Transcripts For ESPRESO 20240703

A turning point had come in the history of the world. He combined military aid to ukraine and israel into one package and called it a smart investment in americas security. Thus , he tried to convince congress to approve a joint package of military aid to israel and ukraine. This was President Bidens second address to americans. For the first time, he drew parallels between the need to protect democracy in ukraine and israel, and also appealed to americans patriotic feelings. Us warships in the mediterranean seas have already intercepted rockets launched by militants on the territory of israel, and this has become a reason for fears about the amount of american aid to two allies in two different regions at once. Heres what President Biden said about the situation in ukraine. On the issue of ukraine, i ask the congress to do everything to ensure that we can continue to send ukraine the weapons it needs for its defense. Nonstop to stop putins atrocities in ukraine. Ukrainians succeed in this, when putin invaded ukraine, he expected to capture kyiv in a matter of days and the whole of ukraine. More than a year has passed, putin has failed and continues to fail. Kyiv and the brave ukrainian people stand unconquered. Ukraine regained more than half of the territory captured by the russians, with the support of the United States and the international coalition. Of more than 50 countries in the world, they all support kyiv, what would happen if we left, we are a key state for them, meanwhile, putin turned to iran and north korea to buy combat drones and ammunition to continue terrorizing ukrainian cities and people. As noted correspondent in north America David willis, in his address to the americans, President Biden for the first time compared the actions of putin to hamas. He called it a turning point in history and said that if the United States does not stop the current aggression, it will generate further aggression in other parts of the world. The president tried to connect and draw his native parallels between the conflicts in ukraine and israel. He said that, in his opinion, russia and hamas have something in common. They are trying to destroy a democratic neighbor. He too said he would ask congress to approve a massive military aid package. It is assumed that the cost of this package is 100 billion dollars, of which 60 billion is military aid to ukraine 14 billion for israel . The president called it a smart investment that will pay dividends when it comes to security for future generations. To me, it was an appeal to american patriotism. The president s speech had notes similar to reagans rhetoric, especially when he spoke of americans commitment to the ideals of freedom and so on. Basically, joe biden was trying to prepare america. To the involvement of armed conflicts, many of which even now seem distant. The official kremlin did not like this comparison very much, there has already expressed indignation on this matter, putins spokesman piskov called such rhetoric of the us president unacceptable, because it does not befit a responsible leader of states. For this statement, pyskov specially gathered journalists from various publications and told them that. Went too far in their disparaging remarks about the russian leader and how the americans have to deal with him, and American Military aid to ukraine is of crucial importance for the advancement of the armed forces at the front. It was especially hot these days near avdiivka, which was visited by general Valery Zaluzhnyi the day before. He said that the russians do not stop trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Military and surround the city. At the same time, more and more reports are appearing about the intensification of the offensive of Ukrainian Forces in the kherson region. On our website , you can read a review on this subject under the heading zaluzhnyi v avdiivka spalina. The technique of russia. Zes offensive in kherson region, most importantly at the front. In a minute, lets ask an expert to analyze the main events on the military front, first my colleague oleg chernysh, explain what is the significance of avdiyivka . Avdiyivka is a suburb of donetsk, such a Large Industrial center, er, which, in fact , gave the ukrainian troops a certain control over what was happening in donetsk, that is, from avdiyvka, strikes could be carried out on the railway in donetsk, on other logistical routes of russian troops, well, in general, donetsk is a regional center, one of the largest, which was captured by russia back in the 14th year, so, to push the enemy away from him, this was the number one task, in fact , for the last nine years, not only now, it is important for the russians to recapture avdiivka, to capture it, not only. In order to push the ukrainian troops away from donetsk, but also in order to continue their movement further to the west , such important logistical centers as pokrovsk are further away, for example, that is, the capture of avvidka opens the way to pokrovsk and then we can say that the situation of the Ukrainian Army will be significant much weaker, to put it mildly, because it will be necessary to build new defense lines, new fortifications, etc. , in recent days, reports began to appear that the ukrainian Landing Force was able not only to land on the left bank of the kherson region, but also to liberate some settlements, i. E. To create a bridgehead in the occupied territory, this already fundamentally changes the situation, because we understand that the bridgehead on the left bank, if it is possible to get it there at least for a few weeks, can become really the first such prerequisite for holding a fullscale. The forcing of the dnieper along with armored vehicles, tanks, artillery and other weapons. If it is possible to gain a foothold, create a springboard and, moreover, cut the road from oleshek to nova kokhovka, this is extremely important for the russian army, such a logistical point, well , then we can say that ukraine actually opened a second front and actually attacked russian positions out of style, well it fundamentally changes the entire configuration on the field in my opinion. Another factor that can fundamentally affect the course of this war is the first recorded