that the us administration will change its position on this, but this is a very sensitive issue . the united states does not want it to look like they are attacking russia. putin made it a red line and so far the united states is following it. the development of events in the war, because washington can now probably agree to provide ukraine with longer-range missiles. can we soon hear about the usa transferring longer-range missiles to ukraine, for example, for the attacks you mentioned, this is possible i think that this policy, which the source in the administration spoke about, is not entirely related to the ukrainian potential to attack russia, of

course, a lot of attention was paid to the attacks . in such a way that they cannot launch missile attacks, the united states can of course cancel it, but for now i think it shows the steadfastness of their policy and it is unlikely will be replaced by great britain ben wallace said this week that he would be open to the idea of ​​transferring longer-range missiles to ukraine if russia continues its attacks on the civilian infrastructure of ukraine, could this affect the us position on longer-range missiles i mean both the position of great britain and the new russian attacks on civilian infrastructure i

think it's unlikely, as i said, the united states has been quite adamant about not providing these capabilities and being careful not to escalate because of the attacks on russian territory i think it will continue like this for the time being of course many especially in great britain argue that the united states should provide these capabilities but in the end it is the united states that will make the decisions it is easy to tell someone else what they should do but you can see that the united states is assisting ukraine in its ability to strike russia, possibly helping with what ukraine is using to carry out these strikes the united states could provide some assistance or consideration or maybe even some installations that would help ukrainian systems to carry out these attacks but not to attack american

systems, recently you commented to the new york times on the issue of stockpiles of weapons and ammunition in those western countries that provide military aid to ukraine, now more and more such publications are appearing, or are there is this problem critical, can it affect the west's ability to supply weapons to ukraine in the future, i think that the west's ability to supply weapons will remain, but the nature of this support will change, people, what areas, where the united states provided about as many systems and ammunition as they are willing to provide, taking into account that they are taking them from the american military. the united states transferred to ukraine all the surplus systems they had, plus they squeezed a lot out of the training and maintenance bases

and thus collected a few more systems which can send weapons from some units, but the united states is reluctant to do so, the restraining factor is other military plans, for example, the defense plan of the baltic countries or korea, as well as some others regions certain types of weapons are at a level where it would be very risky to waste stocks even more is one of the examples i think we will see two things here firstly replacement we already see what for example the united states no longer sends javelins instead they send missile which are still heavier anti-tank weapons and the united states has a lot

of them they are not carried by the infantry they are too heavy but you can put them on a vehicle it is a weapon that is still very effective the united states provides and five millimeter howitzers and ammo for them and not 155mm because we have reached the strength on this howitzer and ammo but with that 5mm howitzer can be a very effective weapon it was standard in the us a few years ago and some us units still use it another thing you will see it is that the united states is now more actively buying weapons and ammunition from other countries, we see this, for example, with czech t-72 tanks. the united states buys them from the netherlands, modernizes them, and then sends them to ukraine. the united states also artillery munitions are bought in south korea and sent to ukraine they are transferred due to violations by the states because south korea is reluctant to provide them directly i

think you will see more of this besides the united states literally has teams all over the world buying weapons and munitions that can be useful in the war, some of them are soviet-era systems . so, the united states bought a lot of ut-72 tanks, air defense systems, s-300 helicopters, and they want to buy even more, plus they buy nato-standard ammunition, for example, i think we will see more of this, what you can say about russia's weapons stockpile and its ability to wage war in general, do you see signs that these capabilities are diminishing, in fact, this is a question i should ask you, since you are watching this from the front row, so to speak but if you look at how the russians are conducting the ground war i don't see any reduction in their combat potential what contacts they made

this partial mobilization of course it was very chaotic but it gave russia a lot of new soldiers and i think it helped for the russians to stabilize the front line they are still producing a lot of munitions estimated they will continue to do so until at least spring 2023 plus they are buying munitions from north korea probably will buy even more from other sources early or again north korea where i see a reduction in capacity then this is about missile attacks, the russians are running out of missiles, they are already firing such missiles that are used for the s300, these missiles are much more artificial, although such attacks can still be devastating missile strikes they have become episodic, they no longer happen every day, the russians launch rockets in batches, and over time their number is probably decreasing. i think we are already observing a

