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[00:00:02] a global exhibition on water supply, energy, the latest
[00:00:05] technologies and environmental protection has also been
[00:00:08] launched.
[00:01:11] represented Belarus at Global Thai Silk Exhibition in
[00:01:15] Bangkok. The Midnight in NASV Tras was created
[00:01:19] by Nikita Zaharchuk, a professor at Fipsk State
[00:01:22] Technological University, in collaboration with specialists from
[00:01:26] Orsa Linen Mill. Dense structured linen and delicate
[00:01:30] layers of black silk symbolically tell two mysterious
[00:01:33] legends, the tragic love of Barbara Radiville and the
[00:01:37] tunnel search for fern flower. The cart
[00:01:40] features a complex silhouette that evokes the historical Baroque
[00:01:44] costume of the Radivil era, but with a modern twist.
[00:02:16] I was surprised by the cleanliness of your region,
[00:02:20] the cleanliness and sincerity of the people, because on every corner where
[00:02:23] we walk, we meet people who gladly,
[00:02:26] with pleasure, tell us about such small moments
[00:02:30] that are filled with sincerity and warmth.
[00:02:34] We ask for directions, people gladly explain to us. It
[00:02:37] seems naive, but it's very
[00:02:41] unique. And also, in Belarus, you have something that we don't have in
[00:02:44] Russia. You have a lot of storks. Your storks are like
[00:02:47] chickens. They just walk everywhere, and it's very
[00:02:50] heartwarming.
[00:03:22] London, which until recently was saying that Ukraine is fighting for all of
[00:03:25] Europe, suddenly dropped its mask.
[00:03:28] It turns out that Britain no longer wants to fight with other people's hands. It
[00:03:32] is preparing to fight itself. According to the admission of Defense Minister
[00:03:36] Wes Streeting, it has just over a thousand days left,
[00:03:40] but assistance to Ukraine has not
[00:03:43] disappeared. Britain has pledged to supply over
[00:03:46] 5,000 LMM missiles worth 1.6
[00:03:50] billion pounds and accelerate the transfer of additional
[00:03:53] batches. At the same time, London has already confirmed the transfer
[00:03:57] to Kyiv of long-range Storm Shadow missiles. Those
[00:04:00] very missiles that can strike deep into Russian
[00:04:03] territory. But look at the context. This
[00:04:06] is not aid to Ukraine. This is an attempt to buy time for
[00:04:10] itself. Ukraine is given weapons so that it depletes
[00:04:13] Russia while Britain frantically rebuilds
[00:04:16] its own army and industry. Streeting
[00:04:20] explicitly says: my main priority as Defense Minister
[00:04:23] is to ensure that this country is ready
[00:04:26] to wage war and win it. That is.
[00:05:00] Why did the British Defense Minister start talking about war and a thousand days
[00:05:04] as a verdict this week, and not a month
[00:05:07] earlier or later? The answer, as is often the case in
[00:05:10] British politics, lies not in the realm of strategy, but
[00:05:14] in the realm of the budget. Streeting's statement appeared in The
[00:05:18] Telegram on October 24, four days before the announcement
[00:05:22] of the autumn budget, and this is not a coincidence, it is an ultimatum
[00:05:26] wrapped in rhetoric about national
[00:05:29] security. Earlier, he demanded to fix the target at
[00:05:32] 3% of GDP by 2030 for
[00:05:36] militarization, but the Treasury
[00:05:38] refused, but he did not stop there.
[00:05:40] остановился.
[00:05:43] The desire of our adversaries to harm us is not new.
[00:05:47] Their capabilities have changed. By 2030, their military
[00:05:50] might and economy may allow them to go on the offensive. Thus,
[00:05:54] we have just over a thousand days to
[00:05:57] fulfill our mission, together with our allies,
[00:06:01] to prepare for the fight and achieve victory. It is clear
[00:06:05] that the West invented the bogeyman itself, and it is afraid of it itself. However,
[00:06:08] a thousand days is not about a forecast, but a lever.
[00:06:12] An attempt to create a sense of urgency to extract
[00:06:16] money from its own government that the political
[00:06:19] system refuses to allocate voluntarily.
[00:06:23] Streeting clearly states: my defining priority is to make
[00:06:26] sure this country is ready to fight and win
[00:06:30] the war, not to help Ukraine, not to strengthen
[00:06:33] NATO, this country. Against the backdrop of such statements, it is important,
[00:06:37] probably, to emphasize that before this, Great Britain preferred to remain
[00:06:41] in the shadows and
[00:07:42] we must recognize that the situation has changed. In the modern world, the front line, if
[00:07:46] you will, runs here. The threat we are currently
[00:07:49] facing is more serious, sharper, and more unpredictable than
[00:07:53] ever since the Cold War. Before us is war in
[00:07:57] Europe, new nuclear
[00:08:00] growing Russian aggression in our waters,
[00:08:03] threatening our sky. Their reckless
[00:08:06] actions drive up the cost of living at
[00:08:09] home, causing economic difficulties, hitting
[00:08:13] workers the hardest. A new era of threats that we
[00:08:17] face requires a new era in defense
[00:08:20] and security. We will innovate and accelerate
[00:08:24] the innovation process at a wartime
[00:08:27] pace to counter the threats of today
[00:08:30] and tomorrow as the fastest innovator in
[00:08:34] NATO.
[00:08:37] For some reason, Starmer did not mention then that the cost of living
[00:08:40] in general is rising there by...
[00:09:13] new types of weapons and takes on long-term
[00:09:16] obligations. Since February 2022, London
[00:09:19] has pledged to provide Ukraine with support totaling
[00:09:23] 25 billion pounds, of which 16
[00:09:26] is directly for military aid. This amount
[00:09:29] includes a loan within the G7 mechanism of
[00:09:32] 2.26 billion pounds, which, according to
[00:09:36] London, will be repaid from the income of
[00:09:39] frozen Russian assets, but this is not certain.
