i spain say no, 5% for us on defense is too much, that is, not everyone has yet understood what kind of threat is coming from the east. 9:00 is approaching and this is a national minute of silence. let's honor with a minute of silence the memory of the ukrainian military and civilians of ukraine who died in the war that... was unleashed by russia.

i return to what we said with mr. pavlo, that europe must understand and is still ready to purchase weapons from the united states of america, ready to increase spending. on defense, but this does not apply to spain itself, they are not ready, they have already officially opposed the nato plan to increase defense spending to 5% of gdp, prime minister pedro sanchez, the spanish announced this, sent a corresponding letter to the leader, to the secretary general of nato mark rutte, and he was supported by local governments. the people say,

we spend 1.4% of gdp on defense, and we will not be able to increase these expenses significantly, 2% is the maximum that spain can give by the end of the year, well, 2 whole and 2% and 1.10%, this is our maximum, because we have our own internal problems, pressure within the country, and we can't just do this, spain is one of those countries that currently spends the least on defense, the most are the baltic countries, latvia, lithuania, estonia, poland, as well as the scandinavian countries and great britain, and in the south greece also has high spending on defense, because they have their own experience and they understand well what is possible and what is not possible. our next guest will tell us more about international issues in a few

minutes. we will talk with stanislav zhelikhovsky, an international expert, actually about whether europe is ready for a big war, whether they are ready to defend themselves, because europe has learned to react, so now they are planning nuclear talks in geneva, european ministers together with iran, they are supposed to meet with kaya kalas before that and... talk about the threats that may occur in the middle east, so we see that europe is not only interested in settling the war and ending the war between russia and ukraine, they are also already looking at the near future. east, obviously after seeing that the united states of america, what they promised to complete or not allow at all, still can't cope with it, meanwhile we hear statements from the white house about... two weeks, then

a day, 24 hours, 48 hours to make some decision, but in reality, officially no appeals from to the pentagon and from the pentagon about, for example, allowing or providing israel with its bombs that can hit, for example, ford, they have not provided, that is, these are currently just rumors, ideas. what trump thinks about this, but there have been no substantive statements or decisions yet. let me remind you that this qr code that you see on the screen is for the needs of the 93rd brigade, please join us, because while the european leaders are gathering for the nato meeting, and we hope that after that there will also be some decisions for ukraine, which they will announce and tell us about.

we can do it on our own , at least we can collect something for drones, i see that today you are active and actually there are more donations, but it is not enough yet. so i ask you to join us so that we can 2 million to collect and direct it to the needs of the 93rd brigade is a cold ravine, we always talk about a cold ravine when the situation is difficult, when we need to help or actually save the situation, so let's also support the yarivka coldly, because not only with their hands, but also with our joint efforts we need to fight. stanislav dzhelikhovsky, candidate of political sciences, international expert, joins our airwaves. mr. stanislav, congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. zelensky says that while trump is there, we must try to end this war

during trump's term by the 29th year, because his term has just begun, in the 29th year he will lead the united states. what does this statement mean, is it desirable? to end the war during trump's term, how to understand it? well, really, in fact, it seems to me that the statement can be twofold, in principle, on the one hand, it is still a hope in the ukrainian state that donald trump will be able to influence vladimir putin, we have not seen this yet, so this question remains open, well, and also maybe, i i think there is uncertainty about who will come next after donald trump, for... obviously it will be a different president, because this is the second term of the american leader, namely trump, who, according to the constitution, will not be able to be elected for a new term, and as for who will come next, we certainly cannot predict, so obviously it would be desirable to end the war now,

perhaps during trump's term, although again it is worth emphasizing here that there are no really decisive , effective efforts that... could affect the russian federation, and therefore i believe that it is still too early to say whether it will succeed under donald trump, of course, i think that attempts will be made to end this hot phase of the war, and there will be appropriate negotiations, well, whether it will be in istanbul or some other place, but they will still be coordinated, it is still too early to say the dynamics of all the meetings, supposedly at the end of june, and putin has already spoken about it as well, but whether it will end with any tangible progress, i would not say, well, in principle, again, it is worth understanding that joseph wyden was not against ending the war, on the contrary, he

