slam will certainly be objectively real, and let's help everyone in his place, everyone as best as he can, so that exactly such a scenario actually takes place. mr. volodymyr, the chairman of the european committee in the bundestag, anton hofreiter, does not rule out that the aid to ukraine, approved by the house of representatives of the united states of america, could be the last, well, for some reason he thinks so. you mentioned this ten-year program of our cooperation with the united states of america, and not only with the united states of america, after iran attacked israel from april 13 to 14, at night, they talked a lot about why our western partners do not protect us, such as the state of israel, why, why they do not actually join this war on the side of ukraine. how likely is it that

before ukraine joins nato, we can get this status of the main ally outside nato, outside the alliance, with the united states of america, with great britain, with germany. well, i, mr. sergiu, have already expressed one thing about this status more than once, i am not a staunch supporter of this status. ago that in my opinion it can only delay its main goal, namely joining the alliance, what will be written in these bilateral agreements with many european countries and the united states in the field of defense, it seems to me that they will have what is prescribed in such... agreements about this

status that you just mentioned, but this, in my opinion, can have a negative political aspect, because there will necessarily be political forces in some countries that will say that ukraine this is enough at this stage, and there about nato, let's not for now let's say, in fact, it will be a distraction to some extent. aside from this key issue of security for us, we will get what we need on a bilateral basis, and the goal of blurring the goal of joining nato seems to me to be meaningless in this case. after the united states congress voted to allocate aid to ukraine, polish president andrzej duda confirmed that he had already spoken several times with representatives of the united states of america about the possibility.

placement of nuclear weapons on polish territory, response to the redeployment of russian nuclear weapons to belarus, i will quote mr. duda. if there is such a decision by our allies regarding the placement of nuclear weapons as part of a nuclear exchange, including on our territory in order to strengthen the security of nato's eastern flank, we are ready for it. we are an ally of the north atlantic alliance and bear obligations in this regard as well, that is, we simply pursue a common policy - the president said. poland, i.e. putin, who tried so hard to blackmail the whole world with nuclear weapons in december 21st, all these the ultimatums he put forward regarding the expansion of nato and the spheres of influence in general, in this situation, he gets another badass if there are american weapons on the territory of poland. what does it give to the north atlantic

alliance, what does it give to ukraine and how can it be perceived in moscow? it seems to me that this is a logical response to what moscow has done in belarus, that is, let's not forget that russia demonstratively and brazenly placed its nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus, and for some reason it thought that the west would dig it up just like that. by the way, i already read it today such a confused, aggressive reaction of the ministry of foreign affairs, of muscovy to this event, well, but the reaction is traditional, they began and ended with the fact that poland will pay for it, because in the event of the deployment of nuclear american armed forces on the territory of poland, it will become an object for the russian attacks, well, that's even it. it is not

interesting, because it is repeated 1,500 times and there is nothing but, well, you know that. except that it doesn't make anyone smile anymore, i am completely on the side of president duda, it would be adequate and the right step, not knowing that they will immediately agree to it the united states of america, but i think it would be a completely logical, logical step in response to what is being done. russia, which does not see its steps, but even a potential step that could be, is already stamping as the approach of humanity to a nuclear war, well, this is a traditional story to which, i think, we should disappear already, and in relation to what is over ukraine has not yet been shot down by russian

missiles, so this, in my opinion, is, well, to a certain extent, well, i don't want to be harsh. words, but not the understanding of the role and function of the west, ultimately it is not about the territory of nato member countries, for that matter, and about the territory of a third country, over which missiles, shells, drones fly, of unknown origin for these countries, and they are quite calm at the request of ukraine. can shoot down these missiles and everything that flies overhead, this is our bilateral relations, so no western aircraft enters into direct combat contact with russian pilots, because it is about unmanned

aerial vehicles. what is the problem here, and how does someone here get involved in some kind of war, well, this is already a question that returns again and again. this is a question of fears, how they can evaluate it and what will be said in the kremlin, well, the kremlin has already said a thousand times that they are at war with nato, so why can't nato fight with russia, if we follow this, according to this logic, well if yes, yes, well, let's then together with nato shoot down and shoot down russian missiles and close the ukrainian sky, actually everything started with this in february 22... year, unfortunately, there were much more fears then, you see, for these , during this time they have decreased, but they are still present, unfortunately, and about these fears and about what can happen if ukraine is defeated in the war with russia, the leader of ukraine

