the rotation speed of the turret is 9 seconds for a total of 360°, this is a record among armored vehicles of this class, that is, heavy tanks weighing almost 60 or more tons , and the rotation speed is about two times faster than that of soviet tanks well, actually speaking, it’s absolutely not a record for security, because the security of the challenger two tank is probably even better than the one protected by the lower israeli markava, so in the basic version, the weight of the tank is 62.5 t, and if the additional kit for protection, it reaches 75 t, mr. mykola, you name it technical parameters, in principle, they are extremely important, but if

the viewer is watching us, of course, i want to understand what happens in the course of such a duel in the course of such a duel. duels, as a rule, the russians will be forced to use an anti-tank guided missile anyway, so don’t risk approaching the challenger closer than a distance of 4 well, a maximum of 3.5 km, because from a distance of 4 km and closer, the russian tanks will have absolutely no chance literally today there was a publication in the guardian newspaper where the former head of british military intelligence emphasized that it is not important how many of these challengers will be transferred to ukraine, something else is important, namely, success on the battlefield will depend on the logistical

support of the level of training of the crews and the main thing is the design and smooth operation of these tanks will be used even if these criteria are used. how would you rate the adaptation of our armed forces to these parameters, logistical support, training of the crews ? logistic support has two components, first, what will concern the british side is the timely transfer of tanks, your time for the transfer of ammunition to them, sets of spare parts, and, if necessary, timely repair and maintenance either on the territory of ukraine or nearby the territory of ukraine in one of the nato countries. so, the second component is the volumes of those spare parts and those

operational materials that will be delivered together with these tanks, and for the future, i suspect that the british will be able convey a certain a little more why because they currently have more than 200 challenger two in service and they plan to keep only 170 in service units, the british will decommission and they even considered the issue of their transfer to or the creation of other machines on the basis of these tanks, i.e. we are talking about revitalization or the so-called disposal of tanks

, or regarding the training of crews to train those tanks who already have combat experience, so even if they have been fired on in battles, then literally a month, a maximum of a month's repetition will be enough to conduct retraining and conduct additional combat coordination of this unit, that is, a tank company, but at the same time, the leadership of many brigades of the armed forces ukraine already has sufficient experience in the use of not only combat vehicles or armored personnel carriers in various types of combat, but also tanks, and i think that is what was voiced by one of the leading specialists of the military of the british, it will be taken into account by our leadership and the general staff and

the armed forces of ukraine when transferring these tanks to which of the brigades of the armed forces of ukraine, and in your opinion, how should these tanks be used, here we will have one tank company of the assault standard of 14 challenger tanks. does this mean that is what we should form around this. there , he says, a perspective such a structure is precisely based on western models, there and bmp and battleships, it is not necessary . why? a separate mechanized or motorized infantry battalion, which will have the entire set of tools, that is, handed over by artillery, that is, own artillery, that is, some kind of mortar battery, a reconnaissance unit, an engineering support unit, a communications unit, not to mention that

a battalion tactical group can be formed around this tank company, and no tank battalion tactical group and that's all, the battalion tactical group is mechanized. well, in the future, when we will have more tanks , it will not necessarily be the second challengers. oh, that's it. there may be tanks produced by other countries. are these the same tanks of soviet production, but those that have been overhauled and somehow modernized? actually, two or three, four such battalions are created to form a brigade and create some kind of shock fist to perform one or another combat missions, but there is a high probability that we will actually get leopards after the challengers, because this actually comes in view of the political movements that are being made there and by poland and other countries

, that is, the presence of another type of tanks of the type leopard then it is possible and abrams how much it actually complicates well in the silent survival of these tanks on the battlefield in view of the repair there and provided for something else or not everything creates or does not create such significant difficulties or what will we talk about it after we we will have a significant number of tanks, it doesn’t matter what types, think about it in advance. actually , now the armed forces of ukraine already have experience in operating t-80b and 80 bv tanks and 8 in t-80bm, this is a line of gas turbine tanks. the armed forces of ukraine have experience in operation of tanks with 5tf and 6d engines, these are t-64bv and t-84 tanks. at the same time, we have experience in operating t-72 auto-72b and

