but it's not even a significant percentage of the american military budget, so we 're seeing a certain ambivalence of the west, and when i hear the words that biden says that he won't let russia win, then i hear his other words that he said, that he has already defeated putin, do you feel victory? over putin, i think that biden has his own vision of victory, why do i always ask ukraine about the victory plan, because for me the victory plan is the plan to defeat putin, but no leader, a western leader and our western partner, does not say that putin, the putin regime must be defeated, they talk about a plan for victory, about... that ukraine must

win, but they do not say for what, under what conditions, it seems to me that the main condition of the plan for the victory of ukraine must to be a plan to defeat putin and putin's russia, unfortunately there is no such thing, well, i don't know if zelensky talked about it with kamala harris, the candidate for the presidency of the united states of america from the democratic party, but after meeting with the president of ukraine, she said that she agreed with how ukraine sees the end of the war. let's listen what the vice president of the united states of america, kamala harris, said. no one will be able to end this war without the participation of ukraine, but some in our country want ukraine to give up a large part of its sovereign territory. who demands that ukraine agree to neutrality and renounce its security ties with other countries. these offers are similar to demands. putin, but let's be clear that

these are not peace proposals, these are surrender proposals, they are dangerous and unacceptable. that is, an offer of surrender, mr. yevgeny, it is unacceptable, but also the proposal of the complete defeat of russia in this war is also, as i understand it, unacceptable, including for kamala garis, i understood correctly. donald trump said today that this is not the script. that is, he is forced to discuss with his opponent, it is a pity that this is happening against the background of the visit of volodymyr zelenskyi, that is, his idea of ​​a peace plan, which was supposed to become a sensation, we understand with you that this should be the number one event, true, but come on in fact, we do not see such a sharp discussion in the west to the press, i'm saying that maybe we will see it literally... over the weekend, that is, literally

tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but i have not heard from serious western politicians that they are in favor of dismantling russia, until the idea of ​​​​dismantling russia is heard, that's all simulation, because the end of the war for today, and obviously, if they are going to seek an end to the war in the short term, then from the current, in the current, so to speak ... the current contact line, so there is a korean scenario or any other scenario , as we will say, it is for ukraine, yes, a respite, but a respite is for russia, and it will use it to get as many new technologies, new equipment, get new resources, sell something to the west, except, for example, rosatom, which made a profit of 25 billion dollars a year ago, he became the object

of sanctions from the west? no, the question arises, why and what, what other moments, and this is not, no, no, obviously, not an isolated case, true, and we in this sense, how are we before, well, before this, i think that we just it would be beneficial to communicate with american energy companies companies, at least under the pretext that we will have... a rather difficult winter is expected, and we have to look for additional opportunities and additional arguments in order to go through it and work accordingly. today, mr. yevgeny, volodymyr zelensky met with donald trump before the start of the meeting, zelensky expressed hope that his interlocutor also believes that the war in ukraine should be stopped, and putin cannot win, and trump can.

said he would try to work, as he said, with both sides to settle conflict. let's listen to what trump and zelensky said. we have a very good relationship, and i also have a very good relationship, as you know, with president putin, and i think if i win, we will resolve this very quickly. i hope we have a better relationship with you. but you know it takes two to tango. we will have a good meeting today. i think the fact that we are here today is a very good sign. well, mr. yevgeny, trump is talking about that. that he has a good relationship with zelensky and with putin, and zelensky tells him, after all, i am i hope that we will have better relations, he says about tango and tango is for two, that is, it doesn't work at all, he wants to cooperate with two, he talks about

