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[00:00:00] heroes,
[00:00:07] and on May 9th this year, North Korean troops marched on
[00:00:10] the cobblestones of Red Square in the Victory Parade.
[00:02:19] We'll take on this case, it'll be an honest
[00:02:23] detective story.
[00:02:40] North Korea is in the global headlines today because it
[00:02:44] launched a new missile, which immediately made Seoul, and especially
[00:02:48] Tokyo, nervous. Pyongyang has long surpassed them in terms of
[00:02:51] missile technology, and it's not stopping,
[00:02:54] especially since the US and its allies are conducting quite a lot of activity in the region.
[00:02:58] well, take the fact that
[00:03:30] two years ago, North Korean soldiers, together with Russians,
[00:03:33] fought against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border region. The North Koreans proved themselves not only brave
[00:03:37] and disciplined, but also genuinely fierce
[00:03:40] fighters, and they gained experience in modern
[00:03:43] high-tech warfare, drones, electronic warfare, missile systems,
[00:03:47] network-centric warfare. And North Korea
[00:03:50] also has a missile program that largely
[00:03:54] ensures its sovereignty. Today, as
[00:03:56] reported, a new one was launched... Japan, well, not at Japan itself, of course, but
[00:04:03] in that direction, into the sea. The message is clear. Earlier, Pyongyang
[00:04:06] spoke of the need to develop, quote, new
[00:04:09] military options in response to the accelerating militarization
[00:04:13] carried out by Tokyo.
[00:04:16] Japan, with the help of the US, is accelerating
[00:04:19] its transformation into a military state. We will by no means
[00:04:22] allow the process of military evolution in Japan, which could be a serious
[00:04:26] threat to the security of the DPRK. This is Kim Jong-un's sister, by the way.
[00:04:32] It's curious that the Japanese government, led by Sanae Takaichi, justifies this
[00:04:35] accelerated militarization precisely by the growth of North Korea's military
[00:04:39] might, and also by the need to save its Japanese
[00:04:43] economy through the military-industrial complex. But the point is not about that now. The essence is that
[00:04:46] tension is growing, everyone in the region is arming themselves. For example,
[00:04:50] Japan, along with South Korea, participates in the Rim of the Pacific (RimPac) exercises,
[00:04:53] which are directed against North Korea and China. Western media call this almost
[00:04:57] the biggest. Traditionally, it was important for China
[00:05:12] to ensure the security of its first island chain, which are
[00:05:16] islands that stretch from the southern shores of Japan to
[00:05:19] the Philippines and to the southern part of the South China Sea.
[00:05:23] But in recent years, there has been a growing understanding in China of the importance of the second
[00:05:27] island chain. The Chinese understand that if they extend their
[00:05:30] influence to the western Pacific Ocean, to places
[00:05:34] like Guam and beyond, they will be able to prevent
[00:05:37] the Americans from conducting a successful military campaign against.
[00:05:40] the largest joint naval exercises on
[00:06:12] the planet. 30 countries, 31 surface ships, five
[00:06:16] submarines, over 190 aircraft and helicopters, and
[00:06:20] 30,000 servicemen.
[00:06:22] Besides Beijing and Pyongyang, Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo
[00:06:25] also call Moscow another threat in the region. In the new Japanese
[00:06:29] military program, where the necessity of accelerating militarization is discussed, Russia
[00:06:33] is mentioned. It's curious that all this is happening on the anniversary
[00:06:36] of the bombing of Hiroshima. It was, of course, remembered today, but for many
[00:06:39] years now, traditionally, without mentioning who exactly dropped
[00:06:43] the atomic bombs on Japan, the one who now has the most ships and
[00:06:47] submarines in the Pacific Ocean. By the way, the voices of those who want Tokyo to have its
[00:06:51] own nukes, or at least to deploy American nuclear
[00:06:54] weapons on the islands, are heard more and more often in Japan. Takaichi, for example,
[00:06:58] despite loving nationalistic rhetoric, is not
[00:07:02] yielding yet. Well, in Pyongyang, they are reasoning that if
[00:07:05] they, the North Koreans, have their own missiles and their own nuclear weapons,
[00:07:08] then no one will ever dare to attack. Missiles will reach Seoul, Tokyo,
[00:07:12] and American bases. Western Japanese media claim that
[00:07:16] North Korea has just completed a new secret, well, possibly
[00:07:19] no longer so secret, factory for the production of Hwasong
[00:07:23] ballistic missiles. Satellite images have been published.