decrease in their number. you said that i could tell you more. as a person who is in ukraine, i can say that it is unpleasant for all of us. struck a few months ago, this is cooperation between russia and iran, russia began to use kamikaze drones produced in iran against ukrainians for attacks on infrastructure, i want to ask you about this cooperation, the pentagon recently expressed concerns about the growth of cooperation between russia and iran in the field of defense, the representative of the us ministry of defense spoke not so much about the fact that russia receives weapons from iran, but about russia's intentions to transfer to iran advanced military components, in particular helicopters and air

defense systems at the same time that russia is not only still able to produce weapons, but also has enough of them to transfer them to other countries weapons to over contraes do you speech that russia will really feel a lack of opportunities to arm itself and others, i will first answer the question about iran because the us is quite concerned about this issue, it is also partly about the transfer of weapons, although i think that at least for the next few years russia will need all the weapons that it can produce for its own forces, but what particularly worries the united states is the transfer russia gives iran technology and knowledge

about missiles and even possibly nuclear weapons. iran develops missiles and uses them against its neighbors, a complex defense, a base of missile technology, russia could help with this. increase accuracy increase range could even help with nuclear weapons in which the iranians were very interested and this is what worries both the united states and other countries of the middle east about the future of russian military potential, the russians have shown that they are able to maintain their forces in the field with a terrible a the suffering of the military is extraordinary their mobilization was chaotic but they are getting their strength on the battlefield they have been in place for more than 10 months and

i think there is a possibility that they will be able continue to do this in the future. it will simply be a long and, unfortunately, very bloody struggle to oust them in order to have an external influence on russia's ability to wage war, or will only internal factors have an influence on this? sanctions that have worsened its economy and ability to produce weapons i want obviously they are still able to produce some weapons but not it seems that this has affected russia's decision-making more influenced by domestic politics than international community putin does not want to

overburden his population, he declares that we are talking about a special military operation and not about a war, the attitude of the population is similar, it is a greater restraining factor, is it correct that apart from this, the only thing that can affect the duration of this war is the success of the armed forces of ukraine on the field, i'm afraid unfortunately i think that is the case now. it does not seem that the two countries have any point of contact that could create a basis for negotiations. ukraine put forward the conditions that it wants to return all its territory, in particular crimea, this is quite fair, but putin made it clear that he is not going to concede anything, so there really is no common position here that would facilitate negotiations, besides, negotiations can be

counterproductive given the fact that the western public is prone to impatience, they expect that if the parties start negotiations , an agreement will soon be reached and then the pressure to sign a bad agreement will begin something like a cease-fire that would allow putin to keep the conquered territories in afghanistan, negotiations with the taliban proved a very tough position and in the end the united states has given in. we do not want this to happen in the negotiations with russia to

end the war. and we are all united now we will win glory to ukraine their slogan is always the first where it is difficult, the first where it is dangerous , the first where the enemy is, the paratroopers are always at the point of attack and in the epicenter of the battle, the paratroopers are always at the height glory to the airborne assault

to the troops of the armed forces of ukraine this is a story about steel nails steel will and character hardened in the sacred fire this is my story cool sweat and hot tears about a heart that remains alive about a soul that was born a free story of my earth where a new destiny of an indomitable country is forged metal in my hands and in the bodies of my enemies in the voice that promises us victory together we make this world stronger ukrainians a nation of steel people we will win the winter together during a long power outage always keep a charged radio receiver and an extra one at hand the battery for it scan the air in the

fm range and listen find a marathon of single news and listen to the official messages of the emergency services find out where to look for help and alternative contacts of emergency help get ready now let's defeat the darkness together i realized that it is necessary to tell the stories of the victims of the war as much as possible what you saw what did you do people sacrificed, what were we, were they strong or weak at that moment, what did they go through , it also allows you not to be such a fool in front of the authorities, christina, i congratulate you on to the first channel of public broadcasting, i congratulate you on being included in the list of women who inspire in 2022 from the bbc. i think

that this is really very powerful, not only that a ukrainian woman got into this list, but there are also seven ukrainian women there, but that the work of a journalist was recognized, well at least i'm glad that your colleagues from the bbc recognized your work. thank you for the congratulations. are you in such a company? i would say not so much colleagues as politicians , women politicians, human rights activists. you can say that. you ended up in i was shocked when i was informed about such a company. i did not expect this. i did not apply anywhere. it was a complete surprise. i was simply faced with the fact that we included you in the list of 100 of these women, and i, of course , had tears and were confused. at first, it was like this. well, why ? there are so many people, so many worthy people, and this is such a difficult year for ukraine and so many women are doing everything.

