in that case, this is but everyone will say again that now is the time of war, uh, well , don't worry about those thunderstorms, because, unfortunately, we hear explosions every day, thunderstorms, thunderstorms are less. well, i will take this into account in my forecasts. she told me and i was glad to see her. well, we'll see you tomorrow, and now for your attention, the spotlight ukraine program, let's watch it together. good evening. we from ukraine continue to fire kiev missiles in order to determine the location of ukrainian air defense systems. kiev and that they destroyed the european tour of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, will we finally get western

fighter jets? greece refuses to give weapons to the ukrainian armed forces, but it turns out that ukrainians are being forced to serve in the estonian army. we debunk this and other fakes with our stopfake partners . world politics and in-depth analysis from ukrainian journalists for the whole world my name is yuriy fizer and i am starting the enemy is aggressive and advancing towards me we let it advance but there are attacks now the most important thing is to make sure that ukraine will win and president putin will lose. let's create access for training pilots on modern western aircraft. it is not large-scale, but

the counteroffensive. cities about the situation at the front and preparations for a large counteroffensive in our review , the third assault brigade of the armed forces of ukraine flies in, counterattacks in the area of ​​bahmut, vacates the positions that succeeded to capture the occupiers, the ukrainian army continues its offensive on this part of the front for several days, our troops liberated from the enemy in the north and south the suburbs of bakhmut, about 20 square kilometers , at the same time, the enemy is making some progress in bakhmut itself, completely destroying the city with artillery, in addition

, the enemy is raising units of professional paratroopers, heavy battles are ongoing with varying results, the occupiers pulled into the background, writes the american institute for the study of war, at the same time , bakhmut became a mousetrap for the pvk wagner said the commander of the eastern group of troops, alexander the syrian, visiting the defenders of the city, you are your children, because the russians do not know where we have our general offensive , what is happening under bakhmut, which they already considered theirs and told that he is already surrounded, now the situation is different, despite the fact that wagner is ironclad in this bakhmut like rats yes in this mousetrap you and i from the north to the south will continue sleeping actions, you are approaching the time of our general victory, the deterrence and destruction of the enemy in bakhmut is extremely important for

the future ukrainian counteroffensive again stressed syrian here, our military has the opportunity to polish the tactics of offensive actions , military experts are convinced that when we talk about the work of the third assault force to lie, in fact, it is prepared and it carried out offensive actions in areas that the enemy defended, that is, using new tactics, new approaches, so we can say that the action of the ukrainian army on the flanks , which ends in successful results, is the basis of the fact that separate methods of conducting combat operations that can be scaled for conducting offensive actions are being tested in other parts of the front, more large-scale offensive actions by the ukrainian army must be deployed, and the russians are preparing throughout ukraine to scout for locations of military equipment accumulations, says a russian expert . the ministry of defense said that on may 16, during the attack on kyiv, it destroyed the petriv air defense system in the armed forces - they do not comment on how reports cnn , citing a source in the american government

, the patriot anti-aircraft missile complex is probably only damaged; cnn also writes that ukraine is already actively using long-range missiles storm shadow, which recently received from britain, in return, germany announced the largest package of military aid to ukraine since the beginning of the russian invasion in the amount of 2 billion 700 million euros and more. i will talk to my next guest about this. this is taras kozak , a military and political expert, an officer of the reserve of the canadian armed forces. i congratulate you. i congratulate you for the first time during the hostilities ukrainian language six hypersonic missiles and this is very important for the ukrainian armed forces but how important is it for this world and in particular for the usa because the usa is precisely the country of origin of this

of this patriot system. yes, this is modern equipment and it is a great success for ukraine and, of course, for russia as well, because there are different reasons and different consequences. first of all, in fact, president putin publicly stated several years ago that it is impossible to intercept supersonic dagger missiles, no air defense system in the world is capable of this, but in fact, then the usa claimed that the patriot systems could shoot down such missiles , but there was no visual evidence, but now we see that the patriot systems can destroy such missiles. therefore, this is a significant success in the international arena, thanks in particular to to the ukrainian armed forces, and again we see

that during the 15 months of the war, russia uses virtually all the means at its disposal, and that is why we are actually now witnessing the fact that air defense systems are capable of detecting, analyzing and stopping supersonic missiles, missiles and not alone but synchronously and that is why there is actually no sad uhu now the americans are actually using the combat experience of the ukrainians in order to adapt and modernize their systems against air defense this confirms how much the ukrainians are actually capable of mastering the latest weapons systems. in this way, protecting themselves and the entire free world, and therefore they are ready to receive further assistance and even more complex and modern equipment

