writes the wall street journal about the state of affairs on the front line, in particular around kupyansk, as well as about problems and prospects with the production of fpv drones using the example of one company that creates drones for the armed forces of ukraine. more on that in a moment. so, today the american newspaper woll street journal published in the first column, where there is a photo of the ukrainian military together with a ukrainian rifle, the publication writes that the ukrainian sniper vyacheslav kovalsky set a world record for a sniper shot for combat conditions, destroying the enemy at a distance almost 4 km, more precisely 3800 m. kovalskyi is 58 years old in the photo on the right, a sniper joined the military counter-intelligence unit of the sbu. the record shot was

fired from the ukrainian volodar obriyu rifle, which was developed in ukraine by a company with the same name. the rifle uses a special ammunition of 12.7 mm caliber and an effective range of a sniper shot of 2,500 meters, but we can see there are exceptions to the range of 3,800. the rifle was created as anti-material, that is, to fight such important targets. we are the enemy in particular, to pierce an armored personnel carrier in the side or to destroy the optics of a tank there, now we may see a video of this rifle, we specially selected it so that you can see how it looks, and it also allows you to destroy the calculations of the anti-tank guided missiles and other enemy weapons there objects, and this rifle, by the way, is already used in various areas of the front, i had a conversation with the designer of this rifle

and asked him to join the broadcast, but he says that he will tell about this rifle already after the war, so for now we will wait, because so far we see, the weapon says, well, then to the front line, where the enemy is restrained by snipers, tankmen, gunners and scouts, as part of the armed forces of defense and forces, the armed forces, they oppose the enemy's offensive in the kupyansk, lymansk, avdiivsk and direction , well, actually in other parts of the front, and here we are now joined by a guest from the direction of kupyansk, this is exactly that direction, now we are just establishing contact, because , relatively speaking, now against the background of hostilities around avdiyivka, mar' yankees, merchants also remain extremely difficult, segment of the front, where the enemy, as we remember, wants to go to the nodal center, this is actually such

a nodal center, which has a railway and where the road passes, and the enemy is trying to attack kupyansk, starting from sinikivka, combat operations around sinikivka have been going on there for a long time, at least several weeks, senikivka is about 9 km from kupyansk, the kupyansk junction, we have a map where you can now see what this section of the front looks like, sinkivka is actually down in the north, the enemy was breaking through there to this inhabited point, but our troops knocked it out, and now the enemy is regrouping there and continues to carry out, well, tries to carry out offensive actions, and in more detail, what is happening now on this part of the front, we will talk with our guest, we are joined by denys yaroslavskyi, the commander of the armed forces of the forces of ukraine, which operates in the kupinsky direction, mr. denis, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear, congratulations. i hope the link will be

super good, in fact, i would like you to tell the situation in your area in more detail front, because we understand that it is extremely difficult there, i already mentioned about senkivka, there are other directions where the enemy is trying to press our defenses, in particular there along the line torsky, yampelivka there, and around kremina, that is, what happening now because i know you have been around for a long time and your unit has been in this area for a long time, you can compare. what happened before and what is happening now? yes, recently, the enemy has really increased the thorough assault attempts of assault actions, he constantly assaults in groups of 10 to 30 e fighters, they constantly carry out assault actions , uh, well, for those who understand, the situation in the area of ​​the main road is very difficult, the enemy has gathered troops and is trying to storm our positions, now it is still... complicated,

complicated by the situation, weather conditions, well do you understand what it's like in the kspshkas, in the trenches, at sub-zero temperatures, that is, there for 3-4 hours, and that's all, and the fighter fails, that is, he needs to be warmed up, he needs to bring himself to his senses, because, well, all the frostbite , and in connection with these weather conditions there are a lot of complications precisely with the third is the state of health, that is , defense, this situation affects a lot, well , both on us and on the enemy, of course, we all tolerate the same temperature conditions, but it is very difficult. mr. denis, we mentioned that the military is already in difficult conditions, we understand that, but it has been quite a long time, and now the question of both mobilization and demobilization, fair demobilization, fair mobilization, it comes to the fore, what are they saying your

