[000:00:00;00] winnie the point, and of course i have to work. well, we mentioned with you on the air today about melitopol, this is a very important part of the front, if we could cut off the enemy's logistics from that direction, it would have a very significant effect, including on the eastern part of the front i mean bakhmut there er solidar kurdyumivka and so on ugledar avdiyivka and so on and so on very often for some reason now we hear bakhmut solidar a-ah now still in kremenchug ugledar but we forget about military personnel who are also under with the enemy's fire, they effectively carry out defensive and offensive operations, including on avdiivka and maryanka, and in

the luhansk direction, and there it is also not easy for them to hold back the enemy and not just to attack the enemy, so it is also worth do not forget about these directions and about the military , who are good guys, cool guys and defend our land just as effectively, together with oleksandr poheryskyi , in principle, our fighters are incriminating and bribed, and they counterattack successfully and create big problems there and draw forces, and in general, well done that is, there is no such place. i would say that along the entire huge front, wherever they were, they fought really constantly, and these were not difficult and serious battles, which each needed in his place. thank you , it was igor lapin and oleksandr pohertytskyi , my time ran out . serhiy rudenko will appear. congratulations serhiy. well, we are waiting for your re-verdict. congratulations olga

. literally in a few seconds, we will start the verdict. glory to ukraine, this is a verdict program . my name is serhiy rudenko. good day and good health to all today, the first of february 343 the day of the heroic resistance of the ukrainian people to the russian occupiers biden and zelenskyi can meet in poland, the western press reports, meanwhile, a series of searches of top officials took place in ukraine, and two top officials were suspected of making purchases for the ministry of defense of ukraine, we are waiting for the continuation of these searches and spring landings as announced by david arahamia , putin may try to launch a full-scale attack on ukraine from the north, south and east, as it

happened on february 24, 2022, timing it to on the anniversary of the war, the secretary of the national security and defense council, olek nylov, stated this in an interview with sky news, meanwhile, the russian army continues to lose manpower and equipment in ukraine , as of february 1, russia has already lost 128,420 people in ukraine in the last day alone, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed 920 orks since the beginning of the great war, the russians have already lost in ukraine 3209 tanks, 6382 armored combat vehicles, 227 artillery systems, 458 multiple-launch rocket systems, 221 anti-aircraft defense equipment, 293 aircraft, 284

helicopters, 5.61 units of automobile equipment 18 ships, boats, 796 cruise missiles, 1,951 drones, 211 special equipment, bakhmut remains a hot spot on the front, providing in january, the russian occupiers lost more than 500 people killed and wounded during the fighting in the area of ​​the city. so, biden is flying to a meeting with zelensky, which is planned in poland, the president is already there of the united states of america intends to meet with the president of poland because i think putin continues to threaten the world well, the ukrainian government continues to purge the government of corruption and russia is preparing a full-scale offensive as says the secretary of the national security and defense council oleksiy danilov, we will talk about all this for the next hour, i want to introduce today's guest - he is a diplomat, permanent representative of ukraine to the un

2000 in 1997 - 2001 and 2015-2019, as well as the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to the united states america in 2020-2021 volodymyr yelchenko p volodymyr good day good health to you i am glad to see you on our broadcast good day i am glad to see you mr. volodymyr let's start with today's extraordinary events

, because these events actually give an idea of ​​what and how the ukrainian government wants to do next. of internal affairs arsen avakov to mr. vadym the joiner of the developer of kyiv and the deputy of the verkhovna rada from the regional police department mr. david arkhamiya already wrote on his page in a telegram that there will be more searches today. have the tax office already served notices of suspicion high-ranking officials of the ministry of defense, a whole series of cool actions, the dismissal of the entire management staff of the customs office, that's all that is happening today. it seems that everything was postponed until february 1, 2023. during the last four years, and among all this, there are demands on people from the united states of america in particular ihor kolomoiskyi , in relation to whom there is an investigation into embezzlement of funds from the united states of america according to you, can all these actions be directed at what ukraine has decided

to demonstrate to the united states of america determination in the fight against corruption with unseemly officials and bribe-takers and it all started. that's how it is, on february 1, 2023. i'll tell you. that's exactly what i'm hoping for, because it 's not the first time. and it's not even a secret. that the american side has never turned a blind eye to this and no one has canceled corruption in ukraine and there will be corruption as well . i hope no one will cancel it, and that is why it is very timely. especially since the campaign is taking place in parallel. well, there was already a statement from the ministry of finance of the united states literally today who yesterday evening about what they saw in ukraine, well, this is such a special audit group that came to us, they did not record any violations regarding

