[000:00:00;00] er, we were here, we are talking about parliamentary control, do you remember what epic was the appointment of the head of the specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office, klymenko, how was it blocked, well, the fair was already blocking this appointment , the commission meeting was disrupted, until finally the event did not click that he was still appointed and what is being done with the appointment of the head of the national anti-corruption bureau. sytnyk left. if i am not mistaken, he resigned in april until today. the commission met then in december for the first time. and now i am 87 there are 87 applicants for this position

, and nevertheless, the detectives will not have a leader, well, part of this whole corruption topic was covered up and brought to the surface, and in this broadcast from ukraine live from london. kamikaze drones and missiles were on the energy infrastructure throughout the country , emergency coffee, light, the russian military is advancing near bakhmut and ugledar , let's talk about what's happening on the front, and the west is giving ukraine tanks, but what will happen next? russian fighter jets hit ukraine at night with kamikaze drones, martyrs, and in the morning they attacked the energy infrastructure with rockets, this is the destruction in kyiv after the russian shelling , there were hits in odesa and

vinnytsia regions, an energy facility in dnipropetrovsk region was significantly damaged. attacks, as reported by the air force command , russia launched 17 missiles, all of them were shot down , regarding the next missile attack, russia launched 59 missiles on the territory of ukraine, 47 of them were shot down ukrainian air defense forces, these are the data from the evening meeting of the general staff of the armed forces. this is the first mass missile attack in ukraine in 1.5 weeks and at least 11 people were killed. these are the data of the state emergency service, this is russian . the attack was on the energy infrastructure , as a result of which the emergency lights were turned off. the ukrainian energy industry withstood this blow with us in communication from kyiv by the bbc correspondent zhanno danger did it succeed in stabilizing the energy system of ukraine and is there electricity in kyiv where

you and what is the situation in other cities? good evening. in kyiv, there is light in general , that is, what can be said. the kyiv authorities say that the critical infrastructure of the city is working normally and, in general , the consequences of this hmm mass missile and drone attack on the infrastructure of the capital are not as destructive as in previous times , and this is evidence that the capital's anti-aircraft defense has already worked effectively, and there were emergency power outages in the city, but they were preventive in nature, that is, in order to prevent the possible impact of these the attacks on the substations themselves, the electric lights were turned off further, it is worth waiting for, of course, there will be blackouts because the deficit in the national energy system of the country persists, but

they will be controlled and planned, they also turned off the lights in odesa oblast, dnipropetrovsk oblast in kyiv oblast, and odesa oblast in particular will have to prepare for the fact that several if we talk about kyiv, you slept soundly , many other people did not sleep, so how was this blow felt in the capital, so at night it was as restless for the people of kyiv as the morning, in fact, the air alert in ukraine, in particular in the capital, lasted all night and then continued in the morning, and there was only a short break between the attack by drones and missiles. this is somewhat different from the previous times when russia also used drones to check

the work of the air defense of kyiv and the country, let’s look at some of the gaps, but then there was still a certain break between the drones and then the attacks with rockets, this time , in fact, there was no such break, and this is also the exam was a big test for the air defense of ukraine, however, again, as we can see, the plekout did not happen, that is, they coped with this task, and indeed, that night , i did not hear any work against the defense of the city on its outskirts, in particular, in some areas on the left shore this was a sleepless night, but together with those this is this russian tactic that they are using not for the first time, first drones, then missiles in order to exhaust the air defense in order to find the russian er-er and

this time we see that er- first eh shortening, as i already mentioned, the break between the drone attacks and the missile attack by the russian troops, and this is a separate test for air defense. in addition, we can also see that this time they used a smaller number of missiles against ukraine, but of different types, including ballistic missiles, missiles that fly along a ballistic trajectory for ukrainian air defense so far to intercept or it is difficult because well, it is practically impossible, that is, ukraine is waiting for a system of pechioks and sent-tti in order to be able to track in time and intercept exactly ballistic missiles e air e e e command of the air forces of the ukrainian army confirmed that this time there were at least two cases of launching daggers in ukraine, these are missiles that so far the ukrainian ppu cannot

stop them in this their great danger and if they are launched from the territory of belarus from the border territories of russia then they can very quickly reach ukrainian cities , including kiev. i know that the air force of the future will study the wreckage of individual missiles in order to establish their types. it is also known that this time the control of the aviation and these are kha-59 missiles, which are usually used against warships, and russia then uses them against ground targets , against the critical infrastructure of ukraine, and this is another separate such great danger. moment in western policy regarding the supply of heavy equipment from ukraine to germany, the united states announced that it would provide its leopard and abrams tanks . germany, by its decision, actually

unblocked the supply of such tanks to in ukraine, such weapons from other countries are extremely necessary for the ukrainian military, armored vehicles that the ukrainian authorities have been asking for for a long time. well, honestly, as military observers note, tanks in ukraine are needed both for a counterattack and in order to repel a potential russian offensive, in which case zaporizhzhia may come under attack. the inhabitants of this city think about the aid promised by western countries, the bbc correspondent andrew harding found out that the ukrainian tanks are sometimes fifty years old. they are still fighting on the front lines in the area near bakhmut russian forces are gradually taking up positions when we visited this tank unit last week the mood here was depressed there was a slope site with heavy losses on both sides we need more equipment and weapons we appreciate the support of our partners great britain

