defense, but increasingly greater for theater, missile defense assets. it's a goodote to jump over to pepe. pepe, you've got a l of experience in missile tests, agency. maybe you can give us a little rundown of some of the internal dynamics. >> ok. thanks. appreciate that anthony. , so my writ today is to sort of go through about 30 years ebb and flow in, american missile defense policy and, about five or 6 minutes. i've spent most of my life, my career involved in the various defense reviews, really going back to sort of bush bush 41. but a couple of quick observations. i'd like to like to run through , at least from my perspective, perhaps the two most important things coming out of president reagan's sdi speech was when he reopened the debate about whether the united states should defend itself against ballistic missiles or choose to remain vulnerable. right. not just the homeland, but american military forces deployed abroad. right. and so that was a significant kind of intellectual transformation, even though would be many, many dedes before the uni

, with the new leadership of the ministry of defense.nk that these issues have been raised, and if there are still no changes, then is there an explanation why the general staff of the ministry of defense or other structures there are not ready to switch to this rational way of cooperation with our defense enterprises, i would know, i would say that there is no unpreparedness, there is a very constructive discussion with the leadership of the ministry of defense, the general staff of lviv. indeed, now we see a lot positive trends regarding the readiness to communicate with the industry from representatives of state authorities, state customers in the field of defense, so we are approaching this, believe me, i think that this year we will have successful examples of similar contracts, i already said that we will say yes , the first ones are just the beginning... are there positive examples, they are already being followed up, so we will hope that this dialogue will be continued, that we, together with state authorities and ministries, wil

in addition, judge dolshko called the ministry of defense of ukraine a private company, referring to the fact that the department has identification code of a legal entity. he also called the cabinet of ministers a private company. the judge claims that the ukrainian government owns the private foreign company dandbreet, citing foreign registries. also, the judge believes that territorial assembly centers do not have the right. staff the armed forces, and can only offer to conclude an employment contract. at the same time, the judgment emphasizes that coercion into a labor contract is a form of slavery. however , judge serhiy dolshko is not the first to surprise with his logic when making court decisions. in 2021 in 2018, he substantiated the illegality of the introduction of quarantine in ukraine, and in 2018, he... impersonated an entrepreneur who was arrested while handing over a bribe to the chief of the zinkiv police, within a year he closed the case against the ex-head of the zinkiv district state administration, who filed a declaration in time and fled from the police. at the

missile-defense is primarily dependent on defense that is not ing to be very accurate. it's a kill technologies in the 1970's is giving some missile-defense advocates the idea that this will indeed become a great possibility. unfortately, in the historical narrative it is usually associated with lasers and spac that is the popular narrative. space lasers -- that is a really small chunk of the pie. there is generally bipartisan consensus to detect missile threats this is the most politically sensitive issue as we discussed what was largely killed. they are actually embracing for thspace layer, key ideas were being raised with proliferated constellations maintain custody of all kinds of missile threats. this land that was indigent in the late 80's did not actually come to fruition. but this is probably the third row that a lot of people don't want to touch. because i think you covered almost everything. i would take a bit of a broader point. most significantly in the missile defense arena, we need to treat it like any other major system and continue to infuse new technolo

seven officials of the ministry of defense received suspicions. the authorities responded to business complaints about harassment by law enforcement officers. about this and about other things in the future. hours, we talk with our guests, the head of the board of the public organization, the anti-corruption center, vitaly shabunin, serhiy hrabskyi, a colonel of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine, and journalist roman tsimbalyuk. but before we start our big conversation, let's see video of a large-scale fire at the rosneft oil refinery in the city of tuabse , krasnodar territory of the russian federation, according to media reports, the plant was attacked. drones of the security service of ukraine. let's see. one firefighter, the other is leaving. where to? well the voiceover of this video was just incredible, agree friends, for those who are watching us on youtube and facebook now, please like this video, vote in our poll, today we ask you this, do you count on objective investigation of events? il-76, meaning the il-76 that crashed yeste

my name is serhiy zguryts, i am the director of the defense express company, which, together with the espresso channel, is now striving to cover the most relevant events in the life of our military and the defense industry of the complex and now we are joined by serhiy vysotskyi, deputy head of the public organization national association of the defense industry of ukraine for strategic communication. mr. sergey, i congratulate you, i am glad to see you. hear, yes, congratulations, mr. sergey, congratulations, dear tv viewers, i am glad to see you and hear you too, you have been working in this position for some time, i think that you have familiarized yourself in detail with the capabilities of those companies that are part of your association today, and i wanted b, that you tell our viewers what the capacities and capabilities of private companies look like now enterprises, what were the main results for last year, are there any data on production volumes, that is, such general... features that allow, well, to make a general assessment of what is happening in the private sector of t

