there are better results, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, roman pohorily, co-founder of deep state, and we are talking about the fact that now is a moment of silence, and we honor and remember all those who died in this war. let's honor the memory of ukrainian soldiers and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war started by russia with a moment of silence.

my greetings, this is the svoboda ranok project, my name is oleg galiv, and we will talk about this later in our broadcast. the ukrainian security forces announced their involvement in the death of the former people's deputy of ukraine ilya nods. with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, he moved to russia and there spread narratives favorable to the kremlin. who is involved in kyva's death and how it all happened, i will tell later in the broadcast. the us congress blocked a bill on providing ukraine and israel with new financial aid for security needs. the reason for this is the insistence of republicans on the demand for increased immigration control at the border of the united states with mexico. how dangerous is this situation for ukraine and are there options for it change? war plan, defense minister of ukraine

rustem umyerov said that ukraine has a war plan for next year, and the armed forces have approached the third line of defense of the russian army. how strong is this defensive line and will it mean a faster forward? you are welcome to subscribe to radio svoboda's youtube channel, and also write your thoughts on the topics you would like to see on our air, for this there is a chat under the broadcast. ukrainian troops have regained their lost positions near ivanivka, according to deepstaye analysts. it's going about a village in the kharkiv region. analysts of the american institute of war say that russian forces are continuing their offensive in the kupinsky direction, but have not made any progress. they also do not confirm the statements of russian military bloggers that the russian army allegedly controls part of the village of senkivka. previously , telegram channel two major wrote about this in particular, but telegram channel ridovka announced the day before that russian forces had success near

ternov, a village near ivanovka. at the same time , the russian ministry of defense declares that that in the kupyansk direction , five attacks by the armed forces of ukraine were allegedly repelled, near ivanivka, senkivka, and lake liman, the ground forces of ukraine say that six attacks by russian forces were repelled. the stradkom of the armed forces reported the day before that near the estuary in the kharkiv region, ukrainian forces shot down russian helicopters and even showed footage of the explosion. they say they destroyed it with the help of an american rocket salvo system. the ukrainian military portal and russian military bloggers write that they are talking about the mi-8 helicopter. we have the guest in our broadcast is ivan shevtsov, head of the press service of the steel border assault brigade. i welcome you. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. mr. ivan, here is the lomanokupin direction now from your point of view, from what you can observe, it is one of the hottest points of the front, is the situation there relatively stable and we can talk about some kind of hot phase for example. you can't,

eh, yes, really, the lyman-kupin direction is currently one of the hottest spots, here the enemy continues to carry out assault actions, over the past day he tried to storm the positions of the defense forces 14 times, all the enemy assaults were repulsed, indeed senkivka today is the most desirable point for the enemy right here, on senkivka. the enemy is trying to throw the most forces, and the largest number of assaults, attacks of the enemy, occurred precisely in sinkivka, and if we are talking about the tactics of the russian forces, they change it, they do not change it, it is the assaults there with the help of, i don’t know, 5-10 people who are allowed in small storms, here i am like russians forces operate in this direction and during the last six months, the tactics of the enemy in this area have not changed significantly, everything depends on the weather conditions, such as if it is raining,

they do not use the appropriate technique, if the weather conditions are favorable, as now, when it is frosty, and the soil allows you to advance with heavy equipment, then actions. during assault operations, the enemy also uses armored vehicles, but the more equipment he sends to support his assault units, the more equipment we have the opportunity to strike, as in the past day, defense forces in the lyman-kupin direction killed and destroyed 37 units of equipment and killed... and wounded a total of 324 occupiers. mr. ivan, here we are on the air the day before, that is, the kupyan direction, if we talk about lymansky, then they are trying to go there, at least on the administrative border, of luhansk region. well, in order to

do this, the russian forces must have the appropriate number of weapons and people, but it is felt, now there is a transfer of possibly additional units, additional troops for so that these plans... are not implemented? eh, at the moment , there is no increase in the number of personnel and equipment opposite our site, an army of about 1,000 servicemen is already stably concentrated opposite us, eh, but the enemy is constantly suffering losses and is constantly rotating, that is, he is constantly renewing the lost personnel, the same with technique, no such changes occur. the armed forces of ukraine announced that ukrainian forces shot down a russian helicopter near leman in the kharkiv region. russian aviation is now on the direction in which your brigade is in particular, to what extent, in fact, it is often used and actively, whether, after all,

