that kaitians eat dog poop and the video is just gorgeous, i advise you to watch it on tiktok or youtube, i think it will reduce the popularity in a way, and secondly, what he tweeted that he hates is such a famous popular singer with millions of connoisseurs of creativity, well, of course, what can be such a negative influence on him. and then this assassination, of course, that now all the media is talking about it, and most importantly, that the trumpians are accusing the democrats in this, you know, goebbelsian way, they say, they have done it again trump's attempt, that is, that there is some center run by the democrats, sends the natives to kill the candidate who is supposed to bring greatness and other benefits to america. against

this background, mr. alexander, there was a meeting, well, actually not on the same day, but two days earlier, the meeting of the president of the united states of america and the prime minister of great britain, keir starmer, this meeting was expected and expected that at this very meeting it will be decided, or at least clarified, whether our western partners will allow their weapons to be fired on russian territory. federation, state department spokesman matthew miller said that so far the united states of america and great britain are not ready to announce the lifting of restrictions on strikes by the armed forces of ukraine, although judging by what happened before that, literally 10 days of such informational preparation about , that at least great britain can lift the restrictions on strikes... shadoo on the territory

of the russian federation, the guardian wrote about it, and this information was actively discussed in the british press, it was and was hinted at that at least, if not the americans, then the british will agree to it, the only thing, i understand, is that without the agreement of their partners from the united states of america, the british did not want to give such an agreement, you did not have such a feeling. that at this meeting this issue in this matter, well at least in one part, regarding british weapons was supposed to be put to an end and the results of this meeting were expected to be announced on this particular note, well i would say that there was also an article in the british press where seven former british defense ministers and the prime minister, former boris johnson urged the current prime minister to remove such a restriction. because it

is senseless, of course, that it harms ukraine, above all, it protects ukraine's enemies. but i think that most likely we will hear about the decision during the visit of the president of ukraine. it is clear that there are certain political, let's say, moments for doing it in this way, and not just announcing it. i think eventually they will, and it will most likely be gradual. like, you know, how they like to say about escalation, first without, then broad permission, we will use the british and french systems, and then later the americans will still come and give permission for the use of attackcoms, when they see that the russians have not fallen for this so-called escalation, so i think it all depends on this, and i hope that as long as joseph biden is in office. and his team,

including jack sullivan, they will still look at their approach to the russian federation, to this war, will understand, as the british have long understood, that there are empty threats on the part of the russian federation, it is not capable of escalation, which, let's say, they would rather avoid, and that it is necessary to bet ultimately on ukraine and help ukraine fight better with western weapons. and without any absolutely ridiculous restrictions, you have already mentioned the visit of the president of ukraine to the united states of america, on september 25 the session of the un general assembly begins there, and it is within the framework of this un general assembly that zelensky hopes to meet with biden and present him with a victory plan, and as zelensky says, this plan victory is already more than 90

percent ready. about what this plan will be, zelenskyy is speaking quite sparingly so far, but let's listen to what he said in yesterday's video... an address to ukrainians, in various formats of the meeting on the preparation of our ukrainian victory plan , the actual filling of all points, military filling, political, diplomatic, economic, more than 90% of everything is written out, and in the complex this package can ensure the correct development of the situation not only for ukraine, but also for everyone in the world who... appreciates international law, mr. oleksandr, from the information that is in the public space and about what zelensky says, that the foundation will be made, and the main bet in this plan of victory will be made on the united states

of america, and that is, it is completely unclear, so far, if the united states of america does not want to do its part there in this victory plan, then no... it is clear whether there will be a victory plan then, well, relatively speaking, whether the current team has a plan b in addition to plan a, well, that is, if the americans they will say, listen, we don't have this plan for victory fits, we have our own vision of how the russian-ukrainian war should end, and this vision is not the same as that of zelenskyi and his team, but you understand what, what will happen if suddenly this plan for victory... turns out not to be the same , which washington sees, you know, the program of the minimum of our strategic goals and the strategic goals of the united states, they completely coincide, this is the survival of the ukrainian nation, the ukrainian state, sovereign, independent, and that is exactly why president biden