with our defense enterprises. i , i would, you know, i would say that there is no lack of readiness, there is a very constructive discussion with the leadership of the ministry of defense, the general staff, and indeed, now we see very positive trends regarding the readiness to communicate with the industry from representatives of state authorities, customers. in the state sector in the field of defense, so we are approaching this , believe me, i think that this year we will have successful examples of similar contracts, i already said that we will say yes, the first such already swallows, for the first positive examples, they are already being followed up, so we will hope that this dialogue will be continued, that we, together with the state authorities, with the ministries, will work out the criteria, work out in... the appropriate decisions regarding, well, what to conclude these long-term contracts, especially with those companies that have proven to be reliable suppliers, with companies that are not just impo

the united states is looking for a secretary of defense. the rude people came in a crowd, behaved like animals, this is the situation in tyumen, where there was a a participant in a special operation was beaten, as eyewitnesses said, he became a victim of a group of young people who did not hesitate to attack one with a clear numerical advantage, the victim was injured and, according to his wife, was beaten until he lost consciousness, everything could have ended in a real tragedy if not passers-by intervened, now doctors are working to restore the health of the veterans of the northern military district, and in the meantime , law enforcement agencies are closely studying the footage of the street brawl. the police responded quickly began searching for all the participants in the conflict, who, apparently, clearly expected that their crime would remain unpunished, however, as in all such cases, maximum attention to what happened, but what could threaten this state company and other monsters who allow themselves such antics you... attacked a

anti-corruption council, the ministry of defense, head of the go, children's dream of ukraine. glory to ukraine, oleg mykhailovych, glory to ukraine, ms. bohdan, congratulations, studio, glory to the heroes, congratulations, ukraine. well, mrs. dano, we would like you first of all to ask about the deployment of hrenkiewicz gate , we understand that the main figures were taken into custody, but maybe... there is information about similar cases, yes, which could be, so to speak, stamped, signed and so on, and so on, in particular , when we talk about the supply of goods and services, procurement without the application of a competitive procedure within the framework of cabinet resolution no. 169, well, maybe not all of them were somehow not too responsible, but, but, but you have my word. in fact, procurement, let's say, not even so, not the procurement, but the holding of a non-competitive procedure and the determination of the company, the construction company, the winner was already far after the cancellation of the 169th resolution, at that time, it was february 23rd of the y

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defense contractor. but then under trump, our secretary of defense, esper, was a boeing defense contractor. there is, there's a, there's an invincible tie between our government and the military in the monetary. you can go back to, you can go back to eisenhower talking to the military, industrial complex. you can help me. the gills got here and we talked with the military and the mom is the mom is here to come together whenever it's necessary to turn this planet into a cemetery. we are in a country with the profits off of war, the one part with the american economy that will never go into recession is the war based economy. and it's going to be up to the american people to stand up to this because of, you know, i think that the american people really understood the american military footprint around the globe. remember, and trumpet ministration though for soldiers died in these year. and many americans said, where's me, 0 it, and why do we have troops there? and then we find out we have an entire us afri

seven officials of the ministry of defense received. the authorities responded to business complaints about harassment by law enforcement officers. we will talk about this and other things during the next hour with ours as guests, the chairman of the board of the public organization the center for combating corruption, vitaly shabunin, serhii grabskyi, a reserve colonel of the armed forces of ukraine and journalist roman tsimbalyuk. however, before starting our big conversation, let's watch a video of a large-scale fire at... at the rosneft refinery in the city of tuabse, krasnodar territory of the russian federation, according to the media, the plant was attacked by drones of the security service of ukraine. let's see. ah... please like this video, vote in our poll, today we ask you about whether you expect an objective investigation into the downing of the il-76, meaning the il-76 that fell yesterday in the belgorod region, and now russia is trying to torpedo ukraine with information about this plane . if you count on an objective inv

historical defense, political and diplomatic results. summary of agreements in of ukraine with the baltic countries and great britain. there is recovery: ukrainian families issue certificates to receive compensation for the housing destroyed by the russians. how is the reconstruction of houses in kyiv region and kharkiv progressing. i want a house warm and that the house is one's own, and not to live somewhere with someone. greetings, in the studio. iryna koval and this news, results of the week on the espresso tv channel. a new stage in the war has begun. ukraine has become a testing ground for carriers capable of carrying a nuclear charge. this was discussed this week. both in ukraine and in the world. we are talking about short-range missiles, known as k-n-23, or kim skander. north korea provided them to russia, and the terrorist country launched them. this is a railway across ukraine in december and january. destroy more civilian infrastructure of ukraine and kill civilians. this is why russia will use missiles for north korea - they

