[000:00:00;00] there will be increasing tension between the authorities of the usa and ukraine. i don't always believe all the articles . well, it's worth reading, just like it's worth reading the espresso tv website and watching the espresso channel. we have rudenko's program, let's watch it together. good evening. we're from ukraine, and we're looking for food. it becomes clear that the consequences of the war are not limited to the borders of our continent but concern our entire planet, therefore this particular practice must be clearly condemned and the agreement must be acquired and restored immediately 50% of ukrainian grain

is exported by greek ships as i said at the beginning about a consistent and permanent position, i will remind you that our country applies all european sanctions against moscow despite the consequences that are inflicted on its economy, just as we supported granting ukraine the status of a candidate for eu membership. today i once again declare our readiness to support your european path, and in this regard we recently joined the joint declaration of the j7 leaders regarding the provision of security obligations to your state, in addition, we signed a joint declaration with you on the euro-atlantic course of ukraine, which serves as another proof that we are your supporters and companions, in the end, our practical humanitarian and defense solidarity has been like this from the very beginning and will continue like this, for example

, the port-alexandrov polis, the composition of the hub for sending aid to the allies, in this way , its geopolitical significance is highlighted both for ukraine and and for the entire eastern wing of nato, a new energy corridor actually begins from there, which connects the south with the north. alexander polis will soon become a new greek city free for the entry of natural of gas in this way, not only the national energy needs will be covered, but also the needs of the balkan countries, the states of eastern europe and ukraine, from this point of view, your presence today acquires a special significance. athens becomes a meeting place for all the leaders of the region and the leadership of the european union, 20 years after the meeting in thessaloniki, our initiative

the european path of the western balkans is gaining new support from greece, which has always supported and will support the european family and sends a clear message. this is the path that passes only through adaptation to the demands of the community through respect for international law and democracy and of course human rights and finally, as i emphasized during our meeting, mr. president, greece will be present in the titanic efforts to reconstruct and rebuild your country, exposing our great experience in the construction sector through the state and private partnership with powerful capabilities in the field of digitization of health care, protection of cultural monuments with a focus well, odesa , the historical center of which, as you know, was

included for the support of my motherland to of the unesco world heritage list, today we discussed with you that we can take part in the restoration of damage to historical buildings, honorable president zelenskyi, dear volodymyr, once again , welcome to athens. i am sure that our cooperation continues, i wish ukraine to become free as soon as possible and remember the words of my compatriot, the great writer nikos kazanzakis, don't ask whether we will win or be defeated, fight, because stone, iron and steel cannot

withstand a person, ukrainians will withstand will hold out and it will please you again to see you in athens, dear volodymyr. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko . i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. today in the program, they are not yet flying to ukraine, but they are already preparing . the balance of forces in our sky, the coup strike on chernihiv, was it a targeted attack on the drone developers who gathered in the city, it has not yet been decided whether ukraine will eventually be invited to the g20 summit, they are afraid of

the collapse of russia. is the west really not planning putin's regime change on august 21, president volodymyr zelenskyi addressed the danish parliament and thanked for military aid . zelenskyi's speech was interrupted several times by the applause of members of parliament and guests. let's hear what zelenskyi said. now russian evil is inflicting pain and death on ukrainian cities and villages. he frankly says that ukraine is not will be limited then, after our country, they want to carry this suffering further into europe and further into the world. i'm sure you hear it from moscow, all of russia's neighbors are at risk if ukraine is not enough during the next hours, let's talk about the promises made by the netherlands to provide ukraine with f-16 61 planes, the plane should be in ukraine starting from

the new year, it has been since the beginning of the old-old year and at the beginning of the new year , the tragedy in chernihiv and the specter of peace talks, which is already prophesied about putin's oligarch oleg derybaska, we talk about it all with our experts, the first expert will be the military observer valentyn batrak and our second expert will be oleksiy holobutskyi but before inviting our guests to the conversation, i suggest to those who are watching us now on youtube, take part in the survey today we ask you about why the west does not plan to change putin's regime, i explain why the question is formulated in this way, because today the chancellor of the operational republic of germany, olafshol , said that the west does not yet plan to change putin's regime. so, the options for answers are afraid of nuclear war is meant, the west is frightened by the unpredictability of russia , and hopes to reach an agreement with putin. well , please leave your option in the comments under

