[000:00:00;00] it must be said frankly in order to activate it and we protect our people and this is the right decision of the command, and here they are starting to write certain publications in the west about what and what are the reasons ? for ukraine, in principle

, the situation can come to a dead end, in fact of course, the representatives of our government respond to this, here is the answer of the minister. i think that before this was the answer of the president of ukraine that we planned to start earlier, but there were not enough weapons, and before that there was an interview of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, general zaluzhny, against the washington post, that we need more weapons. that is, we are reaching such a stage, but let's say the key thing that must be understood today. and they inflict maximum damage from the types of weapons that are available and where they reach the enemy, we can see this work being done even in the occupied crimea, even in other places, and then it will depend on the amount of weapons, the help that will come to us in the future, oleksandr, you mentioned the article pain, but there it is not only about the lack of weapons, but it is said that the joint introduction of combat is not visible in the ukrainian army, and that the soldiers who were trained abroad are divided into small groups and cannot effectively introduce new knowledge here about that please comment on this assessment and actions of the armed forces and how it can affect further cooperation with germany, including

i think it will affect cooperation with germany normally, just the situation in the rest , you understand ah any analytics what eh it comes from the assessment of incorrect input data from the very beginning , this is that you can throw out the wastebasket, it is done whether it will be in the sphere or riot or in the ministry of defense or in the university of defense on chernyakhovskyi, it does not matter, i will explain why, the point is that if the initial data you take nato standards and according to nato standards you are planning a counteroffensive to nato standards involves the use of aviation, the use of long-range weapons, the destruction and actual covering of the barrage of fire, what is called according to the enemy’s positions, and demining, after that , the passage by other forces and means, tanks, non -defense equipment and infantry units , respectively, if we take the basis c, according to this basis, if the troops had

the entire range of weapons, then it would be possible to say that something is going wrong, then i would agree, but another point, if this is not the case, but we we evaluate it according to nato standards , as taught in particular by the bundeswehr or in other countries. we will make a mistake, you understand. that is why i am saying that if we evaluate from these starting positions and data, then there will always be a mistake, so we urge that we are ready and open to cooperation and always have been are ready and open to cooperation with partners and will cooperate with germany in particular, but let's be frank about the fact that when we analyze some experience, we must proceed from the opportunities and capacities that the ukrainian army currently has and within the limits of these capacities our forces are doing everything possible, i have no doubt, oleksandr, thank you very much for joining the broadcast. oleksandr musienko, the head

of the military-legal research center , was in direct contact with us. thank you. yevgeny muraev muraev is accused of introducing informational and subversive activities against ukraine and committing deliberate actions aimed at humiliating national honor and dignity . the prosecutor's office says that the ex-people's deputy acted on order of russian curators, and the tv channel controlled by him and youtube hosting used for the mass distribution of crimean narratives in the information space of ukraine, muraev faces up to 15 years of imprisonment, at the same time , they do not say about his whereabouts in the security service, although they previously stated that he is hiding from justice abroad, i will add that ukrainian investigative journalists previously wrote about the sighting of muraev's wife in vienna, the capital of austria, but the exact location

of the ex-national deputy himself is currently unknown well, and about another suspicion of treason, it was received the day before by people's deputy from the banned party of the upszh oleksandr ponomaryov. for two days, the pechersk district court of the capital tried to choose a preventive measure for him, and today they decided to keep him in custody for two months without the right to bail . took place today under the court

of ukraine . well, the current people's deputy from the servant of the people, yuriy arrestov, was spotted in a five-star hotel in the maldives. corresponding information was published by the journalists of sledstvo.info, according to their data, an officer who slova is a member of the parliamentary committee on security and defense rested on a private island in a hotel, the cost of staying in which costs from 100 to 33,000 hryvnias per night, the journalists add that their numerous requests to aristov and his press service and on this issue were ignored . of the mandate, if the relevant information

is confirmed, they will initiate it at the moment suspension of aristov's membership in the faction well, it became known later that aristov wrote a statement on drawing up the powers of the people's deputy. the chairman of the verkhovna rada, stefanchuk, informed about this, and in kyiv, choosing a preventive measure for the former odessa military man borisov, later our correspondent will tell the last details from the courtroom. well, for now, let's see how they react to this case in odessa . on borisov well, by the way, appointing the goalkeeper