deputy minister of defense.herine hicks arrived at the pentagon from puerto rico only on january 5th. thus, the black nuclear briefcase remained unattended all this time. the pentagon's failure to inform the us administration about the secretary's illness is a failure of the entire american defense, because the maximum warning time for nuclear attacks with the latest weapons systems is 15 minutes, left unattended, the department of defense is playing vital role in the response. thus, if it happened that no hicks, no ba... neither kirby and his national security council, nor washington at all might no longer exist. another mystery is why austin, america’s top general, did not duly report to his immediate superiors about such a serious diagnosis as prostate cancer, and that no one knew that he had been operated on just before christmas. from a statement by specialists at walter reed national military medical center. secretary of defense lloyd austin was under general anesthesia, but was the next to return home. mo

complex and the transfer of the center of gravity to the domestic defense industry so that we produce weapons and cover at least 30% of the army's needs. independently and finally the fourth challenge is the latest technologies, this is what i was talking about now, what we need to do hyper jump and go to, if we are talking about pppo, then this is already the use of laser systems, if we are talking about damage, then the use of electromagnetic weapons, we were developing electromagnetic weapons before a large-scale invasion, and of course, weapons for this are weapons based on new physical principles, together with rebovsky's, let's say... modern systems, these five challenges are key for us in the 24th year, while the fifth challenge is, so to speak, directed into the future to ensure a successful confrontation with the enemy russia then, when the war starts, so to speak, or it will be in this form, when ukraine clears its territory of... the enemy at a level, well, at some level at which we can, or it will be frozen, it is also impossible, cannot be rejected, because we are now cri

of course, in the concepts of a white house there are always defensive adjectives, but its meaning isery specific; it all began in the forties of the 20th century. the monopoly of nuclear weapons in the second half of the forties allowed the americans to make plans for nuclear strikes against the ussr. there were 12 such strategies in total. the main operation of totality is dropping bombs on the twenty largest cities of the soviet union. the largest project is dropshot. simultaneous release of 300 nuclear warheads. in 1982 , the americans also updated the concept of military security. this time she became open and offensive. its main provisions include penetration of vanguard forces into the depths of enemy defenses, massive use of precision-guided munitions, and coordinated ground action. stuffy and naval component of the american army, the speed of its implementation is also at the forefront of such organizations. using the example of the actions of the american army in kuwait and iraq, one can fully trace the implementation of this military doctrine. in general, it is worth noting

seven officials of the ministry of defense received suspicions. the authorities responded to business complaints. regarding oppression by law enforcement officers, about this and other things, during the next hour we will talk with our guests, the chairman of the board of the non-governmental organization center for combating corruption vitaliy shabunin, serhii grabskyi, a colonel of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine and journalist roman tsimbalyuk. however, before we start our big talk, let's watch a video of a large-scale fire at the rosneft oil refinery in the city. tuabse krasnodar region of the russian federation, according to mass media, the plant was attacked by drones of the security service of ukraine. let's see. one fire. вторая выезжает, куда беханить , my lord, my lord, quickly, well, the voiceover of this video was just incredible, agree, friends, for those who are currently watching us on youtube and facebook, please like this video about... vote in our survey, today we ask you about whether you expect an objective investiga

first of israel's defense did is really in your view, michael. make a compelling argument in response to south africa as genocide case wasn't able to provide any solid arguments on the basis of fact and law. it's very important to understand what was happening in this hearing because this was a hearing on the overall merits of the case. and the overall allegations that south africa is making under the genocide convention. this was a hearing specifically focused on whether or not south africa has satisfied the requirements to convince the court to issue these provisional measures. so israel's task yesterday, it was not only to lay out, it was a overall rejection of south africa's claims, but it had to specifically try to rebuttal the points that are specific to provisional measures. and where i thought israel was most effective was to make the case very clearly that it wouldn't be problematic. or the courts to extend to south africa's request for a complete and immediate suspension of military operations in god. israel's argument here was that it

looking at $773 billion in non-defense spending. about 886 billion for defense spending. lines republicans did not cross. leaving in place the social security assistance or social assistance i should say offered under the american rescue plan. also no changes to government assistance passed under the inflation reduction act while leaving defense spending unchanged from the national defense authorization act. rank-and-file republican lawmakers are saying all they have is the top line but looking forward to see what type of border protections will be added. >> we're just letting these people flood in every single year with no accounting and accountability. what will we do about the debt and deficit we have? that debt ceiling deal last year, if this deal is anything like it will keep us, we'll have $50 trillion in debt in less than a decade now. this is the kind of spending we can't afford. so i'm very much looking forward to reading the fine print and seeing what this deal is all about. >> reporter: no language specifically for this bill yet. other wins for republicans, pay

defense, but increasingly greater for theater, missile defense assets. it's a good note to jump over to pepe. pepe, you've got a lot of experience in missile tests, agency. maybe you can give us a little rundown of some of the internal dynamics. >> ok. thanks. appreciate that anthony. , so my writ today is to sort of go through about 30 years ebb and flow in, american missile defense policy and, about five or 6 minutes. i've spent most of my life, my career involved in the various defense reviews, really going back to sort of bush bush 41. but a couple of quick observations. i'd like to like to run through , at least from my perspective, perhaps the two most important things coming out of president reagan's sdi speech was when he reopened the debate about whether the united states should defend itself against ballistic missiles or choose to remain vulnerable. right. not just the homeland, but american military forces deployed abroad. right. and so that was a significant kind of intellectual transformation, even though would be many, many decades before t

