buys are switching to f-35 and newer fighters, so there were some concerns that ukraine might not really get the latest modifications, of course now, in particular, the united states continues to produce f16, to understand this, they are called blocks, this is how the generation is described the word block means block 70 is now being produced. ukraine probably got block 10 or 15 somewhere, but the most important elements are the radar. the weapons and defense equipment there are advanced and meet modern requirements. i believe that now ukraine has a fairly modern aircraft, it has all the necessary equipment, it is a good and high standard. i think based on what i've seen in the photos they also have state of the art weapons and equally important self defense mechanisms. i think they're very...

they're quite good to fight the russians from what i've seen on video they look like beautiful planes, they've been very well looked after, i think they've all had a fresh coat of paint and received a nice ukrainian marking on the tail, the weapons they had... looked great, as always worries the pilot, the fighter, so i'm sure you won't have a problem with them. maria, the state department stated that the presence of an f-16 fighter does not change the us position regarding strikes by western weapons deep into russia. what do the british and american military you talked to say about this position? oleksiy, well, it should be said that with regard to such potential probable blows, then for sure washing... the effect should not be expected, the experts

with whom i spoke, in particular, off the record explain that the greatest effect, which ukraine receives from the f-16, this is a long-term perspective, this is the transition of ukrainian, ukrainian air force , ukrainian aviation, to western fighters, to western tactics, respectively, this will help ukraine in long-term defense, what about right now these ... probable potential strikes , which ukraine would probably like to inflict on military facilities in russia, indeed, the experts i spoke with urge, confirm their opinion, they constantly call on the west to lift these restrictions. this is a strange way to provide this weapon and impose restrictions. i understand why some politicians do these things, in large part because they are concerned. self-defense is

quite a broad term and self-defense should allow you to strike back against any attack that threatens your country, wherever it may be. yes, i believe that these restrictions should be abolished. there are also weapons produced by several companies. both storm shadow and scalp are one of those, so all the countries involved in the production process have to give permission, so sometimes it makes the process a bit longer. more difficult they don't want to admit who might be slowing down the process, so it can be difficult to work out, but certainly the word i've heard in the uk is that we 'd like to lift the restrictions if we can, and hopefully that will happen soon . when i was a young pilot, a lieutenant, i was stationed in germany, all my goals were in russia, or at that time in the soviet union. so

this aircraft is perfectly capable of doing that, regardless of whether it is used that way or not. i find the ban ridiculous. i mean i don't care what does putin think. i don't care about insensitive topics and his threats. so politicians shouldn't care about it either. it's a weak argument that we give you a weapon, but you can only use it so far. this is war. when you have to fight, you go and fight. to win i think you should be allowed to use any weapon you need to put the russians back where they belong. but do you want to hear any expert opinions about whether ukraine needs other types of fighters, such as swedish ones gripens or french nets? and oleksiy, i can say that there is no unequivocal opinion about this in the expert environment, my colleagues, in particular, have heard from the swedish and ukrainian authorities as well... statements from the paris side that

there are discussions about the fact that this is an opportunity for ukraine to get in in the future, these fighters will undergo training for ukrainian pilots. some experts say that ukraine should really expand its fleet, yes, switch to different types of fighter jets, those experts with whom i spoke the day before believe that ukraine should, on the contrary, not scatter its attention, but focus on the full integration of the f-16 into the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine. personal view the more type of aircraft you try to train on the more difficult it becomes and the gripin and mirage are not as widely used as the f-16 so there won't be as many people to train or the sheer number of these platforms so be careful what wish, i think if you spread your resources

too much it can cause problems. it's been a tough year and i can understand why for the last year people have been saying why wait years for the f-16, it's better to try. get something else, now i think with the way the f-16s have arrived and we know there's going to be more, we know the pilots have been in the training system, i think now is the time to hang on and hopefully this situation will be much better in 6-12 months. if i were to make a decision, i would leave it at one aircraft because all these jets, mirage, gripen, have the same logistical requirements, they are quite complex aircraft and all you do getting three or four different types of aircraft, you dissipate the effort that could be put into one. and if there was peace in ukraine, i'd say keep experimenting with these planes and see which ones you like best. but you're not in peacetime, and

