we do not approve of this for ukraine, but ukraine will have to make its own decisions, and i want to make sure that it receives the necessary equipment. and we continue the topic of american weapons further: can the united states lift restrictions on strikes against russia and how can this permission affect the situation on the battlefield? we will talk about this and more with oleksandr mereshko, people's deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people and head of the committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary cooperation. he joins our air, sir. alexander, i congratulate you, kind evening. please tell me what you think about the discussion in the united states of america, why did it even arise, the issue of strikes by american weapons on the territory of russia is immature, and what do you think the real results of these discussions might be? well, the fact is that in general this issue has two aspects, it is a legal or international legal aspect, there is a political aspect, i would add maybe a psychological aspect, why the weight. still on this issue in the united

states and in some european countries, i think it is due to the fact that some politicians show such excessive caution due to the fact that they still believe in escalation, that is, they try to behave too cautiously, well, it is not entirely possible , understanding who they are dealing with, that is, i mean putin, but if you take purely international legal dimension, then there are no... problems here, there is article 51 of the un charter, which provides for the right to individual or collective self-defense, an inalienable, as the law says, and the territory of the aggressor state is the territory of the theater of war, that is, ukraine from an international legal point of view, he has every right to destroy russian military facilities on the territory of the aggressor state, there are no problems, the issue is rather political in the presence of political will. and i am very glad that my

colleague, michael makol, whom i know personally, met with him, he is, you know, such a very powerful and courageous supporter of ukraine, that he raised this issue. these discussions are ongoing now, but what might they end up being, do you believe, what predictions do you even have as to what the decision will ultimately be in the biden administration? i am sure that there will be no problem at all in this matter, i... well, on the one hand, i can understand secretary of state blinken when he speaks very carefully, diplomatically, but i understand that the situation is such that the united states officially, they do not encourage ukraine to strike on russian military facilities on the territory of russia, with the help of american weapons, other weapons, but they do not mind, and this is the most important thing. more, that is

, it is important that they do not interfere and should not be, i see that there is no such ban, but the new york times article says that the state department is working on proposals on how this ban on the use of weapons on russian territory can be limited or canceled, or can there be any conditions from the american side in your opinion to loosen such conditions... well , it seems to me that there should not be such conditions, because well ukraine uses various weapons, not only american, european, self -made weapons, that is, sometimes it is impossible to simply find out which weapons were used, it seems to me that here it is simply necessary to observe the laws and customs of war, that is the question can arise only from the point of view of the existence of military goals for... them,

that is, only this can, well, pose some kind of problem. mr. oleksandr, in your opinion, if there is permission to use american weapons on the territory of russia, how can it change the situation on the battlefield, what will this permission affect in general? we are dealing with what the americans call a war of attraction, that is , a war of attrition, and this is a war of logistics and a war of resources, that is, in order to win this war, it is necessary to... wage war on the territory of the enemy and it is necessary to destroy logistics of the enemy, and we are already seeing concrete results when strikes on russian refineries, they are already destroying the russian military machine, raids on refineries are carried out by ukrainian drones, as far as is known, yes, if i am not mistaken, 14% of russian, russian oil was just destroyed due to. drone strikes,

we can imagine how much more favorable the picture will be for our army if we use long-range artillery, far... war with long-range missiles produced by the united states, european countries, that is, it can significantly affect situation on the battlefield. you mean that ukraine will be able to hit the range of atakams missiles, right, how far can it be? yes, well, the further, the better, because it is clear that the russians will move their logistics further, that is, when they see that those weapons, those missiles that we have, they reach... for example, 100 km deep there territory of russia 200, they will try to move it, that is, we must be ready for this and strengthen our combat capabilities and have long-range missiles. in this context, just what can

in your opinion, russia's reaction to the potential decision of the united states, because the day before the announced nuclear exercises had already begun there, and what does this rattling of weapons actually indicate? well, this shows that this is really a very painful issue for them, they understand the results, the consequences of using weapons against their logistics, but this is a rather hysterical reaction, it does not fundamentally change anything, the nuclear blackmail that russia uses , well, not only ukraine, and ukrainians have not believed in him for a long time, but they are already starting to not this includes western politicians, by the way, france. also announced tests of its supersonic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. what does this mean, can it be considered as a signal from russia that the west also has nuclear weapons? well, this is a continuation of the system or tactics of deterrence, that is