even in the 22nd or early 2023 of the year about he said that ukraine won a strategic victory, other goals, such as the victory of ukraine and what we have. to free all illegally occupied annexed territories does not coincide here, since the americans want to avoid an escalation with the russian federation and, in another case, the collapse of the putin regime, and from the russian federation, and of course, that zelensky needs to show some diplomacy, so that our wishes, and our resources, which we have, are primarily human, we have packed such an option for our american ones. partners, if the americans do not agree with the klan, it does not mean that they will stop supplying us with weapons, providing other types of assistance, because then it will be against their national interests and this strategy that joseph biden approved in fact in the year 22, and of course

that then we will have to rely on our own forces and our european partners, but of course this is a problematic thing, because and... first of all, i mean industrial resources, the ability to produce weapons, equipment, which the europeans, unfortunately, do not have, in any case the american factor will decisive i don't think that we need to think about any plan b, it can only be, let's say, agree with the need to conduct negotiations, because otherwise we simply will not take such financial and industrial resources, such weapons and other things anywhere. i think that in the end... the proposals with which zelensky will be in washington, they will be accepted as a whole, there will probably still be nuances, already the work between our and the american military from the point of view of such, let's say, planning, from the point of view vision of games that will show whether we will be able

to perform certain military tasks, that's why i basically hope that our ideas, they will come, and they are based, including on us. which show our defense forces in the kurdish direction, because before the kurdish operation both in washington and in europe they said that the war had come to a corner, that ukraine would better focus on defense, it is not able to generate forces and means for active offensive actions character we have shown that we can do it even in conditions where we do not get all that we were promised by our partners. zelensky recently said. that in fact only four brigades are completely new, both brigades are equipped, and most of them have not yet received weapons, equipment and other things, so of course this plan should speed up our american partners a little, so that the money

allocated by congress does not burn the process of making a decision and transferring this armament of equipment and ammunition to ukraine was delayed, mr. oleksandr, now there are very... many plans, peace plans that offer for ukraine, this is both the sino-brazilian peace plan and the peace plan of olaf scholz and... these plans have already been criticized by volodymyr zelenskyi, he spoke about the sino-brazilian peace, that it is a peace that is initiated, or this peace agreement is initiated moscow, or agreed with moscow about scholz's peace plan, he said that he did not know what kind of peace plan it was, but the chancellor of germany , during a meeting with the president of kazakhstan kasi jomart tokayev, did not agree with the thesis that russia is impossible. run through the military way, but also speaks for a peaceful settlement, speaks publicly about it.

it is also clear to us that at the same time it is necessary to continue to explore the possibilities for a peace process, and it is clear to me that this will not work for russia in the case in which it is currently waging this war, continuing to attack ukraine with great aggression. should all these peace plans, mr. alexander, be reduced to some single denominator, or? all these plans should somehow be considered as options in the case when both the sino-brazilian peace and the peace from sholtz, in these projects and initiatives, representatives of ukraine were not involved. well, you know, i have two folders on my computer, these are peaceful initiatives, and there is of course the plan of ukraine, and there is a folder that can actually be translated as a fool, and what... our partners also offer, the second friends or distant partners, if it does not fit

into the vision of ukraine, i want to emphasize that ukraine does not demand anything more than the restoration of international law, that is , there is no point that we would like more than the parties, including the russian federation, agreed to implement, if it does not correspond, this plan that is offered to us does not correspond to these parameters, then of course we should pay attention to it, but we should continue the dialogue with our partners, the closest ones, who joined on the first site peace so that they support our proposals, in this context i consider the next peace summit very important, which will not bring peace, that's for sure, but the most important thing is that it should increase the number of countries that adhere to the ukrainian plan, at least in some of its support because, of course, what olaf scholz proposes is not known, but

of course we have to be skeptical about it, because i do not know in history that a genocidal war ended with diplomacy and peace negotiations, i have not heard from russian perpetrators or propagandists that they are ready, at least to reduce the pace of this aggression, and unfortunately, we have not heard that the russian federation has such... problems of an economic, social, political nature that can undermine the ability of putin and his machines to continue this war, there are positive signals, this was an interview with the head of the central bank of the russian federation a few weeks ago, there really are problems there, if what she said was allowed on television, it is a sign that it can really be much worse, there is also assessment of danov said to open. those sources, closed sources, that in fact at the end of next year, at the beginning of the 26th, the russians

faced big problems, both economic and industrial, and it is possible that after a certain time they will have to look for a way out of this situation, but it is clear, what russians are waiting for elections in the united states, they will like the chaos that is now increasing in american politics, and of course a visit is possible. donald trump, who, in principle, has already told in general what he wants, what he has a plan for ukraine, and it definitely does not coincide with our interests, with the interests and interests of the americans. thank you, mr. oleksandr, for the conversation, it was oleksandr khara, a diplomat. friends, we continue to work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who now watch us live on these platforms please subscribe. today we ask you this, would you move to the united

