the main reason for this er threat is er russian aggression, but we really do n't expect er big actions from the store except for words. well, let him say the money that i want to come. i want to come. he has been saying this for six months, but he is not coming. he has together with the hotel there together with other e-e relevant international bodies and organizations - to organize this trip, come, it is your obligation, if you cannot come and check, then the money is the price, as our president correctly stated, it is zelenskyy still money the price of all the documents and all these organizations in the field of nuclear security, that is, it probably is, vladimir, everyone here is expecting possible provocations or something like that on independence day,

how do you see it? can russia still resort to something like this ? seen, well, it is clear that i do not have the information that is there in the kremlin regarding the plans for the nuclear power plant, yes, i mean, i want to repeat that the station has enough safety levels, so practically, a major accident cannot happen under such conditions, even when there are these military, yes, that is, the risks are not so high. yes, but for a single request, for a single request for this language, they can happen when there is an order to blow up this station using certain methods, these methods exist, that means the president of russia personally, and both this and this will be carried out along the chain, which means from below to above all this instruction in this case only in this case this explosion can happen, but i do not know whether he will give

such a command or not. attacks i think that they have already failed after the statement of the g7 and after the statement of 42 countries plus the european union, and this is evidenced at least by the fact that they are now switching again from blackmail to blackmail by the nord stream one why are they switching to blackmail by the nord stream one because they understood that the blackmail of the zaporizhia nuclear power plant failed. well, i wanted to ask you about the state of nuclear regulation. the state inspection of nuclear regulation of ukraine banned the launch of the first and second power units of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. about this the website of the regulator reports on the eve of yesterday,

friday. according to the order, the operation of power unit number one is carried out in the states of e-e fuel overload hyphen cold shutdown, the order also specifies that the operation of power unit number two of the zaporizhzhia npp is carried out in a state of cold shutdown, what does this mean, please explain to us well i have said for a long time, and not only me, many experts have emphasized that the safest state in which a nuclear power plant operates is the state of cold shutdown. that is, it means that in fact, the station is in the mode, well, it means in the mode when these er rods are lowered and in fact the reaction at the station does not take place , that is, the reactor works in this state, a non-working

state, yes. that is, it should have been done a long time ago, because in this state, so it is necessary to say 72 hours in order to be able to connect to some backup e-e energy supply systems. and if the station is disconnected in an emergency state, then for this it takes e-e 3-4 hours, you understand , that is, more precisely, 72 and 24 hours, that is, e- is the number of hours is increased so that the staff can organize and organize the external power supply and therefore the state of cold stop even in this state, the fuel still heats up evenly and it still needs to be

cooled down, but there is a greater margin of time in order to connect to alternative sources , put an electric energy, volodymyr, what is the general situation with our energy security now, how does this picture in the country look like after six months of war well, in a nutshell, maybe in three words, in principle, eh, taking into account the war and the constant shelling throughout the country, eh, after all, our energy system demonstrates a unique stability, yes , that is, there are probably few countries in the world that could demonstrate such conditions in a test-such stability and stability - the stability of the energy system, i would like to remind you that about 50%

of our thermal generation has been destroyed or is in the zone of occupation, about 90% has been destroyed or is in the zone of occupation. solar power plants more than 40% of wind power plants, a significant number of e-e means power plants that run on biofuel and you know that the largest nuclear power plant in europe that has been captured is the zaporizhzhia plant with a total capacity of 6 gb. critical, but uh, not hopeless, because ukraine still had a very large surplus

of capacity, and this saves us, besides the fact that, uh, our consumption of electricity from natural gas fell by 35-40%. and therefore for the time being for the time being uh, we have enough power to provide people with electricity from natural gas, but risks, etc. russia will try to destroy uh, this means the remains of this structure, the risks remain very high, dark uh, as you say, the system demonstrates extremely stability, but still just to understand how fragile this situation is, that is, how much we can be left without power in the event of hitting critical infrastructure objects, or is this system also