fellows, how it should be organized, what do you feel as a person who, well, now, well , touches on all these features of the stay of our soldiers on the front line. well, i want the audience to understand us, to be understood by those who are now somehow asking to evade service in the armed forces, in the defense forces, but almost because there is less than a month there, a new year, this will be the second new year that i and many of those , whom i know, we meet at the front, we don't see any children, we don't see any relatives, that is , this is the second year, you really raise a very important issue, this is demobilization. we rise somewhere, we all understand that we need to be replaced by someone, that is why the president raised the issue of mobilization and demobilization with a hyphen at the stake last week, because these are two things that cannot be separated from each other , if we are demobilized, then we need to

be replaced, eh, regarding demobilization, as far as i know , the issue is now being discussed closely, it will be brought to some final stage this week, it is 24 or 36 months of stay from the moment a fighter joins the armed forces or the defense forces, etc., regardless of what it is subdivisions, 24 or 3.6 months, i will say frankly, 36 months, few people will be able to return home healthy and most importantly, not only physically, but also morally, 3-6 months is three years of hard battles. it is very difficult , i think that 24 months, 2 years is normal for most fighters to be able to go out for at least six months, or more, for some kind of recovery, to be with their families, which is about replacement, i have a lot of suggestions for of different levels, regarding the replacement of fighters who

are currently on the front line, this is first and foremost all security forces, these are first of all those who directly had skills with stable firearms, those who retired at the age of 35-40 from the forces of the security service of ukraine, the national police, there is no difference, they retired at the age of 35-40, i now i am 40 years old and i am here, so i think that this is a fighting age that you can still serve in the army, i want to tell you one situation, it will be such a secret, maybe it is not a secret for someone, most of the police, the police of workers security services, border guards, everyone who was related to firearms and before and before the civil service, they retired for 35-40 years, making a certificate of unfitness, this was done en masse before the war, constantly, because

when you retire there for 35 years, they made a certificate of unfitness, they were given additional payments for retirement and additional retirement allowances, this is a real situation, our rates must be understood, if we also talk about the re-examination of those who have retired from the force, and now there is a certificate of unfitness, believe me, 80 or 90 % will be very still suitable, look at how they are storming the gyms, so i believe that whoever is offended by me, who is not offended by my colleagues, should be more responsible towards the state, i believe... that everyone who is now directly participating in the preparation of a new wave of mobilization, i should pay attention to this, and to civil servants, directly in every civil service, i believe there are 30% of those people who are now ballast,

do nothing useful for the state, i am responsible for my words, i know that we did not hear, in command, those who they make a decision, and now the services of the economic security bureau are starting, it is being considered to mobilize 20-30 percent from beba, this is good news, but i think that this is not enough, if you really want to conduct a wave of mobilization not from alcoholics. and there are partially suitable ones, and from the people who have, they must protect the state, start with ex-military and security forces, and you see, there a couple of hours ago maryana wrote proposals, she gives proposals, that in order to for dembel you brought two homeless people, you understand what the trend is at the national level deputies is being discussed, i really hope that this is some kind of joke. but if so, then i am, nothing will happen, i know that

everyone, the regional military administrations have been holding meetings for a week about what to do with mobilization, and what else they came up with is only to increase the delivery of summonses, nothing, that’s it the solution is a state issue, this issue is in the abyss, it is in a dead end, mr. disa, well, i think that your proposal is quite clear and understandable, i think that it will be heard by those people who will make... really state decisions and i have the extreme question is literally on two minutes, we last talked with you about six months ago, and you quite categorically said then that the situation with fpv drones is not progressing very quickly, what is the situation now, because right after you i will speak from the drone manufacturer and i want to understand that , what exactly is needed on the front line and what is missing and what are the main problems? the state should go as far as possible to production, to support those who produce

