st. petersburg every year on the last sunday of july, russia celebrates the day of the navy in accordance with the decision of the president of the russian federation , the main naval parade will be held. i congratulate you on the day of the navy. solemn parade for the day of the navy on sunday

on channel one ensuring food security grain deal developing cooperation in various fields. our correspondent ivan prozorov followed the plenary session ivan you are on the air. yuri yes indeed, quite a few important statements were made, followed closely. and here in st. petersburg, of course , there are more than 2,000 journalists on the african continent. there are 500 of them here , the african press representatives of the african press. so they immediately attached, exciting their own moment and

exciting topics, and they were really a lot of food security energy development cooperation in modern technologies and was also present on stage, together with vladimir putin , the chairman of the african union, which unites all the countries of the continent, and the president of the new development bank made the russian federation and is also called the brix bank, which creates one of the alternative financial centers. you, of course, the lion's, probably the lion's share of attention. at this meeting, the plenary session focused on grain deals, of course, the poorest countries in africa are not only the poorest concerned about the termination of the grain deal, of course, not the behavior of russia, everyone understands this, but our country has always been a reliable partner in terms of fasting. food on the african continent and vladimir putin explained. actually, how will the supply of grain to africa continue? on what conditions did he comment on this topic? a paradoxical picture is emerging. on the one hand, the west is obstructing the supply of our grain and fertilizers, and on the other. i will say frankly

hypocritically accusing us of the current crisis situation in the world food market. this approach was especially evident in the implementation of the so-called grain deal, concluded with the participation of the un secretary and initially aimed at ensuring global food security, reducing the threat of hunger and helping the poorest countries, including in africa . however, for almost a year in this so- called deal 32 and 80 million tons of goods were exported from ukraine, of which more than 70% of the goods came from high- and upper -middle-income countries, including and above all i have in mind, the european union then, as the share of countries such as ethiopia, sudan, somalia and a number of others

had to pay attention to less than three percent of the total. less than a million tons of russia went to participate in this so-called deal, including taking into account the obligations contained in it that illegitimate obstacles to the supply of our grain and fertilizer to world markets and i want to tell you that this is also and above all , this is to help the poorest countries. in fact, nothing happened from what we discussed that it was promised, already said that our country is able to replace ukrainian grain, both commercially and in the form of gratuitous assistance to the most needy countries in africa . moreover, this year we again expect a record harvest and free delivery of these products . russia is closely

cooperating with africa and is doing a lot to solve food problems, in particular , we received grain from russia worth more than 3 billion dollars about the supply of grain to our continent today. i would like to use this rostrum to once again emphasize the importance of this topic for us. we are ready to cooperate with russia in all areas to ensure peace and security on the continent. well, as far as russia's security is concerned, dozens of years ago it helped african countries in military-technical cooperation, supplied weapons, and trained specialists. and, of course, it played a role. and today this continues, and there are hundreds of russian companies operating on the continent, and it was about dividing transport corridors, industrial zones in soviet channel with a russian enterprise, but an important factor that will contribute to this.

this, of course, is personnel, local african personnel, and here it was discussed that back in soviet times, tens of thousands of specialists were trained in russia . by the way, vladimir putin said at the plenary session that he was pleased to talk with colleagues who speak fluent russian -russian. so the president, uh, made it clear that this putin needs to continue his education. uh, educational programs should continue and russia will help africa in the development of secondary and general education teacher training, including the opening of russian schools, turnover has reached 18. today , almost 35,000 students from africa study in russian music and this number is growing every year. here it is training for at the expense of the federal budget for 3 years has increased by 2.5 times and the next academic year will be more than 4. uh, 1700 people in plans to open branches of leading russian universities in africa, we propose to explore the possibility of creating schools in africa with teaching subjects in russian , i am sure that the implementation of such projects for the study of the russian language, the introduction of high

educational standards in our country will lay the best foundation for further mutually beneficial equal cooperation. well, it's about equality. vladimir putin addressed the delegates separately and said that in our country you are in the circle of friends and like-minded people. this is true, and for more than a dozen years now such a situation has been precisely equal rights between in relations between russia and the african continent about patriarch kirill said the same thing when speaking from the podium at the plenary session. despite the geographical remoteness, the people of our countries have good relations, the secret of such friendship is quite simple. russia has never considered the african continent as a space for profit or as an object for colonization, never spoke to the peoples of africa in an arrogant tone from a position of superiority and strength in difficult historical

moments. we have always tried to show solidarity and mutual assistance. well, after plenary meeting, another important statement by the president was made, and to learn about the ukrainian counter-offensive. the fact is that in recent days a number of experts in the west have only been talking about the beginning or allegedly already beginning of the decisive phase, the decisive stage of the ukrainian counteroffensive, and they are talking about it on different platforms. so vladimir putin commented. actually this information. do you record any attempts by ukraine to intensify hostilities on this really decisive stage and in general, how do you assess the situation now at the front and let me clarify the question of losses on both sides with the russian ukrainian. is it possible to voice the data at the moment, we have already said this is confirmed by real actions in the contact zone. the so-called counter-offensive a large-scale counter-offensive began on june 4 this

