[000:00:00;00] constructively, we are reducing the number of muscovites with our help - it can be real, dear friends, stay behind the press, we will observe a minute of silence in memory of ukrainian military and peaceful citizens of ukraine who

died in the war, what was unleashed by russia , when to wait for f16 and how it can change the situation at the front, they are lagging behind the schedule of kirill budanov, but the defenders still entered the crimea what happened on the peninsula , about this and much more today in the release of the f16s , finally significant progress regarding the transfer of these aircraft to ukraine, what is still waiting for us on this way and whether there will be enough of the promised fighter jets, russian scrap metal is again in the center of kyiv, and the motherland is now with a trident instead of a hammer and sickle, which was independence day in the capital and on this day we say thank you to all the defenders who allowed us to walk on khreshchatyk today

. without surprises for the occupiers , the russian security forces brought a blue-yellow flag all the way to the crimea for our defenders, they detained the husband when his daughter was seven months old. the next time the family saw each other only after 7 years of history we will see the prisoner of the kremlin when they wanted to throw me out of the helicopter into the sea when we were flying to rostov and when i found my grave in the cemetery, let's remember that i greet life i'm iryna koval and this is the news results of the week on the espresso tv channel the united states will quickly grant permission to other countries to transfer their f-16s after the exercises are completed, it became known following the results of a telephone conversation between the presidents of the united states and ukraine on the occasion of

independence day. to replace the old ukrainian aircraft fleet, 128 fighter jets are needed. the number is prescribed in the vision of the air force, the spokesman of the air force, yuriy ignat, said that the countries hesitated for a long time and finally agreed to transfer to us their fighters or many of them willing and in which countries our pilots will undergo training . in september, the general commander of the air force in europe and africa, james hacker, said that we would receive the aircraft in 2-3 years after the adoption of the corresponding political decision . the statements of the us president were also not optimistic. joseph biden in the winter of 2023, at that time he ruled out the possibility of supplying the latest american fighter jets to protect

ukraine in the war against the russian federation. do you think that ukraine does not need f16 now? no, they don’t need f16 now. this means never. listen, first of all, we don’t know exactly what will happen. needed in two or three years, but there are no grounds on which, in the opinion of our military, it would be possible to justify the need to provide the f-16, but in fact this year key decisions have already begun. biden approved the training of ukrainians on f16 and a few days later, on may 25, after the 12th meeting in the rammstein format, it was announced that denmark and the netherlands would lead the air coalition for training of the armed forces of ukraine on fighter jets, however , only on august 8, the united states gave official permission to allied countries to train ukrainian pilots. how do you know about this from ukrainian training the pilots are led by denmark and the netherlands customs president biden gave the green

light to make this possible and also supported the training process itself, but at the moment i do not have information about specific pilots who will be trained on august 20. the netherlands announced that they will provide ukraine with 42 f16 fighters, some of them will go to training. and the rest will then organize a training center for the armed forces in romania. training on these planes will continue continuously as long as there is a need. i will give another 19 planes to the so -called aviation coalition greece also joined, the country will train ukrainian pilots , later pentagon spokesman patrick ryder confirmed the information that ukrainian pilots will first take an english language course in texas and then start a multi-month flight training in arizona, and on the day of independence, president volodymyr zelenskyi announced that portugal will also train our aviators , norway will also join it

, and the fighters themselves will be transferred 6-7 months. this is the minimum period that must be consciously evaluated, but if it is a little bit, don't be disappointed anymore , because our pilots demonstrated their ability to be ready in six months, but the technicians, engineers . the instructors will inform about the training when they see how fast the process is going and whether the engineers and pilots work harmoniously. it is known that the advantage in the selection was combat experience and high-quality english. pilots, because it is important to master the technical systems of the plane, the canadian minister also emphasized that it is impossible to train one team of pilots and stop the process should be continuous for now

it is known that eight pilots and 65 technicians have already arrived at the danish military air base for training kateryna galko tv channel espresso and now we will talk with ivan kyrychevskii military expert defense express mr. ivane forces of ukraine mykola oleschuk he decided that the pilots of this year's graduation would fly to great britain for training , as for sweden, young pilots of 2016 with sufficient combat experience would go there the training system is flexible, the instructors test each pilot for what he is capable of - said oleschuk, the commander of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine noted that after the relevant tests, two of our pilots showed

that they are ready to master the f-16 in four months and not in 32, as previously stated, that is, it is now known that training will take place in several waves, but taking into account that the first thing that is needed is not only pilots, but also technical personnel, since aviation is a collective and also knowledge of the english language, so will we have enough people in the future, i think that there will be enough at least from that criterion, because last year the air forces, you know, very actively promoted training in their specialized educational institutions, called that you already know with the aim not just to fight on old systems, but to train young specialists for the dominance of western air defense systems western aircraft, therefore, apparently , a combination of young graduates and possibly cadets will be sent here. perhaps, after all