the leadership of the russian troops is now trying somehow to protect aviation, realizing that the reserves are not bottomless. well, the enemy uses aviation stably in this area, on average it is from 10 to 20 airstrikes, during the past day the enemy carried out 14 airstrikes on the positions of the defense forces and on the front-line settlements, this is such a stable dynamic of theirs and some feeling that they do not have is there enough ammunition or is it low? aviation, we do not feel it here, there is no such thing, well, including the russian-ukrainian large-scale war - it is a war of drones, the winter period and there are those weather changes that have passed to the front, including, as now with the use of drones, how many of them in the russian forces in your direction, how often do they use them, how often do they manage to shoot them down, but in this context , please also tell us if the enemy has really intensified the use of unmanned

aerial vehicles, especially kamikaze drones, the enemy has learned to use kamikaze drones at night , which was not typical for them before, but our unit has a steel border directly, we have been here in this area for more than six months, our fighters have learned to use anti-drone guns, and they work well with rap means, and the vast majority we manage to neutralize the drones used by the enemy, including if we managed to land the drone without damaging it, we flash it and use it in the reverse direction and destroy the enemy with them and their drones. mr. ivan, if you talk to to the military, they are talking about the fact that one drone is conditionally two or three sorties and it is destroyed, destroyed, it is shot down, as you can note, there is conditionally one drone,

as far as it is enough, if we are talking now about the armed forces of ukraine and about the provision that you have, in general , i cannot say about the armed forces of ukraine, i can only say about... the border service, for the steel border, for our brigade, everything depends on the purpose of the drone, that is, we have strike drones are also in service, which can be used several times and carry a charge of six or seven mines there, we can talk about ordinary kamikaze drones, which are used only once, that is , it flies only in one direction and explodes on the enemy's head, and we can talk about reconnaissance drones. which can really be used 20 times, but it happens that the drone flies only once and falls under the influence of rap and unfortunately we lose them. i thank you for finding the opportunity and time to join our broadcast, ivan shevtsov,

head of the press service of the assault brigade steel border, a guest of our broadcast, we talked about the situation in the lemano-kupyan direction. in occupied donetsk, they were heard the day before. sad explosions, and after that , a thick gray fog appeared over the city. representatives of the occupation authorities report that it is ukrainian forces that attacked donetsk, in particular, with hymars systems. these events are happening in ukraine. have not yet commented. ukrainian military telegram channels report that the armed forces of ukraine hit a base with fuel and lubricant materials, and according to reports from the leaders of the group, of the so-called dnr, bitumen tankers were under attack, there was allegedly a detonation and fire. during the liquidation of the consequences of the shelling, two firefighters allegedly died, and another 13 were injured. in addition to the bodion district, they also announced shelling of the kirov district of donetsk, and in general, the occupied area. 39 shellings were counted in donchchyna yesterday. in addition to donetsk, horlivka, makiivka and

the village of donskke in the volnovsky district were allegedly attacked. ukraine did not comment on these events either. ukrainian defense minister rustem umirov says that the defense forces of ukraine approached the third line of defense of the russian army. he made such a statement in an interview with the foxnews channel during a trip to the united states of america. omiero notes that the armed forces of ukraine passed the second line of defense of the russian army. and are facing the third, and ukraine has a war plan for 2024. according to him, ukraine is defeating russia and the armed forces of ukraine have already de-occupied 50% of ukrainian territory. a strategic task and a victory for ukraine will be access to internationally recognized ones the borders of 1991, he says, including crimea, donbas and the black sea. i would like to point out that earlier nardepka from the servant of the people and deputy chairman of the verkhovna rada parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence, maryana bezugla, called for the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces

