and the contact groups of the prohibition of ukraine and i am pleased to inform you today that this group, as it is more united by the community of support for ukraine to defend itself , what does this mean to meet the needs of ukraine in armaments, i am especially pleased to inform you that this contact group supports the self-defense of ukraine, lviv, the armament of the armed forces of ukraine and the peoples of ukraine and how they protect the country's freedom of life is of particular importance that what happened at the base today here we started the first

meeting of the tact group to conduct aid the military duty of the president of ukraine has approved aid to ukraine in the amount of 675 million hryvnias , the administrator can see a 150-meter ammunition set of rockets, a farce , a car, firearms, small arms

, more from and countries from all over the world show their good will and help to ukraine, self-defense forces, and a new test of aid is provided that we continue in the future support for ukraine from the world's largest economies, ukraine's refusal to repel aggression have now arrived at this meeting, i want to thank my brave ukrainian colleagues for telling me about the events on on the front, the help of ukraine is given to the military, it will be used, we are looking at how to

use the m-270 in the process of repelling the liberation of the sovereign territories of ukraine, a brutal company is responding, they are shelling civilian objects of civilization, and we are especially dismayed in the situation around the ukrainian nuclear power plant in zaporozhye, we wish that this is very dangerous serious consequences. we support and will continue to support ukraine's need for its defense and freedoms. we support ukraine's sovereign right to defend ourselves so that the leadership in and carry out

innovative projects and in our conversation today were held about the priorities of the defense of ukraine today in ukraine we need artillery systems of immunity which sets also air defense combined staffs are trying to fulfill all these needs on such as well as our partners of ukraine have several ways to help ukraine in the future, weapons from our products from other countries and which you cannot send to ukraine in our contact group

are also leading efforts to carry out repairs and technical support of ukrainian weapons, they have been successful on the battlefield, i want to especially thank the united kingdom in great britain for the fact that they have created training grounds for new ukrainian soldiers for training professional soldiers, while russia is called soldiers poland, czechoslovakia, and slovakia are also not prepared for the fact that their industrial passports help ukraine's efforts to crush new types of weapons, and this is key for the success of ukraine we will

move even faster now i am pleased to say that the next few weeks are a sign if you try i will try a session and contact phones in order to meet our leaders of our e-e defense of ukraine to discuss the issues of industrial industrial defense aspects of the future of the defense of ukraine we also the rest examples, they talked a lot more about it, and i will provide the details of this meeting. ukraine has developed such armed forces that will be adequate to those challenges,

the armed forces should be accordingly defend their territory, but the stakes are much higher than the like. it is interesting to know about ukraine. we not only help ukraine, but also the protection of international law and the preservation of this legal order on the planet. it is important for the preservation of prosperity in our country. as partners , we are working together to ensure that ukraine achieves its goals and the ability to continue to

defend itself. defense for the fact that he was the initiator of the creation of this contact group and the results that we managed to achieve with the help of ukraine and all this, i also want to thank the ministry of defense of ukraine for the first time that we have been conducting coordination in close cooperation for six months, more than 6 months have passed since then how did the movement illegally begin

its illegal invasion of ukraine, which was independent in 1991, and during these six months, the ukrainians withstood a brutal attack on their capital city , many rocket artillery attacks thousands tens of thousands of casualties among wounded and killed a lot of civilians died in russia during the russian attack almost 15 million more refugees who had to flee a large part of the infrastructure of ukraine was destroyed a huge amount and still remains an independent free sovereign country ukraine

remains strong and free and this is thanks to to the people and supporters of the international community, the article dear people gathered today, they made a decision, provided assistance to the people of ukraine, the desire to live free, free from russian the occupation of the institute is free from russian violence and this work that is carried out by the contact is an unbaked russian invasion, it breaks international laws and the world order that is based on the rule of law in the world of the weaker attacks stronger, we understand this and it

was not provoked e attack and the world will respond ukraine ukrainians continue to use security assistance very effectively russians they did not have in various parts minor and tactical successes but there were no static goals of russia the achievement of the strategic goals of russia was not achieved, the armed forces of ukraine and the brave people of ukraine are supported by the contact group, russia began to slightly change

its strategy and countermeasures, but despite the fact that the ukrainians had fewer weapons, fewer troops, they demonstrated a great will to fight for their country battles for their country for their freedom and since the aid goes to the country, ukrainians use uh different weapon systems, the management works very actively in order to achieve their goals, what we should have seen today in ukraine's actions for the bread country. as you know, the attack in russia that began on february 24, around the middle

of april, the russians tried to capture the capital kyiv, capture masternonbas, cross the dnipro river , and that too. all these attacks were unsuccessful from odessa. this is not because their armed forces did not capture odessa. russia in the east in order to seize the whole of donbas, odesa. they started on april 15-16, they started again and again they were defeated, they did not succeed in capturing the whole of donbas and only crossed the dnieper in the south near the city kherson operational goals of kyiv were defeated and

the successful defense of ukraine at the beginning of this month until the first of september, ukraine began a counteroffensive in order to siphon off the strategic and this offensive continues . north of kherson, and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. the discussion during today's meeting will include not only questions, but not only current assistance

but also about what will happen next. as you know, we provided hai marsi with hundreds of thousands of ammunition for 155 mm howitzers, thousands of anti-tank weapons, anti- aircraft weapons, missiles that were handed over to ukraine, in addition, small arms and other equipment the united states of america has provided almost half a million rounds of artillery ammunition, all countries provide assistance in response and in accordance with their needs. ukraine has supplies to defend itself, we see real real gains in how they use their systems, for example, uh, the ukrainians hit more than 400

