in 2015, the spokesman of the naval forces of the ukrainian armed forces, dmytro platenchuk, reported that during the full-scale invasion , the russian black sea fleet lost about a third of its ships. if we speak in the language of numbers, we can say about a third, but the qualitative indicator is also important, so there is a lot to work on. first of all, this concerns cruise missile carriers, which the russians have in a dozen areas of the black sea. naval exercises conducted by russia have become the largest since 1970 . it was then that the soviet union held dedicated to the centenary of the birthday of the leader of the world proletariat vladimir ulyanov lenin, large-scale naval exercises called okean-70. which is true, the difference between training then and now is also striking. then the military. the naval forces of the ussr

used about 100 warships. now their number has increased to 300. however, the main difference between this year's exercises and the previous ones is that the black sea fleet of the russian federation does not participate in them. and it happens for obvious reasons. more than a third of the combat personnel of the black sea fleet russia was withdrawn from its composition by the ukrainian defense forces. in addition, the black sea fleet of russia was forced. to completely leave the harbors of the occupied crimea and move to novorossiysk. satellites also recorded the beginning of the construction of a large russian naval base on the territory of occupied abkhazia in ochamchir, where the russians plan to build a huge naval port that will be protected from attacks by ukrainian naval drones. dictator putin's main ambition is to demonstrate the capabilities of the navy.

russia to confront the combined fleet of the united states and allies, primarily in the pacific region, precisely where russia has its two biggest allies, china and north korea. by the way, the russian and chinese fleets recently held a joint naval parade in st. petersburg, and also participated in a joint patrol off the coast of the philippines, which is the largest ally of the united states. in the region, after japan and south korea. i, a major of the armed forces of ukraine, conducted this program for you. taras berezovyts. thank you for watching, together to victory and glory to ukraine.

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my interlocutor today is extraordinary and authoritative, mrs. ambassador of the republic of estonia to ukraine anneli kolk. i will talk with her about important things, about mutual relations between estonia and ukraine, about the help we have received, continue to receive, and i am sure we will continue to receive from our brotherly country, and about many other things. madam ambassador, i congratulate you, thank you very much for joining me today, for coming here. thank you. for inviting me, thank you, look, the first question will be this, here is estonia a relatively small country, if compared with other european countries, of course there are smaller ones, but estonia is small, but despite all this, we received a lot of help from your country, both financially and militarily, what is this, i don’t know, paradox, maybe , why is this, is it because of the knowledge of history, or is it possible? something else is hidden in

it, yes, of course, one of the main reasons is that we have a common history. we were occupied by the soviet union, we lived together under the conditions of occupation, we know what it's like assimilation, derussification, and the soviet tried to erase, eradicate our language, our culture, and we know what our common neighbor is, of course, that was one of the reasons, but... i think the main reason why estonia helps, helped and will help ukraine, is that estonians love ukrainians very much, we admire how you

behave against this russian evil, how you bravely and resolutely fight against brutality, genocide, and war crimes. and i think this is the biggest reason why estonia wants to help ukraine. and this one the brutal war has been going on for more than two years, and estonia's admiration for ukraine is growing even more, growing because you continue to defend your country, fight for your people, for your cultural identity. and all this is very expensive and very close to estonians. well, on the one hand, it's bad that this common history, which you mentioned, unites us, and on the other hand, it's good that it unites us, because we feel how close we are to each other one, even though we

are separated by some, some kilometers share, and none the less, but still speaking about aid, are there any statistics on how much aid, for example, military or financial, we have already... received so far from the republic of estonia? there are very reliable statistics: since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, estonia has provided more than 26 million euros in humanitarian aid, and this is as government, state aid, aid from the private sector and ordinary citizens, in terms of military aid. "it has already reached more than 500 million, if compared with gdp, then estonia provided aid for more than 1-3% of its gdp, which means that we are one of

the most active countries that supports ukraine, in addition, the government of estonia decided at the end of last year that you they..." will be allocated for the next four years, 0.25% of our vek for ukraine is specifically for military aid for reconstruction, so our aid will definitely continue, and estonia will do everything possible to increase humanitarian and other aid to ukraine, well, i can only answer this in estonian ambassador, let it not criticizes my accent very much, tanantei dvaga for everything estonia does for us. well, but look, one more point, a few months ago, the parliament of estonia passed a law, and then this law was ratified by the president of estonia, which, this law allows

the use of frozen russian assets to compensate for the damages that russia has caused in this war of aggression in ukraine. several months have already passed. it's been two months since this law came into force, have there already been any transfers, this is the first question, to ukraine, i mean, and the second question, have other western countries followed the example of estonia because estonia was the first western country to pass such a law. yes, of course, estonia was one of the first countries that started to say that it is not necessary to use freezing. russian assets for the restoration of ukraine due to the fact that the aggressor has to pay a price for it, and we were one of the first countries to say two years ago that we need to start reconstruction, the restoration of ukraine already

