and he says that our state is already taking over russia's leadership in the production of drones and their use at the front. let's listen to what zelensky said. our ukrainian defense and security forces are already leading the way in this regard, and in july our soldiers used more drones than the occupiers. this should be a steady trend on the front, across all types of drones that our units have, from fi'. and to all others, including our long-range drones, which already influence the war strategically, influence in the interests of ukraine, and our ukrainian leadership on drones can not only be the factor that brings a just end to the war, but also will make ukraine a security provider for other states. our producers have already contracted for this year. a million drones will be

more vice in general, mr. valery, at the same time as what zelensky is saying, there was a message that china has banned the export of all civilian drones that could be used as combat, and the restrictions will be effective from september 1, 24, they will also touch on high-precision measurement hardware and some critical drone components, how will that affect... our plans to make a million drones a year? to a large extent, because i am familiar with manufacturers who imported from china a huge number of both the drones themselves and their components, that is , motors, well, screws, let’s say, it’s not a problem to make them, but compact electric motors, in addition, batteries, in addition moreover, cheap, extremely cheap chinese radio'. tronics for

equipping these drones, well, all this, well, there are various systems, there are controllers, so there, some, that is, some electronics, the simplest electronics before them, it can be significantly influenced, but for now, i think that we already knew about it and gradually established cooperation with european manufacturers, although they really are not capable of such things. .. quantity to produce, the chinese can produce a million drones per month, that is, what we can produce per year, they produce per month, well, yes, because they have multi-story factories there, where, let’s say , half a million chinese people sit and trample these drones, well, in principle, we could too, i guess to increase this production, if not for russian shelling and strikes on such enterprises, on small enterprises, on large ones... we know,

we don't know something, but this is the decision of the chinese, it affects not only ukraine, but also russia, or everything - still, the russians now have more opportunities, and what was zelensky's pride, very soon may be putin's pride, regarding the production of drones, i don't want to make such predictions, but, you know, we share a common border with china we don't have, but russia has, and... the tendency to throw a suitcase across the border, yes, it can help the russians, although i already ah, well, entrepreneurs with me were told there, so i was present at a conference where they told what about the chinese, individual chinese for violations bans on the export of drones already put them in prison, that is, the options are possible, i think that for... russia will try to circumvent this ban

in the same way that it circumvents sanctions, european and american sanctions, and this will be very dangerous for us , that's why it's necessary look at the situation, so far i haven't heard any official comments in connection with china's reaction, with china's decision to ban exports, but in general i know that it can significantly... affect both sides and one side opportunities , so to speak, to violate this ban more than we are talking about the russian side, but we see, mr. valery, how literally in the last few days, fpv drones are becoming a weapon not only in terms of destroying manpower or equipment on the ground, but also in in the air, because an fpv drone shot down a helicopter... in nad kursk oblast

the mi-28 was also reported to the sbu, soldiers of the special operations center a on august 6, and it is visible in the video. that the sbu drone hits the rear propeller of a russian car, that is, now drones are turning into an unexpected weapon, such a formidable weapon, and they are in no way inferior to missiles and these missile programs, which we mentioned, and which president zelensky is talking about. over the past 2.5 years, the nature of war and soldiers has changed. in connection with the use of these drones at the front by both russians and ukrainians? well, the wars of the information age, you know, that's all microelectronics, and information technologies, ah, and it technologies, and all this affects

weapons, you see that the range of weapons is increasing, and the accuracy of weapons is increasing, and now it is not a problem to hit an apartment, but for a drone. and even 10 years ago, you know, they destroyed the whole house, but now maybe, if there is a terrorist sitting in the room somewhere, yes, then they can launch a drone at him through the loophole, without even breaking the windows, but regarding the destruction of helicopters and the use of, say, fpv drones for air defense, you know, it's just the case, in general these... drones are really fast, if the helicopter is flying, well, at a normal cruising speed, the drone is able to catch up with it, but, let's say, the range of the drone is not high, and special conditions are needed for the drone to approach correctly, because there were

several attempts to approach the helicopter from the wrong side to the tail rotor, so it is necessary to enter from the side where the thrust of the propeller is directed. then, uh, this tail rotor will pull the podyhedron towards itself, and there were cases when the pividron came from the opposite side and he followed his own with the power of its engines, it is simply not able to fly up to a helicopter, well, simple simple aerodynamics, that is, in general, fpv drones, they are well used to destroy russian unmanned scouts, there are attack drones, yes, but as for ... helicopters, they still have limited opportunities, and mr. valery, at the very end i wanted to ask you about the north korean missiles used by the russians when shelling ukrainian territory, in particular , it was recorded that

