lebanon, saudi arabia, because they shot not only from the territory of iran, but also yemen, and this is becoming, as it were, a common phenomenon. then you should not be surprised at what can develop further. from here it is obvious that we are not only talking about ukraine, we are talking about the critical situation that exists on the russian-ukrainian front, about the attack of iran. against israel, if this can be done and the tension is building up here, taiwan will not resist, because from xi jinping's rhetoric in the conversation with biden, it is clear how china is starting to pressure, china has intensified its actions and pressure to the philippines for territorial claims, the situation between north and south korea is escalating, and in a conversation with joseph biden, xi jinping simply...

rejected the arguments of the president of the united states of america regarding the situation and the rhetoric of the north korean dictator, regarding the completely senseless aggressive actions of the chinese military against the japanese military and the philippines in the south china sea and so on, that is, the tension is increasing. i am not even touching on the situation that the post-wagnerians are spreading in africa, it is there too extremely unpleasant, including for the united states of america and for european partners. mr. roman, i also wanted to ask you about the global peace summit that will be held in switzerland on june 16-17, xijin pin, who met with olaf scholz, said that he supports holding a peace conference, as he says, to settle the so-called of the ukrainian crisis, although it is not a crisis, of course it is a russian one. but

only if russia and ukraine take part in it, let's listen here, you mentioned the four principles of settlement, let's listen to what exactly what si said. first, we must prioritize the maintenance of peace and stability and get rid of self-interest. second, we need to cool things down, not add fuel to the fire. third, we need to create the conditions for... the restoration of peace and refrain from further escalation of tensions, and fourth, we must reduce the negative impact on the world economy and recover from the destabilization of global industrial and supply chains. and what can be gained as a result of this global peace summit ukraine? well, from the point of view of the maximum, here is what i feel now, this is a small redacted... document, it is already obvious that

representatives of china, the chinese representation will not arrive at this summit, because the vast majority of countries, in the meetings that took place, do not support the participation of the russian side in this summit, and this, this is already important, because the summit will develop an appropriate approach of most of the world's states, and then... you can offer it to the russian side, as some leaders say. it is clear that this document is russia will not accept and will not consider it, and there was already a statement about it. under such conditions, it is obvious that it will be necessary to use certain force factors of pressure in order to encourage russia to conduct a dialogue based on the document that will be produced at the summit.

peace, do they understand it in washington, paris, london, brussels, do the leaders of china, iran and so on realize it, from my point of view they understand it very well in beijing, in tehran and in moscow, then, that is why they act in this way, as act, because if this document, it will be successful, it will be supported there, conditionally speaking, by 120-140 countries and so on, it will be difficult to speak, it will be difficult to speak, it will be necessary to speak with completely different arguments, from my point of view it would be correct to support the corresponding document that will be produced, for more i cannot count on the current situation to provide ukraine with the necessary power component in order to create a suitable tactical situation for the favorable, possibly favorable. conditions for dialogue, then you can

talk about something, in the current situation, looking at the confusion in washington as well, the inconsistency in that... including such great allies of ukraine as great britain, france, it becomes clear that they cannot cope in this situation, and what can be said then about the continental problem or global problem that is related to the establishment of stable peace, and xi jinping, i want to emphasize this again, xi jinping is following instructions, it's rude, but it's true, he is following instructions and singing to the kremlin's tune. thank you, mr. roman. for the conversation, it was roman bezsmertny, a politician and diplomat. friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. during this broadcast, we are conducting a survey, we are asking you about whether you hope that with the help of the united states of america, ukraine

will stop the enemy's offensive. yes, no, if you vote on youtube, everything is quite simple, if on tv. watch us, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote if you hope that with the help of the united states of america, ukraine will stop the russian offensive, 0800 211-381, no, 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. next, we have tetyana vysotska, our correspondent in european institutions from strasbourg, tetyana. i congratulate you, i am glad to see you on the air, i congratulate serhiy, in return, i am very glad to see you, so now the spring session of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe is underway in strasbourg, today with the participation of the chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine ruslan stefanchuk,

the issue of the post-war reconstruction of ukraine and the use of frozen russian assets and the resolution, as far as i know, parye voted for it. what kind of document is this, what to expect in ukraine and in what perspective? in fact, not even post-war recovery, because it is about compensation for the damages caused to ukraine, caused to ukraine by the war with russia, and by the way, not only to the state of ukraine, but also to ukrainian citizens, natural persons, legal entities and investors who had their own enterprises in ukraine and who suffered during the war, what... is the idea of ​​a parliamentary system in general assembly of the council of europe in creating a general international compensation mechanism for all losses that ukraine received from the war with russia, and for this purpose a list of these losses will be created and, by the way, the most important thing is that

