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00:00:02a global exhibition on water supply, energy, the latest
00:00:05technologies and environmental protection has also been
00:00:08launched.
00:01:11represented Belarus at Global Thai Silk Exhibition in
00:01:15Bangkok. The Midnight in NASV Tras was created
00:01:19by Nikita Zaharchuk, a professor at Fipsk State
00:01:22Technological University, in collaboration with specialists from
00:01:26Orsa Linen Mill. Dense structured linen and delicate
00:01:30layers of black silk symbolically tell two mysterious
00:01:33legends, the tragic love of Barbara Radiville and the
00:01:37tunnel search for fern flower. The cart
00:01:40features a complex silhouette that evokes the historical Baroque
00:01:44costume of the Radivil era, but with a modern twist.
00:02:16I was surprised by the cleanliness of your region,
00:02:20the cleanliness and sincerity of the people, because on every corner where
00:02:23we walk, we meet people who gladly,
00:02:26with pleasure, tell us about such small moments
00:02:30that are filled with sincerity and warmth.
00:02:34We ask for directions, people gladly explain to us. It
00:02:37seems naive, but it's very
00:02:41unique. And also, in Belarus, you have something that we don't have in
00:02:44Russia. You have a lot of storks. Your storks are like
00:02:47chickens. They just walk everywhere, and it's very
00:02:50heartwarming.
00:03:22London, which until recently was saying that Ukraine is fighting for all of
00:03:25Europe, suddenly dropped its mask.
00:03:28It turns out that Britain no longer wants to fight with other people's hands. It
00:03:32is preparing to fight itself. According to the admission of Defense Minister
00:03:36Wes Streeting, it has just over a thousand days left,
00:03:40but assistance to Ukraine has not
00:03:43disappeared. Britain has pledged to supply over
00:03:465,000 LMM missiles worth 1.6
00:03:50billion pounds and accelerate the transfer of additional
00:03:53batches. At the same time, London has already confirmed the transfer
00:03:57to Kyiv of long-range Storm Shadow missiles. Those
00:04:00very missiles that can strike deep into Russian
00:04:03territory. But look at the context. This
00:04:06is not aid to Ukraine. This is an attempt to buy time for
00:04:10itself. Ukraine is given weapons so that it depletes
00:04:13Russia while Britain frantically rebuilds
00:04:16its own army and industry. Streeting
00:04:20explicitly says: my main priority as Defense Minister
00:04:23is to ensure that this country is ready
00:04:26to wage war and win it. That is.
00:05:00Why did the British Defense Minister start talking about war and a thousand days
00:05:04as a verdict this week, and not a month
00:05:07earlier or later? The answer, as is often the case in
00:05:10British politics, lies not in the realm of strategy, but
00:05:14in the realm of the budget. Streeting's statement appeared in The
00:05:18Telegram on October 24, four days before the announcement
00:05:22of the autumn budget, and this is not a coincidence, it is an ultimatum
00:05:26wrapped in rhetoric about national
00:05:29security. Earlier, he demanded to fix the target at
00:05:323% of GDP by 2030 for
00:05:36militarization, but the Treasury
00:05:38refused, but he did not stop there.
00:05:40остановился.
00:05:43The desire of our adversaries to harm us is not new.
00:05:47Their capabilities have changed. By 2030, their military
00:05:50might and economy may allow them to go on the offensive. Thus,
00:05:54we have just over a thousand days to
00:05:57fulfill our mission, together with our allies,
00:06:01to prepare for the fight and achieve victory. It is clear
00:06:05that the West invented the bogeyman itself, and it is afraid of it itself. However,
00:06:08a thousand days is not about a forecast, but a lever.
00:06:12An attempt to create a sense of urgency to extract
00:06:16money from its own government that the political
00:06:19system refuses to allocate voluntarily.
00:06:23Streeting clearly states: my defining priority is to make
00:06:26sure this country is ready to fight and win
00:06:30the war, not to help Ukraine, not to strengthen
00:06:33NATO, this country. Against the backdrop of such statements, it is important,
00:06:37probably, to emphasize that before this, Great Britain preferred to remain
00:06:41in the shadows and
00:07:42we must recognize that the situation has changed. In the modern world, the front line, if
00:07:46you will, runs here. The threat we are currently
00:07:49facing is more serious, sharper, and more unpredictable than
00:07:53ever since the Cold War. Before us is war in
00:07:57Europe, new nuclear
00:08:00growing Russian aggression in our waters,
00:08:03threatening our sky. Their reckless
00:08:06actions drive up the cost of living at
00:08:09home, causing economic difficulties, hitting
00:08:13workers the hardest. A new era of threats that we
00:08:17face requires a new era in defense
00:08:20and security. We will innovate and accelerate
00:08:24the innovation process at a wartime
00:08:27pace to counter the threats of today
00:08:30and tomorrow as the fastest innovator in
00:08:34NATO.
00:08:37For some reason, Starmer did not mention then that the cost of living
00:08:40in general is rising there by...
00:09:13new types of weapons and takes on long-term
00:09:16obligations. Since February 2022, London
00:09:19has pledged to provide Ukraine with support totaling
00:09:2325 billion pounds, of which 16
00:09:26is directly for military aid. This amount
00:09:29includes a loan within the G7 mechanism of
00:09:322.26 billion pounds, which, according to
00:09:36London, will be repaid from the income of
00:09:39frozen Russian assets, but this is not certain.
