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00:00:00question, why didn't they hit? Well, that is, you know, from
00:00:04discussions that these are military targets, that they probably attached
00:00:08some weapons cars to a train that
00:00:12was going to Warsaw, everything boiled down to well, this is
00:00:15a signal that we will strike and we will
00:00:19strike passenger trains that
00:00:22go near European borders, such
00:00:26peaceful plans from the Russian Federation. And it's even more
00:00:30amazing when American
00:00:33negotiators talk about how after the elections that
00:00:36are taking place in the Russian Federation, something will happen
00:00:40after that, Putin will be ready for negotiations. This is
00:00:43a very strange idea, if you listen to Putin's last statement. Volodymyr
00:00:47Putin addressed Russians before
00:00:50the State Duma elections, which will take place, let me remind you,
00:00:53on September 18-20. What did he
00:00:56say? He said that participation in the voting should
00:01:00demonstrate support for Russian military personnel and become
00:01:03a common response to those who, according to him, want to weaken
00:01:07Russia. "Your choice and will will once again
00:01:10show that behind our soldiers are millions of people, that
00:01:14we are a united nation," Putin said, and he called participation in the elections
00:01:17a contribution to strengthening the country, and the
00:01:21voting itself a common contribution to Russia's victory.
00:01:24Such peacefulness. And Putin also said that these
00:01:28elections will be a largely decisive
00:01:32election campaign, but I am afraid that this is not at all what
00:01:36the American negotiators
00:01:39think, and it is not at all that, you know, message
00:01:43for peace, because well,
00:01:46whoever wants peace, probably does not say before the elections that
00:01:49if you demonstrate and go to the elections, then you
00:01:52demonstrate support for the war, right?
00:01:56So what is the significance of this campaign?
00:02:01And here everything is also clear from Putin's statement. He said
00:02:05that for the first time, residents of the occupied territories
00:02:08after 2022 will vote. And
00:02:12I think this is already what
00:02:15he is trying, what the Russian Federation and
00:02:18the Kremlin are trying to push to the American
00:02:22negotiators from Trump. That, you see, we will seemingly secure
00:02:26these territories in the elections, even with this voting.
00:02:30as part of the Russian Federation, and this will be an additional, as it were,
00:02:34trump card in negotiations. But this will not be
00:02:37any trump card, because, as is known, there are no elections
00:02:41in Russia at all, there is no one
00:02:44to choose from, because the only, well, more or less
00:02:48opposition party, Yabloko, was removed from the elections, all
00:02:51other parties are just ordinary right-wing
00:02:55or left-wing additional arm of the Kremlin and nothing
00:02:59more. Well, the elections themselves, as it turned out, are also very strange, because they
00:03:02have an electronic system for these elections, and hackers
00:03:06just before the elections broke into it and found that, it turns out,
00:03:10there is not even a safeguard against
00:03:13falsification, that is, it is possible in this system, well,
00:03:17literally any numbers can be entered, any
00:03:20falsifications can be made after, you know,
00:03:24the preliminary protocols were entered, well, that is, in principle, it can
00:03:28simply be used to draw any election result,
00:03:31that is, from this we can say
00:03:34one thing, that all these
00:03:37talks about Putin
00:03:41being ready for something, that the election campaign in the Russian Federation
00:03:44will end, and this will show something and something there, all this
00:03:48is only about one thing, about this election
00:03:52campaign of the Russian Federation and these very talks
00:03:55Putin considers as something that should legitimize
00:04:00his capture of Ukrainian territory, well,
00:04:03something like, you know, with Crimea-2, that's how it is in
00:04:07Crimea, in principle, it's absolutely, in the end,
00:04:09illegitimate, because referendums,
00:04:12voting, well, in Crimea,
00:04:16literally under the muzzles of automatic rifles, nothing
00:04:20actually confirms anything to anyone, and the same
00:04:23here. Therefore,
00:04:27talking about this as something that will become
00:04:31an explanation of why we need to give