[00:07:26] Workshops, including underground ones, well-protected
[00:07:30] storage, railway lines, they claim that this is a
[00:07:33] key North Korean facility for the production of ballistics.
[00:07:37] Well, what else is there to do when an armada of
[00:07:40] thirty countries is lined up against you? Build ships and missiles, including nuclear ones. Thank you, Georgy Lebedev,
[00:07:47] he apparently knows how Kim Jong-un thinks. Well,
[00:07:50] continuing the conversation about Japan, its ambitions, and
[00:07:53] historical traumas, the tragedy of Hiroshima 81
[00:07:57] years later, one of the most difficult and contradictory topics for
[00:08:01] the Japanese to this day, about memory,
[00:08:05] rhetoric, and cynicism, a report by our correspondent,
[00:08:08] Sergey Mengazhev.
[00:08:10] The burial site for the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is located within
[00:08:14] the Peace Park, where the epicenter was. Bodies collected from all over
[00:08:17] the city were buried here, but there was no one to collect
[00:08:20] in this particular part of the city. At the moment of the explosion, the temperature at
[00:08:24] the epicenter reached 3,000° Celsius, leaving
[00:08:27] nothing but a stain on the ground.
[00:08:31] The remaining shadow of a man sitting on the stone steps
[00:08:34] of a destroyed bank is among the exhibits of the local
[00:08:37] museum.
[00:08:38] The
[00:08:42] blast from the uranium bomb "Little Boy" with a yield of 12 kilotons,
[00:08:46] dropped from an American bomber at 8:15 AM on August 6,
[00:08:50] 1945, leveled half of the city
[00:08:53] with a population of 400,000 people. The Americans later meticulously
[00:08:57] documented the horrific injuries, including those of Japanese
[00:09:00] children, as evidence of the power of American
[00:09:03] weapons. Hibakusha, as survivors of the blast or those
[00:09:06] suffering from the effects of radiation sickness are called in Japan,
[00:09:10] add to the mournful list of victims every year.
[00:09:13] My husband was a hibakusha. He died of cancer 8 years ago.
[00:09:16] He survived the blast, but the symptoms of radiation sickness plagued him
[00:09:20] all his life. His name is on the official list
[00:09:23] of victims. I always come here to pray. We must
[00:09:27] remember that tragedy so that it never
[00:09:30] happens again. The lists of hibakusha who passed away in the past year
[00:09:33] are brought to the memorial in Hiroshima before the eternal flame every August
[00:09:37] 6th. Currently, officially, their number is already over
[00:09:39] 350,000.
[00:09:46] Specially trained and ringed pigeons are brought in advance, they must spend the night
[00:09:49] before the ceremony in these cages, there are about 400 of them in total.
[00:10:04] The chimes of the memorial bell sound exactly at 8:15 AM, after which
[00:10:08] all those present bow their heads in a moment of silence. Then the established
[00:10:12] order, refined over the years, follows: the traditional peace declaration from the Mayor of
[00:10:16] Hiroshima, in which he calls on all countries to abandon nuclear
[00:10:19] weapons and cease conflicts, but he does so
[00:10:22] in a peculiar way. The Hiroshima authorities
[00:10:26] are the only country to participate in the ceremonies, for example, in the case
[00:10:30] of Israel or the US, such principledness is not observed,
[00:10:34] and among all current conflicts, the mayor again mentioned only
[00:10:37] the Ukrainian one. The instantaneous annihilation by atomic fire of tens of
[00:10:41] thousands of people, about 70 thousand in Hiroshima died immediately, and another
[00:10:44] seventy thousand by the end of 1945. The thirty-third US
[00:10:48] President Harry Truman called it the greatest thing in history. He uttered this phrase on board
[00:10:52] the cruiser Augusta, returning from Potsdam.