during the war, we should not wait until it will end as we need to give give people hope and help more. those who left ukraine and then started to return, we tried to understand and analyze all possible ways. in order to force russia to pay the price for the damage it caused to ukraine, and we were pioneers in introducing such legislation, regarding the use of frozen russian assets for the reconstruction of ukraine, and these assets are not only state assets, they are also the property of private individuals and legal entities in estonia. and all those who are under international sanctions, then the law was

a recent one was adopted and the regulatory processes are still ongoing, as everything must comply with international rules so that we do not create unnecessary problems for ukraine in the years to come, so we are working on it now and i think we are making great progress. in this direction is happening, i hope that we can demonstrate to the whole world that it is possible, that it is possible to use all the frozen assets and the profits from these assets, not only directly, the profits for the fact that simply we held these assets before, you set an example very great for western countries, having passed this law, and other countries in your opinion, personal opinion, why they do not pass such laws, just your personal opinion,

out of fear, is something else still possible, it is very difficult for me to say why these or other countries do something , or they don't do something, but i think there are still some legal issues. legal issues that countries are discussing, but estonia really tried to make our national legislation so, in such a way, to prove that we can do it without violations european or international legislation. i really hope that the western partners will see this, and will not delay and pass similar laws in their countries, but now let's move on. to another, er, the post-war reconstruction of ukraine, after all, even this

reconstruction is already underway in different parts of ukraine, including those that were under temporary occupation in the first days of the er war. tell me, please, does estonia have any projects, in this case state or non-state projects, with which it helps to rebuild ukrainian cities and village yes, yes, of course, as i already said, we started this work already in the 22nd year, and all these projects related to reconstruction in ukraine began at that time, in particular in the zhytomyr region, this is conditionally ours, our region, our region, since estonia is a small country and we have limited resources, and we thought that we should approach the issue of restoring ukraine. comprehensively, that is why we chose one area, one region for ourselves, and we provide assistance

for reconstruction right there, we helped build a new kindergarten, and we conduct training for teachers, educators, in order for such assistance to be long-term, it is not just to build one house or one shelter. but to help in such a way that it is long-term and covers the problems faced by a specific region. of course. well, but we talked about the money that goes from estonia, or, for example, the military support that goes from estonia to ukraine. let's talk now about the help that ukrainians who are currently in the territory of the republic of estonia receive. do you have now at this very moment some statistics. how many citizens of ukraine are there and is there any tendency to return to ukraine? yes,

of course, we have statistics on ukrainians living in estonia now, and we provided them from the first day of their arrival in estonia, any assistance, any assistance we could provide. medical care, social protection, education, we also opened two special schools, specialized schools for... teaching in the estonian language, but keep all ukrainian children where they can pass their language, their culture, but they can study according to the ukrainian program, that is why we are trying to do everything for the ukrainian refugees who are in estonia so that they do not

lose this connection with their country, with their culture. of course, we have other plans and projects, but the main slogan of the government is that it is necessary for ukrainians to feel that they are welcome here in estonia, and i can confidently say that ukrainians in estonia definitely feel that that they are welcome in this country, since my daughter is already has been living in the territory of the republic of estonia for more than two years, she studies there and she... knows how estonians think, how estonians help, and how estonians try to do everything to bring our common victory over the russian aggressor closer. now , a little bit about the victory: in estonia, besides, of course, women and children, there are many men who, er, have received, this is not temporary shelter, temporary

protection, it is called, as far as i understand, in estonia, please tell me now in many, at least eastern european... countries they are talking about the fact that they somehow try to cooperate with the government of ukraine regarding men who are subject to conscription into the army and who are required to serve in the military in order to somehow help these men, at least register in ukraine with the relevant authorities, and maybe even return in ukraine, is there something similar in estonia? yes, such discussions, such requests started coming some time ago, but our previous prime minister said that since people are living in estonia legally, we gave them temporary passes

for accommodation. and we do not plan to send them back to ukraine, because we have rules, we have obligations, and this also comes from european legislation, that is , we have no plans to send them back to ukraine, but in this sense we cooperate with ukrainian authorities. with the ukrainian embassy in tallinn, and we understand that there are needs in ukraine, but i think that many ukrainians who live in ukraine, they want to return to their country, they are waiting for such a conspiracy, for opportunities, for return, this

was one of the reasons , why we started so early reconstruction authorities in order to understand how to help the ukrainians, but as i say, we are not going to send them back if they do not want it. i understand, madam ambassador, one more question, and the question can be asked from ukrainian students studying in estonia, recently, well, literally a month or two ago, information appeared that, for example, in lithuania they are preparing or have already passed a law, according to who will deprive the benefits of ukrainian students who are studying under an exchange program, or something like that is going to happen