00:04:33Putin those regions that he wrote down in his
00:04:37constitution,
00:04:39and this is something he will stop at. No, this
00:04:43also doesn't work, because unfortunately, it
00:04:47only says that just give
00:04:50Putin, well, the
00:04:52opportunity in this
00:04:55way, well, to seemingly capture
00:04:58territories, right? Give him the opportunity
00:05:01to believe that all this will be given to him and
00:05:05approved, and he will continue to attack other countries,
00:05:09and one can say that here Poland will be
00:05:13one of the first on the list, as it turned out, because the rhetoric
00:05:17concerning it has been quite
00:05:20a long time and quite aggressive, these are not the first such
00:05:24things, and not the first attempt to say something towards
00:05:28Poland, I'm not even talking about the Baltic countries, which are just
00:05:31considered such an easy target,
00:05:34which is a small territory, so Russian troops can seemingly
00:05:38quickly pass through, therefore no elections, this is not a
00:05:42path to peace, nor are negotiations with
00:05:45Putin a path to peace. Only in fact
00:05:48the overthrow of Putin's regime, the overthrow
00:05:52of the Russian Federation in general, and
00:05:54well, inflicting
00:05:56defeat
00:05:59on the Russian Federation in this war, this is the real path to peace and to
00:06:02preventing this from
00:06:18Every day, Russian aggression brings destruction and pain to Ukraine, but
00:06:22no crime should go unpunished. The international register
00:06:25of damages for Ukraine is the first step towards receiving compensation, created under
00:06:29the auspices of the Council of Europe, to record every loss since February 24,
00:06:332022. Anyone can submit an application.
00:06:37People who have lost their home, property, or job, those who have survived captivity or lost
00:06:40loved ones, businesses, and the state. Ukraine has 43
00:06:44categories of applications. You can submit one or more applications in different
00:06:48categories through the web portal Diia. Most of the information
00:06:51will be automatically pulled. It is free and does not require
00:06:54lawyers. Your data is confidential and protected.
00:06:58The register accepts and processes applications from victims for compensation for damages,
00:07:02losses, and harm caused by Russian aggression. Next,
00:07:05a future international compensation commission for
00:07:08Ukraine will consider applications and make decisions on payments. It will determine
00:07:12the amounts from the future compensation fund. Do not
00:07:15wait for the war to end, submit an application to the register today.
00:07:34Hello, this is the Eastern Shield program. And today we are talking
00:07:37about the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk region. Russian
00:07:4120th and 25th armies are under threat of
00:07:44destruction. Warsaw in three days. Moscow
00:07:47threatens to destroy the Polish state. After it
00:07:51takes Mala Tokmachka. NATO
00:07:53must close the sky over Lviv. Poland is actively
00:07:57lobbying for this proposal. The Yamal cross in the throat
00:08:00of the Kremlin. Ukraine is preparing for a strategic
00:08:03operation that will turn the tide
00:08:05of the war.
00:08:09Warsaw in 2-3 days.
00:08:12Nikolai Patrushev, assistant to the Russian dictator, who
00:08:16became a real star in 2018
00:08:19after smuggling 400 kg of cocaine
00:08:23from Argentina, threatens to wipe Warsaw
00:08:27off the face of the earth. And why can't they deal with
00:08:30Kyiv for the fifth year, which they also
00:08:33planned to take in 2-3 days? Well, of course,
00:08:37because they haven't even seriously
00:08:39started yet. In the event of Poland's
00:08:43entry into the war against Russia, our country will use its entire
00:08:46arsenal of forces and means, and Polish statehood
00:08:49will cease to exist in two or three days. At the same time, during the Special Military Operation, the Russian army
00:08:53apparently does not use its full potential. Nikolai
00:08:57Patrushev, former head of the FSB, assistant to the Kremlin chief Vladimir
00:09:00Putin. We believe, and why not believe? Mala
00:09:04Tokmachka, don't let me lie.
00:09:08Seriously speaking, it's one thing when some Russian
00:09:11propagandist talks about the omnipotent Russian army... which hasn't even started yet,
00:09:14but when such delirium comes from a career Chekist,
00:09:17and during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the north
00:09:21of Donetsk region, then
00:09:24this, then this is in our favor.
