or putin remain unchanged and this means that we need more support, more weapons, more sanctions and definitely prepare for the further de-occupation of ukrainian territories , etc. well, in the meantime, russia plans to increase the number of its army, the number of russian troops should be increased to 1.5 million people within three years this was stated by their minister of defense serhiy shoigu at a meeting on reforming the army, according to the latest data , the number of russian troops is about one million people and another two million are in reserve. well, as part of the reform of the ministry of defense, it is certain to create an army corps in corelia, as well as two new interspecies strategic territorial associations of the armed forces. the moscow and leningrad military districts . well, now there will be a

moscow harrow and a leningrad or st. petersburg terror defense. meanwhile, serbian president oleksandr vusich called on russia to stop recruiting serbs for the war in ukraine as a member of wagner's communist party, he criticized russian websites in dessert language that publish appeals to join the wagnerites. reuters writes about this. why are you from wagner calling someone from serbia if you know that it is illegal ? to check what is happening in serbia, but probably a little different time, the terrorist occupiers continue to shell kherson today, they fired again at the enterprise of critical infrastructure in in kherson, the administration building of the machinery and assembly hall were damaged, and the oxygen station was activated, the head of the kherson regional military

administration, yaroslav yanushevich, said today, around the 11th, russian troops shelled the management of the utility company, shells damaged the administrative buildings, the machinery and assembly hall, and the oxygen station, fortunately there were no casualties. every day we see people roaming around kherson, and when we invite speakers from there, they say that the explosions in kherson are almost constant. it's loud like this now the situation there is like life well, finland is ready to take part in the supply of leopard tanks in the country the minister of foreign affairs of finland expressed the hope that a decision on the transfer of tanks will be adopted, the minister of foreign affairs of finland said in davos what else can the european union, the northern countries, do

to help ukraine, and he added that the discussion about leopard tanks is ongoing, but finland is definitely ready to play its role role in this support and supply. well, let 's hope that they will press this extremely important and not simple story, and this week there is an economic forum in davos, switzerland, and in strasbourg , meanwhile, a session of the european parliament is going on. and on friday, it will be announced -th from the meeting of defense ministers in different countries in the rammstein format. and what is there in strasbourg is also very important to us, because the main topics are the creation of an international tribunal for the crimes of the russian federation. well, the rest of the question, but of course, it is important for us to recognize and create an international tribunal for russia to condemn the crimes in russia, which it is committing every day right now in ukraine, and what are the prospects of providing

such heavy weapons to ukraine on the sidelines of the session of the european parliament, the issues and the formula will also be resolved мира we also talked about this yesterday, should yarmak or zelenskyi have voiced it? they should join online, and again, we will watch what will happen there. well, poland and lithuania are proposing to the european union to introduce sanctions against the nuclear sector of the russian federation, however, we will also talk about this with petros aush dash vidshusom, this is a lithuanian deputy, the head of the group of friends of european ukraine in the european parliament, i would like to hear and see him. tell me when he will be with us. petros petros. we congratulate you. congratulations, too. please tell us what yours are . impression of how the session of the european parliament is going, what can be expected in ukraine, what decisions can be made

tribune, we are primarily interested in the tribunal and leopards 2 well, let's start in order thank you, you know, and not only the tribunal as important as words as an institution, but those who should be in this tribunal are probably the most important thing is that the leaders of the russian federation who attacked ukraine, who made the decision to start this aggression, and those who contribute to this are all responsible by the way, i'm alluding here to the leaders of belarus and those who accompany all this aggression, kadyrov and others, they should all find themselves in an institute that we can call, let's say , an international tribunal or a specialized court of some kind which was must be created in order to er, so er,

listen to all cases and accusations er in connection with er, aggression against ukraine, and today we will discuss the european parliament, so these are all er questions er on thursday, we will adopt a resolution. on this issue , today there are negotiations between political groups, and i have just come out of these negotiations between the main political groups of the european parliament, and i must tell you that we have a very good agreement between the main political ones groups and i very much hope that the text about which we will now enter negotiations will be

