support for ukraine, despite the obvious contradiction on this issue within the european union, the clear disagreement of europeans with this. there is only one message: ukrainians, fight until the last ukrainian. that's all. we’ll give you a little money, we’ll give you a little weapons , and hold on, fight, because that’s what the west needs. but ukraine definitely doesn’t need this, and we will never forget it. our cause is just, victory will be ours. hello, it’s news time first, we’ll tell you about the most important events right now. at the beginning, the special operation avdeevka was the key defense center of the armed forces of ukraine, from where residential areas of donetsk are constantly being shelled. our.

the military came close to the city, which the militants had turned into a real fortress over many years. russian forces were able to break through the enemy’s defenses and reach the outskirts of the populated area, as vladimir putin spoke about the day before. the fighters of the assault brigade, veterans of the volunteer corps of the russian armed forces, managed to do this. they walked ahead of the regular troops, noted vladimir putin. we recaptured 19 houses and are now successfully holding their positions. some time ago, our film crew was the first to visit the ovdeevka area, where hot battles are taking place about how the industrial zone was taken, report by amir yusupov. brother, work! go! the fighters of the assault brigade , veterans of the volunteer corps of the russian armed forces, work in the fortified areas of the armed forces of ukraine surrounding the avdeevsk industrial zone. the enemies were knocked out of the wetland itself, as it is usually called here. they occupied the nearest forest belts. don't turn on the light, don't turn on the light. this is how you have to work in the dark.

before leaving, it was not in vain that they wrapped their legs with tape, bags of water up to their knees and guys, every night, every day, people like this move around, war is not just a waste of time, look at everything now, it’s a battle of character that endures, it’s so difficult to endure it all, it’s not so difficult, it’s not so difficult to shoot, it’s not so difficult to endure this . so, we walk

for almost a kilometer, of course, it’s easier to move on top of the icy ground, but then they’ll immediately see us through a thermal imager and aim artillery or drones, or else everything at once. in some places the guys try to cover the trenches with bars like this in order to at least somehow protect themselves from air dumps, because the copters are constantly they ply and try to send something to their heads from above. those conversations are on the way. a series of instructions, quietly, live like this, here i am in the sharona forest, this is the only place from where a thermal imager can see us, so in principle, there is comparative safety here, so , as it were, that is, we again lay our hands on you and run, yes, well now let's get to the dash, they ran towards me, they avoided all sorts of, as he says, unforeseen situations, we'll do it very quickly, turn off the camera, of course, of course, the camera is on, especially

in night mode, leaves behind a huge heat trail, literally a beacon for the enemy with a thermal imager, but it’s still possible to film part of the path and get to the point, here , here, we got there, yes we got there, weeping, veteran attack aircraft are holding the industrial zone together with soldiers of the ministry of defense , a number of volunteers who have recently signed a contract with the armed forces are coming to strengthen their positions, a fighter with the call sign aza is not...

then we fly a box here, there are stones in the box, i understand, the logs are this thick, everything, that is, goes there, that’s how it turns out, all vomited, pierced the armor, that is, it... hollowed, if this had not happened, it would have flown in, but that’s all, most likely it’s 200. hulk, the commander of the machine gun crew, means that he could have died, the 200th are dead , until recently he himself was the 300th, that is , wounded, lying with a severe concussion, a tank shell exploded nearby. we held out for 2 days, probably more than 50 kamikas arrived, a tank fired at us, polka fired at us, then the rp, at that position we were the last one. at dawn there is finally a chance to look at her, and from the most difficult areas for passage, as you

called it, the path of death , birds can already see you here, the mortar is working here, everything is working, the enemy is in that forest field, and there are forest regiments over there, for the armed forces of ukraine the whole industrial zone is like... in the palm of our hand, so we move in quick dashes, trying not to stop, hoping that the enemy is still sleeping off after the hard night that our fighters gave him. of course, there was little left of the pro-zone, but our artillery preparation before the assault, and now, when we set up these positions, they are always razed to the ground, here on there are still unexploded mines on the roof, as veterans say. on our side, on the day of the decisive attack, not much was flying, thousands of shells falling from the sky would have been a clear sign of an imminent assault, and the commanders wanted to bring the troops quietly, they succeeded, our soldiers, hiding in thick fog , came close to the buildings, due to the fog in the fog, the thermal imager doesn’t work, that

is, the birds don’t see us, that is , they can’t correct the ortery, it’s good that the command sort of selects such moments, here's the weather forecast, which is where it's better to go. vysushnikov were destroyed almost point-blank, they could no longer direct their artillery, it would hit them, they tried to compensate with copters, the guys took cover behind the ruins, grenades were dropped on me, for example, these birds, that is, i turned behind corner, in short, it explodes, but it doesn’t hurt me, that is, there are a lot of places where you can hide, if you heard that he ’s flying, you can shoot somewhere, attack aircraft together with tankers methodically they cleared all the fortified areas, and as a result, the enemy, who defended the industrial zone with an entire company, lost about. seventy militants , a little more than thirty, left their positions, retreated to the forest belts and the nearest houses, and from there they are knocked out, now the front is leveling out, the boys are moving forward little by little, now it’s gradually leveling out, everything, one might say, is beginning, that is, keep pressing , of course, we are constantly pressing 24x7, pressing,