in fact this mechanism is already being created, that is , the council of europe is not just talking about that one day we will create something and one day, when the war ends, we will do something, the registry was already created last year. of losses, in which all losses from individuals to legal entities and to the state will be entered in full ukraine, which the war inflicted on us. and, by the way, on april 2 of this year, the registry started working, it started operational activities, and it already works with natural persons, citizens of ukraine, who already submit applications under one category, so far, it is the loss of housing, that is, the process has started, and that propose to the council of europe to further, further... create an international trust fund, where these frozen funds of russia, which are currently in european banks, mainly in brussels, will be accumulated, and the resolution calls on the countries of the west and, first of all, the great powers the seven, the united states, the european union,

the council of europe states, facilitate the decision to transfer all these assets to this trust fund, and then a commission will also be created. which will decide how to distribute these funds, and actually then the funds will go to the final recipients, that is, in general, the scheme is very working, only one thing remains, that the western countries agree to transfer the frozen funds to this same trust fund under the auspices of the council of europe, and actually the fact that the speaker was present at the meeting of the parliamentary assembly today of the ukrainian parliament ruslan. shows that ukraine takes this initiative seriously, that is, ruslan stefanchuk spoke before the start of the debate and he of course said that now the war has reached a critical stage, and ukraine needs europe's help more than ever before, and he still asked

the europeans, to ensure that putin and russia pay for their crimes, so that the reconstruction of ukraine is not financed by european money, but by... the russian federation, which is now in a frozen state in europe. tatyana, april 17 the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe, on behalf of the ukrainian delegation, plans to submit, through the legal committee, plans to submit to pare a draft resolution defining the oil refining industry of russia as a legitimate target for ukraine during the war with russia, secretary of the national security and defense council oleksandr lytvynenko in an interview the economist said that drone strikes on oil refineries in russia are a key part. regarding the pressure on the russian dictator putin, i will quote mr. litvinenko. first,

it limits his room for maneuver, and secondly, it helps convince russian society and elites that continuing the war is more expensive than ending it. one strike on the airfield can damage 7, 10-15 planes, each of them costs more than 30 million dollars. we can do the surgery for less than 2 million. that's fantastic cost effectiveness. what is being said in pare about the fact that ukraine is resorting to strikes on the oil refining industry on oil refineries in russia, because the prices at gas stations in europe ultimately depend on it. actually yes, it is very cool and very cool will be the news tomorrow, because actually this phrase that you quoted, that the refineries of the russian federation are legi'. goals in the war between ukraine and russia, this text

is not even an amendment proposed by the ukrainian delegation, but it is a part of the text of the resolution, which will be put to a vote tomorrow, and so far there is no amendment that would suggest removing this part from the text, that is, rather all this will be voted on tomorrow, and what does this mean for ukraine, and the fact that the council of europe, in fact, is the guardian of rights person and... in general, the guardian of the entire rule of law in the world, if the council of europe says that according to international humanitarian law , ukraine can attack russian oil refineries, and this is legitimate, then actually all other states can only agree to this, and the level is already possible western criticism of these ukrainian attacks will decrease after the resolution of the council of europe, including, by the way, in this resolution the council of europe will call for stronger sanctions against russian oil production. mining industry, as well as against the gas industry industry so that russia could produce less

liquefied gas, sell less of it abroad, and therefore have less money for the war with ukraine, i.e. tomorrow, this is still a very short question, and i hope for a short answer, yesterday oleksiy honcharenko wrote about the fact that the legal committee of pare is calling on the parliamentary assembly not to recognize the legitimacy of the russian leader putin, whether it will be... on the agenda, whether it will not be, and if it is, what will be the result of this, a resolution or a call or recognition recognition the fact that putin is not the president of russia with all the consequences, that if he is not the president, then he does not have immunity, he can be arrested, well, if he flies to europe, well, in fact, the international criminal court has already issued a warrant for putin's arrest , if he flies to europe, then he should be arrested by all the countries... the members of the council of europe, which actually recognize the jurisdiction of the international criminal court in

the gaa, and what will happen tomorrow, it will be the same resolution that mentions nafta, it the resolution is actually dedicated to the condemnation of the totalitarian regime of russia and also the death of the russian opposition leader navalny, and this will be part of the resolution, indeed pariet plans to call on all member states of the council of europe. also the united states and other countries of the world, not to recognize putin as a legitimate president, to call him the so-called president after these same so-called illegitimate elections and to limit contacts with him only to humanitarian and also to contacts in search of peace, this is if someday ukraine decides, for example, sit down some table of change, but of course a direct reaction of other states to this part of the resolution should not be expected immediately. thank you tetiana, it was tetiana vysotska from strasbourg, our