tango for two, what is happening now in the election campaign trump, why are these swings that we're seeing, swings, why, why are they happening on the part of the republican party? he doesn't want to meet with zelenskyi, he doesn't have time, then he meets, then he repeats those mantras that everyone has already heard that when he wins, he will end this war, because he knows putin and zelensky very well. we give credit to volodymyr zelenskyi, who did not get lost in this situation and quite skillfully supported the topic that we will have a better relationship with you, but the situation here is that... i think that trump is obviously not satisfied with the course of the campaign, because two days ago he talked about the fact that ukraine no longer exists, and now he agrees to visit it and 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 today one, tomorrow the second, the day after tomorrow the third, in principle this is typical for trump, and it is obvious that it satisfies his... voters, but for us this approach, well, that is, trump shows everyone what a good president he would be, but if he was 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, so in fact this argument is irrational, it is clear that... the idea of ​​being in such acute 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 move on, and we need to fill it with substantive content, i think, but now... this is already should not be presidential diplomacy, zelensky obviously will not go, but it should be parliamentary diplomacy, veteran diplomacy, diplomacy, well, if you want, of religious organizations, so that we continue this signal that volodymyr zelenskyi brought that we need peace on our ukrainian terms, and that there is a peace plan, i don't think that there are ukrainian politicians who will refuse to speak... responsibly about the fact that we need victory over russia, otherwise it's simply not ukrainian politics. and of course, mr. yevgeny, this is the very end of our conversation, i will ask your opinion about what

the british edition of the economist wrote, i think that you read about the forecasts of the holding of the presidential elections next year, there, however, the sources are not named, on which referred by british journalists, write about the fact that the headquarters seem to be deployed, work is underway, and everyone there is preparing for the elections, whether they will take place or not, what is this, another insinuation, or after all, according to your data, there are preparations for the presidential elections in 2025, to me today had to answer this question to your colleagues, i proposed to predict the following situation: imagine that elections are announced and, in accordance with the law, several dozen candidates are nominated, who pay a deposit, who begin to criticize the state in different voices

ukrainian language and say that we need peace, well, that is, they will destabilize the situation within the limits of the law, no matter how we are against it, the state of ukraine will oppose it. that is, i do not rule out that there is a demand from western partners and there are hints from western partners that elections are needed. it is difficult for me to call myself 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 essence, 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,

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valery romanenko, aviation expert, leading researcher of the state aviation museum. mr. valery, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. and, good evening, thank you for the invitation. we, mr. valery, for the past two days have been watching the russians strike with daggers at starokostiantynov, and we see that... that the enemy is obviously aiming at either the military airfield or the planes that are standing at that airfield, if they are standing there, of course, on thursday, september 26, russian propaganda invented a fake that we supposedly lost four f-16 fighters, russian resources published information about this without any confirmation, and this happened after an unexpected missile. .. of the attack, the center for countering disinformation denied the information of russian propagandists about

the destruction of the f-16. the information does not correspond to reality, such messages are another fake aimed at manipulating public opinion, this is a fiction created for reinforcing the narrative about the ineffectiveness of western aircraft. fakes about the downing of the f-16, russian propaganda began to spread even before the fighter jets appeared in ukraine. what, mr. valery, is the enemy so... tormented by the still small fleet of f-16s. well, they understand that this is a prospect, if we get f-16, if they are given long-range missiles, well , at least, well, let's say 120 km, yes, although i would like these amraam missiles of the s-8 model with a range of 160 km , then we will be able to destroy the russian cab carriers, what is the destruction of the russian cab carriers, eh? or although would put these kabama strikes at risk, yes,

for the russians to reduce their number, this means the complete emasculation of the russian offensive potential, because they would not advance even 100 m with only meat assaults, but when they destroy our strong points and after this is when the meat storms begin, then they have some moderate, very slow successes in... 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 - this is in modern war - it is not just a terrible force, it is since the second, let 's say, from the middle of the second world war, dominance in the air, it has always ensured superiority, victory. to the advancing side, well, now the war

has changed a little, anti-aircraft missile complexes have significantly reduced the advantages of tactical aviation, but still we see russian tactics, a kabama attack, after that a meat assault and some kind of advance, there are tens, hundreds of meters, but promotion. you have already mentioned these hovering bombs, i understand that they can be applied. on the kh-16 fighter in a new aid package, the united states of america is giving ukraine jaysaw glide bombs and they can hit targets at a distance of up to... 110 km, and, according to western experts, that they can be placed on the f16 fighter. in your opinion, and when v6 these jsou can be applied, taking into account these constant threats coming from the russian side, that is, if the missiles of the allies

