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[00:00:00] Ukrainian's new F-16 squad drone with [00:00:02] American pilots begins protecting skies. [00:00:05] Drones hit Ilski refinery in Russia. [00:00:07] Occupied Sasto reports one of longest [00:00:10] attacks. And how Ukrainian special [00:00:12] forces wipe out is missile complex at [00:00:15] Russian base. That is news next. [00:00:20] Ukraine has formed an F-16 squadron [00:00:23] consisting of Ukrainian, American, and [00:00:25] Dutch pilots to help defend the skies [00:00:28] against Russian missiles and drones. [00:00:30] According to intelligence online, M [00:00:33] squadron, the squadron was created in [00:00:35] recent weeks under strict secrecy to [00:00:38] operate the new F-16s. This unit plays a [00:00:41] central role in protecting the airspace [00:00:43] over the key region, which faces [00:00:45] constant Russian attacks. The squad [00:00:48] drone includes American pilots with [00:00:50] extensive combat experience in [00:00:52] Afghanistan. One recently participated [00:00:54] in operations in the Middle East before [00:00:57] joining Ukrainian's defense. Dutch [00:00:59] pilots trained in elite European air [00:01:01] combat schools specializing in modern [00:01:04] interception tactics and high-tech [00:01:06] aerial warfare. Intelligence Online [00:01:09] notes that Western veterans signed [00:01:11] temporary six-month contracts with [00:01:13] possible extensions based on operational [00:01:16] needs. They didn't hold official ranks [00:01:18] in Ukrainia's military hierarchy and are [00:01:20] not listed in public roers. About key [00:01:23] tasks, the squadron is regularly [00:01:25] involved in intercepting Russian caliber [00:01:28] and high 101 cruise missiles as well as [00:01:31] Gan 5 drones. F-16s are used for [00:01:34] patrols, including night ones, [00:01:36] maximizing radar coverage and rapid [00:01:39] response capabilities. The main value of [00:01:41] western pilots lies in their experience [00:01:44] with advanced equipment, particularly [00:01:47] sniper targeting and reconnaissance [00:01:49] pods. Described as the eyes of the [00:01:52] aircraft, these systems allow pilots to [00:01:54] track targets over long distances, [00:01:57] monitor fast moving missiles and drones [00:01:59] even at night or through heavy clouds. [00:02:02] While Ukrainian pilots are beginning to [00:02:04] master the technology, American veterans [00:02:06] continue to provide critical expertise. [00:02:09] [music] about foreigners in the air [00:02:10] force. As early as 2023, the Ukrainian [00:02:12] Air Force allowed for the possibility [00:02:15] that foreigners could serve as pilots or [00:02:17] as specialists in the engineering and [00:02:20] innovation corpse, provided they had the [00:02:22] appropriate military occupational [00:02:24] qualifications. Officially, there has [00:02:27] been no confirmation so far that foreign [00:02:29] pilots are actively helping to defend [00:02:32] Ukraine. [00:02:35] On the night of February 17th, drones [00:02:37] attacked the Ilski oil refinery in the [00:02:39] Cresendar region of Russia. Occupied [00:02:42] Seasto also reported one of the longest [00:02:44] attacks in recent times according to [00:02:47] Astra and statements of local [00:02:49] authorities. About drones in Russia, [00:02:51] those a series of powerful explosions [00:02:54] thundered in the Cresendar region of [00:02:56] Russia. Kamaza drones attacked an oil [00:02:59] refinery in Ilski. It is reported that [00:03:01] as a result of strikes, a large-scale [00:03:03] fire broke out on the territory of the [00:03:05] enterprise. Witnesses publish videos so [00:03:08] with fire and smoke. According to the [00:03:10] operational headquarters of the [00:03:11] Cresendar region as a result of an [00:03:14] unmanned aerial vehicle attack on the [00:03:16] Ilski oil refinery, a reservoir with [00:03:19] petroleum products caught fire. The era [00:03:22] of the fire was about 700 square meters. [00:03:25] 72 people and 21 units of equipment were [00:03:28] involved in the elimination of [00:03:30] consequences including specialist of the [00:03:33] Ministry of Emergency Sations of Russia [00:03:36] and a fire train. According to [00:03:38] preliminary information, no injuries. It [00:03:40] concerns the Ilski oil refinery, an [00:03:43] enterprise in the Casad region that is [00:03:45] among the leading oil refining companies [00:03:47] of the southern federal district of [00:03:50] Russia. The plant carries out reception, [00:03:53] storage and processing of hydrocarbon [00:03:57] raw materials as well as shipping of [00:03:59] products by road and rail transport. [00:04:02] According to open sources, the [00:04:04] enterprise um is involved in supplying [00:04:07] the Russian military industrial complex [00:04:09] about the attack on Crimea. Also on the [00:04:11] night of February 17th, a massive attack [00:04:13] was reported in occupied Seastoel. Local [00:04:17] authorities reported one of the longest [00:04:19] attacks in recent times. According to [00:04:21] the local governor, during the night, [00:04:23] air defense forces and [music] Black Sea [00:04:25] fleet of Russia allegedly shot down more [00:04:28] than 24 unmanned aerial vehicles. [00:04:33] Swike unmanned aerial vehicles attacked [00:04:36] their Metafra chemical enterprise in the [00:04:38] Perm region of Russia at night causing [00:04:41] fire. The plant produces components of [00:04:44] explosives. Astra reports on social [00:04:46] networks, residents wrote about an [00:04:49] explosion and a fire at the plant in the [00:04:51] city of Guba. It is noted that from four [00:04:55] to six drone hits were recorded on the [00:04:58] enterprise. [music] [00:04:59] Workers were evocated to shelter and [00:05:01] fire broke out on the territory which is [00:05:04] currently being extinguished. One [00:05:06] eyewitness claims that about 20 [00:05:08] explosions were heard. They were audible [00:05:10] even in school where children were at [00:05:13] that moment in shelter and some students [00:05:15] were taken away by their parents. [00:05:18] Disruptions in the operation of the [00:05:20] mobile internet are also observed in the [00:05:22] region. Governor of the perm regent [00:05:25] Mitri Mahonian confirmed the fact of the [00:05:28] detection of hostile unmanned aerial [00:05:30] vehicles on the territory of the region. [00:05:33] He noted that as a result of the attack [00:05:35] there are no injuries. All emergency [00:05:37] services have been informed and there is [00:05:39] no threat to their population. What is [00:05:42] known about the metaphrag plant? Metapra [00:05:45] enterprise in humbah is a key asset of [00:05:47] the chemical holding metaphra group. [00:05:50] Plant produces various chemical products [00:05:52] including metanyl formaline derivatives [00:05:54] of organic compounds, synthetic resins [00:05:57] and other substances. [00:06:01] Fighters of the Special Operations [00:06:03] Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine [00:06:05] destroyed a storage site for an Isand [00:06:08] missile system as well as a drone [00:06:09] piloting center of the Rubicon unit in [00:06:12] the temple occupied territories of [00:06:14] Ukraine. [00:06:18] Units of the Special Operations Forces [00:06:20] successfully carried out fire strikes [00:06:22] using FP2 drones against [music] enemy [00:06:25] rear and operational infrastructure [00:06:27] facilities in the temporarily occupied [00:06:30] territory of Ukraine. [00:06:32] >> In particular, in the village of Pishana [00:06:34] in temple occupied Crimea S as O struck [00:06:37] a storage site [music] for an iscondary [00:06:40] missile system. Powerful explosions were [00:06:42] recorded at the site. In addition, [00:06:44] Ukrainian forces destroyed a remote [00:06:46] drone piloting center of the Rubicon [00:06:48] unit in the village of Fakeok in the [00:06:51] temporal occupied part of the Zaporasia [00:06:53] region. Several drones successfully hit [00:06:55] the target. [00:06:58] Overall, between February 9th and 14th, [00:07:02] SSO units struck more than 10 enemy [00:07:05] military facilities in the temporarily [00:07:07] occupied territories of Ukraine. These [00:07:10] included concentrations of personnel, [00:07:13] ammunition depots, parking areas for [00:07:16] military vehicles, and other targets. [00:07:19] Above strikes on key Russian military [00:07:21] targets, Ukrainian forces regularly [00:07:23] destroy valuable enemy military targets [00:07:25] in Russia and in the temporal occupied [00:07:28] territories using strike drones. [00:07:30] Earlier, operators of the unmanned [00:07:32] systems forces struck a North [00:07:34] Korean-made Kokan self-propelled [00:07:36] artillery system in the Lhansk region. [00:07:38] In addition, operators of the SPS Asgard [00:07:42] Battalion of the 412th [clears throat] [00:07:46] Nemesis Brigade destroyed two Tour M2 [00:07:49] surfaceto-air missile systems of the [00:07:51] occupiers in a single night. It was also [00:07:54] reported that Ukrainian special [00:07:55] operations forces carried out a precar [00:07:58] strike on a warehouse storing Shahad [00:08:01] type drones in temporal occupied Daetsk. [00:08:06] For Russian dictator Vlimir Putin, it is [00:08:08] important to eliminate Ukrainian [00:08:10] statethood. He does not intend to end [00:08:12] the war. One of the leaders of the [00:08:14] Russian opposition, Gary Kasparov, said [00:08:16] in an interview with Urb Ukraine, [00:08:19] >> the reason for the war has not yet been [00:08:21] clearly defined, or rather everyone [00:08:23] understands. But the key phrase defining [00:08:27] the cause of the war as Putin's desire [00:08:29] to eliminate Ukrainian statethood and [00:08:32] restore Russian Soviet imperial [00:08:33] influence in Eastern Europe and in [00:08:36] general revising the results of the cold [00:08:38] war which is the ideological basis of [00:08:41] Putin's war. Everything else is just [00:08:43] talk for the poor. According to him, a [00:08:46] certain compromise in ending the war [00:08:48] would mean that Putin will simply [00:08:50] regroup and move further because the war [00:08:53] for the Russian president does not end [00:08:55] even in Ukraine. Putin's war is global. [00:08:58] A war against the