To a lesser extent, cities are also depopulated and there are works, not krynk, and unfortunately, we have many such cities on the map, but kharkiv, of course, is not the same as it was, but a big thank you and respect to the people of kharkiv and all the services , who continue, continue to stay in the city and to fight in this way, but now we have another very important topic, in fact, just for a second, an important topic about possible big corruption. And we will talk about it with taras zagorodny, political technologist, managing partner of the national anticrisis group. Mr. Taras, i congratulate you. Good day. Actually, actually, here is the topic that we will discuss now, it is actually, yes, in the chain of previous many similar topics, it is possible corruption, or big earnings, illegal on the purchase of weapons, especially on beginning of a fullscale tuesday, therefore acquired. Polish Law Enforcement officers conducted searches on the territory of ukraine and poland regarding the possible purchase of weapons abroad through intermediary firms that were not based in ukraine, and the possible losses under this scheme caused to our state, our budget, and you and i, the citizens, may reach 1 billion United States dollars america, its not even hryvnias, its up to 40 billion hryvnias. Therefore, searches took place on april 9 in the territory of ukraine and the republic. Poland regarding this possible purchase. This was made possible thanks to cooperation of nabu, sab with the ministry of defense of ukraine and the department for combating criminal terror and murders of the metropolitan Police Department of the republic of poland. What is interesting is that the ministry of defense is actively promoting work on this case. Lets say more, how did this become possible and did it have to be a long work in order to actually go on searches in this story . Please. Well, i dont believe that it will end in anything, the more so that everyone. Highprofile nabu cases usually end in nothing, thats one thing, secondly, the arms market is always gray, you have to understand that there are always a lot of middlemen there, and especially at the beginning of a largescale invasion, many countries did not want to and usually yes, they pretend that they are selling weapons, but in order not to lead the ends to them, there are a lot of middlemen, the arms market is always gray, and so. When they start asking questions here , where did they look for damage, well, look, weapons then, im not a lawyer for anyone here, i emphasize again, but lets remember the context, yes, the beginning of a largescale invasion, a lot of weapons are needed here and now of course what there are a lot of middlemen who want to make money on this, of course, who put 200 and 300 on the prices, thats because demand gives birth to supply. Firstly, secondly, many countries did not want to supply weapons to ukraine, let s be honest, and now they still dont want to, and thats why there are always middlemen who work, this is how this market is built, well, look, in more detail, the special importer progress supplied shells to the ministry of defense purchased from the polish company alfa, well, there is the question of who is the founder, investor there and so on, these companies at prices inflated by 57 are losses can reach. A billion, i am leading to the point that, well, after all, if there was a criminal intent, if it was not the case that we need to save ourselves, we really just need to fight back, relatively speaking, and what does that mean, no, well, look what that means inflated in the context of what, well , i have some prices on the market there, its also a market, what a market, there is no market here, look, here the question is how much the life of a ukrainian is worth, how much is the life of a ukrainian, it is priceless, thats why they buy. They buy what is available on the market, so you understand, because you know, ill buy the first three months, i did not hear at all, like most Law Enforcement agencies, they all disappeared somewhere. Yes, ill just buy it, again, im not anyones lawyer here, i just want everyone to understand the context, yes, they dragged everything they could buy, someone else sold it, you try to buy it even if you have money, so that the market is built like this, no one wanted and now still does not want to sell directly, you now, if you have money, yes, try to buy f16. On the market, yes, or patriot, if ukraine had money, lets say a billion dollars, to you would simply not sell, because the market is structured in a completely different way, but if it is possible to prove that someone put this money in his pocket, the intermediary put it, put it, of course, because he takes the risks, thats how it is, yes this is a built market, and thats why when smart people come out, lets say someone messed something up, no, i dont rule out that something was messed up, i m not talking here, im saying that we should. Understand the context and understand how the market actually works weapons, everyone has already made sure that these are not potatoes that can be bought freely on market, and therefore, most likely, this case will end in nothing, well, simply nothing, because when they start talking, what did you do there in the first three months of the war, and what did you do in the first three months of the war, oh my , again, im not anyones lawyer here, i just. Understand the context, yes, when the Law Enforcement agencies come now and they are there, i remember, for example, a criminal case was initiated against the mayor of zhytomyr for causing damage to the environment, because he was asked to blow up the dam militarily, well, from the point of view of now, when all this has returned shobla, please excuse me to the places where ukrainians were driven away from kyiv, including by resistance, of course this is. A crime, well, from their point of view, and therefore we must understand that these are these cases, all these cases, yes, all these cases , they do not have a great perspective, because here the question is, well, for 57, and you try to buy for the price that was on the market, were there any such on here, that is why there should be an unconditional investigation, if there really were no options for these these