"i hope we have a better relationship with you, but you know it takes two to tango, we're going to have a good meeting today, i think the fact that we got together today is a very good sign, well, mr. yevgeny, trump says that he has a good relationship with zelenskyi and with putin, and zelenskyi tells him, after all, i hope that we will have better relations, he says about tango and..." tango is for two, i.e. in general, somehow it does not fit together, he wants to cooperate with two, talks about tango for two, what in general is happening now in trump's election campaign, why are these swings that we see, swings, why, why are they happening on the part of the republican party, he does not want to meet with zelensky, there is no time, then he meets, then he repeats the same mantras that everyone already heard that when he wins, he will end this war. because he

knows putin and zelensky very well, let's give credit to volodymyr zelensky, who did not get lost in this situation and skillfully supported the topic that you and i will be better relations, but the situation here is that i think that trump is obviously dissatisfied with the course of the campaign, because he said two days ago that ukraine no longer exists. and now he agrees to visit it, says that it is a beautiful country, we, well , that is, he has that various chips with information are inserted somewhere, that is, he says one thing today, another thing tomorrow, a third thing the day after tomorrow, in principle this is typical for trump, and it is obvious that his voters are satisfied with this, but for us this approach, well, that is, trump shows everyone what he would be like. good president

but if he had been a good president for a term in the 20th year, if he had been elected, he would not have been able to run for office now, because he would have been president for two terms in a row. therefore, in reality, this argument is irrational. clearly, the idea of ​​being in such a tense situation, she, well, i don't think she was properly . thought out, and in fact i believe that ukraine has found itself in a rather difficult situation due to such an adventurous approach, but in any case we need to act further and we need, i believe, to fill it with substantive content, but now it should not be presidential diplomacy, zelensky obviously will not go, but it should be parliamentary diplomacy, veteran diplomacy, diplomacy, if you want... of religious

organizations, so that we continue this signal that volodymyr zelenskyi brought about that we need peace on our ukrainian terms, and that there is a peace plan. i do not think that there are ukrainian politicians who will refuse to speak responsibly about the fact that we need victory over russia. well, otherwise, this is simply not a ukrainian politician. well, of course, sir. yevgeny, this is the very end of our conversation, i would like to ask your opinion about what the british publication wrote about the economist, i think you read about the predictions of the holding of next year's presidential elections, it is true that the sources referred to by british journalists are not named there, they write about the fact that the headquarters seem to be deployed, work is underway, and everyone is preparing for the elections, whether they will be or not, what is it? another

insinuation, or, according to your data, there is preparation for the presidential elections in 2025 year today i had to answer this question to your colleagues, i proposed to predict the following situation: imagine that elections are announced and several dozen candidates are nominated in accordance with the law. who make a deposit, who begin to criticize the ukrainian state in different voices and say whether we need peace with , well, that is, they will destabilize the situation within the limits of the law, how will we be against this, how will the state of ukraine oppose this, that is, i do not rule out that there is a demand from western partners and there are hints from the west partners for the fact that... elections are needed.

it is difficult to call me a supporter of the political talent of volodymyr zelenskyi, but i understand that for us at the moment victory is more important, and elections in conditions of... war, in conditions of war, presidential elections are the elections of the supreme commander-in-chief, well, in fact, because it is his authority, and as we predict for ourselves, it is profitable for russia to discredit any potential commander-in-chief. beyond any doubt. thank you, mr. yevhen, thank you for the conversation, this was yevhen magda, executive director institute of world politics. friends, we will continue. to work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are currently on these platforms, please subscribe to our pages, like this video, and participate in our vote. today we ask you the following question: will the united states of america continue to help ukraine in

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the enemy is obviously aiming at it or at the military airfield, or at the planes that are stationed at that airfield, if they are stationed there, of course . on thursday, september 26, russian propaganda invented a fake that we supposedly lost four f-16 fighter jets, russian resources published information without any confirmation about it, and apparently it happened after an unexpected missile strike. the center for combating disinformation denied the information of russian propagandists about the destruction of the f-16. the information is not true. such reports are yet another hoax aimed at manipulating public opinion, a fabrication created to reinforce the narrative of the ineffectiveness of western aircraft. russian propaganda began to spread fakes about the downing of the f-16 even before the fighter jets appeared in ukraine.