not so easy to destroy, what if they will destroy there, destroy the zaporizhia nuclear power plant in general, a nuclear power plant is difficult, it is much easier to destroy a warm power plant there, yes , that is, they are not so protected, that is why you know that everything is possible, but if they are really destroyed , then the situation will not be so stable and uh, the consequences will be unpredictable, but uh, first of all, it is necessary to strengthen the adventures so that this does not happen, because in reality, as far as energy reserves are concerned, the situation in our country is not so bad, we have more than 1.8 million tons of coal there are already more than 12.5 billion cubic

meters of gas in storage, that is, everything is more or less according to schedule, but as for the risks with the infrastructure, here they are the highest compared to even the risks of a shortage of energy resources, but again, everything depends on how we will we be able to protect these objects of ours, and how is it possible in russia to destroy them, that is, there is a desire. thank you , volodymyr melchenko, director of energy infrastructure programs of the razumkova center. zaporizhzhia, from my native region, during the shelling by the russian occupiers of the village of shevchenkivske , zaporizhzhia district, an eight-year-old child was seriously injured. this was reported by the head of the region, oleksandr starukh, the girl is currently in the hospital and is being given all the necessary help, she has already been operated on artificial lung ventilation in the intensive care unit, he told the old man, adding he said

that the girl's condition is stable and serious; in addition, two adults were moderately injured ; about 10 private houses, village well, in general, since the beginning of the war in the zaporizhzhia region, unfortunately, four children have died. viktor i gon is already with us, major general of the reserve of the security service of ukraine, deputy head of the sbu from 2014 to 15 years, mr. viktor. good health. good morning, sir. viktor, look, we were talking about sevastopol. i read the sevastopol publications and their messengers, they exchange information about explosions about work and already tell each other why to certify the names of the districts and streets where the anti-aircraft defense works do not do not certify our russian anti-aircraft defense, well, they are local residents there, i understand the occupiers, or there are russian citizens in sevastopol among themselves and exchange what is happening now in sevastopol and in crimea,

can we talk about strengthening the work of ukrainian aviation, artillery, i don’t even know what to call it, please explain please, let's be frank, i am the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, and they are actually the staff of the armed forces of ukraine , i did not take responsibility for everything that is currently happening in crimea, so we can only guess what they have some problems with the roots and all that. at this stage, it ’s okay. well, in general, your uh, your assessment of what happened in novo fedor, novofedor residents, what happened at other airfields in the crimea, how much, well, is smoking, as you say, did smoking reduce uh the military power of the russian aviation, which was based on the occupied peninsula, plus i think that it definitely reduced the activity of aviation in the black sea region, in particular, in the theater of hostilities in the south of ukraine, because that regiment

that was stationed at the airfield near sak e-e hmm there was an aviation that was involved in the shelling of our southern cities they provided e-e m-m cover from the air e-e groups that are in the kherson region e-e hm mykolayivskii direction therefore they actively worked on the changed and liquidation of this in fact regiment below , for reasons that are not clear, let's say so, it dealt such a blow to the combat capability of the fleet that russia itself recognized this trouble and removed the commander of the black sea fleet, who even

refrained after more such high-profile things such as the liquidation of the flagship of the moscow fleet viktor , i wanted to ask you about the volunteer battalions the invaders plan to deploy so-called volunteer units in the south of ukraine this is reported by the institute for the study of american war research in the south of ukraine in general and in kherson in particular, the invaders plan to deploy the so-called volunteer battalions there for according to the institute, the ukrainian strikes cause a resonance in the russian information space, despite the fact that these reports were probably inflated , as russian sources reported on august 18. mostly they reported and spread false or misplaced messages indicating panic in russia, well, we talked a little about this with you, this threat in these volunteer battalions, about 40 of them seem to have been formed in various er such the most backward regions of russia there kalmyks tuva

dagestan chechnya as far as they are are prepared for war and to what extent do they change the nature of the situation on the front of this war, please give your forecast. well, let's be honest, these units are extremely low. formation of units in these repressive regions of russia, but even in regions where there is a more or less positive dynamic in the economy, there is also not a very high-quality selection of personnel, mainly people aged 50+, in some cases up to 60 years old. they have perhaps insignificant combat experience, someone is in afghanistan, and someone is in chechnya, but first of all, they

