this candle so that it is so that they have access to the light, but where else is it also going to the whole of america, it gives the people here the opportunity to connect to the cause in ukraine, where it is also important that the light and the candle go to ukraine, but such a spiritual light goes to america what a person buys and includes himself in victory faster to faster victory on every candle that christian company sends to ukraine a handwritten note with wishes from americans many people write in english what they what they are with ukraine what they what they they are praying for ukraine that some say that ukraine will burn out, uh, there will be good over evil, but

very, very, very few, i am simply very alarming, who wants to cry, how do we read ukraine and we touched these candles, we made them, and they will go to ukraine, this is always it is very emotional to know that it will help people. i am always an artist when i work on them. every day i see candles that give not only mental warmth on the front lines of the ukrainian military , they often cannot light stoves, so for them it is a way to warm up in the cold. this gratitude is for volunteers who convey our temporary homes are warm for us. without them , it would be much harder for us than it is now. kristiana herself has never been to ukraine, but working with candles, she dreams of a trip to the place where her grandmother was born and a quick

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borkovskyi nayspresso join the community with a ukrainian view of the world become a sponsor of the youtube channel espresso and this is access to exclusive content personal thanks pinned comments special icons there is the possibility of personal communication with the espresso team click to sponsor and become part of the community with a ukrainian perspective hello everyone this is freedom life on radio freedom my name is sashko shevchenko. well, today we are talking about tanks. we did not agree on this, but the taboo on heavy offensive weapons for the armed forces of ukraine was finally lifted. these are the conclusions of the 8th, exactly in the format of rammstein. at the american airbase, defense ministers from more than 50 countries talked about their own heavy weapons for ukraine. exactly and when ukraine will be able to liberate with new weapons and when

olafsholtz will finally release the leopards, the wagnerites are a key component of the war against ukraine. this is what the british ministry of defense believes, according to the assessment of the department on the fronts in up to 50,000 mercenaries of a private military company are currently involved in ukraine. previously, one of them fled to norway and is now asking for political asylum in the eu. we will talk about ukraine literally in a few minutes, and while we remember what help they promised to provide even before ramstein, international partners promised to provide large-scale military aid to ukraine, and this is a few dozens of types of equipment and hundreds of thousands of ammunition for some countries, these aid packages announced yesterday became a record, which weapons may soon arrive in the armed forces

and which countries have joined the support in the material of maxim grabovsky as part of a new package of military aid from the usa 53 mrip armored personnel carriers against mine protection 90 stryker and 59bmp bradley armored personnel carriers, despite the fact that the basic design of this machine was developed back in the 70s, it still remains the main bmp in service with the us army. ukraine will receive a modification that improved after operation desert storm, it is equipped with modern electronics, a 25-millimeter cannon, two atgm machine guns , and six embrasure machine guns among the help and 350 multi-purpose armored hummy vehicles, as well as towed and self-propelled howitzers, anti-aircraft defense complexes, mines, artillery shells and missiles, in particular for the nasamsa high-mars, and this is incomplete

the list of the main package of military aid was announced by us secretary of state anthony blinken, this package, the total amount of which is 2.5 billion us dollars, will increase total u.s. military aid to ukraine to an unprecedented approximately $27.5 billion at the beginning of this administration's administration. the united states also continues to rally the world in support of ukraine. we see the incredible solidarity of our allies and partners, particularly at today's contact group on the defense of ukraine, and we applaud more than 50 countries that united to make a significant contribution to the support of ukraine great britain announced the transfer of 14 heavy tanks challenge 2 to ukraine one of their advantages unique armor features which the british manufacturers keep secret , this tank, in particular, uses armor-piercing and high-explosive hash charges that allow the destruction of fortifications and lightly armored vehicles at ranges of up to 8 km, among other

