at the beginning of the twenty-fourth year he will enter the composition of the moscow navy, all work is aimed, like ours. e of the plant of the star of its branch in murmansk, and in fact, the corporation has another question about the technology regarding the dobrynya speedboat, which was developed on the basis of a digital platform, again, what are the deadlines for delivery, how is development going now and what other similar models are currently in your work you know, we actually came to the conclusion that that we need to decide to optimize the number of platforms, because each of our battery plants offers something different. uh, dobrynya, by the way, is already somewhere around 60% ready for the corps. i recently had an interview. we saw all this, but from the point of view, again , the experience that she received in the griffin auction mode, our composite catamaran, which operates on the black sea coast. it proved to be practically correctly perceived in its decisions, and now we are ready, realizing that the shipping the company is turning to face russian shipbuilders. prov

they left moscow on the day of the navy in the sky, not a cloud started on cars and motorcycles withe and a week later they finished in the anchor square of kronstadt in the pouring rain and the fascinating trip was not at all upset, peter made impressions. we saw him from some other side this time when you are on a mission. are you looking at something specific? you study in detail something is explained to you. this is quite a bit different. peter turned out to be interesting on the way from moscow to st. petersburg, the participants of the grand tour of the baltic mile festival, and these are 17 crews from different cities. and even countries completed tasks and filmed video diaries, another format of tourism for the most inquisitive few days of travel from e, the city of moscow to st. petersburg through the door through several tasks that we filmed as part of this project, that is, it is the journalistic tasks of the film task that are very important to us , what are these crews. uh, six all- female teams have family teams, and our city is such a tourism in our city. you can come

they left moscow on the day of the navy in the sky, not a cloud started on cars and motorcycles withthey finished in the anchor square of kronstadt in the pouring rain and the fascinating trip to st. petersburg was not at all upset. we him with some other side was seen this time when you are on a mission. you look at something specific, study yourself in detail, something is explained. this is quite a bit different. st. petersburg turned out to be interesting on the way from moscow to st. petersburg, participants in the grand tour of the baltic mile festival, and these are 17 crews from different cities. and even countries completed tasks and filmed video diaries, another form of tourism for the most inquisitive, and a few days of travel from e, the city of moscow to st. petersburg through pin through the door, and several tasks, which we filmed as part of this project, that is , the journalistic assignments of the film assignment. it is very important for us that these crews are here. uh, six all-female teams have family teams. this is our city, such tourism in our city. you can com

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. >> reporter: moscow's naval might on full display as vladimir putin presided over the annual navy day parade in his home city of st. petersburg. earlier the russian president signed a new 55-page naval doctrine which aims to make the nation a "great maritime power around the world" and singled out the u.s. as its main threat. standing aboard a raptor class patrol vessel, putin also announced the navy would start using the hypersonic zircon missiles that travel nine times the speed of sound, saying "the missile systems have no equal in the world." a day earlier, the u.s. had its own show of military might as the 101st airborne division carried out exercises in romania, a nato ally, at an air base near the black sea coast. deploying from helicopters and carrying out combat exercises as jets flew in formation. >> we are only 198 miles from the fighting raging today in kherson, ukraine, which means our deployment to romania makes us the most forward deployed force in the united states military. >> reporter: on the ground in ukraine, firefighters rushed to put out flames from a late-night

moscow's elite very nervous. is ukraine responsible in how will putin respond? retired navyeal senior chief derrick van ortin here to breaki it down next. kennedy: a deadly attack in moscow has russian elites on edge. saturday an assassination on tempt on one of putin's closest allies, alexander due begin. the car -- dugin. many are calling for retaliation with ukrainian president and they're calling russia particularly nasty soon. what is putin's next move? is there any sign of peace in sight? joining me to discuss is retired navy seal senior chief and republican candidate for wisconsin's third district derrick van ortin is back. who did it and wh? >> it's logical to think someone not aligned with vladamir putin would try to kill dugin. he's considered a thought leader for the movement of trying to recreate the shove i can't tell. i can't say who did it but someone logically that's not affiliated with vladamir putin. on the other side some people are saying, maybe it was someone who really is pro invasion of the ukraine because they want vladamir putin to escalate what's go

