the leaders of the servants of the people fraction instruct the deputies not to vote for her removal, this is their internal er-e, let's say the question, when the servants of the people faction does not vote for or supports the fact that there is a person in the committee who is not a member of their faction, although i know that many people came to our committee, deputies from the servant of the people, who want to join the committee. to work, and they specifically ask the leaders of the servants of the people faction, why is there a person who is not a member of our faction, and we members of the faction, who work there with faith and truth, we vote there, when they say, we vote there as a faction, but we cannot get into the committee, because yes, so i think the answer here is obvious, that they do not vote, by the way, they did not vote today just as those factions passed the opzh, just as they... voted

for it, and the servant of the people and that is why there were not enough votes, that is why these are purely their internal issues, let them deal with them, let them deal with them, we must understand one thing, that the discrediting of the defense forces and the armed forces under wartime is a crime, let's talk about the short results, well , the ukrainian army has been in kurshchyna for almost a month and the counteroffensive of the armed forces of ukraine has been going on for a month. on the course direction, what do you say about the results of the first month of the offensive and the prospects for maintaining this bridgehead and expanding it? well, if we talk about the results, we should consider the kurdish offensive in particular, not just a kurdish offensive, within the framework of the entire ukrainian-russian front, then what we see, of course, the pace has decreased, but it was precisely the beginning of the operation, it had a great...

military effect, international effect, domestic political effect, it had, let's say, for our military, it was of great importance, so the issue of seizing the initiative, so i believe that the first month of the operation went well, now the issue is more difficult, the enemy is starting to pull up reserves, the main thing is that we also learned that the enemy is not doing well with personnel either, because there are good trained swifts. he doesn't have it, he's been trying for more than a month to charge something not to squeeze our defense forces out of the territory of the russian federation, and to at least stop their advance on the territory of the russian federation, but at the same time we see that they are the main reserves, the main forces are not transferred from the direction of pokrovsk, which is threatening to us, they are secondary, that is, the transfer is all the same is happening, they're throwing them from various other secondary directions, and... but again,

they're weakening those directions by doing that, and i think the effect of this operation going forward, and what the primary goals are, i think we'll see, will depend from our reserves, from what is planned by our general staff, but in general, i think that the operation has been carried out quite successfully this month, and the goals that were set, they are not that they have been fulfilled, but they are... the armed forces, the defense forces are moving towards these forces, which were delivered in an interview with nbc news, mr. colonel, president zelenskyi said that russia has transferred 60,000 troops from ukraine to the kursk region, although the russian group of troops, as you said, which is pressuring pokrovsk, has not undergone a significant reduction. to briefly describe the situation, which is currently being developed in the pokrovsky direction, what can you say. about

the prospects of the russian offensive on the main cities of eastern and central ukraine. well, we see that the main direction of the attack is this pokrovsky conglomerate there, they continue to move there, now according to my information, as of yesterday, i haven't updated yet, that's where their pace was no longer so fast, they are knocked down by our defense forces. but the enemy is still advancing there little by little, already less than 10 km to pokrovsk itself, the enemy is suffering serious losses, ours, we are trying to adjust the control there, because it is very important there in this direction, because the interaction is often lost during the battle, and because of this there is no stability in close combat, when it comes to small arms, often the enemy prevails and often the enemy takes advantage of this. therefore, the task here is

to motivate the commanders, and i said that a strong army begins with the tsk, but when the tsk should call up people whom we can train in the future. we can motivate them, we can be in them are sure that they are called to tsc so that these people can be trained. i have already said more than once, when i served in the special forces, we had an instruction department, and there they had such a rule written on the wall, if there was a mistake at the selection stage, then there is no point in further training of the cadet. and we must also understand that a good soldier is when you have chosen. a good soldier, who is healthy there, who has some correct profession, who can perform the task, who is motivated, trained him necessarily, no just two weeks at the training ground, and if he is there for a month, and then two, that’s when he gets his specialty, he must be prepared,