[00:09:42] Great Britain has already transferred a wide range of
[00:09:46] weapons to Ukraine, including both lethal and non-lethal
[00:09:49] equipment. Great Britain became the first country to supply
[00:09:53] Ukraine with Western tanks, long-range
[00:09:56] Storm Shadow missiles, which gave the AFU the opportunity
[00:10:00] to strike deep behind enemy lines. In 2026, their joint
[00:10:04] production was approved in
[00:10:07] Ukraine. Artillery and RS-30, self-propelled
[00:10:10] AS-90 howitzers and M-270
[00:10:14] multiple rocket launchers. Air defense systems and ATGM, portable
[00:10:17] anti-aircraft missile systems
[00:10:20] Starstreak, multi-purpose Martlet missiles. By the end
[00:10:23] of 2026, the delivery of
[00:10:26] 650 units is planned, as well as
[00:10:29] anti-tank systems Enlave. Great Britain
[00:10:32] manages a multinational training program. Since 2022,
[00:10:36] over 67,000
[00:10:40] Ukrainian servicemen have been trained The program's funding has been extended until
[00:10:43] the end of 2026, and Great Britain has also
[00:10:46] pledged to train Ukrainian pilots on Western
[00:10:49] fighter jets, although the aircraft themselves are not
[00:10:52] yet being supplied. After some time, the same position was shared
[00:10:55] by Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, stating that
[00:10:59] Great Britain is preparing a new version of a major plan to
[00:11:02] prepare the entire nation, from military police to
[00:11:06] hospitals and industry, for the transition to war.
[00:11:09] This happened in April of this year. There are
[00:11:13] threats from Russia, there is war in the Middle East, war in
[00:11:17] Ukraine. Donald Trump ridicules our military potential
[00:11:21] and threatens to withdraw from NATO. As a professional leader
[00:11:25] of the armed forces, how can you tolerate that this
[00:11:28] government is still unable to accelerate the fulfillment of its
[00:11:31] promises to increase defense spending much
[00:11:35] faster than currently planned? How can you tolerate
[00:11:39] this? The government has already committed
[00:11:42] to increasing defense spending and doing so at a faster
[00:11:45] pace than it inherited. The Prime
[00:11:49] Minister announced this last year. You know that at
[00:11:52] the summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister announced
[00:11:55] a commitment to increase defense spending to
[00:11:58] 3.5% of GDP by
[00:12:00] 2035. I think all of this as
[00:12:04] an answer, this can only be welcomed, and this
[00:12:08] is a reaction to the changing geopolitical
[00:12:12] situation that you describe.
[00:12:15] But there is a second, no less important context: Ukrainian. While
[00:12:19] Great Britain is investing in Ukraine, Donald Trump and his
[00:12:22] administration have cut aid, and Zelensky himself is being
[00:12:26] pressured into a compromise with Moscow. For London, this
[00:12:29] means one thing: America is leaving, and if Ukraine
[00:12:33] can no longer be the West's bill to the same extent,
[00:12:36] Britain will have to become the bill itself. Thus,
[00:12:39] a thousand days is not a countdown to war,
[00:12:43] it is a countdown to the budget that will decide whether
[00:12:46] Britain will be ready for it, and, judging by how
[00:12:50] the Treasury is resisting, these thousand days may
[00:12:53] end before the funding
[00:12:56] begins. And now the most painful part: while
[00:13:00] Britain is flexing its muscles and talking about a thousand days, across
[00:13:03] the ocean, other
[00:13:05] speeches are being heard.
[00:13:07] I was never influenced by NATO, I always knew it was a paper tiger.
[00:13:11] By the way, Putin also knows this. For London, this
[00:13:15] is a slap in the face. Britain builds its defense strategy on the premise that
[00:13:18] Russia is the biggest threat, and that by
[00:13:21] 2030, it will test NATO's
[00:13:25] strength, and the main ally in the alliance calls this
[00:13:28] alliance a paper tiger. British
[00:13:31] Conservatives have already called Trump's policy a softening
[00:13:34] of sanctions and a betrayal towards Ukraine,
[00:13:38] but Trump doesn't seem to care much. And
[00:13:42] here is the key paradox: Britain is preparing for
[00:13:45] open confrontation with Russia, while Trump's
[00:13:48] Washington is sending signals of reconciliation with
[00:13:51] Moscow. Streeting's thousand days is not
[00:13:55] only preparation for war with Russia, it is also preparation for
[00:13:58] a world without America, where London will have
[00:14:01] to rely on itself. Streeting
[00:14:04] says: strength builds deterrence, deterrence
[00:14:07] significantly reduces the likelihood that we
[00:14:10] will find ourselves in a situation we do not want -
[00:14:14] war with Russia. But the more Britain prepares for war,
[00:14:17] the less room there is for peace in this logic, because they themselves
[00:14:21] provoke war, but that's another matter.
[00:14:25] And with you was Yaksenia Lebedeva, see you in the next program.
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[00:20:15] The length of the Belarusian border is over 3,500 km,
[00:20:18] two-thirds of which falls on the border with Ukraine and the European Union.
[00:20:22] Today, this is the most tense section. Information often appears in the media
[00:20:26] about the strengthening of one border or another.
[00:20:29] To strengthen the border means
[00:20:32] to transfer guarding to a more strict, intensive,
[00:20:35] dense operating regime.
[00:20:38] The border begins to be guarded by larger forces and means than in
[00:20:42] normal, calm times, to exclude the possibility
[00:20:45] of illegal crossing or armed breakthrough.
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