[000:00:00;00] ictv facts of the week the only news how ukraine will respond to putin with a powerful armada of western tanks this week offsholt surrendered and released the leopards by agreeing to send these unique german tanks to ukraine, for which we should thank the white house scholz did not grow up he refused to do it without the americans demanding that washington join the tank coalitions with their abrams and this week, after months of negotiations, pressure on berlin and ultimatums from other countries. the latest and most intelligent version of this m1a2 tank is written by an influential publication of a politician. it is even more on the stove with super modern electronics than its predecessors, although

the americans are not yet ready to say exactly when these abrams will reach ukraine, but the key thing is not even that. after the decision of washington, the chancellor of germany no longer had any arguments against for the armed forces of ukraine, this opens up incredible prospects , because many european countries have the leopard-2, that is , we have it by our side, and after the permission of berlin, a tank coalition that is ready to arm ukraine is growing like yeast. the more western tanks there are, the faster we will be able to liberate our lands from the russian occupiers, because no matter what happens, these machines are two heads higher than enemy counterparts. pavlo vasiliev compared the capabilities of leopard challengers and abrams with russian tanks, and now you will understand why scholz's decision caused such hysteria in the kremlin future tank battles soviet and russian design school of anti-western

concepts facts of the week modeled what will happen when they meet on on the battlefield, so far we have only seen them in pictures or on videos on the internet, but in the near future ukraine will receive about a hundred leopard 31 abrams and 14 challengers, which can radically change the course of the war, but at the expense of what and how they differ from russian tanks, we are starting a tank battle a mug of beer on the barrel of a gun and driving at almost maximum speed, this is called a beer test. and this is not a joke, so german designers prove the perfection of gun stabilization systems and, accordingly, accuracy western tanks are built according to one

concept, and this is their fundamental difference with the family of tanks of the soviet school, starting from the t-62 and ending with the t-90, so let's start comparing from the appearance if we put russian and western tanks next to each other russian tanks are significantly smaller and, accordingly, lighter. for example, the most modern russian t-90 weighs 46.5 tons, and the most common tank on the ukrainian front, the t-72, is 2 tons lighter, 44.5 tons compared to modern western models, they are almost tiny. abrams and leopard modifications weigh 67 and the british challenger 64. such a difference, say the experts of the facts of the week, arose due to fundamental differences between western and soviet design schools. the 172 was created as a mobilization tank. it

should be as simple as possible so that the collective farm workers from the village who yesterday sat behind the tractor and put it in t-72 literally in a day i learned to control it and it should be simple to be mass-produced. at the same time, the dimensions of western tanks provide the crew with better safety, all shells are in separate in boxes, if they explode, the deadly wave is directed away from the crew, whereas in russian tanks, the crew actually sits on their own shells and a well-hit shot tears off the turret at once, in terms of comfort, then there is a significant difference in general. if the western ones are equipped with climate control systems, then in the russian ones , due to less dimensions and weight, it is not that there are no air conditioners, but even that there is not enough space for people, the snow cars in the soviet union always recruited short tankers

from these pimples, it is very uncomfortable there gassing of the tank, terrible devices, everything is very bad, one more parameter, protection , russian and western tankers fight on cars with combined metal-ceramic armor, but only the exact composition of the military armor is a secret, no one really knows and what kind of armor is there, but according to all parameters, obviously, well, in any case it is many times better because, let’s say, there is experience, for example, in the work desert storm, and now we were talking about a tank from the 90s , even before the 80s, in fact, and if i’m not mistaken, there is not a single western tank in tank targets it was not destroyed in principle, therefore, according to the indicators of protection and comfort for the crews, western equipment gets two points, russian

tanks replaced the game and dimensions, one point , the engine is what it is. without that, even the best tank becomes a stationary target, so let's deal with this. horsepower, the german leopards are more powerful, they also have a diesel engine, but already by 1500 horsepower, the most powerful t-72s have only 840 horsepower in the engine compartment , more modern t-90s, also diesel ones, were able to get close to the challengers, a thousand horsepower power is not bad if you remember that they are 18 times lighter, almost parity or not yet, tank operation instructor mykola solomakha reminds that all russian tank engines have a common ancestor diesel v2, which was installed on the soviet t-34 tank during the second world war, now they end with the v92sf2 engine

ot with a capacity of 1,130 horsepower and with a guaranteed motor resource of 350 motor hours ot well , this is ridiculous in comparison with the same diesel engines of german production mtu where the guaranteed motor resource reaches one and a half thousand motor hours and the engine power 1,500 horsepower, as for the abrams, there is a yak engine on the plane, a gas turbine with 1,500 horsepower, the advantage is the ability to pour almost everything that burns into the tank, but the price for this is small, if we take the memories of tankers who fought on abrams at a certain time of the operation a storm in the desert is the fuel consumption for eight hours of abrams work, that is, in total