00:09:28The visions that periodically appear in their
00:09:31heads definitely do not coincide with the realities
00:09:34of war. And they are such: Ukraine
00:09:37for the first time struck at a distance of more than 300
00:09:41km, and this time not just anywhere, but right
00:09:44near the solar plexus of the Russian
00:09:47state, near the famous
00:09:50Yamal cross. On September 9,
00:09:532026, the defense forces conducted
00:09:56an unprecedented operation, striking
00:09:59simultaneously two strategic enterprises
00:10:02of the gas condensate industry of Russia in the Yamal-Nenets
00:10:06Autonomous Okrug. The Novy Urengoy and
00:10:10Purovsky gas condensate plants were hit,
00:10:13with a capacity of 19 and 13 million tons of raw materials per
00:10:17year, respectively. This attack became an absolute
00:10:20record for range during the entire full-scale war.
00:10:24FPV drones covered more than 300
00:10:28km from the Ukrainian border. The myth of the
00:10:30strategic rear of the Russian Federation has long been
00:10:34dispelled. It's not for nothing that Beijing in early
00:10:37September asked Kyiv not to strike
00:10:40Vladivostok during the economic forum, which was attended
00:10:44by the Vice Premier of the State Council
00:10:46of the PRC. They know we
00:10:49can. Moscow knows this too. Already
00:10:52in spring, ex-Defense Minister Shoigu
00:10:55complained that the Urals were already under threat, so this
00:10:59time the Kremlin panicked for another
00:11:02reason, the strike landed within a few kilometers of
00:11:05the strategic Yamal cross.
00:11:09The Yamal cross is a unique gas transportation hub
00:11:12located in the frozen tundra, near the village of Pangody, in
00:11:16the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This is not just
00:11:19a crossroads, but a strategic geographical point where
00:11:2317 main high-pressure
00:11:25gas pipelines converge into one powerful
00:11:28node. From space, the object resembles a clearly defined
00:11:32geometric cross in the middle of the tundra. Through this small
00:11:35piece of land, up to 85%
00:11:39of all natural gas produced in the Russian
00:11:42Federation is transported. So far, this is just a test
00:11:46shot, a reconnaissance in force. So it's not worth expecting that tomorrow
00:11:50Ukraine will destroy it. Pipes are difficult
00:11:53to damage, they are deep underground, and they can be repaired quite
00:11:57quickly, but our planners at
00:12:00the General Staff know exactly what to hit: plants for
00:12:04gas preparation and de-ethanization that
00:12:07feed this hub, compressor stations, cryogenic
00:12:10units. To restore operation, it will take from three to five years,
00:12:14some facilities under sanctions,
00:12:18Russia will not be able to rebuild at all. In August
00:12:212021, even before full-scale sanctions,
00:12:25only one condensate de-ethanization unit
00:12:29burned down at the Novy Urengoy plant, and it took Gazprom
00:12:33three years to rebuild it. The destruction of key
00:12:36technological nodes of the Yamal cross
00:12:38will cause a cumulative effect. Since Russia will not
00:12:42be able to quickly repair the plants, it will have to mothball or
00:12:46simply burn gas into the air at the
00:12:49fields themselves, and this will lead to irreversible damage to
00:12:53wells in permafrost and besides, this
00:12:57gas is the basic raw material for giant
00:13:00chemical plants that produce ammonia and
00:13:03nitric acid. Without nitric acid, Russian
00:13:06industry will not be able to produce gunpowder,
00:13:09explosives, artillery shells, and rocket
00:13:12fuel. The shutdown of this hub could lead to
00:13:15disruptions in the operation of the largest thermal power plants, which
00:13:19provide energy to industrial enterprises
00:13:22of the Urals, Volga region, and Moscow. And... This, in turn,
00:13:25could significantly complicate the work of Russian heavy
00:13:29industry, particularly enterprises that produce tanks and
00:13:33armored vehicles. The Yamal cross, stuck in the Kremlin's
00:13:36throat, will mean the end of the
00:13:39war, but we currently lack significant resources for
00:13:43this action. It is very difficult to take out such a huge
00:13:46infrastructure with drones alone; we need to wait for
00:13:50ballistic missiles. The war for the sky has become the key
00:13:53battle of this
00:13:56war, both for Ukraine and for
00:13:58Russia.