i don't strike on the headquarters of russia's navy in crimea as a tax increase on the moscow controlled region. striking t workers in bangladesh said they want a 150 percent pay high because they're struggling to survive. the and use, you know, king is crammed in south africa after months of challenges to the throne. ah, i 30, i received the hotel in the somali capital has ended up to security forces, storm the building and killed the attackers. on friday. i'll shut up gun force their way into the market issue complex, setting off car bombs and holding guests hostage. at least 30 people have been killed and 40 have been injured. home involved reports. all the hyatt hotel in mogadishu turned into a box of ground on friday nights and shout gunman blasted the way to the building with 2 car bombs before he's in control of it. somebody security forces launch to counter offensive. witnesses said there were several explosions followed by exchanges of gunfire that continued for the night and to possibly show bob has claimed sponsored. some of these types of attacks have been a hallmark of opper

from dough hobb, also coming up a drones strike on the headquarters of russia's navy in crimea as a tax increase on the moscow controlled region. striking t rockers in bangladesh say they want a 150 percent pay height because they're struggling to survive. ah, and you zulu king is crowned in south africa after months of challenges to the throng. ah, a 30 are seizure. the hotel in the somali capital has ended up to security forces stormed to building and killed the attackers on friday. i'll show bob gunman force their way into the mogadishu, complex setting of car bombs and holding guests hostage. at least 30 people have been killed and 40 have been injured or hum involved reports. ah the hyatt hotel in mogadishu turned into a butler grant on friday night and ship up, gunman blasted, they'll weigh you to the building with 2 car bumps before seizing control of it. somebody security forces launched a counter offensive witness to say. there were several explosions followed by exchanges of gun fight, but continued for the night and the to thought of it. and she, bob has claimed responsibility. these types of attac

. >> reporter: moscow's naval might on full display, as vladimir putin presided over the annual navy day parade in his home city of st. petersburg. earlier the russian president signed a new 55-page naval doctrine which aims to make the nation a, quote, great maritime poer around the world, and singled out the u.s. as its main threat. standing aboard a raptor class patrol vessel on the river, putin also announced the navy would start using the hypersonic zircon missiles that can travel at nine times the speed of sound, saying the missile systems have no equal in the world. a day earlier the u.s. had its own show of military might as the 101st airborne decision carried out exercises in romania at an air base near the black sea coast, deploying from helicopters and carrying out combat exercises as jets flew in formation. >> we are only 198 miles from the fighting that is raging today in kherson, ukraine, which means our deployment to ukrainia makes us the most forward deployed force in the united states military. >> reporter: on the ground in ukraine, firefighters rushed to put out the

has the will and power to destroy the naval forces of the russian navy, by the way, before the destruction of the missile cruiser moscow to sink a russian or soviet ship, only ukraine dared to do so. the second naval operation is the clearing of the island of change, that is, ukraine shows russia exactly where modern russia is from the point of view of the sea, and other states, primarily the united states, can help ukraine to do this if they will transfer more powerful weapons in relation to statements about the latest missiles and so on, i still think that the united states should take this seriously because it is open blackmail and this blackmail can really threaten the national security of the united states states and in this case they should act even more harshly by helping ukraine and strengthening their position in the world ocean, you are talking about blackmail with such conditional hypersonic balls, that is a more active blackmail, this is just like repeatedly the mention of the russian federation about the possibility of using tactical weapons in one or another format and the availability of the rome tam org

this parade they expected that, well , now, as usual, moscow followed him, lined up amphibious ships, they say that they have the most powerful navyate, but ukrainian drones they can't think it through, that's why in order not to shock the russians with the fact that the black sea fleet is already half gone, they decided to cancel this parade, but how to do it? well, just come up with another ukrainian army that this time dropped a bomb, and so, well excuse me, we are happy, but here is a cardboard aurora cruiser instead of a moscow cruiser, this is the only reason we can offer you. they said that people were injured, but no one saw the injured and there is no list of these people either, so what is the center of disinformation because of the fight for the information is good, the nsdc is ready to tell about it, this story is fake or fake, countermeasures, countermeasures, disinformation , countermeasures, and this is a very good trend, uh, and it is very good from all sides, uh, well, first of all, i really liked the parade itself, and in in principle, their whole story about demilitarization is happening, as it is. and today, in