because the problem is when you spent a month somewhere with a machine gun at a training ground and everyone thinks that you are already trained, you can perform difficult tasks, unfortunately, mobilized, especially poorly prepared ones cannot. carry out serious tasks, such as offensives, ambushes, raids and all that, they are at most there to stand on the defensive and even then it is not stable, so training is very important, and now we are in the pokrovsky direction including that we see that we have problems, and let's say, we have certain different problems, but the training includes the fact that we have poorly trained personnel who are not capable of close combat, we have brigades. which is a model, there is also the third assault azov, there, well , you can have the 47th, but there are brigades that practically do not engage in close combat and leave positions, this problem, i would say, starts with the tsk, then training centers, then commanders, and now they need to be solved, and it is necessary

to draw conclusions from this that, well, an unprepared soldier, he will not bring any benefits on the battlefield. thank you, colonel, for the conversation, it was roman kostenko, colonel. security services of ukraine, people's deputy of ukraine. friends, we continue our work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are watching us live there now, please subscribe to our pages, like this video, and vote in our poll. it sounds like this today: do you consider it timely to renew the personnel of the ukrainian government? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have a separate opinion, please leave it in the comments under the video. if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote for the numbers, if you think it is appropriate and timely to update the personnel of the ukrainian government (0800-211-381), no (0800-211-382), all calls to these numbers are free, vote, at the end of the program we will sum up

the results of this vote. next, we will be in touch with valery romanenko, aviation expert, leading researcher of the state aviation museum. mr. valery, i you... congratulations, thank you for joining our broadcast. good evening, thank you for the invitation. mr. valery, let's talk about the nature of the recent massive missile strikes on ukraine, the enemy uses combined strikes and combined options of how he attacks cities, mainly civilian cities. in your opinion, how is this period of missile...terror and the use of missiles and drones different from the previous one, or is there any difference in it? well, i don't see a fundamental difference, but it's visible to the naked eye, let's say

yes, i have said this many times that the russians will focus more and more on ballistics, that is, they clearly know that we do not have anti-aircraft ... missile systems capable of destroying ballistic missiles, shooting them down, that's why they , let 's say, reduce the number of conventional cruise missiles, which in general sometimes shoot down 100%, and the minimum shot down is 80%, so shaheds are also destroyed, and they are destroyed quite cheaply, but to destroy ballistic missiles , anti-ballistic missiles are required... complexes, well anti-aircraft missile complexes with missiles are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles with a direct hit. hit to kill is the name of this method, when a missile, a small anti-missile, hits a ballistic missile that flies almost vertically on the terminal segment

of the flight, so it does not just shoot it down, but it initiates the explosion of its warhead in the air, because otherwise there is no point in shooting it down, anyway , it... falls almost vertically, so we have only five such complexes today: four american patriots and the pte himself, that's why the enemy is taking advantage of the moment was it has been announced that we will receive at least half a dozen more complexes, but we have not received them yet, and the enemy is taking advantage of the fact that we are still vulnerable in this regard, and therefore uses ballistics as often as possible, even on the verge of exhausting its reserves of ballistic missiles. today, poland once again announced that it was a very busy night for their air defense, and... there they raised aviation in the sky, but only to observe the russian attack of russia on

ukraine, the operational command writes armed forces of poland on social network x. it was another night of increased readiness of polish and allied anti-aircraft systems and intensive work of servicemen, radio technicians, pilots, ground support personnel and soldiers on combat duty. we have heard many times. from the mouth of volodymyr zelenskyi and other ukrainian officials, that we would like the poles to help us shoot down both missiles and drones flying towards the west of ukraine, because our neighbors have such an opportunity, do they have such an opportunity shoot down these flying ones objects over the territory of western ukraine and what it depends on. their participation or non-participation in this? there is an opportunity, but there is no desire, here