fpv drones and drones of various applications, the russians have understood this, the russians have now moved on state rails and make everything that amazes us, from lancets, eagles to fpv. yes , i understand that china is helping them with components, but we must now do everything so that this, this is a priority, we would rather spend 100 drones than one person, and everyone understands this now, but we see, unfortunately, all kinds of scandals with the arrest of the first persons of the state special service, and who had a direct relationship with the army of drones, it all confuses me personally, i hope that we will not have any more scandals related to the fact that someone sabotages, or god forbid, someone steals in this direction, this is a priority, if we do not develop it now, the russians will overtake us technologically, the russians, like us, we do not... we have no right to compete with them in terms of resources , we do not have such an opportunity, in terms of resources, we

will lose the program, and they are now in addition to the fact that they are winning in terms of resources, they are still beginning to overtake us technologically, and this is a disaster, i hope that i will be heard and changed in this direction, mr. denis, thank you very much for the inclusion, thank you for what you and your brothers do for our country, for of our defense, and i will remind our viewers that f' was denys yaroslavskyi, the commander of the unit of the armed forces of ukraine, which operates in the kupinsky direction. and then, indeed, we will talk in more detail about drones, about their production, about evi drones and about the problems with scaling this extremely important weapon for our defense forces. and now we are joined by the chairman of the board of the alliance new energy of ukraine, the commander of the special unit of strike drones white orel valery. mr. valery, i congratulate you, glad to see and hear. congratulations. first of all, i would like you

to congratulate you on the international day of the volunteer, because in fact what you are doing is such a volunteer-industrial direction, because in fact, with your money, during this time you created an entire enterprise, a number of enterprises that now manufacture drones that are used in armed forces are purchased by volunteers, and then the first question, against the background of this, is whether it was possible during this time, after the ... extreme conversation that took place there a few months ago, to still secure contracts either with the ministry of defense or with the special forces regarding procurement of those drones that have been put into operation, the special service is still hanging like this, the change of management, it has not yet helped to speed up the process of signing contracts, i think that we have already signed the contract today, i am now on a business trip, just in time for the purchase of weapons. so, i think that today they should have signed a contract with the national guard, we also have special

contracts with the security service, but i can't talk about that, so i think that, well, the issue will move from a dead point, but you know this story with 40 billion, it has to be very seriously analyzed, what conclusions need to be drawn, i think we will somehow talk in more detail about everything, now we have lost contact, we are talking to valery borbyk, who is a developer and owner of low-level companies that manufacture: fpv drones, in particular there i will mention fpv osa, that is, which is actually approved for use in the armed forces of ukraine and the ministry of defense, by the way, next year plans to allocate 40 billion hryvnias to the purchase of drones, that is, in fact, 1 billion dollars will be directed to the purchase of fpv drones, reconnaissance drones, other means

of reconnaissance, and in fact, by the way, it is 1 billion, it is even more. than somewhere before the war in the 21st year, we directed to the purchase of weapons in general, then 1 billion dollars was considered a super such an indicator, and now 1 billion next year will go to drones, and here it is extremely important that, in addition to money, there should be a product that corresponds to these priorities, because the new deputy minister of defense for armaments there said that about 70 different modifications are currently in use in the armed forces bpp, they have about 20 different combat units there before these, fpws in this context, that is, in fact, every month, as the deputy minister of defense said, the number of drones that are supplied to the armed forces increases, and on the other hand , there is another reality when there, our producers talk

about the fact that, in general, ukrainian industry there, primarily our private industry, is creative there. teams in general produces about 50,000 fpv drones per month and this is much less than the enemy produces there, because it seems that several times less than the enemy's industry can do there, and this just means that there is a need to increase the production of these samples, but there are also certain difficulties here, because, in particular, we spoke with valery borok before the efi. why can't the special forces buy its drones, because in fact the special forces are actually a structure that, together with the ministry of digital, implements this drone army program, and actually all the funds collected by the ministry of digital, through united 24 or other funds, are directed to