00:14:02Unable to protect its Siberia, the Kremlin
00:14:05turned on the mode of pure terrorism. Russians began
00:14:09systematically striking large food warehouses,
00:14:12civilian hubs, and fuel infrastructure deep inside
00:14:16Ukraine. This week they even started targeting gas stations
00:14:20in Kyiv. Why is this terror? In
00:14:23Kyiv, there are almost half a thousand gas stations, about a thousand
00:14:26supermarkets, almost 2 thousand pharmacies. Kyiv residents
00:14:30will not be left without fuel, without food, without medicine.
00:14:34These attacks achieve no military goal; this is
00:14:37simply intimidation.
00:14:40As is the destruction of a gas station right at the border crossing with
00:14:44Poland, 800 meters from the border.
00:14:47Apparently, after receiving information that a special train with
00:14:51European politicians who
00:14:54were returning from the Yalta conference would pass through it,
00:14:57it was decided to strike the checkpoint. This is
00:15:01a deliberate action, because the Russians even published
00:15:04a video of how they hunted this train. These
00:15:08drone attacks are blind terror against the Ukrainian civilian
00:15:12population and a dangerous escalation of Putin's
00:15:14war. Russia is becoming increasingly
00:15:17unscrupulous and is playing with fire right on the border of the European Union
00:15:21and NATO. Robin Wagener, Bundestag deputy.
00:15:25The coming weeks and months could be a period of very
00:15:29intense Russian actions. Warsaw is not going to watch
00:15:32silently. Poland's security is facing direct and
00:15:36unscrupulous threats.
00:15:39Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland. Putin's terror
00:15:43is knocking on NATO's door. Russian barbarians are standing at your
00:15:46gates, dear partners. We need uncompromising
00:15:50steps, a full embargo, and immediate help in closing
00:15:53the sky, including jet interceptors. Andriy
00:15:57Sibiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The
00:16:01Ukrainian minister's statement was promptly responded to by his
00:16:05Polish colleague. Radosław Sikorski suggested
00:16:08closing the sky over the western regions
00:16:10of Ukraine. According to the Polish minister.
00:16:14If we could create a no-fly zone and protect
00:16:17the western regions of Ukraine, and let's say, allow
00:16:21Ukraine to reopen the airport in Lviv, we would be doing
00:16:24a service to both Ukraine and ourselves. Radosław
00:16:27Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Moreover,
00:16:31the Kremlin is only going to escalate the degree
00:16:34of air terror. Dmitry Peskov cynically and
00:16:38publicly stated this after the attack on the border. On September 15,
00:16:412026, NATO fighters
00:16:44for the first time shot down a Russian drone in
00:16:48Lithuanian airspace. The UAV crossed the Lithuanian border
00:16:52from Belarus and moved west towards
00:16:55Trakai district. It was shot down by Italian fighters from
00:16:59the Air Base in Šiauliai, which are performing an air
00:17:02policing mission. Well,
00:17:05I want to express my satisfaction that the military
00:17:08quickly reacted and detected it. Allies took to the air, and in this
00:17:12case, our Italian partners shot down the drone, creating
00:17:16no danger to either buildings or, most importantly,
00:17:18to human lives. And this is exactly the
00:17:22example that shows that if we really want to, we
00:17:25can, and the further, the more we will improve our
00:17:29detection capabilities and take very rapid
00:17:32response measures to protect our people. I
00:17:35propose to focus on why such drones
00:17:39fly in, and why my
00:17:42country, Lithuania,
00:17:44also Latvia, Poland, Estonia,
00:17:48why they suffer from such flights,
00:17:51this, in my opinion, is Russian aggression, this is
00:17:54part of the ongoing
00:17:58Russian aggression. The entire territory of Ukraine, not just
00:18:01Kyiv, can be in the strike zone. If old
00:18:05piston Shaheds can be shot down in a whole
00:18:08minute, then for high-speed jets we only have
00:18:126 seconds.
