[000:00:00;00] i am still living in addition to the scholarship named after artemy demid, the university also started the oleg vorobyov hero fund, a student of the business school, the husband founded a center for psychological assistance for ukrainian soldiers . is to be a volunteer, we will ask andriy teteruk , an officer of the volunteer formation free ukraine and a people's deputy of the previous convocation, congratulations mr. andriy glory to ukraine glory to the heroes, i wish the best health to the ukrainian nation. happy volunteer day to my brothers and sisters. honor to the living and eternal glory to the fallen. well, accordingly, we would like to ask you. how do you assess the dynamics of the current ukrainian volunteer movement

as positive, first of all, as a positive part of the will of our citizens of a state that since the 14th year, it has done everything possible to prevent the realization of the kremlin's intentions to seize power in ukraine and enslave our state and the ukrainian nation, because precisely on march 14 , 2014, from the maidan, they were not prepared in with a fighting spirit, both boys and girls took up arms and went to the front line to defend our country at a time when the ukrainian armed forces were restoring their ability to perform combat tasks . strong, able

to defend itself and provide reliable protection for life and self-realization to every citizen of our country in the future, mr. andrii, we would like to ask you about the situation on south while you are preparing, important news has arrived from the presidential stake of the supreme commander-in-chief. today, he held a meeting and discussed the defense in the bakhmudian direction. the cities of bakhmut at the meeting also analyzed the provision of weapons and ammunition to the units of the defense forces on the front line, the pace and the amount of equipment and weapons received from ukraine's partners and their distribution by troop groupings, the members of the stake listened to the reports of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine and the commanders

of the operational-strategic troop groups about the current situation at the front well, mr. andriy , we would like to ask about the situation in the south because he very well. it guides us, we talk about what we can talk about, mr. andriy, the great zaporizhia front is indeed a part of the resistance movement unit, now concentrated in kherson and nearby areas the front lines and our activities should be prepared in order to develop success in the case of offensive operations on this part of the front. but at the same time, all our attention is really on the bakhmut and the eastern part of the front , because it is there that high-intensity battles take place that allow us to destroy the enemy force, including personnel and equipment, which pose a danger to our entire country, and

every day in every area where the enemy's manpower and equipment are destroyed is extremely important because it brings us closer to victory in in this confrontation, a lot of specialists, especially from foreign countries, are trying to give advice that there is no point in holding bakhmut, that we should retreat to save lives, but this way we can retreat to the western border and avoiding direct battles, we will simply lose our state. i believe that this is fundamentally wrong because uh, war is actually a continuation of politics in other ways. and in war, the main method of launching hostilities is the destruction of enemy forces, which is exactly what the ukrainian military in

the bakhmut direction is doing, and that's why every day our confrontation is extremely important because we are grinding the military potential that the russian federation uses to form and assert its foreign policy, this cannot be allowed in any way, and therefore the armed forces of the russian federation must be destroyed. in the ochakiv community and on the kinburg spit, the russians are placing rsv between the yards of local residents. this is reported by the operational command of the south . well, actually, we would like to ask you to tell us what is an enemy group in the south, the concept is of course extremely broad, yes, but taking into account your military and political experience. how do you assess the enemy preparing for defense or for attempts to advance? first of all, they are now strengthening the occupied occupied territories

in order to improve the engineering of these positions and they are preparing, obviously, part of units, in addition to training in a defensive sense, some of them continue to accumulate for a possible offensive scenario, let's say, but each of the parties tries to be the first in what is capable to realize the offensive potential of the russian federation. the ukrainian state is preparing for its part, and that parity is still maintained on the front line. it allows each of the sides to prepare for such offensive operations, therefore we are carefully watching the redeployment of troops based on where they

are and where they are leaving from. fire damage is inflicted and all this is practically non-stop transmitted to higher headquarters for decision-making and reaction, decision-making and reaction according to the current situation. so i i think that the south, despite the high intensity of fighting in the east of our country, remains also in the focus of attention of the ukrainian command, and with the onset of stable spring weather , certain actions may also begin there. in the city of vasylivka. we just mentioned this. we issued an order that explains what to do to the families of the collaborators when the russians start retreating

, yes, that's right, but all these measures took place on the eve of the retreat in the southern direction, the collaborators should not prepare for escape, they should first of all prepare for responsibility before the ukrainian e-e society for the crimes they committed, and while they delay this time of their responsibility, their lives are not worth a single penny, both directly and figuratively in the sense that traitors are not respected or tolerated, and nowhere is the fact that they are still being used for their criminal actions by representatives of the kremlin authorities , well, this is an absolutely temporary, let's say, phenomenon in during further hostilities, their lives will be filled with constant panic

before they will either be destroyed or eventually captured and will appear before the ukrainian court . so prepare yourself, don't prepare them. nothing good awaits you in the future, mr. andrii, you have a lot going on from international partners now, as in any part of the front in the southern direction, it is necessary to replenish artillery stocks and shells and the systems themselves so that we can quickly repulse and respond to enemy attacks as of today, it is the most important deterrent component for conducting battles, well, on the front line, also a significant

