empty stadiums without fans in the stands, deserted sports halls, and even destroyed sports facilities, our athletes lost the opportunity to train at home because of the war and had to flee abroad to prepare for future starts, those who remained with weapons in their hands heroically defend ukraine and not the second place of ukraine won't suit us we need victory everyone of you can help even a small contribution to the lives of our soldiers and brings our victory closer to the existence around providing ukraine with weapons well they don't hope to win on field, and therefore all plans there are built around the fact that, if this is to attack the unarmed

and capture those who do not resist, as soon as resistance appears, as soon as weapons appear, that is what happens to the russians right away, what putin called risks that arose largely unexpectedly. well, they didn't expect the opera of ukrainians, now they stupidly don't know what to do and are inventing how to do it so that the ukrainians don't have the opportunity to defend themselves. well, here we can't do anything, we can only observe the course of this disease and record some new fantasies here is such a fresh russian lawyers must work out the issue of expanding the format of special military operations not only on the territory of ukraine, but also the order of the countries of western europe in a number of facilities for the production of technical equipment that are intended from the nato country for supplies to ukraine, as well as a number of key arsenals from where the supplies to western

countries to ukraine exist as well as key objects of transport logistics on the territory of the european union countries through which the transport of such weapons is considered to be potential underlines as potential goals for the expanded format of a special military operation, we are still talking about this for a second, just all the people who are sober to the situation despite everything in their incredible patriotism. faith in the power of the russian army will ask you the question: should we start fighting right now if we have not yet won victory over ukraine well, simply, when the discussion begins, such questions will be heard to pepper you can explain that this is not a war. you don't need to. well, you see the propagandist korotchenko , so much so. anyway, it’s cool that the level of patriotism is measured there by a judge, uh, judging by everything, we equate this kind of madness. well, okay, before we move on to that

new one. one more turn of russian propaganda this week, uh, it’s worth reminding . and what was the original plan of the attack , why did they name theirs because i read one of the entire ones, it was another request to plant the result of the ban group of ukraine , thank you, dear journalists, how did it start, thank you that everyone gathered here today rammstein we just finished the 8th meeting of the contact group the prohibition of ukraine in the rammstein format was and where we had a great opportunity to start the next year with deep coordination, and in particular with regard to efforts aimed at improving the self-defense of ukraine, we understand that what is

happening now, all the efforts that are being made will have results for the next decades for the whole world contact group will not stop at what we have achieved, we will continue to increase our efforts to work even in august in order to be sure that ukraine has everything it needs to preserve its sovereignty and to win back the conquered territories of the united states remains the leader of the coordination of efforts, and today i had the great honor to announce another round of aid to ukraine from the united states aimed at meeting the urgent needs of ukraine. so, two and a half billion dollars, and that is the amount in the next package of aid to ukraine, will be directed to for the purchase of the necessary equipment for ammunition. therefore, this package will also

try with the help of this package, the main urgent problems of ukraine will be satisfied, and the package cost 2.5 billion dollars a will be directed to each high-precision weapon for ammunition and ammunition, also as part of the package, much more artillery shells will be provided to ukraine, we had a large part today to hear from president zelenskyi in his address and i am also sincerely grateful to other and several brave ukrainian leaders for what they today we were with us , including the minister of defense, mr. reznikov, as well as lieutenant general moichuk, their presentations

gave us a broader vision of what the ukrainian army and ukrainian society today we have clearly seen what we are the current needs in ukraine we see where we need to move in order to strengthen our er our cooperation and operational power so every step starting from donations to training to maintenance of the provided installations we also focused on what in this way, we can conduct collective and individual training, so as you have already heard what president biden said, in particular, it is about the latest initiative to train ukrainian soldiers, this is such a powerful initiative, the latest from the most powerful