volodymyr zelenskyi also said in an interview with the nbc channel, he said that putin will definitely go to war against the countries after that. let's listen to what zelensky said. i know one thing, that if ukraine does not stand up, then putin will definitely invade the baltic states, and why? not because there is some interesting idea or strategy, etc., but because putin wants to return the influence of the soviet union, and for this he does not hide, he wants to ... take back completely by force of war all independent once upon a time, the republics of the soviet union, but now independent countries, whether they are in nato or not in nato, he is not interested in this, he is not afraid of nato countries, and therefore this is his strategy,

of course, after the baltic states , poland and part of germany will also be under attack . mr. volodymyr, if possible in... well, the probability of such a scenario as zelensky is talking about? if we assume that ukraine has fallen, then it is quite realistic, but fortunately for us and the west, ukraine will not fall, ukraine will win, because it seems to me that now in the minds of many western politicians are finally at... this turning point is coming, when everyone understands that either we will defeat it, or we will all lose together, therefore, i think that this sub-empire has no chance, and we will definitely wait for the moment when it only a mention will remain in the pages

of history textbooks, mr. volodymyr, thank you for the conversation, this was a diplomat, politician, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine in 2007-9, myrohry friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our platforms in youtube and facebook if you watch us on these platforms, please subscribe to our pages, take part in our survey. and today we ask you about this, will russia dare to use nuclear weapons in the war with ukraine? everything is quite simple on youtube, isn't it, or your own, own opinion, please write in the comments under this video, if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote if you think that russia will dare to use nuclear weapons in the war against ukraine (0800-211-381 and 0800-211-382). next, we have contact dmytro snihirova. expert, co-head of the legal affairs, mr. dmytro, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today, thank you for

the invitation, congratulations, mr. dmytro, let's start with the situation predicted by president zelensky and the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense, general budanov, because budanov, this is the second time in the past few weeks, has announced that since mid-may, ukraine. a difficult situation awaits, it is not only about the front or domestic politics, he stated this in an interview with the bbc: let's listen to a small fragment said general. a rather difficult or, in our opinion, a difficult situation awaits us in the near future, but it is not catastrophic, this must also be understood. armageddon will not happen, as many are now beginning to say. no, but there will be problems from... the middle of may, this is a complex approach, because the russians will

use a complex approach, they are conducting a complex operation, we will not talk about it with you for a long time, but it will be a difficult period, mid-may, early june . mr. dmitry, what is a complex operation, internal and external. well, you actually answered your question, this is both an internal and an external operation, i.e. it involves both the appropriate intensification of hostilities directly on the line of combat, as well as the efforts of russian diplomacy at the moment of blocking military-technical and macroeconomic support to ukraine, plus destabilization within ukraine itself , carrying out a number of so-called active operations, including in the information field simply for the purpose of forming a general opinion, well , most likely, budanov means to the end

in may, advancing the thesis regarding the illegitimacy of the ukrainian president, regarding the line of military conflict, the situation is not until the end of may, it is quite tense, it is worth mentioning that the russian occupiers do not stop trying to break through the defense of the armed forces of ukraine along all lines of its conflict. e of the ukrainian-russian front, and this is the length of the front approximately 1200 km, the most difficult situation is in the donetsk direction, this is respectively chasivier, the bahamud direction, the lyman direction, where in the last day there have been more than 14 enemy attacks, the largest number, by the way, mariinsky and, respectively , pokrovsky and ughledakhsky. the task of the occupiers until the end of may is to try to seize not only time, but also to try to enter... the administrative borders of the donetsk region, they are talking about the fact that the occupiers understand very well that by the end of may, at

the beginning of june, the czech initiative to supply artillery shells will work in the amount of about half a million, the initiative of the eu countries, regarding the supply of projectiles , is also about half a million, and finally we will receive the long-awaited military-technical and macroeconomic aid from the united states, including the means of defeat. artillery shells, air defense systems, which will significantly strengthen the position of the armed forces of ukraine. therefore, to say that another russian offensive will begin at the beginning of summer, at least, well, there are no prerequisites for this. instead, right before the beginning of summer, they will try, i emphasize once again, using the so-called window of opportunity, to improve their tactical positions. and i emphasize. dear viewers, dear presenters, in the middle of june it should start like this

called a peace conference. why is it called so? the leadership of the people's republic of china has already stated that any peace conference without the participation of the russian federation has no meaning. accordingly, the so -called peace talks. and the position of the russian side is quite clear. we fix the status quo at the moment of immediate change. the one that is on the day of the negotiation on the combat reporting line, that is why they will actually try to capture the entire donetsk region in order to, relatively speaking, at the beginning, in the middle of june, get out of the improved tactical conditions for conducting negotiations already in the diplomatic arena. and the possibility of such negotiations is currently being actively promoted both by the turkish side, well, there are several, let's say so, countries that are indirectly ready to act either as mediators or to announce the relevant

