safety is 35-37° above zero, precipitation is not expected in the northern regions of kyiv region in the evening, tomorrow there is a possibility of local rain with a thunderstorm, well, for now, this is the closest, hot, synoptic situation, we will wait for the heat to subside together. good evening, we are from ukraine. good evening once again, a new week, and we start, 8 p.m., traditionally, every monday, we talk, we analyze, we meet here with the best experts who give the main expert conclusions for the current week, and of course from the 21st we we are analyzing here already in khrystyna's studio yatsky andriy smoliy, we welcome all our

viewers and listeners, and we remind you that we are interested in your opinion on the most controversial and sensitive issues of today. today we ask you if you think donald trump can win the election in the united states of america. if you agree with this statement, please call us toll-free at 0800-211-381. if you do not agree with this, then 0800 211 382. it is really important for us to know and understand your mood, your thoughts, so please join, let it be a kind of bridge between us and you to communicate. well, the first topic, which we have already announced, is the us elections, the assassination attempt on trump, what everyone is talking about, what worries.

now everyone, and not only in the united states of america, but also of course in ukraine, because i repeat once again, the situation in ukraine clearly depends on this, it depends on what kind of relations we will have with the united states, what kind of help at the end of this year, so let's naturally start talking about this topic. we already have our first guest, this is volodymyr yelchenko, diplomat, ex-representative of ukraine at the of the united nations in 2015-20. 19 years and the former ambassador of ukraine to the united states of america in 2020-2021. mr. volodymyr, we are glad to see you in the studio on the connection of the tv channel with the espresso tv channel. i also sincerely congratulate you. mr. volodymyr, here is the first announced topic, we cannot but ask you of course, and we want to hear your opinion about the assassination attempt on trump. well, in particular.

presidential candidate donald trump, in an interview, said that he miraculously survived an assassination attempt at a campaign event in the state pennsylvania he declared that i should not have been here, i should have been dead by luck or by god. how do you assess this situation, and whether it can really change the coming months, or is it an addition. donald trump has those, perhaps, percentages that he needs to win the election race. yes, this case has already added interest to him, well, according to various calculations, from three to five up to 10%. well, every such, sensational event, especially such a tragic one, let's say, with a hint of tragedy. it

adds interest in news and mass media information, it helps to raise the rating. on the other hand, you know, the statements made by president biden, acting, that he asked his campaign staff to stop any anti-trump, let's say, narrative, because he understands very well that the situation... in country, that is, such a confrontation between two candidates, or rather between their camps, does not contribute to the further development and preservation of stability in the united states of america, on the other hand, i would not exaggerate the importance of this situation, because there is still a lot of time before the actual elections, a few more months, and by the way, the elections have not yet taken place. who will officially nominate

candidates, well rather it will be trump and biden, although there are various conversations about biden, but nevertheless, i think that in this situation in ukraine it is necessary to... keep calm, well, in the end, we we do not influence these elections in any way, and it would be a huge mistake to somehow, you know, comment on these events, or even more so to choose one or another side, by the way, we have already taken care of this under the time of the previous elections. and in no case should we take sides, especially since ukraine has very solid, stable, multi-year bipartisan, bicameral support in the us congress, we have

very serious support among the us population, that is, all polls show which far more than half of americans up to 75% support. the continuation of aid to ukraine, so this is exactly what we need to focus on, and the rest of the issues will be decided by the american people, i think that the system of democracy that exists in the usa, it will allow them to overcome these problems as well, well, similar situations have occurred in the history of the usa, and nevertheless, democratic elections have always been held, the president of the usa was elected, and i, by the way, would not do one. in the event that mr. trump is elected as the next president, because even his pre-election rhetoric does not negate what he did for ukraine before during his previous presidency, he has a normal relationship with the ukrainian authorities,

what he is saying now this pre-election, as the president, i am absolutely sure, i will do completely different or opposite things, that's why... because we have to remember that historically the republican party, which is represented there, has always been much more negatively disposed, well, first to the former soviet union, and now to the russian federation, to the current one, so i think we have nothing to fear, mr. volodymyr, i would like us to hear live now the current president of the united states, joseph biden, who very carefully commented on the situation after the assassination attempt on trump. we look, we listen. yesterday's shooting at a donald trump rally in pennsylvania calls for all of us to take a step back, assess where we are and how we should move forward.