first of israel's defense did is really in your view, michael. make a compelling argument in response to south africa is genocide case wasn't able to provide any solid arguments on the basis of fact and law. it's very important to understand what was happening in this hearing because this was a hearing on the overall merits of the case. and the overall allegations that south africa is making under the genocide convention. this was a hearing specifically focused on whether or not south africa has satisfied the requirements to convince the court to issue these provisional measures. so israel's task yesterday, it was not only to lay out, it was a overall rejection of south africa's claims, but it had to specifically try to rebuttal the points that are specific to provisional measures. and where i thought israel was most effective was to make the case very clearly that it wouldn't be problematic. or the courts to extend to south africa's request for a complete and immediate suspension of military operations in god. israel's argument here was that it

the national defense authorization act includes a lot of replenish the defense department stock houselike artillery and munitions but can't be any restart because of the spending bill. is the defense department still on a continuing resolution mean it hasn't been able to replenish any of its stocks of shells or missiles or at least get started on new contracts? general ryder: thanks, jeff. you're talking about in terms of ukraine or just in general? reporter: for each of the services as funding for shells and missiles, especially considering that so many have been given to ukraine. this isbuildup for the u.s. military? general ryder: i'd refer you to each of the services to talk about their current status. but as you highlight during a continuing resolution, we are limited in terms of -- in many in being able to extend contracts and it disrupts training and delays maintenance and imposes uncertainty on the work force. again, each of the services can talk about their individual impacts. let me go to bill stewart, reuters. reporter: at the white house today there was some talk about a t

defense planning, their larger role of missile defenses. as the pentagon's recent national defense strategy, the unclassified version noted, missiles have become "a principal means by which adversaries seek to protect conventional or nuclear power." and as such "missile-defense is a core deterrence by denial component" of how we contend with adversaries. we are here today to mark the 40 th anniversary of ronald reagan's speech announcing the strategic defense initiative. that speech, which was in march of 1983, came just a few weeks after his evil empire speech, which was march 9. they we all coordinated towards the larger strategic goal of winning and bringing an end to the cold war. one of the most recent books that i wrote was on president reagan's covert action program to provide assistance to solidarity. i had the opportunity to talk to a number of folks within that administration and to spend severalonths orall in e reagan library, going through national security council discussions. one of the things i always found helpful about the

strengthening the air defense of ukraine will be one of the key topics of the extraordinary meeting of the ukraine-nato council. this was reported by the minister of foreign affairs dmytro kuleba. he stated that the request for such a meeting was sent by ukraine, and nato supported it. minister of foreign affairs of poland, radoslav. stated that in response to the increase russian bombings of ukrainian cities, western partners should introduce even stronger sanctions against russia, as well as provide ukraine with long-range missiles. we need to answer putin in a language he understands, he emphasized. what weapons would be most effective and are there sanctions that could stop moscow? let's talk about this with my colleague andriy borys, who gathered the opinions of western military analysts. andrew, hello. congratulations, yulia! andrii, considering several massive attacks in the past week, how much can we talk about a change russia's war tactics, and what could this mean? well, yulia, it is important to explain the context, that is, the situation in which we now find ourselves. this

should be spent on the defense of the country and to support the armed forces, today a private company came, they paid money, i have a question, it is from the budget, can we become benefactors, if from the budget, we will react, if we are benefactors, we will thank them, because every benefactor is everything, and the third position is that we should unite and... without waiting, this is a shameful position, when we will do something after the war. the city council believes that the reconstruction of such an important object should be approached comprehensively. an international architectural competition will be announced in february. following stage - design, after which it will become clear how much money is needed for restoration. currently, only the cost of the building is more than uah 2 million. will they be able to restore it, or will i have to. anew, will be decided based on the results of the examination and the architectural competition. i would like to remind you that earlier the experts of the skyron company reconstructed and made a three-dimensional model of the museum of