two north korean missiles flew in the direction of the kyiv region, what you can you tell about this weapon from north korea, how much, how much it can help the russians and how... effective is it? well, you know, any weapon will help the russians, because they use it against the civilian population. ot. well, now they are running into well-organized ukrainian air defense. now they use all kinds of crap like styrofoam drones and korean missiles. well, what can you say about these hwasongs, huh? these are hwasong missiles there 11, hwasong. well, i don't remember anymore. hwasong seems to be 11, and something is spinning, a number seven next to it, so this is a missile that is generally such a copy, very similar to the russian ballistic iskander, iskander m. so, but unlike the russian iskander, this missile

is more primitive, and it, it can be influenced by means of reb, which in general and it happens, well, besides rockets. the technologies there, north korean technologies in particular, are to a large extent, not that of the world, they have lagged behind the russian and chinese ones, but they have even lagged behind the russian ones, although in china there are higher technologies than in russia, that means, and ago these missiles are easier to fight with them, but they are still dangerous, because if even reb took this missile away, let's say, blocked its communication with the satellite, then... this missile can fly to any place, that's it can either fall in the field or still fall on some populated place, they are still dangerous, it is still best to knock them down physically, then for sure, since the patriot and the sumpte they

work according to the heat to kill direct hit method, then they are guaranteed to blow up warhead of this missile in the air, and there is a total of 500 kg. but is the explanation logical, why do the russians use these north korean missiles, given the fact that, well... russia always says and boasts that they have the largest military-industrial complex there, and they take north korean missiles, which, let's say, are lower in class than the russian ones. well, drones, they, they also said that we are advanced there, we developed such drones there, took and copied the iranian drone, iran, which has been under sanctions for more than 30 years. well, in the conditions of a dictatorship, that is. there is, let's say, powerful propaganda, there is such, so

centralization of power, but science is in a stupor, as a rule, and here are the technologies that they developed, so, well, back in the 90s, yes, they generally stopped, that's why the russians are forced, because they want to build up we eat, and for this we need to expand production, yes, and we need to get... western components, because they themselves are not capable of making most of the radio-electronic equipment of complex weapons, yes, so they are forced to turn to countries like iran, north korea, well probably still in africa, so there too will be, they will ask to be given, that means, that is the reason, that is, the russian lag in intellectual technologies, high-tech. process, that is why they are forced to take not the quality of missiles, but the quantity,

because, for example, they made their own hypersonic missile there, yes, well, the result is that they are able to launch one or two such missiles per month, and they need a quantity, they need to warm up patriotism, what are they fueling patriotism with, they will strike somewhere in kyiv, they will strike somewhere else, they will strike in kharkiv, and that’s it the russians are happy that there ... they killed several ukrainians there, for them it is a joy, yes, and if there are no missiles, and judging by this, if you compare it with the production of airplanes, of course no one publishes accurate data on missiles there, if you compare with the production of airplanes, the highest production in the russians was in 22nd year, but in 23rd year it fell by 15%, in the current year it fell by 15% more, with missiles where... there is such a higher need for high-tech the equipment is there,

the microprocessors are there, the controllers are there programmable valve matrices and yes it is difficult to get probably that the production falls in a bigger and bigger gradient, so to speak , and that is why they are forced to turn to korea in order to at least have a certain number of rockets every month to receive thanks. please, thank you, mr. valery, valery romanenko, aviation expert, leading researcher of the state aviation museum. friends, we continue to work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are now watching us live on these platforms, subscribe to our pages and take part in our survey. today we ask you whether you follow the events in kurshchyna? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube. if you watch us. on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote for the numbers, if you follow what is happening in kurtshchyna

