belarus was used for the attack of russian troops on ukrainian soil. now the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine says that belarus is trying to form or is training to form a strike group. these exercises in belarus will last until june 11. is the self-proclaimed president in belarus independent now? deciding whether belarus will participate in the russian-ukrainian war and if belarus joins the armed forces of belarus in the war with ukraine, what will this mean for europe and for what should be the reaction of the world well, first of all, i wouldn't call lukashenko a gopnik, i wouldn't call him a different style , unfortunately, you shouldn't believe him, because you

remember he showed the directions from which ukraine is there according to his opinion was going to attack the studies in belarus, well, that is, a lie, a lie, but he still has more and more dependence on putin and the kremlin, he is trying to protect himself from such catastrophic consequences as much as possible, and it is clear that the pressure on him is huge , he did not promise there many listen to him little in at some points, however, they will still be self-proclaimed, all the same, the power structures are subject to lukashenko, although some of them were previously taken under russia's control, but the kdb of belarus , where are they going now ? not the kremlin, namely

lukashenko, in principle, as i would like to hope that his is just a sense of self-preservation and , in principle, his experience is great in this space, the dictator criticized the authoritarian, his great political experience will allow him not to to allow catastrophes primarily for oneself , because it is clear that despite the fact that ukraine is actually being attacked in this war and from its territory in belarus, but nevertheless, the participation is already officially legal or declared in belarus in this war , therefore, in principle, i really hope that he will somehow check the situation and prevent a catastrophe

. versions of e-e lukashenko seem to already offer a place there for the leader of the union or the skill of the union state or mini- sr . re-unite and make some kind of alliance and show that russia is a big player not only on the territory of its state, but also in eastern europe in general, it is actually trying to bite off certain territories of ukraine, we know that in kherson and melitopol the collaborators declared that what can a so -called referendum on accession to the russian

federation will be held this year or in the fall. and here we are, against the background of these reports about ukraine, we see another report - this is a report that the deputy of the russian duma , yevhen fedorov, proposed to cancel the resolution of the ussr on the recognition of the independence of lithuania, we know that lithuania gained independence back in the days of the soviet union, when the soviet union existed, and on september 6, 1991, at a meeting of the ussr state body created by the congress of people's deputies under under the presidency of mikhail gorbachev, the independence of lithuania, latvia and estonia was recognized, why is the russian federation trying to know the history back, or are they trying to show that the independence that latvia, lithuania and estonia won in september, uh, well, it means the recognition of this

independence, that it is not legitimate well, here we can start talking about the legal aspects, eh, in fact , from the point of view of influence on the situation , there will be an influence on the situation from independence. equally well, but for the internal destabilization of the situation in russia itself and for the formation of the opinion that lithuania is not such a state. well, in principle, this is all, and it was said about ukraine that it has no right to exist, that it is not independent. in other words, this promotion in lithuania is aimed at, or is now, consolidation, mobilization, if there is a society there as much as possible, so that the enemies are different than in ukraine, and by the way, i will remind you that in principle there is

enough information, i trust it, it is quite reliable that the first attack in the 14th year of the war was planned because of a special operation planned against stories well further against the other baltic countries, only the actions of yanukovych, the fact that he ran there and that they see his weakness in the kremlin, led to the fact that they used this situation there in the crimea to their advantage and moved away from that side so that ukraine still covered up from that war in 2014 the baltic countries are now being brought back into this story again for an internal issue, as soon as it is voted on, i will tell you then, if it is voted on in the state duma, it will be a clear signal that we are preparing for war with lithuania. that is, we are ready to enter lithuania as well, and that is a nato country, that is, well in this way, they are trying to form their own line

of external threats. well, and show that the line is consolidated, it is long-term, they are even ready to fight with the countrymen, that is, it can be perceived in this way if this proposal finds support and a vote in the koma itself. and the fact that it did not arise in the mind it is clear that such things are being thrown in there with these structures that will enter . against the background of all the movements that we observe in moscow and around russia, we see another trend during the last three months, this message about putin's health or what is happening in his environment, former british intelligence officer christopher steele says that he does not see russian president vladimir putin in power in three dashes 6 months. he thinks that