of our allies will enter or enter the territory of... the same kurtshchyna or in belgorod oblast, will these bombs reach us soon, and how will they change the course of the russian-ukrainian war? no way, the fact is that glide bombs fly at, as you say, well there a long distance of more than 100 km, in general, these are agm 154 jso bombs, so those bombs, they fly at 130 km... they are winged bombs , let's start with the fact that, yes, winged bombs, but they fly 130 km only when they are dropped from a high altitude. the russians drop their cabs from heights of 12 and more than 1000 m. we will climb to such a height in front of the front line we can't, because our planes will be shot down. if these bombs are dropped from low altitudes, even at

high speed, even if you do a scrambling drop them from the top point, they... fly from 22 to 25 km, no way these bombs, besides, we are promised to hand over cluster bombs only combat units, they will not significantly affect the course of hostilities, but although these are the most modern bombs, ah, they can be with cluster bombs, and with concrete-piercing combat units, ordinary combat units, and cluster bombs can be, well... they have enough effective submunitions, there are 145 munitions in the cluster of such a bomb, and they are of double cumulative, 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

the form that we will receive from the allies, they will be difficult for us, first of all. to use them, i say once again, low altitudes, short range, high density of anti-aircraft missile systems of the russians, yes, but there is an option, that was an interesting option, let’s say 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, it is a very good idea, it could be done in the conditions of ukraine, because in general, these bombs... which are supposed to be delivered to us, yes, they were planned to be missiles, but we will only get them in the version of the plan of winged bombs, glide bombs, yes, but in the tail part of these missiles they are called agm (empty surface guided missile), a guided missile, well, if in the host part , where

there is a place for this to install a jet engine, small, yes, then such a rocket is capable of being such a bomb... capable, well, you see, now using, ah, it flies using a re jet engine, then the range, even from low altitudes, will reach hundreds of kilometers, and then some, some influence on russian, say, army division-level weapon depots, 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 and how they will be used. yet one message that was voiced by joseph biden, well, during zelensky's american visit, to be more precise, biden instructed the united states department of defense

to expand the training of ukrainian f-16 pilots , including by supporting the training of eight more. pilots next year, why is this how they are about the f16 and about the planes and about the pilots, how they cut it like salami, the principle of salami, little by little, little by little, you don't need many pilots, because you won't have these planes so quickly, and these pilots, well, it's artificial goods for the armed forces, for the air force of the armed forces, why do you think the americans are holding back 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 for guilt. well, you are taking a big step, i have to tell you, a hundred pilots is not capable, even the united states is not able to train hundreds

of pilots, it must be prepared, first of all, in the european training center in romania and in the united states and conduct preliminary training. besides, well, let's take it such an aspect: the flight time of the plane. f16, it costs somewhere, well, the planes are not new, spare parts are needed, 25-30 thousand dollars, one hour, but in order to teach the pilot piloting and combat use of this plane, well, it takes dozens of hours, yes, only, 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. the lot is worth millions of dollars, it is worth 2-3 million dollars, well, let's say that if we take the total value, slovakia, for example, bought there, it seems

14 planes, so on average, if the plane is delivered from the factory to some country, then the cost of such an f16 plane is somewhere around 60 million dollars, and the cost of the set of the plane is armed... some weapons, and pilot training, a spare engine for some spare parts, it is already doubling, there is more than 130 million dollars, that is, after all, within 10 years, maybe we will have 100 pilots or 100, not even within 10 years, i think, you understand, here canada is now involved in the training of pilots , she allocated money, begins to work and... to have ukrainian pilots in the european f16 flight crew training center, which i mentioned in romania, but

the americans say, although it is possible that it is the americans who are financing the training in the european center, you understand, here you need to dot the and and figure it out, if three centers are training pilots, yes, this is one thing, if there will be... the united states together with canada, then this is a different situation, that is, i did not put two full stops in this matter until now, but the training is going on, and in addition, you must have meaning that our infrastructure, it is not either capable of receiving fifty-16 aircraft at once. thank you, mr. valery, for the conversation, it was aviation expert valery romanenko, a leading researcher at the state aviation museum. friends, we continue our broadcast and we work, i remind you, live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those