, i would say, a cardinal force that would change the balance of forces is a high-precision weapon that would allow us to hit objects in depth with high accuracy not only, well, up to 70 km as himars systems, but for example at an operational depth of up to 300 km . all these things ultimately save ukrainian lives because by eliminating the concentration of manpower, hmm, logistics centers , e-e, management centers at such a depth. we do not allow the enemy to implement that enemy the potential is actually shelling of our positions or living quarters, and therefore the more such weapons there are already today in the armed forces of ukraine, the better the situation will be tomorrow , yes, mr. andriy, well, on the other hand, it’s as if

bradley apcs have reached us. maybe you from they encountered them, it is possible to confirm the information that they did arrive. yes, or it is only in the plans. i did not work for them, unfortunately, and i know about their tactical and technical characteristics only from open sources. i hope that during the last war, when the americans were used, they showed that they were decent the results were destroyed by soviet dances on the battlefield, so the auxiliary role of the armored vehicles that are supplied to the ukrainian army today is a significant contribution to the defense capability of our country and i, well , i will only be glad that you know what will happen to javelins. in the defensive messages , let's say, they promised to supply and these negotiations were very

difficult, but then it turned out that the javelins are already stored on the territory of ukraine and this issue is resolved, the same is now happening with the supply of what we need heavy weapons of tanks or, for example, lighter armored vehicles. we also practically monitor online how many units of which country should be delivered to us, and in fact this is not very correct from a military point of view, because it reveals the ability of the ukrainian armed forces to form the appropriate units and actually use them, but it can happen like this that one of these days we will witness how already formed units will begin to perform combat tasks as assigned and will be part of the offensive forces on one of areas of the front, we would like to ask you about the zaporizhzhia bridgehead specifically, in particular, we are talking about

energodar and the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant , to what extent the enemy is seriously entrenched there, and what is his grouping in that direction, the assessment of the enemy. headquarters of ukraine and our main directorate of intelligence, i am actually not as knowledgeable as the respective heads of these organizations, but the only main and valid argument for decision-making and assessment the situation on this part of the front is, of course, the danger of a nuclear plant, and the russian authorities are actually exacerbating the situation by the fact that its units are located on the territory of this plant and the projectiles that explode have already been carried out to the emergency shutdown of the reactors, which is

the creation of a possible man-made ecological and humanitarian disaster. a painful factor for deciding how and in what way to conduct combat operations in the zaporizhzhia direction, and everything you know flies further than a bullet fired from a small-arms weapon, well , it poses a high risk for the onset irreversible events, that is why the world's attention as of today is so focused on whether the magathe will be able, for example, to influence the kremlin leadership in the person of dictator putin or his military leaders in order to force the russian federation to withdraw troops from the territory of the nuclear plant , let's see how things will develop

here again after all, it is necessary to observe carefully because, in my opinion , the work of the units of the resistance movement against those partisans who now they are quite successfully working on the frontline and the territory that is temporarily occupied, they are a source of headaches for the russian occupying forces and can obviously be a component of the decision-making process to withdraw troops from this part of the front when the appropriate one occurs, when the factors coincide , they are coordinated in space and are learning let's say it like this. thank you, mr. andrii. andriy tytoruk, volunteer officer, people's deputy of the previous convocation, was in touch with us . in the meantime

, we will analyze the situation at the front with oleg katkov, the editor-in-chief. defenses express, he is already in touch with us, mr. oleg, we congratulate you. good day, thank you for the invitation. so, the president held a stake of the commander-in-chief, they talked about the defense of bakhmut, he said that all members of the stake expressed a common position regarding the further maintenance and defense of the city of bakhmut, so let's stop at that and your opinion on this matter , the strategic importance of bahmut, and at the same time the question of enemy capabilities, because the enemy group in the north of bahmut, which hangs over our city, it also causes some concern, the battles are extremely difficult obstinate mr. oleg, your vision. well, the fact is that if people who have the full amount of information about the forces and capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine, as well as the forces and capabilities of the enemy, his real resources and capabilities, taking into account everything else, that is, if

a decision is made and already once again in a row, a decision is made regarding the retention of bahmut with all the available forces in order to use this point, let's say , as a means of erasing the enemy's forces, then well, for sure it really has objective signs that this is a strategically correct decision, so it is quite difficult to assess the issue here because the difference is in the level of information possessed by the structure of the general staff of the ministry of defense in general . weeks hot news mateusz morawiecki, prime minister of poland spoke about this, he said