state intelligence, which is really like that, well the main element is the warehouse...' for the purchase of drones for various purposes, so in fact, fppo drones are purchased, through special communications, complete with chinese ones, and relatively speaking, this is what determines certain price indicators there in order for these drones to be collected from the review on the cost of chinese components, new energy alliance, where valery borovyk is the head. they develop their own drones and try to expand the ukrainian components that are manufactured in our country, starting from controllers there to frames, even to engines, that is, he wants to make everything ukrainian, because if suddenly china will not supply these components there, then this whole direction is connected with the production of drones,

it just goes to a dead end, so in fact it turns out that then the price ukrainian drone, which is made from ukrainian kits. is much higher than what is purchased from chinese components, and what does this lead to in the end, now we will ask valery borovyk about it, now we will talk on the phone, sir valery, here i am telling a story about the fact that the special forces cannot buy your drones, because they are afraid that ukrainian drones are a little more expensive than chinese ones, which just doesn't allow them to buy your drones, which are made from ukrainian kits. is there a way out of this trap? yes , i can be heard, well, yes, i can be heard, yes, in fact, we just have those drones that cannot be compared with fcv, in fact, we don’t have those drones that fly in one direction, that are only controlled by a pilot and not fly around, we have drones,

in fact, copter-type drones, so-called, they, they were developed, have already been used many times. with actually ukrainian equipment, i heard you talking about it, so we have, well, made motors, frames, controllers, we are now even thinking about purchasing a line for the production of chips, and this is all in principle in order to make in fact, we have such an ambitious goal, a military mavic with those functions that are needed in war, and not with those that are needed... in civilian life, now there is already a problem, i spoke with partners, i see in discussions, there in the closed and open groups that we have, about the fact that there is a lot in russia. buys chinese equipment and ukraine is actually in the back, yes, the chinese do not care who they sell to, but if there is a political decision, then of course

ukraine will not be in the first place in the sale of equipment for - combat operations, all the more so, and that is why in fact now it is necessary focus, support all manufacturers who make ukrainian components, who make ukrainian drones, and then these tender procedures? what dokupivel, or in fact they already will not be, that is, depending on whether the company can offer significant volumes, they should still be purchased by the ministry of defense, because, well, the ministry of defense was also shouting just the other day that it is extremely interested in purchasing drones from various manufacturers, so that there are more of them, or do you feel that this can really happen? look, there are actually several, i haven't heard everything , i haven't heard everything, ugh, bad communication, but i can say that there are several ways... er , supply of the defense forces, so, well, there are secret missions that are procured, no i will to tell how they are also carried out on special tasks, so this is one

way, another way is a big way that is transparent and clear, it is through a connection that she had to buy not only there from a certain number of manufacturers, everyone who passed passed tests, testing of combat baptism , as it was also indicated, and the minister of digital transformation, and the head of the former, that everyone who flies and performs tasks will be purchased, this did not happen, and it is necessary to analyze why, who received the most money, where did it go more money, that's all it is necessary to analyze in a very simple and understandable way, so as not to repeat mistakes, the third possibility of procurement through divisions, well, not everyone there, let's say, those who are already there, somehow established supplies through charitable foundations, then in this way, perhaps later through large

charitable foundations, and also this defense contracting with the national guard is directly for their budget, there are procedures for the ministry of defense, the procedures are even more complicated, i would say, there is the reception, which means the assessment of production, self, cost price, there is waste and so on, it is more, more so much more complicated, what, what, mr. valery , thank you very much for the inclusion, we are now starting to communicate, it is difficult to understand at all, so i will say that it was valery borovyk, the commander of the white eagle special unit of strike drones, and in fact he is speaking about the problems associated with the purchase of drones, we will continue to raise this topic , because the number and quality of drones and other systems will depend on how effectively our units will fight, how many people we will be able to save due to the fact that