was taking part in the occupation even before putin was supposed to invade ukraine on a full-scale scale, he made his own attempt to prevent such a development of events, but we all remember very well that putin absolutely did not insist on any compromises, he only issued ultimatums and ultimatums not only in ukraine, but also to the entire free world, there was also the question of reducing nato's presence in central and eastern europe and many other and many other aspects that were obviously, let's say, unacceptable, neither for... the country, nor for the entire free world, and he did indeed carry out that attack, that full-scale phase that we are all in now, so so far we have only heard pre-election promises from trump, and now certain efforts are really being made, but they,

let's say, do not bring the end of the war any closer, considering that he does not want, does not want to use such pressure tools that would really be able to bring putin down. well, at least put the change at the table to the extent, well, in the version in which it should be, so that he is ready, well, to negotiate something, so whether it is trump, well , for now, well, i do not rule it out, we will monitor the situation, perhaps now the authorities have some information about further steps of the american side, and perhaps new approaches will be more effective than they are now. well, because right now we see that trump is not only taking any steps, he does not even want to meet with zelensky, that is, some additional contacts, he avoids them, that's what happened in canada, he says, well, it's uncomfortable with zelensky, and macron is not like that, i don't need all this, i'd rather go

play golf, how to perceive such actions, it was an obvious demarche, europe and the whole world are already adjusting to trump's rhythm, well, he doesn't like long meetings, let's shorten it all, and what will happen next week in the hague. what to do when he essentially runs away, doesn't want to meet, doesn't want to communicate, doesn't want to answer... comfortable questions or accept decisions that make some promises that cannot lead to specific actions, specific decisions, and this is actually the nature of trump, we can actually after all those actions, well , what about various issues, both domestic and international politics, trump, he likes to communicate with the press and with various politicians, if he has some success. when he has some successes, some results, he is then ready to communicate, ready to share

his thoughts and ready to move forward, when he has problems and when there are no tangible results, he is obviously trying not to devote much time to this issue, indeed he may leave some measure prematurely, and let's put it this way, it is unlikely that we can expect anything constructive from him, and what we observed at the summit of the sim group in china is... one of such options was the planned meeting with president zelensky and supposedly the issues that the parties were to discuss had already been outlined, but that large-scale attack, a massive attack by the russian federation on ukraine, could obviously to make their own adjustments, plus of course there is the situation in the middle east, although i think that it was still connected with russia's actions, because trump could not do anything. actually then respond to what is happening, because, because this issue

would definitely be raised by both zelensky and other participants in the summit, and taking into account the fact that it was necessary to make some decisions on sanctions, on supporting ukraine and the like, he decided, covering up the situation in the middle east , to fly to washington or simply to the united states of america, in order to actually not be on the same important day of this meeting in canada, i think. that this can also take place in the context of the nato summit in gaza and any other such multilateral meeting, when action is needed, american leadership is needed, the word of the american administration is needed, one that could direct the free community in the context of the challenges that are taking place or will arise in the future, instead we see that now we can hardly expect anything constructive from washington. that there is a probability that the united states has already officially, let's say, will enter into a conflict

in the middle east, and literally this will be resolved in the near future, this is the question, so again, we have a question for everyone, will we be able to achieve a peaceful settlement in the near future, given that the united states, well, actually is not currently dealing with the issue of the russian-ukrainian war, a peaceful settlement, and what there may be at the moment. i don't know, again, maybe there is some information in the ukrainian authorities and it is simply not public, is not disclosed, yet trump is ready, let's say, to use some of his own trump cards, his own cards, which, which could, let's say, force russia to at least negotiate, well, we'll see, we're monitoring the situation and we believe that the ukrainian state will still stand, i'm sure of this, and that we will still achieve a peaceful settlement, regardless of which administration. in the united states of america or any other political configurations in certain

countries? it seems that the europeans are already doubting that trump can do anything to do not only in ukraine, but also in the middle east. because look, today in geneva, the foreign ministers of germany, france and great britain are going to meet with the head of the iranian foreign ministry and talk about the iranian nuclear program, say german sources who... are familiar with these plans, we are talking about diplomats, what can they talk about more specifically, more objectively, and what could the europeans theoretically agree on with iran? well, by the way, as reported, they communicated on this issue with the american side, and supposedly there is a green light for such a meeting from washington, that is, we can expect that the decisions that may be made during this meeting, they will one way or another then... be agreed upon with the americans, and perhaps this will speed up, let's say,

the signing of some agreements, i don't expect too much progress yet, so the nuclear negotiations will continue, but this will be just one of the stages on the way to being able to find some kind of opportunity to get out of this very difficult situation in the middle east, eh and yet we see that here it is also worth considering the position of israel. in any case , it was tel aviv that launched the attacks on these nuclear and various military facilities on the territory of the iranian state and so far we do not see, let's say, israel's interest in stopping this operation, given that, obviously, it has only recently begun, and israel would still like to bring some aspects closer that would make it possible to sign nuclear agreement, and we see that now prime minister