, that is, he was driving, standing, fighting, and returning to the base, then in 8 hours he needed about 1,100 liters. russian tanks are more economical, and therefore the load on tank logistics there will be fewer units, therefore, for greater motor resources and greater power, western tanks receive two points, and russian tanks receive one point for saving diesel, the score becomes 4:2, and the last in the list of parameters for comparison is the gun and the ability to use it effectively, and the abrams and leopards have the same smoothbore gun with a caliber of 120 mm also by caliber, but they are already using the british separately in their challenges, modern russian tank guns have a larger caliber of 125 mm mykola solomakha says that more does not mean better

because the projectiles also matter in the caliber, it is leveled by a lot of kinetic energy, so the energy of the western barrels is exactly 30% higher than the energy of the soviet barrels. - white with a size of 600x800 pixels and you need to have absolutely unique training in order to detect a target with a thermal imager at a distance of 5 km and fire aimed fire at it . less, what will happen if graduates of western and russian tank schools meet on the battlefield, we simulate the simplest situation , a leopard and a t-72 go to meet each other

, the first shot will be 100% uh, well, with the maximum probability, it will be with the leopards second, taking into account the accuracy of the community the maximum probability that the first shot will hit the t-72 tanks. so, we sum up the results of our tank battle for the accuracy of the guns and sights on the western tanks, they get two points, the russians lose this round in a landslide the total score is 6:2 in favor of the challenges of the abrams and the leopards pavlo vasiliev facts of the week ictv the only news to get the leopards ukrainians launched a whole flash mob around the world well, i have selected what i liked the most and now let's count with you how many tanks can still get ukraine within the framework of this western alliance, well, from what we really need . remember commander-in-chief zaluzhny said that

he needed 300 tanks to go to the borders on february 23, in addition to other equipment, but this week president zelenskyi in an interview with kayanyus already named 300,500 cars. well, let's count the leopards first. germany plans to send a rototanker to ukraine, about 14 units , the same number, poland, the same number, finland , four more leopards, portugal, four more, canada, 8 more , norway, 18, the netherlands, prime minister rita said that his government can buy back in germany tanks that it currently leases to ukraine , how many are 76 plus leopards from spain , the spanish newspaper elmunda writes about 53 tanks , now we will add 14 more heavy challengers two to which great britain is transferring to ukraine as part of a large-scale aid package, it is already 143 machines. well, if we add the t-72s that the czech

republic, poland and morocco give us, it turns out to be almost 300 tanks, well, not a bad bunch. and the swedes decide on this, macron hesitates, and we did not count the american abrams the usa promises an entire tank battalion of 31 tanks, but the key question is when it is, the main problem now is the delivery time, and president zelensky said this this week, thanking the western partners for the tank coalition, let's listen to the greetings, only stronger, and how about you united, we all work to strengthen freedom for the protection of ukraine and europe , this is the historical achievement of the leaders who are working now, the key now is the speed and volume , the speed of training of our military , the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine, the volume of tank support, we must form such a tank fist, such a fist of freedom, after

the blows of which tyrenia will not rise again, so there is still a lot of diplomatic work ahead regarding the tank coalition, what is written about it by the western press alliance and how it assesses the chances , the most interesting publications were collected by maksym sokolov western media called the decision to supply ukraine with leopard and abrams heavy tanks a particularly lively discussion. the news caused a particularly lively discussion in germany, the leaders of which for a long time refused to provide kyiv with modern armored vehicles. spiegel magazine notes that many germans were afraid of chancellor olaf schulz's decision, thinking that the war could spread even to territories of germany, others hope that increased military pressure on putin will prompt him to negotiate peace after the announcement of the supply of leopards

spiegel published its own survey according to which 54% of germans approve of such a decision, 37% - no, it is interesting that before public opinion in germany was not in favor of arming ukraine with tanks, in the end something we are in the right decision, what looks like an escalation of the war can be a decisive step towards its end only when putin is threatened with defeat will he reconsider his position tanks do not interfere with negotiations, but create conditions for them, the decisive factor is the signal to russian president putin, the west wants ukraine to win this war ralf neucher spiegel on january 26, 2023, french le monde picks up on the phrase of german colleagues and calling its own editorial a political signal addressed to russia, the newspaper notes that the increase in military aid to kyiv is only a consequence of the escalation carried out by putin . according to the publication, the agreement on the tank coalition demonstrated the ability of allies

to overcome differences and hesitations joe biden testified that unity with the europeans is a strategic priority that is more important than military expediency. after all, the pentagon first did not advise the us president to send abrams tanks to ukraine due to difficulties in operation and logistics, a similar opinion is expressed in the columns of the publication liberation , a political scientist from the university of trier, markus lindan . will be alone in this conflict and first of all he will not take on the role of leader in europe imposed by the americans this was his goal at the same time the deputy editor-in-chief of the polish edition of zhecz-ospolita michal shulzynski writes that germany's positive decision regarding leopards also strengthens poland, not only from the point of view of security, but also from the point of view of politics. poland is strengthening its position as a country that has not only become