what, mr. valery, is the enemy so bothered by the small f-16 fleet so far? well, they understand that this is a prospect if we get f-16, if they are given missiles with a range of at least 120 km, yes, although i would like these s-8 amram missiles with a range of 160 km, then we will be able to destroy the russian kab carriers, what is the destruction of the russian kab carriers, or at least endanger these kabami strikes, yes, for the russians to reduce their number, this means complete emasculation. of the russian offensive potential, because they would not advance even 100 m with only meat assaults, but what if they destroy our strongholds and after that, the meat assaults begin, then they have some moderate, very slow successes in

this regard, because indeed a country that has aviation and that is fighting against a country that actually cannot... use its aviation, it has significant advantages, because aviation is in modern war, it is not just a terrible force, it is from the second, let's say, from the middle of the second world war, dominance in the air, it always provided an advantage, a victory for the attacking side, well now the war has changed a little bit, anti-aircraft missile complexes significantly reduced tactical advantages. aviation, but still we see russian tactics: a kabama strike, after that a meat assault and some kind of advance, tens, hundreds of meters there, but an advance. you already mentioned these non -hovering bombs, i understand that can

be used, on the asf-16 fighter, in a new aid package the united states of america is giving ukraine jaysaw cruise bombs, and they... can hit targets up to 110 km away , and, according to western experts, that they can be put on the f-16 fighter, as... in your opinion and when f6 these jsou can be applied, taking into account these constant threats coming from the russian side, which say that if the missiles of the allies, of our allies will enter or enter the territory of the same kurtshchyna or belgorod region, or soon they will reach us bombs and how will they change the course of the russian-ukrainian war? no way, the fact is that glider bombs fly

at, as you say, well, there is a long distance of more than 100 km, in general, the bombs are egm 154 json bombs, so those bombs, they fly at 130 km, these are cruise bombs, to begin with, yes, cruise bombs, but they fly at 130 km, only when they are dropped from a high altitude. the russians drop their weapons without... from heights of 12 and more than 1000 m. we cannot climb to such a height in front of the front line, because our planes will be shot down. if these bombs are dropped from low altitudes, even at high speed, even if you try to drop them from the upper point, they fly from 22 to 25 km, in no way these bombs, besides, we are promised to hand over bombs with cluster bombs only. combat units, to a large extent they will not affect the course of hostilities, although these are the most

modern bombs, ah, they can be both with cluster and concrete-piercing combat units, ordinary combat units, and cluster ones can be, well, they are enough , such effective submunitions are enough, there are 145 munitions in such a cluster bomb, and they are of double cumulus... cumulative and fragmentary action, double action, that is, they can not only destroy armored vehicles, but also destroy infantry in some area, but still these bombs in in the form that we will receive from the allies, they will be difficult for us, first of all, it will be difficult for us to use them, i say again, low altitude, short range, high density of anti-aircraft missile systems of the russians, yes, but there is an option, it was interesting. .. option, ah, let’s say this, the editor-in-chief of defense

express said that these engines can be put on, oh, rocket engines can be put on these bombs, but in general a very good idea, it could be done in the conditions of ukraine, because in general, these bombs that are supposed to be delivered to us, yes, they were planned to be missiles, oh, but we will only get them in the wing plan version. those bombs, planning bombs, yes, but in the tail part of these missiles they are called agm, antisurface guided missile, guided missile, well, if in the forward part, where there is a place to install a jet engine, small ones, yes, then such a missile capable, such a bomb is capable, well, you see, now it flies using a jet engine, then the range will be even from low altitudes. hundreds of kilometers, and then some, some influence on the russian,

say, warehouses of weapons of the army divisional level, then it will be possible to destroy them, and this will directly affect the course of hostilities in certain areas, well , it is clear that we will monitor what kind of products will come to ukraine, how, how they will be used, and more one thing is known. which was voiced by joseph biden, well, actually during the visit, the american visit of zelenskyi, more precisely, biden instructed the ministry of defense of the united states of america to expand the training of ukrainian f-16 pilots , including by supporting the training of 18 more pilots next year. why are they like that? this is about the f-16 and about the planes and about the pilots, how... they say like salami, the principle of salami, little by little, little by little, you don't need a lot of pilots, because you won't have these

planes so quickly, and these pilots, well this is an artificial product for the armed forces, for the air force of the armed forces, why do you think the americans are restraining this process, although they could train a hundred ukrainian pilots or fifty ukrainian pilots who would already make up this combat unit, which could... be used on f16 fighters? well, you are walking wide, because i have to tell you, hundreds pilots - it is not able, even the united states, is not able to train. hundreds of pilots, it is necessary to prepare, first of all, both in the european training center in romania and in the united states and conduct preliminary training, in addition, let's take this aspect: an hour of f-16 flight, it costs somewhere, well the planes are not new,

