yes, we have andriy ryzhenko, expert of the defense strategy center, captain of the first rank of the reserve. good health. i hope mr. andriy will appear now. good health, sir. bridge we can at least approximately well now ukrainians are all praying that there will be more destruction there and the russians are showing that as if a train went somewhere a car went somewhere something positive for the russians is happening as far as we can now talk about what is really there mr. andrii, first of all, i would maybe share it with us, maybe three levels, the first level - after all, it's like this, let's say, geo-strategic influence, because the kerch place was personally such a toy of putin's, he initiated it, he financed it, he, er, watched according to its construction, and he uh, that means he opened it, we remember how he was on a kamaz, he didn't fasten anything, and that means uh and uh, i'll say that ah, well, the russians. they are still undermining it and it's already clear there uh, well, it wasn't some kind of there uh, no, no, no, no it was an explosion , and it is really a ve

oleksandr oleksandr haran an expert of the defense strategy center on foreign and defense policy issuesadviser to the minister of defense of ukraine, we were in touch, we talked about the foreign policy challenges that ukraine faces today, and indeed, we see that now against the background of this great war, which was started by putin against our country, the entire international architecture is changing because the international architecture was one way or another before this war, even after 2008, when russia attacked georgia, even after 2014, when russia annexed crimea and started an undeclared war on in donbass, all this international infrastructure, one way or another, was essentially based on the situation related to the e-e dialogue. this dialogue was considered an obvious part of the international mutual. until february 24, european leaders tried to stick to this idea. the president of the united states spoke several times with the president of the russian federation, vladimir putin . these proposals, which were completely falsely proposed by the russian side to the united states

about this today and our interlocutors are alina frolova, deputy chairman of the board of the defense strategy center and serhiy kuzan, chairman of the ukrainian center for security and cooperation. congratulations, sir. so, i think what should be included in the question? in your opinion, since when was the image of the enemy of the ukrainian created for the russians? what do you think is better ? thank you. it seems to me that this image has always existed if we look at the system documents. which were produced stably there by the russians in any form, starting there from the tsarist times, ukraine as an independent state was always a threat to them, and modern russia is actually there. ukraine this is a threat to the existence of russia, and actually an image was created. let's say that he was perhaps less of an enemy, but more of an ignorant peasant, someone who is subordinate and someone who is weaker, more stupid. that is, it went like this disarmament of the dignity of self-perception, and this image was constantly imposed. yes, at the right moments, they really include this hostility, that is

alina frolova, deputy chairman of the board of the center for defense strategies , ex-deputy ministerkraine in the 19-20 years adviser to the minister of information and politics of ukraine well , khrystyna yatskiv and i are passing the baton to our colleagues so we say goodbye for coffee and give them the air, we have become viewers, we say goodbye at least until tomorrow and on eva melnyk there is more news, we will tell our colleague and you have a word congratulations thank you see you tomorrow for in a few moments, the news editor will tell you about the most important things, stay with us, i will start with the situation in the south, there are fierce because there are russian invaders, they are trying to gain captured positions, slow down the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine that night, the invaders fired at population points along the front line with telereactive salvo fire systems

whites, so there will be democracy, it will definitely not happen." we also have such a center of defense strategiesunderstand now, iran is a major, if it is a land surveyor , then ihor semigolos, director of the center for middle eastern studies, we cannot say that the iranians already have such a middle east, it is like persia, yes, but nevertheless, it is there somewhere iran everyone is interested now. good health, can you hear us, mr. igor? it seems to me, by the way, mr. igor, that after the islamic revolution in the morning, the east is near. well , it is possible, yes, it is possible, and i hear it. congratulations, mr. mykolayovych, yes, look how far iran can really work for russia against ukraine and against its own population, which has been rebelling for several weeks , and they say that this is somehow different from the previous riots. then you will explain to us, please , what is the difference, if in your opinion it is also different. so iran has enough now. forces to look here and there and be friends here and uh put pressure on the local own population and have problems with israel

