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well, my guest today is the influential chair of the german parliament s defence committee, marie agnes strack zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie agnes strack zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, it s a pleasure to be here. let s start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putin s invasion of ukraine, zeitenwende . he promised it would be that word, a turning point for germany and its strategic thinking. more than a year later, do we see real evidence of that turning point, that zeitenwende? yes, yes, definitely we see it. it s a really important word, but it s, of course, not only a word, you need it in your mind. um, first of all, we have now the 100 billion euros for the bundeswehr. this is really important, more money for our army. we are looking for it for years. you said not so long ago that the german army has been bled dry. so now it s the right ....
is the influential chair of the german parliament s defence committee, marie agnes strack zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie agnes strack zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, it s a pleasure to be here. let s start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putin s invasion of ukraine, zeitenwende . he promised it would be that word, a turning point for germany and its strategic thinking. more than a year later, do we see real evidence of that turning point, that zeitenwende? yes, yes, definitely we see it. it s a really important word, but it s, of course, not only a word, you need it in your mind. um, first of all, we have now the 100 billion euros for the bundeswehr. this is really important, more money for our army. we are looking for it for years. you said not so long ago that the german army has been bled dry. so now it s the right direction. but that s ....
In hot pursuit. So lets start with the good ones. News from the front. The ukrainian general staff reported in its Morning Report that the russian army had launched counterattacks in all significant directions of the ukrainian contour offensive. At the vremya ledge in the zaporozhye and bakhmud, but as they call it, the bakhmud direction. At the same time, no official messages from the Russian Ministry of defense have yet followed, well, that is, it can be assumed that the armed forces of ukraine announced russian attacks only so that later announce that they have been successfully repulsed, but the very fact of such a message suggests that the kiev troops in the directions of their main attacks are gradually moving from attack to defense, the offensive is accordingly fizzled out, the day before cnn reported on the course of the war for the coming months, american propagand ....
Channel on the first continues this program, time will tell, we are working live. Positional battles dont stop at the line matchmaker, flair, no less tense situation in the kupinsk region, with the arrival of autumn in the local forests, the situation is only heating up, about what exactly is happening there now and what to expect in the near future, lets find out from our regular expert, vitali viktorovich kiselyov comes to contact us directly. Vitali viktorovich, hello, over to you. Yes, good afternoon, well, in kupyansk there is not much to say about what is there , yes, there are changes, they are small, mostly now the battles are tied around the settlement of senkovka, and of course, autumn is approaching, the time is approaching when lisva will fall all those hidden positions in the mtr that were prepared there in advance; they will certainly be exposed, and it will be convenient for our units to determine the place of their transitions. Such as bridges across the oshol river, wh ....
, the United States approved the draft budget for 45 days, but. Without taking into account the aid to ukraine, well, what i had in my head before this information, that they just continue, if they pay like this, the funds come out the same as, say, in october last year, that is, in order not to adopt a completely updated budget, continues as if the action is by analogy with last years fiscal year, that is, as much as it was in october, so much is given. But then it should also include aid to ukraine, did i mix something up, or is it a more manual management of the creation of the budget, mr. Yaroslav, you have the floor, please, the situation is a little different than last year, last year there was a majority in the United States and in the house representatives, and in the senate of the congress of this country, now that last year, in the house of representatives, which is r ....