targets uh, through highmars, uh, this uh, it created a strain on the supply channels of the russian military, uh, reduced their uh, combat capability, uh, control centers were disrupted and the command of russia eh and they have eh difficulties in replacing those lost in battle and supplying their forces russia is a big country eh and they have very serious ambitions for ukraine and therefore eh ukraine needs to be supported in the struggle for its own survival all e-e members of the minister of defense contact group for support of ukraine will cooperate with us in the future in order to provide ukraine with everything necessary for ukraine to protect its freedom, hostilities are

unpredictable, but we are committed to supporting ukraine and the struggle for the independence of sovereignty, i want to thank you and congratulate new questions, the first question is from roy taras, the minister is falling, your administration has said that it will submit a request to the american congress for further assistance to ukraine, and there is some skepticism regarding the readiness to approve a new supplies can you explain to the american taxpayers why congress must approve these new supplies while the

economy is experiencing difficulties, can you please describe how the ukrainian counteroffensive is happening do you have any concerns that a-and maybe a-- they overstretched themselves in the counter-offensive thank you and question as you know we've uh-uh seen uh-uh support uh-uh congress it's broad support from both parties and based on that interest which we saw regarding the support i expect that we will continue to see broad support from both parties because our leaders understand the importance of this, the importance of continuing to help ukraine so that ukraine is able to continue to defend

its sovereignty as we have asked for resources and there is always an expectation that we will be able to uh, it's to be substantiated. may the rest be different examples uh-uh the ukrainians have done significant damage to the command and control post and they continue to shape uhuh this battlefield in order to

maneuver maybe and create their capabilities of course there are uhh expectations for these uhh help in terms of progress in the uhh south now it's too early to talk about uh or about evaluations final evaluations but there are uh attacks i attack uh ukrainians uh are trying to achieve their goals i don't want to talk specifically about what kind of target it is but in the morning for characterized it very a focused offensive operation is uh- calibrated to determine the uh-h goals and the objective and i think at the moment as you said uh they have uh

little progress but i would say it's uh clear and gradual progress in terms of stretching i i don't think that there is a stretch from kharkov and kherson to kherson is a very long distance, it is more than 200 km. who needs to be protected in 1300 km ? the front line and as you said, counteroffensive in kharkiv also eh started er from the side of ukraine er all the time there are hostilities around kharkov but now i do not

think that they have stretched their forces very much kherson, they continue to fight, they have the strength to do this, the second question is the german edition of the aard, is there a change in the goals of the contact defense group, from self-defense to restoring the territory of control in the territory this is for me yes questions and as the general said earlier, we see a change dynamics on the battlefield eh, this happens over time. it started - it started in the east, eh, when the different axes changed, eh, these offensives, then we see

in the vicinity of kyiv and eh, then hostilities moved to donbas, and there was artillery skirmish and it's really er now being formed by these long-range artillery systems ukrainians er have additional capabilities it's high-mar it's harms missiles it's other things not only they come from us but from our allies and they er started to change the dynamics on the battlefield again and er they sort through the initiative is why we are focused on helping ukraine protect the sovereignty of its territory, this is our task, and during the hostilities, they want to take back some part of

the territory that russia bought in the south and east, and that's why it we are focusing on that we support their efforts uh and protecting sovereign territory and protecting sovereignty so actually our goals have not changed but we are concentrating ah on ah to be successful in this fight we want to be one or two steps ahead eh a question from new york times, you talked about the fact that those responsible for weapons will participate in this defense, the contact group, that is, there will be a mobilization, so to

speak, of the military-industrial complex in all these member countries, i will say what i think, all these countries are all partners who are part of the contact group is focused on ensuring that they have in their warehouses what is necessary to protect their own interests, but on the other hand, they should make a meaningful contribution not only to help ukraine, but also for the future therefore we are all convinced that ours cooperation will improve the situation, reduce the time required for procurement and we can increase our cooperation, our interaction. for example, if i have a 155 mm howitzer or

there are supplies to other countries for these same howitzers and they can be used together. that is, this cooperation is very important not only for ukraine, but also for nato . here is a wide one uh, the agreement on the need for cooperation and improvement of our capabilities to support ukraine not only now, but also for the future, there is still time for one question, mr. minister, the ukrainians recorded

a request for tanks such as the negat, the german leopards , and why were these tanks not discussed at this meeting meetings why didn't you answer positively to this request, you can pay again, now say that the ukrainians wanted to receive battle tanks, reinforced heavy tanks, but today it did not happen, because it was discussed, it was not discussed, ukraine has the right to ask about the provision of armored vehicles and asks for the provision of armored vehicles for a long time and we do not give a lot of things. there are countries in the entire region

that provide these tanks. they provide armored vehicles for the infantry. the united states has given several . of armored vehicles for infantry - this is also humbi empire dogs as you know er these are heavier wheeled vehicles other countries are also joining and er you know very well about this germany recently provided er armored capabilities for air defense that is the whole community is working over providing as much as possible as soon as possible and ah our focus is to ensure the current struggle but also the future. that is, this issue is developing, i want to assure you that the whole team is

focused on this and germany is increasingly participating in this , thank you very much thank you and our viewers and listeners. we are now moving on to the morning briefing er, which er, at which our voice of america journalists will tell more about what happened within the framework of the rammstein contact group and other news. it is very important in this difficult time to be we are aware of what is happening, we tell the news and help to understand the events, however, the war can make its own corrections in case the broadcast signal is lost, watch espresso on the satellite now espresso has become available on two satellites at once viewers who watch our channel

on the astra satellite should reset the tuner to the new ones parameters because the old parameters will soon stop broadcasting espresso ukrainian view thank you for watching rammstein 5 the 5th meeting of the contact group on security issues was held at the german military airbase ukraine, we now see the obvious success of our joint efforts on the battlefield, what kind of help did the allies agree to this time and whether it will be to the last in order to withstand the war with russia