72b3 t-72 b3m tanks, and t-72m and 72mr tanks and on the approach already t-72 e-e ae, that is, soviet and post-soviet tanks, we have already mastered their operation and their repair. now we have the following task before the repair units before the rear units. it is probably much more difficult, but we also have such things like cooperation with our partners with our allies and some allies already have experience and exploitation and repair of the same leopard tanks, er, two a4s, i mean poland, er, the same

germans have the same experience in operating and repairing tanks of their own production, and the united states of america, whose bases are located on the territory of germany, have experience in operating and repairing abrams a2 tanks in different versions, therefore, i think that with the help of our allies, we will be able to master and operate the repair of the equipment that we will receive in the near future in about six months with the help of our allies. espresso, because mykola salamakha, retired lieutenant colonel , expert on armored vehicles , stay on the espresso channel. thank you guests

for the detailed story. dovosi, where the world economic forum is going on, ukraine is also represented there, mr. igoren, tell us about your impressions, who represented the main ukraine, what messages did the deputies come there with, and participants in the hostilities and all the businessmen, please, and there is quite a large delegation here, and it consists of representatives of the government, representatives of the verkhovna rada, and representatives of the public sector. actually, contemporaries of the hostilities, some of them join online, some join, some came here, actually the agenda is very broad . despite the fact that this is still a world economic forum, the

question is raised, in particular, about armaments, and the provision of we need armaments, which is about justice, in fact, about the creation of social tribunal to bring to justice putin and their leaders of the kremlin, well, of course, here was the speech of first lady alena zelenska, who also emphasized the ten steps for peace that president zelensky spoke about on tj 20 - and the main ones, this is the main ones, the main massages delivered by our delegation. at the same time, the war in ukraine is also one of the main topics on the agenda. including take we hear different let's say the statement of the prime minister of estonia that russia itself has to pay for everything that it

destroyed destroyed in ukraine. we hear the statement of the ukrainian government that today ukraine only has the opportunity to cover 50% of the budget. what is needed in ukraine, because you know when it is you who speaks. as a deputy, as a government official, eye to eye, it has more weight than to read somewhere in the statistics and do you manage to convey to our partners who are there these are the needs and wishes and to talk about what what is happening in ukraine and what do you see with your own eyes, how does it affect this personal contact on this form well, i can give a specific example. panel a lot of representatives of different international organizations dollar of donor organizations and there were conflicts here came to this panel a lot of representatives of different international organizations

dollar of donor organizations and there were specific questions about how they can help , for example, the affected children, the affected women, and you who have lost their homes, etc. and this is completed later in joint projects with ukraine, with the state of ukraine, with non-governmental organizations, and this is one of the examples of the world economic forum itself - you know, this is a forum of financiers on a forum of people who make the main decisions in which the world economy will be, and therefore, actually, this is a good place to convey your name and the further help of the united states of the united states please tell us whether our partners have an understanding today of what they see as the biggest problem, whether to rebuild ukraine after the war or how to live in a world where russia will not be the same russia as it was before the

war with its resources and its services and various other things that russia has made itself the economy in europe, in particular, where they see this problem as the biggest, in your opinion, and is there an understanding of what the new world will be like after our victory when it comes, well, at least let it be the main topic of today's conference and cooperation in a fragmented world, and it actually became fragmented after february 24, because it is from many, uh, from many chains, and regarding the supply of various products to the european union , the russian federation was excluded due to sanctions, actually, that is, a lot of things in the global world have broken down and need to live start to live in a new way already without the russian federation actually which is not represented here i

understand actually there are no russian oligarchs here who are uh-uh they were sedentary like a-ah and they arranged parties here give those who want and are luxurious, that is, the world is being rebuilt without russia, and this will have long-term consequences for the russian federation, and actually for us, because it will affect the economy, weaken the economy of the russian federation, affect the intensive hostilities on the territory of ukraine, thank you very much yehora i want to join and thank you for your work at the economic forum, he was with us in june, a people's deputy of ukraine, the head of the permanent delegation of ukraine to the nato parliamentary assembly, he told about the situation in where ukrainian parliamentarians and government officials and participants in hostilities are also presented, witnesses of the war, ukrainian business, so now i will find for you the information that i want, that i want, that i want to read for you, and we