benjamin netanyahu assures that his country does not plan to change the regime in iran, but it is also planned to attack further, well, in the future, those objects that are located on the territory of iran, which can in itself accelerate the fall of the regime, and therefore we can predict that this conflict may enter a rather protracted phase, but everything will depend on how compliant iran will be and how many and how many participants in the conflict will be added to this, so... i believe that those, these negotiations in geneva, they are important, they can continue to be held in parallel, but this does not mean that this will lead to any de-escalation, and therefore i think that most likely the coming days will still be quite peak in the context of the israeli-iranian conflict, it will be seen in the future

in which direction this situation will move, whether there will still be some... yes israel, yes and perhaps some other countries that support it, will go to the end, not excluding even with the aim of overthrowing the regime, although for now for me, this prospect seems doubtful. look, americans, europeans, and here putin enters the arena, who previously offered his services as a mediator, now he is together with xi jinping, congratulated him on his birthday, listened to congratulations on russia day, and in particular talked about the escalation in the middle east, great peacemakers, and said that israel no-nonono, violates the un charter, and so on, all the norms of international law, this is putin saying, attention, does china now want

to enter the arena here and any suggestions to offer, there was a peace plan of china, for ukraine, will there be something like that here? well, there was a plan, but it, there were even two peace plans, because the second one was also with brazil, nothing like that , nothing like that, these plans did not work, they were not, somehow , even considered objectively, and even despite the fact that ukraine is in principle ready to make some compromises, well, judging by the negotiations that, for example, were in istanbul and there were statements from the official kyiv, well, in the context, for example, of freezing the conflict, this... is almost what was proposed by the people's republic of china one way or another, but the russian federation stands its ground, so i would like to see the chinese leader , jin pin, who has been so angry, let's say, criticizing israel here and there, but i would rather have somehow influenced vladimir

putin constructively, and by the way, donald trump also hoped that maybe somehow, that china would play some role in this process, but so far... we don't see this, instead we watched xi jinping's visit to russia at the victory day parade, and now there is already information that at the end of august, at the beginning of september, the russian dictator putin plans to visit china, that is, the relations between them are absolutely normal, and this axis, which is being formed from these regime countries, it is only getting stronger, and we see that in fact trump has never been able to break this duo of china and the russian... federation, on the other hand , china, of course, would hardly want the situation in the middle east to escalate, because for him these are risks, risks, for example, in the context of uh not receiving certain energy resources, or, let's say, the prices for it will be inflated, it obviously consumes resources, for example, oil, which,

let's say, is extracted precisely in the middle east region. and these are, of course, trade routes, it is important for china that they are safe, that they are maximal, that they bring maximum profit for the people's republic of china, but it is unknown in which direction the conflict will move and whether there will be, let's say, hostilities in the sea areas, water areas of the region, that is , here too the situation is quite specific, taking into account the fact that... the gulf of guinea is in a very advantageous geographical position and china depends on these routes and on the resources that are there, and in general this situation can give rise to a whole cascade of other conflicts, and i don't think that it would be beneficial for the people's republic of china, and in general iran is, one way or

another, a country, like china, is part of this axis of evil, and if the regime falls, it will be alarming. a bell for all these regimes, which are there , such as north korean, chinese, russian, because it will mean that their circle will narrow, and they are still building that cooperation that is aimed at suppressing the free world. to implement the measure in modern geopolitics and impose their own policy, so i don't think that any of his new, some peace-making initiatives there will work, if they come from china, but china will raise the question, well, it will be interesting how he , how he will regard this, well, in particular, on various international platforms, including, for example, in the un security council, i think that these issues will be raised, but i don't think that china will be able to influence the situation that is happening now, they decided that they also have their own opinion. thank you, mr. stanislav, stanislav

jerikhovsky, candidate of political sciences, international expert, was with us, and this is actually about trump's decision to postpone his thoughts, his conclusion, his decision on participation in the operation against iran, for two weeks, that's what he's saying now. wants to use this time for negotiations, is this a refusal from real participation in the conflict, or how to evaluate it, our colleague vitaly portnikov thinks about this in his blog, let's listen together. greetings, friends, i am vitaly portnikov. president of the united states donald trump has postponed for two weeks the decision on the possible participation of the united states in the war of israel against iran. the press secretary of the american president. donald trump's statement, which emphasizes that there is a significant probability of negotiations with iran in the near future, and trump has decided to make a decision