00:18:15That is why the effectiveness of drone air defense has dropped from
00:18:1895% to 60%. But if anyone
00:18:22thinks this is Armageddon, it's not. The worst-case
00:18:25scenario has already been thwarted by the defense forces. In
00:18:29autumn, the enemy planned to put terror on an assembly line. Russian
00:18:33factories were supposed to produce hundreds of cheaper
00:18:36and simplified modifications of heavy aviation missiles
00:18:40Kh-101 and Kh-59 monthly. Mass
00:18:43launches were planned to adapt frontline fighters
00:18:46Su-34 and the newest Su-57, to
00:18:49overload Ukrainian air defense with strikes
00:18:52from different directions. The key element of this plan was to be
00:18:56the Avitek plant in Kirov, which is part of the Almaz-Antey
00:19:00concern. It was here, in the deep rear,
00:19:03that additional production lines were deployed
00:19:06for assembling critical aviation components, engines, and
00:19:10ejection systems. But on July 24, Flamingo,
00:19:13having covered more than 1200 km, struck the
00:19:17enterprise and destroyed the main assembly and
00:19:20tool shops with unique equipment. As
00:19:24a result, the scaling of Russia's missile program may be
00:19:28postponed by at least a year. But what to do with
00:19:31the existing threat? Shooting down aircraft is extremely
00:19:35expensive, and missiles for this, although not as scarce as for
00:19:39Patriots, are also not infinite.
00:19:42The second jet interceptor has already passed
00:19:45tests, but it is important not to repeat the mistake of
00:19:48creating countermeasures for gasoline Shaheds. All
00:19:52resources were then thrown into the production of interceptors, but
00:19:55the production of their own anti-aircraft missile systems
00:19:59was not taken care of, cheap, mass-produced and
00:20:02effective ones. Any defense works best
00:20:06in a complex. It is deep and has different
00:20:09echelons. We hope that conclusions have been drawn. At
00:20:12the defense exhibition in Poland in Kielce, the Koral
00:20:16air defense system became a real sensation. It was shown
00:20:20for the first time. The missile was developed by the state Kyiv
00:20:23Luch Design Bureau, creators of the famous Neptun.
00:20:27The missile weighs 450 kg. Of these, 36
00:20:31account for the warhead. Koral has an inertial navigation
00:20:35system, radio correction, and an active
00:20:38radar homing head, meaning the missile not only receives commands
00:20:42from the ground, it also detects the target itself and guides to it.
00:20:46The development of the air defense system began in 2016, and in
00:20:502021, its readiness was estimated at
00:20:5370%. The version of Koral currently presented
00:20:56in Poland is significantly updated. At the same time, unlike
00:21:00the PAC-3 MSE, which destroys targets with a direct
00:21:03kinetic impact, Koral uses a proximity fuse
00:21:06and hits the target with a cloud of high-density
00:21:09fragments. This design is simpler and cheaper, and
00:21:13therefore can be quickly launched into mass production, without
00:21:17dependence on scarce components. There were many
00:21:21more top presentations by Ukrainian manufacturers at the exhibition,
00:21:24and more on them later, but now about Koral, about
00:21:27Ukrainian ballistics and Ukrainian anti-ballistics, about
00:21:31jet Shaheds, we speak with Anatoliy
00:21:34Khrapchinsky, who returned from Kielce from the international
00:21:37defense industry exhibition. Anatoliy
00:21:41Khrapchinsky, aviation expert, former officer
00:21:44of the Ukrainian Air Force, Director of Development of a defense
00:21:48enterprise. Mr. Anatoliy, I salute you, you were
00:21:51in that photo from the exhibition in Kielce, radiating such joy,
00:21:55sitting at the controls of an F-35,
00:21:58that it is immediately clear that former air force officers do not
00:22:01cease to be. Please tell me, how fundamentally different is this from the
00:22:05F-16s that we have, and do we generally have such
00:22:08ambition or a dream to ever get such machines, because the Poles, it seems,
00:22:12have F-35s. The Poles have F-35s,
00:22:16actually, compared to F-16s, I managed to
00:22:20sit in an F-16 cockpit back in the early 2000s, but here
00:22:24it should be noted that in reality these are completely different technologies, completely different
