roman chaika and i are saying goodbye to you for today, actually passing the baton to our colleagues who will continue to inform you about the most important events, you stay with espress, we will see you next week. good bye. greetings to all viewers of espresso yanaeva melnyk and this is news. it is already known about the seven people who died as a result of a rocket attack in dnipro . rescuers retrieved the body of a woman from under the rubble. the number of victims has increased to 35, the head of the region, serhii lysak, said, among the victims of the russian attack was a worker.

of the railway, seven more railwaymen were injured, the enemy shelled the city center with rockets in the morning, a five-story building was on fire, the building was partially destroyed, there may still be people under the rubble, the rescue operation is ongoing, five more high-rise buildings were also damaged, two private houses, three educational institutions and seven administrative buildings, an office, a market, a hotel, a service station and two infrastructure facilities, air defense forces at night and in the morning. shot down 11 missiles. april 20 was declared a day of mourning in dnipro. woke up from the explosion, saw smoke, fire in the yard, something, she went outside, looked at her neighbors, saw what was going on, the neighbors, the men came out, started to help, take apart the stones, take apart so that it could be done.

my daughter's hand was almost taken off, some kind of nightmare, i've lived most of my life, i've never seen such horror. one person was injured as a result of a daytime missile attack on odesa region, the man was hospitalized, said oleg kipor, the head of the region. muscovites hit the port infrastructure of the region. emergency services are on site. one person died as a result of the accident. chilu bilopillia in sumy oblast, three more were examined in serious condition, the office of the prosecutor general informed. the russians hit the city center with artillery, four hits were recorded, a multi-story building, a shop and a pharmacy were damaged. a 52-year-old resident of vovchansk was injured by enemy shelling of the city, residential buildings, a church, a shop and a cafe were damaged. a fire broke out at the site of the attack, the kharkiv region reported. the prosecutor's office, before the russians

struck with guided aerial bombs, mortars and artillery, he helped the men of conscription age to go abroad. the security service of ukraine detained the director of one of the lviv communal enterprises. the official took money from conscripts for entering them into the system, so that the men could leave ukraine without hindrance. currently, the law enforcement officers will establish. other participants in the illegal scheme for prosecution. he tried to earn 3800 usd on this wrapper. having received $800 from the first client, the official increased the cost of his services. in the future, he demanded $1,500 from the other two fugitives. the law enforcement officers detained him red-handed in accordance with article 208 of the criminal procedure code of ukraine during the receipt of part of the illegal benefit in the amount of 10,000 dollars. vala drugs. sod

imprisoned the hammerhead for 5 years. according to the investigation, the woman supplied cannabis and amphetamine via the internet. law enforcement officers found and seized a kilogram of drugs and other evidence of illegal activity in her apartment. the sentence was reduced due to the fact that the criminal has a small child. robbery attack on a serviceman. two suspects will appear before the court based on the materials of the investigation lol the men attacked the soldier from behind and hit him on the head with a brick. the defender lost consciousness, the attackers robbed him, took a mobile wallet and a gold ring. law enforcement officers detained one of the participants near the scene of the incident, an accomplice on the left bank of kyiv. they face up to 15 years in prison. wanted by interpol. the stolen car was found at the border. with

hungary, this was reported in the western regional office of the state border service. the stolen car was driven by a 39-year-old citizen of armenia. law enforcement officers established that foreigners. entry into ukraine was prohibited due to systematic violation of traffic rules and non-payment of fines, the perpetrator was returned to hungary, the car was confiscated. terrorist threat in france a man who threatened to blow himself up near the iranian consulate was detained in paris. he had items similar to a grenade and explosives with him, reports reuters. during the special operation, the french police cordoned off the building and the surrounding areas, and blocked the movement of trains on the nearby branch of the metro. now law enforcement officers are investigating the identity of the detained man. then to the russian city of kurgan.

