in august, he said that he did not understand why ukraine entered the kursk region and that it is necessary to find out, but without an answer, any provocations will not remain. it is unpleasant that the ukrainians, as i have warned you many times, show that they are not ready for any kind of peace and continue to escalate this tension. two days ago, the attack on the kurdish direction, where they advanced several tens of kilometers, 30-35 already today. dig in there, well, this is a provocation aimed at striking the russian federation. i would not like these today you are dealing with questions in such a steep way, but you will not get anywhere. as bel novosti reports, citing a source in the belarusian ministry of defense, lukashenko ordered the transfer of equipment from active belarusian units to russia due to the lack of resources of the russian armed forces, both in kursk oblast and in other areas. a special operation of the armed forces on the territory of kursk.

region has already demonstrated to the whole world that the russian federation cannot even adequately protect its territories, it is difficult for it to cope with the situation that has developed in its region. moscow forced to turn to allies for help. the russian federation and several other countries of the former soviet union are members of the collective security agreement, but they do not have powerful armies capable of supporting russia. such an opinion was expressed by ex-kgb employee serhii zhernov for channel 24. the csto was created not so that the participating countries would provide assistance to each other, but so that russia could occupy any of them on a basis that was beneficial to it. then she with her armed forces numbered one and three million military personnel, will capture any country from the csto, for example, belarus. in order not to enter the war, alexander lukashenko actually concluded a separate armistice with ukraine. from the fall of 2022 from belarus.

nothing flies over ukrainian territory, he is not interested in opening a second front, although vladimir putin wants it. lukashenko realizes that if she joins putin in the war against ukraine, she will get permission to use all the western means at her disposal to eliminate the belarusian group. that is why he does not want to join war against ukraine. august 12 during during his visit to kyiv, united states senators from both parties, republican lynsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal spoke favorably of the successes of the kursk oblast armed forces, and also appealed to the administration of president joe biden to lift restrictions on the use of american weapons provided to ukraine. according to the prime minister of ukraine denys shmyhal at the meeting of ukrainian government officials with the american senate. among

other things, it was about the confiscation of frozen russian and american assets investments in the ukrainian defense industry. the results of this important visit will be discussed later in our story. a bipartisan delegation from the usa, lynsey graham from the republican party and richard blumenthal from the democratic party, visited kyiv on august 12. first the us senators. met with president volodymyr zelenskyi and discussed what is specifically needed to end this war fairly, including our need to use long-range weapons, the office of the president of ukraine reported. during the conversation, richard blumenthal noted, that they had come to once again convey the message about the importance of transferring military aid, and also added that a new bill was being proposed in the united states. we are also proposing a new bill. which will

be called help ukraine, and it will enshrine exactly bipartisan preparation, and we would like it to be enshrined at the level of law, and not only at the level of the president's own decision. republican lynsey graham expressed hope that ukraine would receive more aid from congress this year and said he was glad that ukraine had not warned about its offensive on the territory of the russian federation. after 2.5 years of war, you... continue to stand your ground and even entered russia, we are proud of your leadership, and you are demonstrating many things that i have never seen, they said that kyiv would fall in three days, well , you see, as they turned around, they were all wrong, and after only months your people are suffering, there is stability, but already on the territory of russia, this is brave. and great, i'm glad

you didn't tell us about it, you didn't warn us, instead you did it, and now the russians are already paying the price, so it's the right thing to do. briefing after the meeting of politicians, us senators commented and expressed their support for the operation of the armed forces of ukraine in the korsk region, rfe/rl reports. what do i think about kursk, bold, brilliant, beautiful, keep it up, putin started it, kick his ass, let these people fight, give them the weapons they need to win a war they can't afford to lose, as far as f- 16, all this is very long, they are already in ukraine so... give us the opportunity to use them, let us train ukrainian pilots. today is a day of hope, more hope than i have seen during all my trips here. the breakthrough in the direction of kursk is historic, it is