, the united states and european countries, it is not surprising that many ukrainians are happy with the news of modern western tanks that will soon head to ukraine at the bus stop in zaporizhzhia vasyl tells me that russian weapons are better than ukrainian ones, so the latest news is positive pensioner victoria is not so capable of us, she convinces us that everything will start with tanks and then turn into a nuclear war, but elena, who hears this, is indignant, we need any weapon, she says , if only they were expelled from here, to put them in their place and protect the borders of the country , the russian forces are located not far away from here, on the way to the front, we bypass the anti -tank hedgehogs that stand ready to block any new advance of the russian forces , the ukrainian russians have very clearly stated that they are ready to go on new offensive operations

, maybe even in the coming weeks so the question is: will new western tanks arrive quickly and in sufficient numbers to help in the upcoming new phase of the conflict? well, for now, ukraine is fighting with what it has. this senior officer agreed to meet with us near the front line, he says, with or without western weapons. ukraine the defeated go, but i think it’s all about the question of time, so it is. once upon a time, russia grinded may, june grinded itself, and the offensive potential was destroyed. ukrainian tanks are moving forward, and it may well be that western tanks will go into battle alongside them only after a certain period of waiting, we will talk about tanks in more detail later in the issue. and now about the situation at the front, the russian military is conducting an offensive in donetsk

region, trying to break the ukrainian defenses there . dozens of attacks every day. this is what president zelensky said in his address on tuesday before on the eve of wednesday, he apologizes before that what russians are intensifying the pressure on the bakhmut and ughledar directions, the situation in donetsk region became more complicated after the russians captured soledar, representatives of the armed forces of ukraine reported that the ukrainian military is fully moved away from soledar, as the spokesman of the eastern group, serhiy cherevaty, said, the military fulfilled the main task and did not allow them to systematically break through the front line in the donetsk direction and enter the rear, according to him , the front line in soldier leveled, neither the encirclement nor the capture of ukrainian soldiers took place, while the russian military still at the beginning of january, they began to declare that they had completely captured the city, and the expert of the ukrainian institute of the future, ivan stupak, is in touch with us, mr. ivan

, i welcome you on the air, here is what is happening in ugledars let's start with this this is now the hottest point no longer bakhmut yes, good evening , the studio of the council will be with you, look, really, ugledarstvo is like this gradually unofficially. the russians are concentrating large forces there, but it is not yet known whether this will be the main strike, they chose ugledar or it will be a diversionary strike while we are concentrated there, not the ugledars, they will try advance on bahmut, however, i see that the eastern direction is more promising for them to go to the admin is smaller - this is the idea of ​​fix russians and they are pushing for this now for the russian offensive, well, look first, once again, i see this part so far, at the moment, this is a distraction attention, because now a lot of our troops are concentrated in the direction of bakhmut

, this is soledar, this is klichchevka, this is bakhmut, that is, all these are three three settlements, this is included in the concept of bakhmut, yes, and vugledar is there from the bridgehead, it is considered by the russians and us is considered as a bridgehead, but for now it seems to me that this is more of a distraction so that we concentrate our efforts on we do not have extra forces, yes, there is no extra equipment, extra human resources, while we are concentrating there , they are still trying to put pressure on the bakhmut direction, but of course we will see what the official reports are from the general staff and intelligence , if we are also talking about bakhmut, what is the situation there in your opinion, oh, it is very difficult for people to remain in bakhmut, unfortunately, they do not intend to leave this city, although it still remains the opportunity to take them out calmly, conditionally, calmly. however, they say that we have nowhere to go, this is our city. we want

to stay, and our military also takes part in providing the civilians who remained with water , food, medicine, everything necessary, if there are wounded, first aid must be provided , but the city is holding on and this is due to the persistence of the russians to bypass bakhmut from the north and from the south to take such a person in the klesh and do it quickly and accurately. but the american institute for the study of war believes that the russians are attacking the ukrainian forces in various places and along the front line in order to divert attention and to stretch the ukrainian forces, while according to this american analytical center , they are actually preparing for a major offensive in luhansk region. here is your opinion on such forecasts, i really do not agree with the russians . the point is that the situation is also not much better than ours, yes, they have more manpower there, but their equipment is also worth its weight

