[000:00:00;00] the meeting of the next rammstein is the reinforcement of the next next next moment of the promises we made to ukraine and the strengthening of working together to help others fight for independence and freedom is an important moment of our discussion. today we actually talked about the importance of accountability, we, as well as our partners, colleagues, we will do everything to what was promised should be provided to ukraine as soon as possible and we will work with ukrainian partners to ensure that all the equipment promised and allocated in ukraine will continue to reach ukraine

which we rather a year ago, putin thought that ukraine is easy prey, he thought that kyiv would not stand still and would easily fall, he also thought that the world would simply look away, but the kremlin was wrong during this year, ukrainian soldiers bravely fight to defend their land and resist russia's brutality and cooperate with countries collective action helped ukraine to stand, we are really waiting for peace, a peace in which sovereignty will be valued, where borders will be respected and where the civilian population will be protected, these are values ​​that are shared contact group we remain united in our support to ukraine and we will remain united

until the victorious end . your excellency, thank you. i congratulate everyone. let's start with the fact that i offer my condolences and to the families who lost their loved ones as a result of the tragedy in turkey and syria. i also share the suffering of ukrainian citizens in we are already approaching the anniversary today, 54 countries represented independence, whose all defense matters were represented by 54 countries, which continue to participate in regular meetings of the contact group of the prohibition

of ukraine, the leaders made very important contributions and we can already see what we are, the results on the battlefield, how the defense of ukraine has strengthened, especially i thank the minister of defense of ukraine panureznikova and also to general general moysyuk for their for their leadership such to his friend general zaluzhny who every day on the battlefield leading his country to victory in 10 days it will be a year since russia started an unprovoked full-scale conflict, the secretary just said that putin thought that ukraine was easy prey and that he would go unpunished and he was wrong ukraine remains

free and independent nato and the coalition has never been stronger than now and you see how exiled in the world exile ukraine is now and indeed, ukraine inspired the whole world with its bravery and resilience. russia has already lost, it has already lost strategic operational and tactical, and now they are paying a huge price on the field in battle for putin. it was a war of choice, and that is why we we support ukraine so that it maintains an adequate military force, we collectively support the defense capability of ukraine to protect its fellow citizens and also to liberate the occupied lands in the face of seizure ukrainians remain steadfast the ukrainian nation is united they are united for the sole purpose of liberating and expelling the russian invasion from ukrainian lands for

ukraine it is not a war it is not an aggressive war it is a war of defense for russia it is an aggressive war ukrainian troops are paying a very high price for such a war and now they are already sending former prisoners to their obvious death, the members of the current group promised to increase all efforts so that ukraine receives the promised promised artillery systems, ammunition, tanks, and the group is focused on delivering the promised promised aid to ukraine as soon as possible, as well as logistically covering the logistical aspects of training spare parts soldiers, as well as the support of e-e equipment that is given to ukraine in order for ukraine to win during the war, ukraine

has really shown how effective they are mastering the equipment, how much they adapt, how fast the dynamics of their flexibility is, they invent new tactics and we see that they are really able to liberate their territory, russia, on the contrary, they are waging such a war of attrition, but ukraine is effectively defending itself and moving forward . therefore, it is now very important to strengthen what they have, namely, tactical skills , bravery, resilience, we see how you are developing this war , it is very dynamic, the ukrainian women are now training for future operations, have already received promises about battle tanks and of other ammunition in order to synchronize their maneuvers on the battlefield ukraine is currently fighting a war in ukraine