this video. i want to introduce today 's first guest - this is valentyn batrak military expert, director of the center for research on the conversion of the army, conversion and disarmament, mr. valentina. i also congratulate you. i would like to see you on our air. thank you for the invitation. thank you very much for your attention. let's start our conversation with the joyful news that arrived yesterday from denmark and the netherlands. volodymyr zelenskyi visited these countries and in general, the data and the netherlands promise ukraine 61 f16 planes , the first batch of planes should arrive already at the end of this year, somewhere around five or six planes should already be in ukraine, what changes er, the presence of f-16 aircraft on the battlefield and in general in the sky of ukraine. well, for now, we are dealing with such psychological pressure on the putin regime, in fact, it is this decision, because it is a very

powerful decision, er, although er, some experts believe that this is such a diplomatic trap created by denmark and the netherlands for the united states, that is, they made such a diplomatic request to get a guarantee from the united states for the further transfer of aircraft, as soon as they received a positive answer, they immediately publicized it, so to speak. yes, and it turned out very well powerful so that the united states agreed and although we know that the biden administration was quite restrained in this matter, but now it's a matter of time and uh, if we talk about airplanes , there are several aspects here, of course, airplanes will still help powerfully, we will say yes, uh, precisely to destroy putin's regime, this is very important , this is the main disagreement that exists between

ukraine and the west to this day, the west wants such support for ukraine so that ukraine resists and restrains, well, it probably restrained this influx at the cost of its soldiers and officers putin's, while ukraine clearly understands that if putin's regime is not destroyed, there will be constant attacks, and even after the complete deoccupation of the state, that is exactly why it is necessary to put an end to the regime, actually, and this is a very fundamental issue for the future of ukraine, and this is precisely why such aircraft are needed, because they are capable first of all, to ensure dominance in the sky , the air force command has already expressed that 130 aircraft are needed . well, although i am convinced that it is not

only about the number of aircraft, because there is another question overcoming the shortage of pilots yes, now and until the end of the year there are such data that we have 6 + 6 pilots ready, that is, six will be ready by the end of the year and six more in the spring of the 24th year well, but in the end, everyone understands that the 23rd year turned out to be such that the west did not support the de-occupation of crimea, first of all, and that is why the center of gravity can actually be moved to the 24th year, unless something like this happens. heroic miracle and

there may be a situation when, well, suddenly, russian groups will simply fall . it’s the same. maybe, but if we talk about gradualism. actually, we needed parquets and we would need at least 300-400 missiles of various types. this is land rockets, this is cruise missiles german taurus well, definitely replenishment of stocks of french and british missiles e-e on storm shadow and their french channels but why such a number of missiles because such a number of missiles ensured constant strikes e-e on the infrastructure of crimea the situation happened, i predict that i am almost convinced that it turned out to be the same situation that crimea turned into kherson, that is, the situation with crimea turned into

kherson and, er, crimea would simply be left by russian groups, er. this is the story, er, now, regarding the replenishment of aircraft, we must have meaning that not only the planes themselves , as i already said, it is a shortage of pilots, it is the placement and cover of the planes themselves, and this means the need to increase the means of anti-aircraft missile defense and also of western production, in particular, such as the patriot and in particular, such as the mamba sempti, which are produced by france together with italy , and these are the latest systems that will be capable . well, even though the f16 planes themselves are also part of the air defense, although something

tells me that it is for ukraine even the option of an attack-attack aircraft in the f-16, that is, the ability to strike on the ground will be possible even eh well , it is no less important and maybe even more important than the ability to actually capture the dominant- dominance in the sky eh in relation to the fears of the west eh these will be planes in a version close to block 50-52, which means that it is not new aircraft and most likely they will be equipped with air-to-air missiles aim120 in the basic version si e this will most likely provide an opportunity to use such a missile at a range of 70 105 km