announced aid for self-propelled guns, armored vehicles , drones, spare parts, thousands of outfits and hundreds of missiles, the prime minister said on twitter about support for ukraine minister of great britain richie sunok we are accelerating our support to ukraine with the most significant package of british combat forces to date working intensively with our allies and partners we we guarantee that the ukrainians will be able to defend themselves , use their advantage to win this war and ensure lasting peace. lithuania, latvia and estonia have promised to supply ukraine with air defense systems, in particular anti-aircraft missile systems and helicopters, and from poland the armed forces can receive the long-awaited leopard tanks, previously there was talk of 14 tanks among their advantages according to the defense express portal, a powerful 120 mm gun that, thanks to the digital guidance system, can fire on the move at a distance of up to 5 km, the turret armor contains titan

and tungsten and can protect against subcaliber soviet-type tank shells at a distance of up to one and a half kilometers about the need to provide ukraine with heavy weapons , polish president andrzej duda once again stated at the world economic forum in davos that the terrain is better, the russians are still very strong on the front lines, there are many russian soldiers and we are afraid that they are preparing for a new offensive , probably in a few months, so it is extremely important to send additional military support to ukraine now, especially modern tanks, especially modern missiles, to protect ukraine but first of all, to stop russia's offensive, germany and the netherlands plan to transfer to ukraine, in particular, one battery of patriot air defense systems, in addition, from the bundeswehr to the armed forces, 40 bmp marder analogues of the american bradley car may arrive, the french government promised to provide ukraine with beta ribastion and combat reconnaissance vehicles mx10 rc canada air defense

on the other hand, the apc senator also stated his readiness to participate in the transfer of his military equipment to ukraine. today they still did not reach an agreement on the provision of german-made leopard heavy tanks to ukraine. this was reported by the newly appointed minister of defense of germany, borets, who, according to him, had a false impression that it was germany that was standing in the way of supplying leopard tanks to ukraine . does not want to send leopards to ukraine until the united states decides to send its tanks called abrams, the wall street journal reported high-ranking german officials in washington have already publicly commented on this and stated that the decision to provide tanks should be a sovereign decision of each of the countries, it is important to clarify here that germany so far not

only refuses to provide leopard tanks to ukraine, but also does not agree to transfer them to other countries as needed at the final press conference, lloyd austin answered the journalists' question about whether it is possible to send a small batch of abrams to unblock germany's decision to give ukraine leopard-2 tanks loydoslid said did you hear what the german minister of defense said in my opinion there is no connection between the provision of abrams and the leopard as to when the leopard tanks can still arrive in ukraine here he said that there is a window of opportunity until the spring when ukraine will start its counteroffensive and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states general mark miri predicted whether ukraine will be able to liberate its territories this year, let's listen to the tell in ukraine, there are still a lot of russian troops in the occupied territories from a military point of view sight, i suspect that this year it will be very, very

difficult to knock out the russian troops from all the currently occupied territories of ukraine by military means, despite the fact that the fate of the leopards in germany has not been determined today, today's summit in the rammstein format has already been called decisive, that's what the us minister of defense lloydosty called it, what did they agree on nevertheless, the minister of defense of more than 50 countries at the rammstein air base in the story of svoboda radio correspondent zoryana stepanenko, the takeoff of military leaders from fifty countries of the world at the american rammstein air base is already traditional, but precisely this meeting is being watched with bated breath in kyiv and in many eastern european capitals, and not only. after all, it depends on whether the german leopards, these tanks, which are considered

optimal for the ukrainian front , will rush from their warehouses to ukraine. the new russian offensive should not be kept under lock and key, the necessary armor of military commanders at the air base is also called by volodymyr zelenskyi, the horror that is burning city after city becomes offensive when i say that the defenders have freedom has run out of weapons against him, it is in your power to launch a tank ramstein, not to bargain for different numbers of tanks, but in principle to open their supply, usually to contact the participants of the rammstein format. only emphasizes how high the stakes are for a number of countries armed with leopards, in particular poland, denmark and canada are ready to send them to bypass ukraine, it is not a member of nato, so we need the good of germany as of the producing country, but in berlin, despite the pressure of the allies that has settled in the last week, and they are not in a hurry. we are trying and very