why am i there? and then the second emotion was, well, this is justice . work often it seems that you are doing it, you are doing it. it doesn't change much. but it's not all for nothing. it 's a little bit about the behind the scenes. i wanted to ask if it 's correct. i understand that you didn't know that you were being submitted to this list, that maybe someone nominated you, no, nothing at all. i didn't know. it was an absolute complete surprise for me. i didn't know anything about it, i just reported it. and that's all. i would like us to tell our viewers a little about your work . in the publication nv it developed around politics, but on february 24, everything changed very much, and

in particular, now you are already going to those cities that were actually on the contact line, shooting and recording reports there, how did this transition take place for you , the transition happened by itself on the 24th, when the full a large-scale war and i didn't work from the first day because the first thing i did , probably like millions of ukrainians, was i thought about my family in kyiv, my mother and we just united and there was also a relative from kherson in kyiv 17- year old and here we are three united and also thought about what to do. and we spent 17 nights in the subway, but i started working already, it seems to me, a few days after the beginning of all this, and at first it was very difficult to work. everything was remote work, and then my first report was from the

okhmatdyt hospital about injured children, because there were children from the kyiv region, irpin gostomel bucha, and so on. and this is what really shocked me from the very beginning in general, all of this is simply very difficult. you see wounded children, and this turned everything inside me, and i realized that we must tell the stories of the victims of the war as much as possible, those people who suffer from the war because they do not have this voice, they will not tell about themselves. and the scale of the catastrophe was so great, that's why politics as such disappeared from the 24th, because there was simply a war between ukraine and russia, the ukrainian opposition, the authorities united against the aggressor, well , that is, of course, political life is stormy like ours used to imagine it, political competition, everything

went to well, in the long run, everyone didn't think about it, people didn't think about it, fortunately , the politicians, and that's why it all worked out by itself, and when they bought the kyiv region, i already started traveling around the kyiv region and talking about the crimes that the russians committed there and what i want to repeat again, i was amazed by the scale, i understood that all the journalists in the world are not enough to tell all the stories of the people, because there will definitely remain a man with his own kind of grief, a tragedy about which no one will know and well, because you saw it when you came to every village, you go outside and you can go into houses and every house and there will be some kind of drama, and that's why when life in kyiv became peaceful after that, it returned to a more usual rhythm because in march in kyiv, in march it was very unusual to look at kyiv, i did not go anywhere, there

were few people, many people left kyiv it was such an empty kyiv and i was sad to watch such a kyiv, but then when life returned to kyiv everything did you understand that it is quiet in kyiv? fortunately, everything is quiet now, but in many regions it is not so . in many regions, shelling continues, people lose their homes, people lose their jobs in general, everything, and therefore i felt like calming down and completely switching to kyiv life. i felt this comfort and that's why i decided that i will go there at least once a month once twice a month to some cities or regions that suffer from the war and try to tell what it's like to be in these cities, how people live in them and actually this and did all this time you say this the first

month of the full-scale invasion in kyiv were you sad or were you terribly afraid in the first days because you did not understand how strong the shelling would be that no one distinguished what work against air defense is is it a rocket flying is it air defense is working, well, everything was just buzzing around and you didn’t understand what these sounds were, the sounds of arrivals and departures. in general, this is not understanding . it is safer, where to be, so that it is safe, how is it possible to work in such conditions? i really remember your photos and posts on facebook this first month of the full-scale invasion, when you describe what you do not hear in the subway, and then, obviously, you leave the subway and go to do it already some of your own materials, how much of a problem for you is that you are a