, on the contrary, the russians said that they managed to destroy the air defense system this information spreads a lot, why do they do it ? of course, they have one goal, they just want to confuse the whole world. they always give their side of the information, and in fact, people already they do not react to this propaganda because they continue to spread lies, they misinform the public, and in particular , such information is aimed at their internal audience, because the whole free world knows what the truth is and in fact they are. this is russia's tactic, this is its propaganda in order to keep such information moving in the spaces of the internet and mass media and in fact we see how lying the putin regime is and we want to convey this truth to the whole world because they lie about everything and lie to their

people are lying about their military potential, my next question is how many more air defense systems do we need in order to close the ukrainian sky, or in other words, is it actually possible to completely close the ukrainian sky , or is our territory very large, and in theory , everything is possible, but from a practical point of view , everything is needed to realize that it does not matter how many air defense systems you have at your disposal, how modern they are, there will always be some opportunity to miss, and perhaps there may be some gap in the defense, we know how complex and multi-level are the air defense systems in israel and also after all, this requires a lot of practice and still sometimes it happens that after all missiles can pass by the air defense systems and therefore this can happen in ukraine

too of course so we need to modernize and strengthen our an air defense system to close our skies in order to secure a report of the threat coming from russia from russian missiles so that ukraine could win this war and liberate all occupied territories, including crimea, and also so that ukraine could join nato and join the pre-natki forces and so that they would be united together and already fight together against e common aggressor preventively from russia yes, of course we will win and we will liberate our occupied territories, but my next question is this. i understand that not so long ago the issue of the provision of fighter jets. it was also something on the verge of fantasy , but now we understand that it is about to happen

, but the question is when, when, in your opinion, it will definitely happen. coalition of fighters, and therefore people really understand how important the supply of such combat aircraft is in order to speed up the victory of ukraine on the battlefield, so we see again what was the role of modern air defense systems, as well as modern abrams and leopard tanks. were very important for the advancement of ukrainian troops on the territory and there will be a role for the f-16 fighters that will provide ukraine in the near future, so ukrainian pilots have been undergoing training since march and are undergoing various tests for that

to understand how ready they are to operate such fighter jets and also how long it takes to send such technical personnel and once again it is necessary to take into account how quickly ukraine learns to use leopards because once again and sometimes in europe for this it takes years, but you can see that ukraine is doing it much, much faster , because there is no time in ukraine, and that is why we also hope that the fighters will be in ukraine in the near future, in the coming weeks or months, this is the best scenario so, after the successful start of our counteroffensive, can a-a then the russian commanders understand that they have actually lost so many russian commanders they already understand that they will lose the war we see what prigozhin says he does it publicly he makes statements against er the minister of defense of russia and

he also turns to other commanders in despair, and in fact , according to ukrainian intelligence, we understand that it does not matter when ukraine will win and when these occupied territories, including crimea, will be liberated, because the whole the international community will bring putin's regime to its knees and thanks to additional military aid to ukraine, and therefore we hope that the leadership of russia will truly realize that they are losing, and russian society will understand what kind of criminal regime putin ruled over them, and that he actually collapsed, destroying, dragging with him the russian economy, as well as russia's reputation in the international arena, and we hope that only after that will peace come, peace in europe, peace in ukraine and ukraine, ukraine

is practically now very important to win back bakhmut is actually to liberate every city and every village, and therefore, in fact, i do not think that the russian command will somehow publicly admit its defeat, no, but in fact it will be a powerful blow to putin's regime, which is already fragile, mr. cossack. thank you for joining and thank you for answering my questions. questions and thank you for the support we receive from our allies, about the situation at the front, about our future victory, and of course about the help and support from our western partners, i spoke with taras kozak , a military-political expert officer reserve of the armed forces of canada - this is spotlight ukraine, the ukrainian version will follow europe continues to actively help us return the temporarily occupied territories, the leaders of the countries of the european union in the overwhelming majority in