serious . eh, we are talking not only about the court, not only about the need to create such a let's say so tribunal, but also, uh, we call on the european commission and the countries, uh, members of the european union to help with practical steps and legal solutions to create this court, financial также they will help, let's say the ukrainian prosecutor and the investigator, who should have brought all this evidence to the court, because you know it should be in a big mechanism, we're talking about a very serious, very complicated international mechanism, let's say a legal mechanism and financial resources will also be needed here, and i would say competent help, competent

researchers and evidence that all these , that is, those who started this war and aggression, they would carry full evidence, uh, full faculty, how to say uh, solutions yes, yes on their affairs, and by the way, we are also talking about the confiscation of those funds of the russian federation that should be used for the restoration of ukraine, too. president ange duda president gitanos nausedo and we understand that it was then that president duda quite clearly and firmly voiced his position on the position of poland in the matter of supplying tanks to ukraine, we understand that the issue of heavy armored vehicles is one of the

most important in the current historical moment, and accordingly we see how certain european countries are behaving extremely cautiously and it seems that they are simply possibly afraid of being directly afraid of the kremlin, very specific statements may have been made by putin, but it is not important, we have no choice, there is no war on our land, and the enemy is trying to attack it , intensify the offensive. and you, as a truly great friend of the ukrainian people and as a european the politician is extremely well-informed, please tell me your version what is happening with those leopards 2 this is what we probably see, you know the result of that process that has been going on for the last decades and here is

flirting with russia economic interests that penetrated into the corridors of the offices of european politicians and such, as you know, russia is still a very important part of european culture, and so on and so on, and you know, yesterday we heard the austrian minister of foreign affairs, who said, you know, it is very important to have a feeling. how about proportionality in dealings with russia, that is, you know. you don’t need to swing. and because of the prison, because russia still remains, as it were , your player, among the european players and others and he must restrain himself. so i would answer him with

the words and how can i feel reality? we have families of those who died today, these are the consequences. i would say political economic slavery, which bound certain european politicians and the russian leadership. in many cases, it was corrupt . which we have already seen in russian society for a long time, and those statements and that vinism that flourished and now we see such, you know , i would say sometimes frightened faces and frightened decisions, as if he is not in a hurry. will decide by itself and так далее ето всё ведёт э-э почлению российской агрессии if we do not prove many such voices, then there is no neutral positioning there, there is no hurry, do not scare, do not

anger . and tanks will be given to us or not , those leopards 2 i hope that they will be given i hope that they will be given and i know that i really hope for a quick decision berlin because it still has to address certain er-er certain letters to the story because it is how was it before the deal and all the same the decision and the resolution from berlin should be i really hope that ukraine will get not only that the caches will receive enough tanks and also other ammunition that is necessary also anti-aircraft and the second one is necessary but you see, i would say so to the first part of your question in european institutions. i think that we have made huge progress in understanding

things and what is happening in ukraine, but some countries have some policies, national policies they all adhere to it this is a table of things before things and understanding . and i have to admit very strongly that it is personal when i hear such statements , but what will happen? business, business, and i did everything possible so that i would criticize this place. so that i was there, it would be embarrassing for him, and i will do this at today 's performance, and so on. european values ​​are not based on free elections, on the free choice of the people , on the self-determination of the people, and in general, it is

not individualized . самая жизнь and i would like my people to live as we are talking about, maybe we will talk about some new systems, what are the prospects of the petros triangle of lublin, in your opinion , what will happen next ? such a uh, somehow er, the idea that er, the lublin triangle should show an example of help to ukraine and er, for these lublin triangle and let's say two countries that belong to the european union and nato, lithuania, poland, i will go to other countries, we owe it to our historical historical debt, er, it shows everything it is time to go ahead of other countries because

we have a common history. we have a lot in common. we have a lot in common. we have a lot in common. it will stop only at the transfer of tanks, artillery or other weapons that are so necessary, they will protect themselves from russian aggression, but we will go further. what will happen next, let's talk here. i think we are going further. deep military cooperation. you alluded to an extremely interesting moment, mr. ostryavets, i am begging you, literally very much, please , can you elaborate a little more on the basis of what military

cooperation will be based on? us er defense of lithuania and so on, but i think that inevitably we will go along er cooperation let's say so in the rosette for data transmission they will be not only on our side, but they will be in ukraine. i would not cross out this possibility. i think that we are going into this situation because we have to stop the russians aggressors - it's worth it and what we have now you know it's not enough in my opinion it's just not enough and if we say that russian aggression is, you know, a challenge to all european cooperation, then let's not live with closed