this at a press conference earlier, president andrzej duda said that poland is ready to hand over its mig-29 fighter jets to ukraine as part of of the international coalition. so what exactly does this mean and what will they help us with? well, that's exactly it. the fact is that these fighter jets have been offered to poland for a long time, but through nato. that is, literally a year ago, there was just such a conversation that warsaw wanted to hand over the machines, but didn't. wants to do it on its own, it should be a challenge directly to the alliance, at the same time, well, now it is about the fact that poland can really hand over these machines , moreover, they will be handed over only from poland , there is also slovakia backing down because transfer your 11 mig-29 versions of as to ukraine, they have already been decommissioned , it was around september of last year, and we already have a position there, they are synchronized. that is, we have to get, well, let's say this, more machines

, and getting mig-29 is extremely important. that is we say of course well, it is difficult to say after six months ago there were such fierce disputes and battles on the internet regarding which fighter is the best f-16 or there is the flu in the abstract and now we are talking about the fact that it was obtained there conditionally there several tens of mi-29s is a significant increase, the only aspect here is that you need to be under an extra illusion, we are talking about the mig-29 machines, which, let's say, although they were modernized to nato standards, but there is information about the fact that western weapons were integrated into them there are missiles, high-precision weapons, there is no such information, but the fact is that these machines have really been there for quite a long time. well, it is on the table, and we can only hope that in six months, for example, from the moment of decommissioning of the slovak mig-29

, for example, they underwent a certain modernization. it seems that there are ways to modernize even soviet machines to the full nomenclature of western weapons. this, of course , involves an extremely difficult large-scale modernization of the machine, but according to the terms of six months, in my opinion, it could be determined in order to transfer, if not all, some of the sides to full-fledged the use of western missiles, for example. well, for now , there is no aim 120, but the second aspect is the use of high-precision weapons to hit ground targets , including the same ja and mykharma. but in more in detail, functional mr. olezh look well, there are reports that the enemy is beginning to starve of shells, on the other hand, the fighters with whom we regularly communicate in our live broadcast do not confirm this matter, perhaps there is information about what is happening to the enemy with

artillery ammunition and not only well, and accordingly, we would like you to ask if this is a problem with logistics, because they are forced to set up their artillery bases, so to speak, somewhere 100 km from the battle line, so to deliver and distribute accordingly smaller ones in terms of quantities, this can lead to certain problems, so to speak, with the provision of art art ammunition from the other side. maybe they really have some bigger problems, and maybe there is no such thing at all. your expert opinion based on so-called open sources, the fact is that the information regarding the reduction of the number of all shelling, that is, when we talk about, well, conditionally the same there six months ago , one way or another, but it is gradually decreasing in global numbers in those areas of the front where

there are really very active battles there the active use of artillery continues, at the same time it is impossible to do this in view of the available information on the entire area, it is no longer possible to celebrate the collision absolutely, that is, because there is simply documentary confirmation of such things as the transfer of ammunition and their concentration in certain areas, for the sake of which there are norms of costs for others, previously such a thing was not there was a second aspect - this is the impact of projectiles that have already been manufactured . well, what is the name of the factory immediately on the front line, this is not typical for any strategy of using ammunition when in you have huge and endless classes, the third aspect is the use of ammunition that no longer falls under the category of, let's say, the first readiness, which , let's say, is beyond the limits of the operational limits and what's more, well, this is even publicly demonstrated in those propaganda videos from the defense of the russian federation, when rusted tank, for example, high

-explosive ammunition, it is clear that they are far from new, to put it mildly, moreover , the casings and the projectile charges themselves are even caught in the video on which you can clearly see that, for example, the year of production is 72, that is, let's say that all types of ammunition are quite old for the russian army. the third aspect is that the use has begun. well, one more aspect is the use of ammunition that was intended for export. this is already the case repeatedly noticed, that is, together with the deteriorated logistics , together with the depletion of stocks, together with how well , it is possible to add a number of reports , including the report of the head of us intelligence regarding the munitions of the data, the public data of the british intelligence regarding the problem of munitions, yes, indeed, such a problem is systemic, but what can i say? tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, 2-3 weeks at the most , the urf will be completed, of course, it is impossible, that is, its own production is maintained, and secondly