disagreements are inevitable, and american democracy is part of human nature, but politics should never be a literal battlefield, or god's fight. killing field, it's actually a call to lower the temperature in the election race, we understand how polarized american society is right now, and it's actually hard to imagine how it will be to transform this polarity of public opinion by november, nevertheless he managed to take certain absolutely adequate steps. and donald trump after the assassination attempt, and today they start, the republican convention starts in milwaukee, before this convention he actually called on his rival within the republican party, nikki haley, to join and thus showed in principle

an understanding and a desire to de-escalate the situation, both in american society itself, and probably purely on the political front, but... in your opinion, mr. volodymyr, is this still not alien to the nature, the political nature of donald trump himself, because he is a character who, indeed, plays on high emotions, on the emotions of those people who are ready to vote for populist slogans, for him in this case, and in principle he proves this with his political career, you know, no matter how extraordinary a politician or personality trump is, or such an unconventional politician, nevertheless he cannot help but understand, and if he personally does not understand, then his advisers, who have more political experience, have already probably told him about this , that he cannot continue in this

way, you know, with a negative attitude towards everything that surrounds him and everything that opposes him, and that's why. by the way, i 'm very pleased, let's say, with this statement about nika gailey, because this is a person that i know personally, this is a person who has been... the us prion with me for more than two years, believe me, she is not. he just has a very positive and favorable attitude towards ukraine, he is a true patriot of ukraine, and so am i absolutely sure that no matter what position she takes, if trump naturally invites her to his team in the event of his election to the post of president, she will bring a lot of benefit to ukraine, and i think that precisely those voices that are speaking today . according to nikki haley, among those voters who are already ready to vote for

a republican in any case, and this is from 25 percent or more. this is exactly what trump lacks for a final victory over the democratic candidate, so i really hope and believe that nikki haley receives a serious offer, well, i would like to see her in the position of vice president or. candidate for the presidency, or at least for the position of secretary of state of the united states, one way or another, uh, any position that she can get, it will only be for the benefit of ukraine, and this, by the way, also, well, many times reduces all possible concerns about, about trump's course, about ukraine, although i think that this course will be fine even without her, but she will add much more positivity to the relationship between the united states and ours. of the state, sir vladimir, i would also like

to discuss the subject of biden with you, despite the fact that now the majority of western analysts and western mass media are discussing an assassination attempt on trump, but we remember that for three weeks in a row virtually the entire united states of america, the entire information tesla's space from the possible removal of the candidacy candidate. current us president joseph biden from this presidential race. we heard statements from more than 20 or about 20 representatives of the house of representatives of democrats. we have heard a huge number of applications from journalists and experts . we also heard statements from financial donors of the democratic party. at the moment , you see the possibility that... that joe biden will still be forced to withdraw his candidacy and the democrats will find someone

else, or that this will all die down and biden will continue to quietly languish for a possible second term from the democratic party ? you know, i would really like to get inside american politics, but unfortunately it's very difficult because on the one hand, you know, there are different opinions, whether i can share or not, but from this... not much will change, there is an opinion that any new , younger candidate instead of biden, he will almost one hundred percent win against trump, because he will not have this tail of some kind of accusations or physical condition behind him and so on, on the other hand, there is very little time left in principle to promote such a candidate... well, as they say, to promote, and american traditions are that

without personal consent, personal decision of biden, well, leave this position , that is, to stop swamping or not to vote for the next term, it is impossible, that is , to change the candidate, maybe only if biden himself decides so, today i do so... i see no reason, i repeat once again that we should refrain from any comments at all on this occasion, on this issue, because these are very delicate things, and even more so when they concern not only the most powerful country in the world, but also a country that, well, let's say this, is the biggest and strongest friend of ukraine, a country from which it depends, well, i won't be mistaken, i will say, our future, and it's not only about... military support, as well as in everything else, that is, we should be grateful to this country for

its support, and no matter what decisions are made there, no matter who becomes a candidate, whether or not, or whether, little will change from this, well, unless, you know, our government starts to get into this election and make some statements that are absolutely not going to help, you know, americans don't like it more than anything when somebody... takes care of things, and that's why i think we just need less of that to comment, to be sure that whoever is in power there, and this country, as a state, as a country, as the establishment, it... will continue to support ukraine, and i would probably like to summarize this topic briefly and temporarily, with a quote from the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, who actually talked to the media today, in particular after his visit to the united states of america, that regarding the end of the war, what is the vision of a potential president or one of