thank you, oleksandr khara, diplomat , expert from the center of defense strategy. look how once i was intercession and heard from the priest that in fact it is the same feast of the intercession, then the intercession of the most holy theotokos saved constantinople, it seems if i'm not mistaken, from the attack of the barbarians who came from our territory, that is, our ancestors wanted to buy constantinople, and the holy mother of god saved the holy city. metamorphosis is interesting and it is really so because our forefathers er-er when wars and to constantinople also because of how he behaves well this is a historical historical fact and er-er there is nothing like that but we were not baptized then we didn't know what it was well, we didn't know what salvation in christ was. well, let's say, what is christianity? good civilization , etc. the people who prayed to her were promised that the troops that came to you would leave, and even historians and chroniclers write that it really happened, even those who watched from the side, the greek historian, and say that there was an army,

but the russians will not succeed thank you very much expert center of defense strategies captain ofhe first rank of the reserve andriy ryzhenko thank you for your time interesting fact a mobilized russian asked to be captured by the armed forces of ukraine even when he was on the territory of russia this was reported in the coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, as the russian told there used a special hotline of the defense forces, and called it once more when a 26-year-old boy from zorsk was on the territory of russia and he was sent to the front 5 days after receiving a summons he called the hotline received instructions and surrendered a small detail about the morale of the russian army is there a chance for the russian command to change this here is what the former head of the british strategic command richard barons thinks about it this is a combination of two factors from the russian side this is terrible leadership poor training of their forces and logistical base, as well as increasing difficulties in using their former advantage on the battlefield

we can contact oleksandr hara, an expert in foreign affairs and security policy of the center of defense strategies . greetings, oleksandr. good day to you. good health. thank you for joining our broadcast, mr. oleksandr . you can hear us. on october 10, russian president putin approved the ratification of the so-called treaties that provide for the annexation of the occupied territories of ukraine in the donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia regions, based on these laws changes to the constitution of russia on september 30, there was a great reaction to the whole aunt about these treaties and the so-called accession, in your opinion , was the world's reaction to the annexation of ukrainian territories by the russians sufficient? well, considering the fact that they still occupied, the fact that our war continues - the liberation of our territories can certainly indicate that the insufficient reaction from the other side, we must understand that we are fighting with the largest nuclear power in the world and the largest military power in the world, so our armed forces are inferior to it, but a

on the fronts, we will talk with viktor kyvruk, a reserve colonel and an expert of the center of defense strategieslcome you to on the espresso channel, if you have it, you are now watching it good evening good evening what is your assessment of the general dynamics on the fronts, why is this russian defense falling so much, this is a question people constantly ask me, and you are the same question. i am forwarding it to you, why are the russians falling like dominoes? well, in principle, they do not pour out as we would like them to pour out. kharkiv is a beautiful example of how you can carefully plan and carry out an operation using unconventional tactics. but before that, you feel that a powerful analytical work and the necessary intelligence data were obtained, which provided an absolutely clear and clear picture of the location of the elements of the enemy's operational construction and their condition. directions that constantly disoriented the enemy command and it was never able to orient itself. and where is the direction of the main attack, where will the armed forces break through the fo

discuss this topic and not only this topic. an expert on foreign security policy and the center for defense strategies joins our broadcast. my congratulations to you, oleksandr. what are you waiting for after the congressional elections, which will take place on 8 in november, politics is already being written by such people, well, in the place of kyiv, it is probably worth taking a look and taking into account. that we should prepare for the possibility that it will be at least at the same level. i do not believe that it will be reduced. well, this is the most important thing for us, such a signal that we start working more actively in the american direction. i mean, like our embassy like our ministry of foreign affairs and the president, of course, but the most important thing is the visits of our parliamentarians to the capitol, that is, it is a very important element of diplomacy, and of course there are certain people there who may or may not like us very much as ron-paul this is the congressman. or those who are trumpists. in fact, they just use this rhetoric in order to add some points to thems