continue to talk to the next guest, who now let's add that in davos they created an international coalition to put pressure on german chancellor olaf scholz to allow the supply of german leopard tanks to ukraine. to be supplied only if there is an agreement between the allies of kyiv, in particular the usa, the presidents of poland, duda, and captain snaused, the presidents of lithuania, are convinced that germany will provide ukraine with leopard tanks, or that their supply will become a strategic part of the next phase of the war. to be different minister of defense in germany christian lamberg has completed her mission in this position and we will expect a solution to the issue with tanks from the new minister victor slinchak head the board of the institute of world politics, mr. viktor, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, mr. vasyl , it's nice to see you, i'd like to see you too. please tell me why

olaf scholz is so adamant about the supply of leopards. because certain meetings have already taken place. i know that the chancellor has already held meetings with ukrainian politicians and , according to my information, they were quite effective. and as for shultz himself, it is clear that shultz is now continuing to play a game when it is necessary to ensure all the er interests that he thinks he should ensure, this also applies to those insignificant russian interests that remain on the territory of germany, we will now listen to angela, the president of poland, because i read the information, the comment did not give me the opportunity to listen,

let's listen we are trying to organize even greater support for ukraine, we hope that there are several partners, several allies who will provide ukraine with leopard tanks and challenger tanks from great britain, and we really hope that directly germany, the tank manufacturer itself, will also take part in this. well, i think. well, please , you can react to the comment, because dude, germany has already announced that, rather, poland announced that it will hand over the tanks. it is clear that this is a political gesture as well as a political one. gesture of the transfer of heavy tanks from britain. at the same time, this does not provide ukraine with the needs we have today. you remember how general luzhuj, the commander-in-chief, announced the figure that

he would like to see on the field, both of which are somewhere around 300 new tanks, and this um exactly we are talking about the titans that we are counting on, and when we are talking about two dozen or three dozen tanks, this is quite a bit, you have to understand that in a month ukraine is also losing equipment and in this case we really need to have such heavy tanks with which we will at least be able to repel enemy attacks, because until then we will be honest that there is no parity at the front regarding the equipment that the russians have and that we have . only zaluzhne in ukraine and milli in the united states of america have relevant positions, and here are these conversations about heavy tanks, about equipment

, about long-range missiles, we will talk about them now, about other equipment for ukraine that let's give more quickly, because in germany they made a clear statement that if ukraine lost, for example, in this war, then it was the beginning of the third world war, because russia had to fight in europe anyway , so there it would be, that is, nothing would have ended if even that happened in your opinion, after all, in the spring is getting ready- it will be the decisive phase of this war, or at least this stage of the war, because the preparation is serious both on the part of russia and on the part of ukraine and on the partners, it is a matter of resources, first of all, resources, what will be the actions of russia and those by which we will be able to accumulate at that time, it is clear to everyone, i am not a military expert here, i cannot tell you about any specific technical support of the army

. this conversation of the hostage snake, i think that the arguments will be strong enough for the united states of america to return to the many promises that they spoke about earlier, this applies first of all to the missiles that we need, and secondly, i think that it is worth raising the issue of providing aviation to ukraine and about this we were also promised a lot, and what's more, if i'm not mistaken, ukrainian pilots started conducting training in the united states of america in the summer. i think they are already ready for flights and with the human resources. we are already. i think we were able to have already mastered the f-16, which is almost the best

military aircraft in the sky. and here we can say that we have now removed this issue from the agenda again, although it is now extremely important, because it is important from the point of view of deterring the enemy from the point of view of those strikes that we you know , russia is preparing to invade the territory of our country, to carry out some kind of operations there, even now they are considering the issue of not giving a postponement from mobilization to people who have a degree there candidate of sciences, well, it is a doctor of science, obviously, and a pedagogical degree, let's say an associate professor or a professor. well, i don't know if there is a graduate student, but it even comes to that, and despite everything, putin heads the joint defense headquarters of moscow and they are building a multi-level

air defense system around moscow er, and then i ask about the next phase of this war, it may enter the phase of unpredictability, because today it is supposed that the next ukraine is preparing, on the other hand, is preparing for the defense of moscow, and now the disposition is very shaky precisely in from a political point of view, i want to see the future as you see it and do you understand that everything has been put on the horse by putin, because in the event of his defeat, i do not understand what he has left. i think that what they are announcing there is the preparation of some fortifications or the strengthening of the anti-aircraft the defense around moskal is primarily a work on their target audience in order to show that there is a threat, and therefore it is necessary to go to the holy so -called war and er. in this way, to defend their native land, that is, they are now turning political aikido, they are from er plans