the spare parts need 25-30 thousand dollars, one hour, for... in order to teach the pilot how to pilot and use this aircraft in combat, it takes dozens of hours, yes , only the cost, let's take only the cost of the plane, plus there, well, in general, to talk about it for a long time, the cost of training a pilot costs millions of dollars, it costs 2-3 million dollars, well, let's say that if we take the total cost, then slovakia on... for example there purchased, it seems, 14 planes, that’s how, on average, if the plane is delivered from the factory to some country, then the cost of such a plane as 16 is somewhere around 60 million dollars, and the cost of the set is the plane, weapons, spare engine, some spare parts, some weapons , and that's the preparation

pilots, it has already doubled, there are more than 130 million dollars. ugh, that is, after all, within 10 years, maybe we will have 100 pilots or a hundred nits, not a few years, i think, you understand, here canada has now joined the training of pilots, it has allocated money, and the gosh pilots are starting to work, the european the f-16 training center i mentioned in romania, but america. they say, although it is possible that the americans are financing the training in the european center, you understand, here you need to dot the and and figure out if the three centers are preparing pilots, yes, that’s one thing, if one center is preparing and the united states is financing it together with canada, then it’s a different situation,

that is, i haven’t put a full stop on this issue yet, but the preparation is going on and in addition... we need to have keep in mind that our infrastructure is also not capable of receiving fifty planes at 16. thank you, mr. valery, for the conversation, it was aviation expert valery romanenko, a leading researcher of the state aviation museum. friends, we continue our broadcast and we are working, let me remind you live on the channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who watch and... we are live now, please subscribe to our pages, like this video, and also take part in our survey, today we are asking you about whether the united states of america will continue to help ukraine if trump wins, yes no, everything is quite simple on youtube, the option is yes, the option is no, if you have a separate opinion, please leave it in

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weapons, so what are the challenges facing ukraine now? the world and how will this new horror story, which putin and his henchmen have made public, affect the course of the russian-ukrainian war? well, it has long been a practice to frighten the russians in the information space and directly talk about their powerful nuclear capabilities, they really like it, but this it's like trying to cut a piece of bread with a dull sword, so... let's ignore their barking, rather deal directly with our own problems, of which we have more than enough, as well as excuse me when this poll. as for trump, will trump help or not, we don't have enough of our own problems that we have to discuss and make decisions, we again distract ourselves from others, forgetting about our own problems, in

solving public problems within ukrainian society, this is the task number one, without a doubt, just the current survey, it is timed to visit zelenskyi and the meeting with trump, so we are simply interested in what our tvs think . let's return to internal issues, to the internal situation in ukraine and the situation at the front. the situation in the pokrovsky direction is quite difficult, the course operation of the armed forces of ukraine is ongoing. how do you assess the current situation at the front as of september 27, 2024? the situation, well, let's start from the top, let's start with kursk, from the north, in the kurdish direction, the fighting is going on at the tactical level. communicating with by certain guys at the level of commanders, i understand that the situation is not so deplorable, they fight back, they attack, they

capture prisoners in certain areas, in certain areas, not so positive for us, but in the meantime, tactical level battles are taking place, because russians are still trying to find out where to bite and how to bite, as far as the kupyan direction is concerned. it is also an ancient dream to directly hold the kharkiv direction for the russians and still capture kupyansk, because by capturing kupyansk under control, in the future they plan to take the lyman direction and build kupinsk klyman, the time of the ivars of konstantinok, which they have also dreamed of for a long time and pokrovsk, this is exactly the reconstruction of such a wonderful rail-road road that allows. it is enough for the russians to successfully transfer both human and material resources along their front line, which they believe will remain on the territory

of ukraine for a long time, so they are making maximum efforts, first of all now, on kurakhov and pokrovsky, so that in the future, if someone will open the map and see what's up with pokrovsk a direct route to pavlograd, then to the dnipro. and skurakhovo is a direct road going towards zaporizhzhia, they repeat exactly the maneuvers of the winter of 1943, when the red army tried to dislodge the german troops from these directions, so they do not invent anything new, they always repeat those operations, but add their certain modern nuances, as regards the situation at the front in general, well, the question is that... when there are not enough people, as for the reserves, when people do not pass enough preparation, then it is too difficult to fight, and

