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ukrainian version trends world politics and quality analytics made by ukrainian journalists for the whole world north south or the east, where to expect a new invasion of the russians, tanks are already on the way but won't it be too late for them to come and our favorite column spotlight ukraine fat made in the russian

federation if it is more than a moment the russian war is incredibly moving into the climax phase, the occupiers have intensified attacks on donetsk region from the north, they continue to advance on bakhmut and from the south they have launched an attack on vugledar , the ukrainian authorities declare that in the coming weeks a new stage of the war will begin and the fiercest confrontation between the russian and ukrainian armies, and even that a phenomenon until february 24, the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine , the invaders will try to completely capture donetsk and luhansk regions, as if a solid conflagration looks from a bird's eye view the city of vugledar has been one of the hottest spots in the south of the donetsk region for the last few days. if they take it, it will be very difficult for us because the entire

front is being rebuilt. there is constant shelling. well , we heard that the artillery is constantly working . the aviation is constantly working. the russian army can achieve local success in this direction. but for an operationally important breakthrough , it will not have enough strength and resources, the intelligence of great britain believes, meanwhile, the american institute for the study of war reports on the worsening of the situation in the north of donetsk in the bakhmut area, in addition to the wagner group, regular russian troops joined the attacks on the city, the ukrainian military confirmed that enemy artillery established fire control over several routes to the city, but denied the information that the occupiers took bakhmut into an operational encirclement, according to russian propaganda, on the outskirts of the city, close-quarters

battles have been ongoing for in 2-3 weeks , the russians may launch a new attack on ukraine , the secretary of the national security council oleksiy danilov told the sky new publication that they could attack the north-east and the south. he thinks about a possible attack on these according to the estimates of the american institute for the study of war, in the coming months, russia will probably launch a large-scale offensive in luhansk region, and in donetsk region , it will use defensive-offensive tactics. that the new stage of the russian offensive is already underway and has already begun on soledar and ugledar, ukraine also says that it will soon continue the counteroffensive, so far the russians a hundred thousand mobilized men who are already ready to enter. well, they are entering. there is already a constant movement, but it will be stretched until the end of february. therefore, we must at least

try to perform certain actions until the time they enter. i think that during february , as soon as the equipment arrives, our troops will start moving or in the direction of the azov coast or immediately in the crimea in the direction of armyansk, at the same time , according to the expert, if a sufficient number of light armored vehicles and soviet tanks, which are already being supplied to western countries, enter ukraine partners, the offensive can be started without waiting for the heavy armored vehicles that will arrive in the spring, we are talking about leopard 2 in particular, which germany, after a long debate , allowed to send tanks to ukraine. the factor is that, well, all of us pash

are trained from the western pay that he has a 98 percent survival rate in battle , even in a close encounter, well, that’s a lot let's say this, first of all, we installed protection - this is protection when you work against fire and you have time for work and not for running away from the fact that they start to cover , you understand, and these machines provide a passively active measure there when we talk about the ruler of offensive operations on land, everything is straight in front of the tanks , the long-range artillery must actively work and work the means that will destroy the enemy's command posts, which means the warehouses that destroy the personnel and then go. so we understand that the front we need a wide range of equipment, and the europeans and americans understand this, and now their defense industry is also trying to get on the military rails to help as much as possible, otherwise they are not giving us

atakams, so this does not mean that we are not getting aircraft with long-range cruise missiles that can actually perform the same functions on the battlefield as i am currently russia has that advantage in aviation, the countries of the west are in no hurry to send us military aircraft in the near future, in particular the president of the united states, joe biden stated that america will not provide ukraine with f16 fighters, however, several countries are considering the possibility of handing over soviet mig-29 machines , which are somewhat outdated but well known to ukrainian military pilots , while they need about six months to master american aircraft. american fighter jets, the mass media wrote. as recently as last summer, 100 million dollars were allegedly allocated for this. you can watch spotlight ukraine

