by the way, diplomatic agreements with the participation of the united states have been lost over the past quarter of a century. and everything else accumulated over the years, military wealth, most units and formations have been disbanded, and all high-quality military equipment has been sold abroad. almost all of the country's defense enterprises were closed immediately after the change of regime in 2014. the new authorities set a course for the creation of a modern armed forces on the model of nato. since measures are being taken to increase it, the basis of small arms and heavy weapons is still the soviet legacy. in the rear parts. you can even meet machine guns, maxim and dshk. own tank. the stronghold turned out to be too expensive for the army, and the air defense problem was solved not by quality, but

due to the old soviet systems, units equipped with drones appeared from the innovations. currently, the ukrainian army is a hybrid of the old soviet heritage of small batches of its weapons and foreign aid a serious problem is the acute shortage of personnel, despite the increase in numbers. the army could not refuse the draft. what is modern warfare intense clashes around the clock and without a pause sometimes continue for months technology can fail, especially the most difficult and decisive role. there plays direct equipment. it should be as reliable as possible with active and long-term use, so that units can be in the field for a long time to carry out combat operations and use superiority in fire power of the russian army. in this advantage. since the weapons are durable and

relatively simple. is it possible to expect a revision of approaches? well, for example, american strategists, according to the experience of what is happening in the united states, after all, rely on high technologies. we will continue to rely on technology, because we are basically obsessed with them, in my opinion. this is one of our fundamental weaknesses in the military point of view. achilles' heel, let's say, we produce the f-35 aircraft, which, according to its characteristics, is almost impossible to shoot down, but in he destroys reality. the one that the russians have in service, because we were too smart with the complexity of the design, but even without this it is simply extremely expensive to operate. experts have identified about 300 cases of critical dependence of the us armed forces on imported components; microcircuits, printed circuit boards and transistors are the basis of all modern technology, like most of the world. america buys them in china, and, as the

2011 report by senators levin and mccain showed. for the sake of cutting, procurement officials do not disdain and counterfeit and today the situation has not improved much the pentagon recognizes at least 15% of parts of military equipment, chinese fake, explosives are also largely supplied from china, simply because until 2014 butane triol for half-r missiles was supplied from a single factory . in china, its own closed in 2004 , and only 10 years later, production was resumed in the united states. most of the american missiles fly on a missile. hello, using the dechloran plus component, it is produced in belgium, but for this requires natural snacks, and they are mined in china, and there is also every little thing, like solar or lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, copper-nickel tubes and the like. this is

the awakening of a real interest in artillery. we have artillery, but much less than russia we believe in precision strikes, when we have first-class intelligence, we know for sure where the opponents are. there is time to prepare to strike at precisely defined targets, but when the enemy fires back, this will not work, but even if something does not go according to an ideal plan, the weather is bad the human factor is a powerful enemy response, which is able to inflict damage on firepower . and here there is a risk of quickly losing all the advantage and being simply without firepower , they say directly from the united states. there is simply not enough artillery to fight the russians, especially in europe and this is one of the obvious lessons. in my opinion. artillery movement. now the main guarantee of success is much more important than the movement of tanks, because tank breakthroughs must necessarily be supported by artillery, which is able to suppress

resistance, if the tanks break away from the cover they can move quickly they become a vulnerable target, modern warfare is slow warfare. there is no doubt, no quick breakthroughs. and i think that the war of the future is a deadly bloody grind of the enemy, in which artillery plays a much more important role than anything else. oh, and air defenses. especially when it comes to drones, which are capable of inflicting very high damage. necessity provide the maximum level of air cover for advancing troops. this also slows down the course of the company, but without this, with the destructive power of modern weapons. losses will be very great. but does the data now say a lot about them that this is a decisive factor, yes, the intelligence information that needs to be transmitted to ukraine greatly increases its combat effectiveness. she is very important. but it is impossible to judge by the current situation. these are deceptive benefits if you

imagine. not a single direct conflict between nato and russia from nato reconnaissance aircraft, could not be in the air in the area of ​​\u200b\u200brussian combat operations . they would simply knock down such freedom of observation. as it is now, of course, it would not be. western military assistance to ukraine began back in 2014, almost immediately after the change of power in kiev , at first they supplied only special equipment and equipment, but in 2018 arms supplies had already begun. these were javelin anti-tank systems and anti-aircraft walls in 2019. ukraine got baraktar attack drones, purchased from turkey with the start of a special operation in ukraine, the united states transferred it almost one and a half thousand stengers 5,000 start-street complexes 50 million rounds of british ammunition canada each