pressing, winning, our guys are constantly being ambushed by enemy aggression, this is a small easel. we're all set, let's get to work let's go little one, come on, come on, come on, down, down, well done, vka is on fire, so he goes into the traffic jam , let's all go inside. the boats come in camouflaged, everything goes away, let's go down, when they report that the sky is clear again, our ags crew gets into the work, takes aim at new positions of the armed forces of ukraine, even further from the industrial zone, now we will work, fill it up, all the veterans have

a chevron on their shoulders, which is impossible not to pay attention to, our leader, the president of the russian federation, is depicted there, as if we are proudly going for him, here... vladimir vladimirovich is constantly on my screen, the veterans now say so, we are russia , putin is strong, that’s how it is, before the assault, yes , the guys there are shouting, this is our motto there, yes , the veteran’s, now the industrial zone is completely under the control of our troops, but ahead all of avdeevka is still there, a lot of hard work, in so they don’t intend to leave the city just like that, they confirm this by dropping such messages from drones onto our positions, it contained leaflets calling for... there is something to answer them, but the russians do not give up . amirypov, alexey bilov, dmitry zelvyansky. first channel. now the ministry of defense has reported the latest data from the st. zone, our military has improved the situation along

the front line in the krasno-liman direction. in addition, almost two dozen attacks were repelled in different areas, with a total enemy loss of more than 700 militants. the ukrainian armed forces also lost a significant amount of equipment, including western equipment. germany handed it over to the kyiv regime. the russian military also occupied the position of the ukrainian armed forces in the priyutnoye area. our fighters in tanks and infantry fighting vehicles covered them from the air with drones. artillery has joined in, the task is to suppress enemy firing points, then assault troops went on the offensive. irrefutable evidence of how the barbaric ukrainian attack on its own prisoners was carried out. the investigative committee of russia announced today that the transport il-76 was shot down by two missiles. and the fire, as the president had already said the day before, came from the american patriot anti-aircraft missile system. the fact

was established based on the results of the examinations, 116 fragments of shells and mechanisms of projectiles, inscriptions on them, as well as traces of explosives were found clearly indicate where and for what systems these missiles were produced. the seized fragments are clearly marked in english. research using methods ( ion mobility spectrometry, gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection and high -performance liquid chromatography with mass selective detection) made it possible to detect traces of hexogen with impurities of up to 10% octogen in washes from objects, which is typical for foreign explosives production. according to the conclusion of the examinations carried out during the investigation, the fragments seized from the scene of the incident, according to : design features, geometric characteristics, and existing

markings, are structural elements of an anti-aircraft guided missile (miim104a) of the us patriot complex, developed by retion and hughes corporations and produced in retion. there is no doubt that there were 65 ukrainian prisoners of war on board the downed plane; the investigative committee has already published footage from the scene. ruins, they are not for sensitive people, so we blurred the details. the investigative committee has just confirmed that more than 60,070 fragments of the bodies of the victims, as well as partially preserved personal documents, were found at the crash site. iska identified the remains; investigators have genetic profiles of all ukrainian military personnel who were on board. the terrorist attack also killed nine russian citizens, six crew members and three accompanying persons. it is known where the plane was attacked from; they fired at it from the village of lipsy in kharkov region. the investigation into the terrorist attack was commented on today in the kremlin. presidential press secretary dmitry peskov

once again emphasized: our country is for international proceedings, but in the west they show no interest in moscow’s calls, it’s clear why, given the uncontrolled supplies of weapons to ukraine. well, the state duma intends to appeal to the us congress in connection with the attack; the decision was unanimously made today at a plenary session. this is a terrorist act, this... the crew carried out this task, they were shot down, the leadership of ukraine should be held responsible bear, as for congress and those who are part of it, they must know who they are supplying weapons to. ordinary americans, whom president biden and his administration have made complicit in the bloody

tragedy, should also know this. this is an almost verbatim quote from the official representative of our foreign ministry, maria zakharova: after all, the money to pump ukraine with weapons comes from the pockets of taxpayers. on other topics, vladimir putin congratulated the head of the russian orthodox church on the anniversary of internization. exactly 15 years ago kirill became primate of the russian orthodox church. the president presented the patriarch of moscow of all russia with a bouquet of white flowers. something that in the past was even impossible to imagine is the opening of new dioceses,

churches, monasteries, but the most important thing is very broad work with young people, with children, i sincerely thank you for the support that you provide to all citizens of russia, but those , i would especially like to note those who belong to our church, you help the church itself as an institution, thank you. and today patriarch kirill celebrated a solemn liturgy in the cathedral of christ according to tradition, the russian orthodox church celebrates the anniversary of the savior's enthronement as a holiday. this concludes our episode, see you on channel one. the russian football team will play against the national team of serbia. this friendly match is scheduled for march 21 and will be held at the dynamo stadium in moscow. the two teams met for the first time in 2008.