in ukraine the unconquered cities of ukraine, our naval capital is known for its moorings, bridges and happy brides, the glorious lands at the confluence of the ingula with the buska estuary have long been closely connected with the zaporizhzhya cossacks and for centuries formed a free ukrainian spirit to fight, the city named after the patron saint of sailors discussed the possible use of nuclear weapons in ukraine already after the first military failures in ukraine, the

american magazine newsweek writes about whether the military command in minsk would support such a move they buried the minister of foreign affairs, volodymyr makei, who was considered the only conditionally pro-western representative in the belarusian government, the death of the minister happened suddenly, the reasons for it have not yet been announced near protests in china, actions are taking place against mass lockdowns due to covid, however, anti-government slogans are also being recorded. units and equipment to suppress protest moods about it and not only see svoboda life congratulations today november 29 avatar svoboda life my name is sashko shevchenko, we tell and analyze the main events today in the russian

fsb, they could discuss the feasibility of a nuclear strike in ukraine in the spring, newsweik reported about this, referring to e-mails allegedly sent by an informant from the fsb to the founder of the gulagunet site, vladimir osychkin, according to these letters, on march 17, it is likely the fsb agent wrote that the war against ukraine, i quote, is somewhere beyond logic and common sense, but he hopes that outright stupidity will not be implemented. in view of the use of nuclear weapons, according to this source, such a powerful argument for a local conflict would demonstrate a military weakness that even military success would not be able to overcome. there is no point in considering this, the informant also suggested that the order to use nuclear weapons will not be carried out

even if putin gives him these letters, vladimir sechkin received them a few months later after vladimir putin said that russia is ready to use all means to protect its territorial integrity, about whether the pro-russian command really supported the use of heroes, glory to the heroes, let's burn about these messages from the fallout of newsweek, everyone allegedly could really discuss the possibility of a nuclear strike on ukraine, well, at least about this yes, you can judge from the letters of this probable source in the fsb if this is really so. does this mean that the kremlin also understands that such a step is not in favor of russia somehow it won't help to advance militarily, and

can we then assume that before that, well, it definitely didn't succeed. what do you think, well, first of all, it is necessary to clearly define that according to the data of our party partners, the first cia between the guest and also our intelligence the russian federation is ready for a different scenario of war. the means to apply an extraordinary effort to still carry out this operation so that the war will end quickly in 2-3 months at most, but what must be done radically to use all resources so that it is possible to provide victory so that ukraine surrenders quickly one of the scenarios mentioned the application of tactical nuclear weapons, i am talking about the scenarios of the military fsb, but on this format it is clear that they envisioned various

scenarios of the events of the use of these weapons, which would provoke the possible use of nuclear weapons in response, first of all, by nato countries and perhaps even a negative reaction from the side of china and india, that is, the countries of the nuclear culture of the club of partners, this was the main position of the military and putin's analysts and advisers that the use of weapons would cause a powerful powerful format of not only the unification of all international forces against russia, but perhaps also military operations and even a reverse nuclear strike, they put forward such predictions, but what was applied, let's say, we are not ready for such a scenario today, because it will destroy russia, destroy it, they predicted both them and putin himself and in fact, it will not give any advantages, but the threat of nuclear weapons is one scenario that was proposed precisely by moscow's special services and analysts in order

to force ukraine to abandon defense against offensive operations. and then already the kharkiv region, and it is clear that putin had no arguments. he changed the whole of the war and limited operations, that only donbas , for example, the south of ukraine, was captured. it is clear that this is not worked and why did he want to stop already and conclude such an agreement, i.e. a truce, as he said for a pause, it is clear that he needed some powerful arguments, then putin took such a position that he should have declared the possibility of using tactical weapons in the event of offensive operations already of ours - this complete liberation from the territory of our state and the territory of crimea, here it was, so to speak , it will not return , so to speak.

weapons, because starting the use and threats . that is, the use of tactical weapons provided for the scenario of return strikes and the possible use of ballistic missiles. this is already a strategic war. this is the destruction of all humanity and not only russians, but also americans and europeans and chinese and turks and indians. almost all of them are dying. i'll say it simply: no one wants him, including putin, that's why he quickly understood when the flower united both on his line and on biden's line on jones, and then it's already such a sun. the prime minister of india said that you do not move, that there will be a tough answer, one said that i will be directly struck back, three, the second said that a preemptive strike will be struck across the entire situation in russia, on the northern objects without deciphering nuclear is non-nuclear china harsh to prevent such a scenario of the outbreak of a nuclear war, it is clear that at this stage putin