supplied about 5,000 anti-tank and anti-air missile systems to ukraine, germany 1,000 javelins and 500 stingers. slovakia handed over to ukraine three soviet s -300 air defense systems, one of which may have been destroyed in number. military sponsors of ukraine lithuania latvia estonia the baltic states handed over to ukraine almost all of its stocks of american weapons. poland promised a hundred soviet t-72 tanks, according to biden, over the past year the united states allocated $ 1 billion 200 million to ukraine for security needs on april 28, the us president asked congress to approve another $ 33 billion in the department to support ukraine answers not yet, but on april 29 the chamber representatives of the us congress, following the senate, approved the allen lise bill for ukraine,

which is designed to simplify the provision of military assistance to kiev, this program, according to which the states in the years world war ii provided equipment to the allies. and you mentioned nato and we see an unprecedented level of consolidation. is it to be expected that the bloc will receive a new impetus for development and increased combat readiness. i do n’t notice something, there are a lot of talks, yes, but there are 30 countries in the alliance. the more participants, the more difficult it is to agree, because the organization is built on consensus decisions, and the discrepancy is actually very large and we are talking about a block that has not been funded for more than 3-10 years, military power. nata don't tell me except usa none of countries are not able to fight, as the ukrainians are now. europeans. the british cannot offer anything serious. army 80.000. this is for peacetime as well. little polish army is not capable of real action, the germans from the barracks.

the french won’t even come out completely exhausted by africa well , maybe turkey yes, turkey has an army, but something i doubt that the turks will want to fight russia, definitely not, the americans are militarily, yes and they are capable, but they are unlikely to europe more than 5 armored brigades and a separate question. who agrees all this will be paid in congress, they say that the europeans should pay, but they don’t think so in germany , for example, now they are talking about allocating 100 billion for rearmament. where will this money come from, especially when gas prices are sky-high at all, isn't it time to think that the expansion of the nations to the east was not such a good idea and finland should weigh what it is doing by joining the alliance russia has already shown that it is not going to tolerate expansion nato at its borders, what is not clear? sweden-finland austria switzerland ireland cyprus and malta decided to remain neutral and not to join the alliance, each for its own reason sweden and

switzerland have maintained a neutral status since the 19th century as the best guarantee of security, however, swedish troops and aviation supported the alliance in afghanistan libya leonid ilyich brezhnev warmly welcomed the inhabitants of the finnish capital refused to confront in the west, special economic relations in exchange for a non-bloc status and political understanding in the west were nicknamed finlandization independent austria revived in 1955 after the withdrawal of the occupying forces. under the agreement between the allies, the condition of sovereignty was the consolidation of a neutral status in the constitution of ireland since 1949 was ready to negotiate with the united states on a bilateral defense treaty, but postponed entry into nato until the eternal north irish question was resolved, cyprus and malta were neutrally

friendly states . cyprus cannot join the bloc, as part of the island is occupied by nato member turkey, while greece has temporarily suspended cooperation with the alliance after the landing of turkish troops on the island uneasy relations with the alliance developed in france in 1966 charles de gaulle refused to transfer the french military under the control of the bloc only in 2009 the country finally returned to the structure of the bloc, and spain was admitted to nato only in 1982 after 7 years after franco's death where did this idea about open doors come from? there is no such policy. in nato, article ten of the treaty says that if someone wants to join, then he must fulfill the criteria membership, and then the alliance decides whether the entry of a new country strengthens the security of the block of any automatism. why on earth should

finland be accepted if its entry could potentially lead to a big land war with russia? nato has come to realize that the current development trajectory only leads to a war with russia. the alliance is not ready to enter this war and win it by conventional means. a new security system in europe is needed and they will have to negotiate with the russians. thanks cattle. ritter famous dissident figure is bright, but contradictory in such a way that his opinion does not coincide with the position of the establishment. there now dominates the approach. only victory is putin's strategic failure, the most recent thing that sounded from the german chancellor, sanctions against russia will be lifted only then. when will he agree to it? ukraine well, that is, never. on monday, victory day, this holiday includes a lot, including the conflict between our country and germany, monstrous in its consequences, and the history of overcoming it in the second half of the 20th century.