, which will turn into a protracted one, but the partners who have gathered today are doing everything to end the war as soon as possible. we also have an excellent political leadership that respects international law and rejects what some powerful neighbor can attack a weaker neighbor , the borders must remain unchanged, because it cannot, cannot, cannot, in this world, in the world of democracy, be guided only by force, and such and such values ​​have been professed since the second world war world war 54 countries have gathered here today to ensure that ukraine can defend itself and protect the values ​​that we all share, we will remain united as ever in order to uphold the values ​​of sovereignty and stand together with

ukraine thank you for your attention and i welcome your questions now a secret moment for ukraine and that indeed the allies should immediately provide the artillery systems of the anti-aircraft defense system in ukraine already now the nato secretary said that ukraine a-a that ukraine really requires ukraine more munitions than the allies can provide, are such calls to ukraine justified, do they hit all, do they hit, do they hit civilian targets, and in particular, if any missiles fall into the territory of the european union, what will the reaction be? thank you for your question. we are now in a state

of battle . and for several months we have been talking about the fact that we understand how active the situation is in the bakhmut zone where russia is conducting active hostilities. we also see that russia is sending more and more new units to the battlefield which is insufficiently prepared and poorly equipped, we see how high the level of their losses is, ukraine wants, of course, at the first possible moment, ukraine wants to use the opportunity to move and turn the conditions into battlefields that would be

in its favor, so we expect that counterattacks will be carried out already in the spring, we are all our partners and allies, in particular with our friends from ukraine , we are working hard to ensure that ukraine has everything possible to move into the counteroffensive and that their offensive actions are effective, so we believe that it will really be such a window of opportunity for ukrainians to use such initiative and continue to change the situation in the battle to create certain create favorable opportunities ukraine has been provided with artillery systems and

ammunition for almost a year, of course we will discuss with our international partners what else we can provide to ukraine we want to provide as much as possible and as possible faster and therefore really we will do everything possible so that our efforts do not continue to be the same ukrainian soldiers are now studying in various countries of the european union, they learn how to handle maneuverability equipment correctly, and for them this is a good opportunity to ultimately use a smaller number of artillery systems more effectively. they said that training is the main thing, and one of the main

points, so really, you can say that we were when we talk about the bullets that were shot down over the territory of america, so it was there were several such hits on observation bullets, some were certain misses , in particular, it mostly hits the salt from the second hit, we americans and for us it is very important to protect the lives of the american people, we understand that we we should be very careful in order to understand with which the purpose of such balls fly or they collect some data for intelligence or they fly for espionage purposes so really we do everything to clean to make our airspace clean without any

flying e-e objects that are unknown to us and that's why such actions are completely justified indeed. we very clearly plan our actions in this aspect. we act very carefully so that the civilian population is not harmed , so that there are no blunders, and in this way we maintain security for the american people. i did not really hear the question, but it was actually about about three other objects that flew from which and which were hit. in fact , the terrain was very complicated there. where did the debris fall? one of the debris fell on

the territory of alaska. the second object fell. near the rocky mountains , of course , a certain amount of time is needed in order for such uh-uh, such a damage was eliminated. of this a and what needs to be done in order to integrate the most modern air defense systems and also a question for general mili what is your risk analysis regarding

the delivery of western weapons to ukraine and to what extent can such a path be secured in and carefully warplanes, i'm not really ready to make any announcement now, we will continue to work with ukraine in order to understand what ukraine needs most now, we are now focusing on the counterattack for the spring in the spring, that's why we really have a lot to work on, in particular, we are now talking about those systems which ukraine will be provided with bradley strikers, mortars and other installations, artillery installations, and we also understand that it is very important now to create a complete picture of all this

armament and to understand that ukraine really has everything is necessary for that to move to the counteroffensive in the spring. so, this was the focus of our current meeting. of course, it is very important to have established lines of communication, logistical routes, and the like, and we understand that these lines of e-e communication are connected to the western country, in particular, when we talk about the supply of tanks, artillery systems and others, and it is very important to ensure that the deliveries go straight, that nothing delays them, that the paths and routes are as short as possible, therefore it is really very important to quote on this when we talk about security, in particular, on the polish border. yes, this issue of security is very important within the framework of the strategic plan of the ukrainian armed forces, and they actually use procedural tactics