00:22:27capabilities, accordingly it must be said that the cost
00:22:30of using such an aircraft is much higher, and
00:22:34therefore, of course, we should dream of fifth-generation aircraft
00:22:37that we could use in our air forces, but in
00:22:41my opinion, for now, the most effective
00:22:44means that we could get would be Gripen aircraft,
00:22:47because they are significantly cheaper in terms of resources, and
00:22:50they were built exclusively for
00:22:53a war with a neighboring country, because they
00:22:57have the anticipated capability of taking off from road
00:23:00surfaces and the anticipated capability
00:23:03of dispersing aircraft to nearby,
00:23:07for example, some clearings or forests, so here we are talking about
00:23:10the safety
00:23:13of aircraft being located not on one large airfield, because America
00:23:16is still, let's say, either an aircraft carrier or
00:23:20a separate continent where they are located, and they do not have such ground threats as
00:23:24we do from the Russian Federation, therefore, it must be said that,
00:23:28yes, this aircraft can be used as
00:23:31a modern defense system
00:23:34that can counteract many
00:23:37threats, but at the same time, when we are fighting an enemy who
00:23:40launches hundreds and thousands of drones
00:23:43costing $100, it is clear that the cost
00:23:47of one missile from an F-35, which
00:23:50comparatively costs over half a million dollars, accordingly, this
00:23:54is an unprofitable use. And what is the F-35 for then, what is its
00:23:58mission, what are these aircraft for then? They
00:24:01were created for large contracts, they were created in
00:24:05those times, during the arms race, when
00:24:08they were created in peacetime from possible
00:24:11future threats, because in principle the F-35 can fly in
00:24:15a group with drones that can
00:24:18perform, that is, it will be known, leading,
00:24:21the drones will be known and will perform certain tasks, so I would say
00:24:25that in reality here
00:24:28there is
00:24:30an interesting solution that they can use, but
00:24:34again, this is a more modern, more technological
00:24:38war, which involves the use of such equipment, for now we
00:24:41are fighting an enemy who actively uses Chinese
00:24:44components, Chinese engines and
00:24:47saturates its weapons with cheap elements. Clear, well,
00:24:50it turns out that the F-35 is an airplane for the rich, right?
00:24:54Please tell me, do the Russians have fifth-generation aircraft, or do they want
00:24:58to have fifth-generation aircraft, or is this
00:25:004.5 generation that they have
00:25:03now?
00:25:07Russia thinks they have fifth-generation aircraft, and
00:25:10they express themselves from the point of view of technical characteristics, as if they have
00:25:14fifth-generation aircraft, if we are talking about the Su-57, but at the same time
00:25:18it must be said that this aircraft does not meet the technical
00:25:21characteristics of a fifth-generation aircraft, there are a lot of questions,
00:25:25at least, let's start with the fact that 77 planes use
00:25:29aircraft engines, and the FL-41 is
00:25:32an upgrade of the old FL-31 engine,
00:25:34meaning we're talking about these engines that were used
00:25:38earlier on the Su-27,
00:25:42that is, on older, more outdated planes. Moreover, even the mounts for these
00:25:45engines are not the same, they speak of a conditional
00:25:49possibility. Modularity, meaning you can put an old engine in a new plane, but
00:25:53at the same time, we need to talk about the fact that
00:25:55there are serious problems with the enemy's jets, and
00:25:59at the same time, we need to say that there is a serious problem with the electronics. which
00:26:03they put in their planes, because let's remember, the
00:26:07growth of Russian aviation occurred against the background of gaining the ability to install
00:26:10French avionics, American chips in their planes, then
00:26:14the technological growth of these planes began. After 2014, they
00:26:18had serious problems with the ability to purchase these
00:26:21components, so we need to say that currently
00:26:24they use either what
00:26:27they import through a pricing scheme, or, for example, what Belarus produces,
00:26:31which at one time... was also able to establish the production of some
00:26:34components.