0800 211 381, not 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, vote at the end of the program, we will summarize this voting. next, we will be in touch with viktor shlinchak, chairman of the board of the institute of world politics, mr. viktor, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today, congratulations sergey, glad to see you. and hear well, first of all, let's talk about what is happening in kurshchyna, because the official ukrainian authorities do not confirm or comment on what is happening in the neighboring region to sumy, but there is a reaction from the spokesman of the state department of the united states of america, matthew miller, who comments on the reaction of russia, which suggests that this is a provocation by the ukrainian authorities, or as they say, the ukrainian junta headed by zelensky and matthew miller pointed out the irony of russian ruler

putin's statement that the current events in the kursk region are a provocation of ukraine. let's hear what matthew miller had to say. i saw the message from the russian authorities. on their part, it is ironic to call it a provocation. if you take into account that russia has been violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine since 2000. 14th year, mr. viktor, apparently, putin and the entire russian government in general were counting on some kind of reaction from the world, they say. save us the ukrainians are bombing, and this is a violation of international law there, although it is the right of self-defense, which we are currently using, how do you assess this situation, which is now unfolding right before our eyes, and we have already been watching it for 48 hours, well, first of all , yesterday really everyone watched the reaction

of the head of the kremlin, and the reaction was quite strange, it was... left, it was indecisive, and some even began to admit that it is not putin who is speaking before us at the security and defense council, they say, it is not part of his , just the image that he always is demonstrated, well, i will say this, that i do not believe in these conspiracy theories at once, and secondly, it seems to me that here it is more like... that putin is really being misinformed on certain areas of the front, that he, that from him they hide some information, and they hide it because you saw how putin actually behaved with the officials of the ministry

of defense, actually all the officials of the ministry of defense got a hat after putin was elected. for the next term, shoiko was dismissed from the minister, deputies, some of deputies even ended up in a pre-trial detention center, some, it is not known where, until now, because they say that some simply disappeared, and as they write ironically, the ministry of defense of russia was completely purged, so in this case it seems to me that... was really unexpected history for putin, secondly, it showed that russia is still not as strong as the head of the kremlin represents, moreover, you remember last year's campaign of prigozhin, also on the territory of the russian

federation, which also exposed all the problems, which exist in russia, now, well... let's say the unknown little men with ukrainian chevrons show that this theory is valid, that is, russia is not as strong as it seems, and in this sense, putin's russia looks really so insecure, despite the fact that it has been waging a war with ukraine, it cannot close the entire line. its own border, and this is a very good signal for our many international partners, moreover, ukraine shows opportunities in this case, ukraine shows strength, ukraine shows determination, and this means that our western partners must take into account this

subjective position, which means that it is practically impossible to force us to sit down at the negotiating table, under which... with pressure. the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, mykhailo podolyak, believes that the reaction of the russians to the kurdish operation of the armed forces of ukraine demonstrates the true attitude of the russians to the war with ukraine and the putin regime, quoting podolyak. the events in kursk and belgorod regions allow us to conduct a certain laboratory experiment. so far, a repressive machine of the russian federation is burning in the bushes, freed russians can... go out with flowers to meet anti-putin tanks. finally , we will wait for such footage, although it is already obvious that this is impossible, so the lack of an adequate reaction to the counter-war will only confirm our opinion about the strong, conscious relationship between the russians and their authorities. and why, mr. viktor, are there no kuryans who

go out there with joy to meet the ukrainian troops, and if at all they somehow understand. why did the war that putin started in ukraine in 2014 return to their territory? i think, that there is no reason for consequential relations, moreover, polls still show that the majority, the vast majority of the population, i don't want to say that the entire population, but the vast majority of the population supports putin's actions, unfortunately, and... the percentage of those who are against the war with ukraine, and the percentage of those who do not support putin's actions, it still does not exceed 20. points, this means that russian society is hopelessly sick, this means that since 2000, there have been so many

it is informationally washed that now to hope that something will turn on, the tumbler will turn on, and immediately people will start thinking, otherwise it absolutely does not work, so, by the way, i think that... considering this fact, putin released russian oppositionists from prison in such a way, because he understands that they will not endure great harm to this deep-seated people, that is, they will not influence people who have been washed, i repeat, informationally for many, many years. against this background, serhiy shoigu, who visited iran, complained that in... ukraine, they say, ignores putin's proposals that he voiced, or simply put, the capitulation plan for ukraine, when four oblasts should go to

the russian federation, and the armed forces of ukraine should leave these regions. given this rhetoric from shoigu, does this mean that putin is not ready for any negotiations at all and does not want these negotiations and all this talk. about a peace summit with the participation of the russians at the end of the 24th year, is this just the desire of the world community, which pushes zelensky to this? i don't really appreciate shoigu's visit to iran so clearly, because i think that shoigo came to iran, not only to talk about something. i think shoi has arrived. as putin's envoy to speak, among other things, that russia would give iran the opportunity

to return to the negotiation table with a western country, namely, that iran, in this case, would allow itself to be a negotiator on behalf, on its own behalf, with western countries, and accordingly, that this map... of the far east, so that it, or the near east, or rather, that it was played by putin in such a way that he would represent this near east, and he will be just the person who will be able to negotiate with israel, and with the united states of america, and with saudi arabia and with other countries, that is, i think that... that shoigu's visit in this case was used solely as an excuse to persuade iran to give russia such a mandate for negotiations.