details of possible peace talks. president zelenskyy is also once again talking about the fact that... the russian federation wants to seize the time until may 9, although previously the date was called may 7, because it will be the day of the so-called inauguration of the so-called president putin, but let's listen to what zelensky says about this date and the russians' efforts in an interview with nbc news: russia wants to mobilize 300,000 by june 1. fighters, we are preparing for this, by may 9, russia expects to occupy the east of ukraine at the time of yara, i expect that we will be able to withstand, that these weapons that i told you about will arrive in time, and we will be able to repel the enemy and then break the plans

of the russian federation regarding full-scale, full-scale counteroffensive actions. in june. the president says that now the ukrainian military, which is holding the defense on that direction, meaning the temporal ravine, lacks weapons. i was in the region recently, talking to the fighters, and the fighters lack the equipment to deal with the russian drones, the scouts that adjust the artillery fire, and they also lack the artillery shells. last saturday, the congress of the united states of america passed a decision to provide aid to ukraine in the amount of 61 billion dollars. on april 23, the senate must approve this decision, and this decision separately stipulates the provision of atakams missiles to ukraine, well, that is, a separate there is a point about this, what this means, it means that the united states of america still expects that ukraine will put pressure on russia in the temporarily occupied territories, meaning crimea, part

of the kherson region, part of zaporozhye, part of donbas. that is, that it would strengthen our position for possible peace talks or some kind of negotiation about the positions of both sides on the front. well, let's talk about the situation with russian drones. the president was probably referring to the russian reconnaissance drones orlan, they operate from a crowd ceilings of up to 5 km, they are really outside the zone of damage of ukrainian air defense systems quite a lot. a serious problem for the armed forces of ukraine, they are talking about the fact that they are acting in connection with the sao, the stas, and accordingly, the coordinates of the target are immediately given and a strike is made from the moment of adjusting the artillery fire, about the help of the united states, about atakoms, there is a demand for the president of the united

states, and it is worth mentioning that mr. serhiu, in my opinion, it is close. playing team trump, the requirement to provide attack will automatically remove from team trump and trump personally, any accusations of his so -called pro-russianness, because it was the biden administration that was blocked by the question of the transfer of the ataknytsy, and now biden was simply given a position when he should hand over the atakomse and then. trump can state that i handed over not only the javelins, but also insisted on the transfer of the atakus, or refuse, but refuse arguing with security issues for the united states, that is, this is a classic fork, if we use the terminology of the intelligence services. let's look at the reaction of the united states. currently, the statements are optimistic, that from next week we will receive

a corresponding package of military-technical assistance, including attack range. up to 300 km, this will really significantly strengthen the capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine at the moment of striking the rear logistics infrastructure of the occupiers, primarily these are airfields and places of concentration of heavy armored vehicles and, accordingly , field depots of the sbk, in relation to further forecasts, well, let's talk about what not only the united states is transferring troops. technical assistance. for the 24th year the eu countries provide for the transfer of military-technical assistance to ukraine in the amount of approximately 24 billion. regarding the plans of the armed forces of ukraine. so. there were repeated statements about a possible counteroffensive by the armed forces in 2024, what is currently happening

is talk of striking the territory of occupied crimea, we can say that in the nato classification, similar actions of the defense forces of ukraine should be considered as the first stage of the cascading nature of planning an operation with temporary de-occupation. captured crimea, and, as some military experts predict, a possible strike on may 7 on the crimean bridge, as far as it is likely, well, considering that we remember that the big strike was on this structure, which is in the way and is redundant in the kerch strait, as general budanov said, it was already on october 7, on putin's birthday, is it possible on... on may 7 , such a strike on the crimean bridge is so possible, i do not rule it out, let's talk about the fact that it was no accident that the strike was carried out on the places

of concentration of the anti-missile defense systems of the russian occupiers, we are talking about striking attack on the dzhankoy airfield, first of all , the s-400 triumph systems, which are responsible, respectively, for its cover of strategic for russia, were hit there. object, namely the crimean bridge, so i emphasize once again that this suppression of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems and strikes on the airfields in dzhankoya, saki, sevastopol should be regarded as a weakening of the position of russian air defense and anti-missile defense at the moment of a possible attack on the crimean bridge, so i did not rule out such a scenario would, and moreover, i emphasize that it is the crimean bridge that is a strategic... now target of the defense forces of ukraine, and the complex nature of the attack is being realized. we are talking not only about the attack on the crimean bridge itself. we are talking about the

