there is a trace of russia, how much do you divide it into, what do you think in principle about this tragedy from the point of view of how realistic it is that outside forces intervened, i will be absolutely honest and stick to my own position, you are not the first to ask me this question. i have my own combat experience of similar smaller catastrophes and i, in my own way, have one serious lesson until there are expert state official conclusions, any interpretation will harm, we emphasize will harm, i apologize for perhaps such categoricalness, but this has been passed by my own military life and how in principle, i will not give any variations, we will wait for the official results and once again emphasize the second maybe even with some pressure, any option good evening on the air of bbcineus from ukraine live from london i am yevgenia shedlovska and today in the issue

tallinn promise on the eve rammstein european countries are sent to ukraine more weapons, but will they be able to give german tanks and show the report of bbc correspondents from under soledar and lukashenko at the meeting with lavrov accused the west of aggressive intentions towards belarus praised the ukrainians for it could mean that nine european countries in one day promised to give more weapons to ukraine, give artillery, missiles, ammunition, unprecedented

help. this is how they described this tallinn promise , because the minister of defense and representatives of these nine countries met in tallinn, the capital of estonia. so what is promised, britain promises to send 600 brimstone anti-tank missiles in addition to challenger-2 tanks, which were announced earlier about western tanks for ukraine, we will talk later in the program now about the promises of other weapons estonia sends dozens of howitzers more than a hundred anti-tank grenade launchers karl gustav artillery ammunition latvia is going to give stingers and two helicopters m17 grenade launchers dozens of drones lithuania two helicopters mi-80 anti-aircraft guns l-70 poland anti-aircraft guns s60 ammunition denmark later announced that it will transfer 19 self-propelled guns caesar to slovakia, the czech republic , both continue to help increase arms production, and in addition, earlier sweden promised to provide heavy artillery , archer artillery systems this meeting

was hosted by estonia and one of the first to announce its large package of military aid for ukraine, it is howitzers, anti-tank grenade launchers , shells, an aid package worth 113 million euros, the estonian government says that it spends 1% of its annual gdp on aid to ukraine, which is a significant figure, not all countries have spent the promised too early 2% of gdp for defense russia's war against ukraine has changed the priorities of european countries, especially those bordering russia, to transfer even more weapons to ukraine estonian prime minister keckles called on western partners, ivan, what we want to hear as much as possible right now is that all countries will provide ukraine with more weapons. estonia made such a decision today to send more howitzers , grenade launchers, ammunition, this is the largest package of military aid that we have adopted so far, and we just hope that other countries will do the same. stocks

in warehouses and give ukraine the means for its defense russia has not changed its goal it wants to conquer foreign territories russia poses a danger to the existence of ukraine as a state so we britain should help them, and britain was one of the first to promise to transfer western-style challenger-2 tanks to ukraine, 14 such tanks, then promised hundreds of armored personnel carriers , known as bulldogs. and now in tallinn, defense minister ben vola also announced that we have missiles as well if president putin is counting on if we are bored this year, then he is wrong. we have plans for this year and the next and so on. in 2023, it is time to gain momentum in ukraine's fight against russia, to recapture the captured territories. and also to make sure that russia understands our goal now push it out of ukraine and restore

ukraine's sovereignty. last year, great britain transferred several packages of military aid and we are not stopping . speaking in parliament this week, i announced the transfer to ukraine of a squadron of challenger-2 tanks, at least three batteries of long-range depth artillery es-90-155 armored vehicles, including bulldog also today i can say that we will send another 600 brimstone missiles to the combat zone, this is an extremely important weapon in order to help ukraine dominate the battlefield, our message that's me we're not going anywhere, mr. putin, we're here for a long time we're standing next to ukraine, so it's up to you to change, leave the territory of ukraine, go beyond the sovereign borders, and abide by international law, which you say you respect, and all these promises from

european countries sounded before the meeting with ukraine's partners in rammstein tomorrow at the american airbase in germany , representatives of the countries supporting ukraine in the war will gather, and the important thing here is to finalize the preparations, so the american minister of defense loitostin has already arrived in berlin met with the newly appointed german minister of defense boris pistorius, however , at a joint press conference, they did not say whether it was possible to agree on the supply of german leopard 2 tanks to ukraine , poland and finland declared their readiness to transfer them, however, for this, germany's permission is required from germany, as a country of manufacture, it is not yet available and according to the report, he is ready to give a green light to this only when the united states agrees to give ukraine american tanks, abrams actually hinted at something about this on the forum in davos, giving ukraine western tanks in sufficient quantity