use by ukraine, during of this conflict, american Ballistic Missile attacks, they are quite modern, and this has already been shown by the first results, the russian antiaircraft Defense Forces were unable to intercept most of the missiles, and actually the strike on the same already mentioned berdyansk airfield was quite sensitive for the russian aviation. According to the calculations of the ukrainian general staff , no less than nine rotorcraft were destroyed, that is, we can say that after the appearance of these longrange Ballistic Missiles in the ukrainians, such a concept as a safe rear for the russian army in the occupied territory no, this applies, for example, to the kerch bridge, which can also be hit by these missiles. And more about the situation at the front and the role of american aid in the advancement of the front line will be told by military expert dmytro snigov, who is in touch with the studio. Lets talk about the fact that there are fierce battles around avdivka, but during the last day there have been tactical successes of the armed forces of ukraine in banta, they managed to break out of previously occupied positions in krasnogohorivka district, and it is noteworthy that during the offensive actions of the armed forces of ukraine , even a citizen of nepal, who fought on the side of the russian federation, was captured. The presence of foreign mercenaries in the ranks of the Occupying Army indicates, accordingly , the low morale and psychological spirit of the occupiers, that they are currently looking for ways to replenish the personnel, including at the expense of foreign. Mercenaries. If we talk about avdiivka as a whole, then we can talk about the failure of the occupiers plan to close the operative the encirclement of the armed forces of ukraine, with a simultaneous strike from the krasnodiyka and krasnogohorivka districts, i apologize, and vodyane. It is said that the situation is difficult at the moment, but it is controlled by the armed forces of ukraine. In addition, it is worth noting that the armed forces of ukraine fully control tirekon, which is the main and key dominant height in this defense point. In addition, it is worth noting that all reports from the russian side about directly behind. Kokssa chyma do not correspond to reality. The armed forces of ukraine are currently on the defensive and successfully counterattack the russian occupiers due to the successful nature of counterbattery fighting, including the use of western weapons. Yes, you mentioned the low morale of russian troops, but there are reports that Ukrainian Forces have already established themselves on the left bank of the dnieper, in the kherson region. What is known about it . Lets talk in advance, lets not rush, but these are serious successes of the armed forces of ukraine. It is about conducting Amphibious Operations, which allowed the armed forces of ukraine, if you look at the map of hostilities advance up to 4 km deep into the occupied territory. Moreover, the occupiers themselves indirectly confirm the successful nature of the actions of the armed forces of ukraine. They are talking about launching a rocketbomb. Strikes on this settlement. In addition, it is worth mentioning that currently , according to the information of the same russian sources, the armed forces of ukraine are trying to create a number of bridgeheads, it is quite telling that units of the wagner pmc, one of the most combatready units of the russian troops, have been relocated to the kherson direction, and this is evidence of that that russians are wonderful understand that the Ground Forces of the Occupying Army are either demoralized or incapacitated, so they are forced to transfer units of the private military Company Wagner to the kherson direction, and it is worth mentioning that the entire territory of the occupied districts of the kherson region is under intense fire control from of the armed forces of ukraine. During the last week , a series of impressive continuous strikes were carried out on the command and headquarters of the occupiers, nova kakhovka, cossack camps and responses to the field warehouses with ammunition, all this created the prerequisites for the successful character of Amphibious Operations of the armed forces of ukraine. I would also like to ask about the american aid to ukraine and israel, this is a joint package, but will the american aid be enough for both countries . Its enough, lets talk about the fact that todays statements by biden even included specific figures 61 billion is for the aid of ukraine, 14 billion for the aid of. Israel, in addition, approximately two billion is expected for the aid of taiwan. Therefore, we can talk about the fact that there will be enough not only for ukraine, israel, but also, accordingly, taiwan. In addition, the main miscalculation of the russian side is that they did not take into account the fact that israel is a Strategic Military partner of the United States outside the nato bloc. It is precisely this status that enables israel to receive militarytechnical assistance. For 10 years, the last similar agreement was concluded for 10 years, and provides for the nature, the expanded nature of militarytechnical assistance in the amount of 35 billion dollars. Also, lets talk about the fact that not only the United States will help israel, but also, accordingly , nato countries, which have already declared their unconditional support for israel at the time of eliminating the terrorist threat, including. And the uk government, which has made it clear that israel will not be left alone in the face of the terrorist threat. Thank you, military observer, dmytro snigiv was in touch with us. Thank you, subscribe to our pages in social networks so as not to miss the most important news, we are on facebook, instagram and tiktok, and you can watch this episode and others on our Youtube Channel bbc news ukraine. Thats all for today, more stories on. Site, take care. Greetings friends, on the espresso tv channel we continue our informative broadcast, you will definitely see my colleague Mykola Veresnya next week, and for now i, vitaly port, will be with you. And well be talking to you for two hours about the highlights of this week. So, oleksandr kovalenko, a militarypolitical