year. this is an obvious fact. eh, and this is evidenced by the use of strategic so -called strategic reserves. e of the armed forces of ukraine recent days, yes indeed expect the fighting to intensify and er, in a substantial way. e, the main clashes for the battle took place in the direction, as they say e in the west, and the main main attack in the zaporozhenny direction. serious operations were going on in the zone of responsibility yesterday, and hostilities were in the zone of responsibility, and hmm, 810 brigades of the black sea fleet marines and 71 regiments. and the 42nd division of the 58th army of the southern military district, without any exaggeration, i can say that our

soldiers and officers demonstrated the best examples of mass heroism, the enemy used a large number, and a large number of armored vehicles. this is 50 units. of these, uh, 39 units, including 26 tanks and 13 armored vehicles, were destroyed. moreover, 60% were destroyed by the forces of the personnel of the above named unit. and 40%, and combat aviation pilots. uh, today, on my instructions , right in the war zone in our guys , state awards will be presented. and he even gave me an order from the ministry of defense to prepare a proposal for appropriating these division. none of the areas. uh,

the clashes the enemy did not succeed in all attempts to counterattack, the enemy was stopped and pushed back with heavy losses. today they tried to pick up abandoned equipment , lined, the wounded and the body of the dead, which they left yesterday on the battlefield, but they were also scattered at the moment. that's right at this point in time. here is the situation that i said, well, apart from military equipment, of course, the enemy has very heavy losses. uh, more than 200 personnel , unfortunately, there were no losses we have, but the difference is colossal many times more than 10 times it is less than the operative, but i repeat again and i want to emphasize this, everything that happened during the day is a vivid example of the mass heroism of our soldiers and

officers, thank you. thank you. here is the statement. vladimir putin made literally on the way from the plenary session to the bilateral talks the russian president has planned bilateral talks with the leader of mozambique, burundi, uganda, eritrea, zimbabwe today. in general, a rich work program will also include a working breakfast. vladimir putin with the leaders of african key regional organizations who blame the economic political forces of the continent. in general, a free minute. literally no, and every moment is used to discuss bilateral trilateral negotiations. and, uh, watch the clock on many issues, yuriy continues to follow thanks to ivan prozorov from st. petersburg and that's just about the zaporizhzhya direction. let me remind you that vladimir putin spoke about it when he answered a question from our correspondent. ivan prozvarova. we got a new report from the ministry of defense of the situation in the orekhovsky section of the zaporozhye direction and about strikes against

military facilities in ukraine as well as missiles with weapons and military equipment received from european countries and the united states zaporizhia direction after the failure of the offensive, the armed forces of ukraine north of the settlement worked in the zaporozhye region, in which up to three battalion tactical groups from the strategic reserve were involved. the enemy , having suffered heavy losses during the night, restored combat capability and did not take active actions. as for the attacks on military facilities of the armed forces of ukraine , the following footage was published on social networks a series of explosions in the mill area that there was an air base there, the team reported the impossible force

ukraine also thundered in the lvov and zhytomyr regions , there were explosions in kiev. now the battles have been worked out in the orekhovsky section of the ministry of defense published footage and the destruction of the armored group of the armed forces. and this is already smoking american bradley on the battlefield. explosion after explosion, professional calculations, accurate hits, russian servicemen act in a coordinated manner and quickly one of the high-rise wrecked vehicles lost speed and blocked the road ; others go to ram, in these shots. more one armored car. tries to clear the way ahead, the burning tank fire spreads. the same moment is posted on the network by the ukrainian militants themselves. some jump off the car to get around the blazing vehicles. here is another video from our drones. the car is heading into the forest, apparently seeking cover in vain blow flash. and in these frames , the armored vehicles took on to tow another

evacuation attempt, but the operators of our drones are on the alert . leaving the equipment, they fled, and on these frames the last minutes of battle, dozens of units of heavy equipment were thrown from each column of smoke, all this was destroyed in a few hours. the fsb officers prevented a terrorist attack, which the ukrainian special services planned to commit on a ship of the black sea fleet, equipped with high-precision missile weapons, a serviceman of our navy recruited by kiev was detained , two improvised bombs were seized from a man. in general , the mass of kilograms spent the equivalent. he is also suspected of transferring opponents with people, which is a state secret. and here's another thing about the grain deal. let me remind you that one of the key topics of the st. petersburg forums is news, showing how the ukrainian side treated the obligations it assumed, traces of explosives were found in the hold.