, one should not forget about the possibility of receiving ammunition from such well, allies in the form of such dprk, iran and the worst scenario is when china starts to borrow its ammunition, and maybe they have already started supplying them with this ammunition, yes, and at the same time , we would like to ask you what our situation is, because the same american is arriving the politician writes that he would like the ukrainians to be more economical, but we understand that anyway we do not have artillery parity, in particular . well, we did not have it like that during the period of the fighting, and not to mention from the beginning. we must be more economical. well, the call to be more economical comes from a country that is at peace, well, from a publication from a country that is at peace, and it is completely in my opinion. well, it is possible

to understand. then i think ukraine is completely covered by them, if they are used, of course, no less than the third aspect is that if ukraine received cluster artillery ammunition where pcm, then it would be possible to talk about a carat reduction in ammunition costs, because now only, well, in fact, two types of artillery ammunition are used of course , the second one indicated is a shrapnel one - it is highly accurate , but there will never be many high-precision projectiles, they are not intended to bombard the enemy with them, in fact, namely cluster ones dp ammunition, which ukraine has repeatedly urged to transfer by all possible means, but the transfer of these ammunition is simply being stopped . even taking into account the fact that ukraine, for example, is not a member of the convention regarding both the russian federation and, for example, the usa is not a member of the convention regarding the distribution of cluster munitions in the usa, it is simply a norm which does not allow to export and transfer

ammunition, well , the failure rate of sub-elements, that is, something like a micro-bomb, which is filled with its own cartridge ammunition, is more than 1%. and in the usa shells dpsim they have 3%. that is, there are legal restrictions, but again, for ukraine, in my opinion, it is possible to make certain exceptions. this is, of course, the work of american parliamentarians, in any case, today the ministry of defense reported that the state concern ukroboronprom has begun to manufacture 25-mm shells for tank guns . is done in partnership with one of the nato countries, i quote, on the order of the ministry of defense, the first batch of 125 millimeter shells for the t-64, t-72 and t-80 tanks, which the security forces and

defense forces are beating the occupiers. the ministry of defense emphasizes that for the first time since independence, ukraine launched its own production of ammunition: 82 mm and 120 mm mortar mines, 122 mm and 152 artillery rounds, and now 125 mm tank shells, and for security reasons , the production was moved outside the country, however, in their creation the ukrainians participate, that 's how we absolutely can, that is, when the case well, we all remembered these conversations for several years there, for 5-7 years, they talked about ammunition for the production that it should be deployed well the time has come and, thank god, everything has begun. and it is really extremely important that ukraine independently produces these ammunitions, let alone abroad, because this is objectively the only correct way, and we understand that after the victory of ukraine, all this production , including and with the understanding that initially well, now we need exactly soviet standards , that is, mines and artillery ammunition and tank calibers. these are the same, but already after

the victory, this production will be transferred to ukraine, moreover, if you already manufacture 152 mm ammunition, well, objectively this same enterprise will produce 155 mm anti-aircraft missile systems . the question is also about anti-aircraft missile systems. the missile system belongs to the 60s, that is, it has been in service since the end of the 60s, to call it modern, well, let's say it is quite difficult , we are talking about a short -range anti-aircraft missile system in the basic version. it has a target destruction range of eight kilometers only the altitude forces of the basic version are 3 km with modernized missiles up to 5 km. let's say it is not a mobile complex in the mobile full sense of the word. it is trailer-mounted and has a bare system

of radar stations, one of which is responsible for inspecting targets, and it is quite outdated in relation to the fact that sees range targets as well, in principle, to be guided by modalities up to 14 km, the second aspect is responsible for guided missiles, the other radar is there for modernization, but it is in great britain , in particular, integration is possible there of an optical-electronic station that allows you to work blind. i can see it right now in the video, and at the same time, in switzerland there is a less advanced version , and if even great britain, which has a few of these rapiers in service before, they decommissioned them but did not transfer them to ukraine, well , most likely, this is objectively the right way because well, we have to understand that even when we are talking about forty-year-old missiles, for example, they are not fuel efficient, and the question of their reliability, modernization and other issues, even when hawks are handed over to ukraine, for example, by the usa

have allocated special funds so that the mim-23 holk anti-aircraft missiles were modernized , that is, so that they could effectively perform their tasks. thank you oleg katkov , the editor-in-chief of defense express was in touch with us, talk about the operational situation at the front and new weapons which is going to ukraine in the meantime, the cabinet of ministers of ukraine has approved the government's priority action plan for this year , prime minister denys shmyhal announced this, according to him , this will allow systematizing the work of the cabinet of ministers and central authorities, the action plan of the government consists of more than 500 tasks, these are bills, resolutions, programs and projects, this is all for our victory, for reconstruction, all taxes paid by citizens and businesses will go specifically to defense and security, to new weapons, new equipment and better provision for the ukrainian army. so, meanwhile, the team news is preparing to tell you about everything most important and not eva melnyk on