[000:00:00;00] with prime minister rishi-sunak and with king charles iii zelensky became the first president of ukraine who was honored with his audience by the british monarch europe will always remain free as long as we are together at the end in our video review of volodymyr zelensky's speech in the european parliament there the head of state gave a strong speech about the unity of the european countries as well as zelensky thanked the meps for their support and invited him to visit ukraine glory to ukraine snow resistance of mariupol in the temporarily occupied city ukrainian

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what you want on megogo russian troops have launched a large-scale offensive in the luhansk region, what successes do they want to achieve and will they succeed it is zelensky mobilizing western allies to send f16 to ukraine as soon as possible but is it possible when we can see new fighter jets in ukrainian skies he threatens the entire west for military aid to ukraine we are already on the verge of the third world war fairy tales of the kremlin we are debunking myths together with our partners stopface .org.ua is spotlight ukraine

ukrainian version further more russian troops have stepped up the offensive on all areas of the front attacking from five directions at once he is trying to compare the initiative before ukraine receives new weapons from its partners, the next few weeks will be decisive in russia's war against ukraine, according to the president of the european council , charles michel, and the ukrainian leadership declares that by february 24, the anniversary of the russian full-scale invasion, the invaders will launch the biggest offensive in this war. that's how

the city of bakhmut sounds. latest for several months in this hell without water, light and gas , there are still more than 6,000 civilians, among them almost 200 children. you must be safe because the little children are right there. they are shooting here, they are talking about it. well, people are losing their homes. people are losing their lives. the most important thing is that our young people are dying at home. okay, all this can be rebuilt. it can’t be done. the most important thing is that the young people are dying to surround bakhmut. the occupiers have abandoned all forces . the ministry of defense of ukraine says that the russians probably got it . fire control over the two main routes to the city on sloviansk and pokrovsk kostiantynivka earlier the wagnerites with a high probability captured the road connecting bakhmut with siversky

, the ministry of defense of great britain reports we and we continue to use these routes, despite the risks of shelling, but in addition to these routes, there is another route, which was abandoned until the time of yara, the smell of the engine , there is another line of defense that begins from the time of yara kostyantynivka and beyond it, this line of defense is on the rise. and actually, i think that the advance of the enemy on a few kilometers of poorer territory will in fact be associated with even more losses for them than those they suffered when trying to capture bakhmut and when captured by soledar, the enemy is now actively attacking in five directions, kupyansk is a matchmaker-criminal, this applies to bakhmut , eh, ugledar, and those around donetsk, in fact , all these directions, now the enemy is trying to feel and find weak lines in our defense, the

minister of defense regarding 24 well, it's just from the point of view of symbolism it is not logical from a military point of view because they do not have all the resources ready yet , but they are doing it according to their assessment and the american institute for the study of war agrees that the russian military command may be in a hurry to start a large-scale offensive operation to capture donetsk oblast in unrealistic terms and probably insufficient combat power, a scandal broke out regarding the overestimation of purchase prices for food for the military, deputy minister vyacheslav shapovalov and director of the department of procurement bohdan khmelnytskyi , who was responsible for this direction, lost their positions and were suspected of illegal actions , the head of the department was dismissed of military-technical policy oleksandr lieb wobbled the chair and under the minister of defense, but

the main interlocutor in ramstein and for now, it was decided not to change it, the ninth meeting of the contact group will take place in february, at which ukraine expects to receive aviation, it is necessary for a counteroffensive , considering it more correct that certain comments should also come from the office of the president, the question above is to punish the guilty, but also to make it impossible for this shadow, shall we say, the shadow economy that exists today well, the war revolves around procurement, i.e. review it again, let's say the mechanisms are there, the rooster. i know that it is already there , today certain proposals are being made and the creation of an anti-gratification council to the ministry of defense from among public figures, it should be a slightly wider dialogue with the political leadership of the state than simply with the ministry of defense of ukraine by appointment , there is no reason to talk about a decrease