, nuclear deterrence, that is, to every statement, to every step of russia, to every element of blackmail, the west responds by saying that it also has enough. capabilities, including nuclear capabilities in order to counteract, but it is rather and here we are talking about such informational struggle. by the way, there may be another trigger in the relations between the west and russia, i mean that the politico publication wrote that in june volodymyr zelenskyi and the president of ukraine will go to france, where they will call on nato to shoot down russian missiles over ukraine, and here the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs of poland also stated that the country is considering, allegedly considering, the possibility of shooting down russian missiles over the territory of ukraine. discussions about this are still ongoing. and for now, this is just talk. but what do you think, can nato really shoot down russian missiles from your territory? will the west dare to do this? maybe, and i sincerely hope that he will dare, because

it is a necessity, it is a humanitarian necessity. we see that all those crimes, even today, are tragic events and murders. civilian population by russia, this shows the necessity, the fact that it is an urgent need to do this, again from the international legal point of view, there are no problems here, other countries, nato countries, they do not stop what they will be, for example, to destroy russian missiles on the territory of ukraine, they do not become a direct party to the war, a party to the armed conflict, that is, from a legal point of view... there are no problems, there is, i emphasize, an urgent humanitarian need to do this, but as far as i understand, if you shoot down russian missiles from nato territory, then you can do it with poland, and it will cover only conditionally western regions, is it so or not? well, again, it's more of a question of military

capabilities, i think that countries like poland and other western countries have missiles, there are weapons with a... long range, and this, by the way, is being strengthened, which can close and ensure the security of a large part of the territory of ukraine. mr. oleksandr, thank you for your thoughts, it was oleksandr mareshko, people's deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people and head of the committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary cooperation. thank you. the radio svoboda film crew communicated with the sniper group of the national guard brigade. border countries, shooters say that a professional sniper must also be a scout, because he must move inconspicuously, properly disguise himself and lead many hours of observation. why this is one of the most creative professions in the army, in the report of evgenia kitaeva rusetskaya.

i try my whole life and, in principle, throughout my service , not to make stupid decisions. making decisions that will lead to the death or incapacitation of my people, trying to save their lives and health, how difficult is it now? did it become more difficult? because the scale, the scale of this great war, it has become bigger, more massive, for example, if we could lose there in 2016 there 1% of ee people in a certain period of time, now this percentage has increased many times, it reaches 20-30% there, and this is 20-30 times more, and the risks are greater, because the scale, the scale of the bullets flying at 1 km. the scale of projectiles that fly at 1 km, they have increased exponentially. work to your

satisfaction, ready, ready, let's go three, a series, three, they are a very big step from... or in the war, in the development of their own, the conduct of war, they started their own production of night devices, night vision devices, eh, thermal imaging devices, they also started serial production of fpv drones, they don't are not a step behind us, and they mass- produce the same ammunition for resets, ammunition for fividr. unfortunately, we still have to moderate ourselves. church

of kyiv. we will now cross the bridge, where there is the first opportunity to die. we have to own a weapon, like a rifle, like a machine gun, like a machine gun. we have to have an understanding of how to work with it. in any unfavorable situation, the enemy may come closer, we will not be able to work with rifles, we will take a nearby machine gun position, we will work with a machine gun, this it was last summer, it was precisely colleagues storming the village itself with a mite, we covered them from the flank along the landings of 6-7 km. was to kokolysa bakhmut and it was quite unpleasant to work there, akhmat and their

