the territory of our country is currently under missile and drone attack, and therefore any such large investments are not impossible. did i understand you correctly, that from your point of view, these are all the agreements, the announcement about the possible production of weapons in the future, all this will be implemented in practice after the war, after the end of the war. absolutely, the agreements that have already been implemented are, first of all , eastern europe, the czech republic, poland, where we collect missiles, where we collect some ammunition, and more, more large-scale projects, this is all after the war, but i really wanted to ask you if there are any chances to build long-range missiles, for example, if kyiv will do it with some country, as i understand it, it is completely beyond the limits of reality.

unfortunately, unfortunately, yes, south march in the dnipro is under constant fire and everything possible has been taken out, but there are certain, certain elements that cannot be dismantled and reassembled in another country, these are unique things that unfortunately, it is not possible now, well, maybe it is such a unique thing, but how about other weapons, me. it seems that even a few days ago, oleksiy danilov, the secretary of the national security council, he spoke about the fact that ukraine , they say, is on the way to building missiles together with other countries somewhere outside of ukraine, isn't that realistic? these projects exist even now and are being implemented, but this is small-scale production, we are not talking about hundreds of missiles, we are talking about only a few missiles a month and that's it. it's not what we need, and it's not

the scale that will come after the war. and how many to us, can you just briefly now, you know, to sum up what scale of armament ukraine needs now to make such a substantial advance on the fronts or on one of the fronts, well, many people talk about missiles, or only missiles, or what the ukrainian army needs most now, but ? well, if we are talking about the offensive, then now we need a large number of armored vehicles, unfortunately, the number of tanks that we are given now does not provide an offensive potential, that is, we have now received, or have already received in the near future 10 abramts, to by the end of this year, there will be 30 of them, this is not the scale that would allow us to go on the offensive right now, all... other leopards are literally

scrambling around europe, some countries are giving four tanks, eight tanks, 12 tanks, that is, they are needed there are 300-500 tanks, and until it works, if at all, the lend-lease works, when we receive 500, 1000 abrams, only then can we talk about some game changers or some changes on the battlefield, by the way, no one has been talking about it for a long time: nothing about lendlis, but why hasn't it worked yet? and because the american system, it has become very much and now they simply do not have, there are no tools with which you can launch, this law on the land list, and unfortunately, this law, it will expire in november, as far as i remember, and it will have to be adopted again

, and... or, unfortunately, to do without it, that is, the validity period of the law, it turns out, expires, and ukraine never took advantage of lendlease, not through the fault of ukraine, as far as i understand, this was probably just a political decision in washington, and no , except that the americans have a very powerful, bureaucratic one system, and this law had to be passed through several instances that do not depend on the president of the united states, you understand, this is not a system like ours, when some law may be passed at the call, or elements of it, will be implemented, in americans not so, and this system , unfortunately, it does not, does not provide for the military needs of ukraine, please tell me whether you have any high hopes for atakams, because it was discussed very widely when volodymyr zelenskyi was in washington and in new york , but

at the same time, i heard theses from experts that attacks are not a miracle weapon, and even if they are promised, they themselves will not give anything. if they are promised and if in the end such a political decision is adopted. in the white house, do you have any high hopes for this weapon? unfortunately, it's all a matter of quantity, cluster ammunition in the warehouses of the american armed forces, there are not very many of them, after they abandoned cluster combat units, they converted part of this ammunition under splinter by splinter by fugaas, and these are the ones that remained cassette, they will give them to them, to us, to us, and it is not, again, not thousands, we can literally talk about a maximum of 100, 200, 300 missiles, but

this is, well, you know, if a salvo, two missiles from one launcher, then it is very, very little, thank you very much for your comment, mykhailoho, a military expert, we discussed weapons... for the ukrainian army, what are the prospects there and also discussed the situation at the fronts. thank you very much. parliamentary elections will be held tomorrow slovakia, and as a result of these elections , a pro-russian politician, at least pro-russian and anti-ukrainian, may come to power, local slovak journalists call him. but everything is in order. slovakia is an eu state that has been helping ukraine since the very beginning of the war, the first to provide s-300 air defense systems and mig-29 aircraft, to supply zuzana 2 howitzers, ammunition and helicopters, and to accept about 1,000 refugees from ukraine. the schedule of forces before the parliamentary elections in slovakia indicates the possibility of the return to power of the former prime minister of the country robert