he was appointed to the position, including the task of fighting corruption, but the alleged corruption in the military committees says he is not in his sphere of control. further to your attention. just now, at this moment, they are choosing a preventive measure for the former head of the military committee of the odesa region yevhen borisov. you are following this process. there is no reason for this. i am a law enforcement officer . i have a different status today . i am dealing with other issues today. of general information among the accusations against him, in particular trading white tickets for money, helping men avoid mobilization, and odesa journalists with whom we spoke say that in the odesa region corruption on white tickets is flourishing, you have to give money for that if you want to avoid the army and for that if you want to join the army in general. do you allow, taking into account your prosecutorial background, that you allow that borisov could have done this on his own, and for his

actions were covered with something from above in that including regional officials. i think it is better for you to address this question in the military, and to comment as a former prosecutor, as a prosecutor, to comment on investigative actions that are taking place today is not appropriate. i think that the investigation and the prosecutor's office will check all these circumstances. did one person work or in a complex in groups like our criminal code? i think we have an opportunity regarding the door to the prosecutor's office. talk further with fyodor vladislavskii people's deputy from the servant of the people and a member of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on national security, defense and intelligence, unfortunately, we lost connection, we will try to restore it now to explain all these points. well, for now, i encourage you to subscribe to the youtube channel of radio freedom, if you haven't already done so, like this broadcast, comment, share and set a reminder so you don't miss the broadcast tomorrow

. deputy from the servant of the people simply now we will try to restore contact with him. well, for now, i will remind you that today i am choosing a precautionary measure. today, a preventive measure was chosen for the former a-a current people's deputy ponomaryov, and at the moment there is a court hearing where a preventive measure is being chosen. borisov fedirvenislavsky joins our broadcast . chora was also confirmed on the air by representatives of dbr a who responsible in general for the manning center because there is no unified vision well, luzhny was given the task of firing borisov, but should luzhny control all regional manning centers in general, who do they report to and how is this coordination between the general staff and regional military administrations ? well, actually, of course, within the framework of national security and defense, the issue of managing or

managing territorial manning centers of social support for servicemen belongs to the sphere the authority of the command of the ground forces, which includes the relevant responsible structures that coordinate this mobilization activity, that is why we at the national security and defense intelligence committee repeatedly heard questions related to the activities of territorial centers, the leadership of the relevant services of the free forces came to us, and we considered these issues. as for mr. borisov, the members of the committee had many questions for this particular person for a long time and some incomprehensible things happened. ili for committee members things related to the fact that he was even encouraged for achievements or accomplishments that are incomprehensible to us but now i think that we have a natural result regardless of how a person

felt, what connections he had and what awards he received undeserved or deserved bodies of the pre-trial investigation i think this is an indicator for everyone and mr. fedorov, you say that raised the question for what merits he was awarded, and regarding your ex, not your ex, more precisely, your colleague in the parliament, ponomariov, whom we today a preventive measure was chosen. and he. after returning from occupied berdyansk, he voted at the meeting of the verkhovna rada. have you ever wondered how the ukrainian people's deputy was able to return from the russian occupation and return to work in the neighboring hall ? look, this question is very simple for me . in fact, i am a lawyer. and any person is considered innocent of committing any criminal offense until his guilt is established according to the procedure established by law. powers of a people's deputy are clearly spelled out in the constitution in the law on the status of a people's deputy grounds for non-admission of a people's deputy whose powers have not been suspended for the session of the parliament, there is

no official in ukraine and now we have again the natural result of status-independent as only pre-trial investigation bodies with a sufficient evidence base has appeared that mr. ponomaryov has committed criminal acts, he was arrested today without the right, we have bail bonds. i think this is also a signal for any and all that regardless from connections and previous merits or not, a person will receive the punishment he deserves, if there is one, if he commits illegal actions. well, i understand that while ponomaryov remains in the status of a people's deputy, will he be deprived of his mandate and when and under what conditions for this , there must be again since we are still trying to build a rule of law together with you, the grounds for terminating the powers of a people's deputy are clearly provided for in the legislation in connection with the events that we will now discuss. i think

the most likely ground for termination of powers will be a guilty verdict of the court before the indictment of the court, there are no grounds for termination of powers as a deputy. if he has russian citizenship , as i understand it, you are now demonstrating that he has a russian passport, then the president of ukraine may, at the request of the relevant authorities, raise a question about the termination of ponomaryov's ukrainian citizenship, but since he is detained, i think this path is unlikely to be chosen, we will expect suspicion of treason in the new court verdict muraev, what are the prospects of this case, given that muraev is not known where, but definitely not in ukraine, well, again, we do not have any restrictions for the body to carry out appropriate investigative actions against mr. muraev before its investigation, many public activists, in particular, in kharkiv, had questions starting from the 14th year, including myself, my colleagues turned to law enforcement agencies because they had information that he actively , let's say, contributed to the activities or actions

