[000:00:00;00] for example, we were personally most pleased with the quote by aloyd austin, who said that we will do everything to arm you for the spring offensive, well, literally word for word, the quote is like the finalization of what he said before that, i absolutely agree with it, but it was the finalization of what he said before that the biggest problem that we will have, for example, is the issue of deterring this offensive coming from the side of the russians and the transition, er, to our offensive , this is the problem of ammunition. and here is what i heard there, that in principle, the supply has been agreed of ammunition between families of countries, this is firstly and secondly, about the fact that the americans have already concluded contracts for 520 million dollars. this is more than half a billion dollars. yes, with two companies for the production of 155 mm ammunition - this is really good news, this is real good

news so that we don't feel like a projectile head, especially at such a crucial moment, and secondly , there is one person who, let's say, among our partners, there is one person who sometimes annoys us a little with all his pessimism, and this is the manager of united of the united states, the chief of the general staff of the joint staff of the united states - this is mark midi, yes, the situation is such that yesterday he already had a very positive statement. yes, he said that putin lost in everything, he lost politically, he lost tactically strategically, he lost. practically on the battlefields, and in principle, just the spring offensive of ukraine, he must break through this whole situation . he is also a person who, at least , bases his statements on the data of his own

analysts, this intelligence and the like, that is, and the pessimists have already begun to understand, even the pessimists in the camp of our partners have begun to understand that, in principle, a certain parliament is going on and we are on the threshold of a certain parliament. the ships of the northern fleet of russia went to sea with tactical nuclear weapons on the tanks of the union of soviet socialist republics. well, look, in general, i am often asked questions about nuclear weapons. yes, as for the possibility of using nuclear weapons, i am definitely in positions such as expressed by i have been talking about this for a long time, about which bengotzers speaks and expresses this, he said that , in principle, today or thereabouts, the assessment of the americans regarding the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons by russia is minimal. i

absolutely agree with this and agree as a military man. well, what about from the point of view of geopolitics, it is in principle because it does not make sense for success, it is all just intimidation, because the use of tactical nuclear weapons on the field , it is not on the battlefield, is meant, it does not carry any kind of serious advantages the military, well, the use of nuclear tactical nuclear weapons is done in order to break through a certain section of the front which is saturated with troops, equipment and so on, to introduce additional forces there and reserves and break through somewhere somewhere forward well, there is no such situation now on the front where you can, in principle, use small tactical nuclear munitions can be used on the front, they can be used in the rear, this does not give any military advantage at all, especially against the background of these studies

that were translated and carried out in ukraine at the munich security conference on security, you probably read yes what was the study conducted and there uh, that means 89% of ukrainians are ready to fight and continue even in the case of the use of tactical nuclear weapons by russia , that is, it does not give all this, i even watched russian channels, how are they talking about it began to say yes, for them it was a shock acquisition, well, in principle , there are no or no tools of intimidation and fear that would have a very strong influence on ukrainians. that is, it is a tool of intimidation and fear. that is why it is done only for this reason. that nuclear weapons are even in my opinion, in my deep conviction, they exist so that no one will ever use them. viktor , are there tools of fear

for russian society? at the moment, it is more likely that the tools are not that of fear for russian society. and these are tools, you know, of such encouragement that we so big and we have nuclear weapons and a country with nuclear weapons has never lost there, well, this is a tramp's lie and so on , the americans lost in vietnam, the russians lost , rather, the soviets lost their program in in afghanistan, there are many examples of the fact that the same french people lost to china, that is, nuclear countries lost in conventional wars in the 20th century more than once. but in order to encourage your own population, you can shave, you can take it out, you can talk you understand about this on television because there are no other tools of encouragement in principle today, but other tools if they broke through the bronzes and seized them and so they, uh, soledar contained 10 out of 10,000 per

population, it turns into stalingrad you understand the battle by the importance of the war so that they understand what will happen and the answer . and i mean it. well, let's go back to rammstein today. it will come to that, well, look at the aviation account. you most likely know that, uh , my impression is my impression of all of them. rammstein has an impression of uh, the supply of weapons, uh, by our partners, they supply those weapons, but they supply the weapons that are necessary as much as possible on the battlefield at this particular moment of time, now tanks are for us, now the tanks are not coming , although well, this is the russian offensive , it seems that some armored vehicles are needed there

