[000:00:00;00] in general, the state of things, in a year and a half we received more than 6,500 armored vehicles, this is incredible, with the first lease, the soviet union, which we understand that wars are not proportionate, there and that, received a little more than 12,000 armored vehicles, we completely destroyed their regular tank park, which at the beginning of the war was 3,400 units, now more than 500 have been destroyed, we have completely destroyed their artillery park, which at the beginning of the war was in the range of 5.5. we destroyed more than 7,000, we completely destroyed the rocket salvo systems that were in the state, now there are about more than 800 units were destroyed, but the regular ones were within 800, and we can talk about all this for a very long time, so the russians have a margin of safety in terms of armored vehicles of the old junk, there are tens, tens of thousands of them in their warehouses, and the most important resource that it is, we we cannot cancel it, these are people, that's

right, in this part they prevail. but this is a war of quantity with quality, and in terms of quality , the large euro-atlantic world is significantly larger than the russian one, in my understanding, i mean a step-by-step strategy, now it is important to achieve two things, we are already doing this for the third time let's talk in the studio, go to the northern outskirts and manage to hone in on bakhmut, and after that we'll think about what to do next and what the battlefield will look like, the chinese, with whom the russians are now actively making friends. or vice versa, the chinese, or the russians with the chinese, are talking about the fact that they intend to deepen strategic trust and cooperation with the russian army, this was said during the official opening ceremony of the 10th sanchang security forum in china, said the deputy head of the central military council of the people's republic of china, zhang yuxia, let's hear what zhang yuxia has to say, china

stands out for respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, for respect for each other's indigenous interests and main concerns, for respect for the paths of development and social system independently chosen by the people of each country. you cannot impose your will on others, you cannot put your interests above the interests of others. you cannot build your security on the insecurity of others. it is impossible to deliberately provoke other countries from important and this is the impression, mr. colonel, that dzhan yusya told all about this to president zelski, because and respect independence, and sovereignty, and borders, and what cannot be done in order to assert oneself at the expense of those countries that cannot defend themselves, whether china can change its policy towards russia, especially during or

after. meeting of a possible meeting that may take place in the united states of america, joseph biden and xi jinping. perhaps, perhaps, putin is a very mean and ungrateful person , that is, he will play his game as soon as he understands that the chinese will try to put pressure on him, you can expect a variety of steps from him, let's recall the visit shijinpinya to russia, more than sure that he went there to say that he was not deploying nuclear weapons in belarus, he clearly did the opposite, so it is very difficult. question, in my understanding, the chinese are not our friends, and we should not look, no, we should look, of course , in their direction, because this is the second sub-hegemon, we should understand everything that is happening, but in my opinion, the global face of evil is defined clearly, definitively and irrevocably, this is russia, this is china, this is north korea, this is iran, this is syria and a whole series of world dictatorships, which there is actually much more on planet earth,

the global south formed this summer as a large planetary configuration as such. perhaps joseph biden will be able to break the heart of sidzimpinya and they will finally start implementing the g2 concept, that is, they will divide the world into two parts, as it once was with the soviet union, whether it will be crystallized and materialized into concrete solutions, time will tell. there are too many knots on the planet earth that need to be solved, and in my deep conviction, not all of them are. will agree with the g2 concept, russia is the first to disagree with it, and we still have a toolkit of the most diverse influence, and hamas is the best illustration of that, and will act accordingly, i am in favor of the concept that the fifth international system will be written for decades and will be written very bloody. you have already mentioned this axis of evil, which senators and

republicans are already talking about publicly. such as mitch mcconnell, he said that the message of evil, iran, china and russia are threatening the united states of america, mitch mcconnell, a rather cautious senator and weighs every word, it is clear that this statement was made so that china and xi jinping, who will come to the united states of america, still understood that, to china, the americans can completely the other is treated as a country that threatens national security, the united states of america, and the chinese have quite a lot of interests in the united states of america, and it is clear that the economy, the chinese economy, rests, including on the bilateral contacts of the united states america and china, in your opinion, this is what mitch mcconnell said, or

it was said in prejudice so that xi jinping would understand that they can talk to beijing in a completely different way from now on, i share this point, we are right , there is nothing more to comment here, the american strategists are thinking ahead and are giving various signals to the chinese, including, let's see, a lot will depend on this november meeting, because in my deep conviction, the world is on the brink of catastrophe, we have one foot already in a giant , in a huge break, but still it is possible to return from there, and in fact everything will now depend on these two big giants , what they agree or do not agree on and the like, although i will stipulate one detail, the main thing will be in the dark, that is, we will see or feel the consequences of the meeting not immediately. colonel, we haven't talked about what's happening in belarus for a long time, we haven't talked about belarus as a possible bridgehead for

