about the f-16, bloomberg stated that by the end of the summer, ukraine will receive six aircraft, and by the end of the year there will be a total of 20 of them. everyone is talking about the fact that this is a rather small number of aircraft, well at least six aircraft, that's for sure, but what do you think, if we talk about this number of planes in general, firstly, why is it still such a small number, why our international partners... can't deliver us a larger number of planes, and secondly, if we still have 20 , will it change the situation in our favor at least on some part of the front? and why can't they send 20 immediately, it's difficult for me to answer this question, most likely it is related to the fact that how the first batch will be used, most likely the first batch will be six units used a lot. specifically, which will allow them

to be placed, well, for example, on the territory of ukraine in a very specific format, in very specific places, but when there are already 20 of them, this requires a more or less protected base, the same airfield, and if we we are talking about an airfield protected for well, an airfield with an f-16, which must have adequate protection, then this protection must be of a level. of the planned air defense of kyiv and kyiv region, i.e. a strategic object of the level of a strategic object with such serious protection, it is quite possible that by the time we receive 20 units, just such a strategic place with such and such protection will be formed. as for the use, of-16 is a rather diverse range of weapons, and they named them for a reason.

multi-role fighters and they can perform different functions, they can strike with subsonic cruise missiles with agm 158 jasm aircraft, just like su-24 our frontline bombers strike with storm shadow and scalpg missiles, so for that matter, if we get ajm-158 missiles, we will use these aircraft, just like used su-24s, of which we also do not have many... and these aircraft have the ability to destroy enemy aircraft at long distances, due to the am-12 missile, i.e. 180 km, and we can use them in this way in zones, where risky use the patriot air defense system, we can use the f-16s there to destroy the russian tactical aircraft before they even get into position to strike our positions, and they even have a counter.

im-119 ship missiles with a range of a whole 50-55 km plus, and in this case we can even use them to strike surface objects, that is , the functionality here, it is diverse, mr. alexander, as we understand it, the issue of gripans, that is other types of aircraft from our partners that we may potentially acquire still not... despite the fact that we understand different aircraft, different maintenance conditions, different basing conditions, and i suppose many other different things that are difficult to ensure when all your airfields are sweet targets for russian missiles. less so, to strengthen the f-16, how important it is to get other types of aircraft and how seriously we can talk about it now. and the gripen, just

like the f-16, is a light fighter, multifunctional, each of them has its pros and cons, for example, the gripen's minus is that there are not so many of them, in maintenance will be more of a problem than with the f-16 due to the fact that they are not so widespread, and their range of weapons is much smaller than that of the f-16, but on the other hand , gripens can be used without problems. if of course we get them. on the other hand, if we talk about other aircraft in general, it seems to me that we need to look for a different kind of functionality, that is, a fighter jet, a light fighter, a multi-purpose fighter, a multi-purpose fighter, let's have two of them, but no, we need to look for completely different types of aircraft with a different functionality, for example, we have a problem with su-25s, and... this, this is an attack aircraft,

important for supporting infantry during infantry operations, offensive and defensive in nature, we do not have them many. we need to replace them, what should we replace them with? in this case, the a10 thunderbolt, also american, is very similar in its functionality to the su-25, almost identical, and therefore we must talk about this moment, besides everything else, there is another, and there are other types of aviation, light aviation, and the same easy aviation has demonstrated itself excellently in odessa and the odesa region in the destruction of reconnaissance uavs, it is like the 52nd, we can make requests from our partners for light turboprop aircraft, for example, they can be bronco turboprop attack aircraft, which are available in the usa in large numbers, even written off, or super tocana, it would also be possible

to buy them in brazil through third countries and transfer them to ukraine, or transfer those that are available in other countries through some third country, that is, they are different. so, it seems to me that it is not necessary, different, not so much variety of single-functional aircraft, mono-functional, how many different functional ones. well, mr. oleksandr, the nato summit, its results, today the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, at a press conference in connection with, in particular , his visit to the united states, noted that in addition to drones, we are also engaged in other things. systems that will allow us to be more long-range. this was his answer to a question about ukraine's possible development of its own long-range weapons, in addition to drones, since, as we understand,