the locks in the damba area were also flooded - the kremlin media reports. currently, the water level in the tobol river exceeds 10 m. local telegram channels inform about the threat of flooding of the edyny river. in russia, a plant for the production of bmp. the governor of the kruhan region called on people to evacuate. the german drone manufacturer quantum systems opened a new factory in ukraine. it is reported on the website of the company, which supplies reconnaissance drones to the defense forces from 2022. during this time provided 212 systems. by the end of the year, another half should be delivered. thousand, the new production plant will increase the capacity to one thousand drones per year, including the production of spare parts. the company invests about 6 million euros in the enterprise. norway will provide almost 6 million euros to support ukrainian public

organizations, the press service of the country's government reported, according to the minister of foreign affairs, spna bart eide, this will allow to stimulate the development of small local ones in particular. go. international, ukrainian, norwegian organizations can apply. funding is planned for the period from 2024 to 2027, and you can apply for the program until the end of june 2024. oscar, which could not be better. the creators of the documentary 20 days in mariupol brought the award to kyiv. the statuette will be kept in the ukrainian office. of the american news agency associated press. the director of the film , mystislav chernov, noted that the team felt the support of ukrainians during the film award, and now they continue to work on documenting russian crimes at the front. let me remind you that on march 11, the tape of 20 days in

mariupoli received an oscar in the nomination for the best full-length documentary film. this is the first ukrainian film to receive such an award. what i didn't have time to say from the stage in los angeles is how much i am touched by the support of ukrainians, it is necessary to provide evidence every day and continue to speak so that the truth is not turned upside down, so that... so that it is not slandered , so that it is not changed. sometimes you don't know who is sitting in the hall, but i will say that i saw russians who came and saw this film, so that means to me that they are

are trying to at least watch it, and we hope they will watch it again. the colors of spring in mykhailo's house in kyiv. starytskyi, a new exhibition was opened, applications, embroideries and drawings of people with disabilities were presented there. 24 authors of works thus try to reveal themselves to the world, find their place in it and invite to look behind the scenes of their lives. the exhibition will last until may 19. through these works, they will calm themselves in the present time. it's their therapy and it's their motivation for what they have. the opportunity not only to see the works at home, in the department, in libraries, but the fact that they have already taken such a serious step, one can say, because it is really for the museum, it is very appropriate for them, when their work is already seen by visiting museums, i made three paintings, it's called a girl in a blooming garden and

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join the ranks of the 100th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine. protect yours. the result of their work is our safety. they, the boys from volyn, proved that everyone can be a warrior, strong in spirit, they appreciate the ability to stand side by side with their brothers and sisters, all the way to holy victory. everyone who pilots a uav understands aita, prepares. repairs, rolls kilometers of roads, fills piles of documents, significantly strengthens those who cover the enemy with heavy fire and return meter by meter our native land, join the ranks of the hundredth separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, keep the army together. welcome to the espresso channel. today in our program war and weapons we will... talk about the battle for the skies, air dominance and how to achieve it with our air

forces and defense forces in general. and here, of course , the first steps are to receive f-16 aircraft from our partners, great hopes are placed on these fighters, but it should be understood that these aircraft in a limited number will not become something like such a universal silver bullet, but in a certain way change ... the rules of the game in the sky over ukraine will be able to f-16, while, by the way, the minister of foreign affairs of denmark recently claimed that the first six f-16 aircraft, as he said, "we will transfer this summer, and most likely, these will be the first f-16s, which will be used for air defense tasks. and the prime minister of belgium said the other day that ukraine can get the first plane by the summer of this year, which is quite positive. and while we are waiting for fighters, new opportunities for the defense forces