the russian army, serhii nayev says that under the pretext of exercises, the belarusian regime legitimizes the presence of its troops in border with ukraine, although a small group is located there along the ukrainian border from the volyn to chernihiv regions. about 1,800 belarusian soldiers who pretend to be conducting training, i will quote mr. naev: if the aggressor country made a decision at the presidential level regarding the use of the armed forces of russia, then this legal action did not take place in the republic of belarus. it is one thing to launch equipment and soldiers of an enemy country from one's own territory onto ukrainian land, another is to make a decision regarding its application of the armed forces of the republic of belarus will definitely stand in line with putin - said naiv. about what this shows that lukashenko is still afraid to fully enter the war with russia, although he is a co-aggressor and a person who took an active part in the fact that the russian federation launched

a large-scale attack on ukraine on february 24 , 2022. in my opinion, yes, i really don't want to join this war, because it is not known how it will all end for him, it can be a way and a reason for his personal physical judgment. well, this is really a puzzle for putin on the one hand, it would be convenient for him to clean up his father, but on the other hand, who knows what will happen in belarus during the cleaning? let us remind you that in 2020, the belarusians have shown that deep down in their historical mentality , they have remembered that they are a separate nation and that they are capable of major social changes, and this could be a very difficult situation for putin if it suddenly ignites another bridgehead and in his understanding cannot ignite under any circumstances. such is the status quo, such is relative neutrality for the moment suits us completely. mr. colonel, the future of the russian-ukrainian front and the future of the whole world will depend on the events that are currently

unfolding in the middle east, because israel is preparing for a ground operation in the gas sector, but the united states of america is restraining israel, they say that the israeli army must destroy . hamas militants and most importantly, so that civilians in this sector are not harmed, the countries that are located around israel and around the gaza strip are in favor of israel did not start these large-scale actions, because iran also threatens israel and the united states of america, which has two aircraft carrier groups there in the mediterranean sea near the coast of israel, and turkey is already warning against actions in the gas sector, which, according to you, will take place there during next month? israel must be wiped out, they have no choice, to wipe out, a second attack, it is only a matter of time, whether it will be in a month, in two,

in six months, or whatever, but it will definitely happen, in general in a deep historical sense the opposition of the palestinians, or rather the arabs, because palestine was invented by the romans at one time, this word comes from the name of the philestymlians, those who invaded , it was convenient for the romans to divide the kingdom of judea at that time, because it was quite strong at the time, when the roman empire began after the republic to fasten, so it is not resolved by tsenkovsky under any circumstances, by the way, in 200. in 2016 , the concept was wise: to settle gas on the egyptian territory. in my opinion, it is now impossible, anti-israel and anti-semitism statements take on a very serious global geopolitical meaning, and especially this meaning is now very useful for the big muslim tyrants, they are very comfortable with the whole package of problems of the same turkish state, here it is really only an internal political moment, the turks will not in any way... fight with israel, this is not serious, but in order

for erdogan to have his own political renaissance, he just represents the islamist cr wing and atatyuk are surely turning over in their graves, what has come to this, then it is so, there is too much there are many knots to characterize them in one short analytical presentation, but the general summary is as follows, there is another match that can light the world barrel, the problems that have accumulated on the planet earth are incredibly numerous. thank you, colonel, for the conversation, it was petro chernyk, a colonel of the zsu in the reserve. friends, we are working live on tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us on youtube. please like this video, don't be stingy, and so that our video promoted on youtube, we need your favorite, and vote in our poll, today we ask you about whether ukraine needs a temporary truce,

yes, no, it's hard to say, or your comment, please leave it under the video, and write what you think, next we have ben hodges, retired lieutenant general of the united states of america, former commander of the united states army in europe, mr. general, i welcome you, glad to see you on our air. thank you for the invitation. mr. general, 21 months. a great war is going on the large-scale invasion of russia into ukraine, 21 months of grueling struggle of ukrainians for their lives. how do you assess the current situation on the ukrainian-russian front, at what point in the war do you think we are now? of course there are many challenges and.