of ukraine valery zaluzhny, arguing that the military leadership did not has a war plan for 2024, that was the quote. mykhailo, the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, questioned the accusations on our air podolyak, he emphasized that the defense forces of ukraine have a plan for the next year, denied the statements of politicians regarding the lack of a war plan for the next year, and the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg. petro chernyk , military expert, colonel of the armed forces of ukraine , joins our broadcast, i congratulate you, mr. peter, glory to the heroes, please tell me what the entry into the third line of defense of the russian army means, what the ukrainian minister of defense is talking about, how far this the defensive line can be powerful in your opinion? well, it is definitely powerful, ours the enemy knows how to dig in, but the very fact that we have reached this third line of defense is really very good news, because we understand that beyond it , with the exception of large fortified cities such as melitopol and tokmak , there are generally no more serious

fortifications, at least it did not slip into the information space that the russians continue to dig in further than this so-called surovykin line in the zaporizhzhia district, the next serious fortifications have already been made as far as the perekop isthmus, and if this is really so, then even despite the fact that the weather is quite bad, but let me remind you that ukraine is a huge network of roads and surfaces, then with light armored groups we will be able to maneuver quite well, the strategic task, our constant participation in the southern bridgehead, is to get to the conditionally milky estuary, cut off the land corridor to the crimea and gain a foothold there, and if on look at the map from the bottom up, i.e. from south to north, then from the left side to form a bridgehead on the left bank of the kherson region, and this is actually quite possible, at the same time, it is very important... not to rush, because we have raised our emotional expectations on the part of our great

counteroffensive and now there is a certain disappointment, although we are deeply convinced that the counteroffensive has achieved certain goals. mr. peter, people are not military because of what they have understood, i would like to explain to them in simple language if, for example, the armed forces of ukraine have already reached the third line and they will be able to overcome it, i don’t know, finding some gaps in the defense of the russian army and so on, does this mean that the de-occupation... of the territories captured since the beginning of the large-scale war is not far off? must be very careful to ask this question in a section is not far off, we have passed two lines for a good six months, it is incredibly long and how much more time will it take to pass the third line, well , the brightest mind of the planet earth will not give an answer, i will emphasize once again the collapse of the southern platform, this is really ours strategic task, i clearly gave the geographical characteristics of this phenomenon, but the russian military leadership understands that, if the armed forces have approached the third line of defense, then

the russian command, i do not know, should conditionally start to be more afraid, to start implementing some kind of additional measures in order to maintain this third line of defense, of course, they are well aware of this, at the moment quite serious resources are concentrated there, but there is one nuance: in a strategic sense, it is extremely important for them to enter the administrative the borders of donetsk region and luhansk region, that is why they are so difficult because for avdiyivka, and for marienko and for bahmud, well, more precisely, for the exit further than for the range of bahmud or their bahmud, but the dominant highlands and doshas remain behind us, and here the question is whether they will go... to this strategic exchange, because at the moment they do not have such enormous resources in order to implement the strategy of the eastern bridgehead, that is, to reach the administrative borders of donetsk and luhansk regions and fully hold the southern bridgehead. let me remind you that in the month of november, the record of the extermination of personnel was 28,800 50 people

, something incredible, for the entire war in afghanistan, which is a good 10 years, the union lost 15,500 people, at the same time, we do not cancel the fury of the russians in terms of the fact that they are ready lay down their personnel, and despite the fact that the losses are quite significant, the mobilization resource, they themselves declare in the range of 15 to 3 million people, and some experts believe that they have all seven, you yourself have already mentioned certain directions of what is happening at the front and i would like to hear your analysis and it is possible. forecast, although i understand that forecasting is a thankless business in the military sphere and in the concept of large-scale russian aggression against ukraine, but still, what is happening on the front, how can you assess and comment on it as of today? zone strategic routine, we are in it , fire balance, mainly counter-battery duels with small infantry, rifle

battles, although, let's say, in the area of ​​avdiyivka itself, fierce battles continue there, the general plan has been explained, i will emphasize once again, for the enemy, the administrative borders of donetsk region and luhansk oblast, for us to not allow this task to be implemented, to break through and break through to the northern azov region, and we will be in this state of strategic routine for some time, which, forgive me, i will not say, a few weeks, a few months, until spring, i am not an optimist, i a tough realist, most likely until the next cycle of dry weather, although as i said, chance, the sole ruler of the universe, can turn everything upside down under some very special circumstances, war is an incredibly complex and dynamic phenomenon. and is it possible in this special circumstance, if we simulate the situation there, to name weapons, for example, western ones that could come to ukraine, which i mean, ukraine