an initiative from 2014. at that time, we also continue to strengthen our e-e defense industry. we also cooperate with the international directors of national armaments, who were also present today , and we actually saw in numbers how much we deepened our cooperation. actually, the results of our work show that can reach the people if we work together and also underline our long -standing commitment to support the provision of the necessary support to ukraine er resist in this unprovoked during the conflict a few days ago in the dnipro, russia continued its massive shelling of the civilian population and civilian

infrastructure objects, and we see how the bombardment with cruise missiles and other types of weapons is carried out . that we see that cruelty from russia is only increasing, and therefore our stability, the stability of the contact group is also increasing. so, i will start with the means of air defense. ukraine will be provided with installations that will protect it in the sky and its citizens. france , germany provided ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles such as patriot batteries and others, respectively. the united states will also provide ukraine with patriot systems and

missiles and train ukrainian fighters how to properly use this latest equipment. ukraine will also receive different types of ammunition. we are also doing everything to satisfy the ukrainian needs of ukraine in tanks, and that is why challenger 2 tanks will be provided to ukraine. this is the first time, this is the first event. transferred to ukraine and thank great britain for such a decision. sweden also said that it will provide ukraine with howitzers of 155-mm archer caliber. we also heard a very important donation from other countries, in particular from denmark, which will provide 19 ha in bcr, and

sting gray systems and helicopters will be transferred to ukraine. will give ukraine an important new package, namely 155-millimeter howitzers. so, all that was announced here today are the clear results of our work of the contact group with the defense of ukraine. we have already seen what is the position of our partners, what is the stability we all reflect here and we are ready to be with ukraine to the end, ready to fight for its security, because we will work not only for the sake of the future and security of ukraine, but for the sake of world security, we are all here now fighting for the world in which we want to live we want to wash now we are fighting for the world in which we want our grandchildren and great-grandchildren to live so within the framework of this contact group we live we want to live

what is valuable to us is that we lived in a world where rules matter and where sovereignty where the people are respected, where the people are, the people can choose their own path and i am sure that this group is united by the youth, united by unity, this unity provides support for ukraine to defend itself in this armed conflict, we will continue to help ukraine on the way to victory, i pass the floor to mark milli thank you , mr. secretary, for your leadership, in particular, in holding a contact group with non- ukrainian frills, thanks to which we can ensure the security of ukraine. 54 countries dear minister of defense of ukraine as well

as lieutenant general moichuk i congratulate you all here and also from i convey my greetings. according to the ukrainian people, we are all of you. you have the opportunity to visit the european countries where the training of ukrainian military personnel is conducted, and also, probably, the opportunity to see it all with my own eyes, and today i am proud of the results of my work of the contact group, i think that uh, during the time that i have been wearing the uniform, which is more than 30 years, i have never seen such coordinated work within the framework of

nato, in these 11 months, we saw the greatest cohesion, and indeed during the work of the contact group, we see how high there is leadership, how great is the commitment in providing ukraine with what is necessary in order to preserve its sovereignty within the framework of this unprovoked, unprovoked aggression, president biden , secretary austin and other international leaders, we all gave our word to be with ukraine so much how long will it take, such meetings of contact groups are of fundamental importance for ukraine to feel that it is not alone, and this is a very clear signal and demonstration of the unity and stability of the allied countries yesterday, as secretary austin just said, president biden said that the united states is ready to provide another package of assistance to ukraine, which includes the

latest equipment, the latest andriyiv ​​equipment , and which will provide the infantry battalions with the equipment they need. and this package also includes, in particular, us we are talking about the package from the usa, we see the collective effort that is actually embedded in this e-e package worth 2.5 billion dollars. of the military, new training centers will also be opened in order to support the ukrainian army, such training together with equipment will greatly increase the