this is a long way to go, but i want to say that now the initiative is on the side , on the side of ukraine, they are making progress in all areas of the front, we see that the black sea fleet is moving away from crimea, due to the actual actions of the armed forces, and that is why i really enough optimistic that ukraine will be able to win. this war mr. general, time magazine predicts that russia cannot launch another full-fledged strategic offensive against ukraine, at least until the spring of 2025. the publication claims that russia is preparing to attack the civilian infrastructure of ukraine this winter, but they will not have enough forces to launch a strategic offensive against ukraine. do you agree? do you have such

forecasts that by 2025 russia simply will not have the opportunity for a major offensive on the territory of ukraine? i am sure that russia will continue to hit critical infrastructure, energy resources, as they did last year, i'm sure they have the capacity to do it this winter, and of course, ukrainian energy companies will have a lot of work to do, they have to do so that ukraine would be better prepared for this winter, and of course, if we are talking about russia and their ability to restore their power, i want to say that i think they will be able to do it sooner, they are preparing their people,

they are producing ammunition, weapons, they are setting up their logistics, all these aspects, they, i think it will be difficult for russia in all these aspects to reach the level where they were two years ago, and when we talk about the air force, for example, in two years . the air power of russia could not destroy the ammunition, weapons, and equipment that came from poland to ukraine, that's where their lead was. mistake, and the fact that the black sea fleet had to redeploy, due to the way ukraine is now conducting hostilities thanks to stormshades and other powerful weapons, we see, this is how it unfolds now a war scenario. of course, when we talk about the ground counteroffensive, it

is not happening as quickly as we would all like, but the important thing is that now the initiative is on the side of ukraine. and that ukraine continues to progress towards crimea, russia controls and approximately 19% of ukraine during these 9 years of war. mr. general, the minister of defense of germany, boris pistorius stated about the risk of a war in europe, quoting the minister, we should get used to the idea that a war could start in europe - he said on the air of the cdf tv channel. how do you, mr. general, assess the prospects for a major war in europe, and how do you think it can be avoided? of course,

there is always the possibility that if we don't help ukraine win this war, if. achieves its combat successes in ukraine at some stage, then yes, we will all have big problems, and that is why it is very important, and this is what minister pistorius is talking about, he is talking about how serious this threat is, and that is why we have to do even more for in order to strengthen their potential and to help ukraine achieve success on the battlefield. and that is why we are now really thinking about how to properly help ukraine, how to restrain russia, restrain iran, and restrain china in the long term.

we understand that ukraine attacked ukraine, hamas attacked israel, iran is working, closely cooperating with russia, and china is actually not sleeping, that's how complex all this is, and therefore we must really... unite even more and we hope that ukraine will beat russia. mr. general, during your command of the american army in europe, during those three years, as you led the contingent of american troops in the european continent, was the possibility that europe would be at war with russia, that russia would be a potential threat and that war could be considered at all. to be on such a scale that we see now in ukraine, of course, i was always worried, i was always worried about this, and my superiors, and my leadership was also

worried then, precisely that russia would think that we are not prepared, because at that time the nato forces that were stationed on the european continent, they were limited, and they believed, the russians believed that we were not properly prepared , but fortunately, and the union reacted correctly, especially after the nato summit in warsaw in 2014, we changed our approach and i am sure that what we adopted from the ukrainian soldiers, we eventually strengthened the training of our american soldiers, we adapted to the new reality. dear viewers, i'll tell you that today we have as a guest with us

the lieutenant general of the united states army ben hodges, we continue the conversation with mr. general, if you have any questions, you can write. on youtube, these questions are for mr. general, we will forward these questions to him, and we will continue our conversation, i, mr. general, want to ask you about how russia is currently trying to enter some negotiation platforms or create preconditions for entering into negotiations , because shoigu spoke at the tenth syanchan security forum and said that moscow... is ready for negotiations on the post-conflict settlement of the crisis in ukraine. coexistence in the west, but said that russia is not ready for the fact that the west constantly seeks the strategic defeat of russia and the west must

first stop in order not to lead to the strategic defeat of russia, which means, in your opinion, mr. general, the strategic defeat of russia in the sense of shaygu, and what does it mean in the sense of the west? i...' i think the best case scenario for us would be for russia to be so defeated, russia, they never paid the bill for their actions, unfortunately they were never brought to responsibility for all the crimes that the kremlin has committed for decades, and therefore not only ukraine is interested here, but the whole world, we all... want russia to lose.