you can briefly answer this question. that is, the poles do not want to participate in this, although technically they can do it. well , they alternated, yes, alternated, alternated, alternated, alternated, that they alternated, that they watched porn films, what is the difference for us, and what is the difference for them, they made the procedure of destroying the flying one so difficult for themselves. that the pilot must see him, that he is a poba not to see with radar, but to see with one's own eyes what kind of black shaheed the pilot will see at night in the black darkness, and in what way, this is such a definition, so to speak, of the conditions for the downing of an object, yes, it automatically cuts off all kinds of possibilities for their physical destruction , that is, the poles should either make some... adequate, reasonable decisions, yes, or at all remain silent about the fact that they have a desire

to shoot down some russian means of destruction even over their own territory, over their own territory, it is entirely the fault of the poles here, and they do not want , so they don't want, and all their refusals, that we need to see, we need, well, we could shake hands, there are so many questions for our neighbors, well, actually, which ones for the north atlantic alliance. you see , i'm sorry to bother you, the poles are giving increasingly stupid answers to these questions, you see, there was no such thing at all, even the nato watchmen did not think that the pilot should look around for the object, maybe some one got lost ukrainian plane, which ukrainian plane now flies and wanders near the borders of poland, this a rhetorical question, i absolutely agree with you, mr. valery, president zelenskyi... just a week ago he said that ukraine is preparing or testing, testing new

ballistic missiles, how soon ukraine can begin mass production of long-range weapons, and when these can the weapon be used deep inside the russian federation? well , in about the 26th year at best, you just shocked me now with the terms, because uh... i understand that two years of war, intense war, such as now, in principles, well, no, they do not give a chance that these ballistic missiles will be made, and the president, the first sentence was that the missile successfully passed the test, and let's say this, if we assume, skip the middle part, the second sentence was that there is no money in the budget of the ministry of defense for its further development. this, this, this, this all sounds very sad, to be honest, well, that is, that is, they will

try to attract private money, yes, and private money, well, you understand, when the americans generally produce everything in private companies, most of the weapons, yes, but in us everything is produced by state-owned companies, except for drones and certain types of military equipment, that is, there is no money, no missiles, and this is very difficult. the most difficult type of weapon is the development of ballistic missiles, so it's good if we manage to get the main components, for example, fuel, high-calorie. fuel, yes, if it is possible to get it, because we have no experience working with solid-fuel missiles at all, we did not produce, we produced liquid-fuel missiles, and for operational-tactical missiles, a liquid-fuel engine is nonsense, that is why they are needed big money, we needed components that

helped us speed up this process, and the issue of production, we produced rockets in the dnipro. now it’s somehow, well, for gunpowder, where it would be possible to produce, say, fuel for solid-fuel dvaguns, at their base, yes, it’s possible, it’s in sums, now all these cities are under fire, under, well, frequent fire, front-line cities, in fact , in addition to this announcement of this ballistic missile, zelensky also said that the defense forces of ukraine. for the first time used the ukrainian long-range missile polyanytsia drone on a military target of the russian-occupied territory of the russian-occupied crimean peninsula in august of this year, what kind of missile, drone, drone is this, do we understand what the configuration of this drone missile is, and again, how

many of these drone missiles can be in ukraine. when setting up production? well, as for the configuration, we only know the aerodynamic scheme, this is a classic aerodynamic scheme without elements of stealth technology, this is not it, this is a volunteer rocket, what was shown to us as a clearing is a slightly different product, here is a typical scheme, duck, so it has horizontal front feathers, they showed us. with the rear placement of horizontals, well, the rear placement of the control rudders, let’s say this, about this rocket, you see, nothing concrete is known, even geometric dimensions, and in order to make assumptions, it is necessary to tell for several minutes on the basis of which such assumptions are made, and since there is no information ,

and well, the first rocket flew, i don't think it's a test run. i think that this, let's say, begins small-scale production, as, which can be, can be scaled, that's why, i hope that with cruise missiles we will have success with the production of cruise missiles and their use in battles, in battles, we will have more success, that is, we should wait for the blaze , not earlier than the 26th year, well, if not, the blaze , yes, a meadow. we, i have already seen the first launch, i hope that by the end of the year our troops will receive a certain number of these missiles, the question, what number, and the question of the characteristics of this missile, and the question, and it is not a missile, it is a drone with a jet engine, in any case if so it was announced, a rocket it's different, a missile is a high-precision product, and a drone