the use of financial assistance provided by the united states of america for all that the usa has very tight control because it is the money of taxpayers, that is, ordinary americans , it is closely monitored by the contrast, which of course the executive power also, so i repeat once again, i hope that this is only the beginning, to be honest, we have been waiting for this for a long time. that is we need to understand this, we need to do it, but not for the united states of america, if we are talking about joining the european union and nato, and this process has already started and it seems to me that it is not reversible , then again, no one has canceled the demands that are there for months. with corruption. that is, it is both law reform and judicial reform, but the fight against corruption is always in the first place. especially since the numbers we have in the corruption index, eh, i don't remember

the name of the entrepreneur, some international yes yes we are there in such an honest place, that's why there are still, as they say, huge receptors, and i very much hope that this one will continue not in words, but in fact , the president, so that we will be completely cleansed. after that, i, uh, vladimir you were the extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of the united states of america of ukraine to the united states of america, as is usually the case with the transmission of these signals that well, you guys put a little more pressure on the corrupt and the bribe-takers, because it depends on it, our help depends on it, it's direct ukrainian is spoken to officials under the president, prime ministers or the minister of internal affairs, his head of the security service of ukraine, about what should be done, or are there any such hints in

the diplomatic mail, eh, well, eh, at least during my term of office, the american side never eh, this issue hid it, it was always said directly at all levels, and it was conveyed to me repeatedly, that is, there are different channels, er, they are transmitted through our diplomats, through the embassy of ukraine in washington, and unusually , these signals were conveyed to the leadership of the ukrainian state. it was said during the visits of high-ranking officials and er from the president to individual er ministers . so i want to show once again that the americans , unlike perhaps some other countries , they never hide the things that they er demand from us. moreover i repeat once again it's not the americans who need it, we need it, and that's exactly the kind of signal that always goes through, what if guys look, if you're talking about what you want to finally er, well

, interrupt your past er, is this soviet or post-soviet and and before that already to the category of really good states, the fight against corruption should be in the first place here, so it is not a secret, this is well known in all the private offices of the ukrainian state well , even more so against the background of the aid planned this year by the united states of america to ukraine, let me remind you that 44 billion almost 45 billion dollars, a message appeared that the united states of america is preparing a new package of military aid for ukraine worth 2 billion 200 million dollars, which for the first time includes longer-range missiles about the transfer of ammunition to ukraine with a range of 150 km e the united states of america can officially announce by the end of the week there was also information that biden may meet with

zelenskyi and duda in poland , in particular the polish mass media write about it for their information the meeting may take place in warsaw or rzeszów it is expected that zelenskyi will present peace plan and call for the introduction of the international conference dedicated to ukraine , volodymyr, observing the development of ukrainian-american relations during the last year and especially during the last three months because zelenskyi's visit to the united states of america was so revealing and seems to me to be symbolic for ukraine and for the united states of america, well, first of all for ukraine , can we say that there are all kinds of misunderstandings , or let's say ukraine's claims to the fact that the united states of america was one of the guarantors the budapest memorandum did they not do something in 2014, is

washington now making up for what we actually counted on when we signed the budapest memorandum , eh, so i think that what is happening well, the fact is that you know the conversation about whether the americans perform in the budapest random or not. they have been going on for a long time and always on an american basis, it was based on the fact that there is no way. fulfill this memorandum from it's really true because even that military aid uh, well, it's actually a direct fulfillment of their obligations , this is the budapest memorandum, that is, they provide us with specific help, very, very strong help, uh, and by the way, great britain

and france, well, france then joined the budapest memorandum. great britain is one of the signatories. to fulfill its obligations, but the main thing is the support of ukraine, the support of our independence and the struggle for the restoration of territorial integrity. so i think that there can be no claims against the americans, and the fact that now this process has intensified, well, it is possible to understand because they see all the danger that exists and could be even greater if ukraine does not have enough, and therefore this aid will only increase . missile weapons or artillery weapons, all this is done uh well, someone considers it within the limits of the budapest memorandum and without it, but one way or another, we should be very grateful for the fact that until 20