you don't have the resources or time to expand to other types of aircraft. you have decided to choose f-16 and have already received them. and there's a pretty large pool of pilots like me who have come. would and would help if we were asked, it could change the situation. in addition, as soon as your ps has mastered the f-16, you will be able to switch to the f-35, which really makes the russians wet their pants because there is no plane in the world that can compare to it. i know the swiss air force just switched from the f-16 to the f-35. i know several of their pilots and they rave about it. so this is the next step for ukraine, but it has to start with the f-16. and i think your government. tends to focus on that, but it's not up to me. maria, thank you very much, maria prus was in direct contact with us with exclusive comments about the f-16 fighters. on the anniversary of the start of the russian-georgian war in 2008, the head

jose borel of european diplomacy condemned russia's occupation of georgian territory. the european union expressed unwavering support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of georgia within its borders. internationally recognized borders, nato also declared full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of georgia and called on russia to withdraw its troops. the us state department called on russia to fulfill its obligations under the 2008 ceasefire agreement with georgia and to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories. the united states remain steadfast in supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of georgia within its international borders. borders we call on russia to fulfill its obligations under the 2008 ceasefire agreement to withdraw russian forces to pre-conflict positions and ensure unimpeded access for humanitarian aid. we also call on russia to cancel the recognition of the so-called

independence of the regions of georgia, abkhazia and south ossetia. these actions would allow tens of thousands of internally displaced persons to safety return. to their homes. technologies help ukrainians survive the war. lyubov shipovych, co-founder and president of the dignitas charitable foundation, is convinced of this. that is why the organization, officially created in the 23rd year, focused its work on providing ukrainian military drones and other leading technologies. thanks to the efforts of shipovych and her team, more than 70,000 soldiers were trained. in total, the organization was assembled in a year and a half. can drones and technology become a decisive factor in the war in ukraine? details in the plot of iryna solomko. the co-founder and president of the dignitas charitable foundation, lyubov shupovych, recalls that

she and like-minded people handed over the first components for drones to ukraine back in 2014. from the first day, we started a large-scale repetition. bulk purchase of walkie-talkies, satellite phones. shipovych says the organization's work is focused on drones and creating an efficient and powerful ecosystem around them. this is security. links, ground stations, antennas, generators, electronic countermeasures and machines. an important component of this systems and training. more than 70,000 soldiers have already gone through the training. according to shipovych, the organization cooperates with the general staff and the ministry of defense, so almost every training center has their instructors, who are included in the process of training soldiers. our instructors work with those operators who are already in combat conditions, for various tasks, someone needs further. to increase, for some to learn how to pass radio obstacles,

for some to practice in a certain area, where the rap means work very hard, and our instructors also practice in teams specific tasks are already with experienced pilots, but in addition they also help to create workshops in brigades, and because now there is a technological war, which is very... rapidly developing technologies, everything is changing, and it does not happen that you take the drone out of the box and fly . advocacy of technological changes in the armed forces is an equally important direction of the organization's work. this includes the removal of customs duties on the import of drones and their components, the simplification of certification for manufacturers, as well as the increase of budgets for ensuring these technological changes, because they can save the most precious thing, human life. we can deliver with robotic systems. ammunition, we can monitor with unmanned aerial vehicles, we can also attack

with ground complexes, we can do remote mining, and we can make controllable, smart mini-fields, which are not issued for our military, which work on enemy infantry, enemy equipment, and this there is technology behind all this, it is necessary to invest in it. it is necessary to create combinations of these systems, because now we have separate flying drones, ground drones, separate turrets put, for which we also advocate in the ukrainian army, so that it works in a complex. shipovych says: they have already handed over 45 drones of various classes to the fighters. for example, last fall, dikhnitas was one of the first to start purchasing ground drones, both for amigas and for remote mining. and in may they handed it over. and 10 ares complexes are