an infrastructural hub for assistance to ukraine, but also strives for this assistance to come from different parts of the world, therefore the government has created various coalitions for the transfer of weapons from other countries , the americans had the greatest influence on germany's decision, but pressure from poland also contributed to this , colleagues from the new york times agree with the polish journalist in an article entitled the war in ukraine accelerates the movement of power in europe to the east . it is recognized that poland was the main lobbyist for the creation of the western tank coalition. they are taken more seriously in the councils of europe and a large program of expansion to the east is on the table. the western press noted that ukraine also

wants its voice to be listened to immediately after words of thanks for the provided tanks, kyiv called on the allies to hand over combat aircraft and long-range missiles maksym sokolov specially for the ictv facts of the week putin is changing the tactics of massive strikes on ukrainian cities, he no longer scatters missiles, apparently some of these are in short supply, so now iranian drones are being launched first for reconnaissance of ukrainian air defense systems this was shown by the last shelling of this week. however, there are hunters on the shahedov. this week, the first six such complexes arrived in ukraine. these are modern defense technologies that currently protecting strategic objects, the usa bought them thanks to a fundraiser organized by oleg kharkiv igor gladchenkov and youth 24 ukraine is trying to strengthen itself with new technologies, russia

is recruiting prisoners for this with cannon fodder, promising them free will and freedom, and crime is really turning into a new russian elite. facts of the week recorded an exclusive interview with a man who went from a prison inmate to a mercenary in russia's main private army and rose to putin's right-hand assistant yevgeny prigozhin listen i was sent to the office and my position was conventionally called tactical situation assistant, well, i compiled a report , uh, carried the tactical situation on a map , well, and then presented it to the boss.

uh, he immediately came to a state of awe. in anticipation of some kind of master's whipping for the proof that they had not yet committed there, people were afraid . radulin broke the dinner on this silence and agreed to tell the whole truth about the private the army is decorated with the story of the week facts of the week today a little later he works in the sweat of his brow in foreign districts this week people's deputy mykola tyshchenko became the hero of a loud scandal in the midst of the war the servant of the people disappeared from the parliament to emerge in sunny thailand when the wave of indignation subsided tyshchenko began to make excuses saying that he did not go to to relax in resorts and in official parliamentary business trips to establish relations with asian countries, but this version was quickly refuted by the speaker of the verkhovna rada

, stating that no business trip did not agree, that is, the deputy was actually on his own, on the one hand, formally, mykola tyshchenko did not break the law, because he left ukraine before the presidential order came into force, which prohibits officials from traveling abroad without official permission, but here the question is already moral responsibility. mykola tyshchenko lied about a business trip for several weeks it is inadmissible for a state official of a warring country to hang out in warm countries , and the punishment flew by in an instant. will remain to draw up the mandate. tyshchenko must write a statement himself, as other high-ranking officials did, about high-profile scandals and resignations. this week, alla will tell. whose personnel turbo regime why so many officials lost their positions at the same time violated the standards

of behavior during the war, will you be punished and will there be new resignations in high offices the inspection of law enforcement agencies is ongoing , a wave of high-profile resignations covered several power structures at once, the office of the president, the ministry of defense, the prosecutor general's office and the administration regions, a total of 11 officials lost their positions in each case, the reasons are different but why the dismissals coincided in time and what do they mean, let's figure it out my name is alla what is this facts of the week expelled from the party and faction for a scandalous trip people's deputy tyshchenko became famous in thailand during martial law on the internet instantly swept away, but the scandal with the political crack became only the crown of a week of high-profile resignations, which as soon as they did not call the crusade against corruption, purges

, reshuffles and political gestures that this the week will be hot, zelenskyi announced last sunday that this week, where appropriate decisions have already been prepared and in each situation, we will analyze in detail everything that concerns energy and procurement, that concerns relations between the central government and the region, that concerns procurement for the military, etc. society will receive a full information, and the state will take the necessary powerful steps in the first personnel tile domino pushed by kyrylo tymoshenko photo of the official with a statement of resignation became a symbol of the lupa week the official managed regional politics before the full-scale invasion, took care of the major construction program, rumors about tymoshenko's possible resignation were circulating even before the new year, because from time to time he became a participant in high-profile journalistic investigations , the accumulation of questions about kyril tymoshenko , criticism of kyril tymoshenko, in particular, and