the aid is provided and is constantly increasing , volodymyr, on january 30, at the president of the united states joseph biden of the united states of america was asked about whether washington will provide f16 fighter jets to ukraine, he briefly said no, well, it was a short dialogue and a short question from a journalist, as a short answer from the president of the united states of america, we know that before this, negotiations regarding the provision of tanks were quite difficult, because germany made the provision of leopards dependent on the provision of abrams or the promise to provide abrams in ukraine, what do you think and i, how do you now see this situation , or the united states of america, well, consciously they are detaining your heavy weapons in order to avoid, as they believe, an escalation, or let's say so, so that ukraine does not give more

weapons and more opportunities for offensive actions against russia. although there is a minimal chance to retreat and leave them in some status, the people who made the decision made a mistake but still made the decision to retreat, that is, biden still has some chance for putin . i don't think that's here we need to talk about some chances for putin, you know, the transfer of weapons is generally a military issue - it's a military secret well, to be honest, i personally don't really like the fact that in our country, the issue of supplying western weapons has become such a method of discussion as between football fans, that is, everyone

the impression that the entire population of ukraine has already turned into experts on various types of weapons , terms of their delivery, etc. logistics and terms of production and delivery and how to put it through which countries and so on, that is, no one is going to bring this information to putin or the kremlin on a plate, even in advance so that the russian military knows where and what needs to be bombed on the way there, it is necessary to the east of ukraine so i think that well, you think too. i've already said that i will do it, it seems to me, including on your broadcast, that uh, i'm sure that we are provided with much more uh, both in terms of the number and variety of weapons than about

it is reported, uh, i'll be honest, it's a process we will not hear for the first month that our pilots are preparing, our pilots there from kyiv , that is, everything is going according to plan. in fact, everything is happening. deep inside there is a special contact or coordination group located in germany, which takes care of all the issues we are talking about, thinks about them in advance, and discusses them, plans logistics and the number. well, for example, i recently when i saw such a number, it amazed me. to be honest, the entire american military industry. well, the industry that produces, for example, shells for the territory

. it can cut down as many shells in a year as today, as the armed forces of ukraine can fire in two or three weeks, that is, imagine the scale. well, there is even such information, i don’t know if you can believe it or not, that we are stored in warehouses in the united states. well, they already started to get the scheme, well , there are some of them. stepani also said the same the shells themselves are not in vain, the americans are already looking for these shells in south korea and israel. that is, where they are, where you can take them without harming the american army itself , that’s the same thing. well, it is possible that it will be equipped, it’s not tanks , it’s not airplanes, there’s a different situation, but it’s all complicated the process, all this needs to be prepared, no one will give what the country needs, uh, that's why we hear. yes, we

are satisfied that spain or the netherlands or denmark are there, only 24 tanks are there, and we want 200 km there, but that's reality. and that's it. it is necessary to weigh and that's why i'm sure that all this is happening according to the long-approved plan. and what is announced after those big meetings of stanin, i repeat it once again. only a few icebergs - this is the information that can be announced publicly and not publicly, everything is happening far from the way we think about it, we know our military our military-political leadership i think this is enough the less people know about it, the better the specifics correspond to them , but this is the solution for both the abrams and the leopards and what poland is ready to provide

f16 because it was a statement by the prime minister of poland to have only a paraplegic, however, later the minister of defense of poland denied it , here are all the statements and the readiness of the western world to help ukraine, this means that there is a consolidated decision of the western countries to fight putin and put him on the place is correct, i understand before these, oh, oh, before you, these heavy weapons, oh, there were separate statements , but here is such a large consolidated position that will allow us to collect 160 or 200 tanks there. well, approximately such a number is called whose 10 or 20 f16 fighter jets should be obtained there, well, such a decision was not consolidated, i think that there was already a concentrated decision in all parameters, er, well, this does not mean that all countries, for example, support such a decision, we know, for example, the position of hungary or austria , but it is individual

position e and we may not like it, but we must also respect it. no, because we do not have the right to demand the supply of weapons from the country just because it loves ukraine very much. everyone has their own problems , their own questions. another case is when there are countries uh in the same europe uh in western europe where there simply isn't such a number, well, enough weapons in order to single out our states in one way or another this position is consolidated uh we didn't organize we heard we heard statements about such supply and we will open the european union and from mr. stoltenberg from me nato education so i am sure that these decisions have been approved at home for a long time, it is simply about certain modifications about certain changes in the strategy