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ex-deputy secretary of the national security council. mr. general, i congratulate you and wish you good health, thank you for being with us today. good evening everyone, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. mr. general, president putin, self-proclaimed president putin, and the radb from russia, have updated. russia's nuclear doctrine and expanded the list of applications, the possibility of using nuclear weapons, what are the challenges now facing ukraine and the world, and how is this new horror, which was made public by putin and his cronies, will affect the course of the russian-ukrainian war, well, scaring the information space of russians has long been a practice. and directly talking about their powerful nuclear capabilities, they are very fond of, but it is 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, sorry, when is this poll about trump or will trump help or not, we do n't have enough of our own problems that we have to discuss and make decisions, we are again distracting ourselves on others, forgetting about our own problems, in solving social problems within ukrainian society, this is task number... off without any doubt, just the current survey, it is timed to the visit of zelensky and the meeting with trump, so we are simply interested in what our tv viewers think. let's return to internal issues, to the internal situation in ukraine and the situation at the front. quite a difficult situation in the pokrovsky direction, the course operation of the armed forces of ukraine is ongoing. how do you assess the current situation

as of the 27th? september 2024 at the front, the situation, well, let's start from the top, let's start with kursk, from the north, in the kursk direction , the battles are going on at the tactical level, communicating with certain guys, at the level of commanders, i understand that the situation is not so deplorable, they and repulse, they attack, and they capture prisoners in certain areas, in certain areas, not so, positive for us, but in the meantime, the tactical level fighting, because russians are still trying to find out where to bite and how to bite. as for the kupyan direction, it is still 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 liman direction and build kupen.

kleiman, er, yar times, konstantinovka, which they have also dreamed of for a long time, and pokrovsk, this is exactly the reconstruction of such a wonderful rail road, which will allow the russians to be quite successful to transfer human and material resources along their front line, which they believe will remain on the territory of ukraine for a long time, that is why they are making maximum efforts, and first of all now and... on kurakhov and pokrovsky, so that in the future, if someone opens the map, they will see that from pokrovsk there is a direct route to pavlograd, then to the dnipro, and from kurakhovo there is a direct road going in the direction of zaporizhzhia, they repeat exactly the same maneuvers, in the winter of 1943, when the red army tried to push out german troops are also from these directions,

so nothing. they do not invent anything new, they always repeat those operations, but add certain modern nuances to them, which is generally related to the situation at the front, well, the question is that when they have insufficient numbers of people, as for reserves, when people do not receive enough training, it is too difficult to fight, and if at one time the leader of our country had listened to the commander-in-chief... a hard worker, and in october of last year the question of conscription was raised and these people were drafted, then for this time, it was possible to prepare them in sufficient quality and in the required quantity. at that moment, they did not see the need, well, how can a person without any military education , having not served a single day in the army, make such conclusions, well, the environment that surrounds our president, unfortunately, does not say what is necessary, not what is realism, but...

says what the president wants to hear, and this is our greatest trouble, that instead of the truth, we try to scald ourselves and our own people directly in a warm bath, the time of enlightenment and the time of disappointment has already come, and precisely the ability to clearly place accents and ask uncomfortable questions, why someone does not fulfill certain duties accordingly, as prescribed by the constitution and other laws of ukraine, this is the number one task, because if... we continue to lull ourselves into warming ourselves, then there will be much more disappointments, and they will be more tragic for our country. under the current conditions, mr. general, what options for the government's decisions can save the situation and solve the problem, including the quality of those people who are preparing for the front.