in support from other partners denmark, germany and the netherlands recently issued a joint statement that in the coming months they will provide ukraine with 100 leopard alone, the swedish parliament supported the allocation of a military aid package worth 400 million dollars, robert persson , professor of international relations at the united states military academy, west point on communications spotlight ukraine greetings good evening i greet you so my first question will be the following russia will most likely launch a new offensive before the tanks arrive in ukraine well almost happen in this case do the russian armed forces have any chance of achieving their strategic goals i think really for russia, the chances of achieving some strategic goals are really very low, and we

understand how russia is waging war in ukraine, and then its military, in fact, they do not value human life, they throw it into the furnace wars, there are a lot of soldiers, wave after wave of mobilization are taking place, people are also involved who are actually poorly equipped, poorly prepared, and the remnants of the bannerians are rushing to certain positions, this is not what can be called an effective way of waging war, so i do not think that russia will be able to achieve any territorial victories or strategic victories, of course, such an offensive operation will be very financially significant for russia and it is not profitable. western tanks are arriving in ukraine and will be here

soon. but will theirs be sufficient the amount for an effective counteroffensive i think that any part of the military aid, some additional equipment that arrives in ukraine is very important, but of course whether it will be enough depends to a certain extent on what you mean by enough when this heavy weaponry arrives, we hope that russia and ukraine will be able to effectively defend themselves and advance on e, so that deo buys tere-theories for ukraine , this is critical, this kind of assistance is critical, and at the same time, we must be realistic that the number of tanks arriving it does not speak publicly about the tanks that will be provided by the usa and other european countries . i think that ukraine will need it more, they will not be enough, but still, their number is very important for

ukraine to be able to go into a counteroffensive, and therefore this is the case when any help ah is very important when talking about tanks about challengers about abrams from the usa can we somehow compare these tanks or are they better than russian tanks of course they are better when we talk about technical characteristics yes they are of a new model they have great power, their armor is stronger and of course the use of such tanks has a greater chance in battle, they are also more accurate , they are also critically faster and the range and radius of their action is greater, in particular when we talk about abrams and leopards and also comparing with russian tanks, they are

significantly they are faster, they are better combat vehicles, and the difference will really be noticeable . when they will be used on the battlefield in ukraine, in particular, when it comes to counterattacks and, in particular, to resist the current offensive of russia, and it will be very a big plus for military prisoners talking about tanks we also have to consider the fact that there should be some kind of completely new infrastructure and logistics that should be built from scratch or is this a problem ? biden and the allies when they touched on the issue of providing tanks, in particular when we are talking about

abrams tanks, because this is one of the most modern combat vehicles of the most modern tanks in the world and they are, of course, they need logistical support, proper equipment and taking care of them and, of course, training the military that will use them, that is, all these points must be taken into account and time is needed to implement all this, and in fact we understand that the time must come to see the tanks on the battlefield, this is not only about delivery, but also we are talking about support, the infrastructural aspect , of course, when we talk about spare parts and repairs. this is also important. so, let's move on to f16 military aircraft. do you think that the usa will provide such military aircraft to ukraine

and in particular, we see that president biden is now somehow dragging his feet without giving these fighter jets. and this is a great question, really , i can say that today i am sharing with you my personal opinion, i do not support any position of the government, but i can say that within the framework of this conflict, of course, the biden administration is somewhat worried about the risks of escalation of relations with russia or a direct armed conflict between the united states and russia, they russia and the united states understand that in principle there is a possibility of a nuclear conflict, and therefore this is one of the reasons why there is such a delay in times. i think that such moments are connected with the fact that if fighter jets are sent , it can really lead to some kind

of escalation of the conflict, will cause a certain counter -action from russia, and that is why they are so slowly increasing the number of weapons that they send, they are afraid of a certain retaliation and despite this, we see what has already been provided to ukraine , but when we talk about the f16, unfortunately, there are still no concrete solutions, we hope that in the future they will agree and ukraine will receive these fighters, but we can only predict, because really we saw that earlier that there were certain doubts about sending even javelins to ukraine earlier but still they ended up on the battlefield in ukraine so yes the process is complicated and it takes time but i believe that everything is possible despite all the fears of