if the leader of our country had obeyed chiefly commander zaluzhnyi at the time, and in october of last year the question of conscription was still raised and these people were called up, then during this time it was possible to have them in sufficient quality and the required number to prepare, at that moment they did not see. necessary, but how can a person without any military education, without having served in the army for a single day, draw such conclusions, well, realistically, the environment that surrounds our president, unfortunately, does not say what is necessary, not what is realim, but he says what the president wants to hear, and this is our biggest problem, that instead of the truth, we try to bury ourselves and our own people directly in a warm bath, the time will be transparent. and the time of disappointments has already come, and precisely the ability to clearly place accents and ask uncomfortable questions, why someone does not fulfill certain duties, respectively, as prescribed

by the constitution and other laws of ukraine, this is the number one task, because, if and further we will lull ourselves in a warm bath, then there will be much more disappointments, and they will be more tragic for our country, under the current conditions, mr. general, what options... can the government's decisions save the situation and solve the problem, including the quality of those people who are preparing for the front and to fight against the russians? any businessman, and managing the country is also, let's say, a business for certain people, but meanwhile, time, people and money, we don't have that much time, but it's all there as far as people are concerned. this is the high-quality training of people even before the moment when they joined the ranks of the armed forces, in the required number, in of the required quality. unfortunately, we still do not train people in sufficient quantity and quality,

and first of all... this issue does not even concern the armed forces yet, it is a task for the state to train in huge numbers with the capabilities of ukraine, we can train much more, qualitatively cook, for some reason it is not organized at the state level? as for money, money is primarily the economy, the economy, according to the law on mobilization, mobilization training must be transferred to functioning in wartime conditions, which means that we have look at a huge number of enterprises... and still have not received tasks from the mobilization plan, because this plan will not fill the councils and has not been adopted, not approved by the president, justified directly in the first place by the cabinet of ministers, again a puncture in non-fulfillment of the existing law, everything is very simple, the economy will work, the needs of the armed forces will be provided, the armed forces will be provided, we will be able to fight using technical capabilities and save human lives, mr. general, you?

mentioned the production, the project that has in that including working for the armed forces. umerov rustam rustem umerov, minister of defense of ukraine, announced that in 2024 the ukrainian share of combatants at the front will be 41%. and what does the minister of defense say, today every second ukrainian-made ammunition, which in 2020 ukrainian ammunition installed 18 on the fourth. increased to 40%. thanks to the team of the ministry of strategy and industry for constructive cooperation. you, mr. general, repeatedly spoke on the air of our tv channel about the fact that these successes, which are now, well, are insufficient, and these successes should have been achieved in 2019. defense orders were either not approved when zelensky dady came, and when it was really necessary to prepare for war. how...

in spite of everything, you are now evaluating this dynamic, whether it is sufficient or insufficient, or simply, well, it is one thing to start making ammunition from 0% to 40%, relatively speaking, and another when it comes to 40% and more there is up to 90%, the difference is in numbers and in the amount of ammunition that is produced, well, come on, i will disappoint you and just give the real ones. we heard about 40%, by the way, i was talking yesterday with some military personnel from the front, and he complains about the quality of ukrainian ammunition, especially with regard to mortars, he says, god forbid that out of ten that fly, god forbid that five work, that's the whole answer for you, the next question, 40% from the general need for ammunition, unfortunately, i can't say on the air right now, the actual accuracy of the ammunition that we use during

the day, but i'll just... give you a simple example, which is not a secret, we hope that the americans in august months produced 40,000 shells for ukraine month. 40 00 per month is four days, relatively speaking, of active hostilities. our share, you said, is somewhere near, well, let's raise it, let it be 20,000, and that's another plus two days, and that's how many days we get, six days. of active hostilities during the month, ask yourself the questions, are we producing them in the right amount or not in the right amount, and the growth from zero, yes, if there were zero, and now there are 40 shells, then this is a 40% increase, but in reality, this it's completely different, and the fact that the front simply requires projectiles of different calibers calibers, 120, 105, 17, 112, 155 and requires. these

shells, and you can't get them out, so if there's a lot of stuff there, you know, it's like looking at a glass, some say it's half empty, others say it's half full, so everyone has their own, i'm like a scout with a certain having served in the armed forces for more than a dozen years, i look more critically at such things, because i was trained.