, there are pilots who have relevant combat experience. 2016, but right there. by the way, let's note that if er about er let's say so and from open sources about the involvement of pilots with combat experience, it is known only in the context of what they called familiarization exercises at the game on gripens in sweden. well so that at the same time the pilots who already directly know how to fight in the air can assess whether this plane will really help us in air combat or maybe it will be needed for strike missions or maybe it is not at all something that should be held on to to concentrate some resources there on obtaining europeans or with whom, yes, on scaling up f16 supplies, i can transfer at least 5 to 12 f16 to ukraine , defense express analyst serhii zgurets said about it, he noted that norway was the third to announce the provision of f16 to ukraine, before it had more than 50 fighters in a modern modification

, the norwegian f16s are the most combat-ready and best -maintained compared to other countries, according to preliminary estimates, despite the stock of 50 aircraft , part of which norway plans to transfer romania can provide at least 5 to 12 f-16 aircraft to ukraine. what are the characteristics of the f-16 aircraft that ukraine will receive? well, if we talk about norway, there is such an interesting point that should be explained. german germs like the iristaya sls, it differs from the usual us in that there are two chassis on the do- to ours on this tracked court, here goes the biv-10 and there are such open releases. well, for now, but

nuancekers were used, we will go in 16 well and here, in fact, the question is open to begin with, whether in norway we are given precisely for use and air defense, or is it possible that norway thus demonstrates that it is ready to give us here and now these, well, an estimated five to 12 aircraft, here i think that after all, in any which estimates will apply to the transfer in 16, it will be worth taking into account two indicators. by the way, the first number of aircraft that are in a furious state that can be lifted will be in the air and in the case of norway. this is obviously the same range from five to 10 or up to 12 aircraft and there will be something on the other value is clearly evident even on the example of the netherlands, that defective and decommissioned aircraft will be transferred and will be used as a source of components. in fact, it is normal to call the american air force - these are their famous bases, the motto of montan is where they seem to stand. there are three such a beautiful row well , the americans don’t have them there for the purpose of saving , not constructing the right moment , which americans store there, well, consider such a huge warehouse of spare parts

. to remove from the non-working board, so by what account are the ones in 16 that we will receive from norway, they are not fundamentally different from well, in terms of their characteristics, in particular, the counter equipment from those that we will receive there from the netherlands and denmark, here is just another important detail for you is that hmm we will receive planes for free, we will receive them in a very short period of time, because of course , on the one hand, in our conditions, a few months is uh, they are worth the weight of platinum, not the same as gold , but on the other hand, we have slovakia, bulgaria, what things have been paid for in advance for their 16 at least 1 billion dollars per squadron, but they received it late not a few years ago. i personally do not think that with whom it is so necessary and important in our conditions to go through in detail, so they give us 16 of this modification, is it good or bad, do they give another one, is it good is it bad or good that we are finally given in 16, let's say, a tool that will

be necessary to continue protecting our skies against the background of the fact that the resource of the soviets will run out, mr. ivan? and regarding the number of planes, there are talks about what will happen a certain number of two-seater aircraft that will be used for training purposes, a certain number for replacement of losses and for spare parts . as you said earlier, is it possible to name the number of fighters that will perform combat missions, if you take into account that all the known data is there about norway given the data of the netherlands, we can estimate that the number of aircraft that will be ready to perform combat tasks is 43-51, the minimum is that the netherlands has announced the possibility of giving all its aircraft except for those that will to be used for training. well, there may also be approximately 40 or a little less aircraft

. well, there are actually a lot of two-seaters at 16 years old, but especially with the netherlands there will be a story that part of these aircraft will be transferred as a source of components to that but what, by the way, to perform let's say to the number of 16 who will literally perform a combat task on the topic of exactly what such a very specific challenge for our technicians is worth for 16 is considered to be 63-70%. er of this indicator there this indicator can be obtained by the european union of the united states and the polish air force and even the air force and the rakes that use it. well, it seems that it is considered that there is no point in squeezing out more. and we are in such a situation. when we have to organize service at 4 p.m. at the next high level, everyone could perform 100% at the same time combat tasks, well, that is, those mentioned in the range of 43-50 aircraft, that is why even the minister of defense varshikov spoke about the option that there pilots are ready to master quickly, but the question is open how

