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russian aggressor . lieutenant general benhojes, former commander of the contingent of the united states in europe, and mark fagin, an activist , will work in the studio now the russian opposition, a former deputy of the state duma and now one of the leading american military experts is on the air of the espresso tv channel lieutenant general ben hodges, the former commander of the united states forces in europe, we will talk about the new russian military strategy and how strong the enemy will be. glory to ukraine, mr. generals , we would like to see you in the studio of the espresso tv channel. well, the key question is how, in your opinion , the situation will unfold now after the enemy took lysychansk putin and that they held a meeting and they understood that the pace of their offensive operations rested against the wall of courage of our military, but this means that the enemy will regroup russian

forces are now flaunting their local successes , continuing to kill the ukrainian military and the civilian population, but i am convinced that now the russian troops are especially exhausted, they have nothing left but to inflict artillery strikes on cities and villages, the situation with the logistics and human resources of the russian federation is only getting worse, on the other hand, the situation for ukraine with the review of logistics and the supply of new types of weapons improves every week, if we talk about the number of ukrainian soldiers, they are quite lacking only specially trained army men, therefore, both the ukrainian and russian troops are currently undergoing a test of will and logistics, and i think that in the next three weeks there will be a turning point and a change in the situation on the battlefield in

favor of ukraine, artillery, logistics and missiles. we very much hope that in the near future we will be able to establish artillery parity, but with on the other hand, we understand that the enemy is now using the worst soviet practices, in particular the so-called fire shaft. so when they simply begin to destroy every square meter of the earth on which they are advancing. this confirms my statement about what the russian troops are capable of now. they lack the strength to make a powerful breakthrough . the russian navy trembles in front of ukrainian anti-ship missiles . there are fewer and fewer russian aircraft flying over the sky of ukraine, because they have started to launch missiles from the territory of russia or belarus . and after russia evacuated its

military from the territory of the snake island, it became clear to everyone that if russia does not have an overwhelming fire advantage, then ukrainian troops the status quo is gaining victory, it is obvious that now the most important thing is to continue destroying and neutralizing russian artillery and russian missiles, we see that this is especially facilitated by the increasing supply of artillery and rocket systems of salvo fire and west to the territory of ukraine. and the situation for ukraine, unlike russia, is improving every week, we understand that the united states and the west for europe are helping us with heavy weapons and heavy artillery in particular, but we we understand that this is not only about quality, but

it is primarily about quantity, and we also understand that the pace of this supply of heavy, uh, heavy artillery weapons is not high enough for us to make heavy artillery systems in the style of heimers, there is a system of a rocket hall for fire, and so then they came in larger quantities and as soon as possible, about 40 countries are delivering heavy weapons, equipment and ammunition, stressing that they are transferring their own weapons to ukraine, as far as i am concerned , there will be no attempts to speed up the current delivery process there are many conversations that are effective, which should not be, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine perfectly manages to hide information about its capabilities, about the state of weapons and ammunition, because no one wants the russians to have clear information about what exactly

ukraine has at the moment, i cannot say that the fact that many ukrainians continue to call for the acceleration of the supply of weapons, somehow the governments of the usa, germany, great britain and france and poland, norway and the czech republic help this and other countries are actively transferring their own equipment to ukraine, so we should focus on using what we already help. i hope that ukrainians will manufacture their own weapons as much as possible, and a certain system of military exercises will be formed inside the country with the aim of increasing the number of specially trained military personnel. i hope that ukraine will develop its own distribution network, because this greatly affects the speed of deliveries, it is about the transportation of equipment by rail and freight transport from poland to destinations honest saying that people keep talking about speeding up supplies in a way negates the effort to do so i am aware of that desire i

have close friends who are currently on the battlefield who have been injured or their friends or family members have been injured so i'm like no one else honestly i want to see the victory of ukraine as soon as possible, that's why i really wanted to, but constant repetitions will not help us. to use the latest equipment on the battlefield, this is what the general staff is doing, it is necessary to focus on the fact that, while waiting for new deliveries, to make the best use of what is already available, it is likely that more than 50% of the promised weapons have not yet arrived, because the time for transportation training and the like should be taken into account this indicates

that the situation for ukraine will only improve every week, not generals, well, now i have a feeling that the russian general staff is entering a new phase, a new stage, and i would like to ask you what the main offices of the new russian military strategy in the ukrainian war, they will apply, in particular, there is a feeling that they are moving to a positional war largely in the south, that is, they can now intensify their attempts to advance, in particular, in the kharkiv region, in particular, it is about the raisin direction, they will now try to take no i know how to destroy and capture cities in the donetsk region. but all the same, we see that in general, along the front line, they are starting to dig in. it seems that russia is aware of its inability to make any breakthroughs. i do not think that they will somehow manage to reach odessa or kyiv, instead, they will try to