the candidates for this position, donald trump, the general things are clear to me, i think if trump becomes the president. dent we will work, i am not afraid of it, we are at war, we emotional, and when there is uncertainty, and indeed the republican party is different, and there are such hawks whose messages are more right-wing or more radical, for sure, but i want to tell you that the majority of the republican party supports ukraine and the people of ukraine. well, mr. volodymyr, i can't ask, i can't ask, last monday andrii and i actually led our new week. in anticipation of the anniversary summit of nato and the presence of ukraine at this summit, and perhaps your comment is a kind of aftertaste after this important event, is there the feeling that we got maybe a little more than we were told publicly, i'm not talking about some kind of invitation, there's an open door, no, we know about the bridge, but maybe there are

things that off records are much stronger than. together now it's known, i'd really like to hope so, i don't have inside information, but i think that's the way it is, we got what we could realistically get, and maybe even a little bit more, because well, about the lack of an invitation to nato membership, it was already clear long before this summit, well, there were such, let's say maximal or maximalist. on which someone might have hoped to close the sky over ukraine, or to sign a security guarantee agreement between nato as an organization and ukraine, which could actually replace, well, for a certain period membership in nato, i.e. article five, but on the other hand , and the program, and 40 billion dollars for the next year, and the opening of a new nato special center in ukraine and

the appointment of a special representative, and as you rightly said, many other things. which we may never even know or we will find out by the results of the situation at the front, i think that it was, and well, i repeat once again that i want to believe it, everything is fine for us, you know, there is no one to lean on except for nato, because neither the un, neither the osce nor any other organization will help us, only nato will help us, some countries, its members are the most... influential and the main thing is to continue reforms, because both membership in nato and membership, by the way, in the european union, which is now less talked about, because supposedly everything is in order there, but in fact, yes, everything is in order, but much more needs to be done, and what needs to be done for membership in the european union, needs to be done for membership in nato, and

war, war, but this should not prevent the continuation of the course. reforms, or even, i would say, well, stop talking more about reforms and do less, and mr. oleksandr, here is one more topic that i would like to talk to you about briefly, it concerns china, in particular, foreign mass media report that that china has set up so -called unofficial police stations abroad to monitor... diaspora, i.e. by those representatives of china who live in other countries. in particular, the canadian media claim this, and canada says that china actually created these so-called parallel bodies of the police, so to speak, surveillance abroad. how do you assess this situation, and

most importantly, how should the western civilized world respond. to a certain extent, this is the interference of their authorities in the activities of other states, in what other states do and actually what activities are carried out, including the citizens of china, and not on territories of other states, is this not essentially a violation of the national legislation of these states, you know, it is quite difficult for me to comment on this, because i do not have one. information, well at least some, some confirmation of this, but, nevertheless, i am sure that if it is true, then it belongs to the state. where there is a large chinese diaspora, they should react to this in exactly the same way as to similar actions, relatively speaking, by the same russia, because, you

remember, there was such a whole wave of expulsions of so-called russian diplomats, which under under the roof of embassies or diplomatic institutions of russia, they simply engaged in preparatory activities primarily in european countries, the united states, canada, and so on. further, if china is also doing it, and we have to remember that one of the doctrines of china, well, i don't remember the exact name, you know, it's roughly like this, uh, the more chinese diaspora there is around the world, the easier it will be for china to conquer this world, eh, don't forget that in fact in every capital, and maybe even in every big city of the western europe. europe and in north america, i am not talking about southeast asia, there is what we call chinatown, that is, these are whole districts, and

districts in which tens, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of chinese live, who in fact do not, do not assimilate , that is, they live their lives, and they create such peculiar enclaves, and what is there in those? benches are made, but i can only remember in new york, in manhattan it is, well, more than a million people who live very compactly, and who actually do not communicate with the outside world, i am not talking about a huge, well, simply colossal the number of chinese students studying in universities, all the leading countries of europe and north america, this is also a kind of fifth column, which of course... well , china can use it, i'm not saying that it uses it, i have no evidence of this, but at least such suspicions have every reason to exist and be