to quickly train technicians well, because will the techniques have to be done precisely according to such a specific program where it is necessary to keep all 100% of the aircraft with ammunition, but actually speaking, you literally said a few words about maintenance, because i wanted to ask you about it, mr. ivan, and regarding where they will be located, whether we have to place them, well, on our territory, on our airfields, on other improvised sites, i understand where such can arise now, by the way, the question , well, can you remember the first such a concept, which was our place on the beginning of a full-scale war, if they were to put airplanes on the platforms, well, in nato , then it means that the russians will definitely not get them, the problem is that any nato country that is our neighbor, even poland , has an air defense an order of magnitude weaker than ours and here i'm not wrong, even if poland can now boast that it received the first of

the four petri batteries ordered, the basis and air defense still consist of the soviet 125, which can only cover krakow and warsaw, not ayur, that's what to say to her it's inconvenient... slovakia itself is already forced to use the services of the nato air police. if we talk about the second time , to consider that it will go there at 16, a very complex infrastructure is needed, a specific placement of air intakes. well, this plane, it seems, cannot be lifted from the air routes. there are nato countries that this is exactly the operating regulation that they follow. well, for example, poland is exactly that , or romania, which for some reason is so difficult for them . when the weather is bad there, but there are other large operators of f16 taiwan, and in fact, it is only working constantly, how in the event of a major war against china

will it raise to 16, it is from there that the highways are transported by platforms, and in fact it turns out quite well. therefore, i think that for the placement of f16 special formats it is not necessary to graduate. well, because ours work in very specific conditions, in particular, for example, they hid more thermal protection and carriers under them and very effectively hiding them, and by the way, they work so effectively that now the command the air force in europe decided that they should literally repeat our practice, that only this will help, for example, in the event of a war, to get out of the enemy's attack, mr. ivan . well, i still don't think i asked you about whether we will have enough of these planes, because we talked about what we need is 128 but as far as it is clear they will give us much less the situation that the loss of history from 100% will not be so of course it is important to have such a picture that

the air force gives there the air force actually talked about 200 politicians there and training which should be included in training combat and support planes and radar surveillance planes and 12 8 core because i am in another number what for example to wage war against us rf uses a minimum of 450 planes out of 1100 available well considering at least this number on prochists well we have a lot of planes it will never happen, even if it suddenly happens . it is a wonder that they will give us the entire fleet available in europe in 16 plus they will give us a certain number of gripen europeans. from the enemy, well, due to some quality of those things, well, that is, this plane can conduct , hmm, air combat at a distance of more than 150 km, which , in turn, makes it possible to shoot down the 135 and other such planes of the grid that are held at

long distances, but this possibility is 16-1 plays only if there is also a newer air-to-air missile of the aim 120 type, c8 modifications , will they give these missiles or at all ? rammstein, which should be this fall, which promises to be very long-lasting and seven days p ivan thank you for your consultation today for us and we were in touch with ivan krychevskyi, a military expert defense express and we are moving on, they are the eyes of war and steel birds that protect the sleep of ukrainians from the blows of muscovites today, ukraine celebrates aviation day already one and a half years since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine, military pilots perform operations

near the front line and the fence of the occupied rear territory and during this time of our resistance, ukrainian forces destroyed 631 russian aircraft and helicopters in the air against ukraine, 436 enemy aircraft are participating, however , thanks to the last successful operations in the russian federation , there are 27 tu-22 missile launchers left, two more are under repair, the head of ukrainian intelligence told kyrylo budanov another piece of news shook ukraine this week , our spies recruited a russian pilot, the invaders' helicopter landed in the kharkiv region, in addition to the pilot, there were two more people on board, they tried to escape but he will return home already in domovyn, currently the mi-8 helicopter is in kyiv and the pilot has been provided with decent conditions, and the russians, even without

the armed forces of ukraine , accurately shoot down their planes and helicopters. -500 meters , and sometimes a kilometer, the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the usa, general mark milley, said that during two months of fierce fighting, the armed forces of ukraine were able to break through the enemy's defense line, our soldiers entered the village of robotine in zaporizhzhia and set up the ukrainian flag from the robot's main course to tokmak, but before that we still have to overcome the enemy's main line of defense, our fighters immediately started to evacuate the locals from the robot's house, because the russians are shelling the village with artillery, they took people out on a bradley infantry fighting vehicle, which can withstand

mine explosions and direct hitting enemy artillery in the area, the battles are still going on, our soldiers are getting entrenched. it was all in better conditions , not in this one, but daughter anu, hello doll, daughter , we were taken out, my daughter, i know, i know, don't cry, we it's already seven o'clock, i'm home starchenko, i think it's okay, i think we'll see each other soon , you know very well, psychologically it was very difficult until there was no water and until there was no light, then there was no