gain a foothold in the captured territories in order to declare their intermediate victories, because they are aware of the lack of capacity at this stage to move forward , this is my vision, they hope that there will be no impatience, interest or desire to continue providing support, that is why russia will most likely succeed in strengthening its positions , the ukrainian troops will fight small battles to the best of their ability, the russians are clearly aware of their exhaustion and also the fact that thanks to the supply of weapons, ukraine is becoming stronger every day, they are unable to compensate for their combat losses, therefore they direct their efforts to the removal of weapons and soldiers from kaliningrad, from under the borders of finland

, from the crimea, as well as from the corners of the russian federation, they are fundamentally lacking in human resources they are waiting for an opportunity to take a break and recover, and therefore to continue offensive actions next year, of course. we do not want to give them such an opportunity, the russians should be neutralized here and now especially when they have nothing else left but to launch artillery strikes, this is a great chance for ukraine, and i suspect that the general staff is waiting for such an opportunity by building up its forces and making proper road preparation, mr. general. i remember our conversation before the war, and you seriously warned then that disaster is coming. i i think that now you would be able to predict the situation , in particular, it is about the calculation of russian forces , it is about the economic resource, it is about the

military resource and the psychological resource. the enemy will be strong for a long time, a good question. unfortunately, i do not know the number of barrel artillery ammunition that we have in russia, because the impression is that they have an inexhaustible amount of them. artillery and ammunition, their reserves are really large that the armed forces direct their efforts to destroy ammunition warehouses to launch missiles at artillery batteries where how long russia can continue this war depends on our the desire to continue to provide support to ukraine

, but also from the stability in the kremlin, because it seems that it is very strong there, it is doubtful that the russian authorities are ready to continue to provide monolithic strong support to president putin. conveying true information to the russian people, the more funerals they see, the sooner they will understand that this whole story about the reasons for the attack on ukraine is nothing more than a fable young soldiers needlessly die in the war unleashed by vladimir putin, at the same time every russian has already begun to feel the results of the imposed

sanctions, convinced that such pressure on the kremlin will have a powerful effect, i cannot guess in advance, but i definitely see many opportunities for us . in the kremlin, what military solutions are possible from our side, what new incomes are possible from the western world to help ukraine? so , what is putin afraid of ? you mentioned the russians, they didn't expect the kremlin didn't expect that ukraine would put up such a worthy fightback, that the people of ukraine would stand up, that there would be such an impressive unity of the ukrainian government. they certainly didn't expect this, that's why the russian navy and air force are trying to stay away from the

defeat of the weapons of the armed forces of ukraine, i say and also they are in a strategic shock from the fact that the west has united in terms of diplomatic and economic sanctions. i am in frankfurt, germany, where people talk every day about the need to withdraw from the consumption of russian gas. now the reality is also about the need to support ukraine, ukrainian flags are hanging everywhere, particularly here in frankfurt, the support is really palpable and we owe a great deal to this president biden for his efforts to unite all those willing to support ukraine, we understand that this will not last forever, as each country faces its own internal challenges, in particular about the elections in the usa, people are worried about gas shortages, inflation and other issues related to the war, the biggest

concern is the export of ukrainian grain, what will happen if it fails to transport to the countries of the middle east and asia , that is, the challenges are really great, but we are holding together and i think that the kremlin is in a strategic shock because of this, we understand that several extremely important victories of ours over the russians took place in the black sea basin, in particular, we managed to sink their flagship of the black sea fleet cruiser moscow we managed to return the island of zmiiny and now there is a question about the crimean bridge, this is a great opportunity to strike at the russian transport and logistics system it would be such a symbolic strike, which is very important. however, one should not forget that the advantage is now on the side of russia, in particular

with regard to the artillery and missile strikes that they inflict on the innocent civilian population of ukraine. a very important aspect is the ability to express military aircraft in the airspace in which they fly and launch missiles. also harvest russian warships, i am convinced that the general staff has set priorities correctly, and the fact that the russians fear for the crimean bridge only emphasizes them the general concern is the massive missile attacks threatened by the russians, it is about the so-called strikes on command posts, although very often they aim openly at civilian infrastructure, civilians are killed , and i would also like to clarify how likely it is that belarus will enter the war against ukraine, in my opinion, belarus does not have any