, but it should be noted that the russian anti-aircraft defense, like most anti-aircraft defenses in world, do not have the ability to see at low altitude. objectives small size, by the way, this will be the opening of a new market, a new industry, in relation to the development of such radar stations. further, again, if we take into account the number of lost air defense systems on the temporarily occupied territory of ukraine by the russians, and here it must be understood that most of these means were transported precisely from the border parts of russia, therefore, in fact, the air defense of russia... has decreased, weakened , so to speak, to say, here, as for the quality of air defense, let's recall those systems that they put on such stands as for columns, yes, here, and in order to try to detect the uav directly more qualitatively. and say this is a continuation of the topic of drones, i still have such a more childish question, can you really assemble drones at home? and again, let's face it, due to the democratization of high-tech means, most fpvs can actually be assembled

aggression is not the last, not the last rocket arrival, that's why we use shelters, believe in air defense, and work for victory. and finally, mr. leonid, the provision of shelters everything necessary, we do not know how active the enemy will be, we hope for our air defense system, well , but in any case, the kyiv city state administration, it also has to... has to perform a certain part of the relevant work, in particular, it is about arranging , how is this whole thing progressing now, who is in control and what are the possible problems, you mentioned now about the individual rvas, look, we have two verticals of management in the city of kyiv, this is the vertical of local self-government, that is, the kyiv city council and the mayor and vertical state, it is district state administrations, military administration. the city of kyiv, and the district state administrations, the military administration of the local self-government are completely out of control. the question of arranging shelters, their quality, conducting tenders for shelter repair work is the responsibility of district s

well, returning to corruption in the ministry of defense, as the minister of defense rustem umyerov said the previous evening, during the last four months, during the internal audit in the structures of the ministry of defense, it was possible to discover... violations amounting to 10 billion uah. yuriy nikolov, journalist and founder of the project, joins our broadcast our money, i would say, is the supervisor of contracts in the ministry of defense. good evening. hello everyone, good evening. look, today the representative of the ministry of defense announced that the ministry of defense is terminating contracts with companies connected with the family of the lviv businessman hrynkevich. and you didn't check, they already terminated it, because the journalists wrote that at the time... when the ministry of defense announced this, the contracts for transparency still existed, so they intend to terminate it, or is there still hope that they have already terminated it? to be honest, i flew to you on the air directly from the subway, i am not yet transparent , i will definitely do it, as n

ministry of defense about losses. program in a week.ers, modernized taking into account front-line experience. what else did our army receive on a single day of military acceptance? memory embodied leningrad, a new nuclear icebreaker was laid down in the northern capital. the president about the resilience of the blockade survivors and the exploits of the people. lied more than once. the west is shielding itself. ukraine, which shot down our plane with its prisoners. the experts have the flight recorders, how is the investigation going? half of america is against biden, 25 states consider him unable to protect the country's borders. what is the essence of the white house's response ultimatum? first tour. grand theater in oman. what's on the posters? how the middle eastern public received the ballet and what productions valery gerge will return to the stage. we remember and are proud of the film air, a special screening in st. petersburg. in the hall are those who experienced the siege of the city. the head of the federation council is w

colleague serhii sgurets, director of the defense express agency. serhii, congratulations, you have a word. i congratulate you, yuriy, i congratulate our viewers. today, in our column, we will talk about the war, about the mobilization of technologies that should eliminate the superiority of the russian army in numbers, and about what ukraine will do with the secret documentation on russian military development, which was obtained by the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense. more on that in a moment. ukraine adapted to massive enemy assaults and prevented russia from achieving its strategic goals in donetsk region and kharkiv oblast, russia's winter offensive failed. such an optimistic conclusion of the german publication "bilt" is now multiplying on various networks and already in our publications. the armed forces manage to disrupt practically for months. all russian offensives and to exact a huge blood and material tribute from russia for its futile offensive efforts, writes bild. however, in my opinion, it is unlikely that we

of defense emphasizes, they were in mortal danger. the exchange took place as a result of a negotiation process. russia for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the ministry of defense. it is also known that all those released already need medical care. psychological help. vladimir putin, as a presidential candidate today met with his proxies, let me remind you that he is going to the polls as a self-nominated candidate, his proxies included more than 500 people, which i want to express the hope that you will during your meetings with voters not only will you talk about the fact that we all... at the moment, four candidates are registered, these are leonid slutsky, ldpr, nikolai khritonov, communist party of the russian federation, vladislav davankov, the new people party, and vladimir putin, a self-nominated candidate. on january 28 , the leader of the russian communists, sergei molinkovich, submitted signatures in his support to the central election commission; they are now at the verification stage. the head of t

defense planning, their larger role of missile defenses. as the pentagon's recent national defense strategy, the classified version noted, missiles he become "a principal means by which adversaries seek to protect conventional or nuclear power." and as such "missile-defense is a core deterrence by denial component" of how we contend with adversaries. we are her today to mark the 40 th anniversary of rona reagan's speech announcing the strategic defense initiative. that speech, which was in march of 1983, came just a few weeks after his evil empire speech, which was march 9. they were all coordinated towards the larger strategic goal of winning and bringing an end to the cold war. one of the most recent books that i wrote was on president reagan's covert action program to provide assistance solidarity. i had the opportunity to talk to a number of folks within that administration and to spend several monthsverall in the reagan library, going through national security council discussions. one of the things i always found helpful about the way