document states that nato's movements threaten moscow's borders and details applying to strength and rushes geopolitical position in a speech to mark navy day fusion did not directly mention the war in ukraine. instead, he thanked military personnel and pledge to defend russian interests in the black and as of seas. i was mentioning that i need to use the one. we have openly outline the boundaries and zones of rushes, national interests, both economic and strategic. first of all, these are our arctic waters. some of the waters of the black are caught and wearing sees as well as the baltic and curl straits. but we will insure their protection firmly and by all means for all of us, the motherland is a sacred concept and its defense is one of the highest duties and the meaning of life for each and every one of us must be very, ah, let's bring it our guests in moscow is sergey markov director of the institute of political studies. he's also a former spokesman for president blame at person in vienna is wolfgang put ty, a security defense analyst, and former austrian defense attache. and new york is lawrence brennan, a retired u. s. navy capt

but the russians expected that, well , now, as usual, moscow sees landing ships lined up behind it, saying that they have the most powerful the navymonstrate, but the ukrainian drone. they can't meet it, that's why, in order not to shock the russians, because the black sea fleet is already half gone , they decided to cancel this parade, but how to do it? well, just come up with another ukrainian drg this time i dropped a bomb and that's how i'm sorry, we're glad, but here's a cardboard aurora cruiser instead of a moscow cruiser. that's the only reason we can offer you. they said that people were injured, but no one saw the injured and a list of these people there is also no well, what about the disinformation center, because in the fight against information at the nsdc, it is ready to say that this story is fake or fake, countering disinformation, countering and this is generally a very good trend, and it is very good from all sides . first of all, i really liked the parade itself, and in principle, uh, their whole story about demilitarization is happening as it is. and today, uh, we should soon see a-ah absolutely such a cardboar

show all the russia says they drove were shot down over its navy headquarters in crimea, the latest in a series of attacks aimed at moscow's black sea fleet. it was the 2nd attempt to attack against the feat headquarters in less than a month on july, the 31st to try and strike in headquarters courtyard. wounded 5 people elected the cancellation of naval day celebrations. but early this month, the sankey, military base was damaged by several large explosions. britain's defense ministry says the russian navy's air capability was seriously degraded. russian forces had ceased natalia island and the black sea south of odessa. on the 1st day of the invasion, the strategic outpost boosted the russian navies ability to fire cruise missiles of the ukrainian coast. that ukraine reclaimed the island by the end of june. and 7, april the flagship of the black sea fleet. the mosque, vast sank, keeps at its missiles, hit the vessel, the largest russian ship to be sunk in war time. since world war 2. that's cause over to a death in our correspondent trees about a standing by and theresa, obviously the ongoing situation in crimea does impa

from dough hob, also coming up the headquarters of russia's navy and crimea is hit by a drone as a tax increase in the region annexed by moscow, striking t workers in bangladesh they're struggling to make ends meet and want to pay hike of a 150 percent. ah, and use zulu kings crowned in south africa after months of challenges to the throne . ah. i see the hotel in the somali capital margaret issues ended when it was stormed after around 30 hours on friday. i'll show bob gunman forced their way into the complex setting of car bombs and seizing hostages. at least 30 people have been killed and 40 have been injured. mohammed val reports. ah, the hyatt hotel in mogadishu turned into a butler grant on friday nights. and she bab gunman blasted, they'll weigh you to the building with 2 car bumps before seizing control of somebody security forces launched to counter offensive. witnesses say there were several explosions followed by exchanges of gunfire, but continued to pull the night and the to thought of it. and she, bob has claimed responsibility. these types of attacks have been a hallmark of altima operations a couple years ago

alexander vuychich thanked moscow for its support. grandiose the main holiday of russian sailors ended with salutes. navyon was a colorful show in st. petersburg, where the main celebrations were held, volleys simultaneously thundered in kronstadt and the peter and paul fortress, 30 traditional shots from artillery pieces and several thousand from fireworks launchers, a whole scattering of multi-colored lawsuits, fountain days, bouquets of the brightest flowers and even the russian tricolor - these are the pictures that flashed from him. no fewer people gathered to look at the final part of the holiday than at the main naval parade this year . that's all for now. be with us the broadcast of channel one will continue the program. good morning. thank you and good morning to all who meet a new day is with us on channel one on august 1, the last such first day of the last summer month on monday. we are here in gorky park . the weather is wonderful here, the chic chic atmosphere. come here. it's very cool here. so, in the morning, pasha, what can we talk about, beloved, the most energetic topic, because inter