a seismic breakthrough, it is good, big news that promises even more potential breakthroughs, but the main news is that ukraine is in russia, it is transferring the struggle to the territory of russia. we want to inform the administration. a message that it should give ukraine more flexibility and ability to use the weapons that have been provided to strike deeper than the front line that currently exists. there are certain restrictions and permission issues, we hope to eliminate them. empowerment is extremely important from a tactical and ultimately strategic point of view. it also became known that the delegation of the us congress , jimmy panetta, donald norcross and celeste malloyd. is one of the leading enterprises of the national association of defense industry enterprises of ukraine. this was announced by its head, serhii pashynskyi. during the visit , further practical cooperation in the field of defense-industrial developments was discussed. this

week, the delegation of the us congress, including congressmen jimmy panetta, donald norcross and congresswoman celeste malloy visited. one of the leading enterprises of the national association of defense industry enterprises of ukraine naudi, its head serhiy pashynskyi announced. further practical cooperation in the field of defense-industrial developments was discussed at the meeting. recently, as is known, ukraine has become a place for the development of the most advanced military technologies. in addition, a number of leading military companies. world from the united states, france, germany, as well as other countries, announced construction plans in of ukraine of their productions. in addition, already during the war, ukraine is actively developing a large part of its own military industry, and

also produces a significant part of ammunition and the latest military equipment, in particular bohdan's saw, under the nato caliber of 155 mm, which is already very. proved herself on the battlefield. democratic presidential candidate kamela harris has overtaken republican candidate donald trump in three key states. namely in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. about this is evidenced by a survey by the new york times newspaper and a researcher. of the siena college institute, which was published on saturday , august 10. the gap between harris and trump is four points: 50% of the vote against 46%, respectively. it is noteworthy that the rating of garis in

pennsylvania immediately increased by 10 points - the new york times notes. democratic presidential candidate and incumbent vice president. kamala harris leads republican nominee donald trump in three key swing states to win the 2024 elections. this is evidenced by the data of the new york times siena college survey published on saturday, european pravda reports. the survey was conducted in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin from august 5 to 9. potential voters were asked how they felt about kamala harris and donald trump. when asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, 50% of voters preferred harris, compared to 46% for trump. that's a marked improvement over president joe biden, who withdrew his election candidacy in favor of harris.

including the third candidates and robert f. kennedy jr., the harrises remain ahead by 5 percentage points in michigan, two percentage points in pennsylvania, and ... kennedy jr., who is losing popularity, averages only 4-5% support. also, the polls showed that kamala garis is winning from. an increase in popularity among voters in each state, but favorability for trump in all three states also improved slightly. at the same time, 47 respondents believe that that trump will introduce changes that will be very bad, or somewhat bad for the country. compared to 37% of voters who said the same about garis. as the politician writes on august 12, according to the social spear survey, us vice president kamala harris also led trump by nine points among young people. voters a poll of

18- to 29-year-olds showed garis' own approval rating jumped 16 points since the start of last month, from 33% to 49%. in the five-party race, harris is ahead of trump in the youth audience by nine points. it 10 points more than last month, when biden led the list of candidates and trailed trump. in the two-way... race, suv took place by 13 points in favor of garis. the current american president, joe biden, calls trump a real threat to us security. he stated this in an interview with cbs, which was released on sunday, august 11. this was his first interview after leaving the presidential race. joe biden recalled the events of 2021, when trump supporters stormed the capitol and emphasized that such actions are proof of a serious threat from former president. he also believes that a second term of trump's presidency could undermine american democracy. if he

wins this nomination, i mean this election, watch what happens, it's a danger. he poses a real danger to american security. biden explained that he made the decision to withdraw from the race to protect democracy and unite the democratic party in the fight against trump's return to power. he also admitted that his age became a challenge in his election campaign. regarding kamala harris, biden said he was ready to help her, including campaigning for harris in key pennsylvania and other states. i'm going to campaign in other states as well, and i 'm going to do whatever kamala thinks is necessary to help the most. the american president also spoke positively about harris' decision to choose a vice candidate. tim walz presidents. he's my type of person,

he's genuine, he's smart. i have known him for several decades. i think it's a great team. election races in the united states states are entering a decisive phase. the staff of presidential candidate donald trump has already announced plans to hold three televsions at once. debate with democratic candidate kamela harris. however , the latter has not yet responded to the proposal of its main political rival. trump himself is also wasting no time and this week went live on one of the most popular social networks in the world, x, the former twitter, where he had a live chat with the owner of the same network, a well-known american businessman. trope and tycoon elon by mask the latter held a conversation that lasted