today's interlocutors are first and foremost alina frolova, the deputy head of the center 's board of defense strategiesan, head of the ukrainian center for security and cooperation i thank you very much i hope we will talk with you again good luck from the cossack times under the cossack cross we defend our native land we fight for the truth and will we believe in our victory glory to the defenders and protectors of ukraine unconquered cities of ukraine odesa, a picturesque city on the shores of the black sea since ancient times, the territory of modern odesa was a delicacy for the ottoman empire and the russian empire of nazi germany, and today for fascist russia, but don't rush your mother, she has a ukrainian heart odesa unconquered, maybe guns and a tank will rake wheat with me on a rope again, i will cry, i will have sons and go to war , someone will finally kiss my tear and someone will cry will sweep away the uninvited and maybe some will lose their faith and strength in saving their lives, but not me, i will not stand up, no matter how much it hurts. for our dear and beloved land, i am glad to

mykolaiv oblast, and oleksandr khara, an expert on foreign and security policy at the center for defense strategies, will be on our air. we will talk about the situation at the front, the situation in russia, and how all this affects our lives. thank you all for your attention. goodbye , the biggest breakthrough in kherson oblast. points, what is the situation in the kherson region as of now, glory to ukraine, oleksandr lukashenko recognized the participation of belarus in the so-called special military operation, but there are nuances, we do not kill anyone. elon musk laid out his vision of peace between russia and ukraine and, among other things, proposed not to return crimea to the kremlin, rejoiced in ukraine, outraged by the fall in tesla shares, sincere fear of vladimir putin or signals from the kremlin through ilona mask what made one of the richest people on the planet make such proposals, see svoboda life. congratulations , this is svoboda life. my name is vlasta lazur. we speak live on the pages of radio svoboda on facebook and youtube, as well as on the espresso tv channel, if you watch

smoking of the center of defense strategies, ex-deputy minister of defense of ukraine in the 19-20s, advisor to the minister of information and politics of ukraine well, khrystyna yatskiv and i are passing the baton to our colleagues , whether we stay for coffee and give them the air as tv viewers, we say goodbye at least until tomorrow on eva melnyk e a colleague will tell us more news. and you have a word. congratulations. thank you. see you tomorrow. in a few moments, the news editor will tell you about the most important things. stay with us. i will start with the situation in the south . positions to slow down the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine, this night the invaders fired at the population points along the front line with telereactive systems of salvo fire with barrel artillery and mortars , so in the bashansky district of mykolaiv oblast, an enemy rocket hit near a school, three private houses and a power line were damaged, fortunately there were no victims or dead, the occupiers themselves received a decent repulse, our aviation at night attacked the deployment po

we will continue this international topic now with oleksandr khary - an expert of the center for defense strategiesnd security policy, diplomats and former advisers to the minister of defense of ukraine greetings mr. oleksandr good evening tell me mr. oleksandr what do you think is possible with the format of the meeting? united states great britain ? this is a bluff, because the first and most important thing is after the crimes that were committed, and the actual legalization, let’s say it’s difficult to say in russian in the legal space of ukrainian territories, and ukraine refused, and president zelenskyi is absolutely clear that the process is not he only said, but even signed in the decree, what he stated that he cannot dilute with putin. i think it is absolutely clear that there is nothing to talk about, at least mr. biden from this campaign , and i think that ms. lize tras also agrees with this, that's what exactly it is about you can talk to him, he is essentially a war criminal, of course there are difficulties in bringing him to justice. but this is already the second most important thin

well, what's next we are in touch with andriy ryzhenko, an expert at the center for defense strategiesnk , deputy chief of staff of the navy of ukraine in 2004-2020. good day to andriy and good health to you. have a good day. thank you. today, mr. andriy, is 8 months old in a large-scale russia's invasion of ukraine, let's briefly sum up these 8 months. in what way did these eight months pass for ukraine? what did ukraine gain, what did it lose? and what did the russian federation gain in this situation? the date is a little er, well, seriously, let's say that for us, it really is in the history of modern ukraine. this is probably the most disturbing and the most difficult in 8 months. well, first of all, i want to say that it began on february 24. they were attacked because actually on the borders of ukraine, er, russian troops were, well, practically the last year before that, with a short break, and then starting from october 21 , they were constantly there, there were numerical operators, numerical training and, in principle, everything pointed to the fact that they will not be nea