phytso. he lost the post of prime minister in 2018 after a series of corruption scandals, the apogee of which was the murder of investigative journalist jan kuciak and his. girls now fitsyu promises that in the event of his victory, slovakia will not give ukraine a single projectile. so far , only the government of hungary, headed by prime minister viktor orbán, has openly opposed eu sanctions against russia and military aid to ukraine among the eu countries. after tomorrow's elections in slovakia, orban may have a reliable ally in the european union. on stage in bratislava brought out the best performers to show their support for their country's leading pro-western party, progressive slovakia. a few days before the parliamentary elections, according to polls, this party is lagging behind in the rating. if you delve into the topic of parliamentary elections in slovakia, you can

see that slovaks are worried about future dangers for slovakia and ukraine. i know which position. there are other parties regarding ukraine, in my opinion, they are very pro-russian, so i think it could end very badly for ukraine. i'm afraid that unfortunately democracy may suffer after these elections, if slovakia focuses on the east, on russia. the party course of former prime minister robert fitso predicts victory. in the elections on september 30. he criticized slovakia's supply of weapons to ukraine, which include air defense systems and mig-29 fighter jets, vowing that no more bullets would be provided. why are we not

conducting peace talks, for god's sake, why are we constantly talking about what kind of ammunition we will send to ukraine. how many billions of euros will be spent in the future armament. it's naive to think that russia will... walk away from crimea, from the territory it controls, so explain to me what's the point of all this killing? fico presents himself as a peacemaker, but his party baselessly repeats the kremlin's rhetoric about the existence of a fascist regime in kyiv. such conversations cause distrust in vyacheslav moiseyenko. the man fled here from ukraine in the first days of the war, and his mother's house, he says, was bombed by russian troops. these politicians should go to ukraine, walk around and see all that, maybe they think that they are being deceived about what is happening, but whole cities just disappear , there was a city, there is no city, how is it possible in the 21st century, to be honest, i don't understand these

politicians, i don't understand these politicians, to be honest, and the last public opinion polls show that many slovaks understand the party's political message. phytso. one poll in march found that 51 percent blamed the west for the war in ukraine, and 66 percent believed washington would drag slovakia into hostilities. meanwhile, on the eve of the elections , slovaks suffered from high inflation, which mostly explained by the conflict. the leader of the party, the progressive slovakian michal szymacka , remains optimistic, but acknowledges the scale of the challenge before him. many people are disappointed with politics in the country, one might say, quite legitimately, and if you add to this disappointment complex social and economic conditions, as well as geopolitical anxieties and disinformation. and russian propaganda, this is very fertile ground for any populist. the outcome of the elections in slovakia

will largely depend on whether fico or šimicka can form a coalition with others parties the foreign policy implications mean that the post-election negotiations will be watched more closely than usual outside of slovakia. well, i am not exhorting you, if you watch our broadcast on youtube, please like it, subscribe, in this way you will support our work and subscribe, and support independent journalism in general, subscribe to radio liberty channels, on social networks , on youtube and like this video, well, in a minute, i hope we'll discuss the election in slovakia, which will take place tomorrow, dmytro tuzha joined our broadcast. director of the institute of central european strategy. dmitry, good evening. good evening. dmytro,

slovak journalists write that robert fico's party has become openly anti-ukrainian, one might even say pro-russian. is it so objective, or is it a narrative and, or can we say, just a wrapper for an election campaign and nothing more? it's a good question and it's an open question because it's also a radical. robert fitso is not only about ukraine, for example, with regard to the united states, which is very, for example, risky for the member country there, yes, that is, robert fico is directly playing the card about the foreign administration of the united states, that if progressive slovakia wins there, then they say that the embassy of the united states will govern slovakia, here, so let's see , you know what is imposed, yes, robert fitso was never friendly to ukraine there, yes, he always had such pro-russian,

even, you know, pro-soviet sentiments, but he acted as a pragmatist, that is, under robert fitso in 2014, slovakia reversed the gas supply for ukraine, when the actual russian aggression began and we were cut off from russian gas, this is how it will be this time, if robert fitso returns to power, this is an open question, because robert fitso does not rule easily. the desire, well, to return to power, and the desire for such a revenge and a personal vendetta, yes, that is, and this actually defines his rhetoric, which is so very, very radical, so we will see, this is really a risk, a serious risk for ukraine, for the european union itself and nato, in general here we are, you know, in the same boat, but in general, him, if his party wins the elections tomorrow, how big, how high are his prospects that he will become prime minister again, or does it all depend on who they will work with until victory still means nothing,