vast against liberal [00:09:00] democracies and here Putin represents [00:09:04] the liberal part of the world. One of [00:09:06] the leaders of the Russian opposition in [00:09:08] Pasarist. He also stressed that an [00:09:10] attempt to find an agreement to end the [00:09:12] war in Ukraine without removing the root [00:09:14] cause of the war is doomed to failure. [00:09:17] If the Ukrainian authorities decide that [00:09:19] it is necessary to compromise by making [00:09:21] territorial concessions, in my opinion, [00:09:23] this may not be the best decision. It [00:09:25] may be a bad one, but I of course can [00:09:27] never express my opinion or criticize. [00:09:30] This is the decision of the Ukrainian [00:09:32] people. I support it whatever the [00:09:34] Ukrainian authorities and the Ukrainian [00:09:36] people decide on this issue. But it's [00:09:38] absolutely clear that the war cannot end [00:09:41] as long as Putin is in power. [00:09:43] >> Everything else is just noise. Putin is [00:09:46] a war. Putin's Russia is a military [00:09:48] camp. This does not mean that without [00:09:50] Putin, Russia will end the war. But the [00:09:53] war cannot end as long as Putin is in [00:09:55] power. Kasparo added, "According to him, [00:09:58] Putin will continue the war because it [00:10:00] has become the main mechanism for [00:10:02] maintaining his power. [00:10:06] In the event of a Russian invasion of [00:10:08] the Baltic States, the North Atlantic [00:10:10] alliance would not dare to mount a [00:10:12] full-scale response." One of the leaders [00:10:14] of the Russian opposition, Gary [00:10:16] Kasparov, said this in an interview with [00:10:18] RBC Ukraine. NATO membership affection. [00:10:21] According to [music] Kasparo, formal [00:10:23] NATO membership does not guarantee real [00:10:25] protection. He suggested imagining a [00:10:27] scenario in which uh 200,000 strong [00:10:31] Russian grouping approaches Latvia's [00:10:33] border. They say Levi is a member of [00:10:36] NATO. That's just a piece of paper. It's [00:10:39] absolutely nothing. The position figure [00:10:42] stressed. [music] Kasparo recalled his [00:10:44] speech at the International Security [00:10:45] Forum in Halifax where he asked [00:10:48] Europeans a direct question whether they [00:10:51] have orders to open fire if Russian [00:10:53] troops cross the border. There is no [00:10:55] answer because everyone knows the [00:10:57] answer. No one will should. He said [00:11:00] according to him NATO membership has [00:11:02] turned out to be a fiction [00:11:04] >> because you can sign any document nice [00:11:07] shiny documents but there must be people [00:11:10] who are ready to follow the instructions [00:11:12] in that document. [00:11:14] >> What NATO's article 5 depends on the [00:11:16] effectiveness of NATO's article 5 [00:11:18] depends on the political will of the US [00:11:21] leadership. Kasparo [music] believes. He [00:11:23] said that NATO's article 5 is effective [00:11:26] only when strong political leaders are [00:11:28] in the White House such as the 40th US [00:11:31] President Ronald Reagan or the 39th [00:11:34] President Jimmy Carter. But it doesn't [00:11:37] work when Trump is there. That's all the [00:11:40] [music] interviewer said. He added that [00:11:42] Finland is less vulnerable due to its [00:11:45] wellprepared army by contrast to the [00:11:48] Baltic states in his assessment remain [00:11:50] really defenseless. About possible [00:11:53] scenarios of a Russian invasion of [00:11:55] Europe. Kasparo also outlined a possible [00:11:57] scenario that he considers the most [00:11:59] likely not a large scale invasion but a [00:12:02] limited operation. It could involve [00:12:04] small units crossing the border. For [00:12:06] example, several hundred special forces [00:12:08] troops seizing a small part of [00:12:10] territory. probably in the area of da [00:12:13] pearls in Latvia or Nara in Estonia and [00:12:16] then they check is there a fifth article [00:12:18] or not unfortunately we know the answer [00:12:21] he concluded about Russia's threat to [00:12:23] Europe after Russia's full-scale [00:12:25] invasion of Ukraine fears in Europe of a [00:12:28] possible expansion of Russia aggression [00:12:30] have greatly increased [music] according [00:12:32] to Reuters Estonia Latvia and Lutania [00:12:35] are preparing detailed emergency [00:12:37] response scenarios including in the [00:12:39] event of a possible Russian invasion or [00:12:42] a sharp escalation on their borders. [00:12:44] Analysts from ISW believe that the [00:12:46] Kremlin has already begun the first [00:12:48] phase of preparations for a potential [00:12:50] conflict with NATO. In their assessment, [00:12:53] Russia may resort to provocations, [00:12:55] including false flag operations. Germany [00:12:58] recently held exercises simulating a [00:13:00] Russian invasion of Lutania. Their [00:13:02] result were disappointing. Moscow would [00:13:05] be capable of achieving its objectives [00:13:07] in a matter of days. [00:13:11] That's all for today. Thanks for [00:13:13] watching this video. Support Ukraine. [00:13:15] Like and subscribe.