well, then we will be in touch with andriy ryzhenko, an expert at the center for defense strategies, captain of the first rank deputy chief of staff of the navy of ukraine in 2004-2020. good day to andriy and good health to you. good day. thank you. today, mr. andriy, is 8 months into the large-scale russian invasion of ukraine. let's briefly sum up these 8 months, in which the way these eight months passed for ukraine, what did ukraine gain, what did it lose? well, what did the russian federation gain in this situation? well, it's really 8 months today, such a date is a little er, well, seriously, let's say yes, for us, it's really in the history of modern ukraine. it's probably the most the most alarming and the most difficult in 8 months were well, first of all, i want to say that on february 24, the ground-breaking attack by the russian federation began, and there were such signs of an attack, they were because, in fact , on the borders of ukraine, russian troops were located, well, for almost the last year before that, with a short break, and then starting from october 21 , they

andriy ryzhenko is in touch with us - he is an expert of the center for defense strategies, ex-deputyhe naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine , captain of the first rank, mr. andrii, i congratulate you and good evening. when we spoke with you the last time on the espresso channel, you said something like that, in fact, in order to hit the ships of the black sea bus to sevastopol , it was necessary to use rockets should be used by sea drones, that's why, to begin with, i have two such questions, so that you know what . well, really, no, the best option is really to control missiles, i can say that, for example, to inflict such a defeat as yesterday, it would be enough for two small missile boats on which there would be maybe there are 8-16 against ship missiles, they could, in principle, not does it come to the zone of damage of all these helicopters to launch them and make them work, but now we don’t have such capabilities , and i think that’s exactly why the attack was carried out with the use of drones, both sea and unmanned, but what about sevastopol the bay is like uh, well,

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for our viewers, and i would like to remind you that andrii ryzhenko, an expert of the center for defense strategiesdeputy chief of the naval staff, was on the air of espresso channels of the armed forces of ukraine, a captain of the first rank in the reserve, that was the main emphasis in the military results for today, and more international and economic news from my colleagues, stay tuned to the espresso channel. thank you very much to serhiy zgurtsov, he is the director of the defense express agency, the host of the military results of the day section, here to continue the topic of war is that in russia, mobilized people go to assembly points with vodka and then fight near buses. you have already seen it, but now this is the story in russia, three mobilized people died at one of the training grounds. stories of these strange deaths, apparently one killed himself because a blade was found next to him in the dining room, and he had cuts on his neck, this is minus, one potential potential enemy on our land, the other's heart stopped , a heart attack occurred, somewhere there, it's obvious, maybe he

, we are in touch with oleksandr hara, an expert on foreign and security policy of the center for defense strategiesi hear good day good day i would like to welcome you to our broadcast let's start our conversation with today's event on october 5 russian president putin approved the ratification of the so-called annexation treaties of the occupied territories of ukraine in donetsk, luhansk, kherson, and zaporizhzhia regions, based on these laws, amendments will be made to the constitution of russia on september 30, there was a great reaction all over these treaties and the so-called so-called accession, in your opinion, was the reaction still sufficient the world for the annexation of ukrainian territories by the russians well, taking into account the fact that they are still occupied and that our war for the liberation of our territories continues on the other hand, we must understand that we are fighting with the largest nuclear power in the world and the largest military power in the world, so our armed forces are inferior to it, but still, the human potential of iron, which they definitely have,