yes, so yes, it will really depend on what the coalition is, who gets in there, and even, i'll tell you this , it looks like robert fizo doesn't necessarily have to become prime minister to get back into power, yes, that is, he would, obviously, be ready to even give up the post of prime minister, for example, to peter pellegrini, in order to drag him into the coalition and carry out this revenge, that is, because for robert fitz, you know, revenge is not just about the position, it is the same, if he would remove from power these pro-western forces, as he understands, his so-called personal opponents , and for him it is again a matter of personal and political, well, the future in general, because it is not just about... the risk of being on political retirement, there is a risk for robert fitz of being on the dock, that is,

returning to power , even there is again not to receive a ministerial portfolio, but to return the party to the coalition , to power, this means to receive a certain political indulgence from persecution, so these are the motives for robert fitzzu, he will do everything, that is, he will be ready, i am sure to give up the post of premier the minister, even if his party wins, and even to give up being in the government, so that smer agrees to the example with a voice and there with the sna, and they formed this such a government, yes, because being a shadow leader for him is it's normal, for example, that was... during in 2018-2020-20, in fact, when after the murder of jan kuciak and his so-called girlfriend, robert fico was forced to resign, but his party remained, so to speak, ruling, that is, the government. i wanted to talk to you about sociology, because when robert fico says that after his victory, slovakia will not give ukraine a single projectile, he is probably

sure that a large part of the people in slovakia supports him in this, but there were sociological studies. which show that in slovakia there is a rather skeptical attitude towards the support of ukraine, in one such survey the eurobarmeter did, then they reported that 51% of ukraine, 51% of people in slovakia said that in the future it is possible to support ukraine, but this is not so much compared to portugal where it is 90, finland is also almost 90, which is what robert fico relies on when he makes such statements, is there really such ukrainian skepticism, euroscepticism in slovakia, well, in fact, these views split slovak society, approximately in half, and we did not notice this in ukraine, but even when slovakia was the first to give us air defense there s-300, yes or when they gave us helicopters, they gave us migs, slovak

society there under 40%, depending on how the focus was placed, was against it, slovak society in general. eh, let's put it this way, eh, eh, if it was surprising for us, it is pro-russian, it has been pro-russian for a long time, it is, according to certain signs, more pro-russian and even anti-ukrainian than, for example, hungarian, or there, well, romanian, here, remember you see, once we were shocked by anti-ukrainian or such pro-russian rallies in the czech republic, but this cannot be compared, yes, that is, slovak society, especially this part of eastern slovakia, which, er, has such pan-slavic or russophile sentiments, which is poor, marginalized, yes, it generally has such, well, i would even say anti-european, anti-western sentiments, very pro-russian sentiments, so you know, for robert fico, it's not a question that 51%, about

, well, for providing military aid, he goes with this platform, very similar to the platform of viktor orbán, that we don't help with weapons, he says there not only about shells, and about cartridges, in general, that there won't be any cartridges provided to ukraine, so i am afraid that if he is still in power, his party is in power, then they will certainly do everything possible to block the help that slovakia can provide, the only good news is that, in principle, slovakia has already given us everything she could, that is, at the moment it is about the execution of commercial contracts by slovakia , for which slovakia receives money, and here, you know, if robert fico somehow starts to block these contracts, then it is the opposite, i think, will hit him , because these are contracts, on which slovakia earns, these are jobs, this is non-charity, i have one last

question for you, dmytro, you also professionally research hungary, but just today viktor orbán said that we do not know. of the territory of ukraine in order to accept it into the eu, tell me what this is about, suddenly, what happened , really nothing, it's just about talking, viktor orban, well, on the one hand, you see, he says some important things, and that's it , about which a discussion has already started in the european union, it is a good discussion, because the european union has started talk about how a union with 30-36 members should function, yes, that is, it is with us, yes , and this is a question of the distribution of structural funds, money, various quotas, how the vote will be, for example, on foreign policy, now it must be unanimous, and hungary is just a problematic point here, so it is a good signal that these discussions have started, viktor orbán is trying in his own style to get involved in this discussion, as such a visionary and once again, you know,