, too , armored vehicles for repelling. it is given to mortars, supported, provided to anti-tank weapons, everything is correct in order to, in principle , train the offensive, yes, these are necessary weapons, which are necessary , but when there will be a contour offensive, then they will be needed. there is an interesting feature, yes, this is the task, and the netherlands said that they are not going there so far, two leopards are to be transferred. although they are there in this machine of the coalition, but at the same time they are financing the transfer or financing the restoration and transfers. whose tanks are one leopard, that is, instead of 14 leopards, two 100 leopards 1 and here we emphasized the emphasis on what do we need to transfer there, e.e. leopard 2, but there are not so many of them, there are enough of them, but not so many that, in principle , they can be transferred to us in such a quantity, so look

, 180 tanks are transferred only by germany for par 1, which no one said about, that is, germany started transferring 14 leopards two and 180 leopards one the same story with denmark and the netherlands and now we have already collected the number of tanks that he said and they are also transferred from other countries most likely and vasyl leopards one of which there are many in europe and which are in conservation on storage, etc., they became so invisible, but a reserve that can be transferred to us. it’s not bad . the only story is that, of course, there is not so much ammunition for it. there is a 105 mm cannon and a 105 mm caliber. but it’s not bad, and the tank is not worse, let's say the same 72nd, but about aviation. and here is aviation. i think that aviation will also appear because it seems like yesterday they did not say no and did not say yes, that is, they said that

we are not against transfer to other countries and uh, we have already done a request to the netherlands regarding the transfer of the f-16, but in addition to the m- 16, there are also in poland, and 29 in slovakia there are also dry ones, that is , in principle, the planes can appear again when the same moment when they will be more than anything necessary, that is, i think that by the end of march, all this will appear in ukraine, but it turned out that he is trying supplies europe is not ready for any war at all. with conventional conventional weapons, we included serhiy zvuchav, and he said that britain and france have so much ammunition that they would have enough for the current russian lack of intensity of war for about eight days, eight days after eight days, the ammunition would simply run out, and the countries could simply surrender under the onslaught

of russian tanks, and for some reason the russians have these weapons, damn why did this happen, viktor, and no one. well, in principle , there should be some responsibility for this or someone who was supposed to control this and think about it in europe, so i think that it is their responsibility , that is, the responsibility of france and germany, britain, and this they must now understand what it needs in order to introduce such a war of such great intensity that it is, by the way this is for the meeting of the ministers of defense, and they again have a new strategic document regarding nato on the conduct of it of great intensity, that is, we are just at the meeting of the minister of defense to discuss this, but look what a story what our war, in principle, pushed their economy and economy, just what kind of military industry is meant, now there is an intensive, intensive conversion for

the production of 155 mm shells, we have already talked about america, and you remember that there was a problem with the transfer to us of either brazilian or swiss shells 30 -meters for cheetahs so no, no, that country did not want to transfer this to us, but now, yesterday the minister of defense of germany announced that their company reim metal is already starting to produce 35-millimeter shells, that is, already in principle not for them, not for us, there will not be such a shortage, and it is clear that the war has shown what the war has shown, our war has shown that this is a war of great intensity, precisely the use of artillery, artillery , salvo fire systems, etc. the future of military industry and in general, the development of military equipment will go just right, but this year artillery is long-range and highly accurate, this should be

the first priority. thank you very much, mr. viktor . viktor chumak was with us. the prosecutor of ukraine in the 19-20th years thank you for your comments, we are moving on, we continue to talk about rammstein today, uh, another day, uh , of these meetings at the level of defense ministers of allied countries in 54 partner states. oleksandra merezhka, people's deputy of ukraine , chairman of the verkhovna rada's committee on foreign policy, inter-parliamentary cooperation, oleksandra good health , good morning. well, how do you assess what is happening now at rammstein and what has already we can, as they say, find a practical reality for ukraine with weapons. well, i perceive it very positively because, well , first of all, statements are heard and continue to be heard about the fact that western countries will

provide technical support to ukraine as long as it is needed, and we see that they are doing very well understand what is happening now at the front in general, why ukraine needs to get the necessary tanks and planes and other types of weapons as soon as possible, and they understand that all this they will only strengthen the necessary assistance ukraine that is, well, i can judge this by the statements of the minister of defense of the united states and representatives of other countries, including norway and germany, i am even positive. i would say that i was impressed by the german representative pistorius , that is, they all understand how we need it now, and i i hope that they will only increase the provision of as much