russia's sea power at a parade marking navy day, saying russia's fleet will soon be equipped with hypersonic missiles, calling the u.s. the main threat to moscow. outside of russia, though, there are growing demands for the kremlin to let international investigators into the prison camp where dozens of ukrainian p.o.w.s were killed in an explosion. these satellite images showing only the building holding the p.o.w.s was damaged. ukraine accusing russia of moving the men into it before blowing it up. russia is blaming ukraine. kostiantyn velychko spent over 100 days imprisoned in the camp before being released. >> they just beat us by different parts of our bodies. >> reporter: as ukraine continues to hold back russia, president zelenskyy ordering a mandatory evacuation of the donbas region, saying the more people who leave the region now, quote, the fewer people the russian army will have time to kill. two russian missiles were shot down here over odesa tonight. russia is launching strikes from the black sea most days, but turkey has said today it believes the first grain ships should finally begin to leave here by tuesday at the latest. linse

aviation of foreign forces and the navy, which actually has its own systems of air defense, which, for example, were quite powerfully represented on the missile cruiser moscow, including the one that was destroyed, so it really was the beginning of strikes and massive air raids ukranian drones to the occupied crimea can be considered just such a psychological turning point of the war. and as for the military turning point, i think the military turning point actually began on february 24, when the plans of russia completely failed and they suffered a disaster precisely on the morning of february 24, when it became clear that there would not be a few hours for the operation , but there would be a protracted, very difficult war for the occupiers, and that is why the turning point really happened. now very interesting events are taking place, including on south and i think that we can expect further developments in the near future yesterday was six months of the russian federation's large-scale invasion of ukraine for more than eight years russia has been waging war on ukrainian territory 31 years of independence and yesterday the russians hit the railway stati

moscow region today , the secretary of the united russia council agent andrey turchak came to them and presented state awards to the military. amur infantry. and paratroopers congratulated on the past day of the navy the airborne forces after rehabilitation, many are going to return to duty. ma overestimate really returns to the ground. donbass, you return the russian world continues the great patriotic war, bow to you for this the soldiers of the rear units are celebrating their professional holiday today celebrating at the combat post their task is to supply everything necessary lunch for hundreds of people, in addition, the military provides an uninterrupted supply of water fuel. and, of course, ammunition is often at the risk of their own lives, and the exploits of the fighters of the rear units. we have repeatedly told on our air those who showed courage and bravery were awarded, but absolutely everyone. who is involved in this kind of troops congratulated the minister of defense. a new batch of humanitarian cargo, which was collected as part of a large-scale project of the popular front, everything for the victory, was delivered to the dpr fighters in this story, a bulletproof vest and radio

the now russia says a drone, who has shot down over its navy headquarters in crimea, the latest in a series of attacks aimed at moscow's black sea fleet. it was the 2nd attempt to attack against the fleet headquarters in less than a month on july. the 31st drove strike in headquarters, courtyard wounded 5 people and led to the cancellation of naval day celebrations. well, earlier this month, the sucky military base was damaged by several large explosions. britton's defense ministry says the russian navy's capability was seriously degraded. the russian forces had ceased snake island in the black sea south odessa, on the 1st day of the invasion. the strategic outpost boosted the russian navies ability to fire cruise missiles at the ukrainian coast. but the ukraine clinic requests upon me reclaimed the island by the end of june. and in april, the flagship of the black sea fleet, the moscow sank. keith said that it, if missiles hit the vessel, the largest russian ship to be sunk in wartime. since world war 2, while at sir crossover, lived now to a desa and correspond threes by whose standing by force and teresa such attack

navy, expert of the center of defense strategies mr. andrii good day and good health to you and good day thank you a week ago, mr. andrii, moscowublished the so-called naval doctrine and there it noted what is needed to increase activity on svalbard, the land of franz josef well, and the land and wrangel island, what else is said in this doctrine, the course of the united states of america in dominating the world ocean is the main big challenge not from the security of federations the russian federation is going to strengthen the military infrastructure in crimea and will strengthen the black sea fleet, and much, much more. what does russia's new naval doctrine mean for ukraine as a maritime state, or does russia generally aim to block ukraine's ports and sea coast, and ukraine will cease to be a maritime nation? state, well, first of all, it must be said that russia has been around for quite some time, or more than 20 years . the first naval doctrine was approved, which means that it is precisely the old drift of restoring the role of russia as a world maritime power of the world maritime power after that it was reworked sever