are studying the possibilities of such air battles eh, this is eh well, it is a little inferior to the russian ones, not even a little, but significantly inferior to russian missiles . what is the name of the missile? the largest in the world right now, according to statistics, the flight range and the flight range is 397 km, that is, much more, although the f16 radar can see the plane much earlier, and the f 16 platform itself is more automated, more modern, and uh, that is, what is the point of me here, that everything is fine will depend on the training of pilots, and in the case of very powerful training of ukrainian pilots, they will be able to fight with

aircraft and su-35 and su-30 in various versions about the su -57. and to say that this is a fifth-generation aircraft, and if we talk about the fact that russia has already handed over several such aircraft to the military and space forces, then these aircraft are not actually su-57s, because they do not have new fifth- generation engines, they do not have of the aircraft control system, because of which in the 19th year one experimental experimental ship 57 e died and in the end in the end they do not have eh stealth systems and eh will be as visible as other aircraft so eh i would like to say here that

ukraine is will get must get powerful parity is already at the level somewhere in the middle of the 24th year, when it will have several squadrons of f16 e-e . i think that, in addition, it would be appropriate to definitely consider such a possibility, and considering that sweden is not ready to transfer gripens to e or somehow provide glipenes, maybe in leasing or in another way, as they sometimes did in central eastern europe, it is worth thinking about the australian f-18 planes, they have more than 40 f18 planes there, and although this is a deck plane, it was used in the ground infrastructure and actually has more more weapons than in 2016 for ukraine these would be complex solutions and at least

more than 100 aircraft ukraine could receive from various partners by the way we will hear 128 fighters in the air force vizipo we are talking about, which provided for the actual rearmament, where our air forces were talked about er 128 then there was a number well plus-minus yes yes yes as fighters which which it would be enough to replace the old fleet of equipment and to be spread over this territory of the state, that is approximately four aviation brigades. well, the prime minister of denmark, mr. frederiksen, says that our specialists are already starting to study in denmark . and what exactly did she say? we will also hear today, we announced that we will transfer

19 f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, together with the netherlands, we became the first country to make a firm and specific commitment to transfer western fighter jets to ukraine, and we hope that more than 70 specialists from ukraine will follow us they are already preparing for training at this air base, selection is currently underway, training will begin soon, and we hope that by the new year , the first group of planes will fly from denmark to ukraine, about six, and then we hope that next year 8 more planes will fly out, and a year later, another five. as far as i understand, mr. valentine , we will not reach the number 128 soon, but judging by the current trend. well, this is also connected with ukraine's ability to service these planes. as you said, this is the first. well, that is , we need to create a technical base that could very quickly deploy and allow these planes to take off from the airfields, although

the air force of ukraine says that, in principle, most of the airfields are suitable for the f-16 to take off from our military airfields or simply from the airfields, what do you say about this infrastructure, which is necessary and these planes? well, it's like a mercedes, if you've already bought it, then you have to service it like a mercedes, there's no way zaporozhets, well, first of all , mr. serhiy, i want us to remember mr. ignatius and there the key word in he was hmm a gradual increase instead of yes, that is, it does not mean that 128 will appear immediately. and about the fact that we will gradually replace the fleet of our old soviet aircraft with these aircraft, but we also have excellent technical solutions that still help us. i mean, let's say the use of su-24 bombers with brackets from european aircraft that

hold these french british cruise missiles, so of course it will be gradual in relation to airfields, but i have heard that they are quite gentle, these planes and compared to soviet planes, but in the end, you can use international airports in principle. yes, there are runways and landing strips of very high quality, and if we take the same boryspil, then the military airfield there is related to the civilian one. that is there is an opportunity for maneuver, this one is just like a version, but of course, the presence of such aircraft in such a large number requires my concentration

so that they are in different places and deployed and well, but in the end i still want to once again i want to say that we, the ukrainian side, thanks to our partners, are constantly aware of take-offs and preparations for missile and drone strikes from the side of our enemy, and therefore these aircraft can also rise into the sky and, in principle, react . that is why there are quite a lot of options for using aircraft with their successful performance exploitation is, in my opinion, a very powerful increase in general. although i still stand by the fact that we first need missiles and then airplanes, well, there is positive news, let's say,