are considered the key for ukraine to defeat russia or at least to protect itself from a possible great russian counteroffensive in the spring of this year. we hear how the question of providing tanks has been heard for more than a week. there were hopes since great britain sent its tanks, or rather said that it would do what the germans would say, let's give them too we will send it, but it seems that germany is focused primarily on the usa, and it also lacks confidence, so it does not want to be ahead of other countries in this sense. therefore , germany hesitates, and the rest of the international community that supports ukraine is disappointed. the closer we are to the donor conference in rammstein, the more we observe these things. lloyd austin went to germany to discuss this issue. i hope a solution

will be found or she can make a decision, which her partners and neighbors will have to figuratively lead by the hand. before making these decisions, or in order for it to agree to certain actions, the partners will need to announce every time that they will do it, or is there really such a great reluctance in germany to take steps that appear to the rest to be the most correct? it is very worrying that in this context the question of possible escalation is raised, because the main question is, in fact, how else to return the territories in 2023, ukraine must move russian troops away from its land, the ukrainians succeeded well in stopping the offensive, but now ukraine must advance or you can hardly call it an escalation. this is just a withdrawal of forces, and not the opening of some completely new areas of the front. this is not an escalation. this is the regaining of what was

lost at the beginning of this conflict. will the united states of america provide tanks ? but the ppu systems were the first to declare that they would provide petriv systems and other partners supported this, we saw that canada provided nasambs and the netherlands also promised to provide patriot systems. so the usa gave one thing and the rest of the other systems think that it worked well and what more will be said about it this week and we will be contacted by a specialist in the field of armored technology and military affairs retired lieutenant colonel mykola salamakha mr. mykola i welcome you on the air here if you believe the reports in the american press, germany sets conditions to provide ukraine leopards together with abrams sinus which of these tanks do you think ukraine needs the most now means the most needed leopards and abrams and

leopards in the version of the leopard 2a4 e-e means these are completely modern tanks that can successfully to resist absolutely all threats that will arise on the battlefield, abramse in different versions are also modern tanks, especially the seb1c23 version, but according to the data, there is a situation that consists of logistics problems, there is a need, after all, to get two a4 leopards in the first place, because on the territory of poland, there is already an infrastructure for maintenance and repair of these machines , and we also already have statements from poland and finland that they will provide us with these tanks, and if we take into account that the total number of operators is 13 countries, then i think that after we receive permission from

germany to re-export these machines to ukraine, not only poland and finland will provide these tanks. oh, and based on the problems of logistics , it is still necessary to get leopards 2a4 in the first place, and after that there will probably be somewhere it is quite reasonable to ask questions about receiving abrams m1 a2 tanks in the sub 1 or sepp2 version after 3-4 months. they do not state that they are ready to provide abrams. if we talk about heavy armored vehicles, can ukrainian roads and bridges withstand the weight of the same challengers promised by britain, leopards that can be delivered if germany gives abrams permission for this or gives abrams permission for this, potentially ukrainian roads and bridges can withstand

double and sometimes triple the weight of trucks, that is, there are cases when the weight of one road train reaches hundreds and more tons, all the problems of logistics and overcoming various bridges are decided by engineering units and competent organization of marches on certain areas of the front and today european countries have announced new weapons in a large the list is a lot, but this would stop at the fact that sweden sweden promises combat vehicles cv-90 sau archeroes what kind of weapon does this mean self-propelled guns archer is the pinnacle of self-propelled artillery at the moment in the world, that is, in fact, the division that they promise to give us this is a very powerful

tool will be in the hands of ukrainian artillerymen eh and the same all from 90 - it is from the category of infantry fighting vehicles with an extremely powerful 90 mm cannon eh this is about one for bradley in the latest modifications well about the number of archers has not yet been officially announced, but in the end, let's talk about the situation at the front, what is happening in the donbass now. what are your assessments of the donbass? defend their territory and go beyond military science, we

still suffer much smaller losses than the enemy. i understand that now the leadership of the armed forces of ukraine, the leadership of the general headquarters is trying to wear out the enemy before starting those actions that will lead to the liberation of the territory of ukraine. thank you mykola salamakha, an expert in the field of armored technology and military affairs, the retired lieutenant colonel was in touch with us. thank you. last week, the russians announced the first significant victory after many months of retreat they captured soledar in donetsk region, the ukrainian authorities have not officially confirmed the full withdrawal of the armed forces from the city , bbc correspondent andrew harring visited the front line between soledar and bakhmut during the fierce artillery battle and further his report, the artillery shelling shows that the front line is already close to the mother