navy, expert of the center of defense strategies p. andriy , good day and good health to you and good day thank you one week ago, mr. andriy moscowade public the so-called naval doctrine, and there she noted that it is necessary to increase activity on the svalbard lands of franz josef on its lands and wrangel island, what else is said in this doctrine, the course of the united states of america on the dominions the main big challenge to the world ocean is not due to the security of the russian federation. the russian federation is going to strengthen the military infrastructure in crimea and will strengthen the black sea fleet. well, and much, much more. what does russia 's new maritime doctrine mean for ukraine as a maritime state? from blocking the ports and the sea coast of ukraine, ukraine will cease to be a maritime state, well, first of all, it must be said that russia has been for quite a long time , or more than 20 years. they are very serious. are planning their activities in relation to the maritime direction, and in 2001 the first maritime doctrine was approved, which means that it precisely aimed to restore the role

moscow and kyiv accuse each other of shelling a nuclear power plant in southeastern ukraine, the largest such plant on the continent. charlie d'agata is in ukraine with more. >> reporter: black smoke rises among the russian navy the apparent drone strike is the latest in a string of high-profile attacks penetrating air defenses deep within russian-held territory. more fighting has been reported near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as russia and ukraine allow inspectors from the nuclear watchdog iaea access to the complex. nearly six months since the russian invasion began, we revisited the scenes of some of the worst fighting in the early days of the war. the airfield on the outskirts of kyiv where outnumbered ukrainian forces fought off elite russian paratroopers intent on taking it over. the extraordinary amount of damage here tells the story of the ferocious firefight that took place at this airfield. a battle that would prove critical in the fight for the capital itself. back in early march, the children's summer camp where we found terrified camp director tatiana sheltering elderly residents. >> please help us, i ask you. that could be here. i ask you go now. >> reporter: we did go down where we fo

navy fleets being carrying maneuvers in various locations according to military sources. drills include the use of weapons on coordination between worships fighter aircraft in terms of the wider geopolitical reaction to watts occurring. moscow for one has given its reaction to the potential business closely to taiwan kremlin spokes person. dmitri pest. golf said, the move would only worse than the situation as it stands in the region. message, her simon letterman, we don't know for sure if nancy pelosi will get there or not. but everything related to this to her and her possible visit to taiwan is purely provocative. this leads to an increase intentions in the situation in the region. once again, we want to emphasize that we are incomplete solidarity with china. on this point, we understand china's sensitive attitude towards this issue, but the u. s. instead of showing respect is choosing the path of confrontation. it won't lead to anything good. ah, good to welcome live on to the program. kinda show senior fellow at a beijing base thing tank the pango institution for his take. welcome to you, your thoughts 1st of all and on the, the driving force behind this you have the, by the administration saying it's not keen on the t

patriot park near moscow today, residents and guests of kronstadt witnessed a breathtaking spectacle as the submarine k3 leninsky komsomol entered the gulf of finland. the legend of our navyarine guarding the country's security. she has been for decades. during this time, she covered almost 130,000 miles to see how the soviet sailors served and lived in what conditions, everyone will soon be able to k-3 will become the main exhibit of the museum of naval glory fortov island and the new life of the ship dmitry with the first rays of the sun, a veteran of the nuclear fleet passes by , operating warships at low speed, tugs carefully pull k3 towards the kronstadt roadstead. need travel less than 100 nautical miles. the leninsky komsomol departs on its last trip from the winter pier in kronstadt, the leninsky komsomol submarine will reach the waters of the vyborg shipyard. this will be a unique engineering operation in the world such as no one has ever done in the harbors to her today. it seems crowded, just like 60 years ago, the submarine impresses with its dimensions of more than 100 m in length due to the streamlined hull, the k3 series was called kit our answer to the ame