conditional usuriysk or ulana, where it is much more difficult, according to the expert of the center for defense strategies, viktor kyvlyuk, belarus is not ready for war, because it does not know which military and political issue the existing bands are capable of creating certain incursions at a small depth into our territory, but the army is ready for such steps, because i realize that, firstly, their army is not ready to fight against the armed forces of ukraine, and secondly, what military-political goal should belarus solve by dragging chestnuts from the hearth for russia, the onset of the urban war will depend solely on the further situation at the front - says nikita skoblikov of skibi - the only news in the public sector is exactly shelling, the mayor of the energy donor dmytro orlov reported humanitarian cargo, the city of russians is not emergency restoration work is allowed to be carried out, it is impossible due to shelling from behind the mountain, the situation is dangerous, and not only at the nuclear plant, yesterday the occupiers damaged the last line connecting the nuclear power plant wit

significance of this project, and we are in touch with andriy ryzhenko, an expert at the center for defense strategiesdeputy chief of staff of the naval forces of ukraine, captain of the first rank in the reserve, and andriy i greet you. good evening, mr. serhiy . i would like to hear from you what kind of project this is, what opportunities it envisioned. in the initial version and how should we be with this project now in the conditions of war, what benefit can we have from this ukrainian of the turkish project, well, it’s not really against the red ada-class corvette - it’s such a development of turkish shipbuilding. they worked on it for a very long time, they took a lot from the shipbuilding of germany, the united states of america, and in the end, they made this project, it’s called melhem, but they built four such ships already for themselves, well, i want to say that the production cycle from the moment of the launch of the guidance to the readiness to accept the complex is 2-3 years, that is, they proved the first ship, well completed three years from this moment a uh well second third fourth

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i would like to remind our viewers that andrii ryzhenko of the expert center for defense strategies, ex-deputy chief of staff of the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine , was on the air of the espresso channel. technological war, russia is simply not ready and we need to take as a basis such new symmetrical approaches in order to achieve such victories unexpectedly unexpectedly over the enemy. these are the main stresses in the military results this day, more international and economic news from my colleagues, stay tuned to the espresso express channel and the host of the military summary of the day told us in detail about the situation at the front, i will only say that in the kharkiv region today, october 30, ukrainian anti-aircraft fighters destroyed the attack helicopters of the helicopter gunships. this is reported by the eastern command well, here the type of helicopter is not named, but we understand that it is this one, well, it could be the alligator 52, it could be another helicopter, here, you know, sad news has come to us again from donetsk region is now accepted

russian mobilization by nuclear threats of the enemy reserve colonel and expert of the center of defense strategiesor. welcome to the espresso channel. good evening . here is the first question. we see such a certain dynamic on the fronts in the kharkiv region. the president of the region speaks about the completion of the cleaning of the estuary, what opportunities does this success open up for the ukrainian army in the future or what key points should be singled out in this operation first of all. it is worth paying attention to the fact that the general staff is conducting the operation while operating with a multi-species interagency grouping of troops . a difficult task, because various forces and means belonging to different departments are concentrated under a single leadership. this is probably ukraine today the only one that has a practical the experience of conducting such operations is very difficult in terms of organization, it is very difficult in terms of coordination, but judging by the personnel who will now enter their tasks simultaneously in the same area and considering each othe

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here is this and in practice it means a new us defense strategy now let's talk on the air, volodymyr dubovik , director of the centertudies, associate professor of the department of international relations of the mechnikov odesa national university, good evening. good evening. greetings. so, the usa calls russia an acute threat and china a long-term one. please explain to people who are not involved in security issues. what does this mean and what, for example, this defense strategy of the states is different from the previous one, well , this means that russia is waging an aggressive war against ukraine, which is an ally of the united states right now, that's why the threat is acute, it 's happening in real time right now, and we have to react to it and it can't be postponed . that's why it means an acute and relatively promising such a perspective on a strategic such a perspective for some long time that urgent some scenario then this is already china really and it is clear that here it is necessary to keep gathering it for you and americans, and that is why they are doing it, that is why they are preparing their