of anti-maidan activists, the so-called aunties, etc., but unfortunately, it was only now received its natural development and the very fact that this issue has already passed into the realm of criminal prosecution and the announcement of suspicion there is also a signal for everyone . you mentioned that there were questions about mr. muraev since the 14th in fact, he became widely known publicly together with his presidential company and when he became the owner of our tv channel, why do you think it took several years to charge him with treason in order to answer your question

it is necessary to have access to the materials of the pre-trial investigation. the secret of the pre-trial investigation , i cannot comment, i have not seen the materials, but subjectively and that information. of a pre-trial investigation to carry out appropriate investigative actions, this is undoubtedly the basis for announcing mr. muraev , both national and international, and i cannot help but ask about aristov, your colleague, and by faction in the parliament or at all the meetings of the defense committee, he was there and what do you know about his travel during the full-scale war? we found out about travel only when he explained in the chat of our committee that he was going to some european country for treatment . that he immediately

wrote that this became the reason for such media coverage the statement on the compilation of the parliamentary credentials is very good in my opinion, it characterizes the person well, he realized that he was wrong and paid for the mandate in fact. does it apply or in your opinion does it mean that he recognized the fact of the trip to the maldives? well, i think that the very fact of writing the statement on the compilation of the parliamentary credentials says a lot. and finally, the suspension of membership in the faction. i understand that you still have to vote on this decision or do everyone support it in the people's court? well, i can't say what i am there someone supports that i am not supports i am convinced that the faction will make a decision to terminate

it by the time the question is considered at the plenary session . regarding his status, his stay in the faction, this will happen. i think maybe even today i want luna fedorova. thank you very much for joining the broadcast. referring to american officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, according to their information, the package will include both artillery shells and missiles for highmarts and air defense systems nossons, well, as well as stinger and javelin anti-aircraft missiles, they will also transfer a batch of tiny black corner drones to conduct intelligence, these drones are used mainly to collect intelligence information ukraine has already received them from other western allies well , i will add that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, the united and the united states of america provided military aid to ukraine for 41 billion dollars well, just now oksana markarova, the extraordinary

plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to the usa , mrs. oksana, is joining our broadcast. other western partners of ukraine thank you we well always comment on when the packages have already been announced and are constantly working on new packages that are actually announced now by our strategic partner e-e and we actually work in a few first - this is the acceleration of the supply

e and the united states and ukraine and all our partners so that it would be in the hands of our brave defenders as soon as possible, the second is what you are asking about, these are the capabilities that we really need, which are in the strategic priorities of our e-e and the general staff and the ministry of defense, which embassies in turn join this work, actively communicating, justifying, trying to get them, so e-e, you see gradually all the capabilities were initially such that it seemed to us e-e that we would not be able to get them. were our partners somewhere not ready to provide them already? unfortunately, it still remains as such a capability that we have not yet received although great britain and france have already gone to meet with us, they are providing long-range missiles

. the acceleration of what has already been announced, we must also understand that we we are approaching the end of the fiscal year, september 31 is the day when the fiscal year ends in the united states and all the funds that were allocated by the congress in december last year, both budgetary and security and humanitarian and for energy and restoration, we will select them by the end of september. therefore, we are already working very actively with the congress on the future e-e budget on the increase and additional budget funds for ukraine for the 24th year, and this is actually our calendar from october 1 and also in at the end of september, the draft law on lend-lease, which we are currently working very actively in the house, has already passed the senate faster, now we are working on extending the validity of this law because, well, again, we hope that we will also be able to convince our colleagues to allocate grant funds to us in the additional

budget, but if with this if there will be any delays or certain difficulties, then the availability of the option of leasing or renting weapons is very important so that it also remains possible, therefore, such comprehensive work is now in all directions. and what are your forecasts regarding how much money will be ready to be allocated in the usa for military aid to ukraine in 2024. will this amount be more than in 2023 or will it be less? see, this is a very complex, complex issue that is currently being worked out in three separate tracks. the first is military aid , which the pentagon is discussing very actively with our ministry . of defense, as well as general mili is discussing with the general staff, and i just want to understand, because the task of the embassy is to establish this very active and productive strategic cooperation and

dialogue only at the beginning of this year, minister of defense reznikov held 15 phone conversations with his visa officer, five personal meetings, two virtual meetings, and our chief zaluzh with general mili had 14 conversations. that is, it is also almost weekly, sometimes once every two weeks , very active work. - is the whole team in order to understand our needs and opportunities, and accordingly the administration will formulate a budget request . the second part is a budget request. that is, we are also asking the united states for everything to support us and help in our budget because, in addition to fighting at the front, we also need to finance our budget expenses, and this is the work that prime minister shmyhal, minister marchenko is doing, is very active, and the embassy is also involved here, we are talking about what we need monthly is needed here, and the third big track is energy reconstruction and so on, plus a humanitarian track