about two hours in a frankly complimentary tone. ex-president donald trump himself did not hesitate to compliment musk. kamela garis, in turn, is actively enlisting the support of american celebrities, in particular movie actors, athletes and...singers. in addition, in their election campaign, both candidates began to attack each other sharply. thus, the campaign headquarters of the republicans released a negative commercial against the main competitor haris. it has her are accused, in particular, in livactva, of intentions to ban the use of small arms, as well as problems with illegal migration. in turn. kamela garis actively promotes in the media, as well as at political rallies, the thesis

that trump is a criminal, and she, as a former prosecutor of the state of california, actively opposes this, and she says: i know the type of donald trump very well. however, it is obvious that the most interesting thing is that this absentee duel can take place when both... candidates agree on a place, as well as the rules for conducting a televised duel, which can to take place already in september, immediately on three central american television channels. unexpected for the whole world , ukraine's military successes in the kursk region force our allies to adjust their plans to meet the needs of the armed forces of ukraine. already this week, the american pentagon announced

a new package of military aid. equally important was the visit of two american senators from this is a clear signal from the white house administration that there is a clear bipartisan consensus in the us congress regarding support for ukraine. in addition, should to note that the topic of ukraine remains one of the central ones in the discourse of the american election campaign. both candidates, donald trump and kamala harris, almost every time with... remind of the war in ukraine. in the aforementioned interview that elon musk conducted with donald trump, the ex-president of the united states separately focused on the war in ukraine, accusing joe biden, no, not volodymyr putin, of its resolution in his traditional manner. the latter, according to donald trump, did everything to force

putin to attack ukraine. how they see this war himself... trump, he promises to complete it literally in one day, forcing zelensky and putin to sit down at the negotiating table. however, even the closest associates of the ex-president of the usa do not know how this can happen. on august 13 , the white house said that iran could carry out a significant series of attacks on israel this week. this was reported by the execution coordinator. white house national security council communications director john kirby. he also recalled that iran and the lebanese terrorist group hezbollah had previously vowed to take revenge on israel for the killing. the political leader of hamas, ismail hannia, and the commander of hezbollah, fuad shukr. the statement

came after media reports that israeli intelligence believed an iranian attack was likely. in the coming days. more details about the aggravation of the situation in the middle east, further in our story. iran may attack israel in the near future. according to an update from the israeli intelligence community, iran is ready to attack israel for the assassination of a hamas political leader in tehran, and is likely to do so within days, aksios two reported. sources familiar with the matter. a new intelligence assessment suggests the attack could come before hostage talks and a gaza ceasefire deal scheduled for thursday, potentially jeopardizing talks in what israeli officials say is a now-or-never moment for a potential deal. between israel and hamas. at the same time, the situation is still

unstable. last week, israeli intelligence believed that iran had not yet decided on the timing and... nature of its response, particularly due to international pressure and internal debates. however, iran's mission to the un said on august 9 that it hoped the response would be timely and conducted in a way that would not harm a potential ceasefire . israeli defense minister yoav galland told his american counterpart lloyd austin on august 11 that iran's military preparations indicate that iran is preparing for a large-scale attack. as a result of the call , the pentagon said that the guest ordered the ballistic missile submarine usa georgia to leave for the middle east and accelerated arrival of airman theodore roosevelt in the region. the biden administration has been preparing for a dramatic week of high -stakes diplomacy to try to prevent a regional outbreak and secure the hostages and a gas cease-fire agreement.