the biden administration also if aggravation of the conflict a few weeks ago, putin said that if the west gives ukraine new tanks, there may be certain moments of escalation on the part of russia, but nothing has happened. we have already heard many different threats from him against ukraine against action against nato, so we understand that he is, in a certain sense, that he is blocking. yes, it is possible that this is a kind of blackmail and we are already used to it, and now he has a tendency to talk about retaliation than about some kind of offensive action, but when he takes revenge on the ukrainians, the ukrainian armed

forces and of course, we see that this war is a very big tragedy, but he acts directly, especially when we are not some acts of retaliation , especially when it comes to the usa, but if the usa were dragged into the war, of course he would lose, but if he can push example on the button of nuclear weapons in order to retaliate, what will happen, i don't think he can do it, he can make threats, but he won't do it, he knows that if he does it, it will be the end of his rule , the end of russia, so again, this is my personal opinion the fact that the ukrainian leadership , president zelenskyi and his advisors, so they widely observe everything that is happening around them, and they clearly understand that exactly the kind of weapons they are asking for is extremely critical for ukraine in

order to resist and preserve human life without saving the city, a personal prediction, how and when will the russian-ukrainian war end, dating, in fact, and ukraine is determined to completely expel the russians from its sovereign territory, and we understand that the sphere and the political sphere are involved in this war . therefore, now i want to say that this there will be a very long protracted battle, but uh, ukraine, the forces of ukraine will still win in the end because this is how they should bring peace to their

countries, or will the west continue to support ukraine until putin dies or because it will be necessary as long as it will be necessary, i believe it and i think that it is actually very anthony in fun in berlin , amen, this is something much bigger, much bigger, and really ukraine is now fighting a-a opposing the aggressor in this world, it is the defense of its sovereignty and freedom not only for ukraine but also for the whole of europe, and accordingly, ukraine now does not simply give a strong aggressor the opportunity to rewrite the borders, redraw the borders with force

. i am convinced that ukraine in ukraine is the struggle of ukraine - this is our struggle and that is why we must and have and want to help ukraine thank you mr. robert for your interview, it is very much for robert to be with us first as ukraine is allegedly threatening russia with a nuclear strike and ukrainian officials are again suppressing rights russian-speaking and other fake occupiers , see further in our joint story together with stop fake.org.ua. i am surprised by the prohibition of the russian language in ukraine, even in everyday life , such a fake about the alleged oppression of the russian-speaking the population in ukraine was spread by the russian media , is it the minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation, lavrov? they have some kind of ombudsman , it turns out, in matters of the state language, i don't remember his last name, he took the initiative literally

yesterday and the day before yesterday to ban personal communication in russian, that is, here is a man and his wife together they are drinking tea in the kitchen and some snitch can demand that a criminal case be opened against them, the prospects at the top of this regime are good, there is no oppression of russian speakers in ukraine, there is no criminal prosecution of those in everyday life communicates in russian, the law on ensuring the functioning of the ukrainian language as the state language adopted by the verkhovna rada in april 2019 does not prohibit the use of any convenient language in personal communication, this law regulates the functioning and use of the ukrainian language as the state language in the spheres of public life defined by this law throughout the territory of ukraine this law does not extend to the sphere of private communication and religious rites zelenskyy

calls for a preventive nuclear strike on in russia, such fake publications were widely distributed in the french segment of facebook, twitter, telegram and youtube, as alleged evidence, users quoted a part of zelensky's online speech at the australian lowry institute in october, what should nato do to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by russia, but what is important. i once again appeal to the international community as this there were pre-emptive strikes until the 24th so that they would know what would happen to them if they used them, and not the other way around, waiting for nuclear strikes to russia, what would you say then ? oh, yes, well, keep it from us, in fact, the president did not call for a nuclear attack on russia, zelensky's press secretary serhii nikiforov later explained the words of the head of state, the president