journalist, correspondent who works in european institutions. next, we will be in touch with oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political observer of the opposition information group. mr. oleksandr, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. sorry, we can't hear you, maybe we have some sound problems, good evening, yes, good evening. now we hear and see you well, tell me, please, but zelenskyi says that the occupiers will try to intensify their offensive in the spring and summer, and about this yesterday... president zelenskyi repeated following the results of the meeting of the supreme commander-in-chief, what he said, let's listen now and continue our conversation. two important intelligence reports: the head of the foreign intelligence service, ivashchenko, and the head of gur budanov, regarding russian actions in the spring and

summer. what we should be ready for. in all formats of possible hostile actions. it is obvious that there is still madness in the kremlin strong, the occupier will try to intensify storm actions, offensive actions, we will respond. mr. oleksandr, zelensky said that it is possible in all formats of possible hostile actions, what formats is the president talking about in this case? well, we understand that the russians will attack in any case at the end of spring, beginning of summer, because now they are trying to create the conditions for this offensive, and they will use the opportunities of first of all a breakthrough along the skirmish line, which currently exists, this mostly the biggest risk is the donetsk region, then it is the lymana-kubinsky region,

i.e. the border between luhansk region and kharkiv region and so on, we will definitely stop these... their offensive actions will be comprehensive not only on the battlefield in the combat zone, but also with appropriate actions and on the territory of the russian federation itself. you and i have seen, for example, systemic strikes that took place at russian oil refineries. so, their goal is to reduce the supply of oil products to the consumer, not only that. civil and commercial in russia itself, or provision exports and replenishment of the budget began in russia. the goal is to bring the deficit to the level of a deficit already among the russian occupying forces, so that the equipment that needs a large amount of fuel and lubricants does not receive them in sufficient quantities

to carry out offensive operations. that is, this is one of the response formats that we can use. in the future, in order to stop the russian offensive, what does ukraine look like in this situation, and in particular regarding the replenishment of human resources, because the law on mobilization was approved, but the mobilization did not stop, as far as the calculations, the possibilities that are available now, and they are obviously not enough, because the law on mobilization, which zelensky signed today, does not have a clause on demobilization, and therefore... . a logical question arises, if the russians are trying to mobilize 300,000 more people from june, do we have enough resources to cover all the directions in which russia can advance, well, talk about the sufficiency of the resource, if we are talking directly about the number, it is still

classified information section, i don't think even the president would talk about it, for example. but this is precisely why the law on mobilization was adopted. we have a corresponding problem with the replenishment of human resources. and here the most important thing is that this topic is very painful for russia. she immediately began to shake ukrainian society, and with another wave of informational and psychological special operation, which is aimed at popularizing evaders, that is, popularization. illegal and anti-state actions on the part of citizens, i.e. this, well, let's put it this way, destabilization from within the country itself, so for russia this law is painful and quite, let's say, unpleasant, in turn, we must also understand that russia can now mobilize

up to 30 thousand personnel within a month, and it does so, that's every month, after the inauguration. they plan to significantly speed up and increase the number of mobilized, that is, to deploy a kind of partial mobilization of 2:0 and to mobilize no less than 3,000 personnel in order to somehow not command this potential of the human resource that they are trying to to almost spy on the entire combat zone, accordingly we should increase our needs regarding mobilization, regarding the question of demobilization? this is a very difficult question, and i would say yes, even difficult not at the legal level, but at the moral and psychological level, because it is very difficult to explain that... during a full-scale war, when there is a threat of seizing the territory of ukraine, demobilization, it, well , to put it mildly, is not a matter for

discussion until the war itself is over, but there are other nuances, that is, the expansion of rotational opportunities, as well as vacations for servicemen who have been on the line of combat for a long time, in accordance with the proportional increase of this leave depending on how long the person has been on the front line, but this is already a level, as we understand, of discussion not outside the limits, not within the limits of television , and just within the walls of the verkhovna rada. mr. oleksandr, general sirskyi, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, says that the russians are striving for may 7, specifically may 7, because on may 7 putin's next ascension to the throne should take place. who is called the president of russia, which apparently won the presidential election. so, by this date, the russians are planning to take yar times, now they are leading an offensive in