if sanctions against russia in particular energy will begin to operate in full putin will have a few days left in power and he is talking about the fact that putin's health is also deteriorating as far as this story with health and for some misunderstandings in the environment and with the prospects that some internal strife will begin in russia and internal processes, to what extent you can trust and predict whether or not this is also an informational and psychological operation of russia itself in the west. personally, i think that this opinion of yours is a plaster cast, and in order to show what else we have to wait for putin, someone else will come down there will be more liberal, it really cools down not ukraine , but many countries of the world. that is, it can create such an imagination. we need some kind of pause in the hot phase of the war

and stop, and then putin will disappear there, the kremlin will disappear, everything will disappear and russia will suddenly become different, this is a very false thing, because i i think there are elements here is a russian special information company, there are elements of just the popularity of this topic in all countries now, well, there are elements of the real thing, too, somehow , but i will say based on my experience working in the russian direction that the result of this if putin comes, uh, after him, there will be uh - or there is an even more serious hawk there, which will simply be, well , with putin, it is difficult to compare, but believe me , in russia, there is someone to choose from there, it may be even hotter, or, uh, really, this competition continues to

support us. why are you such a form of authoritarianism? a dictatorial country, therefore, in principle, economists now you see constantly, we see what appears, they talk about the fact that the fall for the year will be 15%, and next year even more, that this really pushes russia back many years, this is all wonderful from the point of view of an artist there medium-term prospects, but from the point of view of our current needs, the war unfortunately does not solve the problem, so i don’t even want to make any predictions, because my opinion is that the level of sanctions that today will not stop putin in principle the only thing that is useful is that he cannot replace some of his weapons with high technologies, it is very good that it all started before the war

and now, in principle, it is seriously affecting the mood of the people in russia, i did not count on this have already seen what kind of country this is, it is a deeply sick society, there are poor parts and those under control that are being thrown like cannon meat on our territory, there is moscow , st. petersburg, which are also now being radicalized in them, and such attitudes are being created by propagandists, so we can expect that the sanctions themselves, that they will pass uh right now it’s not worth it because it will be more difficult to enter any company conditionally in the next year, and then it will be even more difficult. this is true, but unfortunately it is already in the next perspective, therefore the biggest sanction that should be now is an increase in the defense capability of ukraine. i say that this is a sanction, because according to the un charter, the right to self-defense is a sanction, and we should also be provided with the maximum and fastest defensive weapons,

including a salvo fire system, including anti- aircraft defense against missiles, because without nothing will work, that is, the greatest efforts must be concentrated here, the sanctions are obviously necessary and they must be transferred as soon as possible to those secretaries who unite the majority of countries and look for a solution there, but the first action is to support ukraine with weapons. that is, this the fact that the pre-kastro outlook is dominated by any economic garden, well, regarding armaments, yesterday the united states of america published data that, uh, they provided us with weapons worth 4 billion dollars, there is already a contract with poland for 3 billion zlotys the largest contract in the last 30 years. it is about 6050 million and we are talking about the supply of 50 howitzers of

polish crab howitzers and as already reported today by the minister of defense of ukraine oleksiy krasnykovtsi, the howitzers are already not working on the ukrainian front, why, mr. valery, the west always gives us weapons with caution, they say suddenly you will go further to russia and suddenly you will be shelling russian cities there, suddenly you will somehow use these weapons incorrectly, this rhetoric sounds uh-uh from the mouths of european politicians who think that the weapons that are in ukraine or that the package of weapons arriving in ukraine is enough to defend itself, and why is the west so afraid of the victory of ukraine? well, if we talk about the 24th,

then it really was a position. what provision of weapons can provoke, i will tell you more, even the system that was provided to us for defense, they were sewn into such and such an inner lining so that we could not go outside the borders of ukraine, that is, even in such an electronic way, there it is everything was secured. but after the 24th it became clear that all this did not just stop the war, and at first it was an anti -tank weapon. it helped us, although not drastically. unfortunately, this whole line of not giving ukraine weapons is very tragic for us, so the fate of the blame for the fact that tens of thousands of people die

