security of the united states, it will lead america, it will lead in a very bad direction, in my opinion, this has happened, especially in the last 10 years or so, this approach, so it seems to me that not everything is decided if joseph biden accepts this challenge and makes ukrainian success an issue of his election campaign , in part, because the main internal issues are a good sign for us, and the father is the pressure of the republicans and their complete, even opposition. aid to ukraine, i believe, there is resistance there. until recently, there was still a dilemma between traditional republicans and this marginal group. now that traditional republicans gave up, they gave up. look at what lancey graham , who came to ukraine, met with zelenskyi, told about the fact that lancey graham, mccain's associate, did so much, see what he said: i don't want to sit in washington for another week, i'm going to my the district, this, this is a disaster, i said such words...

lance and graham simply could not expect, that is , they took a joint position, to squeeze joseph biden's political rating, to lower him on the issue of migration, this is a political struggle in its pure form, but where is it the national interests of the usa are safe , i don’t see it at all, the only explanation i have is that they have some cunning plan, and this plan is known in the white house, i don’t know it, that they will still squeeze this package of 61.4 billion on israel , ukraine, taiwan and the border. and that it may decrease somewhat there, perhaps by some amount, but will be the main one for the whole year. this is the only thing that i can explain now to all pro-ukrainian people, including lynsey graham, and republicans, mitch mcconnell, and others, by the way, the senate is now trying to somehow correct the situation and a week to continue, well, according to the information, for now there to continue my work and still make a decision, pushing the house of representatives. and the same mike

johnson to change his approach, but mike johnson will not change his approach, he has donald trump behind him, who is behind donald trump, we do not know to the end, because his decision in principle, well, we can say that behind him is a part of the americans who are in favor of isolationism and the reduction of the external, up to the withdrawal from nato, for example, that's why the alarm clock is not very pleasant for me, i... found in the adopted new military budget, the military budget of the united states, i found a new item 1250a about not allowing the president to single-handedly make a decision on withdrawing from nato, it is written exactly like that, there are no international organizations, everything is from nato, this is the same signal , it is clear where the possible arrival of donald trump in the white house, but it is contradictory from the point of view of the us constitution, you can turn.

to the supreme court, in my opinion, it is unlikely that this law alone can prohibit it, but it will be decided by the americans, at least fuse, mykruby and others did it there, but i didn't find, well i'll say it now, for the time being, until the president of the usa handley signed the nba, i didn't find there what i've been following for a long time actually every day the last. two weeks, point paragraph 1224 on the continuation of the law on lendlease of the 22nd year, the law on leases never came into force, by the way, the law was signed, but they did not launch the model, and maybe they didn’t launch it for nothing, they didn’t launch it and why now it's bad that this item is not there, i still need to search, there are almost 200 pages, but while i am in this law... i did not find this

clause, it fell out yesterday, well, it fell out before the signing, before the vote of the senate, what fell out, i still do not have, well, there is no exchange with the american ones in washington, maybe someone else knows more about it , but just now it is a very dangerous thing, why? because it could be an alternative option just in case the congress does not give finance, the white house and joseph biden says: ok, you don't give me finance, i'm launching lendlis, which i on may 9 of last year, well, we accepted at your initiative republicans, yes, there will be more in terms of technology, in terms of everything, but now i take this tool on the table, i have it, if you don’t want to give money, i use this tool, and if there is no tool, and if the democrats have now agreed to it and the white house...

in general, i want to understand, first i will find out, maybe someone will help finally, whether this clause will appear after the signing by the president of the usa, if not... there will be a clause on the continuation of the law about this, a very bad signal , very bad signal, it means, it means, so what the white house actually refuses this type of program of intensive supply of arms to ukraine, because there is a high probability that the finances will be cut, this is a bad option, but you know, the medal has two sides, now the second option, which we do not know, maybe i will say it again, joseph biden knows... that he will squeeze the finances, then all my arguments are removed, then the package of finances for 61.4 will be enough for military issues, well, there is somewhere less than half, but it will be enough for approximately what the germans also give us ,