has asked the united states to provide a new list of weapons that are necessary today, yes writes about this in particular royt. with the message and with reference to those documents with which the journalists were able to get acquainted, it is said in particular about abram tanks, about 155 mm artillery, as well as about f-16, but if they still arrive in ukraine, as far as this can be a special circumstance that can change the situation on the battlefield, maybe, really, maybe, but let's break this issue down into three fundamental aspects, aviation, long-range missiles and means of radio-electronic warfare, if these weapons, which i just mentioned, arrived in large numbers, that is, if we got a well at least already, already those 60 declared vehicles, and especially a serious missile-bomb load to these, to this aviation, if we got somewhere and at least 1,000 missiles, attack cameras and a large number of electronic warfare devices, we could really , for sure, to demolish the southern bridgehead exactly

, by what method, 90% of everything has to be done by rail over long distances, say to berdyansk, behind everything with rockets, so that not a single echelon could arrive within two weeks, and they simply do not reach the front cartridges, shells, mines, food, water and so on similar, the soldier wears out and we shoot them like chickens, a small historical parallel, during the us-iraq war desert storm 1990, the americans used more than 600 atakams missiles within a month and a half, think about this figure. there were days when from 20 to 100 missiles were fired, well, we don’t have to dream about such figures, the coalition had only 1,700 planes, a little more, in 37 days, they made more than 1,000 sorties, think about this number, how much it is and how serious it is, despite the fact that the combat potential

iraq is not commensurate with the combat potential of the russian federation, but there are moments when i have to sharpen the number of weights on it, because 2 24 machines are good, but in truth we need 180, two or three missiles that hit the army aircraft there were destroyed within 15 helicopters, that's great, but the volleys should be daily, at least 10-20 missiles within a month, then there will be a really serious result, but unfortunately, we have what we have, we still have about 40 seconds to finish, but i would like to ask you more about this plan for 2024, the war plan, about what a lot of talk, in particular, individual people's deputies from the specialized committee of the verkhovna rada, what was thrown at the scumbag, what do you think of this plan, it is there, ukraine understands how to wage war in the 24th year, or these remarks to the side for an example of the general staff , they are not groundless, i will say that as a soldier who served in the army for 27 years, in combat operations, there cannot be a plan, this is, well, it’s

just so-so, well, i can’t find the words to describe the this phenomenon, and it is very important for us, especially the media community to spread nonsense, this is extremely important, because we ukrainians are a very hyped people, we grab some bad news and spread it like hot horns everywhere, it is important to learn not to do this, war cannot be without a plan, so not it happens, i thank you, thank you for clarifying this moment, in particular, petro chernyk, a military expert, a colonel of the armed forces of ukraine, a guest of our broadcast, we talked about the situation at the front , including what to expect from that time, which will come next, the provision bill security aid to ukraine and israel was blocked in congress. from the united states of america. republicans insist that measures to control immigration at the us-mexico border should be strengthened. during the vote, which could start the discussion of the draft law, the votes were divided into 45 for and

48 against. therefore, the necessary 60 votes were not obtained, which means that the document did not pass for consideration by the senate. a package of more than 110 billion dollars will be blocked. more than half of which is aid to ukraine. shortly before the vote, he spoke before the congress american president biden with a call for support for aid, and after the vote, the us president called his failure political blackmail. our colleague from the voice of america, kateryna lisunova, worked in the congress the day before, what is the dispute between the republicans and the democrats and whether they will be able to come to an agreement. details from her further. on wednesday , the united states senate was scheduled for the first procedural vote on the consideration of the aid package for ukraine, israel, taiwan, the united states and other need. president biden made a corresponding package request for $106 billion back in august of this year. before starting the debate on this bill, the white house

held closed briefings on the situation in ukraine, separately for the house of representatives and the senate. however, in the senate, the meeting turned into a loud dispute about border security and whether to include a more brutal migration policy in the aid package for kyiv. the briefing was immediately admired by republican leader mcconnell. he had the first question, and instead of address our speakers, he called on senator lankford to open a five-minute conversation about border negotiations, which was not the purpose of the meeting at all. then when i brought up the idea that the republicans could bring their own amendment and be able to do something at the border, they just stuck, they didn't like it. some even started shouting at one of the generals and asking him why he was not going to the border. it started out pretty bad, but ended up a little better.