eyes , but look at reality. so on, that's why i could fantasize a lot here, but i hope that our strategy is discussed and as they told you before. artillery and so on and so on. look how many we have already. now we have gone ahead and are already talking. the head of the friends of european ukraine group in the european parliament was working now on the espresso tv channel. we are moving on. well, what do the germans think

about providing ukraine with leopards? there is a survey of 49% of germans who consider it a wrong decision of their government to supply ukraine with armored personnel carriers. mordor and 50%. that is, half of the inhabitants of germany are against the transfer of leopard tanks, but i say you have to be an optimist, as our sociologists teach. so this means that perhaps half of them are another half who may actually support the leopard, it is not tanks, but more often well, now i understood the opinion of the germans and the main thing why they are against sociology, it's the same thing as asking a question, and our journalist olga dudko understood why the germans are against half of the germans for inserting leopards into us, let's see the plot, experts are not

surprised by the results of the survey, they say politicians who sought rapprochement with russia had a significant influence on the current position of the germans, but those who are now in power do not want to enter into an open confrontation with the russian federation either, they are an important partner for them who always offered favorable conditions for cooperation europe named after lebnica regensburg, the party of chancellor scholz declared in its program that peace in europe is impossible without russia. that is, we cannot fight with russia, and so far they have not changed this in their program although they promised, in addition, modern germans believe that giving weapons to ukraine will provoke russia. not the outbreak of an even worse war in europe. the citizens of germany are no longer afraid of the third world war or the use of nuclear weapons after the second world war, and germany adheres to pacifist views , experts note, but they do not realize that putin will conquer ukraine will not stop, they

do not have such a vision, they see the scenario as chickens, that is, there is something donbas and crimea. let 's give it all to russia and it will stop killing the civilian population. ukraine has heavy weapons, leopard tanks and so on, on the contrary. the peaceful ukrainian population will be killed. political scientist professor of regensburg university yezhematchkov says that historical memory is also an important factor in the attitude of germans to russia. it is difficult for local residents to admit that russia has already lost the war with ukraine because the soviet the union that the germans associate with the russian federation won the second world war, and the germans feel a collective guilt towards the russian federation because it is considered the main victim of the biggest war of the last century, and before ukraine is treated as a former russian colony, the germans do not know eastern europe at all, there is a constantly present fantasy about a great russia and small states, etc., the school is hopeless, the school does not teach this at all, the

german school is terribly weak when it comes to humanities, it's just that the germans do not know the geography of europe, they do not know the history in europe, public opinion is also influenced by the german media, which portrays the situation in ukraine in a very general way without talking about what is currently happening at the front and what challenges our state is facing. completely on understanding the situation, this is also very important, average germans have no idea about this situation, the fact that the ukrainian army is currently underinvested, this army now needs weapons, this means that the end of the war can be accelerated if ukraine is given more heavy weapons, the germans do not understand this at all and the media confuses them even more, according to experts , religion also has a significant influence on public views, clergy are against the supply of

weapons to ukraine, and believers adopt their views, catholics focus on politics the vatican and the protestants for their own comfort, the ukrainians, they prevent them from living comfortably , they were comfortable buying cheap russian gas, they were comfortable receiving corruption money from putin. therefore, now they have that this war prevents them from living normally, and this is how this religious factor is really very important all these factors form a common opinion, although the attitude towards russia among the population of germany has been changing rapidly in recent months, but still the majority of germans do not support the transfer of heavy weapons that would help the ukrainians defeat the enemy faster olga dudko from germany for the espresso tv channel i want to thank olga here is a goat this is an extremely interesting informative plot of a good story with us yes in touch foreign policy expert head of the board of the network for the protection of national interests ants member of the people's deputy of

the previous convocation ms. hopko is currently in japan from on a working visit glory to ukraine hanna congratulations to the heroes glory to you i also congratulate you please tell us what you have there what is the purpose of your visit and what can we say about how japan sees what is happening in if you count it like this, it can still help ukraine. thank you very much. well, you know that japan has started its presidency of the group of seven in j7 and the summit of the seven is being prepared, which will take place in hiroshima in may. it is very important that the first visit of the prime minister of japan to ukraine takes place. well , for the president of ukraine to be invited to the sevens itself, what will hiroshima be, and this is a huge signal for the whole world, hiroshima, which

suffered an atomic bomb in the 45th year, now taking into account the fact that putin is carrying out his nuclear blackmail, so japan just has a moral right and try to press in order to avoid and we saw this tour that the prime minister of japan made to the seven countries in particular and the united states of america to canada and france. therefore, this is a question of nuclear in general, taking into account the fact that ukraine passed the third nuclear arsenal in the world, it too on the agenda this is the same as the issues that we are discussing, such as the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. where the russians are present, this also creates a threat to what happened .