the desire to enter this war and that russia will lose, they do not want to be chained to russia, but president lukashenko continues to play this game, trying to appease putin by staying out of the conflict to be honest, the belarusian ground forces will not be able to do anything special because of the lack of capabilities. despite this, they are giving russia new opportunities to carry out strikes from the territory of its country. it is a great pity that the time of our conversation has run out. glory to ukraine, i would like to remind our tv viewers that lieutenant general ben-hod, one of the leading american military experts, was currently working on the espresso tv channel. former commander of the troops in the united states in europe and now on the espresso tv channel mark

fegin, a member of the russian opposition, a well-known blogger, a former member of the state duma, glory to ukraine, mark is glad to see you in the studio of the espresso tv channel. well, the key question is unpleasant news, that is, to the mouth of boris johnson, the british prime minister era , we understand that this will have significant consequences, and here the question is not about british policy, some kind of strategic global security, it is about a specific friend of the ukrainian people who helped us with everything he could, as he can now to influence our ukrainian situation, it is necessary to say directly that he is not just a big friend - this is clear. i think that there are many friends of ukraine, but he was the locomotive of all the anti-moscow anti-putin initiatives and in many ways he was the element that stabilized this support. i

would have said that when hesitating, yes, the plan of the dredge , or the rate of armament, do you understand whether to agree or continue the war, after all, he threw the last plus on this bowl of scales, and besides, it is still necessary to say directly that you are looking at the sevens, he is the first in public, if you want, uh, uh, he engaged in trolling putin to such an extent that moscow was forced to ignite notes of uh, protest, send about what he and ben street, the minister of defense, uh, said about this syndrome in short, he didn’t like it very much, and when they actually many concessions let the current composition of the government be explained by his complexes, if he is talking about the minister of foreign affairs and the belarusians, the minister of defense, and especially johnson, from the point of view of supporting ukraine in its struggle for sovereignty and territorial to create in the war, it was certainly not more favorable, will it change here with the arrival of someone from the conservatives, if there are no early elections, if there are no

early elections, i don't think that , in general, he can change the lines. well, of course, that's the role this locomotive in the politics of support will probably be difficult to repeat because johnson is a very charismatic figure and a person with his own dreams. that is very important. the hardware games of the bureau are so to speak, the mouth of the british churchill, so on the other hand, just a couple of minutes ago, we finished our conversation with general ben hodes, the former commander of the ground forces in the united states on the continent, and he clearly and directly says that putin - the creams are now in a strategic pass and now the key issue for ukraine is simply to hold out for a certain period and, according to his american calculations, a tangible turning point will come somewhere in 2 -3 weeks in a few weeks, the main thing is that ukraine does not lose hope in what is happening, because the kremlin is demonstrating the

hard-nosed, obtuse logic that was shown by stalin zhukov, i.e. throw corpses yes that's exactly how this interest is and i'm fat and i'm fat to the article i'm waiting a-a and i'm walking in the world look at this is a very important phrase he said he said it's necessary to hold out it's necessary to be able to show this is some kind of period you know, by the way, here 's a letter to washington the declaration of the fifth article of nato it also begins to act there, it gives three months to gather forces and start acting, remember the scandal when the estonian presidency, and you know that eh means eh, the concept provides that we are a nato country 108 days we will have to be under occupation in general until the nato forces are drawn up and uh, they will actually start hostilities for de-occupation, well, understand that

estonia is resisting against moscow. until the letter begins to be fully effective , and i will say that these sanctions are also in the online technical region in moscow itself, when the problems will begin with certain types of weapons and ammunition, and this cannot be eaten yes, that is, we allow it, because some people are alarmed by this man, we now see the sequestration of the budget, an opportunity is being sought to support militarization to the required degree and industry. their uh possibilities of all kinds of production and so on , that is, this is a clear evidence of what is there. weapons i'm

talking about the green ones , especially the manifestation of that. there is a 3-fold increase in the amount of the same thing, only these are lengthened , i am not talking about the conversation, artillery , armored weapons and so on, here is the last parsley , it is about the revelation of the secretary of the russian radbez patroshev, they testify that this is all military the story is for a long time, that is, this is the impression or they are just simulating their readiness to continue the military campaign . in fact , even the valiant buryat people are ending, and dagestan is also not rubber, and the second one

is also boasting, that means a demonstration of the sum of confidence that the operation is sold here so much how much does it mean because of the planned phase for the phases and so on, these are such statements that should be sweetened in general, in general, no matter how unsuccessful the combined forces are, they definitely have success in the east, and they took severodonetsk lysychansk . troops that are on the territory of ukraine to occupy 20% of its territory, naturally of course they have these local successes, so what is lacking in ukraine, it is from its own country, the successes are too obvious in such obvious yes i don't know where the occupation of kherson is, so that there is not enough of it, well, to say that moscow is enough for a demonstration of the victory, it is only possible to rule out that lysychansk or severodonetsk were occupied, clearly not, but on the other hand , there is definitely, and you understand, the methodicality