, the ukrainian version of the english-language weekly programs and now our broadcast is joined by elina slinkevich, former minister of defense, former minister of foreign affairs of lithuania and a diplomat. good evening to you. good evening ukraine. enough, and unfortunately, the supply of tanks is very slow at the beginning , it is very difficult to decide whether to provide tanks or not, but it was really difficult to assign himers and other systems to ukraine. that is, it is such sometimes a complex process, but in fact i hope that ukraine will receive help in the soonest future, and we hope that the next

rammstein, which will be held in february, will discuss the supply of fighter jets, as well as long-range missiles, which are now very necessary for ukraine in order to win the war. i understand that and our colleagues said that 31 abrams will be handed over to ukraine by the end of this year or at the beginning of 2024, and official officials from the usa do not believe in our victory this year . of course, there are such assumptions that ukraine can win back its territories, including crimea, accordingly, everything depends on the support that will be given to ukraine, we understand that it is difficult now, and it is very difficult to hope for victory without specific heavy weapons

. it is clear. when we talk about abrams tanks , there are certain problems, in particular with logistics, but these leopard tanks for example, they can really have a significant impact on the system and the situation on the battlefield, so we hope that the speeding up of this process will give a powerful boost to the ukrainian army, and we understand that ukraine needs military aircraft and missiles of long-range responsibility step in relation to the following they like ukraine is currently negotiating with western partners for the transfer of s17 fighters, but some western officials have already announced that this will not happen, what does this mean, what does this mean, oh final no , is it possible that there are still any

chances for it to turn into such pieces i think that now is not hmm time for yes of course the same story was with the tanks, they said that no, no, but we now see that the tanks are already on their way to ukraine , it really takes time and we understand that in people are dying in ukraine. we understand that ukraine is now being destroyed. indeed, we are your partners and allies. we are doing everything we can, but unfortunately we do not have fighter jets or tanks, but we are doing everything in our power to support and strengthen the coalition. the so-called tank coalition that will help ukraine

, therefore it is necessary to accept such tactical statements are not so categorical, of course they can change in the future, we also often heard from european officials that the closest the coming months they will be decisive in this war and we have been hearing this for a very long time. why do people keep saying this? now i can say that it is really true, because intelligence sources report that russia is increasing its military efforts, maybe they are not preparing another attack, but on february 24 now they may have stepped up their efforts and we understand how important the supply of weapons to ukraine is right now in order for time to really be on our hands and not on russia's hands, we cannot waste time, we must prepare for

counteroffensive everything is so simple and that's why i really agree that the next months will be decisive in this conflict and right now. that's how i hope that people will have a correct understanding that already yes, we now understand that the aid that has already been provided to ukraine is now is not enough, and our understanding of z changes over time, because we are not only talking about defense, we are now talking about the offensive , the counteroffensive and the liberation of the territories of ukraine occupied by russia, so sometimes we have to change our opinion, we understand that now we must make a certain breakthrough. and we also understand that now it is very important to provide ukraine with such weapons, which will actually be of western design. this is already a new stage in the provision of military aid to ukraine, and therefore we

understand that western countries are also sacrificing their own security, they are now investing in their own security here by helping ukraine again stated that it can be used to use nuclear weapons and he has already threatened the entire collective action and again ukraine how serious he is now it is difficult to say, it is difficult to predict what is in his mind in fact, if he was rational, he wouldn't have started wars, and he wouldn't have continued them really sometimes no, not entirely logical and rational, now there is something to speculate about you, what putin can do . in fact, it is very difficult even from the point of view

of common sense. so maybe he is bluffing again on the other hand, i am not surprised by such statements, because when you feel that someone, on the other hand, your opponent is not showing strength. and if there is any doubt, then it is advantageous for you, that is why he resorts to such and such types of statements, and that is why it is possible even some kind of double bla-left and of course i have already many times and his such statements have been repeatedly criticized by nato representatives since the beginning of the war and especially when we are talking about the last, last stage of the war, but we understand that there will be a reaction from nato from nato countries and other countries. therefore