quickly run to the shelter it seems right here the russian and ukrainian infantry in close combat, we are now making our way through the remains of the house hit by a shell, the side of the ukrainian position, only the lines from the riflemen can be heard weapons and explosions of heavy artillery are a sign that russian positions are very close on the other side of the field, 10 km from us, ukrainian positions are on the outskirts of soledar, and the city itself is now in hands russian this is the first so-called significant victory for the kremlin in several months, please, have

you lost soledar white in heroes we have a rather difficult situation here, but it is under control. 50 to 100 enemies confirms these words and this video shot by a ukrainian drone shows the position of the russian forces which is being fired upon by the ukrainian troops . exactly how much, but the doctors insist that morale among the soldiers remains high. they are tired, they are cold, they are wounded, but they ask me when they will be able to return to the boys. they are not happy because they are wounded and can relax, that's what folkefa. well,

how is the phone call this morning to the police station very empty, the ukrainians left but now they are trying to hit the russian positions as hard as possible to prevent them from advancing here and surrounding their next target, bakhmut, which the ukrainians have been fiercely defending for several months, it is our time to leave the line front, which is so expensive for both sides, a report by bbc correspondents and this week russia and belarus are conducting joint military exercises, a demonstrative demonstration of unity and strength. this is how they are covered by the television of the belarusian ministry of defense, showing helicopters and combat aircraft of both countries at various stages of training flights . and now they have arrived in minsk russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met with

oleksandr lukashenko and, following the meeting, stated that russia and belarus have a single position regarding what goals are needed to achieve in the so-called military operation in ukraine, they say that there were no threats, russia declared different goals of its invasion of ukraine . valery kalinovskyi, a journalist of the belarusian service of radio liberty, i congratulate you on the air, what is lukashenko's position on the one hand, here is such a warm meeting with lavrov, and on the other hand, he unexpectedly praises the ukrainian military this is how it should be understood, unfortunately, now we don't have a connection with valery, let's try again , can you hear it on the air, unfortunately, unfortunately, we have

a connection, thank you, yes , we can hear you. minsk lukashenko said today that ukraine impresses him, he is pleasantly surprised by the fact that it does not give in to western pressure, but does not engage in provocations against belarus, in addition, he said that belarus is ready to participate in the peace process between ukraine and russia, this is something new , that is, lukashenko was not such a hawk in these negotiations with lavron, at the same time, it is difficult to say, it is difficult to remember that last week brussels was told anonymously that ukraine allegedly asked that belarus not be included in the ninth package of

sanctions of the european union, this was denied in kyiv, but lukashenko must have heard it , and now the 10th package of sanctions against russia is being prepared died in ukraine and this time belarus is registered there, so i believe that this is his appeal to kyiv to soften these sanctions, but why did lavrov come to the belarusians, what was the purpose of his visit, unfortunately, unfortunately, we are losing contact with us, he was on the air journalist of the belarusian service of radio svoboda valery kalinovskyi from warsaw today on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos, a traditional ukrainian breakfast-discussion was held president zelenskyi made a joke asking if

putin was alive and called to give ukraine more weapons and ammunition in general this meeting turned into a real beneficiary of support for ukraine in the war against russia it is not surprising, because the speakers were one of ukraine's closest friends here and the ukrainian canadian khrystia freeland, deputy prime minister, minister of finance the prime minister of canada, the netherlands, mark kryuk, who just the day before promised a battery of patriots in ukraine, and ex-prime minister of great britain boris johnson, vitaliy klitschko himself presented the award of an honorary citizen of kyiv, while the former british official himself called for doubling the military aid to ukraine, we will not lose anything if we double or volumes of equipment and military equipment that we send to ukraine and there is nothing to fear escalation , the best thing for the world is to do this thing and do it quickly

topical and reports appeared to be an economic viewer of the bbc, facebook and islam at the world economic forum in switzerland, ints are trying to capture the attention of big business , important conversations are taking place, but in fact, everyone wants to know whether the period of the pandemic and war will end this year, and whether they will help those who feel the cost of living crisis, and the reality is that the path to a healthier economy lies through the conflict in ukraine here is the first lady of ukraine, who is welcomed by the participants of the forum, at the same time one of the world's leading companies for the production of fertilizers warns that the west repeats its mistake of dependence on russia putin used energy and food as a weapon in relation to food and fertilizers half of the world's food production depends on well and if there are significant failures in this it is a very powerful

weapon the progress of the world economy still remains at the price of political and diplomatic decisions and not only russia and ukraine, as well as china. there is hope that the recovery of china's economy after a three-year covid quarantine will change everything, but this is also a big risk with a message from president xi jinping and his deputy prime minister said that china's economy is returning to normal after the lifting of restrictions. he invited a delegation to visit the country and try to reduce economic tensions in relations with the us and europe. you often hear that the cost of living crisis is down to global factors, so this is the place where important decisions are made regarding these global factors . here you can hear assumptions that some of them may start to improve this year, but there is no confidence in this, and at the forum