in gold, and for them there is a promising direction, this is exactly the east for them, it is clear that there are eight was there for years, they cleared the territory from people with a pro-ukrainian position. this is a more understandable territory for them, convenient logistics, well, compare it with the kherson region , the zaporozhye region, so they see it as expedient to advance. return to the kherson and zaporizhzhia direction and for you see such an interesting moment there, or rather, the direction in which the wagnerites or another pvk will be spotted there is a redoubt of russia or will this mean that exactly there the russians are concentrating their next offensive. that is, this is such a depressing sign. let's talk more about western aid. the ukrainian authorities have already declared that after tanks they need

planes and long-range missiles. is this a realistic prospect? this will be one of my next questions to you. for now, a few words about the german leopard tanks in europe, according to open sources, there are more than 2000 leopards, there are logistics for their maintenance, more than that, as the former british intelligence officer phillippinggren says, these tanks can be quickly learned to operate and western battle tanks were created to counter what the russians have they were designed during and after the cold war to destroy the most advanced russian tanks they fire differently they will allow the ukrainians instead of keeping their distance from russian fortified positions trying to engage russian tanks from afar and instead of to send the infantry on a ground assault, these tanks in combination with combat vehicles like the bradley, which also, as we heard, promised that they would allow the ukrainians to pass through the fortified

positions of the russians, and only then using infantry to return and clean them out. and if they can’t just take and deliver the tanks by tomorrow, it will take time and , of course, the ukrainian military still has to undergo training, the most time will be required to train ukrainian soldiers not only to operate a tank, but also how to interact with other combatants in it machines and those ukrainian soldiers who will train or service these tanks. it is extremely difficult from a mechanical point of view, from the point of view of the weapons system, also with the electronics system, this all requires special trained engineers so that they could install spare parts leopards from the beginning were designed for the army of conscripts in that army there were many conscripts so they were designed in such a way that they were easier

to use and easier to care for and that is why they are so popular in europe parts for them and everything else that they need what is available in different countries, as well as the opportunity to conduct training of ukrainians for the fact that there will be a delay in time or now there is a fear among ukrainians among military experts that this can play in favor of the russians will succeed i think the russians will be happy to try to take the hill. they have difficulty training their reservists, they use one of their leading formations for this, those who defend the tank army or parts of it, and they hope that they can create opportunities for maneuver to break through. but they do not have the same access to resources that the west has when training ukrainians ukrainians put the russians on the spot currently on the defensive therefore it allows them

to send the best teams to train on western tanks which will receive a large the variety of training takes a lot of time. so, regarding training with us, i will remind you to contact the expert of the ukrainian institute of the future, ivan stupak, the question for you is the training of ukrainian tankers for leopards, challengers, abrams, this is how long it can take, well, look at our military in practice, as it has already been proven in real life they master the program if it was planned , for example, for 10 weeks, they invest three times less, that is, they really work according to an accelerated program, they are at the expense of free time somewhere during the lunch break they work as long as there is no free time and now about there until the tanks arrive and the training . and there was already such an experience when these volley fire installations came to

ukraine and it turned out that our military already knows how to work with it, i.e. the training took place even before they arrived in ukraine, so i am really sure that the mastering of leopard challenger tanks for customers is already happening somewhere at the training bases. and when they come to ukraine our military will simply sit down and carry out combat missions in germany. the minister of defense stated that the german leopards could enter ukraine already in the spring, and president zelenskyi said that the speed and volume of tank deliveries are now key. that military observers say that this window of time for both the ukrainian counteroffensive and the possible russian offensive is actually small

. tanks, tanks are not necessary. to break through certain areas of the front, by the way, there are no german warrants going to us, bradleys are going , that is, heavy equipment is available. we have an owner. tanks will arrive much faster than some experts expect, for example, at the expense of poland, at the expense of the baltic countries, a certain part will arrive and it will be in batches like a conveyor belt , polish and baltic, then the german ones will arrive , then the dutch or spanish ones portuguese and they will all go. at the same time, the ukrainian ukrainian authorities are already talking about the next needs, such as long-range missiles, airplanes. president zelenskyi said this in a conversation with the secretary general of nato the day before. american f16 scholz by the way , speaking about the provision of tanks, he said that

there will be no fighter jets, but in the western media , a politician writes that talks have already begun about the provision of fighter jets to ukraine. in your opinion, under what conditions can they be given to western countries, provided that we have great victories on the fronts, on the fronts , that is, they gave us tanks when they saw that we could take the kharkiv region, they took the city of kherson, it is clear that there is a prospect in ukraine, there is a horizon of victory and that's it when there are tanks there will be victory and then western countries will quickly provide us with heavy equipment and even more missiles and aviation thank you mr. ivan ivan stepak the military expert was in touch with us if we talk about the western weapons, the main combat tanks provided to ukraine, the question remains. how much and how have we already talked with our columnist when the united states hands over 31 abrams tanks , they promise to start