german foreign minister analina berbok today she supported the idea of ​​transferring taurus cruise missiles , i will remind you that they can be used at a range of 400 km, and this already leads to the situation when these options will be unlocked . in one of the interviews she said that she strongly supports the transfer of the leopards . i remember that a day or two later scholz agreed to transfer the leopards, so the situation in principle is changing in this plane to a more positive one. but but but

there remains one thing and the main thing is the decision of western countries to destroy putin's regime. let them not say it out loud, but let them not say that they will not destroy putin's regime, because it is impossible to let putin's criminal regime continue to exist. this is a very important element of this global war. i understand that the west constantly refuses to make an equal sign between what churchill said and the situation that i will now remind you that kerchen said that there will be a west will consider the nazi hitlerian potential destroyed when the defense potential of germany and japan will be completely destroyed, this was churchill's phrase. and now the west cannot afford to think like that because it is afraid to even think about russia's nuclear disarmament and is afraid to even

think about the possibility of losing control of putin's criminal regime, er, control over nuclear weapons. well, in the end, it does not make the situation easier for ukraine, and it forces the defense forces to move on with the risk of losses with such bloody fierce battles, but this is moving towards de-occupation. states well, by the way, there is a lot of discussion on russian television about the fact that western weapons are on fire, we will see what will happen to the planes, although we remember that putin said that if the planes are given to ukraine , they will take off somewhere in other countries. well, for example, in poland

or in lithuania or, er, in hungary. well, i don’t know. somewhere along the perimeter in romania, these will be legitimate targets for russia to strike this territory , but what russian propagandists said and are saying about the so-called, as they consider, holy war against nato, we will hear in a small fragment and we will see the president of russia there where the germans are burning and to which we can add the most historical and the swedes are bending, they bent, bend and will bend further because, as russia has repeatedly said, this is our rightful cause, we know what we stood for, they entered in absolute total without exit deadlock throughout the second half of the xx first, options were proposed in order to, well, probably not so much to save everyone's face somewhere and it is no longer possible to call it a face, but

simply in order for the peace to pass through the top we prepared the request. it was maria zakharova, a representative of the ministry of foreign affairs. she was included in the russian propaganda channel, so you mentioned whether the event is not planning a change of putin's regime, and you say that this change must necessarily take place in lavsholtz, the federal the chancellor of germany says that the west does not plan to make efforts to change the political regime in the russian federation, you know, i remember the beginning of the 90s, when the leaders of the united states of america spoke publicly that we are not interested in the collapse of the soviet union well, literally six months or a year passed there and the soviet union did not exist, can we take these statements, which mandra repeats at the institution , as a hope that, well, russia has also developed in accordance with it, the regime will collapse, well, the west is trying to say that we are not going to

remove putin by force but putin's regime , how is the historical interval, how is the logical end of the russian- ukrainian war, mr. serhiy, if you look at the panorama everywhere, the fall of the ruble is unprecedented now, yes, the decrease in oil prices , the decrease in the activity of putin's friends, yes even the so-called useful idiots, yes, which we have in europe in the form of hungary , austria . yes, at least they have become much quieter. erdoğan is beginning to understand the toxicity of putin. the total toxicity of putin . russia is very necessary for the production of weapons, but it is not, er, strictly speaking, components

for military purposes, yes, er, we have china rather discreetly, and the appearance of china in saudi arabia at this big meeting, that is, really there are indeed certain signs. well, that and even the fact that a warrant has been issued for putin's arrest and putin is still afraid to go to the brics meeting in south africa. yes, these are all very significant signs, but there are also signs from the west, see when general kavoli, the commander of the combined forces of nato in europe, told us in april that 98% of the weapons for the offensive are available, we see that there is not 98%, and there is not even 70%, and the signs are very simple, you can say nothing at all to the west about putin's regime and

just do your business to provide rockets provide airplanes provide combat support helicopters provide drones of the operational-tactical operational-strategic level this is not done er, rather how it is done, we see how yes, very gradually and eh, the tightening of the nuts from the west is happening well, they think that this is such filigree surgical work and why us are outraged because every day we learn about the death of our brothers, about the death of soldiers, officers, and not only about strikes, such as the strikes on chernihiv , the same, for example, if we received missiles by the way, not only the ones i mentioned are cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, some missiles and ground missiles