the direction of the city. what does the situation on the eastern front look like now, and do the russians have enough resources to take yar by may 7, or are these the next statements that will be made? to be repeated in the same way as they once took bakhmut, it seems that for a year and a half they took bakhmut and constantly kept saying that we will take this city, in principle, the russians have this, they have an attachment to fetish dates, and that's why not only the inauguration of the so-called president of russia putin, but also the fact that it will take place on the eve of another fetish date , may 9, all this... shows that their russian command really sets such tasks for the units involved in the offensive at the time of yar, but

they don't have the resources really sufficient to capture such a powerful fortification so quickly, apart from everything else, they haven't even created sufficient conditions for it to be implemented, by conditions i mean this capture of villages , which are located to the east of temporary, i.e. bohdan. ivanivske, klyshchiivka and andriivka. without capturing these villages , conduct an offensive operation in the city itself, city battles, and so on. well, let's put it this way, it is extremely risky, because, for example, the same klishchiivka and andriivka are the southern flank along routes 0506 0504. that is, if the russians start advancing, this flank will be problematic for them, and there is a risk of being cut off. and... they are unlikely to take such risks, although, again, powerful offensive actions may unfold right after the inauguration, and

most likely it will be june 2024, that is, the second half of the 24th may catalyze the process of offensive actions in parts, at the same time, we see over the last two months how the russians have intensified in the direction of sumy, well, there is no such direction, but well, they are shelling quite actively the sumy region is simply destroying villages that are located in a five-kilometer zone between the russian border and deep into ukrainian territory, there are practically empty villages, and the villagers are being evacuated from neighboring villages and villages, what is the connection? activation of russians in sumy oblast, they still want to create the so-called gray zone, which putin once talked about and

said that we will do everything so that there is a gray zone, although the gray zone will not save russia in the end from taurus long-range missiles and other resources and components of the current war in the ukrainian army, including drones. which fly for 1000 km, that is , in your opinion, the russians are really thinking of creating this big gray zone along the border with ukraine, turning villages and cities into ashes? basically, what is the gray area? the gray zone is the territory that is not controlled none of the sides, and this is the meaning of the gray zone, even the sanitary zone is, as putin said, it is... it is an analogue of the gray zone, but if we are talking about the border strip in the same sumy oblast, then it really is strikes

on populated villages. points, they force the local population not to flee, that is, they increase the number of refugees, but at the same time , the defense forces of ukraine, which hold these territories, remain in this zone, that is, it is de facto no longer a gray zone, because it is controlled by security forces and units of the security forces defense of ukraine, that's why everyone the actions of the russian federation are regarded exclusively as a war crime, terror against the civilian population, and thus... roma against the civilian population, it is the russian side that seeks to influence internal events in ukraine itself. i will remind you that, for example, when strikes were carried out on kharkiv oblast and kharkiv, and although they are carried out regularly, the russians tried to spread as much information as possible about the fact that an attack on kharkiv is being prepared, that is, in this way they further

destabilize the situation. in the country are trying to integrate their informational and psychological special operations, and let's not forget that in addition to terror and the hottest war in the war zone , there is also an information war, and they always combine terror with information attacks, information waves. another front, or the front line, which in our country runs in the north, more than 1000 km border with belarus, lukashenko several. a few days ago, he spoke about the fact that the ukrainians mined and concreted everything there, is there still any possibility that the russians or some small, few parts of belarus can create certain problems for ukrainians from the north, and as of today, the number that is present on the territory of belarus, the only threat that can be is sabotage and terrorist activity,

precisely in... in the format of drg of small groups, sabotage and terrorist activity in the border area strip, and nothing more, that is , a full-fledged strike group, a strike fist to carry out some threatening incursions, well, for example, for the exit of the campaign on kyiv 2:0, let's say so, or there are threats to chernigov and so on, there are no threats on the territory of belarus, those the forces and for... the means that are concentrated there are not enough to implement any of these withdrawal scenarios, if this number increases in principle and new units enter belarus from russia, this will be recorded, and it is quite long-term the process to create such a strike group is not a matter of a week or even a month, it is a rather long-term process, and therefore, as of today, the threat is only at the level of the drg, although in general it is necessary...

that until the war ends, and also until the so-called president of belarus remains lukashenko, the threat will always exist in one way or another, in one or another percentage. thank you, mr. oleksandr, for the conversation, it was oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political observer of the information resistance group. friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, and conduct surveys both on youtube and on the espresso tv channel. and we ask you about this, do you hope that with the help of the united states of america ukraine will stop the russian offensive, 75% yes, 25% no, these are the results of the poll on tv, these are intermediate poll results, on youtube 71% yes, 29% no, uh, we've got 15 minutes of news from our bbc colleagues, we'll be back in

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