is one for area purposes, that's why it's generally a simpler product, and for... in order to successfully use it, you need a lot more of them than missiles, because, for example , with a pair of stormshadows, we can hit any protected or unprotected object in crimea, and drones are needed for this, well, more than a dozen. another topic, mr. valeriu, which is quite relevant and remains relevant, is the f-16 crash on the 26th. august this year, on the day when russia used more than 200 air forces to attack ukraine, there were many versions, mariana bezugla, a people's deputy, wrote that it was apparently a friendly car, then there was a public discussion between bezugla and oleschuk, who headed

the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, oleschuk advised her not to go there until the end of the investigation. then oleshchuk was retired, what do you think could have happened to the american plane and to that plane and most importantly to the pilot, because the main value of this situation is a person who knew how to fly an f16 died, well, you understand, here is a technician, well, anything can happen , whatever, none is excluded from the versions, even friendly fire, according to the latest information, this version... does not turn off, so it means that what could have happened here, well, a technical failure is unlikely, because the pilot did not have time to eject, and this... well, the reasons that everything happened instantly. lotchik, after all, went through a serious training course. lotchik , former commander of mig-29 squadron,

lieutenant colonel, posthumously received the rank of colonel. ot. and a very experienced person, and how to pull the two handles of the catapult chair upwards? he would instantly find his way. here or sharp loss of control, what with the control system, or indeed. fire, but well, so far there is no information, no, so to speak, official information on this topic, or, for example, as an option, he tried to shoot down, shoot down, a shahed or a cruise missile, well, because in general, the f-16 is capable it is easy to do and able to do it relatively easily, but the projectiles could initiate the detonation of the combat unit with damage to the aircraft, this too... would happen instantly, because the shooting was from well to 1 km at a distance, so there are many options, and i support the opinion of the commander, the former

commander, is, unfortunately, yes, that we have to wait for the official version, because there are really many reasons, there may be many, this aircraft debris, could it be the reason for the fact that these planes will begin to arrive in ukraine more slowly. or in some way our western partners will say, well, they don't know how to use these machines at all, let 's teach them even more, and the period from the transfer of these planes to their use will also be stretched in time, these are not mutually unrelated things, we have been told so far that we have an unchangeable six or an unchangeable ten, there is different information, it means that no matter how many aircraft we lose in combat, we will still always have 10 aircraft or six aircraft, depending on it, so, well, there are different versions of how many we got planes, a total

of 10 planes were to be received from denmark and the netherlands, and in september, by the end of september, up to 20 pilots should be trained, well, they are on target, in fact, that is why we need some. so really a normal flight training course should last 20, should last 30 months, exactly for such a period, f-16 pilots are being trained for slovakia and bulgaria, and that is why the americans were unhappy when we went through a shortened training course, but nevertheless, it will be completed for now. funding by the americans, well, by the united states, of the training of the second group of pilots ends in september, at the end of september, well, that means the money should run out,

that means, according to the allocated plan for this financial year, the training of ukrainian pilots at the base in romania, at the feteshti air base, yes, until that the american side not... financed, that is, the issue of training further pilots was not resolved even before the wreckage, and they are not related to each other. thank you, mr. valery, for the conversation, it was valery romanenko, aviation expert and leading researcher of the state aviation museum. friends, i remind you that we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are currently watching us live, there will be. please subscribe to our pages, like this video, and vote in our survey. today it sounds like this: do you consider it timely to renew the personnel

of the ukrainian government? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, either yes or no, if you have a separate opinion, please leave it in the comments below this video. if you're watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote for the numbers. if you consider it a timely personnel update of the ukrainian government (0800-211-300). 71 no (0800 211 382). all calls to these numbers are free, vote at the end of the program, we will summarize the results of this vote. next , ihor reiterovych, political scientist, head of political and legal programs of the ukrainian center for social development, will be in touch with us. mr. igor, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. good evening. let's talk about personnel changes in shmyhal's government. they have already started. the verkhovna rada of ukraine dismissed from her post the vice prime minister for european and euro-atlantic integration of ukraine olga stefanyshyn, tomorrow she may be reappointed