bread. how old were you? 52 were you in the summer? well, how did you celebrate your birthday? i'll tell you. i'll have gorgeous gifts. they gave me mulberry pies. they gave me three loaves of bread . my mother brought a bouquet of roses. and the best man brought a box of bagels that the occupiers found. so we had hopes that ours would come and everything would be fine, well, you know. we waited so long that today came, we didn't expect it and we couldn't even believe it. well, we are fighting for our independence , and this is despite the fact that 32 years ago it was allegedly managed to restore it during the great war, not for celebrations, and the enemy can resort to

provocation, but what was independence day in the capital, further in our material, without a parade of mass events, pyrotechnics and concerts . ukraine celebrates the day for the second year in the context of a full-scale russian invasion of khreshchatyk, a parade of broken equipment was staged, but there is a nuance: it is russian. they planned to march along the main street of the capital with it in three days, and in kyiv there were only local events to celebrate independence day . for the second year in a row, khreschatyk is littered with broken russian equipment, mostly this the trophy of the kyiv region, all the scrap metal is painted, ukrainians already traditionally write the cities while they are occupied by the russians. and on this day, we say thank you to these defenders who allowed us to walk today according to khreshchatyk, this is probably the greatest holiday for a citizen of ukraine, regardless of politics. it should be like this. there is no

war. on the contrary, what is happening is full-scale invasions. they somehow strengthen the desire to celebrate this day, and i personally feel more exalted in the last two years, it is so much more unity. do you remember once again what we fought for over the centuries, not only the last nine years, but iconic things that belonged to the fighters for the freedom of ukraine were put on display in the national museum of history, an exhibition was opened there the struggle for independence , the creators of the episodes on it presented 11 stories of famous ukrainians who sacrificed everything for the love of the motherland . the songs and works of artists of the sixties galina sevruk and opanas zalyvahy , we start the day with a song about stalin, we do not know any better

songs on earth, this is how our childhood began , this is how we were taught that everything is only moscow, everything only russia, you are nothing, we must remember, we must remember our history, we must remember these people who won independence, because independence is still the biggest holiday, which we have the highest monumental sculpture in europe - this is motherland, and it is located in kyiv and in 1981, it was opened with great fanfare and 2 million soviet rubles were spent on it, but with the beginning of russia's aggression against ukraine, the question of decommunization of the monument arose. and at the beginning of august, the monument to the soviet past on the shield of the motherland was no longer installed there our ukrainian trident, the majority of ukrainians approve of the replacement of the soviet symbol with the coat of arms of ukraine, but

69% believe that it could have waited until the end of the war. these are the results of a survey by the democratic initiative fund ilka curly i think that we are all children of modern times war is now in modern times that is why we need to leave the past in the past and you are on the way to victory i think that it was written down a long time ago that it should have been done and war is not an indicator, we need to get rid of imperial symbols this is an absolutely natural civilizational choice of the majority of ukrainians with the onset of the great war, they changed their opinion about independence , now for them it is freedom, it is such complete freedom when people support each other, understand and when there is no such external pressure, you know, when you just feel you can breathe freely independence well, i think it is connected with freedom i i feel freedom, independence and i can do and think as i see it when we live happily in the country, independent of

anyone. apparently, for me it is freedom of choice , choice and ah and thoughts dmytro didora and oleksandr burlevich espresso tv channel in crimea occupying the moat is a blue-yellow flag that was brought from mainland ukraine, such a gift was given to the occupiers on independence day in our scouts, with the support of the naval forces, special units floated ashore in the area of ​​the settlements of olenivka and mayak . by the units of the invaders. the enemy has minus soldiers and equipment, and our fighters completed all tasks and returned without losses. local residents were worried about such events, but the occupation

the authorities did not notice anything, they only talked about the traditional planned destruction of ammunition, but the ukrainian defenders promised to continue to provide help to the occupiers in the destruction of ammunition, equipment and manpower, ukrainian crimea has been under russian control for more than nine years, this week on the third crimean platform they talked about what life could be like and the development of the peninsula after liberation from russian occupation at the summit, president zelensky noted that ukraine has already signed the first document with companies that are ready to enter to crimea and work immediately after the deoccupation, what is the main task of the crimean platform to prepare the deoccupier, we understand how we will return to crimea, we understand how many steps we all need to take, we understand how difficult it is, it is an important task, but we can see this path in the year that has passed since the previous meeting at our

ukrainian soldiers did extraordinary things to the crimean platform . glory to ukraine. russia does not stop brutal repression and persecution of our citizens. 80 ukrainian political prisoners are illegally held in enemy prisons this week. the occupiers detained six more crimeans on the peninsula, they are accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, at least ten thousand more prisoners of war are held by the russian federation, the courts of the occupiers give ukrainians sentences of the judicial regime in march of this year, the court in the self-proclaimed lpr sentenced ukrainian human rights defender and journalist maksym butkevich to 13 years in a colony, the man is accused of violation of the rules of war maksym butkevich joined the ranks of the defenders