on participating in these negotiations in the next two weeks. the main goals of the united states in these negotiations with iran are to guarantee that the islamic republic will not create nuclear weapons and will not enrich uranium. as is known, previous negotiations between the united states and iran did not lead to any result precisely because iran, while guaranteeing that it is not going to produce nuclear weapons, at the same time continued to insist on its right to enrich uranium, and it is obvious that without this enrichment uranium the ayatollah regime does not need to have a nuclear project, as it became known today, between... the special representative of the american president steve widhaf and the minister of foreign affairs of iran abbas araqchi, consultations have already taken place against the backdrop of the exchange of blows

between israel and iran. nothing is currently known about what the results of these consultations of the two diplomatic representatives are, but the first result of these consultations is the decision of the president of the united states, not to participate in the next two weeks. in the israeli operation against iran. thus, the exchange of blows between the jewish state and iran can continue all this time, and it is not known what the consequences of this exchange will be for both countries. it is believed that israel, despite the much better state of air defense than iran, has a limited number of air defense charges to respond to iranian attacks, especially when these attacks are carried out using a small batch of missiles. in turn, iran , of course, will be destabilized

all these weeks, but ayatollah khamenei and his associates have a chance to preserve power and their own regime, if they are able to negotiate with the united states on the terms that donald trump is offering them. it is quite noticeable that the president of the united states is no longer demanding a complete surrender from iran, as he did a few days ago, and is ready to negotiate with the leadership of the islamic republic. it is also important to answer the question of whether donald trump will seek mediation services if the negotiation process will again reach a dead end. as is known, president of the russian federation putin has repeatedly offered his services to donald trump. the last time he did this was at his regular night press conference during the st. petersburg international economic forum, but donald trump refused these mediation

services and emphasized that... the russian leader should first of all mind his own business, and then think about mediation in the iranian crisis. at the same time, it is obvious that at all previous in the rounds of negotiations between the united states and iran, tehran's representatives have been rather stalling for time, creating the illusion for donald trump and his representatives that a real solution can be reached and along with it... in effect, they are refusing any agreements that could lead to the desired result for trump, that is, the refusal not only of nuclear weapons production, but also of uranium enrichment as such. it is difficult to say what the current negotiation process will be like. at least it is clear that they will try to make representatives of iran, to continue these negotiations, not to refuse the proposals

of the united states, but also... not to accept them completely, to make sure that in two weeks donald trump agrees to continue negotiations between the united states and iran. the question remains open as to what israel's military operation against iran will look like against the background of these negotiations. we can say that trump is now trying to follow putin's recipe. putin wants negotiations with ukraine against the background of continued military... actions against our country, bombing civilian ukrainian neighborhoods, the killing of ukrainian citizens during missile attacks on our country and drone raids, as well as the advancement of its troops across the territory of ukraine, hoping that sooner or later this will lead to the capitulation of ukraine on russian terms. trump, as can be understood, is acting according to putin's recipe, but in relation to a country that is an ally of the kremlin.

he is also obvious. will conduct negotiations with iran, not demanding that israel stop the military operation against the iranian regime, but as we see that during this operation many senior military and political leaders of the regime have already died, as well as those who were directly involved in the production of the atomic bomb. it is obvious that if the israeli operation against iran continues for these two weeks, it may suffer from it. new representatives of the iranian establishment, the military leadership, as well as individuals involved in the iranian nuclear project, and even without destroying all iranian nuclear facilities, israel has a chance to create serious personnel problems for tehran. at the same time, let's not forget that the real nuclear project of the islamic republic cannot be destroyed directly

by israeli efforts, without america'. the possibility of producing nuclear bombs and enriching uranium, even if tehran agrees to trump's conditions. and here a rather important question remains, even if ayatollah khamenei conditionally agrees with the american leader's proposal not to enrich uranium. how will control be exercised over these obligations of iran, will the islamic republic will soon create... a new facility where, in spite of all its agreements, it will be able to create nuclear weapons, and moreover, will these nuclear weapons not be transferred to the islamic republic by the russian federation, which will thus be able to throw another challenge to the foreign policy of the united states, and what will washington do if it has to face iran as a full-fledged nuclear state, ready to launch nuclear strikes both on the territory of israel

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