lies with those countries that procrastinated, now some of them have realized these mistakes, they are taking quick steps. thank you to these countries, and it's not only the usa, great britain, there's canada, the baltic countries, poland, by the way, poland, which supplies not as much as it can, but as much as it needs, yes, that is, they even go so far as to open some of their own ... there are countries that do that, uh, and there are those countries that are still dosed today, uh, objectively, there is a situation where they may not have enough plums, they relaxed for many years and did not produce these weapons, although these weapons are even available in warehouses which is now enough to strengthen ukraine because what they are providing, if i tell you frankly, it is definitely not the amount that is needed for defense, even i do not understand why our line is now, why do

we always say give us something there, some weapon , we will hit crimea bridge but now we have to keep the three of ukraine and for this the same systems of volley fire - this is it, i don't know why they are called there, they are only offensive, they are defensive, and when we now have lost opportunities in many ways, to keep at a distance from this the occupier of the aggressor, we need to increase this distance simply for one reason, so that they do not shell our cities and our civilians without orders. that is why we must insist that this is defense and it is the planes that are also the attack aircraft. this is defense . this can be the answer. this is defense, it is not an offensive. therefore, i think that such an information line should be introduced

. which for many years and decades held their position as such countries and politicians who know how to listen to russia, well, as a result of them - this listening to russia ended in europe with a war in europe, now they understand that the anglo-saxon countries were more realistic assessments of the situation and in their approaches to russia and now they are trying to find this place, they are still looking, they are still trying to find a place for mediators of some kind there, continue to listen to russia, they will respect her , look into putin's face, but still, a turning point may come. when, after all, i see senseless and, to put it mildly, the actions of the russian leadership may also push them once again to make their position closer to those

countries that really realistically assess the situation and see that without russia weakening and stopping it will be impossible to ensure the safety of its countries of europe, so i agree with you, there are many reasons why, but it is definitely not from that year, which was on the 24th, when people, citizens of these countries , told politicians that we need peace, and ukraine is unknown where it is now, on the contrary precisely the societies of these countries are very helpful to ukraine, they support it despite the great pressure of inflation, rising prices, politicians support it, and some individual leaders. to lobby the interests of corrupting many politicians

active in europe in order to then provide them with an economic and financial umbrella for the future, that is, there are such things forever, the level of lobbying and russian corruption in europe is off the charts and they will use it is obvious that they have everything they have in order to win and try to win this war, but europe and all countries, at least the eu, must draw conclusions from their mistakes, if not, then at least the leaders who are today were the judge at the head of these states, we they will simply leave the historical russian federation . another issue that is quite relevant for ukraine today is candidacy for the european union . yesterday, the european parliament recommended giving ukraine the status of a candidate for joining the european union. on the fact that in the last three months, ukraine has demonstrated that it is a european

state, that it is a state that is oriented towards the civilized world, that it is a state that professes european values ​​and does not want to go to russian asia, to what extent this can affect the granting of status to us candidate for the european union and how this corruption that you mentioned in european countries can prevent this, i will start with the fact that despite the fact that this is an important issue for ukraine and, in particular, me and my organizations more than two hundred organizations signed the appeal to the public authorities of ukraine in support of the official position of the ministry of foreign affairs and ukraine to obtain candidate status, that is, i would simply urge you not to ask the question that if this is not done at the council of the european council of the european union, then we

have already directly suffered defeat you have to be completely disappointed, yes, i would not ask the question . i think that this is rather a test for the eu itself, because everyone perfectly understands that despite some objective points, but here are all these criteria, well at least which of them is the main one regarding the granting of scandinavian status, we have fulfilled that is , it is a purely political position, unfortunately, it is now essentially controlled. i would say so by one or two countries, let's do one more . on the one hand, we are surprised when the european parliament proposes to make such a decision. and this is the people of europe. the european parliament is all the parties that represent the population of the

european union and after that if the political structures will do it differently, well, it will be clear again that their relaxation is because they will show that they do not listen to their people . i say that if this does not happen at this very moment, eh, and i emphasize that our official position is correct, we do not need any surgs and tricksters, eh, in such expert conditions , therefore, if no, no, if no, then no, we will go this way , eh which we chose, but the european union, of course will show their freedom. i think that they still have the opportunity to consider this issue and make the right decision. thank you, valery. we will end our

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