journalist and there is a war going on in your native country, of course because you are afraid for your loved ones. i always explain to my western colleagues that i was asked several times why there ukrainian journalists did not immediately start working very actively or work not as extensively as western ones, you cannot cut off your loved ones from you, these are all the people you love and you worry about their safety and of course well, there are many people, especially small children, who took their children there and this is such a choice. well, not to abandon children just for the sake of work here , everything is so combined that these are challenges that ukrainian journalism has never faced, but unfortunately faced now. in your opinion, this is the biggest challenge for of ukrainian journalism, now , like the whole country, we all need to survive and survive this

war, and then we will probably analyze the flights and understand what we did right and what we did wrong . journalist - it's true well, i wish i wrote a lot of reports. but really , if you take the percentage ratio of my work, then 80% was coverage of political life in ukraine, and now many people criticize me for not writing about political life in in ukraine, here i am doing social reports, and maybe we should still pay attention to what the government is doing, or is it not abusing it there during the war? something to control it and so on, but you are not enough for everything, i will honestly say that it just really happened that that's somehow social, that's all these things, ah, crimes that you record, that you see and try to tell about. they somehow became a

priority in this. by the way, i mentioned here that this is actually not your first experience. when you return to a person, to a ukrainian, because when was the revolution you had such dignity well, i guess you can say that it was a spontaneous project born on facebook. you photographed people on the maidan and told their story. how do you explain to yourself why in a crisis and extremely crisis situation you return to this type of work? i recently thought about myself. well, why does this happen for for me , the answer is probably this, because when the war ends with our victory, i have no doubt about it, i will definitely return to what i was used to there, the coverage of political life and what you saw are ordinary people just people, ordinary ukrainians, fought at that time, then it was the maidan, now there is a war, now there is much more blood, crimes and all that other

stuff. you saw what people sacrificed, how strong or weak they were at that moment, what they went through, it also gives you an opportunity. then, don't be such a fool in front of the government, you will be tougher on it, ask even sharper questions, because the price is high. well, because the price is really high for everything experienced, and even then. i think it gives me the strength not to become so soft with politics and convenient because i remember the price that was paid and what people went through, and then they hold me, then they ask me why i am sometimes so harsh towards politicians. well, because i saw everything that people were going through, and here i am on their side because the authorities also need to remember this every day, because when the maidan ended, they all put photos of such people in their offices and then somehow forgot about these photos, what they

mean, that this is not only an image, that it is a meaning, and now, so that it does not happen such that when the war is over we will return to of their er not very pleasant if habits so it is necessary that after all this then public control is democracy it continued to be with strong public control which is now here i recently had a discussion with one of the western journalists and he asked me you don't be afraid that after the war, people will be disappointed in the government, and that means such a social depression will begin there. i say well, if they are disappointed, they will turn to another. well, because ukrainians know how to do it and have done it many times, we have quite a tradition. we have honest elections and democracy, if someone does not like a politician, well, there are elections and you know that your vote will be taken into account, this is exactly what russia is trying to destroy, it is trying to remove the democrats from the country in general, put its own prefects who will

control the regions and in general, there will be nothing, no freedom anymore we will figure it out if we elect bad politicians again, well, this is our way, but it is the ukrainian way, not the way that russia dictates to us. you are from kherson, and you recently visited kherson for the first time after the liberation of this city by the first train. if i i'm not mistaken, how did you feel at that moment when you saw familiar landscapes and incredible feelings when i got on that first train, for me it was an event of a global scale, honestly , and when i arrived i had a concept. that is, i did not know how i would write about kherson for whom i really wanted to go to the places of my childhood and feel how much the city has changed and how and in general what i feel about this place now because i confess i never really liked kherson, it seemed to me that it was stuck somehow in its development and now conserved and so on. and now how

kherson resisted and it was known even during the time when there was an occupation because all the moments about it emerged now i have different feelings towards my native city because i admire how the people of kherson endured it survived as they fought and did not give up and actually russia is now taking revenge for this with shelling of kherson and that's why i used to go to these places there in my childhood everything and of course it's just inside everything turned upside down we talked to people and that 's how you talk people calm down they tell and then it turns out that this person spent a week in this pre-trial detention center, was beaten and such