next week's results will reveal whether the region plunges deeper into crisis and the expansion of perpetual war, or if... for the first time since october 7 there is a significant change of course, the outcome could shape president biden's legacy. the situation is also tense along the israeli-lebanese border. israel expects a blow from hezbollah, which has promised to take revenge for the recent killing by israel of the top commander fuad shukr. according to the washington post, during the 10 months of cross-border conflict with israel, hezbollah launched a so -called saturation attack. a review of the industry in israel's air defense and presented a new weapon. response to the assassination of senior commanders inside lebanon. hezbollah has received large shipments of missiles and drones from iran, and now it has also begun to produce its own weapons. in addition, the group has means anti-aircraft defenses that most proxy groups do not have. the group's arsenal includes guided and unguided missiles, anti-tank

artillery, ballistic and anti-ship missiles, as well as drones loaded with explosives, allowing it to reach far into israeli territory. analysts estimate that hezbollah has between 130,000 and 150,000 rockets, more than four times what its ally hamas was thought to have stockpiled before the gaza war. and the lebanese group says it commands over 100,000 troops, double the high-end estimates of military fighting forces of hamas. the vast majority of hezbollah's weapons arsenal consists of low-grade munitions that could threaten israel's air defense systems if unleashed in large numbers. of even greater concern to israel are the precision munitions the group says it possesses. hezbollah keeps its arsenal tightly secret, leaving weapons experts to guess the full extent of its capabilities. much of what is publicly known comes from statements by the group and

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is joining us this saturday evening. vitaliy portnikov will certainly appear on your screens with brilliant, as always, analytics, it will be in the second part of our program, we will devote the entire first hour a little less to conversations with the most qualified experts, we will talk about the situation on fronts, about affairs in international politics, and we will not forget about the middle east either. i'll probably start with the main news items of this week. ukraine. recognizes its presence and its operation in the kursk region and even creates administrations there in order to maintain these territories accordingly. in addition, there are certain successes of the defense forces in the context of enemy logistics and fighting against them, does this mean that it will be extremely difficult for the enemy to knock out our forces precisely from the kursk region and whether we will be able to create a bridgehead there for possible future maneuvers, or

involved avi'. already now to work in the kursk region, we will talk about this and not only that for the next 15 minutes, and i am glad to welcome kostyantyn kryvolap, analyst, aviation expert, to contact us, i congratulate you, mr. kryvolap, congratulations, i am glad to see you, very mutually, we will probably start with, and it will be fair, with russian attacks from the sky on our cities, we see that it was hot today in kramatorsk, it is interesting to watch actually with... according to the enemy's logic, purely for military reasons, they for some time refrained from attacks on this one of the largest cities of the ukrainian donetsk region. do you have any guesses as to why and if this is generally related to events on the direction and adjacent? the russians have two such main tasks, this is to create a terrorist impression, and they

do this with help. the knm-23 package there , where the cabs were dropped, and it does not matter if they are dropped on their territory or on ukrainian territory, it does not matter, they are dropped. and the second task is a military one, it is an impression, well let's say with the same iskanders , of some serious goals, our goals or our layouts. and not only kramatorsk, today there were two powerful strikes in sumy oblast , directly on sumy. in the villages of sumy oblast , it was necessary to drop cabs there, that is, it is not military targets, it is all the civilian population, there are no soldiers there, there are no military targets there, but this is such a russian terrorist tactic, if we talk about sums and attacks on sumy oblast, in the region , which is located across the border from our sumy oblast, quite interesting

things are happening, but this does not stop the russians from attacking precisely in our now more or less deeper rear areas, in your opinion according to your estimates, it would be logical to push back the russian troops with all their installations and possibly aviation, so that the entire territory of our country would be more or less safe and comfortable. well, let's say so, let's talk about the width of a possible sanitary zone. well , you see, they have iskander m, it’s 500, the radius of action is 500 km, now they’re also pressing these korean missiles, the radius of action there is 700, 800 km, well, 800 km, it’s almost peter to peter, and moscow for sure falls into this sanitary zone, that is, we have no way out of this situation, how to do this sanitary zone, well, it wants to and it looks

fantastic and so. it's a little funny to say that, but in reality the sanitary zone itself must be understood that we will be fighting for a very long time, and they will shoot at us if they have the opportunity, if we can suppress these systems with our missiles, or our partners will give such an opportunity, yes, let's say jason for the f-16 from a long range jason ir, which allows you to hit almost 900 km there, then... there will be some parity and then there will be, well, you know the situation of israel and its entourage, you hit us, hit us, we responded, you hit, we responded, well , such a situation may exist, but there are people, let's say, there is the east of dilotonka, and there they understand something about these things, and the russians do not understand, they, as long as they will have something to shoot at.