00:26:37Okay, let's move from the sky to the ground. Let's return to
00:26:41the exhibition in Kielce. Please tell us how well
00:26:44Ukraine was represented there, that is, which stands
00:26:47perhaps interested the most, how it
00:26:50looked against the background of other participants, your personal
00:26:53impressions.
00:26:56Well, let's start with the fact that at least two
00:26:59stands of Ukrainian associations from... arms manufacturers
00:27:03and Naudi stood side by side. This is already close to
00:27:06the goal I constantly talk about, that at such international
00:27:10exhibitions Ukraine should present itself with a general
00:27:13unified stand, Ukraine, where it will be
00:27:16possible to demonstrate all the
00:27:20technologies that we use,
00:27:22to maximally immerse society in
00:27:26the war, to use 3D
00:27:29visualization, to show what happened after.
00:27:32Bucha, what happened in other directions, how the Russian
00:27:36Federation is fighting, to visually show that we need to show it so that
00:27:40Europeans who come to these defense exhibitions
00:27:43understand that what
00:27:46they are currently presenting to them as models of a large number
00:27:49of weapons, it is not a fact that it can protect them from the invasion that
00:27:53comes from Russia. Therefore, it is definitely
00:27:56necessary to say that Ukraine presented a large number of interesting
00:27:59solutions. Firepoint. Firepoint. for
00:28:02the umpteenth time showed its ballistic and cruise missiles, and accordingly
00:28:06attack drones. Therefore, in principle, we looked
00:28:09decent, but at the same time, we need to say that we see Poland,
00:28:13which is actively cooperating in increasing
00:28:17its defense budget. Let's remember that Poland has the largest defense budget in
00:28:20Europe, they have the opportunity to cooperate
00:28:23with, uh, South Korea, which we
00:28:27do not have the opportunity to. South Korea produces a lot of interesting
00:28:31solutions and analogues of American weapons under
00:28:33American license, produces a lot of interesting weapons that Poland
00:28:37supplies. Probably because of this, we
00:28:41do not have direct government contracts with Poland, which would allow us
00:28:44to interact between defense companies. By the way, so here we need to
00:28:48say that Poland most likely
00:28:51continues to try to get funding for its
00:28:54defense contracts, and accordingly the opportunity to work with those
00:28:58countries, such as Israel or South
00:29:02K or, for example, the same Japan, where cooperation with
00:29:05countries in which war is happening
00:29:08is not foreseen by the state's doctrine. Models, models, models. In our
00:29:12social networks, when the exhibition in Kielce was taking place,
00:29:15a certain wave of devaluation, a wave, rolled
00:29:19through about how they are showing models again, and when will we see real
00:29:22products? What can you
00:29:24say about this?
00:29:27Well, a real product recently took out an entire chemical production
00:29:31facility. on the territory of the Russian Federation,
00:29:34and there are also a number of indicators
00:29:37of weapon use. Moreover, we need to say that
00:29:41samples were presented that have already proven their effectiveness
00:29:44on the contact line, protecting
00:29:48military personnel, helping detect enemy threats,
00:29:51but at the same time, accordingly, we need to say that
00:29:55let's ask, or ask Ukrainian manufacturers,
00:29:58how many products Poland does not allow through to be brought
00:30:02to any other European exhibition? Therefore, there
00:30:05is also a certain problem with transportation, and the fact that models
00:30:09are presented, it is much easier to export a model than a weapon
00:30:12sample, because there are also certain
00:30:15restrictions, but at the same time, we need to say
00:30:19that there is a key request. Recently, Valeriy
00:30:22Zaluzhny appealed for the need to unite
00:30:26efforts to create quality solutions, and here
00:30:29I support him, because in turn... we
00:30:32saw at the exhibition in MSPO, and again I
00:30:36saw at the exhibition in
00:30:38Denmark, Dallo Day, Industrial Day,
00:30:42I saw the fragmentation of the European defense industry market. Most manufacturers
00:30:46seek to gain expertise from
00:30:48Ukraine, to affix the "Battle-proven in
00:30:52Ukraine" sticker, but at the same time to work
00:30:55exclusively on monetizing their
00:30:57capabilities. Let's.
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