00:09:42Great Britain has already transferred a wide range of
00:09:46weapons to Ukraine, including both lethal and non-lethal
00:09:49equipment. Great Britain became the first country to supply
00:09:53Ukraine with Western tanks, long-range
00:09:56Storm Shadow missiles, which gave the AFU the opportunity
00:10:00to strike deep behind enemy lines. In 2026, their joint
00:10:04production was approved in
00:10:07Ukraine. Artillery and RS-30, self-propelled
00:10:10AS-90 howitzers and M-270
00:10:14multiple rocket launchers. Air defense systems and ATGM, portable
00:10:17anti-aircraft missile systems
00:10:20Starstreak, multi-purpose Martlet missiles. By the end
00:10:23of 2026, the delivery of
00:10:26650 units is planned, as well as
00:10:29anti-tank systems Enlave. Great Britain
00:10:32manages a multinational training program. Since 2022,
00:10:36over 67,000
00:10:40Ukrainian servicemen have been trained The program's funding has been extended until
00:10:43the end of 2026, and Great Britain has also
00:10:46pledged to train Ukrainian pilots on Western
00:10:49fighter jets, although the aircraft themselves are not
00:10:52yet being supplied. After some time, the same position was shared
00:10:55by Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, stating that
00:10:59Great Britain is preparing a new version of a major plan to
00:11:02prepare the entire nation, from military police to
00:11:06hospitals and industry, for the transition to war.
00:11:09This happened in April of this year. There are
00:11:13threats from Russia, there is war in the Middle East, war in
00:11:17Ukraine. Donald Trump ridicules our military potential
00:11:21and threatens to withdraw from NATO. As a professional leader
00:11:25of the armed forces, how can you tolerate that this
00:11:28government is still unable to accelerate the fulfillment of its
00:11:31promises to increase defense spending much
00:11:35faster than currently planned? How can you tolerate
00:11:39this? The government has already committed
00:11:42to increasing defense spending and doing so at a faster
00:11:45pace than it inherited. The Prime
00:11:49Minister announced this last year. You know that at
00:11:52the summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister announced
00:11:55a commitment to increase defense spending to
00:11:583.5% of GDP by
00:12:002035. I think all of this as
00:12:04an answer, this can only be welcomed, and this
00:12:08is a reaction to the changing geopolitical
00:12:12situation that you describe.
00:12:15But there is a second, no less important context: Ukrainian. While
00:12:19Great Britain is investing in Ukraine, Donald Trump and his
00:12:22administration have cut aid, and Zelensky himself is being
00:12:26pressured into a compromise with Moscow. For London, this
00:12:29means one thing: America is leaving, and if Ukraine
00:12:33can no longer be the West's bill to the same extent,
00:12:36Britain will have to become the bill itself. Thus,
00:12:39a thousand days is not a countdown to war,
00:12:43it is a countdown to the budget that will decide whether
00:12:46Britain will be ready for it, and, judging by how
00:12:50the Treasury is resisting, these thousand days may
00:12:53end before the funding
00:12:56begins. And now the most painful part: while
00:13:00Britain is flexing its muscles and talking about a thousand days, across
00:13:03the ocean, other
00:13:05speeches are being heard.
00:13:07I was never influenced by NATO, I always knew it was a paper tiger.
00:13:11By the way, Putin also knows this. For London, this
00:13:15is a slap in the face. Britain builds its defense strategy on the premise that
00:13:18Russia is the biggest threat, and that by
00:13:212030, it will test NATO's
00:13:25strength, and the main ally in the alliance calls this
00:13:28alliance a paper tiger. British
00:13:31Conservatives have already called Trump's policy a softening
00:13:34of sanctions and a betrayal towards Ukraine,
00:13:38but Trump doesn't seem to care much. And
00:13:42here is the key paradox: Britain is preparing for
00:13:45open confrontation with Russia, while Trump's
00:13:48Washington is sending signals of reconciliation with
00:13:51Moscow. Streeting's thousand days is not
00:13:55only preparation for war with Russia, it is also preparation for
00:13:58a world without America, where London will have
00:14:01to rely on itself. Streeting
00:14:04says: strength builds deterrence, deterrence
00:14:07significantly reduces the likelihood that we
00:14:10will find ourselves in a situation we do not want -
00:14:14war with Russia. But the more Britain prepares for war,
00:14:17the less room there is for peace in this logic, because they themselves
00:14:21provoke war, but that's another matter.
00:14:25And with you was Yaksenia Lebedeva, see you in the next program.
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00:20:15The length of the Belarusian border is over 3,500 km,
00:20:18two-thirds of which falls on the border with Ukraine and the European Union.
00:20:22Today, this is the most tense section. Information often appears in the media
00:20:26about the strengthening of one border or another.
00:20:29To strengthen the border means
00:20:32to transfer guarding to a more strict, intensive,
00:20:35dense operating regime.
00:20:38The border begins to be guarded by larger forces and means than in
00:20:42normal, calm times, to exclude the possibility
00:20:45of illegal crossing or armed breakthrough.
00:20:49Maneuver groups, special forces of the border troops,
00:20:53and if necessary, the army
00:20:56and internal troops are deployed to Observation and patrolling is not...