has already given up on the background plans, you mentioned that the alleged offensive operation of the armed forces of ukraine already on the territory of crimea can be perceived as red line, in this context, i wanted to ask you about another publication of another publication, in particular by icons, the other day i published an article with the headline that an attempt to return crimea will be bloody and difficult, and this publication also says that western partners are allegedly afraid of the consequences, in particular of a nuclear attack if according to jesus attempts to liberate the crimea, how can you assess it, and how, in particular, can this operation develop, do you agree with this assessment, here are publications with icons, they are for which we are considering one of the scenarios military analysts of the scenario that russia will hold on to crimea as its own territory and the moment of truth for putin is to prevent surrender because the regime will fall, and i want another scenario to clearly state that we have real prerequisites for conducting

strategic offensive operations like ours in the south the state of zaporizhzhya and the kherson region, the left bank and parallel to the east - this is primarily the luhansk region, and then flank strikes on the donetsk region, this is the liberation of our territories, but the peculiarities of the southern direction, which can to really unblock our entire movement there to the crimea, what can be organized strategically, the next literally operations that will lead to and this format on the shoulders of the incoming russian troops, we can enter the crimea, the panic is already growing in the crimea , it is growing today in the zaporizhzhia region, collaborators are already fleeing the crimea is already increasing on the right bank. we already know how many crimeans are moving there, according to operational data, they are already waiting for us and they say we are ready because the regime tolerated it, and there are 800,000 russians. they arrived approximately from 400 to something, unfortunately, there are. i understand the problems with

communication with mr. malomhuj. i am asking our producers now to restore this sound. in the meantime, i just want to remind you that the head of the foreign intelligence service of ukraine is in touch with us now in the years 2005-2010, mykola malomuzh has already returned to us, and in the state i would like to ask about the fate of the a-a systems of the ppo-o petriv, that is, in recent weeks , there has been shelling of the energy infrastructure of ukraine, from which these systems could actually protect, i remind you that the audience here is the context that these poland offers to transfer air defense systems to ukraine, but germany, which previously offered them in warsaw, wants petriv to remain on nato territory, but what can germany worry about here? why are they refusing to transfer petriv to ukraine? this is an old concept of nato and the us. such

powerful means of air defense will all mean the direct entry of nato countries into a war with russia, which is important to understand with someone that this is after all specifically about petriv. when we ask the question of handing it over to us dozens of times we specifically put both officially and unofficially and on rammstein from six games we read the question about petriv and the sale of free missiles that go for 500 km and more, but in this situation everyone is limited, this will be a direct entry into the war on that will unleash a global war, they are gradually moving away from this, and already even the americans are already stalker today at the meeting of nato members and countries in bucharest . the systems that are transmitted by france literally m-270 are missile systems that hit far, that is, these are the

models that stand a powerful dome. as stoltardah said today for ukraine, it is possible to use such means, so i transmit and not only loop, and today the question is about a very missile complex with 300 and 500 km. this will create the prerequisites for the protection of the sky and offensive operations for our armed forces of ukraine both in the south and in the east, and this is the perspective of crimea, not a bloody separate direct development. they will flee there very quickly if there is a panic among the russian military complex, there will be a lot of panic , that's clear, and then the environment . general of the army of ukraine mykola malomuzh, secretary general of nato and jens stoltenberg believes that russia

will most likely continue to carry out attacks on the energy system and gas infrastructure of ukraine in the winter period, the process toltenberg said in bucharest before the ministerial meeting of the north atlantic alliance, according to the head of nato, the fact that attacks on energy infrastructure are taking place with the approach of winter demonstrates that russian president vladimir putin is trying to use winter as a weapon, a weapon of war against ukraine, according to military experts, winter can also have a direct impact on hostilities due to snow and frost in case of severe weather, the war may slow down precisely because of the approach of winter and its use as a weapon by moscow against ukraine according to stoltenberg, nato is increasing aid to ukrainians. president putin is now trying to use winter as a weapon in the war against ukraine. this is terrible and we must be ready for new attacks. this

is the reason why nato allies have increased their support for ukraine. at the moment, the heads of diplomacy of the allied countries are discussing what and how. to support the armed forces of ukraine or ukraine could continue to defend itself and they gathered in bucharest where at one time nato approved a landmark decision for ukraine fresh details from zoryana stepanenko and she now directly works at the scene of the event in the romanian capital of the star hello, with what list of needs did the ukrainian diplomats come there good afternoon sashko well, i will actually start with the fact that in this very building of the romanian parliament, where i am actually, where the meeting is still going on, the alliance 14 years ago made a decision which they still remember it. it was here, despite putin's objections, that the leaders of the nato countries then signed a declaration that ukraine and georgia would become members of the alliance .