carefully weighing all the pros and cons . possible consequences for everyone in this conflict, the tank dialogue has reached the level of the leaders of germany and the united states, according to the website, olaf is putting forward some conditions, the leopards will go to ukraine only in the company of the american abrams, but the united states refuses to give their tanks, they consider them logistically inappropriate , they say they are too heavy and voracious, they demand too much fuel, as reported by cnn, the head of the pentagon and his german colleagues did not agree on a tank breakthrough the day before today, opening rammstein, lloyd austin did not mention leopards, but emphasized the decisiveness of the moment, now is not the time to delay now is the time to dig deeper , the ukrainian people are watching us, the kremlin

is watching us, and history is watching us, so we will not retreat and will not flinch in our determination to help ukraine protect itself from russia's imperial aggression . following the meeting, germany announced a billion-dollar package of military aid to ukraine. it includes anti-aircraft anti-aircraft missiles cheetahs and another airist complex for leopards. negotiations continue. the german minister of defense said that today there is no unanimity while his subordinates are only checking stocks of these tanks are available so that the day when the quote is possible does not catch berlin by surprise, of course the consultations will continue, but today there is a decision on several hundred new units of military equipment, they will provide ukraine with a big difference and give the opportunity in the future not only to defend its territory from russian attacks, but also to go on the counteroffensive itself and liberate its own lands in warsaw. she was the first to express her readiness to hand over

leopards to ukraine. with 14 countries, poland discussed the possibility of equipping ukraine with these tanks, negotiations continue. yes , the estonian ministry of defense is confident that at least the re-export of its tanks will not be slowed down by berlin. will be able to from germany zoryana stepanenko marik hajduk radio svoboda well, zoryana stepanenko is in touch with us right now, who continues to work in the fields right here in germany zoryana hello, what is the latest news with the rammstein air base, congratulations sasha well, i will partially repeat what you basically i have already told you that we have returned and the military leadership of more than fifty partner countries of ukraine are already leaving from the rammstein air base. well, we know. so you already said that a breakthrough did not happen. accordingly, germany is not yet ready to supply its leopards to ukraine. well, when following the results of this meeting, lloyd austin and american general mark milley also went to the press, traditionally they reported

what they had agreed upon, the very first question from journalists that they heard was about the supply of tanks to ukraine, the head of the pentagon actually said that you should have heard the minister defense of germany, who previously said that the decision on the provision of leopard tanks had not been made. well, he also said that he could not add anything about the supply of abrams tanks. they also asked how reliable it could be . germany's partner based on the fact that today's meeting ended with rammstein and told luit autumn that in his opinion germany is doing enough to demonstrate real leadership. well, but when he was clarified, e agreed that we can all do more, this is a quote from austin, he also said that all allies are focused on helping ukraine to be more successful on the battlefield, he said that there is a window of opportunity between now and spring and clarified that this is not the case and

it takes a lot of time to combine opportunities, this is also lloyd austin's quote he also added that some allies still intend to provide ukraine with battle tanks, in particular poland and britain. we remember these decisions, and the truth about poland is still an open question . how will it be able to hand over the leopards? well, general mark milin said that it will be very difficult to oust the russians from the occupied territories of ukraine by military means this 23rd year, sasha. thank you very much. zoryana stepanenko was with us on the phone from germany and told us about the latest news from rammstein air base, where today representatives of more than 50 countries that help ukraine in the war with russia coordinated their efforts . thank you, zorya. well, at this very moment in berlin , a multi-thousand-thousand-strong rally is underway against the german government's inhibition of the

supply of leopard tanks to ukraine. we can look at it without comments from ukraine! of the world on their phones so that mr. chancellor olex could see something, how many of us is this friction - this is friction here, ukrainians who have already been killed russia, we see that the epops supply to ukraine of heavy german-made leopard tanks continues, i will remind you that the minister of defense of germany boryspil history said that it is likely that the decision to