observer of the information resistance, is our first interlocutor. Congratulations mr. Alexander congratulations. Well, lets start with atakamsa. To what extent does its appearance really change the situation at the front, how much can the russians fear this weapon. Well, the first result, lets go. Lets calculate how effective it was during the strike on the airfield in berdyansk, as well as in luhansk. To date, it has been verified that more than 20 objects were destroyed or damaged at these airfields, what kind of objects are these, they are k52 attack helicopters, each worth approximately 15 million dollars, as well as mi8 and mi 17, depending on modifications, what is the cost of each, it is from 10 to 17. In addition to everything else, it has been verified that one air defense complex was destroyed, it is probably a panzer s1 antiaircraft missilegun complex, as well as at least one rls. The type has not yet been established, well, quite serious the impact, lets say, of the first test, it is the atakams that should affect the m39 modification on such objects as the airfields on which it will be placed. Aviation equipment, which is the most so vulnerable, the most, so vulnerable, precisely for damage, even light damage fuselage, after which it is no longer combatready, so i understand that in the near future, as long as we receive such versions, the main pressure will be exerted on the aviation component of the russian invaders, and this is very important. Because this is a big problem of our military in the combat zone, namely russian aviation, both attack helicopters and tactical aviation, airplanes, su34, su24, su25, and especially frontline bombers, which use a large number today , cabs, guided aerial bombs and we dont have any countermeasures, we dont have any maximum with the maximum useful effect today, its either we have to wait for f16. Or air defense complexes of the great radiusudi, namely atakams can partially solve this problem with strikes on the airfield. Well, from the missiles they gave us to the missiles they dont give us, you understand why they dont give us tauris missiles. I read today in an interview with the german ambassador to ukraine that this is related to the fact that, as if germany, together with taurus missiles, should provide the ukrainian side with geodata of russian purposes, and therefore the federal chancellor believes that this will be a much more serious intervention in the conflict than. It was until now, and that is why these missiles are allegedly not transferred. What are the logic, logic and why do you need to provide some coordinates together with the taurus missiles, i just want to understand. In my opinion, this is not true, because taurus has a slightly different problem. Taurus, they are very similar in functionality to storm shadow and scalppy g, it is also a subsonic airbased cruise missile, but one is very serious the nuance is that stormshadow and scalpay managed to be integrated into the old soviet frontline bomber 124 , which we now use, but the taurus has a problem with this, the possibility of integrating it into this aircraft, well, lets say, is under great question, so i i do not exclude the fact that together with taurus we will have to transfer to a direct carrier. And earlier it makes no sense to transfer these missiles, and the most profitable carrier for this missile can be either eurofiter typhon or saabripen, and from here to things, ah, lets remember when the first information appeared that ukrainian pilots, they are also training for the saab gripen, and the question arises, why if we are going to get f16, well, the cockpits are very similar. In general, well, lets say so, the ergonomics of the cockpit and functionality are very similar to each other, and as basic training is possible, but why not to another, to another country, where there is also an f16, but precisely on saabs, gripens, and therefore i do not rule out , which is taurus, they will be transferred to ukraine when pilots are trained in our country, who will be able to control gripens. And tell me, mr. Oleksandr, if he speaks. About this german aid package, what is more important now, the antiaircraft Defense System or the missiles, but if you really look at the need . Well, really, you need everything, as much as possible, everything. I would like everything at once and how much more, but on the other hand, if we are talking about missiles such as taurus, then we return to the carrier, why do we need these missiles now, if we do not have a carrier, they will be in some warehouse at risk, that on this composition can be hit by some Russian Missile that is very difficult to intercept, for example the kh47 m2 dagger, or some Ballistic Missile m9m723, or 9728, so the rationality of this it is absent, thats when the missiles will be carriers, on the other hand, until there are no airbased missiles, but this position can be compensated for by means of air defense, and in the conditions that the heating season has already begun in our country, and the russians, as we can see, are really busy accumulating ammunition, especially kha1555 missiles and krmblibr, from this we can conclude that we will need ppo, as in 2022, during this season, because terror, well, there is no way around it, but please tell me, mr. Oleksandr, we can say that the offensive on avdiivka has really stalled, how about that today the president of ukraine told the federal chancellor of germany that this attempt. The russians have practically failed so far, and i can hope that they may have failed at all, at this stage yes, at this stage, but we must also understand that russians, they do not give up the idea of ​​encirclement and capture avdiivka, that is why they will press on in the future, because if they were limited only to the result they got now, then they would not reinforce either the first. Corps, nor the fifth, nor the 20 and 150 motorized rifle divisions from the eighth general military armies that also took part in this offensive, they would not redeploy the 21st motorized Rifle Brigade from the Second Combined Arms Army from the Luhansk Region from the area of ​​responsibility of the troop group, the center , just to make it clear that the 21st separate motorized Rifle Brigade is the most a