overcoming, as it seemed final, but is it really our guest today vasily dudarev germanist historian vasily is a stereotyped image of the germans, a warlike people prone to militaristic behavior. but how does this correspond to the intellectual tradition. after all, classical german philosophy. it is primarily about peace in the history of germany, as in the history of any other country, there were various plots and somehow interpret e nation. give her that cliché. this is somewhat dangerous because it can lead to wrong conclusions and wrong, uh, attitudes. relations understanding of relations between germany and other countries. of course, uh, the tradition of german, uh, german classical philosophy , it is not militant, but we must not forget that the origins of uh in

kant's philosophy, one of the sources of kant's philosophy, was quite the french revolution. not a peaceful event of the end of the 18th century in europe, therefore, in my opinion, talking about militancy is still such a cliché, uh, which will not benefit the understanding of germany's place in europe and the relationship between germany and other states to say that german philosophy did not influence the events of the 20th century. but what about niches in this regard, but at the same time talk about what is shown in german philosophy. some militaristic spirit hmm i wouldn't either. uh, most likely, this should be considered here, maybe not even philosophical questions, but those, uh, foreign policy circumstances in which

germany was at the beginning of the 20th century. in the second half of the 19th century, the unification of germany was carried out by an outstanding military diplomat, and later by reich chancellor otto bismarck under his influence in 1864 . prussia started your land in neighboring states and in 5 years expanded its possessions at the expense of the territory of denmark, austria and france, so in 1871 the german empire was formed, also called the second reich, in the next 40 years germany became one of the most industrialized countries in the world, imperial ambitions , military construction and the offensive foreign policy of wilhelm ii contributed to the slide of europe to the first world war germany was defeated under the terms of the versailles peace. they were

torn away from it, significant territories were forbidden to have an army of more than 100,000 and variable types of weapons, but after only 14 years the nazis led by hitler came to power in germany again, the militarization of the economy began in the thirty-eighth, the annexation of austria takes place, the annexation of the sudetenland of czechoslovakia a in the thirty-ninth the attack on poland begins the second world war in the forty-fifth after the defeat of germany in the second world war was established yalta under the ladies' security system, the new revival of germany, already under the auspices of the united states, begins in the forty-ninth year. it is inextricably linked with the name of the first federal chancellor of the federal republic of germany, konrad adenauer. in 1955, germany becomes a member of nato and she is assigned the main role in the military confrontation of the ussr in the future european theater of

operations in august 1970, in the era when the brother of the ussr was killed, the federal republic of germany signed an agreement. which, in particular, provided for the inviolability of the borders of the kaliningrad region, which became part of the berlin wall of the soviet union collapsed in november 1989, and in 1994 all russian troops left the territory of germany . the era of the new russian-german renaissance lasted 20 years until the crimea became part of russia in 1942 . and grandmothers and children. children in search of food violated the ban under the threat of being shot with scars in the form of a field. i don't have

aryan blood on my thigh. our children were very scared and it’s very creepy to say, yes, one and a half thousand corpses were removed in detail. moreover, their limbs were tied and in short, it was actually naked. it was with our countrymen. you are a very young person for us, we have been together since childhood. are you sure what you are doing? that

's right, the contour, the offensive, the country's leadership is waiting for us to film such a reportage camera. such material is your report from the creators of the film the battle of sevastopol by a military cameraman

it is believed that russia was well understood by the iron

chancellor, otto von bismarck, from the time when was the ambassador of prussia in st. petersburg, he believed. uh, it's especially by the period before 70.871 that prussia had the only ally in europe who could help. er, prussia could realize this idea of ​​the national unification of germany, and this ally could only be russia, and bismarck counted on this ally in all his e in his correspondence with russian diplomats. in the capitals of the great european, er, powers in the second half of the 19th century, he repeatedly wrote that prussia should not even cast a shadow on good i will note the relations with russia that were established on an irrevocable basis, because uh, for more than ten years, uh