unison confirm their full support for ukraine as long as it will be necessary for our victory not only in words but also in this is how you can briefly summarize the results of the visit of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi to several european countries. well, more about this tour in our story, our priority is offensive actions, so the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky briefly outlined the main goal of his meetings with european colleagues in rome, berlin, paris and london , he once again asked our partners and allies to provide more weapons to launch a counterattack on enemy positions and the liberation of temporarily occupied territories, and in london he even announced the creation of a ukrainian - the british coalition of fighter jets to protect our skies , according to volodymyr zelenskyi, still needs both weapons and time, but details

he did not reveal it for three long days, and give our soldiers the opportunity to go home with new defense packages , more new, more powerful weapons for the front, more protection for our people, more political support, so the main results for these days are here for you, weapons for ukraine, respect for ukrainians, our victory was achieved closer and we will add support. the main thing is that some european leaders have demonstrated a radical change in their attitude to how it is possible to end the bloody russian war in ukraine if, from the beginning of the full-scale aggression, alone the heads of european states immediately expressed their support for ukraine, there were also those who initially preferred to talk to putin, fortunately, and their attitude has changed radically, for example, they promised ukraine in france , following the results of the meeting between volodymyr zelenskyi and

emmanuel macron, the military support provided by france to ukraine at the beginning of the war to enable to protect itself and continues as new aid packages are being prepared that constantly take into account the most pressing and urgent needs of ukraine in strengthening its defense capabilities, france aims to provide full support in all areas in the coming weeks, france will prepare and equip several battalions with dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks, in addition, it is investing its efforts in supporting the potential of ukraine's wind defense to protect its population from russian strikes and more. the leadership of the european union also uniformly appealed to member countries of the so-called big seven not only to expand the provision of military aid to ukraine but also to speed up and lead the two

main nothing about ukraine without ukraine under as much as needed means basic financial aid including after 2023 as well as accelerated military aid with a focus on the here and now and nothing about ukraine without ukraine means strong support for the plan of president volodymyr zelenskyi while in ukraine and behind the scenes they are wondering about when our counteroffensive in europe will begin , they make it clear when it will begin, the whole civilized world will be with us until our victory. more about this i will talk with my guest michal kaminski, vice speaker of the polish senate and former member of the european parliament greetings good evening thanks to ukraine that

september will be a critical moment regarding the continuation of military and financial aid to ukraine here is a quote from the article if we if september comes and in ukraine it will not be possible to achieve significant counteroffensive successes , then there will be international pressure on the west to bring both sides to the negotiating table, and we actually rely on our armed forces, but still, can the topic really be actively discussed in the west. we must understand that the peculiarity today, when everyone is expecting a ukrainian counteroffensive, is a huge political and a big political and intelligence game regarding what this

counteroffensive will be like here and what the consequences will be, i.e. to be honest, i do not believe such information that is now published even in the western media because in fact there are a lot of different games that are played inside western countries, and that's why i think that a lot of such information is false, because even if there is a very successful counter attack, there will still be pressure on ukraine is from the west in september, what is the point? what is the point of reconciling with russia, control over its territories that were occupied by russia? war in ukraine, and therefore we actually know that all western countries are expecting a counteroffensive, but we must understand

that, speaking in military terms, ukraine has already achieved enormous success in this war, because they are holding on. you managed to hold on. to hold on militarily for more than a year, and that is why ukraine has already begun to win back its territories, and russia is now experiencing a decline not only militarily, but also morally, and this is already a sign of great success , because the west can still wait. forces, unfortunately, they receive very large funding, in fact, for the past 30 years, they have been financed by western countries, european countries, let's talk about the council of europe, which was held in iceland, and i

the leaders of the countries who were present there adopted a resolution that includes the creation of a special register of damages caused by russia to ukraine during the war and, accordingly , compensation for costs should come from frozen russian assets everything is possible so that this mechanism really works as soon as possible, because it must be because what should be used for the reconstruction of ukraine, that money, yes, this money will also be used for the benefit western countries, but in fact these funds do not come from the pockets of taxpayers of western countries, but again from the pockets of those closest to putin, putin's closest friends

, that is, we are talking about reserves that are frozen in western financial institutions, and therefore it is logical to use them precisely for the reconstruction of ukraine for in order to cover all the damages that ukraine suffered after the full-scale invasion and before that. and that is, in fact, every ukrainian family suffered from the actions that russia brought to the territory of ukraine and it is russia that must bear responsibility for what it has caused . that is, it must be reparations, it must be covering costs and we need to bring russia to account for everything it has done since 2014. all of us in ukraine wanted our country became a member of the eu as soon as possible, i understand that the first thing is to end the war, can you tell us some realistic time frames