accept the provision, if they are adopted, will be adopted quite quickly and then germany will also react quickly. great britain announced their supply . i will remind you that on january 16, the country's minister of defense ben wallace announced that the united kingdom will provide 14 challenger 2 tanks. and today he also participated in the rammstein summit in more detail about these tanks in particular, as well as about other help from great britain, we will talk further with us on the link extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to great britain vadym prystaiko good evening good evening mr. simpleton let's start really challengers your team was actually the first in the world to be able to explain to a foreign the government that it is not necessary to wait for others and it is possible to provide ukraine with heavy tanks for the offensive right now, based on your information, is great britain ready to continue providing heavy weapons or probably now all the misters will be waiting for a reaction, well, in particular, you stand in germany. i think that

great britain deserves to be praised , i don't think that my team has anything to do with it . and you remember how from the very beginning of our war, the razor's position is absolutely clear. here, no one is looking for good ones in words, you directly state that prime minister johnson, that prime minister trans, that now the prime minister says that putin must lose this war for the sake of everything that we have built for such a long time, the peace that allows us to live together on this planet and trade and do not know everything we are going to develop and therefore the british will continue to do it and the announced aid is certainly very important for ukraine, tanks were also important, but don't forget that there were more than 30 heavy artillery systems of 155 caliber as-90 there were 600 missiles , imagine 600 anti-tank missiles that are laser guided and each of them will be able to destroy there, that is, there is a lot of such help and we will continue this help, sometimes it is weapons, sometimes it is interesting things, today i was at the british factory that gives us targets bridges are a bridge that can block a river

. our railwaymen are training there. today i was in the first league. how does it happen? these bridges are already parts that are in ukraine. everything was torn by the occupiers. we will be able to restore it with the help of great britain. well, really, we will continue to talk about the help that is provided. in particular, great britain and ukraine , but let's still stop at tanks, because this is how i understand the issue to be quite fundamental , we can mention in particular what general golovnokomannovych zasunu, mr. zaluzhnyi said what and for a successful full-scale counteroffensive or is it necessary? well, he calls such a number 300 heavy tanks. let's talk about the challengers. do you know when these first 14 which have already been announced will appear in ukraine? i can say. i hope that this is a small secret. that the crews are a crime for training on the territory of great britain. that is, well, the crews of heavy artillery systems will arrive in the near future and the tankers after that. as soon as we train them. british stara that our tankers, our soldiers

train very quickly, they are very motivated and very well trained for the war they are going through, it won't take much time in parallel . already 10,000 and at the beginning of the new year , another 20,000 have begun. it takes 5 weeks . it is difficult to say how much it will be necessary to train tankers. i think that in a month and a half we can handle it if necessary, as it was before. the training will be continued, but this does not mean that the tanks will be sent in parallel . before leaving for ukraine, mr. president, let me return to the first question. if we are talking about such a number of 14 challenges, this is, in fact, so far the only number of those heavy tanks that are being asked for of ukraine, which has already been officially announced, confirmed about the leopard and their fate

, which is unknown. and whether germany, in particular, will give permission for the delivery from poland of the same. for example, is great britain ready to continue providing its challengers without waiting until there or the usa abrams will they give or will germany decide again in the early 1990s? as you know, great britain had about a thousand tanks, now there are so few of them that, in fact, great britain does not have a sufficient and necessary number for us why did we choose it and why do we constantly talk about the leopard? i am sure that the challenger is no worse than the leopard because there are simply more of them in europe. the figures of 2,000 of these tanks that our european partner countries have show that we can get just this large number of tanks . but great britain is considering options not only there are those tanks we are talking about now but we definitely need to think about helicopters we need to think about planes do you remember that great britain has already handed over three helicopters to us they have prepared the appropriate crews, so this is important. i understand why we are

constantly talking about tanks in ukraine, but he must forget that we need other heavy and specialized weapons and this is true, but i remember again that in his article general valery zaluzhny wrote ah, he said no only about tanks about aviation about aviation today by the way rammstein was also mentioned at least this was mentioned by the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi he called for providing f16 fighter jets to ukraine there was also news from the netherlands from the minister of foreign affairs of this country that if there is such a measure, a request from the ukrainian side, then they will be ready to consider it if we are talking about the united kingdom a-a i looked like this today it is not in service if it is possible we will not correct it it is not in service f16 if we are talking about planes, is great britain ready to provide any airplanes do you conduct such work, we conduct this work, we conduct about everything, everything that will help us in the air, those helicopters that i mentioned, this was also the first country britain, which handed over to a foreign neostor, the soviets, which served a these were real helicopters, these were kindies, what trained crews, they are already in ukraine