, there were no official agreements between russia and prussia on an interstate basis, only uh, strong relations between monastic persons and good relations between alexander and now these, uh, relations helped in many ways in the russian state to realize that idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe national unification of the germans, uh, which bismarck uh, hmm talked a lot, he who works too the iron broadcaster talked a lot, he gave such. instruction to the german people, this was especially evident in the third volume of his memoirs. uh, instructions to the german people that well, you should never do this aggressive exit to the east, because here germany will face, uh, with the fact that russia well, even if, as miss mark said, it breaks up into some small parts , then they will then

unite like mercury into a single whole, our relations with germany sometimes seem fatal mutual attraction, which ends with a terrible break not one, germany's. e. slag, uh, so uh. events, because it was not united in the european family of states of peoples. after all, there were other states that were no less interested in the fact that for two e, an ally of the once ally of the economic allies of political allies, clashed in a tough fight, this was also in the 19th century, because, e, germany was one of e powerful economic partners in the russian empire. this was also in the first half of the twentieth century, because rapalsky treaty, and the centenary of which is this year. we celebrate. this was an agreement between soviet russia and germany that was necessary for two

states, but not everyone, of course, liked this agreement. and in this regard, if we consider modern stories, it is very difficult, of course, to predict the path that relations between the two states will take. and back in the early seventies, during the time of chancellor willy's brother, germany became the main trading partner of the ussr in the western world at the end of 2020, foreign trade the turnover of russia and germany amounted to almost 42 billion dollars, a decrease compared to 2019 due to the pandemic, almost 80% of russian exports are raw materials. russia also exports metals to germany, including precious german investments in russia reaching $20 billion counter russian capital investments in the german economy $9

billion, despite the threat of sanctions, germany remains the main consumer of russian gas in europe in november 2011 the nord stream gas pipeline was put into operation one last year completed the construction of the pipeline. nord stream-2. true, it was not put into operation. i have always believed that there is a huge potential between modern russia and modern germany, which is not fully disclosed, primarily in the field of economic trade and economic relations, because, uh, the german economy is in many ways in need of such a strong, uh , a partner that for many years has been the russian federation for her, there is another stereotype about the german character, when the germans do something, then can no longer stop. that is, they do not belong. the culture of reflection, after all, the germans, of

course, are really peculiar to them. for some reason , it takes place after catastrophic events, the main thing is that one of the main acting roles in which germany plays was the same after the first world war, the eighteenth year is the collapse of the german idea, in fact, and then german intellectuals, german historians began to study that tradition, er, of the german idea that existed in the 19th century. why after world war i? uh, such an outburst? uh, the study is again like this, uh, a huge amount of bismarck's politics comes out, uh, documents are published a whole series of documentary works dedicated to miss mark, dedicated to uh, the second empire, dedicated to uh, various plots.

in this history, a lot of historians work e. you study the problem of the unification of germany that was laid in the middle of the 19th century, there were some dangerous barriers that did not pay attention to the politics of that period of the 19th century, which then gave rise to sprouts at the beginning of the 20th century, and er, it seems that uh, it would be necessary for the german people and the german political elites to study these things that are german intellectuals. uh, they managed to create during the period of the weimar republic, but no, the same thing can be said after the second world war, because uh, the tragedy that befell the german people uh, the germans, in fact, found themselves, uh, facing the same situation as uh they had it here in

1918, divided e divided people into two states of germany a big splash dedicated to the weyman republic. uh, interest in studying, again, the 19th century. the germans. this reflection exists, only, unfortunately, it occurs. ah here is, uh such here bright moments occur. in my opinion, after some catastrophic events in which germany is punished. yes, now we are again at the stage when everyone will need reflection. then, but it is desirable to thank you as soon as possible. vasily dudrev from the institute of world history was with us after the advertisment of war economic oil.

european union adopts sixth package of sanctions

against russia, among them is the embargo on russian oil, although it will come into force very gradually boomerang, but the direction of movement is chosen and seems irreversible, which means that the global energy market will change dramatically. the world oil market reacted to the events on ukraine sharp price volatility. now the cost of black gold fluctuates from 105 to 110 dollars per barrel. saudi arabia is still in the lead in the market against the backdrop of recent events, the country has raised prices for its flagship, aeroplate oil grade for asia and the united states by four and two dollars per barrel.