to do in estonia or not? we have ukrainian students who have been studying in estonian universities for many years, even before the full-scale war started, and there are many ukrainian students here, and we are proud of them, because they are very intelligent, they are very eager to learn, and so far i had no information about government to stop assistance under programs that are currently active, therefore. ukrainian students should calm down, everything will be fine thanks to our, of course, brothers and sisters in estonia. let's now once again return a little to na it's a great pity, the military theme, and

let's talk about red lines, there is a lot of talk about these red lines in the west, for some they exist, for some they are clearly defined, for some they are very unclear, but for estonia in this war, in our joint war, i will call it that. in our joint war with the russian aggressor, are there any red lines? this is my favorite question, thank you for it: estonia has never talked about any red lines, for us the most important thing, one of the most important things, is... integrity, territorial integrity, democracy, the cultural identity of the people, and we strive for this in estonia, in our country, and this is

what we like very much in ukraine, and we do not see any red lines when it comes to russia's brutal war against ukraine, all the war crimes, genocide, which... they committed, we believe that there cannot be any red lines here, and our goal is to preserve ukrainian independence, democracy, territorial integrity, that is why we support ukraine. in everything we can so that it can achieve these goals, and accordingly,

we do not see any red lines here as such, the government has already said in many cases that we are ready to discuss any possibility of helping ukrainians, and the most important thing is to help ukraine win. in this war, we are ready to discuss any solutions, ways, but since we are a small country, we understand that we need to cooperate with other countries, move together, then it will be easier to discuss these issues with our partners. and we are ready to be a pioneer in certain solutions, that's why ours the red line, if i can call it that,

or the blue-yellow line, is precisely to help ukraine win this war. just great words, it's not a red line, it's a yellow-blue line, and it's helping ukraine win this war of aggression, it's just, it's just incredible, i thank you so much for that. and look, in estonia itself, i understand that you are now trying with all your might to help us win this war, but in estonia they are not considering, i will not say so, are they preparing, i will say directly, are they preparing in estonia for a possible attack by russia now because it was talked about a lot at the beginning of the invasion of ukraine 2.5 years ago, but is it being talked about in estonia now? of course, when we became an independent state, in the early

90s, we were always very careful with our neighbor and we had no illusions that... russia has no plans to invade, and we are always in nato, and the eu talked about a possible threat from russia, we warned other countries about it, so we have been preparing for self-defense for a long time since the beginning of the 90s, that is why we wanted to acquire eu membership, and we... wanted to join nato, we prepared step by step for this, and every year we increased our

spending on... defense on defense and called on other nato countries to do this, to defend ourselves both individually and jointly, collectively. therefore, yes, we are preparing and continue to prepare. i can't say that we started thinking about it or preparing only after the 14th year, when russia was occupying. part of ukraine, or after the start of a full-scale war, we did something step by step, every day, to protect ourselves from from this evil, and from this evil you must always prepare, defend yourself, because this evil is not foreseen, this evil can attack in any wave, i witnessed this, we were in february 2022, so we must constantly prepare, let's say two more words about ordinary estonians,

your country is small. but as far as i know, different people live in different parts, of course, what is the attitude of estonians after 2.5 years of a full-scale invasion of ukraine towards your government's support of ukraine and what is happening in ukraine. that's why i ask that, as far as i know, in the north-east of estonia, in the narva area, there are a lot of russian-speaking citizens of estonia living there, or they support it. all the actions of your estonian government in support of ukraine? yes, for many years we have a russian-speaking minority living in estonia, we have been trying to integrate them into estonian society for almost 30 years, and of course we see that there is a certain contingent of people who do not want... this

integration, they are still looking more towards russia, but estonia, estonian society and the government of estonia, of course we are we support ukraine and further it is not even a question of reducing such aid, i think that because of the war. the brutality of putin's regime is increasing every day, intensifying, and we are ready to help ukraine in the long term, not only for victory, but also for further recovery, that's why support is increasing, i can say,

and... if you look at non-governmental organizations of ordinary citizens , which help ukraine, we see that every month, or even every week, support comes from ordinary estonians who collect or provide humanitarian aid, but literally yesterday i read that three... estonian non-governmental organizations that have been helping ukraine for over 2.5 years sent a new aid convoy to ukraine again, and there were medical products, as well as drones and military aid for the front, for the army. for

the rescuers, they help and the aid continues to arrive and even increases in volume, because, as i said, this fascination with ukraine is very big in estonia, and every day we are shocked by the brutality of the putin regime, which he continues to this cruelty happens naturally. our support will not decrease, it will only increase, well, this is a mutual admiration, i must tell you, we admire the estonians, for their support and help to ukraine from the very beginning, because in some countries they are trying to find some things to justify the fact that they are not want to help, and we admire the estonians, who from the first day of the war...