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airstrike. the armed drone attacked object of the energy system. and this is reported by sumy oblast. administration, we are talking about the fact that energy facilities were damaged by the shaheds, in particular in kanotop, in the okhtyrskyi, sumy district, what is happening in the ukrainian energy industry as of september 17, 2024, how would you characterize the state where we are now we are in, well, the situation, we know that it is difficult. it is critical, and when we say energy facilities, we, well, in recent times, as a rule, mean electric power facilities, but we also have oil and gas complex, gas transportation system, er, gas distribution networks, that is, in addition to the energy infrastructure, well, what

is happening today, what is the state, well, in short, we know that we have damaged, first of all , a large number of generating capacities, somewhere around 9 g is 900 mw, today ukraine consumes about 10-12 thousand megawatts, you can imagine, and 9 is already damaged, but we had a large reserve, peaceful times and on the eve of well... in the 90s , we had with a capacity of 55,000 gw, and on the eve of the war, it was somewhere around 25, 27 thousand megawatts, and nine of them are damaged, so we have a big deficit of generating capacities, we know that we don't have the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the kokhov hydroelectric power plant,

the dnipro hydroelectric power plant are damaged, and almost all thermal power plants are damaged. which worked and are working on coal, they are all damaged, there is some amount left, here we see the equipment on the screens, but mainly these stations are war and the equipment is destroyed, that is why there is a big deficit of generation, but we joined the european energy system on the eve of the war, and therefore we can today import electricity. somewhere in the last six months, we imported to the level of 1.7 gw, well, now negotiations are going on and maybe we will be able to increase it to 2.2 gw by the beginning of the rainy season, so this is the situation in terms of generation, we have mostly 90%, i i think

nuclear plants produce it, we have it. nine power units with a total capacity of 7.8 gigawatts, and there are hydroelectric plants, solar when there is sun, and thermal power plants, the small amount that remains, which concerns distribution networks, and high-voltage networks of ukrenergo, and directly to networks, oblenergo, here too the situation is very difficult, because the blows in... they were directed, as a rule, to high-voltage substations, where there are very powerful transformers, and a sufficiently large amount of equipment is also damaged, and of course, on the oblenergo substation is already of such a smaller capacity, but we must remember that

we have this distribution network, main and high voltage. distribution, they were built for the transportation of electricity, well, more than 55 thousand megawatts, there are somewhere up to 70 thousand megawatts, why, because we exported, in we had the most, the most powerful 750 kv lines in the world, but at the expense of that margin of safety, despite the fact that today we consume 12-13. and the enemy does not manage to achieve such a total blackout in ukraine, but we know that these are the last ones... there during the war there were constant strikes on energy equipment and even official sources there, the ministry of energy, the government, sometimes say that

more than 70 % of energy equipment, so we are entering the winter well yes s well enough enough critical, although the energy industry has done a lot, they repair equipment. at power plants, substations and so on, we receive incredible, incredible help, great help from our european partners, and equipment, materials, and funding in order for us to restore at least the part that is necessary to pass the autumn winter maximum, and i would also like to remind you that we plan to ... sew imports, and everything depends on the passage of the autumn-winter maximum on two factors: the first main factor is air

defense, which will protect energy facilities, and why, because all these structures the first degree, the second degree, especially the third degree, which is some fantasy confinement. at the substation, which is on an area of ​​tens of hectares, this, this, it is not, it is impossible, i do not know who promoted these ideas, designed, built them, well, well, it is impossible to protect these objects with any structures, the only structure that we built, which protects, it is at the chornobyl nuclear plant confaynment, which protects against radiation, no structure can protect against missiles, in such... odious objects, that is why air defense, especially on distribution devices of nuclear power plants, i mean