spoke about the period until february 24, then it was necessary to apply preventive measures to prevent russia from starting a war, some french accounts in social networks began to spread manipulation, however, the majority such posts on both facebook and twitter are accompanied by the identical text ukraine exports chernozem abroad along with the remains of red army soldiers russian president vladimir putin said that ukraine allegedly sold and is engaged in selling the fertile layer of the earth abroad, he said this during a meeting with representatives of the youth military organization young army in honor of the 80th anniversary of the battle of stalingrad . putin came to this conclusion after a participant in the event told a story about a german farmer who allegedly found a medal in his garden a red army soldier who died in 1944 on the territory of ukraine, the medal allegedly got to germany as a result of the sale of ukrainian

land, i can't imagine that land is sold with human remains, it's just not in my head added, but there is one more circumstance that i immediately drew attention to. while you were talking, because a german farmer came and handed over this medal to our consular representatives , a russian newspaper contacted oleksandr shot, who in 2021 handed the thing over to the russian consulate general in bonn. it turned out that he found the medal on a german farm and an employee of a waste processing plant on a pile of waste, the stories about the alleged removal of ukrainian black soil by the nazis during the occupation are nothing but a soviet historical myth about the second world war, all to show the german occupation regime is particularly cruel ruslan denichenko, executive director of stopfayk.org.ua, our partners

are in direct contact with us, this is the ukrainian version of spadletichain. greetings, mr. ruslana. greetings. we have just seen the plot and at first glance it seems that the topics that russian propaganda raises this week are not connected, nevertheless, i am sure that there is some logic in this, what is it, of course, there is logic, we do not forget that this week the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelenskyi, is making a foreign visit to great britain, france and brussels ah, he went, and of course the real intention of russian propaganda and the kremlin was to spoil the background of this visit so that in europe and america they would talk about the fact that ukrainians tolerate nazism, that fascism is flourishing here, and about the fact that russian-speakers are forbidden to speak

a peculiar language here. well and of course, every time when it comes to providing ukraine with another batch of weapons, they bring up the topic of nuclear weapons, nuclear threats, and the fact that if the west continues to provide ukraine with weapons, it will lead to escalation and in accordance with the third world war before the exchange of nuclear strikes, that is, russian propaganda wants to scare the common man in europe , who of course does not want a nuclear war, does not want a third world war, and in order to push him to think well, maybe let's let ukraine cede territories let's let ukraine capitulate e- let's go. let putin calm down and maybe everything will be sorted out somehow. this is the real purpose of these stories that were promoted by russian propaganda this week. how

successful do you consider this activity and the creation of fakes just this week, does it work for a western columnist, or do they do it to a greater extent specifically for the domestic consumer inside the russian federation? well, of course, if it didn’t work at all, moscow and the cream would probably have already abandoned this machine, which they have been investing billions of dollars in for many years. this rhetoric has an effect on the oppressors, on those who tend to think that if russia makes any concessions to the kremlin, putin will stop, that he will not go any further, and why do we need this ukraine, that is, there are such people in europe and there are such people in america but again, on our fortunately, the ukrainian leadership and ukrainian non-governmental organizations and activists are working to neutralize these efforts of russian propaganda in order to show that what russian

propaganda is telling is a false lie of manipulation and in fact the kremlin does not need to make any concessions because it will not lead to to de-escalation, and this will lead to the defeat of ukraine and to new defeats both in europe and in the world. why am i asking because literally a month ago a sociological study was conducted in germany and the results are a little shocking due to the fact that almost 60% of the surveyed germans said that they are in favor of the fastest cessation of hostilities between russia and ukraine, and even if ukraine has to make concessions, it means that to some extent propaganda still works, you can draw a target audience for whom russian propaganda works in germany , france and in the united states and in general throughout the west well, of course, german in germany and france and in europe and russian

propaganda tries to influence those who go to vote on the voters, so they are also convinced that the rise in prices is inflation so that high gas prices, high fuel prices, because ukraine does not surrender , because the governments of uh, britain, the european union , because they help ukraine and if all this , uh, all this support will stop , the conflict will stop, putin will no longer uh advance and accordingly everything is normalized, that is, they are trying to play the game on such feelings of ordinary people, of course, but we understand that all this is not true and that any concessions to putin only provoke a new escalation, only encourage him to new x achievements to new