as possible and arm us with a base, the one mentioned to you stated that he ruled out the possibility of supplying german fighter jets to ukraine right now and said that it is possible to discuss the supply fighter jets will be sent to ukraine in just a few months, and he said that ukraine now needs air defense more than airplanes, so it is changing, that is , germany, a certain dynamic is very positive, it is happening. i am convinced that we will be able to convince and provide the fighter jets that we need, it is only a matter of time what is the time and those theses on the eve of support for the counteroffensive and in the spring how should we perceive them, what exactly is it about? well , our western allies understand all this very well, and

they write and talk about what it is necessary to prepare for a counterattack in the spring, and therefore right now it is necessary to provide not only the necessary weapons, but also training , accordingly, for our tankers and for our pilots, and they understand all this well, and what we see. they not only understand, but they do everything for this, well there are countries that are more active, of course, in this process, well, first of all, i would highlight here, of course , the baltic countries, poland, and other countries, they are oriented towards these leaders, and they will also be in the near future, as i hope they will be eh, do more for sure, oleksandr, but about the results of the meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine, what kind of contact group is this , what kind of meeting, and what results can you

brag about? well, that's a little . - how can i judge only by open sources about what is happening uh and by the information that is in the news here more unfortunately, i can't say anything specific, but well, we all understand that we are facing a rather difficult period this year in general will be decisive for us, and not only this year. and it is spring, and that is why we must prepare as much as possible, we must mobilize as much as possible, mobilize our supporters in the west and, first of all, do it ourselves, and we must prepare accordingly. what are we doing ? information that is glad the state duma of the federation of russia will convene an unscheduled

meeting on february 22. it will consider the laws on the integration of the so-called temporarily occupied territories into the russian legal field. meetings and these integrations. well, we remember before what such a meeting led to, because as we understand it, well, the so-called state duma is not a parliament, it is a body of a totalitarian state that is completely under the control of the russian kremlin dictator, that is, i perceive this in terms of rather such propaganda preparation related to the 1st anniversary of the full-scale aggression, this is part of the preparation for an attempt to renew the offensive , especially in the spring. that is, it is part of russian

propaganda. oleksandr, i also wanted you about poland ask in poland from the ministry of foreign affairs of the ministry of foreign affairs released all diplomats who graduated from the russian hemo, because in poland they believe that during their studies, these people could have recruited poles to become agents of the russian special services or agents of influence. they may have some kind of family relations, friendly relations with diplomats and citizens of countries the enemy, how do you feel about such an introduction in ukraine, we already have a huge number of graduates of various moscow institutions, well , in particular, i think that the fsb academy is also eating them there higher school of the kgb, the dzerzhinsky institute, i know for sure that there are several of us, even former heads of the service. how do you feel about such things in ukraine

? that is, this was discussed quite a long time ago, but it turned out that such people, and there are very few of them in the system of the polish ministry of foreign affairs, there are literally only a few people who worked in embassies, that is , and such a big practical consequence - this decision will not be mother, i understand poland. in this regard, because in the system of preparation for the representatives of other countries , they were under a microscope and the soviet special services tried to really owe such people, that is, there was a special danger here. that is, in these specific cases to consider uh well, it is difficult for me to say whether there is any real danger, but of course, such people who

received their education in moscow during the soviet times uh, and they are so but it seems to me that here, after all, you need to know that the minister of foreign affairs davenko once said a very important thing. he said that a diplomat must meet three criteria, that is professionalism, including professionalism , a high level of professionalism and patriotism, regardless of the fact that our people who once studied in moscow, the main thing is that they be patriots and professionals , and this is the most important thing, and where did they get the light? it seems to me that this is rather a secondary issue, well, for some reason , it is not a secondary issue for the poles, but for us it is secondary , although we, not the poles, are at war with russia. well, the logic is not quite the same. and there is a certain difference, which i mentioned, because in soviet times, representatives of the so-called socialist countries, when they

studied in, say, moscow, including him , they were under the watchful eye of the kdb and, as far as i understand, citizens are not were under the watchful eye of the kdb when they were studying english, but they also paid special attention there because, as far as i understand, they tried to recruit them so that they would then work in their countries and for the benefit of the soviet union and not for the benefit of his then socialist socialist so-called camp , another graduate of russian educational institutions, a pamperkach who was also tolerated here for a long time and only recently his mandates were taken away, there is also nothing there, he also learned to wear the fsb or something, well, according to nalyvaichenko, too in my opinion, he graduated from the same academy. only then it was called the kdb. well, different people and different approaches to work. but, mr.