european countries, it will be enough, and the finance budget of 11.7 plus japan, plus others is enough, that is, now concluding, if we... do not see at the end of january, the beginning of february, as a result of all this, no package, 4zu, then i can i can tell you, it is predicted what choice the united states made , now there is a struggle going on today, and in this struggle, unfortunately, the arguments of the president of ukraine are already there, they are already useful only from the point of view of what we will do, yes, well, if everything it will be good, we know. what to do key story what and how and when should we do it in order to protect ourselves in case the republicans really succeed in blocking the macro-finance of aid for ukraine, in particular, it is about aid and military aid, so we place great hopes on the european union,

but in this situation can we already be certain that the europeans will cover all our internal needs, well, it's no secret that the government of ukraine. counted on these funds in the planned for the 24th year, and officially they see the non-allocation of us funds as a disaster, they even officially declared that without these funds we we will lose the war. i am categorically against such already pessimistic attitudes, pessimistic, a very wrong approach, swings right away, first we go. counternastu we are doing well, don’t worry, bipartisan support in the usa, when i said 2.5 months ago that the scenario might not be difficult, it is the most profitable, here it is being implemented, why don’t they listen 2.5 months ago, i don’t i understand why then the landing at the last moment, when it could

be done as a system operation, we had 3 months, we had 3 months for it, no, let’s let's show inside ukraine, who made what efforts, who raised this depth, yes? everyone is doing pr on this, as a result, do pr, soon it may happen that, god forbid, it will all fall apart, and then you will do pr, this is the emotional part, now the part is positive, so you have to sit down, and as i always did in my work, several scenarios, and i do not rule out the negative, and what i do in the event of a negative scenario, i have answers to what, what, how to plan now, when everyone in the government is still waiting... maybe something will come, some manna from heaven, i don’t know, i would, for example, look at on the options, they, i think, in the ministry of finance are looking at what can be cut not in terms of salaries there and pensions, because it will have a very catastrophic impact on motivation in ukraine, and

even more so, these funds are usually tied up, well, people who they receive small salaries and pensions, they carry this money not in, well, not in a cube, in shops. whether they pay or subsidize the army, so we have to think about what to do with local programs, which, in principle , personal income tax is now taken from local budgets, but nevertheless, when i see this discussion, let's be honest, in kyiv 77 billion the budget, yes, there are literally 74, well, this number is more than 70 hryvnias of the budget, from this budget... hryvnias are allocated to the purchase of needs for the army, yes, that is, it is not the task of the local budget to finance the armed forces, no, but when they go statements and they have already been refuted, in fact, that local budgets should not drag the war, but

the central budget should do it, you know, people don't care what budget will drag, people understand, it's coming again, it's not a question of victory, but... defense and survival of ukraine, therefore, in these conditions, there is room to tighten the straps a little, well, for example, i saw the program, another ski resort is being built next to bukovel. complex 560 million, now 800, in my opinion, hryvnias , the local community gives a businessman a well-known surname, well, i also respect this businessman, well , maybe i respect the fact that he is in ukraine, and he is trying to develop the economy of ukraine, this is very good, but not now these funds, well, there is not now more than half a billion for this road for 18 km, in kyiv i see that we can give more. of the kyiv budget, if we don't deal with the roads around kyiv right now, and the district roads,

we don't need them, we can do everything on the metro now, mr. ambassador, everything will go to the metro now, the metro is possible and necessary, because it is a matter of time, the efficiency of people's work, i am not against it, but the district can suffer , after all, tanks do not go there, you know, on the district, and well, this is what i see, as a kyivan, i see that pirova boulevard could not be covered with asphalt again, and that is a lot of money. that's why one billion will be allocated to roads, i see a general national tender, ukrzaliznytsia opens trains to the ski express slavske, well, that is, if i, if the poles were driving there, they were taking them to the country, i would i still understood, well, in principle, the people of kyiv who will take this money there to bukovel, it is not, nothing will change, well, i am not a specialist, i will say this, these are my subjective reactions, after all, i am a person who was... in the civil service, i understand what it is and where the resources are taken from, so you can search for it, but