to hint that if we had a special opinion, we would be here if ready to set some conditions there, but in fact... nothing more, this such white noise, and again, populism, in the very strategy of viktor orbán, the expansion of the european union is a strategic priority, it is not nato, yes, that is, according to nato, he sees this whole russian game right there, even if he adheres to such a more pro-russian position, that nato is a threat and so on, well, i mean its expansion, yes, that it can provoke some kind of third world war, and the european union, its expansion, is the opposite, you know, it is even... in a certain way, the embodiment of this hungarian idea about the wagon the unity of the hungarian nation, that is, according to their vision, here trianon trauma, it can only be resolved in such a way as not to change the borders. and to unite all the countries where hungarians live on their historical lands within the framework of the european union, that is, all that remains now is for serbia and ukraine to join the european union there.

therefore, in this regard, hungary should, you know, defend our integration into the european union, i think, in fact, viktor orbán will certainly not publicly campaign for this, although, for example, he campaigns for georgia, so that you understand, but he is not sure about blocking that hungary will be able to even if he suddenly wants to. dmitry thank you very much for taking the time, dmytro tuzhanskyi, director of the institute of central european strategy, we talked about the possible results of the parliamentary elections that will be held tomorrow in slovakia, which consequences they may have for ukraine. thank you very much. well, today, the 82nd anniversary of the tragedy of babino yar in kyiv honored the memory of the dead, they held a march and prayer near the synagogue in babino yar, the descendants of the victims of babino yar, righteous people, former

prisoners of ghettos and nazi concentration camps, righteous people, and also representatives of jewish religious organizations, and there was also president volodymyr zelenskyi, victims of mass murder since 1941, are remembered every year on september 29 and 30 in kyiv's babiny yar, where during the nazi occupation of kyiv , at the end of september 1941, the nazis shot more than 33,000 jews, and also in kyiv today the annual memorial march took place, the participants gathered in the park opposite the kyivska rus cinema and went in a column to the menorah monument, which to the national historian of the baben yar memorial reserve. the route was the same as in the 41st, in the 41st year, the people of kyiv went to be shot. i am currently undergoing treatment, i am a military serviceman, we are trying our best. a year to remember, because history , history must be remembered, these are our roots, before that i used to go all the time with my friends, well, it turned out that way, in the hospital, and i have a couple of hours free there,

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we will talk about how to protect our people from russian terror, because russia continues to use cruise missiles and these shaheds to attack our cities and villages, and this large-scale terror causes the death of our citizens, the destruction of houses, in a fire, creates a danger from explosive components and all this in our rear behind the front line. against the background of these challenges, ukraine is currently forming a new concept of security, from border protection to new living conditions of territorial communities, and this is quite such a complex process that requires a live dialogue, an exchange of opinions between specialized specialists and community leaders, in order to develop effective models and forms of countering the russian threat . this is exactly the kind of exchange of ideas and best practices that will take place october 4 and 5 in kyiv, where the exhibition company euroindex, as well as the league of defense

enterprises of ukraine. and the association of sappers of ukraine will hold an event called security 2.0, where modern security technologies will be presented to protect and preserve the full functioning of all sectors of the economy. the event is supported by the ministry of economy, the state service of ukraine for emergency situations, the security service of ukraine, the all-ukrainian association of united territorial communities and a number of foreign partners. it will be exactly 44 and 5 october in. kyiv, and now in our program there will be an opportunity in a conversation with officials of ministries, heads of manufacturing enterprises and territorial communities to pre-discuss some areas and projects that can strengthen ukraine's capabilities in countering the threats that our enemy is currently producing. my name is serhii sgurets, i am the director of the information and consulting company defense express, which, together with espresso channels, strives to highlight the most relevant trends in

the security and defense of our country. and now oleksandr korinnyi is joining us, he is the chairman all-ukrainian association of united territorial communities. mr. oleksandra, i am glad to welcome you and to see and hear the espresso channel on the air. good day, mutual, nice to see you. let's try to go through all those important directions that actually form such a safe environment in which our territorial communities should exist, and let's start with this. direction, this is precisely the creation of protective structures, bomb shelters, where our people go, or somehow protect themselves from enemy attacks. what is the current situation with protective structures, in relation to them quantity, quality, in accordance with the needs that, well, our communities have, well, it is worth saying, first of all, that