, air defense forces destroyed 10 kh-101 and kh-555 cruise missiles. in zaporizhzhia. five explosions rang out in the morning, rockets hit residential areas in the open area and near houses. five people were injured - the head of the region yuriy malashko said. one person is in serious condition, windows were broken in nine high-rise buildings and six private sector buildings were damaged. operational and rescue services are working at the sites of the strikes. the attack on the city was combined. the russians hit with cruise and ballistic missiles. from different directions. in kryvyi rih , people were injured as a result of a rocket attack. a shopping center and more than two dozen private houses were damaged. a 58-year-old man received shrapnel wounds, he is in satisfactory condition, reports the local authorities. 24 wounded in novomoskovsk, dnipropetrovsk region, among them five children from four to 17 years old. all. the hospital is in moderate condition due to the russian attacks, a fire broke out in the city, it has already been contained. the

our anti-aircraft defense shot down 159 cruise missiles 173 shahedis.sts did not achieve any strategic goal, instead, their reserves at this rate will be enough for two or three more massive shellings. for example, by the end of december, russia was able to accumulate about... 230 kha-101-555 missiles, 152 of which it has already launched in ukraine, there are still about 190 calibers left, but before that terrorists did not launch more than 20 of them at the same time, and this winter almost do not use them at all. the reasons are unknown, because despite the flight of missile carriers from crimea to novorossiysk, they can launch this type of missile from there, however they don't do it en masse, maybe there were some contingencies. problems, more than the enemy of predictable and unpredictable problems. we win daily, death to enemies. thanks colleagues for this material. meanwhile , the air force of the armed forces of ukraine reports that the missile is now heading for kryvyi rih, and accordingly, they are asking to take cover. they also warn about t

so we see that even on defense, even on defense, even with what we got. the latest systems about, patriot and sampt, here there is, well, a certain lack of elaboration, because i named now precisely the army complexes, that is, the complexes that will protect our troops on the battlefield, not about peaceful cities, i am talking now, but about the advancement of the ukrainian army, and about that we need to convince our partners that we should start... not with what can be done, but with what we need in the first place, these ppo complexes. i am not talking about the fact that in september of the 23rd year, the united states armed itself with an army anti-drone system with a laser system, and we would also do not mind having such complexes, yes, they have armed only one battalion so far, it is on... a newer complex, but at least within the framework of, say, testing such weapons, or within the framework of the joint promotion of laser anti-drone programs, because such joint actions the united states is leading with the british, and on the same september 23rd, britain simultaneously tested

you were at meetings with the ministry of defense, with the new leadership of the ministry of defense, i think that these issues were raised, and if there are still no changes, is there an explanation why the general staff of the ministry of defense or other structures there are not ready... to switch to this rational way of cooperation with ours defense enterprises? i, i would, you know, i would say that there is no lack of readiness, there is a very constructive discussion with the leadership of the ministry of defense, the general staff, and indeed, now we see very positive trends regarding the readiness to communicate with the industry from the representatives. state authorities, state customers in the field of defense, that is why we are approaching this , believe me, i think that this year we will have successful examples of such contracts, i have already said that, let's put it this way, the first ones are already swallows, for the first positive examples, they are already being followed, so we will hope that this dialogue will be continued, that we together with the state auth

prc defense policy coordination talks. those meetings conclude today and we will issue a read this afternoon. finally, as some may be aware, the you and -- the united states of america vietnam war commemoration was launched authorized by congress under the secretary of defense in support of a national 50th anniversary commemoration to thank the nations vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice on behalf of our nation. thousands of organizations known as commemorative partners have joined the u.s. vietnam war commemoration to honor americans vietnam veterans at home and abroad in the 10 million families of all those who served. this saturday, january 13 at 4:00 p.m. eastern, a special commemoration of the legacy of vietnam war veterans and gold star families in a renewal of commitment to account for those heroes who may remain missing 50 years after the war's end, will be observed at the national cathedral in washington, d.c. supply the air and space force association and the supporting organizatio

prc defense policy coordination talks.ngs concluded today, and we will issue a readout later this afternoon. finally, as some of you might be aware, the united states of america and vietnam war commemoration was launched in 2012, authorized by congress under the secretary of defense and in support of a national 50th anniversary commemoration. to help thank the nation's vietnam utterance pet families for their service and sacrifice on behalf of our nation. notably, thousands of organizations known as commemorative partners -- >> all right, we are listening there to the briefing at the pentagon. we just heard what we were describing before, which is defense secretary lloyd austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer, had a procedure, and that is what led to his being in the icu. then the controversy over the fact he had not disclosed to the white house that he had this. i want to talk to dr. reiner about this, and i want to tell our viewers we will keep listening, because this will likely come up again as we get to the q&a por