medium-range reconnaissance aircraft up to 80 km, one complex costs more than 10 thousand dollars, that is, it cannot be compared with one such complex with an fpv drone for $ 400-500, we are not afraid to be as such pioneers, it is difficult, it is not easy, but we see that we can set these trends and then other funds and state structures pick up and it starts. the charity fund collects money both in the usa and in ukraine. two hundred volunteers work for the common cause, which has already collected more than 6 million dollars. shipovych adds, most of the amount was collected in ukraine. dmytro kavun represents the usa foundation. he says that recently it has become increasingly difficult to raise funds here. americans, or ukrainians, or simply americans without ukrainian roots, are more relaxed life, and unfortunately there is an effect of habit. to the fact that there is a war, because in fact, war is difficult, it is difficult to follow it, and therefore people slowly

lose their focus. there is no such thing in ukraine, because in ukraine every day is a war, which the russians remind us of. that is why kavun and his team in the usa try to be as innovative as possible. we use a wide range, from accepting donations in cash to... stocks and bonds, anything, cryptocurrency people will also donate, people even send us their used drones, or buy new drones, we have amazon wish list, on which there are mavics, which costs 2,500 dollars there and it would seem that you can buy a turnstile there for 25 $, and you can buy a mavic for 2,500, and there are people who buy from us, if you go to our website, you can see how much ... we collected and delivered aid. shipovych emphasizes that with the current intensity of

hostilities, the need for drones is huge, because they are expendable at the front. we need 300,000 to 400,000 kamikaze drones per month. and reconnaissance drones, if on the front line we are talking about this class micro-reconnaissance drones, about 25-30 thousand are needed constantly. we lose about 50% per month. i think somewhere up to... 15% is covered and that is already very good, so now we are unfortunately losing, but there is a huge gratitude to our security and defense forces that we are losing. slowly, slowly we are retreating, and it is happening slowly due to the efforts of our military, which gives us time to develop technologies, increase production, advocate for help from western countries. shipovych is convinced: in a modern war , the country that can survive the fastest has a chance to survive to use technologies more effectively to

preserve the life and health of their people. from new york iryna solomko, porehop, voice of america. republican vice presidential candidate jaydee vance is the first millennial in the us to run for the nation's most important office. his generation's vote, along with generation z voters, could play a key role in electing the next us president, researchers say. the topic will be continued by my colleague and also a millennial, yuliya yarmonko. it is an honor to introduce my husband, the following vice president of the united states, jd vance. jaydee vance could become one of the youngest vice presidents of the united states if she wins the election along with donald trump in november. wen and his wife usha are members of the millennial generation, a demographic group consisting of people born between 1981 and 1996.

the main problems facing the american. economic, in particular, debts for higher education and the cost of housing. the event, which, according to researchers, affected the lives of many millennials in the united states, became a terrorist event attack on september 11, 2001. according to jaydy vance, that day changed his life as well. after 9/11, i did what thousands of other young men my age did during that time of intense patriotism and love of country. i will come we have a lot of senior politicians in washington, and some of them have been in power for a very long time, so it's great to have someone with new ideas, someone who can bring a new vision and represent younger voters. since kamela harris launched

her campaign as the democratic presidential candidate, opinion polls show an increase in her support among. in this election, we know that the youth vote will be key, and we know that your vote cannot be taken for granted, it has to be earned, and that is what we will do. millennial david meras from california says garis is the best choice for young people. i believe that she is a fresh face in this race now, she has the necessary qualifications for the position. i think she can stand up to trump. millennials and... representatives of the younger generation of jenzi together constitute a powerful electoral bloc - says donnora getachu. director of a group that encourages young people to participate in the country's political life. if they come to the polls at the same level as they did in 2020, they will make up 37% of the electorate, so step number one is to register as a voter, step two is

to show up and vote. although millennial voters have different opinions. regarding the need for change. we are seeing america falling apart, and it is because people who are not our age are being elected. the next generation is people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, why are we represented by people in their 50s, 60s, 70s or 80s. according to surveys us news and world report, 70% of millennial voters consider inflation and the cost of living. the main issues that will influence their choice in november. economic concerns overshadow other topics such as reproductive rights, gun violence and climate change. from washington, yulia yarmolenko, elizabeth chernev, voice of america. download the voice of america mobile application. the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically

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give their assessment and forecast of the development of events. want to understand how our today will affect our tomorrow, watch the saturday politics club every saturday on espresso. today in the verdict program with serhii rudenko. the kursk raid of the unknowns. for the time being, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine maintains informational silence. russian sources report a large-scale offensive by ukrainian forces in the kursk region of russia. what could be the purpose of the audacious operation? candidates for peacekeeping. democrat kamala harris and republican donald trump from by the possibility of obtaining the status of putin's dragon tamer in the future, whose path to the victory of ukraine is more realistic? corruption

scandals in the ministries, while moz cancels high-profile tenders for the reconstruction of ohmaddyt, the ministry of education makes agreements for printing textbooks at inflated prices, will personnel changes in the government solve the problem. 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. let's talk about the deployment of combat troops actions in kurshchyna, as well as how to fight inside ukraine, with russian agents, with russian influence, in the information sphere, as well as in... the spiritual sphere, and of course, we will remember all those events that shape today , which will shape tomorrow, and...

the following days, during the entire broadcast we will have two studios, that is, the first studio starts right now, and we will have as guests mykola knyazhytskyi, people's deputy of ukraine, general of the sbu, viktor yagun and political expert volodymyr tsibulko. in in the second part of our program, which will start in an hour, we will have political experts viktor boberenko and igor reiterovych. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest you take a look. video of how the special forces of the main intelligence department landed on the tendriv spit in the occupied kherson region, the scouts managed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and fortifications of the russians, during the battle the invaders suffered losses among personnel, their number is being specified. let's see how it all turned out.

glory to the armed forces of ukraine and death to the russian occupiers. friends, we are working live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube and facebook. please subscribe to our pages, like this video, take part in our survey. today we are asking you, friends, whether , in your opinion, there are good... russians

useful for ukraine. yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, yes, no, if you have a separate one opinion, please leave it in the comments below this video. if you are watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote for the numbers. if you think that among good russians are useful for ukraine, 0800 211 381, no, 0800 211 382 , ​​all calls to these numbers are free. i would like to introduce today's first guest, mykola knyazhytskyi, people's deputy of ukraine, chairman of the verkhovna rada subcommittee on cultural policy. mr. mykola, i congratulate you, thank you for joining the broadcast. hello, thank you for the invitation. well, since we ask our viewers and tv viewers whether there are good russians, in their opinion, useful for ukraine, i will ask you this question as well. what do you think?

this is a very general question. i... am against any generalizations, but unfortunately, so far i have not seen such leaders of public opinion in the russian federation who would speak honestly, without fear of putin, answering to their conscience, answering to god, about those scoundrels who started russian aggression, that it must be ended immediately, here are people with such a holistic worldview, i i didn't see it, it doesn't mean that they don't exist, it's just that in today's information space... among the leaders of russian public opinion , first of all, i have unfortunately not seen such people. thank you. well, the most important topic, obviously, of the last two days is the events in kurshchyna, in the region bordering the sumy region of the russian federation. today, after almost a day of silence, putin began to say something about what is happening in the territory of the kursk region, he said with certainty.

no one can know what is happening there, because it is the message of the ministry of defense of the russian federation, they say that the defense forces of ukraine entered the territory of the kursk region and went deep into the russian federation for 10-15 km, they talk about 10-11 settlements that the ukrainians took control of, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine does not comment in any way yet, and this is also completely understandable, there are only messages. about the fact that there is an evacuation in the villages bordering the kursk region in the sumy region, there are those that are close to the border, how do you see this whole situation, that is, the war is returning to where it came from in ukraine? well, i don't know what, from where, where he is returning, obviously, this is some plan of the ukrainian military command, i...