we never received any public permission to strike, for example, on russian airfields, from where their planes take off and fire at ours, in particular children's hospitals, i will not write it down. to ask what, but in the event that these are purely ukrainian developments, in the event that this is our property, can we talk about the exclusion of any restrictions from our partners, or can they continue to to keep our initiative, well, our weapons are our weapons, we have issues with ours partners only as far as western weapons are concerned. what we develop on our own, we can use as we see it for ourselves, according to our, according to our tactics, strategy of use, and by the way, we have quite serious acquisitions, i will remind you that before the full-scale invasion there were such

projects interesting as otrk grim-2, this is a good operational-tactical-missile complex, which is a ballistic missile that had a flight range of up to 500 km and had... the possibility of even increasing this flight range. p-360 is a pkrk neptune missile, we can see that it is excellent worked out both surface targets, and land, ground targets, and at the same time , future development with an increase in the flight range was also laid in it, despite the fact that it is actually a subsonic missile, but nevertheless it was quite possible to implement, increasing its range flight to more than 300 km, so the question is whether we have the necessary safe base for such developments and for such mass production, the question is exactly this, because to introduce such developments and implement them,

test them, and engage in their production it is very difficult in the conditions in which we have to exist today, to survive, i would say so. mr. oleksandr, we are sincerely grateful to you for your analysis and your thoughts. oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political columnist of the "information resistance" group, was just on the air of the espresso tv channel. and we're moving on, but before we do, we'll remind you of our survey, a survey on an extremely hot topic. do you think that trump can win the election in the united states of america. you can take your own. phones or smartphones, absolutely free vote if you think yes please dial 0800 211 381 if you think no then pick up the phone also dial 0800 211 382 again all your

calls are absolutely free and we will continue now with no less resonant topics, we already have oleksiy in direct contact. koshel, doctor of historical sciences, political scientist, head of the committee of voters of ukraine. mr. oleksiu, good evening, we are glad that you have joined us. good evening. mr. oleksiy, perhaps the first topic i would like to discuss with you is possible personnel rotations. today, the president of ukraine held a meeting with the heads of regional military administrations, discussed the situation in each region, and we also saw rumors circulating in the mass media that there will be personnel rotations in the government, in particular, this applies to the prime minister of ukraine. mr. shmygal, in your opinion, should we really expect, at least in the near future,

the coming weeks, maybe a month , some kind of personnel changes in the government, and not only in the government, in principle in the entire vertical of the presidential and executive power. i would i wanted to hear the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, before we give the floor to mr. oleksiy for an answer, yes, direct speech, what is it about, please. as for the change of government, if it happens, if it happens, you will definitely know about it, and we, if we can't just talk about the replacement of the prime minister, this suggests that there may be a change in the government , they probably can be, we are engaged in this process, i don't have much time for this, to be honest, but for all the details. but we are talking with some of those ministers or other changes, well, that's exactly what

president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said, well, actually, let's move on to our question. i'm 1000% sure that there will be a change, and it will be in the next few weeks, whether it's the next few days or the next few weeks, depending on the weather on the bank. the second question. resignation, that there will be a resignation of the prime minister of ukraine, why i doubt it, because in fact in recent weeks the prime minister has shown miracles of obedience, miracles of subordination, miracles of what is possible to say that there will simply not be a more obedient person in the history of ukraine, but i will remind you that during the tragic events, when the russians shelled okhmadit, on the day of a great tragedy, even on the day of a great... tragedy , the prime minister publicly said that he is carrying out

the president's order regarding the evacuation of children, well, you know, this goes beyond morality and common sense, that is , the ministry of health should make this automatic decision, the government should not wait for the president's order and not publicly report, so for volodymyr zelenskyi more there will obviously not be a tame minister, a more tame prime minister, and i think that... none of his predecessors had this, so i do not rule out that mr. shmyhal can stay, i do not rule it out at all, the second, actually, it is already the third or fourth wave of possible resignations in the cabinet of ministers, this story began back in march of this year, and it has been going on for 4.5 months, when lists, candidates, and discussions were made public, and it all came down to one thing, who is whose person... which the clan in power will get more pluses, less pluses, well