, president zelensky managed to support ukraine, and managed to call deputy prime minister of ukraine , speaking at the economic forum, yuliya svyridenko said that the event should not only support ukraine, but also participate in post -war reconstruction. someone sang where is the future butty good dead we have declaiming about what is going to be next in ukraine have ukraine is going it's hard to talk about the future but it's good that the question arises about what will happen next in ukraine, how will it happen development in the post-war period, this means that everyone understands that ukraine will win this war, it will get victory already this year, but in order to achieve this, we would still like to emphasize the need to supply weapons to ukraine, it is very important to go through this difficult period and ensure victory this year

because we fight not only for ukraine, for its sovereignty, but for the whole of europe and the whole world. of course, there are some countries in which this causes concern or which adhere to their neutrality status, but for us and for everything this is a necessary task for the world, because this is not just a war of ukraine against russia, this is a real war. so it is vitally necessary to get anti-missile defense systems and heavy weapons to push russia out of ukrainian territory, and the fact that countries not only supply weapons to ukraine, but also began to think about its restoration and reconstruction means that everyone understands that russia will not get what it wants and ukraine will win, most of the countries are absolutely sure that ukraine will win the war and we will win as soon as possible of the year bad piggle game the big three and wild

victory in the new year e throughout the year okay because as you know for ordinary families in western europe in britain maybe they thought that this situation would last for a few months but now it is already clearly affecting their lives energy bills people really feel it millions of households of course it's not your country's fault but some people say that this situation can last years bad becation easter yes it can last but if now we get weapons against missile systems and heavy weapons, this will help us ensure victory very soon and of course in combination with the policy of sanctions introduced by our partners, ukraine can win even this year, all our economic forecasts are based on the fact that after winning this

year, the economy will grow at the level of 3.2% of the economy and we will try to talk about belarus with us again, a journalist from the belarusian service of radio liberty, valery kalinovsky, we hope we have a better connection. so, returning to our conversation, lavrov was coming to minsk, what was it about visit, why did he come? well, you know it was a visit to the annual joint collegium of belarus and russia and a traditional meeting, but if earlier lavrov had flown to minsk like a falcon like an older brother, now he was, in my opinion, more like such a poor relative. this is what he said that we from belarus against the west, here is our special operation from belarus in belarus so that it would appear that this single ally is needed by moscow more than the other way around by moscow russia but lukashenko in his answer said that it is necessary to develop the economy even in relation to

war in ukraine, he said that belarus seems to fulfill everything it promised, or was it about something else, something new, it is difficult to say when there are separate negotiations between lukashenka and lavrov, but i think that this is not the main speaker for lukashenka because he communicates more with putin, so i think that he did not manage to achieve something so new. well, lavrov also emphasized how many times lukashenko met with putin. last year, he listed all these meetings. at the same time , joint military exercises between belarus and russia are taking place. here are the extent of these maneuvers are increasing the threat of a new invasion from the territory of belarus, well, now for two weeks there have been maneuvers of the air force at all military airfields and air defense zones, and today there were many flights and some planes and helicopters flew

closer to the ukrainian border, but still we are talking about dozens tens are not so many and there was one case today when one of the planes could fly 30-1, its engine caught fire and there was an explosion that we could hear in half of belarus, that is, it is clear that it is very, very old equipment, and if we take into account the fact that around ten and eleven thousand russian soldiers have currently arrived in belarus and are training there at the training grounds, then it is not yet possible to claim that some kind of strike group has been created. but russia is already using belarus as its bridgehead for the invasion of ukraine. against ukraine, this is the most important issue. my prediction is that what will happen if it is possible to refrain from this for 10 months . lukashenko and others do not want to consider this, nor do society, soldiers and officers. i think that will not happen in the near future, especially

since we see that the war is going in such a direction that russia will not win. thank you, the journalist of the belarusian service of radio svoboda valery kalinovsky from warsaw was in touch with us. watch our broadcast at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow, all is well. we will listen to people suffering from rheumatism and arthrosis, my beloved grandchildren, and you will have time, your hands won’t hurt so much, and i need to remove the pain and it has an anti-inflammatory effect, my darlings