true. mr. volodymyr, thank you for joining the live broadcast of the new week project, this was volodymyr yelchenko, diplomat, ex-representative of ukraine to the united nations, and former ambassador of ukraine to the united states in 2020-21, so not so scary. trump, as he is portrayed, at least we should prepare for this, and understand that the elections in the united states will have an effect on a very large number of processes in the world and on our country's confrontation with the russian federation, it is also not excluded, although, again , vladimir emphasizes yelchenko, there is no need to get hysterical about being on time, in principle, the world is familiar with the experience of donald trump's presidency. and i think that the blind man said, let's see how he will dance without a leg, well, at least so, now we will to talk about the situation on the front, but before

that we are asking you today if you think trump can win the election in the united states, if so, please dial toll free 0.800 211381 if you don't think he will , then 0802 i emphasize once again, all your calls are free, but your opinion is invaluable to us. and traditionally, in the new week, we talk about the situation at the front, about the security situation, about the situation from the air, and of course, just as traditionally, we invite experts, in particular oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political observer of the information resistance group. mr. oleksandr, we are you. i am glad to welcome you, good evening, good evening, mr. oleksandr, let's probably start with these statements of kirill budanov yesterday and today's statements of volodymyr

zelenskyi, budanov said yesterday that there could be another offensive in the north, in particular he said that he actually said that there is no catastrophe, but of course there is such a possibility that... according to his information, such an attack is not yet possible, and he said about what has been done serious work, in particular in the kharkiv region, in order to make such an attack impossible. how do you comment on these statements and is it really possible... any, at least provocative actions by the russian occupiers in the northern direction, and in particular what we mean by the northern direction, yes,

because some people yesterday... our citizens yesterday were afraid that this it can be chernihiv oblast, and sumy oblast, for example, and of course kharkiv oblast, there, in principle , provocative actions on the border take place all the time. mr. oleksandr, please. well, provocative events are taking place on the border constantly in sumy oblast and chernihiv oblast. everything depends on which contingent, which forces and means are concentrated, precisely at the enemy, near this or that district, near this or that direction. to quote exactly. mr. budanov, then it must be understood that he was not speaking based on the facts as of today, he was already speaking in the format of consideration of various scenarios that may occur in the future, this is exactly what intelligence is needed for in the end, it is analysis and planning of the situation , and one of the situations that may arise in the future, it is a threat from one of the northern directions. in

turn, mr. president. i spoke directly about the situation today, there is no such threat today, why? because the russians have not formed strike groups near chernihiv oblast, nor near sumy oblast , the former so-called kursk and bryansk military groups are located there, each of them has a maximum of 10,000 personnel, the bulk of the human resources are concentrated in the belgorod oblast, that is.. . the former so -called bielgorod troop group, and it is the largest among them all, all a little more than 40, about 45 thousand personnel, this is the schedule, but the belgorod group of troops, it was always one of the largest, and we can see the result of the offensive that they staged on may 10 and what they achieved , they themselves drove into a trap, what about

the northern bridgehead? ours is the border with belarus, then the threat from belarus will continue as long as the war with russia continues, this is the first moment, and as long as the so -called president of belarus is oleksandr lukashenko, who is still dangerous personnel, and in principle, as of today , the strike group on the territory of belarus is also not recorded, neither of the belarusian troops, nor of the russian troops. in turn, this does not mean that deliveries of material and technical support, then human resources, may begin tomorrow on the territory of belarus, they will accumulate, and a strike group of 50, 60, 80 thousand will be formed, this will already be a threat, but so far such phenomena are not noted,

mr. oleksandr, if you take... such a thing summary statistics, it becomes clear that russian losses are simply at a colossally high level in the current period, the russians resort to the use of their, very conventionally speaking, know-how, we are talking about a confirmed case of the fap-3000, and in general one gets the impression that they now they are trying at any cost, using any, probably, except for nuclear ... the previous topic, the elections in the united states, if they do not achieve, let's say, the appropriate political effect in america after the elections, can we talk about some kind of reduction and

de-escalation of the facts. of a military nature on the battlefield, de-escalation is disadvantageous to us in this case, no matter how strange it may sound, because when the russians are forced to advance, they lose much more than when they are on the defensive, that is , defensive tactics, a defensive strategy of waging war, are beneficial to us, as it exhausts the enemy, and russians, here i myself have repeatedly drawn the conclusion that they are now fighting vabank, they are now fighting abank with the resources they have as of the 24th year. the situation with the russians is, to put it mildly, not the best, we talked a lot about its infinite resource, many people talked about its infinite resource, but this resource has an end, maybe not a human one, so i can agree with that, but the techniques they are getting

smaller and smaller, and... authorities and conservation centers with soviet ones.