at a meeting of the council of ministers of internal affairs of the commonwealth of independent states, belarusian dictator oleksandr lukashenko suggested the possibility of the collapse of russia. let's listen to what lukashenko said. against ours peoples a permanent hybrid war is being waged, and each of the cis countries has already experienced at least one color revolution, which is essentially an attempted coup d'état. the situation may develop in such a way that any of our states cannot do without this unity, and if we do not understand this today, we will be dealt with individually. but if russia falls, we will all be drawn into this abyss. lukashenko says that if russia falls, we will all be in trouble, we will be dragged in, although he has already been in trouble, and

russia is falling. what does this mean for the cis, ie lukashenko says that let's all fight against ukraine together and remember the csto and perceive the events in kurshchyna as an attack on one of the participants of this organization's treaty with. security and putin's attempts have repeatedly been to create any organization that would be an opponent of nato. it was, indeed , an attempt to use the csto countries that you mentioned, these were opportunities to create some other parallel unions, so far they have not been able to fix this. we are talking about some kind of axis with... yes, to which we include iran, plus north korea, plus china, but as far as

russia's closest neighbors are concerned, it looks like lukashenko and putin are constantly scaring it with these color revolutions, i have the impression that they have a big point, well, lukashenko has already sold, including in his own society, a society that said at that time protests during the elections, which... in which svitlana tykhanovskaya won by all indications, were that they were organized by the west, as well as putin told a lot that the troyant revolution in georgia was organized by the event maidan in ukraine were organized by the event, that was all, so i absolutely do not even pay attention to these words, because they have this fear sitting inside.

tell me, mr. viktor, does this mean that lukashenko already feels that putin's collapse is possible, that it will happen, and in this way he is trying to play the role of a person who wants to unite everyone, to say, let's all be together, himself is already looking at china, which, by the way, is one of the partners of belarus in europe, china and several eastern european countries. which allows lukashenka to distance himself a little from putin and understand that in can there be a future without putin? well, in fact, lukashenka does not have such, there are not so many options to play with, that is, on the one hand , he really depends on russia in many ways, on the other hand, you remember, even his visits to china took place, that is, he

tries at least ... it is necessary to have additional support somewhere, of course, it is difficult for him to count on this support in the circle of the former cis countries, because even among the presidents who are included in this, in this current community, there are few who are too willing to lukashenko has direct business, that's why who consider him an object, not a subject of politics. given that it is easier to negotiate with russia than with lukashenka alone. therefore, all these attempts, they already happened, as leonid kuchma said, it already happened, so there is nothing new here. lukashenko tries to play on different fronts and tries to show his, uh, at least some kind of subjectivity, because even a year ago... we

remember that everything was going to the point that these two countries could actually be managed from one center. thank you, mr. viktor, it was viktor shlinchak, chairman of the board of the institute of the world politicians friends, throughout the entire broadcast, we conducted a survey and asked you about the following, whether you follow the events in kurshchyna. so, the results of the tv poll, 94% yes, and 6% are not interested in it. on youtube we have a ratio of 89% yes, 11% no, i put a full stop on this, i say goodbye to you, come tomorrow by 8:00 p.m., we will have valery chaly, a politician and diplomat, we will talk about everything, including events in kurshchyna. that's it, goodbye, take care of yourself and your loved ones, all the best.

the third day of the ukrainian offensive on kursk region of russia. officially, kyiv does not confirm this. moscow calls the situation a provocation. what is known about the battles on the border and how they are commented back. we're talking about this on the bbc live from london, i'm evgenia shedlovska. so, there were no comments from the ukrainian authorities, and there are none, but there were comments from western politicians and commentators. what do they say about the battles on the border territory of russia. the united states wants more information from the ukrainian military. this thesis was repeated by several representatives of the american authorities, representatives of the white house and the state department, but generally did not criticize.