that were actively developed. the first question for defense minister austin, we heard from representatives of western leaders that russia is preparing the next air company, this time do you think that russia has everything necessary for such an attack, and whether ukraine has already been given enough to defend itself ? equipment russia in order to pose a threat to ukrainians and donbass and is there enough time in ukraine and is there enough defense to go into a serious

contrast thank you for the question about the question of whether russia is bringing in its fighter jets for offensive er for offensive actually there are no such actions to say that this is how russia is actively grouping its warplanes, uh, that's exactly why i already emphasized that we need to do everything so that ukraine has a very large potential for protecting the airspace, you see how much we have increased our efforts, in particular by handing over to ukraine the patriot systems that will soon be yes, it is not normal enough, we will put pressure on what we can, what we can put pressure on because the threat remains unchanged, many countries are doing everything for everything they can and i take on it is my responsibility to ensure that all this

equipment is transferred to ukraine as soon as possible and that it is integrated into the defense of ukraine. ukraine really did an incredible job intercepting massive missile strikes a lot of missiles were destroyed in the recent attacks and again we want to make sure that they have the ability to defend themselves . war of attrition , they have a lot of victims, their team morale is extremely low, but he they take in numbers, and as you know, president putin

called for another wave of mobilization, so they have this amount and so they do not have certain successes on the battlefield, but you see that the battle continues, it is slow, it is exhausting, and of course i do not want to speculate, but how, in particular, within the framework of the current conference , we really add your large amount of powerful aid to ukraine and ukraine and decide in country, what to do with this help, we have one more question, please . thank you very much. one question for the secret of rostin , actually, about the position of the usa when we talk about the delivery of combat aircraft. president biden

said no regarding the delivery of f16 aircraft to ukraine what has changed, in particular, after the current contact group? did you encourage other countries so that they also give their consent? do you think that the risks are too great and the question is for the general admiralty? not so difficult eh what can you say about referring to the intelligence data, will there be another attack on kyiv thanks for the question with a big thumbs up to what poland provided in ukraine the usa

never stopped poland in their efforts transfer certain equipment to ukraine, of course, when it comes to the provision of combat aircraft , this decision will be taken by the leadership of our country . said the president earlier, there is no so, regarding the question of another attack by russia, what is happening now in the bahmut zone from kharkov and to the south, we see how it moves, we see how stable the collision zone is, and when we we are talking about the dynamics of the movement, in particular, in january, in the bachmut zone, the ukrainians are holding fast. they are overcoming the wagnerites and other groups and

regular russian armed forces, it is very important to withstand such a battle of attrition, in particular , referring to the number of casualties suffered by russia . there are a lot of attacks from artillery attacks, very many victims, in particular in this specific direction, it is really very difficult to predict anything in the coming week, i think that the actions will continue, i am not sure that ukraine will fall into the nile, and will continue to fight this is a battle, it has a lot to do, and that is why we must keep our focus on the fact that ukraine has everything it needs, unfortunately, i cannot talk about intelligence data, of course , there is always a potential threat, the threat of massive missile strikes, in particular on kyiv, so kyiv always remains a weighty salt for russia , therefore, i do not want to belittle any efforts

of russia in this aspect, ladies and gentlemen , we are concluding the press conference of the contact group with the defense of ukraine. thank you for your attention. well, of course , a clear, informative, informative press conference. of the united states joint chiefs of staff of loitostin and general milli live, we all heard the most important thing, yes, the united states is not going to retreat, in particular , it is about supporting ukraine from the other side , they also take into account certain risks and dangers, well, in any case, everyone heard everything in the studios are working there. levalevska, of course. we thank our partners for their support. one of the main theses is that they will help us move to the counteroffensive in the spring. this was announced by the head of the pentagon today, lloyd austin