[00:10:55] Since then, no American leader has even hinted at remorse
[00:10:59] or regret, and the current forty-seventh US President Donald Trump,
[00:11:03] when he visited Japan last year, called the bombing of Japanese
[00:11:06] cities a minor conflict, after which the United States and
[00:11:10] Japan became the closest friends. A year after
[00:11:13] the war, on Christmas 1946, Americans even held a football tournament
[00:11:17] among the ruins of burnt Nagasaki, to, as
[00:11:19] the command explained, let off steam and show the glory
[00:11:23] of American sports, while also organizing a beauty contest called
[00:11:26] Miss Atomic Bomb. All speeches
[00:11:29] by Japanese officials at commemorative ceremonies are united by
[00:11:32] a delicate omission of who actually destroyed
[00:11:36] the civilian population of Japanese cities with nuclear explosions. Occupying
[00:11:40] the Japanese islands in September 1945, American
[00:11:43] troops remain to this day at their bases in Japan. Japan
[00:11:47] itself is now officially under the protection of the US
[00:11:50] nuclear umbrella. And the tragedy of August 1945
[00:11:53] is called a mistake. It's not...
[00:11:59] America dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, but Japan also bears
[00:12:03] responsibility for the fact that it came to war. That is, the entire
[00:12:06] situation was a common mistake. In the US, at the official
[00:12:09] level, this point of view is not shared. The commander of the B-29
[00:12:12] crew, Paul Tibbets, who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima,
[00:12:16] in all interviews until the end of his days emphasized that he was proud
[00:12:20] of his participation in this
[00:12:21] tragedy.
[00:12:25] In 3 days, a similar memorial ceremony will be held in Nagasaki. The authorities of this
[00:12:29] city have again started inviting Russia since last year, so the Russian ambassador
[00:12:33] is also expected among the foreign guests.
[00:12:37] Sergey Mengazhev, Alexey Pechko, Vesti East Asian Bureau, Hiroshima, Japan.
[00:13:12] Donald Trump refuted the Washington Post publication,
[00:13:16] which claimed that he had allegedly torn apart the Pentagon chief
[00:13:19] over a shortage of ammunition. In his
[00:13:23] social network, Truth Social, the American president, on the contrary, praised
[00:13:26] Hexitt, particularly for operations in
[00:13:30] Venezuela and Iran. Both countries, Trump believes, are
[00:13:33] completely defeated.
[00:13:36] Let me remind you, the media reported that Trump, at a closed meeting, allegedly demanded an
[00:13:40] explanation from Hexitt as to why he had not been informed about the deficit of missiles
[00:13:43] and air defense systems, which became critical precisely during the
[00:13:47] conflict with Iran, and now may affect the upcoming
[00:13:50] midterm elections. Our own
[00:13:54] correspondent will continue the topic. US
[00:15:04] conventional ammunition supplies are critically depleted,
[00:15:07] and room for maneuver is shrinking. Trump is now looking
[00:15:11] for those responsible for the failure among his own. When Trump
[00:15:14] presented Hexitt with claims regarding the extremely limited weapons stockpiles,
[00:15:18] Hexitt defended himself and accused his deputy, Steven Feinberg, of
[00:15:22] the weapons shortage, saying that he failed to ensure Trump's
[00:15:25] awareness of the matter. This exchange of remarks underscored Trump's growing
[00:15:29] frustration with his defense secretary, who was one of the main
[00:15:33] proponents of military action against Iran, convincing Trump that it would
[00:15:40] The White House press secretary accused the Washington Post of lying, but
[00:15:43] military officials had been signaling the rapid depletion of
[00:15:46] Patriot and Taat interceptor missile stockpiles
[00:15:50] for months. After Trump postponed another
[00:15:54] raid on Iran, US media sources in Washington
[00:15:57] revealed another unpleasant secret. The US is facing problems not
[00:16:00] only with defensive, but also with offensive
[00:16:03] weaponry.
[00:16:06] The US has used almost all its global stock of long-range missiles, particularly
[00:16:10] ATACMS tactical missiles and Precision Strike
[00:16:14] Missiles, during the operation "Epic Fury." That is, our
[00:16:17] offensive weapons stockpiles are practically depleted. In the Middle
[00:16:20] East, the arsenal of sea-based Tomahawk
[00:16:24] cruise missiles has been halved, and it will take a minimum of
[00:16:28] 5 years to replenish all these stocks. But it is necessary to demonstrate
[00:16:31] strength not only to Iran, but to the rest of the world right
[00:16:35] now. Therefore, the only thing left is to publish AI-generated images of himself
[00:16:38] with Generals Patton and MacArthur, and threaten those
[00:16:42] who revealed this terrible military secret with lawsuits.
