donald trump, a potential candidate for the presidency of the united states of america. e says, he said that the new american aid will help ukraine hold the front line and provide the best possible conditions for concluding an agreement with the russian federation in january 25th, i quote: what are the best conditions, the publication writes, from which you, as the president, will be able to conclude an agreement in january, that's when both parties get their positions and pay

the price for it, commenting on this article, prime minister of great britain rishi sunak emphasized that the position of... london has not changed and that the british government stands by ukraine. what agreement did cameron talk about with trump, that trump would negotiate with putin in case of victory in january 25th to end russia's war in ukraine? no, mr. serhiy, we are talking about creating conditions under which ukraine will dominate the war both by force and by the results of the battles. therefore, and david cameron talks about creating conditions under which the initiative and, shall we say, positional, tactical, and strategic will be on the side of ukraine. moreover, the results of the situation on the front line will be in favor, completely, in favor of ukraine. this is what david

cameron is talking about. and at the same time, it is clear that, having a dominant position, "london allows possible negotiations, who will initiate it, of course, it will be decided by ukraine, including ukraine will determine possible mediators or, say, an organization that can conduct this conversation the subtext of this article clearly suggests that aid is necessary for ukraine to be such that ukraine achieves its strategic result." and forced the kremlin to accept ukraine's conditions, this is what is important to emphasize, not only the material itself, which was voiced, speaks about it, including the materials in the newspaper the guardian, including some analytical british publications, have already been writing about this for the past three months, and we must

give credit that cameron is gradually changing his position, from that... frightened gesture that nato should not shoot down russian planes and nato should not shoot at russian soldiers, you can see how cameron's position is transforming quite strongly, this is explained by the fact that the united states, and especially great britain, pay enormous attention to helping ukraine, moreover , i did not accidentally say that between london and washington it is manifested... so healthy leadership and competition for leadership regarding the amount of aid to ukraine, but judging by the information coming from of the russian federation, putin is not inclined to end the war, or to sit down at the table of changes there, all these personnel reshuffles that he

carried out after the so-called inauguration, after the fifth, the beginning of his fifth term in office, shows that he is trying to find the optimal formula for how to wage a long-term war in ukraine, and this, by the way, is what i am talking about. the spokesman of the state department of the united states of america, vedant patel, and this, too, as they believe in washington, indicates that putin has no intention of ending the war, let's hear what vedant patel said. we believe that this is further evidence that putin desperately wants to continue his zagardny war against ukraine, despite on what she is for... he could end

the war at any moment by withdrawing the troops, instead of continuing to carry out brutal attacks on the ukrainian people every day. roman petrovych, it would seem that he is in a russian gang, because it is a gang, and it lives by the rules of the gang, no no... it is important who holds what position there, because in principle there is some core there, an aggressive core, which is waging war against ukraine , shuigu replaced the chair of the secretary of the security council, patrushev became just putin's assistant, the new minister of defense is andrii bilousov, who was once an economist, and now the ministry of defense, and yet, considering what he is doing now... putin, does he really, firstly, have the ability to wage a long-term war, and secondly, is this entire team of his able to some changes and

to the strengthening of russia's position not only in ukraine, but also on the world stage, because this is what we are talking about. mr. serhiy, this is the thesis that is being heard now from all the irons, that the changes are aimed at that. to wage a long-term war, i have the impression that it is said on purpose and said only for ukraine, the fact is that the conditions of how much russia will be able to wage war do not depend on russia, they depend on the level of aid to ukraine, the implementation of sanctions, control over the implementation of sanctions, liquidation. those holes in the sanctions policy, the continuation of sanctions, aid to ukraine, the amount of aid and so on, compliance with

the plans already written, on the tactical tools already drawn up and so on, this is what depends on the possibility of the kremlin and the führer of moscow to wage war as much or as little, the point is that uh... why did these changes happen? appearance is not like that, shoigu displacement is failed quartermaster function, which was supposed to be performed by the ministry of defense. everyone knows very well that there are quite a few areas that have failed, first of all, it is unmanned aviation, then the entire missile complex, which barely scrapes by to mock ukraine, i am not talking about armored vehicles. equipment and so on, well, can't you see that more and more equipment is appearing in the theater of war, which

was simply lying on scrap metal for 20-30 years, so this proves that it was not bilousov who was appointed, but removed what a failure now why in such a form, well, where have you seen, where have we all seen, to click your band, your gang, as you correctly. people were thrown out of the trash, they will be spun in this drum, transplanted from one place to another, well , let's think about it, the secretary of the national security and defense council patrushev becomes an assistant, what does this mean, does the minister become the secretary of the soviet security, what does this mean, and what do they there were three of them, and they rarely circulate, but they have already deflated, there is simply no reason for one or the other to perform this function, because you have to run as a minister, especially with the functionality that exists in totalitarian russia, from

which these are so understandable. reshuffles, is andrey bilousov saving the situation now, no matter what initiatives are attributed to him, in general, i am surprised by the fact that today the thesis has appeared in the world that russia is capable of realizing such a large-scale thing as self-sufficiency in everything today in that moscow swamp. the fact is that there is only one modern principle of development: if you want to develop, be open. with the volume of sanctions and increasing control over with these sanctions, russia will not be able to compete not only with the leading countries, especially with such a format as ramstein, if all members of this club will fulfill, including obligations to help ukraine, including the policy of the european union, of the united states, sanctions and so on. hence. i think,

i am convinced of this, that too much attention is paid to this reshuffling, well, what can be the change in the situation in the gang, in the clique, they coo among themselves like pigeons, set each other up, as always in such a situation the gang is totalitarian, they will destroy each other and finish each other, due to the fact that they have no solution today, like you... to get out of the trap that they have created for themselves, as a gang, and for 140 million russians, so from my point of view we should now talk about how to increase the pressure, how to implement sanctions, how to remove the führer from the entourage and especially his international allies, those countries that allow

circumventing sanctions, from here we have to... . increase pressure on china, increase pressure on brazil, in fact, what we have under the name brics to south africa, because it is through them or through their cracks that additional dual-purpose products get there, i am not talking about such partners of moscow as the saudis, ah, the emirates and so on, where additional diplomatic efforts are needed to block these channels. roman petrovich, last week sijin pin was on a european tour, for the first time in 5 years he traveled through several countries, france, hungary, he visited serbia, he did not visit brussels, and london he also did not stop by, and he also did not stop by berlin, these were also certain signs from sidzin

pinja, regarding his visits, regarding the attitude towards our western partners, because he is in serbia, in serbia there, he tried to complain about what happened a long time ago , a missile hit the chinese embassy there, they say, you see such a north atlantic alliance, but on may 16-17 , putin is going on his first visit abroad after the so-called election of the so-called. president, and apparently xijin pin will bring, or has already brought putin, a message from macron, because in svidenpin met with macron, do you think that, after putin's visit to beijing, will the master of the kremlin receive any certain signals from our western partners, because that's how i think diplomacy works now.

western diplomacy to influence putin? well, firstly, it will be so, because at the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between paris and beijing, in his speech in the central part of it, president macron said that we have set the parameters and expect further continuation with you. their implementation after your conversations, i will now say almost verbatim what was broadcast in paris, and the french president hinted at the 15th, well, at that moment, the date of the visit of the moscow führer was casually indicated as the 15th, now it has been postponed to the 16th, well then doesn't matter so much, from my point of view, already being in belgrade...