are being added by ukrainian unmanned aviation complexes, how are they developing, how? adapts to the new requirements of the military. therefore , we will find out all the details about f-16 fighters and domestic drones in the next issue of our "war and weapons" program with ukrainian aviation experts and drone developers. my name is serhii zgurets, i am the director of the information and consulting company defense express, which is currently working together with the espresso channel to highlight the most relevant trends in the life of the military and the defense-industrial complex. and now join us. romanenko, aviation expert, leading scientist, mr. valery, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear the spresso channel on the air. to each other, have a good day. of course, we have the basic theme of the f-16s, but an even more basic theme is air dominance, and i can't help but start with the first question, which is about the fact that

today the commander of the air force said that it was possible to shoot down this russian bomber here 20. 2m3, which was used by russia for the attack. what is your reaction, can we assume that this carcass was shot down, perhaps by the s200 complex, as the russian a-50 was shot down before? well, for now, so to speak, i am waiting for more detailed reports, they say that they really shot down the c200, in terms of range, it matches, in general, these bombers... which launch kh-22 missiles, in which range there it is approximately 400, 50 to 500 km, yes , accordingly, they are suitable for hitting, well, not only the front-line cities , they can fly somewhere deep, they can come closer to our territory and thus find themselves in the range of our long-range complexes, well,

i think that and well as far as i know before the start of the war. before the start of the invasion , one s200 division was restored in our armed forces, and it is possible that we received additional missiles or additional launchers or in general whole complexes that were armed of poland and bulgaria, remained in the service of poland and bulgaria. a little bit out of date, they 're block 50-52 standard, which is the main aircraft in the united states air force, the united states air force, but... there's the radar stations , the 66 stations, there's the second modification or the third modification with with a range of 110 km. compare with the russian su-35-30 sm fighters, the range is about 300 km, that is, it is inferior, perhaps, during, so to speak

, the current, well, overhaul of these planes... before they are handed over to us, some more modern radar stations will be installed, well, then, of course, our chances for a full-fledged fight, the opportunities for our pilots to fully fight against russian fighters will increase significantly, well, besides, such an average option, if we still get planes with radar stations of a different trip type, for example there is the 86th station, yes, it already has 120 km, and in general, for all planes that have passed the mdu, mlu, midlife update, yes, that is modernization in the process of their use, the process of them exploitation, here, they got the opportunity during the next such stages, as

they call them, after which modernization was difficult, this is the mlu, and then there were stages of improvement. so , after stages, several stages, these planes received missiles with a range of 160 km, which in general exceeds the range of russian missiles by 40 kilometers, that is, somewhere we lose in opportunities, somewhere we gain better opportunities to defeat russian planes, and in general, on that i really hope that these planes will be very modern, on-board defense systems, nato countries always pay special attention to this, in the united states, what is an on-board defense system, it is radio-electronic. which is capable of detecting the radar irradiation of russian fighters, missile launches and placing effective obstacles in such a way as to deflect these

missiles so that they do not hit the aircraft, well , if these conditions are met, we will receive enough such aircraft that will give our pilots the opportunity to lead on equals in the fight against the russians, well, i'm not talking about the fact that we will be able to ... more effectively destroy russian cruise missiles, because, for example, the last modification was the installation of akvs missiles, such as on vampire complexes, to destroy drones, the cost of such a missile is 25 thousand dollars, for comparison, the cost of a shahed, well, somewhere up to 200 thousand (150-2000). dollars, that is, we will be able to with the help of f16, if there are even older models, we will be able to destroy the russian

shaheds quite effectively and cheaply, well, in general, the question is, you know, inexhaustible, equipment, such different options of weapons, so you better ask some such more specific points , because i am the one to tell here i can know a lot, because i know these cars quite well, i have seen quite a lot of them. well, then in fact it turns out that we will have to form such tactics, where we have advantages, that is where we act, if our radar is worse than the enemy's, the missile is better, then after all, we will probably get involved in the task sooner air defense, and not some air duels, where we will definitely have worse indicators and greater risks, so probably now the tactics of using these f-16s will rather be directed to the task of air defense. well, i am i think that this is a mandatory task, the main mandatory task that will be faced by these aircraft, because you see that the russians are now using the kh-69 missiles, they, which fly

at a lower altitude, sometimes penetrate our air defenses, in our bro, let me remind you that this is valery romanenko, the official expert, now we are recruiting our guest, we are talking about the f-16, which should arrive in the summer, or by the summer, as our partners say, the main purpose of these multi-purpose aircraft can be different, but it all depends on the modification planes and the weapons that will be transferred to our partners on these planes, valery romanenko especially also emphasizes that it is extremely important that we receive these planes with complexes. radio-electronic warfare, which will primarily provide the important protection of these aircraft from russian homing missiles, this is extremely important