[00:16:46] The US has huge stockpiles of ammunition, especially certain
[00:16:49] types. In addition, if necessary, newly
[00:16:53] produced ammunition arrives in the United States
[00:16:56] in large quantities. Those who commit these treasonous
[00:16:58] information leaks are being sought, and additional prison
[00:17:02] sentences will be sought for them. However, publications on social media are not
[00:17:06] capable of impressing Iran. Almost 8 months have passed since the first strikes,
[00:17:09] and Washington is still far from the victory that, as they are
[00:17:13] sure in Tehran, they expected to achieve
[00:17:16] in a few days.
[00:17:20] They started a twelve-day war, and the events that took place on
[00:17:23] December 18-19 showed the plans they
[00:17:26] had developed. They thought they could capture Iran, like Syria,
[00:17:30] in 48 hours. Returning to at least the starting point is
[00:17:33] Trump's main task now. The main item on the negotiation agenda remained...
[00:17:46] and between neighbors, how shipping will be organized, Iran is discussing with
[00:17:49] Oman.
[00:17:52] To date, almost all issues are under discussion:
[00:17:56] maps, transit routes, the issue of entry and exit of maritime shipping, and
[00:18:00] bilateral agreements with Oman. The proposed agreement
[00:18:03] will effectively transfer control of the Strait of Hormuz to Tehran.
[00:18:07] And regardless of Trump, Iran and Oman are discussing a transit
[00:18:11] fee, from 3 to 7% of the value
[00:18:14] of the transported cargo, which sounds like the price Washington will
[00:18:18] have to pay to end this war, although J.D.
[00:18:21] Vance is forced to reassure that this can still be
[00:18:25] called a victory.
[00:18:28] I can confidently say that the outcome will be favorable for the United States of
[00:18:31] America, but we will use all the means at our disposal—military,
[00:18:34] economic, and diplomatic—to ensure this situation
[00:18:38] concludes correctly. Will Trump himself manage to reach an agreement with Iran
[00:18:41] or will he pass the conflict on? The same Washington
[00:18:44] Post reports that the US president has chosen a
[00:18:47] successor. According to Trump, J.D. Vance should run for president
[00:18:51] in 2028 under the Republican banner.
[00:18:54] His promise to end this war in 24 hours
[00:18:57] could well become his campaign slogan. Unlike
[00:19:01] Hexitt, Vice President Vance was one of the most ardent
[00:19:05] opponents of Trump's Iranian adventure. He also consistently
[00:19:09] opposes military aid to Ukraine, though now,
[00:19:12] with his presidential nomination becoming increasingly realistic,
[00:19:16] Vance has to be careful. The Minister of
[00:19:19] War, however, will probably still be sacrificed. The White House may
[00:19:22] announce Hexitt's resignation immediately after
[00:19:25] the midterm elections. Dmitry Melnikov, Pavel Kostrikov and
[00:19:28] Evgenia Bogomolova, Vesti from Washington.
[00:19:32] The presidential election campaign in Hungary can
[00:19:35] be described in one word.
[00:20:07] is choosing a new leader, and the most popular internet favorite unexpectedly
[00:20:11] turned out to be András Arató, the hero of the world-famous
[00:20:14] meme, the man with a smile that seems to
[00:20:18] hide all the pain
[00:20:20] of humanity. After the resignation of President
[00:20:24] Tamás Sulyok, Prime Minister Péter Magyar suggested
[00:20:27] that citizens name a worthy
[00:20:30] candidate themselves. The Internet immediately turned this
[00:20:33] idea into a festival of collective
[00:20:35] creativity. As a result, in the popular
[00:20:39] ranking, besides the aforementioned Harald, there were Ernő Rubik, the creator
[00:20:43] of the Rubik's Cube, Katalin Karikó, Nobel
[00:20:46] laureate, and Barbara Palvin, one of the most
[00:20:50] famous Hungarian models in the world.
[00:20:53] What a bright list, and also a whole set
[00:20:57] of TV presenters, athletes, and other celebrities,
[00:21:00] it will turn out to be practically, well, an ideal cast
[00:21:03] for a new talent show, but in fact, it
[00:21:06] is, because the President of Hungary today is mainly a representative
[00:21:10] figure, real power lies with the government
[00:21:13] and the parliamentary majority, so the intensity of passions surrounding these
[00:21:17] elections... although its holder can sign laws or
[00:21:31] send them to the Constitutional Court, and also has the right
[00:21:34] to pardon convicts. Currently, this position
[00:21:38] is temporarily held by the speaker of parliament, Ágnes
[00:21:41] Forsthoffer.
