it is necessary to replace it, but the pct is only the lower link of this air defense system, it still needs to be built, and if, for example, president baden said there, then the next step should be to make a decision to accelerate the transfer to the same sanctions that also are object-based air defense systems and are capable of covering large objects. however, you will not solve the issue of our country's air defense systems, so such a powerful step would be the transfer of air defense systems of the patriot type, and in our case, with the ability to shoot down it is rockets about a specific execution of with three missiles, and it was a very worthy answer and an answer about the active and there is for now well, let's say it was possible to return to the topic of the

conduct of this aggression of the russian federation with the question of closing the sky, because speaking now about the actions of the russian federation - this is open terrorism and terrorism and the international community must respond adequately to do everything to protect the victim and also to punish the terrorist and stop this terrorist activity valery ryabikh expert defense-express was in touch with us, further news on the espresso tv channel, but i will immediately announce the speech of the secretary general of nato and gens stoltenberg , which we are very much looking forward to. perhaps there will be important statements , and for the time being, words for the news. thank you, colleagues. news, in particular, about the fact that the russian nazis not only disabled all six units at the zaporizhzhia npp, but also kidnapped the deputy general director, more

, stay with us, the russians fired three missiles at lviv oblast today, one of them were shot down, the head of the regional military administration, maksym kozatsky, said, two others were hit again at two energy facilities, specialists and law enforcement officers are currently working, one person was injured in a moderate condition, about 30% of lviv is without electricity again, there are interruptions in the water supply in the syhiv and frankiv districts, meanwhile, the city the head of lviv andriy sadovy spoke about the consequences of the damage, the briefing of nato secretary general gens toltonberg begins, let's see this week the

heads of departments will meet with the un review our process of strengthening nato's defense capability we also our defense capability in relation to the non-functioning of nord stream-2, as well as in terms of strengthening the provision of support to ukraine so that the ukrainian people could defend themselves and liberate the territory occupied by russia ukraine now has a very important moment which it successfully is gaining its territory, we see what happened these days, it is about attacks on critical infrastructure and on the civilian

population, then it is brutally aimed at ukraine. he uses partial mobilization, he annexes ukrainian territories and we see that mass attacks are currently taking place, one of the largest since the beginning of a full-scale war, all this indicates that the so-called operation is not going according to plan, we understand that our support for ukraine is a determining factor, all our allies support the sovereignty of ukraine and we are doing everything possible to increase ukraine's self-defense , a contact group for ukraine was formed , which coordinates the heads of nato's defense agencies together we determine urgent needs

ukraine, in particular, to provide ukraine with more powerful air defense systems, long-range artillery and other systems and weapons. our message is very clear. ukraine nato supports ukraine and will support it as long as necessary. president putin started a war and only he should end it, namely by withdrawing his troops from the territory of ukraine. lukashenko must stop any steps to get into this illegal conflict on thursday and there will be a school aimed at any

aggression in relation to nuclear blackmail for routine training of nato troops will take place in order for us to maintain the high potential and efficiency of our troops. we understand that president putin continues nuclear blackmail. russia knows that a nuclear war is impossible to win, so there is no need to start it. we monitor russia's nuclear potential very carefully and we did not notice no changes in the location of weapons, but we remain vigilant in june, we slightly changed the purpose

of responding to the new security reality, now our troops are located on the territory of the eastern partners, they can quickly go into mode. we have also increased and accelerated the supply of weapons, equipment, ammunition, and we understand what our long-term need is. we must focus our attention on increasing the production of

the necessary weapons. have increased the number of our warships in the baltic sea, such efforts are clearly coordinated by nato leaders, our allies also share more data considered for the purpose of protecting our critical infrastructure no deliberate attack against the critical infrastructure of the participating member countries will be immediately on them will be answered clearly that what the representative also supports our

strategy and shares our challenges in relation to security now it is important that north america and europe continue to stand side by side in order to provide the necessary protection to our citizens and now i am ready to answer your questions, mr. secretary general, you said that you would make that decision at today's meeting for so that the nato arsenal remains full in order to provide ukraine with the necessary weapons, we understand that certain countries have already provided ukraine with a lot of weapons, in particular estonia, germany is now trying to transfer to ukraine what they ordered for themselves, do you think that