, because this will be another indicator of increasing the efficiency of our aircraft and their protection against the russian threat, because the russian aircraft have so-35 there on the x33 missiles armed there, which have a range of up to 300 km, as they claim, and this very combination in russian long-range aircraft, detected up to 300 km, plus these long-range missiles creates a potentially significant threat, especially since at one time in these are in tandem with the su-35s , and the a50 works in the same way, that is, an aircraft that tries to detect enemy aircraft, and we understand that this spark a50 and 135 will be well... such a tandem will also act on our f-16s. we hope that the ukrainian f-16s will also be there then will operate in tandem with nato avax aircraft,

because these aircraft have much better capabilities than the russian a50 long-range detection aircraft. this avax aircraft provides the transmission of data on enemy air targets to the f-16 fighter and thus, even if our f-16 in the first versions or in the versions that we will receive will have a shorter detection range, due to the capabilities of the avax aircraft, all exactly our pilot will have good situational awareness of where the enemy planes are. mr. valery, and when we talk about the list of weapons, you mentioned air-to-air missiles, but our partners talked about what will be transferred to the remote. means of impression, which can be used for strikes on the territory of the russian federation, what means of impression

can we be talking about? and will we not encounter a corresponding reaction from the united states to avoid such hostilities against the russian federation? well, here the question is so interesting, so here, if we get permission only for harm missiles, yes, that is one thing, but if we get jasm missiles, then we can destroy russian rears at a great depth, because the latest models of jasm missiles. they have a range of up to 900 km, that is, in fact, we will be able, let’s say, to destroy russian ships right in the harbors, but they won’t even need to be caught in the sea, or well, it’s in crimea, yes, there are none here at all, there will be no obstacles , because crimea is allowed to use any nato means that we receive,

we can ... strike in crimea, but in general, if there is permission to shoot on russian territory, then, accordingly, a number of enterprises of defense is at risk of being destroyed by these missiles, after all, it is not 50 kg or 20 kg, as our drones currently have, well, a warhead, yes, but 450 kg, that is already serious. and i can't help but ask about the price question, because we say there will be the first six aircraft, then maybe we will go up to 50 f-16 aircraft, but mark milik, the former chairman of the us joint chiefs of staff said that this is quite an expensive pleasure, he said that 10 planes cost billions of dollars, and to get them another billion dollars, that is, in fact, 10

planes. it's 2 billion dollars a year, when we are talking about 50 such machines there, the question immediately arises, are we going to incur these costs, or do we need to balance the number and our economic capacity? well, don't forget about the cost of the weapons that will need to be used, one amraam missile is more than a million dollars, but i am amraam with a range of 120-150. kilometers, yes, in general, very expensive weapons, besides, we are not getting new planes, that is really the cost of their operation may be very high, but i hope that if we show the result of the use of these planes, then i think that the help from the allies will increase, because you see, it

depends directly on our success. there were successes, we were more or less supplied with weapons there, and one cannot ask whether we should not now take care of increasing the number of pilots who can use these f-16 aircraft, because now we are talking about the optimal indicator, there it seems 12 pilots, should we still think about an increase? staff, so that it does not happen later. a factor in getting planes, well, we already have a group of young pilots training, actually without combat experience, yes, they have already been trained in great britain, and i think that this practice should be continued, and the more pilots we have, the easier it is for us will somehow...