the substations directly, which are close to the nuclear plants, thanks to which electricity is issued, and there was a missile strike about a month ago, when for... several power units of nuclear plants, these strikes were directly on distribution devices, therefore, this is very important, this is the first factor, the third, the second factor, there are three factors, i apologize, the second is how massive the strikes will be on the energy infrastructure, i believe that the enemy is preparing for this. and i will tell you why sure of it, they believe that this winter, what will it be, we don't know what it will be, it may be cold, very

cold, or it may be warm, thank god that it be warm, but we remember, for russians, energy is a weapon, and we remember the first energy war, well, i remember that, maybe you remember, many don't remember, it was... 98 when gas was completely cut off in ukraine and we had fuel oil supplies there for two days, few people know about it, then the war of 2005-6, when russia closed gas to ukraine, when it was a cold winter, these are peaceful times, supposedly mutual relations and so on, and the gas war is in its ninth year, and now this is like a chance, i think they are preparing and we need to... strengthen air defense , and mr. ivan, mr. ivan, and the third factor, i finish, i apologize, the third factor is what the winter will be like, if

the winter is warm, plus temperatures 0, +5, +7 there and so on, i think that we will come, if it will be -15-20, then we need to prepare directly for us, consumers, citizens of ukraine, to a situation when electricity will be cut off for such a period, or perhaps for a long time. you have already mentioned the level of protection of energy facilities. volodymyr kudrytskyi, the former and now former head of ukrenergo, also spoke about this. in an interview with the public, he described the current situation in the energy sector. let's hear what he said. more than 60 ukrenergo facilities are currently protected by the so-called second level protection. this is according to the classification of the general staff, it is large concrete, reinforced concrete structures, the size of a five-story building, which is protected

mainly by autotransformers, most of them. critical and vulnerable equipment, and i also said that such structures are built exclusively at ukrenergo substations, exclusively at ukrenergo substations - this means that nowhere else, nowhere, at any other facilities, they, unfortunately, so far not built, and when i presented this report to the supervisory board, and there were no remarks, comments, negative to... the report, mr. ivan, one more, very briefly, one more thing about what you said about these substations, which are near the ukrainian as, or which ensure the activity of the ukrainian as, the politician writes that it is obvious that the russians will hit these substations, considering what kudrytsky said , and on the situation with these substations, because you

mentioned that you had already hit... in the west of ukraine, and the situation was critical there, i understand that they did not divulge this information, but this story was . what will happen if the russians hit these substations on the eu, and what to do with this defense, which kudrytsky is talking about, is the patriot system still the best defense? well, look, kudrivskyi said everything absolutely correctly, well, he did. if he commented on his dismissal and his accusation that it was not built, kudrytskyi did not say whether these structures are effective or not, you can protect a transformer, but a substation is not only a transformer, it is switches, there are disconnections, there are a lot of them equipment, and therefore if even the transformer is not damaged, then this transformer. substation

it can be turned into, i don't know, what it will be, and it won't work and and and there for six months, that's why i say it again, air defense, even if it concerns buildings, we also heard the prime minister, somewhere here in his interview, he said: and we are of the third degree, what are the most these fathers of turtles or something like that, they, they are expensive. tens of billions of hryvnias went there, he says, we canned it because our international partners said that they could not be effective, can you imagine how much money was spent on construction, and we we waited until the partners said that they are not effective, stop it, now we will preserve it, although we talked about it two years ago, well, this is what it is, that's why i want it again

, i... i'm sorry, i want it again to say that we need to prepare for the worst-case scenario, everyone, it’s a cold winter and there will be massive strikes, we will survive everything, there is absolutely no, maybe a total blackout, the probability is there, but it is not high, but we need to do everything so that we these consequences have been reduced. thank you, we must conclude, mr. ivan, thank you for talking to you, it was yavan plachkov, chairman of the council of the all-ukrainian energy assembly, former minister of fuel and energy, friends, let's look at the results of our interim survey, which survey we are conducting, would you come to the united states of america or the eu if you had such a possibility, so 25% yes, 75% no, ahead of the bbc news, 15 minutes,

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