i really don't like this discussion, by the way, i didn't like today's words of the head of state, that is, he did not clearly say what are the complaints against the cabinet of ministers, there are quite a lot of complaints, but they need to be voiced in order for the new prime minister or the new the government understood what the problem was, what needed to be fixed, what needed to be worked on, well, actually, there are also big problems in this, but i suspect that once again, part of the members of the government will be removed blindly, and appoint, well, i am not sure, that of others, i mean in terms of meaningful characteristics characteristics, that is, i, for example, now see several key remarks about the government: first, the government is profoundly not independent, does not make decisions independently, does not implement independently, cannot cough without regard to the bank. this slows down his work, this is a big minus. issue number two: the government made

a very big mistake in working with the parliament, which led to many serious systemic failures. i will pay attention, the bill on mobilization was considered in the parliament for six months, holes were patched, i apologize, this is a legislative development of the cabinet ministers, and this draft law should... be developed only by the cabinet of ministers, it was also delayed in its development by at least one and a half years, and the failure in mobilization is entirely due to our government, well, this... these are the key claims, this is a deep lack of independence , it is a failure in key directions, it is the absence of any systemic strategic vision. these are key issues. will the new government be able to be more independent? well, we'll see simply by the candidates, but for some reason i think that the main candidate for the head of the cabinet of ministers and

key positions in the government, it will be a manual mode of operation, it will be. the main wish of the bank, and the last one - is the absence of collective work, but i have the impression that denys shmyhal worked by himself, lived his life, the cabinet of ministers lived his life, as a whole, they did not work, this was noticeable in many issues , i will not dwell on the details, the team did not work out, mr. oleksiy, given the opportunity, we would still like to touch on the topic of politicization very carefully. in the armed forces, it is so, to put it very generally, paraphrasing yuri butusov, that is, the question of the influence of political decisions on decisions in the armed forces, well , the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine , oleksandr syrskyi, instructed to check the situation in the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade

named after yakov handziuk and to find out the circumstances of the recent losses among the personnel of the brigade. there are signals from the 41st brigade 24/7 about the fact that certain things are happening, which those who carry out these orders do not fully understand on the ground, and they do not look rational to our soldiers themselves, yuri butusov actually assumes that they are carried out by hand of the armed forces of ukraine certain political, well if we say orders, so to keep something at any cost. or to make a certain political effect through the actions of the armed forces, are we really observing something similar, which is why i drew attention to the caution of discussing this topic, because we understand that we are at war, and in no way comment on the decisions of our military command, the military expediency we we can't, but where is this fine line when we, as

a civil society, have to gradually join... processes that have been going on for a long time cause systemic anxiety, let's say . you very accurately noted that the border is extremely thin, it is very difficult to see, feel and understand what is important, what can be crossed, what cannot. i would divide into two categories: criticism of the military by civilians, and criticism of the military by people who are in or connected to the armed forces. from the side of the military themselves, from the side of military journalists who can be deep in the topic, from the side of well-known volunteers who have shown effective work, but their criticism should be listened to, here of course it is also necessary to build a border, because criticism can destroy many serious processes, including trust in the armed forces, here you need

to be careful not to fall into the format of russian propaganda, but if this criticism allows you to save... at least one life or health our fighters, then it is quite natural that it is justified. at least, i carefully read all the critical statements, well, i get the impression that they allowed saving more than one life and correcting many mistakes of the military, because, well , let's be honest, everything is not perfect in the army either, and also, all the representatives of the command do not represent a perfect picture, many people with a hawkish mindset, many people... unprofessional managers, unsuccessful leaders, you also need to give credit here, and we have already seen examples when at least there military journalists or the military themselves attracted attention to the problem, the problem was being solved, that is, it is one side of the coin, so i think that for 99% of the criticism can be justified,

it is quite difficult to find this limit, i actually count this limit, health, life, nothing can be more valuable be. question number two is criticism from civilians, ugh, that's the process that i don't like, and actually, it's a wave of criticism that has been raised by, sorry to mention once again, maryana bezugloi, well, she's all - still the deputy head of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence, that is, she represents the profile committee of the parliament, on which a lot depends, on which depends... the speed of passage of military bills, on which the sequence of passage of these bills depends, priorities, and by the way, a bill that has a lot of sins and very... well, i personally did not follow the topic closely, but i can name up to 10 bills that were delayed