russia is calling for such negotiations, this is such a joke: firstly, i do not trust them, secondly, they are the aggressor, they can at any moment, putin can, but already today, achieve a ceasefire and withdraw his troops , because they illegally invaded the territory of their neighbor. and therefore. yes, they say that it is up to ukraine to decide, ukraine should stop to proceed to negotiations, but again, ukraine can decide when to do it, so i look from the side and i will say frankly that i do not know how in ukraine it is possible to proceed to negotiations, until they took, did not restore control over crimea , that's what 's important, that's why it's necessary to sweat. ukraine should have control over all ukrainian ports, including those in

the sea of ​​azov. i don't know how much ukraine will benefit from any negotiations that shuigu is currently talking about, so we have to wait until russia announces that they withdraw troops. mr. general, we see that the great war, the war started by russia against ukraine, started other processes in the world. many countries and many organizations, including hamas, they saw that no rules apply, that international law can be disobeyed, that it is possible to kill people and seize territories with absolute impunity, we see how the world is changing, the security system that existed after the second world war in the world, just collapsed it does not exist, so you

can say as a person who is very good know the middle east, you know what iraq is, you know what iran is, you know what hamas is, and syria, can you say what was the real reason, the hamas war, the hamas attack on israel. of course, i cannot know all the details, but i look at it, i understand who will benefit from this and who will not benefit from this, russia will win, unequivocally, such a conflict will be most beneficial to her, because the focus of the world's attention is shifting from ukraine and passes to the situation in the near east, and we can even talk about what is certain help. what could have gone to ukraine will now go to israel. russia is now coordinating

this entire conflict with the help of iran and the like. with the help of their proxy armies, they understand that iran will support russia. of course, there is no official document, for example, from putin to hamas that would write yes, we will attack on october 7, yes, but we understand how it is all built, we understand who is behind it, how they present it all, and so again after all, the west must be aware that this is the situation in the world, the war in ukraine, the war in and in israel, we must understand that these are all just pieces of the overall picture. and that is why there must be a clear strategy, how we organize ourselves in

order to overcome all these challenges, and we see that china is either passively or actively watching. they understand the benefit they can have, they're looking, yeah, is ukraine going to win, is israel going to win, and again is china going to fail, that's what they're thinking right now, mr. general, republican senator mitch mcconnelly, enough careful and so lapidary in his statements of politicians, says that there is a new. evil, where there is china, where there is iran, where there is russia, and this statement was made on the eve of xi jinping's possible meeting with joseph biden. can this statement by mcconnell be taken as a kind of warning to xi jinping, or a plea for the leader of china to say: "we have nothing to do with this axis

of evil", because to enter this axis of evil means to have. problems with the united states of america. yes, the senator is right, because all these countries, they, their actions are mutually coordinated, and they help each other in one way or another. we see diplomatic measures, or provision of ammunition, drones, etc. division by flags, technologies, yes, everything, the whole world sees it, and it is clear, now it is important, in my opinion, precisely to help ukraine defeat russia, if, when russia is defeated, then it will be clear, in particular for china, and for others, for

west, for example, and there will also be a clear signal to iran that iran. cannot rely on russia, providing it with its weapons. and that's why for me the main point here is help ukraine. general, a bipartisan congressional commission has concluded that a conflict between the united states of america between china and russia is possible between the years 27 and 35, that these two countries may initiate or provoke... the united states of america to war, and accordingly, how this bipartisan panel concluded that preparing for war would lead to the end of the cold war, when the united states would be forced to produce far more weapons than it currently needs,

thereby creating additional powers, armed forces, which will also be created at that end of the world, where china, russia, north korea and iran are among this axis of evil. first of all, we know that in order to prevent war, we must prepare for it, and we must understand that we need, we need to strengthen our military power, more allies, and that is why our representatives of our government are now establishing partnerships, in particular in the countries of the pacific region, we are really working now to improve our defense system, to strengthen what we currently have at our disposal, and so

now the most important thing is for there to be political will. on the part of the president, on the part of the congress , we have to unite, they have to unite in order to understand, to make china understand that we are preparing, that we want to prevent war in this way. it is also about diplomatic pressure, in particular, we understood that we understand what we need in economic terms, but we will also understand that china is also improving its defense power. mr. general, during the last week, everyone is waiting for the ground operation of the israeli army in the sector gas benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, confirmed that israeli forces have begun the second phase of the war in the gaza strip against hamas militants. let's listen to what