oleksandr. well, recruitment has always existed , and soviet citizens too. and i think that if the kgb archives are opened, it is possible that about uh mr. gennadiy yosifovich ovdovenko we also learn unpleasant things , god forbid, of course, and many other figures of our so-called national liberation movement , you understand. well, everything can be, everything can be, you know, if you take the example of poland, then even failure is said or written there, but all the same, i believe that here it is necessary to look at how a person behaves, how he behaved and judge by events. that is, we see that even p dovvenko e by the way , the diplomatic academy is named after him, he showed himself as a real patriot and other people who graduated from some moscow universities there are a lot of

patriotic people among them i remember those times and i want to say that even during the soviet union there were still many ukrainians who felt they were patriots. and they saw what moscow is, what the capital of this empire is, and they had such internal opposition, even when they were in the system in the soviet system , such opposition still existed and when there was an opportunity to gain independence , many of them resolutely took the side of ukraine began to build our statehood and i believe that it should be appreciated so correctly, we should look at things , we follow our hands oleksandr mereshko, thank you for your participation and that on the air, people's deputy of ukraine, chairman of the committee on foreign policy of the council for inter-parliamentary cooperation well, why not invite our friends to us to the family, the express family well, we are asking everyone here . we invite everyone to become closer to us, to espresso, we want to communicate with you more closely

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, the program let's look, we have great news about one of the girls who was wanted by us for more than six months, she is 16-year-old alina checheliuk from the city of mariupol, fortunately, alina was found and the most important thing is that she is already safe in the circle of her family together with her parents . alina's story is one of the many stories of ukrainian children who, unfortunately, got lost because of the war. this happened back in the spring of 2022 , when alina tried to evacuate from fierce hostilities continued for some time in mariupol, and on may 9, the girl suddenly stopped contacting her. it was unknown what happened to her. after receiving a report about alina's disappearance, we immediately began searching for her and spread information about her on all available media resources . no news. nevertheless, after some time we received a very encouraging message

. a man approached us and said that he was a friend of checheluk's family. in fact, alina herself was able to evacuate from mariupol and is already in across the border with her father and mother. good day, alina chechelyuk is now with her parents in switzerland, the information from her parents is clear, we were incredibly happy with this news, moreover , alina's mother contacted us almost immediately and confirmed that everything is fine with her daughter and they are already together. good afternoon, alina is with us. we are very grateful, we are happy that alina chechelyuk has been found, and by the way , thank you for the fact that you were interested in joining the search and, in particular, sharing videos and announcements about the search for alina on on their pages in social networks, at the same time we are still missing, there are many children left in ukraine, and for obvious reasons, many

of these children are from mariupol, one of them is 11-year-old mushroom cherepanov, whose mother has been looking for him for almost a year, see what the partial wanted, all is well połuchalos očen dohom ms. victoria told the details of her son's disappearance so hleb lived with his mother and grandmother in mariupol and they stayed in the city when there were very fierce battles due to shelling gleb his mother and

grandmother left their apartment and hid in at the house of her relatives. one day, gleb's mother went out on business. and when she returned, she saw that her son was in the house. that mother was hit by a projectile. a man. i wanted to go and tell him more. since then , nothing is known about the boy's fate. it is worth noting that there was a version about the death of gleb when a projectile hit the house. but luckily the boy was not found among the dead, so gleba's mother suggests that her son might have been injured. maybe he got a concussion, partially lost his memory and because of that he can't report anything about himself, and

that's why i'm asking you, especially the residents of mariupol who can see this program on the internet, look carefully at the boy's face, gleba's mother really hopes for your help and concern, i am appealing to everyone who can help , if someone has met gleb or my mother and the palm tree, i am alpha, may it be useful , contact the search service if you have any information about hleb cherepanov, do not hesitate and immediately call the hotline of the child tracing service by