well, this former minister, deputy minister of defense is facing 15 years in prison, although, well ,t would be fair, probably, if he was simply mobilized to the front in this bulletproof vest, in those bulletproof vests used, which he bought, so what are you? can you say about this, as a military man and as a lawyer? let's face it, from the point of view of a military man, well, they are scumbags, and, let's put it this way, for them the most just punishment is this, this punishment, i can't say it in another way, because now i will be accused of calling for incomprehensible things here, as for, as a lawyer, as a lawyer, i will say that , to our great regret, in the ministry of defense, headed by the former minister of defense taran, after the continuation of these... criminal actions, a criminal organization was formed the organization that was headed at one time by defense minister reznikov, but we still had zavhorodniuk there, that is, all three defense ministers who were involved in the creation of a criminal organization aimed at undermining the defense capabilities of the state

lines, the so-called baltic defense line, it should be a full-fledged line of defense along the border three countries and against the russian federation, this brings us back to the maginot line in france, to the monerheim line in finland, and here we are in the 21st century, the 20s. and the baltic countries are building something similar. mr. oleg, i would wanted to have time to discuss long-range missiles for ukraine with you. in general, is it possible for ukraine to get such missiles somewhere that could be aimed at russia at a distance of 2-300 km, in order to actually hit some strategic objects in the rear. we know that your colleagues have also investigated this issue. yes, and it is immediately possible to say that the situation with this is quite negative. the fact is that, firstly, there are illusory conditions regarding the non-use of western missiles. on the territory of the russian federation, it is completely illogical, but as it is, it is not humane, but that's why here it is only possible to speak hypothetically, the first option is, of course, the american tomagaf cru

they are all removed from the military register and cannot now join the defense forces.o, the ministry of justice suggests considering articles according to... what those convicted, serving their sentences and to allow the mobilization of those who were not convicted of serious crimes. it is interesting that immediately after the statement of the ministry of justice on ukradio, the people's deputy from european solidarity registered a bill offering amnesty to certain categories of prisoners who are fit for military service and ready to defend ukraine. by the way, ombudsman dmytro lubinets also supports the mobilization of convicts, whose words are cited by the publication new voice. the authorized person offers to allow. to mobilize convicts , provided that both the convict himself and the unit his services agree to this. in an interview with the publication, dmytro lubinets also confirmed the information that general zaluzhny is categorically against appointing people with criminal convictions and prisoners to the ranks of the military police. earlier, this publication,

the national defense authorization act includes a lot of funding to replenish the defense departmentck house of munitions like artillery and munitions but can't be any restart because of the spending bill. is the defense department still on a continuing resolution mean it hasn't been able to replenish any of its stocks of shells or missiles or at least get started on new contracts? general ryder: thanks, jeff. you're talking about in terms of ukraine or just in general? reporter: for each of the services as funding for shells and missiles, especially considering that so many have been given to ukraine. this ishe ammunition buildup for the u.s. military? general ryder: i'd refer you to each of the services to talk about their current status. but as you highlight during a continuing resolution, we are limited in terms of -- in many ways in being able to extend contracts and it disrupts training and delays maintenance and imposes uncertainty on the work force. again, each of the services can talk aboutividual impacts. let me go to bill stewart, reuters. reporter: at the white house toda

our air defense forces shot down 11 shaheds. majority drones fell into the water - the south's defense forces said. drones flew at a critically low altitude from the black sea. unfortunately, there is also destruction. in the primorsky district of ulamka. hedi damaged several high-rise buildings, shops and cars. rescuers evacuated 130 people. after the first explosion, we ran out and began to hide. and in zaporizhzhia , 11 residential buildings and infrastructure objects were destroyed by enemy shelling. the russians shelled the region 96 times a day. three of them were hit by air projectiles on a walnut, small tokmashka and the preobrazhenites, also launched 17 drones in the chervonoy, levadny and novoandriivka regions, - reported the head of the region yuriy malashko. with artillery , the russians hit nikopol and marhanets in the dnipropetrovsk region. fortunately, people were not injured - said the head of the regional military administration, serhii lysak. air defense forces also shot down three chessmen over the dnipropetro

consulting companies as one of the tools for strengthening the country's defense forces .ukraine, by the way, several draft laws regarding private military companies were prepared, but the work on them was never completed, so what experiences and practices should ukraine take into account right now in the conditions of war, and what are the advantages. and cons here may be, and the second topic for discussion is the expansion of the rights of citizens to own firearms. it would seem that after the 22nd year, the need for an adequate law on weapons, an increase in the percentage of gun owners in the state - these are things that were clearly understood, and society demanded a kind of liberal law on weapons. let me remind you that in the first reading of the draft law on civil rights. firearms in ukraine was approved a day before the start of the active phase of the war on march 23, 2020, but the second one is currently being prepared. reading this draft law in the parliament and a significant number of amendments to this document appeared, and in essence, the amendments can