in this and the inaccessibility of understanding that they cannot go back , that is, for them, the situation is deadlocked, it is hopeless, because they will retreat or lose one of the two. yes, this will mean political death, at least because the war will turn the tide inside russia, because that is not what they are waiting for when did they start? they didn't appreciate these risks. putin is from a conversation with macron. if you read his wonderful transcript from february 20, everything is written there. i will talk to myself for a week in a different way. hello, macron. yes, listen to me as he is. there he says, "you hear me , he doesn't know yet that this fiasco near kiev will affect everything in the future, and i understand why the french side demonstrated this, it had to justify itself and show this cannibal with the second one, that's what you need you see who we are doing with him, what is wrong with us, it is just the time that we communicate with him, and you try to chat with him for a minute, you wanted to go play, and you saw the army or went to hockey, that is to say

, of course and unconditionally, we understand that i am going out in there is no moscow, she must fight, she must resist, go further, why go further to kiev, but the second question is, does she really have these opportunities, if she has them, because in my opinion, no, let's analyze the specific facts, they convince, force, blackmail lukashenko leads the personnel of the armed forces of belarus, well, he is poor, 20-25, he went there, you can put it, he says 80. well, i report with difficulty, i present myself to be there. such a figure. well, that’s bright. cops can be taken at gunpoint and so on, we understand that. yes, but from the second side well, we understand that these units will not be as combat-capable as they would like in the kremlin, but the kremlin can also push part of their troops there, which they can remove from the luhansk direction , that is, there is also such a fear. yes, and quietly in

they will transport them there on cattle trucks, i don’t know, not in one day, of course, well, in two weeks, for example, they will put them under the border, and then they will look once and see if it is theoretically possible, but we would have seen it because it is impossible to bring the army to the borders, regardless of ukraine the immediate or belarusian border on the interie and so that no one saw this and did not understand that there are always definitely some forces there, especially the russian army, well, after all, we live in the xxi century, all these things can't be imperceptible that is, and i am confident that the americans are helping ukraine a lot, except with data. i don’t know that it is allowed, so in fact it is the main intelligence office of the ministry of defense of ukraine, yes, too . - the topics of military formations that could appear and move to the territory of ukraine,

this means that most likely they cannot break lukashenko and he is trying in different ways to get out of this stalemate and out of this trap jump out, that's how i see it, because he can withstand the rhetoric of a collection, but in reality he uses them to teach some teachings, some collections, no, i agree, mark doesn't want luka, he just doesn't want to, but he doesn't have a big choice, you know ... how was it formulated to him yes he wants to live so to speak so to speak try that's all and how he will act here is how he is already he also understands that he is being thrown as well as consumables how is it how cattle trucks directly cattle trucks let's go there directly pochemu because well, it is quite obvious if what happened what will go wrong, they live muscovite oh no, it's not to us, that's all let him be there by himself, by himself, by himself, by ourselves, as you know, yes, that's enough

. here i heard a very important argument. well, it’s good that he should leave all his security forces, here are these villains from the amonovtsev, there are some others, uh, they didn’t sign the contract for this, they don’t deserve to die, and they’re not fools. they know one thing at the christening, they ask people to shove batons there другей одель месточество своего yes, no matter how hot from battles and tsarskoye, there won't be a second вы беларусы выбирай всех понять no, this is all going to be hard, the answer will fly to moser and gomel and so on, that is, there will be no simple story here, if not to moscow he is flying to minsk, not far away , he will catch up and cover all his palaces and all his residents, he doesn’t understand this, no, he doesn’t know exactly what he is talking about, and his personal security, i assure you. will you put ultimatum okonchatnyi moscow so that's it, either a

gun or do what you're told, we don't understand how it all works for them if eh says exactly. also, why the west won't go. we 're talking to lukashenko. he made another important mistake. that's all that's been going on since the 20th year since august yes, this is his last conversation with putin on camera, the delivery from kanderov m with warheads means a combat duty officer already on the territory of belarus, after all, it was a saving story with those things the non-nuclear side and in general does not get involved in any nuclear confrontation, this is absolutely it or any nuclear blackmail, any step in this direction means a final irreversible, so to speak, refusal of any compromise in any agreements, then lukashenko did not say anything until the last moment. maybe somewhere, you say, the prisoners were turned off. and here, what if they saw how he and the migrants arranged for the border, first from lithuania, then