famous pskov division also worked against us, an enemy machine gunner who fired quite often at our positions, at the infantry positions in this direction from a large-caliber machine gun and aimed quite intelligently. we came straight at him, he saw us, he saw us, due to the fact that we were walking outside trees, he began to fire, so he fired at us, we lay down, bypassed him on the right, and when he was spotted just in time by the flashes of fire from the barrel during the shooting, he thought at that moment that we were already where he we were ambushed where he saw us and... he was neutralized, which gave, in principle , peace for

our infantry for two, maybe even more days. the guys were very grateful, they were very satisfied with the work. a sniper pair can really sow panic among the infantry in general, the enemy, they will not understand what to do, where they are shooting from, who they are, and they will be afraid to go forward in the direction of bakhmut. tick, there we noticed that the enemy was starting to build up, and he started building up very, very smartly, sending groups of five people, thank you, we saw it, we started working on them, but they were in a panic because they didn't understand, who is shooting from where this was the last material of this issue, and i encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio liberty in social networks. to the radio svoboda channel on youtube, like this episode, leave your comments under it,

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maria ulyanovska. congratulations. the russian army launched at least 15 missile strikes on the kharkiv region. aimed at the civil and transport infrastructure, the railway and the utility company involved life support of the city. in order to intensify the russian offensive in ukraine, after a months-long pause with crucial american military aid, president volodymyr zelenskyy says that despite the leaders' statements of support, real help from partners is not enough. he renewed calls to nato countries to get involved in the air defense of ukraine. and shot down russian military targets in ukrainian skies. he cites the example of the recent shelling of israel by iranian drones and missiles that helped bring down the us and other countries. in in response to this, polish foreign ministry spokesman pawel wronski said that his country is considering the possibility of involving its air defenses in shooting down russian missiles, both near the country's borders and over the territory of ukraine. however, there is no final decision yet

- he clarified. in addition, it is expected. that the united states will announce on friday new aid for kyiv in the amount of 275 million dollars, it should help deter the advance of russian troops in the kharkiv region, this will already be the fourth tranche of military aid for ukraine since and as part of the passage of the law on foreign aid last month. one of the other steps that supporters of ukraine in the us are calling for is to lift restrictions on the use of american weapons to strike missile and artillery firing sites and other military bodies. on the territory of the russian federation. according to the new york times, the white house is currently debating this matter, and us secretary of state anthony blinken, immediately after his visit to kyiv, began to make efforts to convince the administration of president joe biden, relax the old ban. my colleague oleksiy kovalenko spoke with state department spokesman matthew miller and asked him about these efforts by blinken and whether the u.s. plans to eventually stop, quote: not encourage such strikes given the consequences of this policy

in kharkiv oblast. you have heard the position of the pentagon and the white house regarding restrictions on the use of american weapons by ukraine for attacks on the territory of russia. at the same time, secretary blinkin noted many times that although washington does not encourage ukraine to use american weapons for attacks in of russia, the decision of how to wage war in ukraine. can you explain this difference in statements on the one hand. the white house and the pentagon from another der-secretary blinkin. can you confirm that the secretary of defense is proposing to change american policy on this matter. there is no difference in policy between the pentagon, the state department, and the white house. we all have the same policy, which is that we do not encourage strikes outside the borders of ukraine. we do not make

it possible to hit outside the borders. of ukraine. we understand that when it comes to guns not provided by the united states, then ukraine will make its own decisions. ukraine is an independent country, they will have to make their own decisions when it comes to using weapons they have obtained elsewhere or built themselves. like some of the drones that they make and we've seen them use. this is a decision for ukraine. we do not encourage them to do so. but how can you justify why this continues to be the policy? at a time when russia is opening a new front in the kharkiv region. we support ukraine's ability to defend itself. some resources or equipment as part of the recently adopted additional aid have already been delivered to the front line to help ukraine defend itself, including against an attack on kharkiv. from day one, we were committed to the defense of ukraine. sometimes there are in ukraine.