center. it focuses on defense policy and strategy. he served four years as a senate national security advisor before that as an active duty army officer, blackhawk pilot and professor. before a hand the floor over to brad, a couple quick words. for more than 20 years, following the attacks of 9/11, operating as a nonpartisan research institute, exclusively focused on national security and foreign policy. timely research, analysis and policy options. we take no foreign policy government. we encourage you to visit our website. you can follow us on twitter. thank you again for joining us for this important and timely conversation. brad, i y am pleased to turn ths over to you. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us here in the room. thank you, everyone, for tuning in online. i am really looking forward to this conversation. i am so glad that you could joi. us today. thank you. my general plan is for us to have a conversation for about 40 minutes or so. getting questions for the audience. let's jump righthe in. let me start if i may with t

director's studio, ruslan kukhov, director the center for the analysis of strategy and technologies or the society of the council under the ministry of defense of russia and the authorities did not recognize nikolayevich, let's start with that word , it turned out a little awkward. pause something there tell me about what you are there, don't ask me . people say that these are not iranian drones. well , but we all know here that it's like that in russia. yes , they always, as always, try to betray it. it's black, white, white, black, all mixed up in a pile, but thanks to their sound, the director, if he was so untimely to orient himself, it turned out that he is no longer there, and he was, in fact, just the head office of the right sector, like that, and now they are looking for it, it's not so easy, you know this one by the way, that pro-government expert already said that what uh, how did he say that, he already said that he simply suffered a severe coronavirus, probably after the vaccine satellite, and that's why he now has brain disorders, so he said brain uh, and that's why i don't what i'm saying like that, i don't know what oh there

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males that are used in air defense have arrived in ukraine ukraine is promised, let's talk with us live , the head of the security programs of the global studies center, strategy1, pavlo legichuk, mr. legichuk, i greet you. good evening. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. well, ukraine is promised these new kamikaze drones from the switch blade 600 states, and they will really be able to help the armed forces of ukraine. is this such a drone race has begun. who has the best kamikaze drones? well, it’s not a bit faster. yes, the minister in his speech also expressed our wishes regarding different types of weapons from those that are already delivered. as for those about which the discussion is still ongoing, as for the sich blades, then, strictly speaking, the first batch of them passed in the spring, and then the us military handed us about 100 switch blades, this is the switch blade d300, these are battlefield drones, well, actually, up to 10 there are about hundreds of pieces , it seems impossible that they were transferred, they were used, but the fact is that the first batch came from the armed forces, then the americans said that they would place an o

are that is, the entire strategy of the nato air defense system was built on the protection of precisely military facilities. that is, these are airfields - these are command centers, that's how they built their defense, no one was ready and the whole world was shocked that it is possible to fight simply against civilian objects, that is, all over the world, so that we understand. this is just a tactic of terrorism, that is, some organization uses force there, explosives, bombs, rockets, against the civilian population for the sake of pressure and to achieve political goals, so now the russian federation uses the army of compliance as this steppe in all corners of the world, and that's why the world is a little shocked because in fact it turns out that russia and the russian army and their actions are even elastic organizations. well but for now to recognize it at the highest level. well, i think it will be recognized, but well, but a little bit later, when our western partners will be ready. and for today, this is just a reversal of consciousness, and by the way, this is what we have been talking about for six months, that is, we were in this regard, we are raisi

little bit about strategy because it seems like there are significant differences between the russian forces fighting in the dunbar region at 4 bad mood and the troops at center defense, harrison. i want to know how well coordinated are the russian forces in ukraine. they are very well coordinated, certainly by comparison with the russians. starling has been a factor in that for them. they maintain communications, they've been on job, and they've been able to fight at a higher collective level than the russians after the russians have huge problems with structures with back mom can control with that communications and ukraine has risen above that and well that far from perfect any war is won by the least disorganized, so i think you will have a feeling of if everything works very smoothly. first, i mean more, it doesn't. it's all about dealing with complexity entails and having the minimum amount of disruption from the new car. and it's just better place to deal with us when the russians are, and that means they can do more with less. that's good because they're having to do a lot more with less. and as russia brings a more forces, ukraine is looking for the mobiliza