. it is still a little early to talk about this one. we certainly hope that this figure will be significant and that it will strengthen the european the union has already announced and the imf program also lays down that because we need a fully funded budget for the 24th year, unfortunately, this is not yet guaranteed, we have a very big and difficult job ahead of us, which, including this year , is even more difficult because the united states is already in fact in to the pre-election process, and regardless of this, our task is to continue to unite both parties here , so that they support ukraine, because we also need it, but it is also necessary for the united states for their national interests, so you are doing a great job, ms. oksana they mentioned the activity at various levels, including the minister of varshikov, i want to mention his interview with cnn and regarding the fact that the ukrainian counteroffensive is lagging behind the schedule but going according to plan, so publications appeared repeatedly in the western media about the fact

that western politicians are allegedly dissatisfied at the pace of counter-offensives, the german pain is again being published on cnn today by the bbc , and in particular in the materials of the bbc on the conclusion of the international security forum in astyna, which was held the other day. it was also discussed , what is the official position of the white house regarding the successes of the armed forces of ukraine at the front and do western politicians really unofficially demand more, see we are waiting, of course, we are all reading the same articles and experts with you, and so on. i am very happy to say that our partners at the official level, from president biden to the administration to minister of defense ustin and general mili understand very clearly that our counterattacks, our liberation of the territory, the protection of our buildings, the homes of our people, this is not some kind of show. this is a very difficult, titanic

job that our brave defenders and that's why we actually hear from them only words of support. only a very active discussion of what exactly we need in order for us to be more successful. if you look at the official statements of the last and minister ustin and general milli on july 18, after the end of the last ramstein, they they fully appreciated the activity of the armed forces very highly, and they, being generals who have experience in the past, understand how difficult the operation ukraine is doing now

, defending and liberating its territory from of such a much bigger brutal criminal absolutely attacker. that's why we don't hear any negativity. we have ongoing and quite constructive work and our military leadership about how we can be more successful and how to do it better. by the way, i want to go back a step. you mentioned that such a list is formed and how satisfied or dissatisfied it is with the pentagon and the official authorities of the united states. and if we talk about the percentage ratio, the requests that give to what extent are ukraine satisfied with the united states in the new and reflected in the new military aid packages? let's try to answer in such a way as not to violate the law on state secrets. in fact, our list of capabilities that the general staff of the ministry of defense provides through all official channels to our partners, both here and in the european command, and in principle to the broad coalition that is now created under the auspices of the rammstein group, it has not changed very much since february 22, 22 -th year and

even before that because let's remember what in the 21st year, we signed a very important document for 5 years, which is called the basics of strategic cooperation, the document of the basics of strategic cooperation, specifically in security, the document itself is not public, only summer is public, but it laid the foundations for how we cooperate with the united states in all the main branches of the military, and since february 22, we have been constantly working on several priorities . in any case, because we understand the risks that can be and we have to free the territory faster and the third is more strategic, this is the building of the army of the future and it is not really about some distant future, it is about the fact that we already have to learn to prepare our logistics chains of supply and service inside the country

, so it is very difficult to say in percentage terms. although there are sometimes such issues, it is a question of capacity and speed, and the movement of finding these necessary weapons . our task is to speed up and get more of these weapons. i think we are all doing well together.

there, the ministry of defense regarding the effectiveness of the use of the provided weapons and ammunition. well, because we remember that in april the united states government allocated an additional 20 million dollars there, and for further strengthening of oversight and transparency of direct budget support that is still provided to ukraine. it sounded like this. are there many people talking about it, or are there many questions about whether american politicians use it in their as you have already noted, such pre-election races, pre-election debates . see, this is also our priority. first as soon as the united states started well actually it is unprecedented even in the history of our bilateral relations for the last 30 years to allocate to us a large amount of grant money which is very important without return aid both in the budget and for armaments from the very beginning we have always been interested in spending very transparently and reporting on this very transparently because it also helps us not only to show that we treat the funds of american taxpayers with respect but also to show why we need more that look, using very effectively all these weapons or budget aid, we do not close our needs that we have, that's why we are