navy's ability to 5 cruise missiles at ukrainian coast. but ukraine reclaimed the island by the end of june. and in april, the flagship of the black sea fleet, the moscow sank. keith said its missiles hit the vessel, the largest russian wash it to be sunk in wartime. since while was to on various stories of po has more in this now from ukraine. i'm hearing this where people are watching carefully, what's happening in the crimean peninsula, where a drone was shot down apparently then attempts to attack the black feat russian feed located around that area. what we know is that the governor of the city of sylvester said that there was a flying or it fell and then it was set on fire. the military administration from here. you know, they said that the fire was they called those attempts to, to attack, that means that crimea is coming back to ukraine. and that's something you know, we that goes with west president volley of the me to fill in. he has said, which is that they will continue to fight to recover the territories that have been occupied by russia, including crimea. since the past. in the past week, we have seen attacks and explosions happening in t

navy. they will take off from an aircraft carrier and refuel the planes sent from it. biotechnologists from one of the companies in moscow testing at home in a small water bath that is powered by a standard phone charger. it is necessary to insert two control tubes and the one in which the material from the buccal mucosa is collected after 25 minutes, the result. ready. here we see that we have one check turned yellow, which we have a positive control. we have carried out. this indicates that all the working reagents have worked for us. well, your biological sample remained pink and not infected. yes, not without reason vaccinated, as they say, the developers of the accuracy of this system will allow it to be used both in ambulance teams and in mass testing, for example, at airports , they also created a genetic test that determines how severe a particular person is at risk of a severe course of a coronavirus infection. this should save many lives. after all, the early start of special therapy, in some cases, is of decisive importance. one morning on ntv, i'm sergei mayorov, hello, mikhail evlanov, according to russian f

beijing is preparing to conduct military exercises w with moscow in russa next tuesday as new evidence reveals that china is building up its navytates, building at least six more guided missile destroyers, jonathan, we've talked about this for a long time that right now the china navy perhaps is larger than the u.s. navy. we haven't been investing the way the ccp has been. what do you make of the military exercises with nos cow clearly the ccp has partnered with russia and -- and russia continues to create death and destruction in ukraine? jonathan: that's right. it's a military partnership and establish the shanghai corporation and 20 years worth of russia-china deepening of strategic relations. the chinese defense ministry called the exercises an opportunity to enhance strategic coordinations. so this is in the middle of moscow's atrocities in ukraine and you have to understand that these two are working together. this is a gene wine bonafide partnership with ideological depth and regular military exercise and at the same time this is the kind of thing that you would cancel if you were against putin's war in ukraine. looking

combat training that continues despite moscow ’s military actions in ukraine, the department notes that, as part of the maneuvers of the russian and chinese naviesapan, they will work out joint actions to protect sea lanes. maritime economic activities and support of ground forces in coastal areas the exercises reflect the strengthening of defense ties between moscow and beijing, which were strengthened after russia sent its troops to ukraine on february 24. china defiantly refused to criticize russia's actions, accusing the united states and nato of moscow's provocation and criticized the sanctions imposed on moscow. the united states of america in no way should allow the chinese communist party to determine our foreign policy. we must not allow this and we must also not allow any of the countries of the axis of evil, be it china russia iran north korea to make such decisions or discuss our position, as russia does the us about iran they access of the node does not wish us well, china wants to dominate the world by 2050. let's take note and realize that these people are our enemies. and our allies must know that they are our allies and friends,

moscow's greatest naval threat in a military doctrine, saying they would deploy military force if diplomacy was not etch ebbine in containing the u.s. your thoughts on comments? and in terms of our navythat's one place that money is not being spent. true? >> well, the reality is, our navy's too small. we have global commitments around the world. we were just talking about china and taiwan. obviously navy's critical there. we talk about, in this example you just gave, in europe the navy plays an important part, particularly the mediterranean. you talk about the persian gulf. those regions alone you need to have a strong navy, one we've been unable to build because defense budgets have been too low and because our infrastructure, our defense infrastructure is not adequate in terms of building enough ships to keep pace with those commitments. vladimir putin of course always looks to the united states, he demonizes others in order to justify his military buildup, in order to deal with domestic challenges he faces. the reality is, the united states needs to be strong vis-a-vis vladimir putin, the u.s. navy is one element of that. our navy is too small to meet the challenges of today and i