. well, we hope that enough will be enough. the amount of all the weapons that we don't need because we already said today on the air that we would like to have as many as they say we will have as much as they say we will have as much as you need and quantitatively they will give as much as it will be necessary to defeat the enemy because time is the life of our defenders so well meanwhile , the cabinet of ministers appointed lieutenant general and hero of ukraine oleksandr pavlyuk to the post of first deputy minister of defense, an extremely important story, and the cabinet of ministers also appointed five deputy ministers of internal affairs of ukraine bohdan drapyaty kateryna pavlichenko oleksiy sergeev vasyl aunt leonid tymchenko and inna yashchuk and noyashchuk were appointed state secretary of the ministry of internal affairs, we are adding to the conversation peter andryushchenko, adviser to the city mayor glory

to ukraine glory to the heroes, mr. peter, and accordingly we would like to immediately ask you about the most important events and the most important news from our south from mariupol and its surroundings and not only mariupol, we read that the number of graves is increasing there and most of them are nameless, nameless, tell me what kind of graves they are what do you know? well, these are graves already after the occupation. well, in fact, yes. that is, these are graves that are growing. people continue to die from so-called natural causes, and unfortunately, the death rate and the mortality rate are increasing. that is why the number is so large. we even compared visually how many graves there are. appeared after well, approximately since september, that's when all the exhumations were already carried out, everything about burials in

cemeteries in the old crimea, that is, they counted how many new graves, that is, people who died from so-called natural causes, and we we see that the death rate is such that the rate of growth is three times higher than it was in the pre-war period, that is, how much the cemetery grew from september to february, that is how much it grew in a year and a half during normal peaceful life, this is despite the fact that at that time i lived in mariupol more than half a million people , but today there are almost no services 100,000 times better or what this complex is. well, we understand. in what physical , mental, and medical condition did the townspeople remain after

the occupation, after the horrors they experienced then they were mocked by the russians with water and a humanitarian woman, we all remember it, then the holodomor, it is clear that all this clearly does not improve health and does not contribute to a long life, and on top of that, there is simply a medical collapse, simply the absence of virtually any social services because there are more than 65,000 approximately 67,000 elderly people in the city , it is clear that they need special attention and special help, especially in those conditions , and they do not receive it. that is, why are there graves , actually? many graves are nameless because they are not they know who died, they just find the chemistry of old people who died in their slums and hide their series as they hide . well, there is no data, so there is no data, that is, you know, this is all part of the genocide, which does not end, that is, the goal of the russians is to reduce the number of ukrainians in principle, in particular, in mariupol, it is implemented at every stage, but petre , we would like to ask you about what

is happening now, in particular, in the military plan , it will be discussed about the saturation of the enemy with its personnel and equipment in mariupol, its surroundings and, so to speak, the territory in general in southern donetsk, they are rather preparing for something. they are preparing for something. today, the accumulation continues. they continue to establish units. in general, if we talk about conditional manpower, then about 35-40,000 are in mariupol, there in the mariupol district, that is , around mariupol, the concentration is very high , various units of it, even those that they led from donetsk to luhansk, there are new units , there are mobilized ones, three training camps of mobilized ones have also been broken up, at least two training grounds, we know where they are today

during the day, they are being coordinated before the assembly of those divisions that are being withdrawn by the russians themselves. well, because they are very talkative , especially in the evenings, talking and ready to attack vugledar and zaporizhzhia. as if there is such an order from the captured lord of zaporizhzhia during february, well, such fantasies are constant. but really, there are a lot of them. with equipment well, everything is fine, there is not so much equipment, and we have, well , it is old from conservation, they drive t-62s, all kinds of old bmw 1s and so on, and besides the fact that it worked by itself, it also wants occupants they put it out of order, that's why a lot of people are dragged back to mariupol in the direction of zaporizhzhia and to the new azov district. there are repair bases for repairs. well, this is the situation in general, what is the situation with sports, we saw a photo published by journalist denys kazanskyi , in particular, it is about the destroyed mariupol port by sports, the situation is difficult it is difficult why adults came down from the sea of ​​azov, that is,