military strength of ukraine, in particular, ukraine will receive tanks in order to be able to move in counteroffensive and liberate their occupied territories is what our eu partners are doing now, so ukraine is able to move forward ukraine can also integrate fire from those with tactical maneuvers on the battlefield and in order to successfully implement military operations this assistance and about which we are now talking which we talked about during the meeting of the contact group. yes, it is strategically arranged, we look at tens of years ahead and today we understand what we are dealing with, what are the urgent needs and what is necessary to ukraine in order to strengthen their efforts in self-defense, it is international aggression when large countries attack small countries using their

brute force. miscalculation, this war was their choice and the peoples within this contact group in this nation of countries will continue to support ukraine in order to preserve the international order. thank you ready to answer questions greetings, mr. secretary of state greetings, mr. secretary, mr. chief of staff, today there was really a heated discussion about the heavy weapons that should be provided to ukraine, uh, we were talking about the leopard 2 and other tanks, or was there actually a discussion about these types of tanks? i think that you have already heard what the minister of defense of germany said earlier about the history of the

provision of leopard tanks. so we focused on ensuring that ukraine had the opportunity and power to make certain successes on the battlefield right now we understand what period of time we are talking about. we are talking about the correct time from today until spring, when the apparatus for a counterattack will be favorable. we also heard about that . what we are ready to provide to ukraine when it comes to e-tanks, yes, today poland is ready to offer tanks to ukraine at once, in some other additional announcements, i cannot provide. yes, you

heard what the german minister of defense said, they are currently not ready to provide ukraine with a leopard the question of the representative of the ridership, many european countries were worried about the actual issue of germany giving permission for poland to provide leopard tanks to ukraine. so , are you disappointed with this position of germany or not, how can you somehow convince germany so that they join and start moving faster in on the basis of the corresponding e-e on the corresponding equipment, is there a certain ban on the use of weapons provided to ukraine , use on the territory of crimea, is it not time or not now for negotiations between ukrainians and the russians, thank you, the first thing i want to say

is that we are not talking about any one specific platform, our goal, and we have actually achieved some success on the way to achieving our goal, is actually providing ukraine with the power to successfully advance on the battlefield to defend its territory. so, ukraine will receive two battalions of bradley armored vehicles, this is very important, we need battalions of strikers. this is an extremely large amount of heavy weapons, so we are also looking at what sweden is doing, for example, sweden provides powerful heavy archer artillery positions, poland also provides battalions of installations that have mechanized power, mechanized

artillery is also provided, that is, in particular, when we look at this package, we will all understand that it is very heavy because it is very powerful, if it is used correctly, the results and consequences on the battlefield will be very favorable for ukraine, but that general prologue to ensure proper use and successful use of this weaponry, we provide training to the ukrainian military and now we are talking to you so we understand that our military is currently working, in particular, training the ukrainian military for several weeks in order to achieve proper success on the battlefield, so that all the prerequisites for the appropriate military manners are known, and then the transitions to direct combat operations, that is why i am convinced that this package is actually very very powerful, very

decisive for ukraine, for ukraine, and it will provide it with what it needs now, in particular , the necessary successes on the polypits, we see that this package is the coordinated combined efforts of our countries and partners, and returning to your of the first question of course there are such conversations about the bans or the permits corresponding to the use of these e-installations , e-e, we don’t really talk about it, there is no such thing as prohibited president zelensky, president biden and all the leaders of europe, almost all definitely all want this war ended at the negotiating table, we see how difficult the battle is the struggle. we have already seen the successes of the ukrainians

in the kharkiv and kherson directions, and we understand that they are now enduring ukrainian fighters directly in the direction of bakhmus and in soledar, and when we observe this, we understand and think what we can do. i am not talking only about the usa, but in general about all our partner countries, because a lot of territory still remains under the control of russian troops therefore, i want to say now that this year, this year will be very, very difficult in order to expel the russians from every millimeter of ukrainian land. it will be difficult, but i think that we, ukraine, can really continue . our defense, we can help it stabilize the front line and also provide it with the necessary training and necessary equipment, and it is really thanks to such efforts that ukraine