criticism of certain problems that claims to the work of the governors arose and accumulated in regional politics, but still the wings value him as a good manager and as a team player, that is why he chose this form had to leave of his own accord, the vacant post of the deputy head of the up was filled almost immediately by the head of the kyiv regional military administration oleksiy kuleba, the other four heads of the regions did not go for promotion, and valentin reznichenko from dnipropetrovsk region lost their positions in resignation, the head of zaporizhzhia oleksandr starukh of sumy region, dmytro zhivitsky , as well as the recently appointed head of kherson region yaroslav yanushevich resignation of governors this is a consequence of scandals and problems that arose in

the work of specific governors scandals with suspicions of corruption in the dnipro-dnipropetrovsk webinar of rusnichenko, and let's put it this way, it was inevitably supposed to end with the resignation of riznychenko's friend, the zaporizhia governor oleksandr starukha, the old woman is being investigated for involvement in large-scale embezzlement of a humanitarian during the administration of sumshchya , dmytro zhivytskyi, there was a scandal with tenders for road repair, the adviser to the head of od and the head kherson oblast was criticized by local activists for the ineffective work to restore life in kherson after the deoccupation . this week, the deputy also lost his position prosecutor general oleksiy symonenko wrote a statement after the scandal with his new year's vacation in sunny spain. photos from marbella were posted on instagram by the official's wife , and the president realized that this was already a trend and it was necessary to fight it, and that's why

oleksiy symonenko, who was absolutely loyal to the president's office, was fired not only for show there were no political claims against him, let me remind you that this was exactly the person who opened the case against poroshenko at this time, but he violated the standards of behavior during the war punished, tell me if it was a fact that you received a bribe in the amount of 400,000 dollars, from which fact it would not be in all the paintings. at the same time, money and so on, it is already the former deputy minister of communities and territories, vasyl lozynskyi, in their courts at the dock denies that he was caught red-handed, but claims that he took a high-ranking official as a bribe . according to the investigation, it was a kickback for the purchase of generators at inflated prices

. the anti-corruption court sent lozynsky to almost half a million dollars under house arrest, and the cabinet of ministers dismissed him from his post against the background of the scandal from the ministry. two more deputies left voluntarily, although there were no corruption claims against ivan lukeri and vyacheslav vyacheslav. likewise, without direct accusations, deputy minister of social policy vitaly muzychenko resigned, but actually after the arrest of lozynskyi zelensky and made the same statement about the inevitability of personnel conclusions . the purchase of products for the military at inflated prices caused a special resonance at the cost of eggs. defense minister oleksiy reznikov initially reacted emotionally, stating that the reason was only a technical error of the supplier. as the deputy minister who

was in charge of this sector, he understood that it was necessary to make this gesture to relieve some political tension. later, the ministry of defense also dismissed the director of the department , bohdan khmelnytskyi, nabu and sap opened criminal proceedings , if it was not seen that there are signs of a crime, it is absolutely obvious that we will demand responsibility and will keep this issue under control . stopped attention they have not yet started to act on other contracts the minister launched internal audits two things we have to do now first we still have to see the prices for with which food and other things are now purchased. we also have to make sure that those who are not actually purchasing food and clothing and other necessary things for the military , we immediately saw that for this we have already

initiated bill 11 with our colleagues to be released in 48 hours and they are hinting at it in the president's office, only the first anti-corruption wave has been positively noted by the european commission and the state dispatch, political experts assure that the authorities are trying to demonstrate that there are no untouchables in relation to suspects of corruption and abuse, the investigation continues nabu and sap and actually the results of these investigations will become a marker of the effectiveness of personnel purges that should not end with simple resignations but are ictv facts of the week the only news over odesa the blue shield this week a significant event took place in the center of the pearl by the sea received the status of a unesco monument the idea of ​​fighting for it arose 14 years ago, but now it has acquired a special security significance . it was not for nothing that the russians

tried so hard to disrupt everything, but the project overcame russian resistance, and this is a victory for ukrainian architects, cultural scientists, historians diplomats, city officials of the ministry of culture, everyone who fought for it, why is it important , firstly, the unesco world heritage list, it is about the world recognition of ukrainian culture and identity, which russia is currently trying to level, secondly, it is still a certain shield, moscow shouts that it does not touch the world historical heritage although i don't know how you can trust the barbarians, her third point is an argument for the future to fight against dishonest developers, because the war will end, many odessa women and children will return home from abroad with a new a european view of life, doing business, currently thousands of ukrainians are mastering this new experience in poland, how do they survive there , what do they earn

, an exclusive report by valery chernenko, ukrainian employment records in poland, in which industries and what new professions have ukrainians mastered , in principle, a lot of polish is not required, what surprised polish employers i worked in justice, i started working physically here, and what disappointed us is that we notice that ukrainians are, relatively speaking, sitting on suitcases, as well as how poles encourage our people to stay in their this year, the country is allowed to stay in poland. ukrainians who came here to escape the war broke all possible employment records, despite the pessimistic forecasts of polish experts, more than 780,000 of our citizens found official work for poles