they are so aggressive, they simply intimidate the population that rockets will soon fly to moscow . this is absolutely clearly read. i think that we correctly connected it with mobilization, because this is just an additional argument for these people, including those with scientific degrees, including and state officials, who today are also in such a heightened state that they do not riot at least at their workplaces, now i still want us to talk about belarus, you know, kyiv has already seen and felt what it is like to be hit by these s300 were there 40, or did they have ballistic missiles that fly in a berestic trajectory, where did they go, how did they go, and it is not a danger to kyiv, supposedly these missiles are accumulating in belarus and there may be just such attacks on

the capital. here a simple question arises, i said yesterday yuriy ignat that the s3ss-400 should be destroyed in the city of basing, not waiting for them to take off and this basing in belarus is in your opinion how important and painful issue for the ukrainian leadership now is to decide to strike ahead, well in advance or not beat and what can be said at that point when they say no, we will beat as it will, but we will save kyiv in general, not only the lives of the residents of chernihiv oblast, sumy oblast, please . entered the war. we understand very well that this is a bridgehead for an offensive and for a possible offensive and in order to release ballistic and other types of missiles on the territory of ukraine. it is clear that now it is at the political level, first of all, this issue will be resolved and for us, in addition to having

full-fledged means for this, we also need to consider how ready we are to receive a blow from belarus . it is quite systemic, it is clear that they do not have anything else besides russian missiles. but nevertheless , we are opening another front and we need it, we need to pay attention to it. although i do not rule out that sooner or later this decision will have to be made, well, in any case, i think that the talks will continue, i don't know if it's true or if there is some connection from the west with lukashenka was in him the minister of foreign affairs of affairs who allegedly contacted well, there is such a story, but i want to say that about our internal ukrainian problems, at one time you wrote on facebook about the fact that in the office of the president, banks are now actively looking for a new candidate for the post of ambassador to bulgaria, the republic of bulgaria, which where arrived. here is this mrs. ilashchuk. she has a last name that i like, so she has no education. they say, well

, in one word, a failed appointment , and please tell me more about it. what happened in bulgaria, because we know that there was supposed to be an agreement on the supply of goods to ukraine. of soviet-style munitions in bulgaria, perhaps the most among all the warsaw pact countries. bulgaria is quite a serious country in this regard, because there are indeed quite a lot of soviet-style munitions. at the same time, there is a very difficult political situation in the last two years four elections were held there and no government has been formed since october. of ukraine is a fact that can be questioned, and that is why, from my point of view, the

president's office is primarily interested in the fact that the person who will go there as an ambassador should at least work effectively. it would be important, including president zelensky, because bulgaria is one of those few in fact, several countries that until now have not given their consent to the fact that president zelensky spoke before the bulgarian parliament, that is, sending a person to bulgaria is not diplomatically prepared at all without experience of such diplomatic work, as for me it was a big mistake, as i look at how the situation is developing there now with the former advisor of the president's office to the arrestees when the president's office felt that it was hurting their

reputations. i think it's the same. they are looking for an opportunity to get out of the situation with a failed appointment. it seems to me that to admit a mistake or to write a statement that she will not go to bulgaria, it would be a very correct step at the moment, moreover, it would be supported by society, and there is nothing wrong with that. everyone can be wrong. but after that, i i believe that a person should be sent to bulgaria who is quite well versed in the region and has sufficient information and at least will be able to benefit ukraine in this position. well, you know, when the enemy returns in a full-scale attack on february 24, for some reason people who were once somewhere did not get into combat planes they watched a movie about this

guy, only old men will get by, the truth is, they were looking for professional gunners, professionals, where exactly and here you can push anyone, you know well, it's just irresponsible, please, i 'll tell you that everyone has political appointments countries of the world. that is, it is normal. when there are political appointments. but usually they appoint to the positions of ambassadors people who are quite iconic, who only strengthen and between countries when the ministry of foreign affairs is completely deprived even of this selection of personnel for which