there was great tension in the room because no one did not raise the issue of our border. you know that most republicans believe that we need to fix the problem at the border. so, here is the way forward. you will get strong republican votes for ukraine, israel, and taiwan if you add to the bill. real measures to secure our borders so we can deal with one of the biggest national security challenges i've seen in my tenure, another unexpected twist during the briefing was the lack of a pre-announced video message of president zelskyi to senators about the state of events in ukraine. president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy, by the way, was unable to make a video address during our special briefing on ukraine, something happened at the last minute. for the next day on wednesday , democrat majority leader chuck schumer called for a vote on a procedural resolution that would have opened debate on the aid package, but

republican leader mitch mcconnell said his colleagues would vote against it. the question before the senate today is simple but important. will the senators agree? start a debate? just a debate? today in the second half. today, the senate will vote on whether to move forward with additional funding for the security of america, the security of democracy, and the future of the war in ukraine. senate republicans will vote against the bill, which does not seriously address america's top national security priorities. as we have repeatedly said in recent weeks, legislation that does not include policy changes related to the security of our borders will not pass the senate. thus, currently the main one the dispute between the republicans and democrats is in what format to put

aid to ukraine to the vote and whether to combine it with the demands of the republicans to change the legislation on the migration policy of the united states. kateryna lisunova, voice of america, washington. vladimir putin arrived on a visit to the united arab emirates. in abu dhabi, putin held talks with the country's leader alnakhayan, first as part of a delegation, and then face to face. press secretary dmytro piskov said that during the entire flight to landing. abud, putin's plane was escorted by su-35-s fighters. the ministry of defense of the russian federation published a video of what appears to be the escort of putin's plane. the russian president was met with honors, the involvement of aviation, large crowds, actually meetings and horses. on the way to the presidential palace, putin's motorcade was met by the military of the united arab emirates, and at netaka they left traces in the colors of the russian flag. the planes made at least two circles along putin's route.

the russian president said. that the relationship between countries reached an unprecedentedly high level, it was a quote, and the united arab emirates is russia's main trading partner in the arab world, russian media outlets rianovosti and interfax report. putin also announced that he would discuss the palestinian-israeli conflict and the war against ukraine with his colleague. i note that the meeting took place against the background of news about russia's oil export earnings in october 2023. they decreased by 25 million dollars. compared to september as global oil prices fell and the united states imposed sanctions against vessels that violate western restrictions. next, putin had a meeting in saudi arabia with crown prince mohammed al-saud, and on december 7 he will receive iranian president ibrahim raisi, already in russia. analysts of the institute for the study of war believe that these meetings are aimed at strengthening russia's position in the persian gulf countries, at the same time as deepening the russian-iranian partnership

in the military sphere. i will remind you that the russian president has been wanted by the international criminal court since march 23, he is accused of illegal deportation ukrainian children from the occupied territories. the united arab emirates and saudi arabia do not accept the jurisdiction of this court. this is putin's fourth international trip in two months. in october, he visited kyrgyzstan and china, and in november, kazakhstan. let's discuss putin's visits to other countries with ours. mykola davydyuk, political scientist joins our broadcast, i welcome you. good day, congratulations. let's start, perhaps, with what is happening in the united states of america, what do you think the bill on providing aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan did not pass a procedural vote in the united states senate. this is the expected course of events, and is it not, and how dangerous is it for ukraine at the moment? well , it is clear to us that it is dangerous. yesterday they said that the united states had 6 billion dollars left to

help ukraine. and this is practically all the military aid and it is running out, 175 million that was announced yesterday by mr. biden, for which we are obviously grateful, but this is clearly not enough for victory and for to advance further and liberate ukrainian territories, and it seems to me that this blackmail really goes beyond the limits of reason, due to the fact that political pressure and manipulation should not go beyond the red lines of the national interests of the united states itself, that is, of ukraine. it is clear, i think, i think that there is still a certain time gap, it can be at least until christmas negotiations, it is clear that it is important for each party to get its budget and to win over the other side, well, because we see that this is the last budget before presidential elections, i.e. to show yourself more in the budget process.