military training in the near future, but for the united states , tanks are sent not from warehouses, not from their own stocks, but ordered from manufacturers according to such a program, there is no time frame at the moment. so british german tanks can potentially get to ukraine earlier, currently britain has promised 14 challenger tanks 2 germany 14 leopard-2 tanks, 14 more leopards were previously promised to poland, and canada has already announced that it will transfer four leopards, in addition , norway promised to transfer part of its tanks . spain declared its readiness to do so . it is the fact that the unknown commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine , valery zaluzhny, previously stated that he needed 300 western tanks and other weapons to win the war. germany could not

dare to provide ukraine with its leopard tanks for a long time they believe that primarily because of fears that this would make it a de facto participant in the conflict, and this concerned not only the supply of equipment from germany, but also the permission to do so to other countries in order to solve this not a simple political issue. britain and the united states promised to provide tanks to ukraine, but then germany was not alone in such help, which is believed to be important for the german authorities, however, in the country itself , chancellor scholz's decision to provide tanks to ukraine was received ambiguously, as the bbc correspondent in berlin, katya adler, will tell almost a year of hell, devastation, despair without innocent ukrainian victims, despair, not the largest military conflict in europe since

the second world war, russia is trying to undermine the sense of security on the entire european continent, and the day before everything changed, kyiv was extended the helping hand that it had been asking for for so long, we decided to send to ukraine our battle tanks leopard-2 this was preceded by an intensive discussion with our international partners and allies not to rush things was the right decision germany's allies actually made their decisions were faster, their patience burst into service, a small number of european countries have tanks of german production, they are powerful and reliable, and since all the rights to export equipment belong to germany , countries such as poland, for example, could not send battle tanks until the official consent was given berlin and the ice have melted, ukraine will receive dozens of tanks, but first the military

must undergo schultz training , pressure from the public also had a significant impact. because being the head of the government means being able to balance modern and progressive berlin on the one hand and on the other is a ghost town where reminders of germany's terrible past are everywhere from this friday the world will celebrate holocaust remembrance day and politicians cannot and should not forget this tragedy because germany was the aggressor in two world wars wars, the mere thought that german tanks will go to a place where their soldiers once committed so many atrocities makes many feel quite uncomfortable, what russia is currently doing in ukraine is terrible, but it is even more terrible with our history

send our tanks there i grew up in post-war germany i think it was the right decision to think and weigh all the pros and cons before sending tanks and now i'm glad we're doing it i have a very bad feeling about all this i'm afraid of how putin will react with fear of moscow's reaction chancellor scholz also watched. he wanted the united states to send its abrams tanks to ukraine, and this happened on wednesday. president biden promised to hand over 31 battle tanks to kyiv, then he expected that europe and the united states the states will weaken their resolve. he hoped that our support for ukraine would become less over time . he was wrong. he was wrong. he was wrong from the very beginning and continues to be wrong. volume, speed of training of our

military, speed of supplying tanks to ukraine, volume of tank support for such monuments to soviet tanks throughout berlin, a lot during the cold war, a threat a nuclear attack has always existed. now, when many people are happy about olaf scholze's decision regarding tanks, others, including the chancellor's associates, are worried, they are afraid that the military conflict in ukraine may escalate and go far beyond its borders . that moscow perceives that nato is directly involved in the conflict in western countries, they say that what is further is more in general, as russian state television comments on western aid to ukraine , analyzes the french treasure he works in the service monitoring by the bbc we see very aggressive rhetoric on russian

television mixed with threats volodymyr solovyov he is one of the key tv presenters one of the pickers on russian state television and is considered a key figure in the kremlin media machines he said that from now on germany can be considered a party to the conflict and strikes on german territory can to be legal , there were also many attempts to appeal to the feelings of the victims of the second world war and to remind the russian audience of 1941, when hitler's tanks drove into the territory of the union, so that in in last night's news broadcasts, we heard accusations, for example, olafshol forgets historical guilt, plus he looks at what happened the last time german tanks entered ukrainian territory and some of the rhetoric was aggressive with the use of vocabulary that you would not normally expect to hear on the screen , he uses offensive words against german politicians volodymyr solovyov, whom i recently mentioned. he said that the current german government is like the fourth reich. and what about russian military bloggers? i think it is

quite important if you are trying to evaluate what will be the reaction of the kremlin, the kremlin, dmitry piskov, putin's press secretary, he said that the idea that these tanks could help ukraine is absurd and that they will simply burn, and some of these military bloggers agreed with him, pointing to the numbers of tanks that have been sent by the west so far countries saying that they are much less than ukraine asked for and ukraine will need a lot of time to learn how to use them. they said yes , it will give ukraine additional fire support , but they do not allow to get strategic advantage over russia, which is necessary for ukraine to regain its territory, and there is more and more news on this on the bbc website krapka.ua