all this they need to take into account russia's workbook , what was it, i think that this was shown, in particular, through official channels, and a clear message was sent to russia, in particular, what will happen in the case of the use of unconventional weapons if you cross this line, then the consequences will be the opposite, of course, when we talk about red lines. russia has violated all eu and international agreements a lot, and now we need to understand what we need to do. yes, we must provide uninterrupted long-term political, economic, and military assistance to ukraine, in particular , the regular e-e of the meetings, the contact group of the prohibition of ukraine, the so-called e-e ramstein we must continue to provide

financial assistance to ukraine and also already help ukraine to make plans for the construction even now it is necessary to prepare before that, i think that we are on the right path and together we will be able to fight back adequately against such a great aggressor as long as it takes, but at the same time, russia claims that we will not fight with you as long as it takes. exhaustion definitely and usually exhausts the two sides of the conflict .

spring, and therefore it is clear that uh, we understand that the big, powerful economies, in particular of europe, have rallied around helping ukraine, so we understand what is on the scales now and we understand that russia wants its victory, i still understand that there are people there who think it's great and they understand that they cannot win a goal of victories, they are now gaining some small victories in certain directions . but if we talk about something large-scale, then this is not the case, we see how much they neglect human resources and economic indicators they are throwing everything into the pile of this war, we understand how much finance is needed to wage this war and many russian assets have been frozen abroad, so

we hope that this freezing process is really happening and is happening in a legal order, and we understand that all this is hitting the country very painfully russia, and if there are people there who doubt the provision of additional aid to ukraine, this will convince them that it is necessary to stand firm and thank you to the end for this interview . thank you for your personal help. propagandists are helping the kremlin scare the world with nuclear war and trying to provoke internal conflicts in ukraine see more in our weekly review of russian propaganda supply of weapons to ukraine will lead to an escalation of the conflict russian propaganda persistently tries to cast doubt on the necessary and appropriateness of military support for ukraine among

the most common narratives that the military aid to ukraine continues the war, the countries that provide military aid to ukraine are becoming weaker, and the supply of weapons to ukraine is not make sense. having no success in manipulating ukraine's partners, russia began to threaten . thus, kremlin spokesman dmytro piskov called the situation hopeless and one that leads to escalation . it is not capable , the special military operation will continue , russian propaganda is trying to sow doubts in the western audience and deprive ukraine of military aid, however threats escalations are unspoken, because the kremlin already uses the entire range of weapons during attacks on ukraine, systematic shelling of front-line cities, concentration of equipment and shells, the transfer of troops to different directions

, additionally, forced mobilization in the russian federation definitely do not indicate russia's readiness for peace, these are direct signs of a significant escalation, therefore, weapons are weapons and once again a weapon for ukraine, at the moment, russia is intensifying the escalation by accusing the west of participating in the war traditionally, the kremlin claims that the west and nato are directly involved in the so-called conflict in explaining to its population and in this world why the so-called second army will lose to the much smaller ukraine, so russia uses nato and the west as imaginary enemies, and the russian mass media, meanwhile, are trying to reinforce this narrative, this time kremlin propagandists declared that imported military equipment in ukraine will be managed not only the ukrainian military, as well as american professionals , will not be able to quickly train ukrainian crews, anatov demands from kyiv to launch

an offensive already in march-april. it is very likely that an imported combat in this case, the equipment will be operated not only by the ukrainian military, but also by american professionals in the guise of those who came on vacation and volunteers. the reaction of the deputy chairman of the security council of the russian federation , dmytro medvedev, to an interview with kai news with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky , summarizes the claims of russian propaganda about the west of this of the week, the ridiculous figure in the green greased t-shirt depends 1000% on nato weapons and western money without them neither ukraine nor he with his camarelle will not last a day with the help of oppressive publications and public images. medvedev clearly shows the diplomatic level of modern russia. the agony of russian high -ranking officials only proves the criticality and tension of the situation