they did not indicate, but the decision is in force and today the secretary general, however, added that now the focus is on urgently supporting ukraine, so to speak, so that it can accordingly resist russian aggression. in this regard, stukenberg assured nato that it will not back down, will help as much as necessary, and emphasized that it is important to preserve the unity of the alliance in this direction just winter, president putin is trying to use winter as a weapon of war, which causes a lot of suffering to the ukrainian people, the allies of the panat provide unprecedented support they will continue to help ukraine, in particular, with the restoration of gas and energy infrastructure and supply air defense systems. i am

convinced that president putin will not succeed in anything. in principle , judging by the current schedule, he should be here and meet with his fellow ministers and discuss further military assistance in ukraine and the restoration of its energy infrastructure, the ukrainian diplomat told us what words will be used most often today, the word transformers. well, also in patriot is the name. how do you know that the anti-aircraft missile system is capable of hitting targets at a long distance? germany offered it to poland when a missile fell on its territory. warsaw said that the patriot more needed by ukraine, but in berlin they say that they prefer to leave it in the internal system of nato. dmytro kuleba did not tell us about this, the patriot dmytro kuleba did not tell us. well, it is obvious and he confirmed it, it will be the subject of the evening's discussion. the ukrainian minister denied the reports of a number of media about the change in the format of his participation in events in

bucharest, explained that the change will not be sudden, bearing in mind the long-standing blocking of the ukraine commission hungary's nato did not have such a moment when hungary unblocked something and then again under this under today blocked this blocking has been in effect since 2017 ago hnat found a way how to bypass this blocking and instead of holding a ukraine commission at the level of ministers, a meeting is simply held, e.e. ukraine, nato, that is, the same thing, but the energy support package for ukraine has already been announced by the united states. 50 million dollars in moscow today voiced its traditional warning by the state that they say more of their participation in the conflict in ukraine, i have now quoted the deputy head of the russian foreign ministry, you still have risks as

to bring the end of the war in ukraine closer and what the alliance, which does not want a third world, is ready for this, we have now talked about it with the head of the estonian foreign ministry, who, by the way, flew here from kyiv, and the diplomat told who and what he is doing now to support ukraine in an exclusive interview from the fields at the nato meeting in bucharest, look, you just returned from kyiv, where you were on a visit, so we are interested in your impressions, what you saw with your own eyes and what has become new, that this war is at a critical turning point for the west allies now looks like putin's strategic goal, which he puts on the scales of prolonging the war. and we have to end it before ukraine before fake peace negotiations, concessions, and on the contrary, giving more heavy weapons, including

air defense, including long-range missiles, without any political safeguards, including with tanks, we must also immediately strengthen the regime of western sanctions by introducing new ones in the energy sector, we must continue the further isolation of russia, in particular, with the creation of a special tribunal on russian aggression against ukraine. do you personally see any signs that ukraine is being pressured by nato allies or the european union, pushing, so to speak, to peace negotiations or their beginning? there must be clear prerequisites also regarding what the ukrainian leaders declared, firstly, the complete liberation of the entire

ukrainian territory, secondly, clear compensation by the aggressor state for all the damage caused, justice, those responsible for this act aggressions should appear before the tribunal, here, uh, we would like to include it in the ninth package of sanctions, which the european union is currently working on, and at what stage the process is now, how long will it take for its approval ? there is still a large list of russian banks that are not cut off from the swift system, it is also very important to pay attention to russian propaganda, which still has many ways to reach the west, it is very important we also

emphasized this during the ongoing negotiations around the oil price limit, that the european union should be faster and signal that this package of sanctions will be created. soon you mentioned in the conversation that ukraine needs more heavy weapons, including tanks, air defense systems, as well as longer-range missiles, which is the current mood in nato regarding these requests to what extent and the allies on whom these supplies depend before making such a decision is a matter of political determination and we have seen in the course of this war a gradual movement towards stronger and more reliable support for ukraine in therefore, to really change the paradigm and immediately give what is needed, what ukraine is asking for, for

comparison, the total defense budget of the nato countries together is more than a trillion dollars, now the countries of the alliance have allocated about 30 billion dollars for military aid. i am sure that they could do more if they had already exceeded a certain the threshold of one percent of gdp, which will be given to ukraine as aid, would have a strategic and grandiose significance. in the near future , a farewell and burial ceremony for the minister was held in minsk minister of foreign affairs of belarus volodymyr makei, he died suddenly under circumstances that were not clarified until the end of last saturday. he was 64 years old. he was 64 years old in minsk. just today, the minister of foreign affairs of russia, sergei lavrov, was supposed to arrive for talks with makei. but after the news of the death of his belarusian colleague, lavrov's visit was postponed and came to the farewell ceremony for makei volodymyr makei was considered