weapons. Really went to the front, well, i, well, look, well, look , an intermediary, lets say an intermediary in the same poland, yes, he knows that there is a need for ukrainians, there is a need to sell for what the need is, that there is nothing at the front, yes, and he says, and i put such a price, they still took such, they took so, because the question was the protection of the state in reality and the protection of the fact that people were dying and so on, could there be any intermediaries in this case, they could and. They did, because once again demand creates supply, and you ask how many Different Countries there are, at what markup do they sell weapons to ukraine, both under 200 and under 300 , because the demand gives rise to the proposal, as karl marx wrote in capital, that when it comes to a profit of 300 , the seller can go even to even murder, and therefore it is any, for any crime he has this to say, i have good news , literally a minute, but i want you to just react. Wrote andriy tsaplienko, about this, well, i actually trust him, here is the information, that the weapons that were once intercepted by the americans, they transported them from iran to the houthis, 500 ak47 assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, rp, well, these are 7 handheld antitank grenade launchers and more than 500,000 rounds of caliber 762, well, actually for ak, they were transferred to ukraine, well, a positive story, i understand that these are not tanks and not planes, well, but still, look what 5000 rounds are , yes, i think that on the ukrainian front it is. About two days, well, plus or minus, well , yes, well, but at least 500 automatic weapons, we can see in what condition they are, in any condition, well, this story has been going on for a long time , it happened about a year ago, well, yes, its like that, its nice, but such, you know, not even a drop, but you know, i think it would be extremely better if some Ballistic Missiles were intercepted and handed over to ukraine , so that they could intercept them even with launchers, but it does not mean that they were handed over, thank you very much for adding. Thank you for the most important professional and honest answers to a difficult question. Taras zagorodnya, political scientist, managing partner of the national anticrisis group, was in touch with us. Of course, i dont know whether it will help much, it will be precisely these weapons that we are talking about now, but there are great needs and certain questions at the front, i wont say there are problems, but a person who knows about it will talk more about it. Serhii zgurets, director of the defense express agency, leading the military summary of the day column. Sergey, please. You have a word, i congratulate you, vasyl, i congratulate our viewers, indeed, any weapon is now needed on our front, we will talk today, first of all, about the fighting near krasnohorivka during sivyar, what are the dynamics there, because there are things there , which are changing, and about the use of new technologies on the battlefield, how our robotic platforms fight under the same ivanovsky, about this in a conversation with the developer of this platform, more on that in a moment. So, the two directions of this day were the hottest, if we look at the map and. The establishment of the general staff, it is precisely novopavlivskyi and bakhmutivskyi, although it is more likely combat operations around the time of yaru, because this direction is now concentrating all our attention. First, all the same, about the novopavlivskyi direction, in fact half of the combat clashes, and the left part of the attention is focused precisely on krasnohorivka, because we talked about the fact that the enemy captured maryanka, then tried to. To move there to novomykhaivka, not everything is so easy there, but for the last few days attacks have been carried out in the direction of krasnohorivka, the purpose actually is to protect ourselves in the future from such flanking attacks from krasnohorivka, because without this it is impossible to advance to kurakhovoy, there 12 km, the enemy set himself a goal, but all these advances are extremely difficult for the enemy. Yesterday and today there were such powerful attacks by the enemy and. No less powerful countermeasures from our side, there were attacks by Armored Vehicles there yesterday on the positions there the enemys equipment of the 80th Airborne Assault brigade was moving, then came under artillery fire, turned around, and there six of the nine vehicles turned around, the rest were destroyed. Today, the officer of the 58th motorized Infantry Brigade also spoke about the fact that the enemy yesterday and. Attacked krasnohorivka today, due to the artillery, due to the counterattacks there, the enemy was stopped, and we can see, by the way, the video of this tank is a barn, i wont call it a barn, but i will still use the russian word for a barn, it was exactly this one t72 tank, yesterday attack on krasnogohorivka, this is such a tank packed with such special protective structures that resemble a barn with. A trawl about made its way to krasnogohorivka, followed by a whole column of vehicles, in principle they came under fire in the same way, turned around, this tank was not destroyed, but today we can see how our cluster munitions work, some of the equipment was also lost, this tank turned around, but today we already received information that this barn husynytsia did get our means of impression, just as this building was destroyed in the parking lot, which now it actually turned into a coffin on the tracks, but still the situation near krasnogorivka is now extremely tense, the extreme information that is being discussed there by various experts, with reference to various photographs, that the enemy did manage to advance to the northern parts of krasnogorivka there to certain the first house and seem to be entrenched there, but. This information still needs to be verified, we understand that this area is extremely important for the enemy and it is no less important that we have all the means and strength to knock the enemy out of krasnohorivka, as it once did the third assault brigade, which knocked out the enemy from krasnohorivka about a month ago, and the second , no less