in the kremlin. the ministry of defense of russia stated that the usa allegedly conducted experiments in ukraine related to hiv infection, in particular , experiments on ukrainian military personnel are an example related to hiv infection conducted by american specialists on the territory of ukraine since 2019, we note that the target groups are not only patients with a high risk of infection, convicts or drug addicts, but also representatives of the armed forces of ukraine according to the department claim that american scientists have conducted in ukraine since 2019 experiments with vil, in particular, on ukrainian servicemen, however, for the russian mass media , such accusations are not new, and earlier kremlin journalists found a promising topic for fakes about the production of biological weapons in in addition, russian diplomats even tried to organize a meeting of the un security council in ukraine, saying that they have new documents that

confirm the existence of a biolaboratory in ukraine, but no signs of ukrainian bioweapon laboratories were found after russia's statements. the fact that the ukrainian authorities have found a way to solve the hungarian issue in transcarpathia , a mass mobilization of ethnic hungarians is allegedly taking place in the region almost in forced conscription into the army has been going on in every settlement of transcarpathia for several days in the berehovo district, on sunday the market was surrounded and 70 people were taken from there, the authors of the report note. on january 26, the hungarian minister of foreign affairs , petrosyartko, made such a statement. hungarians are dying in this war side by side with ukrainians because hungarians living in transcarpathia are also called up to join the ukrainian army. in recent

days, we have seen video footage of how brutal it sometimes is. this statement was also picked up by the russian mass media, spreading the news about the fact that violent mobilization of ethnic hungarians is allegedly taking place in transcarpathia, as the 128th mountain assault brigade suffered heavy losses under soledar; in fact, accusations against ukraine of mobilization allegedly based on an ethnic principle are completely groundless, say the analysts of the stopfake project, ethnic hungarians who are representatives of other ethnic minorities living on the territory of ukraine are primarily citizens of ukraine in accordance with the law of ukraine on military duty and military service , defense of the motherland, independence and territorial integrity of ukraine is a constitutional duty of all citizens of ukraine, regardless of their ethnic origin, the representatives of the hungarian community of ukraine themselves criticized the mentioned publications in the hungarian mass media and

the propagandistic statements of some politicians of hungary. talk about global politics yury good evening my greetings what questions are worth our weight during the last week good evening volodymyr well who did it, why, and what will be the consequences, this is a question that i will try to answer, of course, i am talking about the attack of drones on military facilities in iran in several iranian cities, so get ready. about this and other things further in my part of spotlight ukraine so the series powerful explosions were heard in several iranian cities. on saturday evening , local mass media reported that drones attacked military infrastructure facilities in several places

, including oil refineries and a center with production of ammunition visfahanni in the city of khandan, the light went out almost in this too, and early problems with the internet in the ministry of defense of the country confirmed only the latest incident, while the attack by quadcopters was called unsuccessful, according to the department, one of the drones was shot down by an air defense complex, and the other two fell into defensive traps and exploded, the attack is attributed to the israeli defense forces, but there is no official confirmation of this yet, but the secretary of state of the united states of america, anthony blinken commented on what happened in iran and earlier this week he said that in washington , together with his partners and allies, he will respond to these hostile actions that were on the side of the islamic republic. well, let's hear what exactly - said mr. blinken. the people are not the only ones supplying modern military equipment to russia, but russia, in its turn, is doing

the same thing with ziran, which naturally causes real concern for us and real concern for israel, so we continued to discuss ways in which we can continue to work to counter the malicious actions that iran resorts to either in this region or outside its borders, then he clearly explained what he meant. in the above-mentioned statement, while on a visit to jerusalem, mr. blinken said we are listening to this statement. we continue to consider that the most effective way to resolve the concerns of the international community regarding iran's nuclear program, there is diplomacy , diplomacy is never off the agenda, but president biden has also made it clear that we are determined to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and all options remain on the table to ensure that this does not happen, in that we prefer