it will be technology that will bear the brunt, not the foot soldiers on the front lines. these were the main summaries of this military program, followed by more international and economic news, followed by vasyl zima's broadcast. good evening, we are from ukraine. thank you, serhii uzgortsua, these were the military results of the day, thank you to his guests, there is still another hour of great airtime ahead and there is a lot of interesting news about ukraine with yuri fizer ahead. does the us support the allocation of aid to ukraine during the war, avtogaz appreciates that it how it will affect us, the end users. there will also be a conversation with a volunteer. how difficult it is to do volunteering today, which... there are problems related to it, and also the weather, what should not be expected from the weather tomorrow, just now i will tell you in detail about the most important news of the state for this hour. russians opened fire

on a bread delivery point in temporary yar in donetsk region, a 50-year-old woman died on the spot, and five more people were injured, the donetsk regional prosecutor's office reports. the oldest was injured, she is 84 years, she is a local resident, she is in serious condition, the attack on the city lasted for two hours, at the time of the shelling, people received water and bread from volunteers. let me remind you that chasivyar is a settlement that is located not far away, near the already legendary city of bakhmut. the german plant already produces artillery shells for ukraine, prime minister of ukraine denys shmegal said this during the government meeting, and, according to him, the concern receives new orders for such weapons. according to the head of ukrainskyi the government plans to invest in design developments in the future. and new productions. in the near future , we are planning to launch the production of armored vehicles on ukrainian territory. this is the flagship project

of uniting the forces of ukraine and european gunsmiths to achieve a just peace and our common security. in the future , we will also bet on technology transfer. ukrainian border guards shot down an enemy drone with ammunition in the kupyansk direction, the state border service said. they noted that the quadcopter was landed with the help of an anti-drone gun. the military also promised to ask the drones to boomerang it back . direction the russians release six more ukrainian children through the mediation of a boat. this was stated by lolwalkhater, the qatari minister of international cooperation khattar, writes the washington post newspaper. the official noted that ukrainians aged eight to 15 should return to their families in the near future. they will leave moscow and head home through belarus. let me remind you that earlier

a deportee returned to his homeland with the help of a boat. a young man from mariupol, bohdan yarbokhin, who in russia wanted to be drafted into the occupation army to fight against ukraine. prosecutor general andriy kostin instructed to conduct an official investigation and take appropriate measures after the scandalous video published in the media. according to the press service of the prosecutor general's office, it is about the story of ukrainian pravda journalist mykhailo tkach, in which he showed the celebration of the prosecutor's day. in particular , the film crew succeeded on this day film the endless... wave of gifts and packages outside the attorney general's office and the metropolitan prosecutor's office. vitaly bort, a deputy from the banned opzh party, probably forged documents for a trip abroad. this information is verified by the state bureau of investigation. the law enforcement officers established that the deputy, in accordance with the orders of the speaker of the verkhovna rada, traveled to hungary twice,

but after the deadline for the trip expired, he did not return to ukraine in time, and remained outside our country for another month. he traveled to turkey on private business, the united states of america, italy and a number of other countries. according to the state bureau of investigation, vitaly bort could independently change the information in the documents about the duration, purpose and country of the visit. the deputy visited hungary, turkey, and the united states of america on private matters. the austrian republic, the federal republic of germany, the italian republic and the french republic. in the criminal proceedings, the information regarding the entry of the people's deputy of ukraine in the documents about the business trip abroad is checked false information regarding the term, purpose and country of the business trip. and tragic news on international volunteer day. the russians killed a philanthropist in kherson. the life

of volunteer ruslan nanisenko was tragically cut short this morning, oleksandr prokudin, the head of the regional military administration, informed about this. earlier, the authorities reported that russian terrorists had set fire to the center of kherson and killed two residents, the doctors who promptly arrived at the scene had only to confirm the death of the kherson residents. tv channel espresso, thanks to your support, collected uah 4,500 for an suv for the armed forces of ukraine. i will get the car already. to the boar unit of the first separate special brigade named after ivan bohun. the previous car of the defenders was spent by the enemy on a new one, and we collected it in a record time , in only eight days. the first separate brigade of special forces named after ivan bohon thanks the tv channel and their viewers for the car. we also thank the crimean front for

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