weapons, but it can talk about the acceleration of the ukrainian victory, because in the indo- pacific region and in asia, japan feels, in particular, the pressure of another state from the authoritarian regime, and they do not rule out an attack on taiwan, in particular, and therefore there is a clear understanding in japan that the victory of ukraine and the defeat of russia - this is a powerful signal for china and this is such a containment policy. well, frankly speaking , you are now showing this with experts who deal with european politics and security in nato, some of whom have only visited ukraine for ages, who are regular commentators in japanese media because there is a huge level of support here, what is more important, japan has the funds to give us even a building in the future, here you are. imagine that we drove 100 km

to hiroshima - that's 820 km in 4 hours, and we here in japan say that we want to the victory of ukraine took place in 2023 during the hunger strike of japan, and this victory is already its next stage - it is the same train from kyiv to simferopol and it is the same distance as 100 km to hiroshima - 820 km in 4 hours and this will be ukraine modernized with -technologies with the best transport uh there interchanges high-speed trains this is what we are talking about in japan i agree with you very well this is an extremely important story but it will happen after the victory and for the victory we need resources and the question is how far can japan under you in its support of ukraine so we understand how much everything is tied up and so,

during a visit to washington, fumiokashida stated that the outcome of the war in ukraine, the russian-ukrainian war will also affect the future of asia, how far the japanese will be willing to go, that's how we motivate the japanese to show bigger ambitions, i so often cast here that the verkhovna rada, which condemned the occupation of the northern territories, is precisely japan, which clearly understands that the victory of ukraine. this is a question of restoring territorial integrity in internationally recognized borders, not only for ukraine, this is also a question for moldova - it is also a question for georgia, well and, of course, the return of justice in relation to japan. japan, you said correctly. it can help financially more. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion in april, the first 300 million us dollars were provided in order to stabilize the budget and continue to provide

maximum support to ukraine. but why is the main task now for japan to mobilize the world? we even said here that it would be good if the visit of the prime minister of japan all together, for example, with the visit of the prime minister of sweden and the time in ukraine to talk about world order, what will happen after the defeat of russia, where is imperialization. this is what is key. i think for japan to talk about the effectiveness of international organizations because, in addition to the fact that japan began to preside over the driver-server, japan is also a non-permanent member of the un security council in 2023 and 24 and we we are talking about the tribunal there, we are talking about the confiscation of assets because the issue is that the money that ukraine is currently taking loans from the european union and japan,

macro-financial assistance why should we take loans, we are updating the issue of asset confiscation and that japan, in particular, in the documents that are being prepared before the summit in hiroshima , the issue of confiscation of assets of economic pressure was also included, as well as the issue of sanctions against the atomic program, because we now see some kind of political will neither france nor the united states to include in the sanctions packages sanctions against nuclear weapons, because there is a certain dependence on that, in particular, japan well, in particular, it can initiate and talk about it, so we are trying to raise the level of ambition of japan, which wants prospects, and we have already met with japanese companies that are interested in e-e agriculture, the agrarian sector, they understand that it is necessary to prepare to the spring and

sowing season, and they have, for example , robot tractors that generally have autopilots . for example, we have seen how many farmers have suffered because of landmines. japan provides assistance for demining the territory. well, japan too interested in the fact that we were able to use the sowing season to the maximum. and for this, we say we need more weapons, where demining is needed. well, in the future, support for farmers is particularly medium-sized there because these are jobs and thanks to modern technologies, good luck to your working back to japan. that your success is the success of ukraine, anna obkoe, the foreign policy expert says, the chairman of the board of the network for the protection of national interests, ants news, right now, eh, angelika sezonko is ready