will be able to conduct defensive counteroffensive operations in a strategic and tactical plan, and then we will see what the result will be, how the scenario will unfold, but whatever which yes most any war ends at the table and negotiations are very important and the king of the leadership of both countries president putin can end this war today - he chose start it, so he can finish it today, because we can see what a disaster it has already turned into, er, and another one, and that's why putin should and can do it now. thank you for the opportunity to ask the question whether germany is doing enough to show real leadership in europe yes, but we can all do more for this, yes, the usa and any other country or country member of

the european union, yes, germany contributed a lot to helping ukraine, we saw what she did at the beginning of the war, they were cheetahs these were uh patriot systems and others and also they were also responsible for conducting training on various training platforms we are currently training the ukrainian military in order to efficiently maneuver on modern installations especially when we are talking about tanks here in germany germany is open it continues to be open to in order to conduct training at its training centers for the ukrainian military. in addition, germany also trains the command. and we also see the contribution of germany and actually during the meeting

of the contact group also earlier i was asked a question about the currents or whether germany is actually a leader yes or i understand it correctly yes germany has always been and is a reliable partner a reliable ally they have always been like that for a long time and i hope that they will remain like that i am confident in i also want to say that germany actually sheltered thousands of refugees as well as many military personnel, in particular it was about 39,000 .

from the representative of the washington post thank you for your time mr. secretary secretary autumn i also want to ask you about whether or not it is time to send ukraine a small number of abrams tanks and show an example to germany because they are waiting for some example in order to provide their leopards in view of the fact that the amount of weapons that the united states and its allies have already provided to ukraine, how far can we go and how can we coordinate our own efforts with the united states and partners, how can the scenario of our own provision unfold such tanks because we see how many wounded there are every day on the territory of ukraine. regarding what the german minister of defense said today, there is no connection between the provision of abrams and the provision of leopards

. in fact, there is no connection between them, these are independent decisions and therefore i think that this is a question that could be raised now, but when we talk about providing ukraine with military power, we are within the framework of our department. we are always trying to find ways to provide a sufficient number of weapons for ukraine in order for it to achieve certain successes, also if we say we are concentrating our maximum efforts on this and we will concentrate on this in the future, talking about the fact that in order to conduct a successful counterattack-counteroffensive operation, ukrainians must have not only human a resource

, and they should be these human resources, military resources. they should be properly prepared, that is, the ukrainians should properly use the received equipment, so we see that in such a short period of time the training that the ukrainian military is undergoing. they are already mastering the appropriate skills in collecting and disassembling this or that equipment, accordingly, indeed, a lot of military personnel still need to undergo such training. i am sure that it can be done, it will be difficult without a doubt, but we will see what will happen in the future, the ukrainian military on at the moment, indeed, they have already conducted at least two very important counteroffensive operations, the liberation of kherson and the liberation of kharkiv .

of the first equipment, then the personnel are trained, then they are effectively used, the equipment of field combat is our coherent plan, and that is why my colleagues and i discussed what is our vision, of course we did not get to all the details, but everything is already on the right track when we talk about the number of wounded victims of course, this is a war and we understand that the numbers will be large. also, we already see what the losses of the russians are. and this is more than 100,000 human losses, this is a very large, large number, and for russia, she simply did not think, we say actually about the military armies of russia and also about the so-called bagnerites, they really carry huge colossal herbs and that is why russia has now announced about 300,000 during the

next stage of mobilization, but we understand that in reality the number of mobilized is much larger, ukraine also suffers huge losses, we see how many innocent lives the russian a war is taking away, because they are hitting critical infrastructure objects in residential areas, and there are also a lot of wounded and dead among the soldiers of the ukrainian army that is why both sides of the conflict are suffering colossal losses and that is why i think that sooner or later everything will come to the negotiating table and appropriate decisions will be made, and we actually hope that ukraine will still manage to win it back, it is an independent sovereign state, no one has the right to claim its borders