combatready brigade is now part of the second general army, in general, the entire group of troops, the center of polyman kupinske visi, the most combatready brigade, was taken from there, although it would seem that they are also trying to launch offensive actions there, so they continue to accumulate and settle , to strengthen their resources near avdiyivka in order to continue offensive actions, so now their offensive is not a fiasco, the losses they suffered and the result they have, well, lets say this, its a complete imbalance, but on the other hand, they follow the tactics and strategy they used near bakhmut, which is a constant systematic pressure on the flanks, and they try to advance, sometimes by 50m, sometimes by 40m, wasting a huge resource, but they continue to do it, only an order can stop them. To do from the command, but the command is not ready to give their russian this order, they see a window of opportunity, some perspective before the new year, to surprise putin and show him a kind of bloody gift in the form of avdiivka. And why, if even to imagine the luck, the luck of the russians in this direction, this absolutely does not mean that it will be possible, as far as i understand, to capture some other regions of donetsk region, that avdiyivka is the maximum of such opportunities for the near future, even if, even if we get there any result, by the way, i see the news that the offensive on avdiivka has started again, the fact is that there is no logic in this, avdiivka is not playing any kind of strategist now, let alone a strategic, even tactical role it does not play, yes she is is close to but it has been this unoccupied territory since 2014, when it was liberated, and all this time they tried to capture it, occupy it, they did not manage to do it, now it does not play any decisive, any decisive role, well , for example, as a threat for donetsk, not now, in the future, perhaps in the future, it can become a springboard, but not now and spending such a huge resource, for what . I see exclusively a propaganda element, to demonstrate that they can advance, that they can grab something on against the background of the lack of success on other bridgeheads. The lymankupin axis, the summer offensive failed. The defense could not withstand the pressure in the zaporizhzhia region, something is constantly happening on the left bank of kherson, and in the Southern Sector from bakhmut, everything is also not good, thank god, they lost control over the railway and now they are gradually feeling the approach of the Defense Forces of ukraine to the logistics artery 0513. Therefore, they everywhere, lets say, to put it mildly, the situation is not the best, so they try to somehow compensate for it with some kind of local victory of the type that they will make it epic, having no analogues in the world, why do you think president putin visited rostovondanu this night and talked with the chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation, general valery geratiev, what is the point of such a trip, it has some logistical nature, or its just pr, what is it . Is putin communicating with the military . This is more pr, because why should he do it, if he receives all the reports directly from his security forces, before he receives these from various channels reports, not only on the line of the ministry of defense, through gru emo, for example, but also from, from the fsb, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the russian federation, and so on, he has various reporting channels, so personal presence is exclusively pr, like, the tsar keeps everything on control, and to make some statements, once again to demonstrate how effective it is, immediately after the trip to china, he went to monitor what was happening there in the combat zone, especially against the background precisely the offensive near avdivka, which in russian, is precisely propaganda, of information, networks, are trying to pay as much attention to him as possible, in the same way as it happened, for example, near bachmant. Thank you, thank you, mr. Oleksandr, oleksandr kovalenko, a militarypolitical observer of the formational resistance, was in touch with us, and now we will talk about International Problems with ivanna klympushtsadze, people s deputy of ukraine, head of the committee on ukraines integration into the European Union. Congratulations mrs. Ivanna. Good evening. Well, lets start with what is happening, here i would said with control for. Money, the arrival in the ukrainian capital of the special representative of the United States, mrs. Pritzker, about which there is so much talk, how important it is in general from the point of view of further assistance, in a situation where you and i do not know what is happening with the congress, no, we actually do , because just a few hours ago it was revealed that Congress Continues to be paralyzed, and actually i think its good news that President Biden has decided to appoint a special representative who would be responsible for such an agreed vision of how ukraine intends to further transform itself, and how ukraine intends to use the funds that we really continue to hope that the United States will allocate for our further support. It is good from the point of view that there is directly a person who will bring together, if you will, this whole big file of aid, not so much military, but just this kind of civilian aid, under one hat, and will be responsible for it, i think which is also here an important issue of our accountability, we understand that this is the money of american taxpayers, and for us it is also an additional responsibility, in which , for us, in particular for government officials, for officials from the executive structures of power, it is an additional responsibility to use this assistance, which, well, in particular, the United States provides us, if we talk about american aid, then in principle today we would hear the speech of the president of the United States, joseph biden, he also addressed the american congress, after of this speech with the proposal to provide us with a new aid package, the question arises as to how much we are guaranteed in principle that this aid will continue both from the United States and from the European Union and