difficult section is actually chasiv yar, because actually from the fourth there, the enemy conducted various types of offensive actions for. Is trying to move from several directions and frontally through khromov to the time of the yaru, there was that famous attack on the fourth day, when eight enemy Armored Vehicles advanced just to the time of the yaru, they reached the quarter called kanal, this is exactly the quarter that is in front of the Siverskyi Donetsk canal, donbas, now we can see, by the way, the map of the time of the yar, and right here. From north to south , the Siverskyi Donets donbas channel runs, this channel is actually the main such a complicated geographical line for the enemy to cross and one of the main lines of our defense runs along it, this canal is 89 m wide in certain sections, in some sections it has bridges, and in fact now the enemy is trying to break through this canal to kalynyvka and create there the northern threat to until the time of the yar, russian Airborne Assault units are really operating there, and another similar story is unfolding from. Ivanovsky, where the enemy from the south also wants to push right to this canal, cross the canal and create such pincers that span the ages. This story is theoretical, she understood, because it is approaches to the flanks, that is, the enemy has implemented it before, but now it largely depends on, on the one hand, the very features of this area, if we now, by the way, see the geographical map. The map the heights of chasiv yaru, then we understand that we see that chasiv yaru is a height, the enemy is trying to move from bohdanivka, there he climbed to the first heights, he wants to get there from the north, and chesiv yard is theoretically well defended at the height, but under the condition that all there are reinforcements when our artillery works, and when there is, first of all, there is something to fight with the Russian Aviation and the cabs, because now for a long time. Such quick and tank breakthroughs with significant with the number of technical manpower on the armor, the enemy is trying to advance, so now , in fact, the situation around chasivru, on the one hand, will be for the enemy an attempt to reexamine the methods of warfare that were carried out during the capture of avdiivka, and from our side it will depend on , as far as we took into account previous mistakes, we found opportunities to fight first of all, well, in particular, with the enemys aviation this is the most difficult challenge, we provided our unit with a sufficient amount of artillery, drones and provided reserves, because indeed, containment during the time of the yar, well , it will be of strategic importance, our command fully understands this, precisely the dynamics of combat operations around the time of the yar, then in principle in. Will determine how the situation will develop in other areas of the front, we remember we are aware that the enemy aims to develop there towards the donetsk luhansk regions, the capture of the yar valley is important for him, just as it is important for us to defend this line of defense, and by the way, during the yar valley near ivanivsk, under under under ivanivsk, we already seen examples the use of robotic platforms of ukrainian development, and now we are joined by. This guest, with whom we will talk about this work, is joined by taras ostapchuk, a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, an ideologist, an inspiration, and actually, a team leader, and now already robotic platform Manufacturing Company ratel. Mr. Taras, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear you. Congratulations. Now we will show a video where your platform destroyed just under ivanivskyi. One of the bridges that was used was used by the enemy, i think it was one of the battleships uses of your platform, because i think this is not the only example, but while the audience is watching, please tell us what your platform can do, what its main technical characteristics are, how it is treated by the military, which in principle already cooperates with it on battlefield, well its actually a twoinone platform, its. A form that can be used as a komikaze as well as a remote changer. Komikaze functions, it can travel up to 6 km, at a speed of 22 km h, carry a weight of up to 35 kg, remote mine functions, 6 km two antitank mines, produced in series, delivered systematically to the contact line. It seems you had a plan about six months ago. So to raise funds for 50 such platforms, which i understand are complex, maybe there is a platform, a control point, a repeater and put them on the equipment of 50 relevant companies, was it possible to do that , if not, where to collect money, tell our viewers, maybe this will be an impetus, well, for additional Financial Support for your project, in fact, we wanted to collect money for 10. Complexes that consists, each complex consists of five machines, a repeater of a ground station, it was possible to collect only two complexes, i. E. 10 machines, of which one complex was fully paid by the company on time, this is an electronic document and vice versa, the collection was carried out by the dignitas charity organization, the collection until now continues, well, in fact, we only assembled two complexes, handed over two, but with our own resources. We had the opportunity to hand over eight more complexes, that is, we handed over 40 machines with personal funds. Well, it means that in reality, what is the demand for these products there is. The money is a little less than we would like, but this bray1 system, they helped with money, or maybe tamstratekhprom, because minister fedorov, by the way, advertised your, your platform, i hope that the ministry of digital has funds for the purchase of drones, maybe there are funds for the purchase of ground drones, breivan, their task is not to raise funds, but to get a Technical Task from the military and find manufacturers who can fulfill this task. They cope with it completely, according to breivan, there are no questions, the ministry of digital will now try to contract, that is, in fact, we already have part of the state contracts, we are fulfilling them, and even taras has already fulfilled part of them, each robotic platform is the kin