as the head of the united ministry of justice and european integration, the deputies also dismissed oleksandr kamyshin from the post of minister for strategic industry, ruslan strilets from the post of minister of environmental protection and natural resources, and denys malyuska from the post of minister of justice, but at the same time the dismissal of vice prime minister iryna veryshchuk and the head vitaliy koval state state fund. in fact, this is what failed. my colleague , the journalist tetyana nikolayenko, explained by saying that today is the anniversary of grigory surkis, and those who always vote are servants people, went to the 75th anniversary of surkis, well, and well , they did not vote for these resignations, what do you think of this personnel rotation, it is, as they say, changing the beds in the government, maybe something

else is needed? to change, or how timely it is, what it gives and whether it gives in conditions when all power is concentrated in the hands of five or six managers of zelenskyi? by the way, regarding koval and veryshchuk, i heard slightly different versions, not only related to the anniversary of surkis, but also that there is also the reluctance of part of the faction to simply vote for the resignation of koval, so that he went to the ministry of agrarian policy and they are not very satisfied with this, but they are caught. verychuk is also a funny story, she didn’t really want to leave her post and kind of asked that she, well, not be voted for, but she already had a conversation with the president, the president offered her a new position in the president’s office, and she will actually go to work there , and here is the funniest thing, probably, well, these people are really there, ms. vereshchuk, mr. kamyshyn, who will go to the president's office, they think that this is a promotion for them, although, well, formally of course, in a parliamentary-presidential republic, the position of a minister or vice, especially vice prime minister, is much

more significant. than a position in the office of the head of state, but we understand that there are some informal moments here, and these informal moments, they are currently dominant, regarding this whole story in general, well, on the one hand, it is expected, because conversations about the need for personnel changes, they have been going on for a long time, well, we had five ministers who were acting, they had to be appointed one way or another full-fledged heads of the actual ministries, but also in other ways, well, it was felt that the president had a certain desire... to add a new impulse, or perhaps, you know, to make such a shock from the side, in order for the cabinet of ministers to work more actively, more efficiently, people who will come to certain positions, they were more motivated, because i was surprised to learn today that some ministers who resigned, they appear to be emotionally burned out, they are tired of working there for 5 years as a minister, they we must thank them, they accomplished some feat, well, it surprised me, to put it mildly.

to some extent even outraged, because many people's elected officials really wrote about it like that, well, i just have a simple question, for example, a teacher at a school or a teacher in a kindergarten, they do not burn out emotionally, and they have a job, i think, at times heavier than that of the minister, but at the same time they don't go, they don't write a statement, let us go somewhere, we need to rest there to reload and so on, but the point is that the president's attempt is understandable, it is clear why the cabinet of ministers as a whole is not touched at all, i.e. no... well , they do not nominate a new prime minister there, they do not fire the sleuth and so on, the point here is not what the speaker of the parliament spoke about, which, as it were you can't do this during the legal regime of martial law, you can actually do it, eh, but these are, you know, partial decisions that, according to the logic of the president's office, should change the attitude towards the cabinet of ministers somewhat, and divert the attention of citizens from some problems, well, and in principle , then have arguments, they are reasonable enough,

and i... but i think that they will be used, that something will not work out, because while new people have arrived, people need time, but when they have already worked there for a couple of months, then we will actually ask them, but in fact it all looks like this, although i think that at best, at best, we won't just lose what we actually had in terms of the government there until today, at worst, we're going to have very big problems of course, because certain candidates have questions, but here the main thing is not even that, the main thing is... that all these people are new, they need time, they need time to understand the activities of their ministries, and there is really no time today, and sometimes people come there, which are far from the field where they will actually work, i.e. they will need even more time than for example, for a person who is still, even if he is new, but a professional there in one or another field, here in fact in everything list has questions about whether they are very...