it won't really close all the issues, it won't. it is with great regret that i have to end our conversation, i am sincerely grateful to you, mr. ambassador, for this not too optimistic but honest conversation, i want to remind our viewers that espresso is now on the air for them worked valery chaly, the former extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to the united states, now an extremely informed political scientist and internationalist. the time of our program has run out, stay with the espresso tv channel. my colleagues will inform you about all the most important events of this day. take care of yourself and your loved ones, see you on the air. greetings, we are looking for six-year-old varia sozonova, who mysteriously disappeared on december 5, 2000. 22, i immediately ask you to share this video on your social networks, because if about

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we will start with the situation on the fronts, with new trends in shelling from the russian federation, and we will also mention an age-old event that concerns our movement towards the european union. let's talk about the situation in poland, about the political picture there, and , of course, about trends within our country, in particular. and conveniences for business, but above all war. oleksiy hetman, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, reserve major of the armed forces of ukraine, is with us on connection mr. oleksiy, congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, good evening. congratulations, mr. oleksiy. so, let's start with the information that appeared today in the columns of the german publication welt that the offensive of the ukrainian armed forces may take place in 2024, this is exactly the offensive that was planned for this year, but which was abandoned because there was no advantage in the air how realistic it is. forecast, quite realistically, it all depends on how much we can, not how much, how much we can get weapons and financial resources, including help

from our partners, to independently oppose our military-industrial complex, that is, ukroboronprom, the russian military-industrial complex, we understand that we are unable, because the economy of russia is slightly larger than ours, and the russian military-industrial complex has been under construction for the past 20 years, unlike ours. and they still have large warehouses from the days of the soviet union, therefore, by the way, even the russian military-industrial complex is not able to fully provide for the russian army in the russian-ukrainian war, and they the russians are gathering aid to iran and to north korea, to iran for ashes, to north korea for shells, so we are dependent on our partners, and of course, in order to take offensive actions, serious offensive actions, we need air superiority, it is written in the combat statutes of all nato countries. that first air superiority, and then a land offensive, that is why mr. zaluzhnyi carried out offensive actions not a little bit differently than even our foreign partners,

our polish partners, expected, he carried out an offensive in small groups, keeping the equipment that came to us, but in limited quantities and, of course, the lives of our servicemen, is it possible for us to advance in the 24th year, well... let's look a little more globally, increase the scale, in order to free our territory and go to the borders to the administrative borders of 1991, we need to advance, obviously, obviously, in order to advance, we need to plan something, we can plan only based on the forces and means we have, but to advance we don't care we will, because in no other way, without attacking , how will we liberate our territory, therefore, do we plan offensive actions, of course... will they be adjusted according to what we will have, what equipment and in what quantity, sometimes , you know, they tell us, well, they gave us equipment

, well, thank you, thank you very much, but you know, we need not just equipment, but we need it in large quantities, well, for comparison, 31 abrams tanks are very good, this is a heavy tank battalion, but when they expelled saddam hussein from kuwait during desert storm, troops were also involved there coalitions, and there were also used tanks, as many as 400 of them, and saddam's army. 280 tamahawk missiles were launched in 36 days, desert storm is the first part of this operation, the last one is sword of the desert, the last three days, when there was an offensive on sukhadol with excessive losses from saddam hussein with small losses from the side of the power coalition, well and besides, they had at that time air superiority complete superiority was used about 200 helicopters, used about, well not about 3700 artillery and artillery

systems and mortars, that is, there was a complete advantage, and especially there was an air advantage, then it was possible to use the tactics that were proposed to be used by the zaluzhnik, but 31 tanks and 400 tanks, still the tactics had to be adjusted, which mr. zaluzhnik did, we understand that the military and political leadership of our country plans... but we will proceed from the resources that will be provided to us , that's exactly what i said, just like that, just like that, if we talk about it, in the publication of cnn, which refers to numerous american european officials, it is said that western intelligence services are already calculating how long ukraine will be able to hold out without the help of the united states and the north atlantic alliance, and according to the assessment of one high-ranking us military official , it is about months, and. the worst-case scenario involves a significant retreat or even defeat by the summer of 24. mr. oleksiy, taking into account the worst case scenario, what prospects do we have in your