did not undergo high-quality coordination training. they have problems with uniforms and weapons , more or less, but there is a problem with cover, that is, with armor, where is her brother and in what quantity and the biggest problem is the leadership, i.e. there are no sergeants, more precisely, they have the main rank of ensigns, there are no junior commanders, and this greatly affects the possibility not so much of forming, but of transferring these units to the front line, the main part of these units has been decided, so the results in in the composition in which they were formed, so many used them to replenish already existing units in order to close the holes that exist on the front of the moral and psychological state

these people are quite so specific, they have a desire to fight, but to fight not for honor and glory for money, and here the situation arises that when they find themselves at the front and cross paths with those units that those who have already fought, the moral and psychological state of these people is very, very low, so let's see what it can threaten, mr. general, i wanted to ask you about the satellite here, topics for discussion, all of us are already space experts, but you are still a human being with experience, how do you evaluate this purchase of e-e fund shelters instead of the people's bairaktar, where did they collect money? 600 million was spent on a satellite, but actually this is content in the satellite, as we understand

it, how helpful it will be for us and for our army, listen, look, let's stop this conversation at the beginning because the first we didn’t buy it and asked for it. prytula, having free funds, turned to the ministry of defense. what do you need? the ministry of defense and the analytical unit, in particular, the special operations department , e. it is necessary toto and toto how to do it we , unfortunately, cannot apply directly as the ministry of defense, you can apply, they applied that is, it is not the idea of ​​the asylum, it is not the idea of ​​some incomprehensible people there, it is what the ministry of defense and the main directorate of intelligence asked for, if they asked for it, then it means that they must and let them use it, the whole topic is closed, mr. viktor, we are approaching independence day and flag day - august 23-24,

how hot it will be, we always know that russians will be there, i will be very, very careful how do you see your personal expectations, or should we wait for the escalation on the fronts and the increase in the number of shelling for these days, please? this is an extremely serious situation. we will have to approach this problem seriously. the number of anti-aircraft missile systems at the zyabrovka airfield are actually anti-aircraft missiles s300 s400 that are used to bombard our cities, they are well, i mean no anti-aircraft missile missiles and as ground missiles, they are not very effective, but they are very destructive and they are used. at the moment, in

our two big cities, it is kharkiv and mykolaiv , why. because their distance is quite small, if it is not directly, that is, they are located directly somewhere on the front line, the distance is somewhere , up to 50 km, no more, so it is clear that this is a slightly different story at the expense of the accumulation of these missiles . at the same time, it is clear that we have the main experience when on the day of statehood in july, on the day of the baptism of russia, we saw how the aggressor reacted inadequately to these holidays celebration in ukraine and this massive mass shelling of our big cities and ukraine in general, he says that the date can really be used by him in order to spoil the holiday for us and show us his capabilities and the only thing is that

there is hope that everything after all, the number of missiles that they used at the beginning of these active military operations has been significantly reduced, but they can use air-based missiles quite widely, including outside the borders of ukraine. therefore, we just need to be vigilant and understand that if there are -e air signal anxiety, and this should not be ignored or delayed in relation to staying in this or that city, and it is still necessary to use shelter - it will not provide 90% safety, but at the very least it is a guarantee that people are comfortable, so be vigilant mr. viktor, the president of belarus lukashenko said just the day before that belarus will never attack ukraine, he has no desire to personally give orders for the invasion of

ukraine by belarusian troops, and when this statement is heard six months after the actual start of the war, and after the russians enter from belarus exactly as russian missiles fly from belarus, it makes me a little nervous if such a statement was made. it means that it was made for a reason and i have a suspicion that it is he who lulls our attention . the threat is direct. i completely agree, because if you continue the rhetoric that he started speaking there, he said at the same time that we are not at war with ukraine, we are at war with nato and with the learned states, that is, they uh-uh actually confirmed that they are at war, they did not recognize our subjectivity that we, they, they are with ukraine and the armed forces of ukraine, and they are already fighting with the mythical

nato , well, what should we do? there he said , you need to understand very simply that they will continue to fight regardless of what they will call us and everything. and what he says there about love for the ukrainian. it is also necessary to pay attention to uh, this scandal has also unfolded in vienna, where the representative in international organizations er, the representative of russia in international organizations er in austria wrote a post about the need to destroy the ukrainian people, and then he apologized to the city from the post and began to tell us that no, we are fighting with the ukrainian armed forces and the allied states somewhat the same rhetoric from lukashenka, that's why all his statements are simply not worth any now