, referring to you, when ukraine succeeds in doing this, i have a lot of experience behind the shoulders regarding the process of integration of different countries, that's why i asked and that's why, in fact , in 2007, i submitted the first document, it was a report, in some it was said that ukraine will be a member of the eu in the future, and i remember how difficult it was in 2007 to vote for such a small amendment, which was very important, now i think it will be much easier to achieve ukraine's membership in the eu, but we also have to wait, because right after the victory in ukraine , we will have these 5 minutes to take a huge step towards progress as soon as possible

of ukraine and ukraine's accession to the european union, and therefore we call on all friends of ukraine, we will demand a specific date as soon as possible, and i have this date, we must say that ukraine will be a member of the european union in 2029, that is, by this time, ukraine should already be a full member this is such an ambitious plan in my opinion, but i think that it is possible if there is political will from the european side. i also remember the debates about the date of poland's accession back in the 90s, we wanted to have specific year and then there were actually meetings and i was still working in the polish mass media at that time. i remember exactly these words in the polish parliament that poland will become a member of the european union in 2000. yes, he

was wrong because poland joined the european union in 2004, but despite this we had an approximate date, and that is why i emphasize that ukraine should seek a specific date of a specific year and then do everything to actually sign up for this deepline . that is, these are such historical moments, today you need to make such statements in order to go to our er to our dreams now our dreams are limitless and that's why we are talking with you right now someone is dying on the territory of ukraine he is dying for my freedom and for your freedom as well as for ukraine's membership in the european union and the western world therefore we have a moral obligation to fulfill that to justify the efforts of those who actually sacrifice their lives on the battlefield and today this week in stockholm i said that now is not

the first war on the european continent, but it is the first war in which the future is at stake of the european union and in fact the eu must now have an obligation to end this war as soon as possible because ukrainian soldiers are dying for the fate of the eu and therefore it is necessary to help ukraine join the eu as soon as possible and if someone says for example that of ukraine to join the european union, i will say that 5 years ago no one could have predicted a full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine, but you see that it happened, that is why today i say that ukraine will become a member of the european union , and we want to know the specific year and about our european integration aspirations and how europe helps us on this way, i spoke with michał kaminski, the vice-speaker

of the polish senate and ex-deputy of the european parliament, this is spotlight ukraine ukrainian version fake ukraine ukrainian version as always debunking russian myths, they are making maximum efforts to create them in addition to efforts, there is also a lot of money and time. well, our stopfake partners also work day and night to debunk these fakes and together in the spotlight ukraine program, the ukrainian version together with as our stop-fake partners, we do exactly that oleksandr zamkova fact checker stopfake i congratulate you, mr. oleksandr good day i congratulate you, we are ready to enlighten new myths of course then let's start from the first greece opposed the supply of arms to ukraine , such a fake was obviously created by russian propaganda after a small rally of sympathizers in the kremlin in athens, the capital of greece

, but who are these several dozen protesters were sorted out by our journalists , we are watching the russian media spread the information that mass rallies were allegedly held in greece against the supply of weapons to ukraine by the allied states tsargrad edition writes on the eve of victory day, finn residents among them and our compatriots held an action immortal half of the participants declared that the supply of nato weapons to ukrainian formations is a crime against peace and a deliberate escalation of the conflict, which could very quickly turn into the third world war 7 in may, a pro-russian rally was indeed held in athens, but it was by no means a mass one, as ria news reports, up to 200 people took part in it , although the judge from the photo was barely a few dozen propagandists recognize among the participants russians zamitin are affiliated with the kremlin immortal pole communists and

left parties that have no political weight in their own country communism dimitrius patelis and in general , the personal translator of vladimir putin and i received my education in moscow i was lucky to get the best education in one of the best universities in the world more precisely the best moscow state university named after lomonosov, the so-called russian mass media often present the opinion of patelis as the position of official athens, although this is an outright manipulation the government of greece condemned russia's large-scale invasion of ukraine, supported sanctions against russia and took part in the supply of weapons to the ukrainian army . on april 6, meeting with the minister of defense of ukraine, the minister of defense of greece emphasized that we will continue to support ukraine as much as it will be needed, this is a very clear position that we have taken from the very beginning oleksandr i'm right