a relatively patriotic belarusian or not the only one in the closest circle of oleksandr lukashenko makei became the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of belarus in 2012 and for some time advocated the normalization of minsk's relations with europe, but when mass protests broke out in belarus against the falsified presidential elections in 2020, in which lukashenka was once again declared the winner, mackay criticized the protesters, calling them agents of the west, what could be behind the death of volodymyr mackay, and what trials may now unfold in belarus about this is what we are talking about next with us on the link belarusian political scientist pavlo usov good evening good evening what is known now about the reasons for the minister's sudden death of foreign affairs of belarus, there are now various rumors and speculations, maybe you can add something to the official account of the official version of makey's death, it's health problems, and in particular, he

has heart problems, it's hereditary, and in recent years , makey had a very difficult, er, difficult psychological situation the tension with each other, on the one hand, completely eh, and his activity, which was aimed at not promoting and showing the positive light of the belarusian dictatorship to the west, failed on the other hand, lukashenko personally, he was responsible for the rights of this approach in relations with the west because, well, in principle, lukashenko directly accused the west of treason , and he was also responsible for changing the domestic policy in that regard, which is based on liberal authoritarianism has turned into practically terry totalitarianism, it is clear that

such a tense situation and personal conflict, uh , witch on the personal level with lukashenko during the crisis of the 20th year, mackey began to use alcohol badly. what made the situation even more complicated was the state of health and, er, at the time of death, they say that the cause is a heart attack. what you also what you have just laid out is, well, those are the only versions that can be seriously considered, in fact, there is a lot of it, especially when it comes to belarus and everything connected with belarus with this region, eh, has very sensitive characters and

accordingly, various speculations are born, here are conspiracy theories to completely unbelievable things. the most popular versions are that mackey was eliminated in moscow, not just like that. for the reason that not only in the west . of ideas in belarus and one of those who sought to return belarus to the west and expand the room for maneuver for belarus in the car with western states, in particular, about russian about kremlin analysts so, andrey suzdeltsev was directly involved in this, and it is possible that back in moscow, the kremlin could have such an impression, it is not important how things actually

turned out in belarus, not because of matey's actions. he believed that the makey represents himself, so there was indeed confidence that he is not leading to belarus in the direction of the west, and the west can be considered there. could not, and this approach is consistent with the version that moscow could have had a hand in this. the second such speculative element is the fact that due to the death of matei, russia did not want to convey and show lukashenko what awaits him in the event that he will not try to get out of moscow's control, or at least he will not agree to the participation of belarus in the war, and that's what he said on the rogative . and

warned about the possibility of russian provocations at critical objects of the belarusian infrastructure , including the nuclear plant without rights, this is to create a case for the involvement of the belarusian war in the war and the report of western analytical centers that the cream is preparing the assassination of lukashenko's displacement to a more pro-russian all of this can be considered as elements upon elements of the information war of information influence on lukashenko, both from the side of the west and from the side of russia, but nevertheless, of course, for lukashenko, despite his critical attitude towards mackey, such a situation is extremely uncomfortable, and the death of mackey in these conditions, in these circumstances, belarus, in principle , is on the brink of war with ukraine, and

we cannot include it. the procedures related to the summons of belarusian citizens to the military enlistment office, yes, and by phone and subpoena, some of them receive a few pieces of it, all of this, of course, creates a very nervous situation, the situation in belarus is like that, it does not stabilize it, it does not create it confidence that all the negative possibilities and all the negative scenarios have been exhausted and indeed belarus is on such a critical border in its history and the probability of entering a war against ukraine unfortunately, it remains very fast, it is important to note that each of the versions that have just been discussed is not confirmed and therefore not official. i will officially remind you that so far it has not even been stated what is the cause of the death of volodymyr

makei, we have already mentioned this and in particular the american institute for the study of war says that there are certain signs that belarus may once again be involved in the war in some way . western countries and how do you assess whether there is a real threat that russian troops in belarus could be involved in the war, namely from the northern border? do you agree with the assessment that this is just a distraction attention, it can take various forms and methods, as in a maniograph of cross-border topics in order not to distract attention from the concentration of forces and, in principle, attempts to provoke a cross- border conflict with ukraine