. i would say that the video is such an international exercise, araft 20-22, they are called and this is the exercise of cavalry units, there are mongols there, uzbekistan there, a russian unit, a cavalry unit and a cavalry unit in zinbab, i just don’t know whether they brought their horses from africa or rented them from the mongols, did they happen in mongolia let's watch without comments and then discuss seriously, please

, i was impressed by this music group europe, i think it was called victoria well, hanna asks when she watches the reconstruction or i say no to reconstruction, these are real cavalry units of four countries, what competitions are there, you have seen this video, what is araft 22 well, in fact, there are some countries in which there are actually already part of the armed forces , e-e, cavalry, e, for

understanding, she was in the soviet army. there was a special regiment near muscovy that remained in the armed forces of the russian federation, this regiment was actually used in the vast majority for the filming of some large-scale films, in particular mosfilm there or some other he was involved, he was involved for some ceremonial calculations there, something else, but he is and uh, there are a few countries left that, at the official level, in their armed forces, there are units of uh, cavalry, this is, well, first of all, it is clear, mongolia, where all this is happening, this china in china has significant er forces er kineties er and there are footage of how they use modern weapons and er russian federation well, it is clear that some exotic countries remain there as far as i remember. in

turkmenistan it is from revived such rooms i mean, well, they are like that, what are they ? i understand that they simply united in the same historical region from where they once came to our lands. well, what should we do there, thank you? seriously, then you should also ask about east 22 cats. china will send its military to russia for joint military exercises east 20-22 with the participation of india, belarus, mongolia , tajikistan and other countries, this was reported by routers from the ministry of defense of china, the message says that the purpose of the training is to deepen practical and friendly cooperation with the armies of the participating countries, increasing the level of strategic cooperation between the participating parties and strengthening the ability to respond to various security threats statement of the ministry of defense of china how do you assess whether these are regular

exercises or not after the start of the war, the first large-scale exercises with the participation of russia and foreign armies and here and china and india, which have very difficult relations with each other, as well as mongolia, tajikistan, and belarus, how should we treat such exercises? they have contacts, they are practicing interaction on the borders, you just have to see where these countries are located. if you exclude belarus, which is simply joining because it is joining, this is the only opportunity to take your soldiers somewhere there to show what they have learned over the last six months of continuous training . they have already started training, they are going day by day, belarus is a separate story, but the fact that the russians, the chinese, india are taking part is

such a serious situation, they are constantly dragging everyone into this story kazakhstan because they need to be shown the contacts of other countries of central asia and central asia. but we need to understand that this is such a thing that, in fact, recently in the territory of some central asian countries, military personnel were trained in which units of the united states army took an active part. therefore, it is clear that after of those exercises, russia really wants to show that they too can take part and conduct international training exercises. in fact, i looked at the quantitative composition, they are much smaller than they were in the past, in the past, in particular, china sends no such a number of tanks, not units, but the very participation of these antagonists at the moment is china, and it says that russia does not abandon the

opportunity to unite and become a unifying bridge between the two countries, because for them cooperation is critically important at the tripartite level, not only at the military level, but at the political level, in various political structures, in particular, there is the shores of the g20, and so on. and so on, that is, for russia, any cooperation and any is a possible way out of self-isolation itself, those isolations, what is the best way to call it for them, this is a plus for them. well, we will watch what to do. i would like to remind you that the eastern 20-22 exercises will continue on the training grounds of the eastern military district of russia from august 30, that is, in fact, in 10 days until september 5. p viktor thank you viktor yagun reserve major general of the security service of ukraine, deputy head of the sbu in 2014-2015. it's a pity that they didn't

have time to ask about the fsb agent who tried to install their listening device in the verkhovna rada. silence right now for all those who died at the hands of the russian occupiers, which every morning at 9:00 a.m. then the news, or rather, i apologize now, we will announce after a minute of silence, the attention of vasyl zimi's interview with viktor bronyuk, the frontman of the band tick, this is a series of interviews to on the day of independence of ukraine from e team espresso, see let's observe a minute of silence in memory of ukrainian soldiers and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war that was unleashed by russia