, they are already carrying out their missions in ukraine as well. i hope that we have made progress, we are talking about long-range missiles from britain, much more than the range that we are currently allowed to reach, these up to 100 km everyone understands that for a successful attack we will need much more, more distance that we will be able to hit our enemies, all these conversations are being conducted today, this is the decision, or rather, the lack of a decision regarding leopards rammstein surprised you and what are your emotions about this? we were obviously aware that with germany, everyone understands that sooner or later germany will be forced to make a decision under pressure. it is difficult for me to understand as a diplomat. are my german colleagues unable to advise their government that it is early sooner or later the decision will be made, but instead of being at the end of everyone and when everyone will push like our polish friends who say that we will move the tanks anyway, will you allow us or not, i think that the nearest sometimes german diplomacy, the german government

will understand that this decision is completely immature, it cannot be avoided, it must be taken to demonstrate that germany is also a leader , they want to help us there are certain healthier moments they have to overcome them i am sure that they will overcome them in the near future what surprises you, why don't they actually realize it, but still? maybe you have some guesses why mr. scholz 's government? but at least according to the media, e.e. from vse zhorny, we know that mr. scholtz is waiting until the usa gives the abrams. so why is there only a couple of ukrainians who can supply such heavy weapons, we constantly forget this discussion, for example, french tanks that on the same on the same as in terms of quality in terms of combat characteristics as well as challengers and as leopards, that is, there are a certain number of countries in the world that can offer us this weaponry, we work with all of them, on the other hand, you and i must prevent a situation when we have were created as sometimes ours aptly joke

the whole zoo we have leopards those games and so on we need to understand how we serve and how we train the crews and therefore in principle if we chose to stop with you on one tank that has a large number and this is just a leopard it was important from the point of view of great britain, why is this decision very important to us, because they are right that they were the first. they set an example, but it is also very important that they do not depend on another country. this is a british development, and they can deliver even tomorrow they are not dependent on anyone and they have demonstrated this leadership. as you can see, all other countries are obliged to make some decisions within the european and so on. on the tank which has the largest number the largest number of repair parts which is the largest part we will be able to train our crews to be effective on these tanks such as what what then actually germany depends on whom it depends on the usa if you want to provide your lapards seen more than once that he stated something that we will not have an independent decision. i

understand that a consensus has not been formed in german society so far. i showed this survey conducted by the german government, but on the other hand, the government is why it is and the government is not. she should only listen to the people. she should lead this people to a decision, for example, as happened in this country when you, when the flag of ukraine is raised all over the country, when everyone helps ukraine, it means that thanks to that and the efforts of the government and the people themselves, this reach a consensus on average. everyone understands that putin must lose, ukraine must win, and for this we must do this moment will come a little later in germany at the moment that, fortunately for us, has already come to britain, but here is when something says that this decision will not be made by the federal republic of germany therefore, it is independent, why does the example of britain not work here? why is it waiting specifically for the united states? britain has already provided why no, it has not worked yet. i am sure that it works. and is it clear that britain is an important partner, it is one of of the biggest power plants on the planet, and it is clear that

for the entire european union, from which britain recently left and now demonstrates its independence of making independent decisions, this, well, i may use this word, annoys the partners in the european union and pushes them towards the right decisions, in particular, the value of the decision of the british side. well, we will definitely return to this topic. in particular, i would like to know why germany, despite being part of it, is actually the leader of the eu and could become this leader. we often already raised this issue, but i still continue to go further, poland has already announced that it will provide leopards even without germany's consent, that's what allegedly and this is so secondary , polish prime minister meteo zhmurawiecki said about it. is it really possible to ignore germany's consent purely formally ? you know there were cases before when countries ignored, i will give you an example , here i will give you an example of a completely different side, when the russian federation supplied and repaired and improved antonov aircraft without