general blockade of logistical connections with the stylish regions of the russian federation. if we look in parallel with the situation regarding the destruction of anti-missile defense systems, the defense forces of ukraine minimized the so-called parallel logistics. occupation troops, it is primarily about the destruction of large amphibious ships, it was with their help that the russian federation intended to build , in the event of the destruction of the crimean bridge , the logistics of transferring personnel, equipment, and logistical support to the stylish regions of the russian federation on the territory of the occupied crimea, well, currently we have eight large amphibious ships, which

. army crimea is logistically very vulnerable, even more so than kherson oblast, and currently what is happening in crimea is a reflection of the events of the de-occupation of kherson oblast, when it rests. from kherson and fled in panic to the left bank, the only question is that after the destruction of the crimean bridge, where will they flee, well, probably by swimming, as usual, who is on what, yes, well, i will repeat the story. in the world, absolutely, mr. serhiy, that is, the same thing will happen, they will be pressed to the chersonese, then they will swim to novorossian, who will make it, well, few will make it. one more

news that came just after the decision to provide aid to ukraine from the united states of america, america is considering the possibility of sending additional military advisers to the embassy in kyiv, which is the latest manifestation of american support, as ... seems to be gaining momentum in the two-year conflict, here such a message was received, it means that the americans are increasing the presence of their advisers on the territory of ukraine, and they are already deciding about the future of russia, well, relatively speaking, whether or not to be putin's russia? absolutely, sir serhii, let's talk about the positive aspects of the vote of the house of representatives in general, there is clearly a main point that was not addressed by the administration. what is required of biden is not even the transfer of a tachometers, but the creation of a clear dish algorithm for ukrainian victory, this is written precisely in

this document. that is, the house of representatives is sending a clear signal to the biden administration: enough is enough, we want to see step-by-step actions by the united states. we are ready to help ukraine, we have demonstrated it. now, please. and that's why the deployment of the military advisers is a serious military-political signal, primarily to the russian federation , that the united states is moving from promises to concrete actions. and those conversations are possible. ukrainian counteroffensive, they are precisely confirmed by these actions of the united states. thank you, mr. dmytro, for the conversation, it was dmytro snigirov, a military expert, co-head of the legal case. friends, we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are currently watching us live. be please subscribe to our pages on these platforms and also take part in our survey. today we ask you about the following:

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april 21, because it has been 5 years. therefore on april 21, 2019 zelenskyi won the presidential elections and the era of zelenskyi actually began, and obviously, obviously, it is still worth reminding us about what these 5 years were like for ukraine and for zelenskyi, what was zelenskyi like in those 5 years? these 5 years of results, but he continues to perform. duties of the president, so it would be incorrect to say that his term is completely over, but i think the voters will draw a conclusion by comparing everything he said during the election campaign with what happened after when he became president, and there was a lot of talk about ending the war very quickly, it was enough to stop shooting there, and about the end of the era of poverty, and about the fight against corruption, about all these things, of course the voters

will be able to give their... i for now, i refrain from my final assessments, because again , he is still the president, and in wartime, but i think that the time will definitely come when the voters will make their verdict, in general, it seems to me that it will be very difficult for zelensky after the end of the military campaign or after during the pause, because everything that happened in ukraine in recent years will somehow be connected with it. and sometimes it will be unfair, because the war did not start because of ukraine, but because of russia, and sometimes it will be fair, when it comes to how ukraine was preparing for this war, there will be many conversations, which in general now give an early assessment based on the results of this military campaign, because we have no idea when it will end, but i am convinced that when the hostilities end, ukrainian politics there will be, well, not something that will return to normality, but at least there will be

opportunities for some kind of political competition, for freedom of speech, for evaluating what happened, there will be such evaluations that we have so far , while military operations continue, we cannot even imagine. in any case, well, i think that these were definitely very difficult years, for many reasons, and certainly they are, remain the most difficult years in the history of ukrainian independence, and i think that the exam that zelensky will take, like any other ukrainian official after will finish hostilities will be very difficult. and i would very much like us to think more not about specific politicians, but about what will happen to the country, because now is the time when the question, for example, of the political fate of zelenskyi, is not being decided, but the question of the political system in ukraine in general , what it will be after the end of hostilities, because the challenges that ukraine will face after the end of hostilities in politics and social life.