by months, and some by years, due to actual failures in work of this committee, some did not even appear, mr. oleksiy, if we are talking about demobilization, and therefore there are many problems there, and by the way, our lives also depend on these steps. of wax, depends, depends on the amount of equipment, and there, by the way, to be honest, there i think that the joint failure of the cabinet of ministers and the specialized committee, i think that they did not complete the work in the same way and worked equally hard, well, actually, but returning to bezuglai, i really do not like the new wave of bezuglai's criticism of general silsky, and that is where the criticism goes, you know, the blows are lower as in sports. belt, there is just a rude criticism, and again, i believe that the materials that she is currently publishing are not only worthy of the attention

of the security services of ukraine, but the sbu, even by the fact that these materials appeared in the media, should have to automatically open criminal proceedings, what the sbu does not open, for me this is enough of an alarm signal, and you know, i have one opinion so far, i think... that in this package of personnel changes in the government, at least one of the parts of the authorities teams, the ruling team is considering the question of silsky, i am not saying he is good, he is bad, i am not giving characteristics, but i have the impression that this wave of criticism of the army from the side of civilians is clearly orchestrated and aimed at the resignation of commanders, but under the noise , to the general noise, this resignation, maybe, maybe we will see in... the position of the minister of defense, deployment, anything else, but, it is very unpleasant that it came out in the public sphere, and such political games around resignations,

they pass through criticism of the armed forces forces, because it's not just personal criticism, it's not just good or bad, such criticism from civilians is an undermining of confidence in the armed forces, undermining of confidence in mobilization , including, the consequences are quite serious, sir. oleksia, another topic that i would not like to raise, but it has to be raised, that's why that one way or another in ukraine, which is moving towards the european union and nato, there should be freedom of speech and pluralism of opinions. the detektor media publication, in particular, having conducted its monitoring, published information that after the exit of the marathon of the public broadcaster's single news, in fact , opposition deputies, in particular from the european solidarity faction, disappeared from the airwaves, that is, we have a situation when in fact in marathon, in

which five tv channels, the five largest broadcasters of our country are currently participating, de facto people's deputies from one of the largest opposition political forces. how do you assess this situation and is it... this is generally normal in a country that, in particular, is moving towards european institutions. we have literally a few minutes, we ask for your comment, i ask for about two minutes before the end. well, i will tell you that we have been observing such a situation since the beginning of the 19th year, only everything accumulated and accumulated, that is, i do not recall there with the exception, it seems, of one case when the president met with the leaders of the parliamentary... group of factions , in general this did not exist, that is, the government in our country generally tries not to notice the opposition, and now, under the guise of war, it is very convenient to do this,

to throw out opposition channels, we throw out, we throw out the position from political life, we prohibit business trips abroad. well, i'm sorry, it's not just funny, it's harmful to the state, in the conditions of war, it disrupts quite a lot of international events, well, it actually leads us. the united states, i don't know how to explain at the event why the members of the delegation do not come to this or that international forum, and this is a practice, i don't know what it looks like, it's more like some such initial forms of monarchy, when the opposition was not allowed at all, but what will we get as a result, we will receive, first of all, serious reputational blows, which i mentioned, and the second, in my opinion, is just some... absolutely strange dependence of the authorities on former pro-russian parties, well, for example, the opposition platform for life, they are now actually the third members of the coalition, so we are conducting... an analysis

of the work of the parliament for six months , but i have reason to say that now the solution is the verkhovna rada is accepted by three political forces, the servant of the people did not pass any bill solely by the number of its votes, and two allies are working, the first trust group and the second - two groups of the former opposition platform for life, that is, the price of such ignoring the opposition, here is not only european solidarity, here and part of the voice and... motherland. so the price of ignoring the opposition is dependence on opzh. this is a risk i consider quite serious. thank you, mr. oleksiy. oleksiy koshel, doctor of historical sciences, political scientist, head of the committee of voters of ukraine, joined the new week project. we remind you that today we are asking you whether you think that trump can win the election in the united states. right now, i understand 58% of our viewers think yes, he can

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