of tactics in terms of supply, but by no means everything will not affect the fact that, well, such a global general decision to help ukraine until those sub-cells, eh, we will not defeat the russian federation , it will remain unchanged. well , it is clear. why do not the representatives of the ukrainian authorities insist on the fastest receipt of aircraft and heavy equipment, therefore that as stated by the secretary of the national security and defense council oleksiy danilo in russia, preparations are being made for maximum escalation. danilov gave an interview with kayu news. he says that the enemy may try a new offensive of all sides in the coming weeks, according to him, approximately half of the 320,000 russians who were mobilized in the autumn of last year will be involved in the second wave of a large-scale offensive . danyla also added that the bloodiest days of the war are still ahead. in his opinion, the western allies should send more weapons , including fighter jets. we hear what

danilov said. very difficult, but i am aware that the main battles are yet to come . they will be this year, and they will be in the next two or three months. what will be decisive in these wars, mr. volodymyr? they said that each of the countries to which we are appealing has its own needs and interests in national security and defense, and according to you , where is the limit when we say that you should give us tanks, fighters, weapons , the more the better and uh, that the country should also take care of itself. the country should take care of its military-industrial complex or there defense enterprises, about the production, about

the fact that we did not make weapons there in time , the weapons stocks are necessary and in sufficient quantity, where is this limit in diplomatic relations when people representatives of different countries are talking or, let's say, demanding something from representatives of another country. well, it seems to me that you know this limit, it depends on the specific situation at the front or on the fronts . well, mr. oleksiy danilov is a wise and hm and mainly informed and deeply informed person he knows what he is talking about before this , i remembered, for example, even a well-known historical article by general zaluzhny at the end of the fall of last year, where he specifically named the numbers, the number of revelations that we need. and by

the way, we actually now, and we will receive such a message, they are also necessary from time to time , because despite the fact that the development of western countries usually has a lot of information no less than we do, but nevertheless we, as direct participants in the side of this war, we know our officials know much better those what are the needs that we currently have, that is why this limit can vary from time to time . well, it seems to me that at the moment it is possible . well, here is the only conditional red line in the number and types of weapons that we can to be provided is that there is still a fear, er, at least in some western capitals, that er, that hostilities will not

spill over into the territory of russia, but in principle, no one is talking about it. whether to capture moscow or some russian cities, we are talking about defense, but the fact is that in this defense, the armed forces of ukraine have the right , well, at least to strike at those accumulated weapons or consultation of military forces that are not far from the russian-ukrainian border the borders are actually russian territories well, it seems to me that no one is afraid anymore and we see from time to time what is happening there in the same belgorod or kursk chiryansk, not to mention covered, well, crimea is the territory of ukraine, no one talks about it at all. so, what do you know ? more such a discussion between interwar experts. i think that they understand better than others how it will pass. as i wanted to remind

you that recently there was such a not very announced meeting of our main military leaders, that is, luzhug and the general of the american military and the entire board. i think that these issues were discussed there, so that we simply have to completely trust our military-political leadership , and its representatives know what messages to send to our partners and when to send them to our partners. well , the director of the cia flew to kyiv, this should also be noted because the meeting with milli on the territory of poland and the arrival of the chairman of the central intelligence agency of the united states of america were obviously aimed at clarifying the plans and sharing information about the plans of the russian federation

which we are also talking about today and which the representatives of the ukrainian authorities are talking about publicly , in the meantime boris johnson, the former prime minister of great britain, flew to the united states of america, there he will lobby for the interests of ukraine, he meets with the republicans and wants to call on them to continue helping our country about this according to reuters, johnson has already had a conversation with the speaker of the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, in his office, and in the evening plans to speak at a private republican club, part of the republican party how we we know who recently gained control of the lower house of congress has repeatedly called for an end to military and other aid to ukraine let's see johnson in the united states of america i want to convey to washington that there is no reason to delay aid, we must make sure that our

ukrainian friends get everything they need to drive the russians out of the whole territory of ukraine as soon as possible so that it happens already this year , 2023, this is the best for ukraine, the west and russia. johnson understands what he will be talking about. with the republicans and this person who recently, in the bbc documentary putin against the west, which just a few days ago appeared on the screens, he said that before the big offensive of russia against ukraine , putin threatened him and said, boris, i don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it's it will only take a minute, then with a similar statement that the russians were driving the british by the nose , british defense minister ben wallace spoke about how on