nato member countries will not remain unprotected if they continue to provide support for ukraine . thank you. from the beginning of the invasion, we did it even before the full-scale invasion, that is, since 2014, the soldiers are much faster, we understand . these

countries reduced their own potential from what was in the warehouses, but it was the right decision, because if, when ukraine wins the war, wins this battle against the aggressor, we understand that it is not only a defeat for ukraine will be a defeat and a danger for all of us because the world will become even more dangerous and other countries will become even more vulnerable to russian aggression, so we must use and provide ukraine with what we have, the longer the war lasts, the longer we we will try to replenish these stocks , so we are now thinking about how we can speed up the production of this or that weapon or ammunition

while providing and continuing to help ukraine shooting ministerial meetings meetings tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will think about how to use the defense plan to achieve our ambitious goals, in particular, in relation to various capabilities, in particular, increasing the supply of warehouses, as well as providing countries with long-term plans in order to increase investments in the defense sector, in particular, manufacturing for the manufacture of weapons and also in order to also make new investments. we also seek to agree on how we

can strengthen our cooperation to unite our our procurement processes in order to increase the plan plan and nato planning is a very important tool in order to ensure our coordination of all member countries and in order to deliver our message to increase manufacturing regarding infrastructure therefore the bank took place in the north of germany there was a reduction in transport in particular

regarding gas leaks, leaks in the northern stream and the question of how such cases can affect the course of the war and how the allied countries can respond to such cases. years implemented an extremely large transformation regarding collective security, we tried to fear hybrid threats and cyber attacks, which actually through which article number five can be put into effect, we also strengthened our work on resilience for that we continue more training, in particular, with regard to

hyper-threat cyber attacks also we have developed certain guidelines for the protection of the infrastructure, we understand that all this is about the ability to ensure security , particularly in the sea, on the ground with energy networks and other aspects, of course i cannot comment the specific case that you mentioned, because we are waiting for the results of the investigation, in general, i can say that, of course, we very carefully monitor every such accident and which is related to a hybrid threat or a cyber attack, and if there is such a need, we will take the necessary measures, but we never well, we will never tell

our adversary what needs to be done in order for us to put article number five into effect, it will be decided judging by the relevant context if there was any cyber such or hybrid threat. thank you your honor, mr. secretary general, we understand that yesterday there were large-scale attacks that were planned in advance and have nothing to do with the crimean bridge. what do russia say about it? ana ukraine has nothing to do with the crimean bridge . it was simply used as a bridgehead for a large-scale attack. what can change on the battlefield ? they said that

the ministers will discuss how they will replenish stocks tomorrow, but we understand that the war has been going on for 7 months and this has never happened before, but even though we started with industries with various by our allies, how can we strengthen production, strengthen the production of weapons and the replenishment of our stocks, in particular, negotiations took place a few weeks ago, so work is already underway, of course, tomorrow there will be a meeting that will provide even more opportunities to discuss our already certain achievements and further steps we strive to acquire and make the following decisions how we can produce more not

only to bathe in available resources because we now very much need to increase production to ensure the defense of our nato allies and also in order to have enough resources to provide the necessary support, it will take place somewhere in the word of, so that there is no misunderstanding, i want to say that this work is not just being born now no, it has been going on for some time, we just want to go into effect in the stage of strengthening the decision, adaptation of the planning process is necessary nato in order for us to see that the necessary investments can be made in time in order to provide our urgent needs in relation to what happened yesterday, this was a sign of weakness because we see that

the enemy cannot do anything on the battlefield, they are surrendering the territory, and that is why they are now resorting to such terrible actions, they cannot stop the ukrainians from moving forward, therefore, they must only react in this way, they can hit critical infrastructure, the civilian population, of course, only bringing suffering and pain and damage to ukraine, unfortunately, they have no other alternatives, they are losing ground. they have already lost their prime, and that is why they are now resorting to such massive missile strikes that happened yesterday and today as well the question of whether the attack was planned