[00:21:42] But behind all this hype
[00:21:46] lies political confrontation. on other forces, for
[00:21:48] example, Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party refused to participate
[00:21:52] in the procedure for electing a new president, stating that it considered
[00:21:56] the removal of the previous head of state illegal, that
[00:21:59] is, one of the largest political forces declared the entire process
[00:22:03] illegitimate and decided to stay aside, while the
[00:22:07] ruling party is rushing the election date. Why the rush,
[00:22:10] gentlemen? But you must admit, after so many years
[00:22:14] of political crises, these are probably the most meme-worthy presidential elections in
[00:22:17] Europe. If Harald doesn't
[00:22:21] win, the internet seems to have already made its choice,
[00:22:24] smiling through the pain. In Thailand, they said goodbye to
[00:23:16] Russians brutally murdered. The incident is experienced as a
[00:24:20] tragedy in the country. The Prime Minister apologized and ordered the government to take
[00:24:23] urgent measures so that such a thing does not happen again. The caught murderers,
[00:24:27] nicknamed Pong and Tonk, were almost torn apart
[00:24:30] by the Thais themselves at the police station in Pattaya. Here we
[00:24:34] see a great spirit and, accordingly, the triumph
[00:24:37] of the law, because the murderers were immediately found, imprisoned,
[00:24:41] and
[00:24:44] punishment awaits them. Local motorcycle taxis, tuk-tuks, do not
[00:24:47] charge Russian tourists for rides.
[00:24:51] No, no, it's free, for Russia it's free. But in
[00:24:55] Georgia, after a terrible scandal with female tourists from Russia, something
[00:24:58] strange is happening. These are the shots when, at the end of an argument with the girls standing on the balcony,
[00:25:02] one of the locals, Georgy Chigladze, burst into their
[00:25:06] room and hit one of the tourists in the face. Next was a
[00:25:09] street rally with slogans that, they say, Russians are not
[00:25:12] guests. Here is the scratched car of tourists from Tikhoretsk,
[00:25:16] who came to Georgia for a vacation. Just from beginning to end.
[00:25:40] The Georgian Security Service opened a criminal case with the wording that
[00:25:43] these are all some foreign agents, pro-Western radicals, who want
[00:25:47] to spoil relations between Moscow and Tbilisi. The Prime Minister
[00:25:50] Kobakhidze states the same. There is direct sabotage, and
[00:25:54] social networks are being very actively used for this. Coordination
[00:25:58] is carried out from one of the countries, and here it is
[00:26:01] picked up by local agents. Non-existent
[00:26:04] people are discussing a supposedly negative atmosphere for
[00:26:08] Russian tourists in Georgia. The purpose of all this
[00:26:11] is sabotage against the country. Of course, our country
[00:26:14] is open to everyone, to all tourists. We
[00:26:17] will do everything to ensure that every guest feels safe and comfortable
[00:26:20] in Georgia. However, Chigladze, who raised his hands,
[00:26:24] was released from the courtroom on bail of about 200
[00:26:28] dollars. If a person inflicts injuries of moderate
[00:26:31] severity, he must answer according to the law,
[00:26:34] accordingly, there should be no insinuations about this.
[00:26:37] Georgians must understand that there is a law in the country. Most
[00:26:41] tourists who visit this beautiful country, and I am half
[00:26:44] Georgian myself, are from Russia, so
[00:26:47] closing off the possibility of economic growth
[00:26:51] just because there is some political discourse,
[00:26:54] this is a bit like political
[00:26:57] schizophrenia. Yes, there are radicals, there are people
[00:27:01] who are ready at any moment to join in and
[00:27:04] go out into the street, as they did that evening, to
[00:27:08] support their own. He turned out to be a person
[00:27:11] from a national movement. This person
[00:27:15] was involved not in the first case, he
[00:27:18] seemed to have similar
[00:27:22] cases and the fact that
[00:27:25] he was released for 5,000 does not mean that he will not be convicted.
[00:27:29] It is clear that every society has outcasts, the question is what reaction
[00:27:33] their actions cause in the majority and in the government.
[00:27:36] Tourism is an important budget item for both Thailand and Georgia, but in both
[00:27:40] cases, it's not just or even mostly about economics, it's about human
[00:27:43] relations after horrific events. Thailand
[00:27:47] seems to be handling it more warmly. Anton Botkovenko, Vesti!