for the first time, the air defense forces destroyed ballistics in may of last year, when they received the patriot system from western partners. the other day, in one of the districts of kyiv, sappers neutralized a part of such a rocket that did not explode during the russian attack. attacks on january 2, don't be silent, captivity kills, another action was held in the capital under this slogan, the purpose of which is to draw the attention of the ukrainian and world community to the citizens of ukraine who are in russian occupation. during the recent exchange, it was possible to return 230 of our defenders to their homeland, however , according to official data , 400 of our compatriots remain in polonia , of which 700 are civilians . , sisters, sons are in captivity, have been in captivity for almost two years, there is no information about where they are, what they are like state, there is absolutely no information, here is even the last exchange about the azov people, their son, that there was an exchange, but there is no azov in this exchange, and again there is absolutely no infor

will biden fire his defense secretary for disappearing? no.y you get fired is if you steal women's luggage and wear their clothes. amber smith, how is it possible that no one knew the defense secretary was in the hospital for a week? >> it makes you wonder w who is running the department of defense. every person involved in this cover-up, live chief of staff, this inner senior staff that was lying to officials about his whereabouts, they all need to be held accountable. they need to be fired. i am not surprised. in any normal world, the president of the united states would fire the secretary of defense for putting our military, our chain of command, and national security at risk. there are flash points across the world right now. russia, china, ukraine, you have who sees the firing at navy ships. it shows that this is the decision that he makes that he thinks he is above the rules. i talk about this all the time with the department of defense. with the two-tiered justice system and the double standards. i had an officer reach out to me and he

thanks to the partners for air defense. there is no reason believe that the enemy will stop here, so we need more systems and ammunition for them. another significant increase is armored vehicles, in particular modern tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. in the first year of the full-scale war , the west searched for ukraine around the world for old soviet equipment, not daring to supply modern models. in 2023, this... abu is gone. american bmp bradley, swedish cv-90, german marder, as well as tanks, german leopard-2, british challengenger 2 and american abrams appeared in service in the armed forces. the latter, however, have not yet been spotted on the battlefield. western armored vehicles are high-quality armor, reliability and efficiency. if you didn't have zhiguli, then nothing compares. machine. well, it survived the arrival, during the counteroffensive in the south , huge minefields and air superiority of the enemy completely prevented the use of tanks and bmps, but this equipment saved many lives of ukrainian servi

to use all these infantry assaults to use manpower, trying to still push there somewhere on... the defense forces near the steppe and again trying to get out for sewing and increasing the north of the northern call center with the help of an exit to the operational space near smetevo cheretyany. the southern flank of avdiiv's defensive operations, so to speak, remains difficult, but stable. there are no insignificant enemies there success, no absolutely nothing. continues again. an attempt to enter the city through the industrial zone , that is, an attack is made through the industrial zone to enter the city, into residential buildings, namely the old part of the city of avdiivka, which is more, ah, the buildings there are single-story private houses, and accordingly they try to enter the first houses, tries to gain a foothold there, unsuccessfully. mr. maksym, from which side are they trying to enter the city, once again entering from the pom zone zone, that is, the zone of this clean water planter, and accordingly, when they cross it, they try to enter certain houses through the spomzon,

assault actions in the direction from klishchiivka, ivanivskyi, in particular, tries to break through our defenses in bohdanivka, and also on the fun and controversial, the weather at the moment is not conducive to combat operations at all, why, because the drones are freezing, it is almost impossible to dig into the ground, the ground is frozen, the ground has become like a rock, like a stone. er, and all unmanned aerial vehicles get iced up in the same way, but there is one plus, that since the ground is frozen, it is possible to drive up to the line of battle, you can apply more or less equipment, er, you can, to save personnel, that is, in we appreciate technology more, oh, more appreciated personnel, er, than equipment, as well, in the russians on the contrary, they are ready to invest there 100-200 of their, er... fighters, their servicemen, but to keep one or two tanks or bmps there, that is, they have assault actions in assault small and medium-sized infantry groups are used in their actions, this is somewhere from 10 to 15 stormtroopers in a small group, it goes in the second line, in the

nato countries ordered about a thousand missiles for patriot air defense. the production contract was signed by germany, romania, the netherlands and spain. the munitions will cost $5.5 billion and will be entirely manufactured in europe. zmi claims that part of the alliance will be transferred armed forces russia, according to western intelligence , is already releasing 1.5 million projectiles a year from the conveyor. factories produce weapons in three shifts, and europe is still asleep, even one million is not enough now. f-16 fighters of the air defense system are what ukraine needs right now. in the near future, ukraine is preparing to receive more than fifty f-16 fighters from the netherlands and denmark. france is going to join the training of ukrainian pilots, more than doubles the production of artillery shells finland to not only strengthen. its defense capability, but also to transfer some weapons to ukraine, because, as the head of the european council , charles michel, pointed out, russia obviously does not seek peace. in response to increased