in advance, we see that russia has repeatedly resorted to similar attacks since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, in particular , such attacks were carried out on kyiv and on the cities of western ukraine , as well as in kherson, zaporizhzhia and in fact, this happened periodically, that is why they there are such capacities of batteries that are real now that the very essence of the attack has not changed, we see that cities are being destroyed, critical infrastructure is being destroyed, peaceful innocent residents are dying - this is completely unacceptable and all this is a violation of international law, i want to ask about the new nato exercises that will take place, whether there were certain discussions with

nato allied countries, the actual exercises regarding nuclear exercises, if you can call them that, because there may be some threat of miscalculations and the like, whether this year's exercises will be different from last year's, taking into account the context of the current the fact that there is a war, it is interesting whether there were such internal intra-alliance negotiations regarding this defeat now - to be clear and that nato is determined not to protect all its allies yes, such exercises were planned even before the full-scale invasion of russia on the territory of ukraine for nato, this is a very important element of efficiency and staying in the

right tone, so if we were to cancel such exercises now because of the war in ukraine, it would be the wrong signal. therefore, we need to understand that so that nato's behavior which is stable is the best way that can prevent any escalation we need to behave according to the schedule if we have created some platform for you there will be misunderstandings on the part of the enemy yes we certainly do not want and never we will take some actions that will make the escalation of the conflict so much worse, there were such proposals from

various politicians yesterday regarding yesterday's and today's mass attacks on the territory of ukraine, now it is an urgent time to call russia a state sponsor of terrorism. do you think this is true and the second question will be convened by the leaders of nato countries are you planning such a summit ? the urgency of such a summit, we need such

negotiations so that the correct messages at all levels reach the addressees and we will have a ministerial meeting for a whole week he he omenit world of holding russia this is an illegal invasion and conquest of another country this is a clear violation of international law russia russia an independent sovereign country by violating its sovereignty and inviolability. it all started for this year and in 2014, but they only raise the stakes and the

aggression only increases, in particular in february, they in the most disgraceful manner, the reports that came from various cities, in particular from buchi and other cities, and now you see what the facts are, we can conduct thorough thorough research on the data that we received, and we are doing everything so that those who are responsible for this a- and yet it was carried. so, the crimean bridge.

is it a military objective justified in your opinion? is its neutralization a terrorist attack? you also talked about the air defense systems that will be provided to ukraine, which specific systems ukraine needs now that it has not yet received in order to cope with the current situation of various systems about artillery weapons about armored vehicles about air defense systems and anti-tank weapons but also and not eh also need fuel as well as communications winter clothing and many different types of

help know how to be able to save is very important for us it is very important to gather and discuss the needs that ukraine needs and we will have a meeting with the minister of defense of the russian federation, mr. reznikov, and we will discuss exactly the lists of what ukraine needs and what nato countries can we have been working to provide ukraine for several months now, and that is why we will now try to mobilize to provide as much as possible the necessary support to ukraine. right now, there is a very strong need for anti-aircraft systems, high-precision weapons, guided missiles, and new modern weapons according

to nato standards, about 180 ° could effectively use these modern installations on the battlefield, we understand that this is not only a matter of adding more and more systems, but also we have to ensure that there is enough fuel that there is enough of charges, is the logistics system working properly, are spare parts delivered quickly, these aspects are becoming more and more important. therefore, they need virtually everything, and our allies provide unprecedented assistance because they understand that we have a moral, political and security interest in ukraine defeating russia

. it is necessary to remember how we started crimea, the illegally annexed territory of crimea belongs to ukraine, and our allies declared that we will never recognize the illegal annexation of crimea, russia started it this war, talk a lot about the attacks on the crimean bridge, i will leave the floor to the representatives of ukraine, two short questions , talking about air defense, or do you think that

nato allies have such a military power to provide ukraine with all the necessary types of weapons that ukraine is asking for another question, more about the future a-a what is the probability that putin will leave his post and what will happen then we added two announcements from our allies, in particular from germany and from the usa, which agreed to provide more modern air defense systems for ukraine, in particular germany yesterday it was announced, er, it was also announced and we know what