professional opinion? well, he is. you see, the course has been told for a couple of months, really what we the aid we receive, which we should already receive before the next decision on additional aid is made , will be enough for us roughly until april, at the most until may next year, that year , that is why there is talk that it will be several months, of course, without significant help with shells, and well, with everything necessary, forces and equipment, means, strength, we will somehow manage by ourselves... then it will be difficult for us, what, what, what to do in such a case, or maybe some significant interruptions in the russians, well, theoretically it is possible to miss, but we we saw at the beginning of a full-scale , how we cut off, i think that the same will happen with, if there will be really powerful offensive actions of the russians in the winter, as they planned, well , in the worst case, what to do, in the worst case , a guerrilla war, what to do, if we talk about russian plans, then... the head

of the main intelligence department, kyrylo bogdanov, says that russia does not plan to fight in 2025, and what does this mean in practice? well , you know, it looks a little, well, it's not entirely clear what mr. bohdanov meant, that's why that the russians planned to seize a large part of our territory there by the 26th year, that is , in the 24th year and in the 25th year, for the 24th year, it means that they have written plans, this is a winter offensive operation. how will it go, because we see that the deadlines are constantly changing, well, remember, the audiobook had to be captured before this press conference on the 14th, then the plans changed, now until march 15, until december 14 and now until march 15, well, if they don't plan to fight in the 25th year, so how are they going to do something by the 26th year, maybe he meant, mr. bodano, with all due respect to him, that they simply do not yet have written plans for the 25th year, for the 24th, the 25th has not been written down yet,

therefore... intelligence does not have data, and they cannot yet to say exactly what they are planning , because otherwise i simply cannot explain such a statement, is there still a possible option in which foreign military personnel, not ukrainian military personnel, appear on the territory of our country in the fight against the russian federation, and actually they do not hide that they are not representing the ukrainian army here, but they are fighting in our country foreign soldiers, this is our country... our chechens, who consider kadyrov and their aunt the vska to be traitors to their country, traitors, the russian volunteer corps is fighting in our country, if others will fight in our country, well, there are volunteers simply in the ranks of our armed forces , there are volunteers there from the united states from other countries who have volunteered to take part in our military operations, this is not prohibited by our legislation, we are not the wehrmacht, we can have foreigners fight in our armed forces,

if they cannot form their own... own unit, as they did, for example, chechens or russians, can countries, military personnel of other countries take part there, we, we would like it, we can only dream about it, it would be very good if units would join us, well maybe even nato countries, let's not give it, let's give it objectively, here is actually an interview of the ex-ambassador of ukraine in london, vadym prystaik, great britain, who notes that in the event of a catastrophic development of the war, britain can send troops to ukraine, or how do you think whether this is possible and what kind of catastrophic development it is war in your understanding? well, there is a breakthrough of the front line and an offensive on, well, on the left bank of the dnieper , they want to go to the left bank of the dnieper, this has already happened in history, the russians want to repeat it, well, then britain, well , most likely it will be naval, naval aid, well we remember that britain has not been victorious at sea in the last 250 years,

so i... it would be very important to keep things in order in the black sea, and regarding other units, if objectively speaking, well, there is an infantry division of the united states in poland states, a great big red unit, which has in its composition that not only heavy equipment 2001, so if they joined, it does not mean that we would have them there 30 leopard abrams or something to help, they would come, that's why we want those units, they would come to their vehicles for their weapons, it... it could be very dark, is it possible , well, you know, god forbid that it should be so, i would really like to believe it, because it is not clear, everyone says that we hold the eastern flank of the whole of europe, what, what, we are only fighting ourselves, why when saddam hussein was kicked out of the kuvet, everyone fought, here only we, maybe because iraq was not a nuclear state, maybe because, well, that's the answer with you politicians from politicians.