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glory to heroes. bahmud and activation of the enemy. how strongly the enemy has become active, in general, what it is now, the enemy's attempt to advance. at what level is the plus-minus and what resources is the enemy currently using in the bakhmud direction. good afternoon, studio, good afternoon, dear viewers, thank you for your question. in the direction of bakunut, the enemy continues its offensive actions, activates, continues. in some areas in the direction of ivanivske, klishchiivka, andriivka, the enemy is trying to seize and control the heights in order to weaken our logistics, but i still believe that the main events are taking place west of bakhmut, where the enemy began this week to carry out offensive actions in the direction settlement of yar times, it is clear that the enemy is concentrating on it. if

last week he simply worked this settlement with artillery, now he does not stop trying to advance. if successful, what we will not allow it, the enemy, if the city is captured, will be able to choose the direction of the further offensive, it can be kostyantynivka, druzhkivka, kramatorsk or slovyansk, and then go to the administrative borders of the donetsk region. accordingly, russian. the generalship does not count with losses, if they can put hundreds of people to death this morning, in the evening hundreds more mobilized will be drawn up to them, which they will simply send forward the next day, no one counts them, no one takes care of them, uh, accordingly, equipment personal staff, why were they mobilized, if earlier their convicts were without any equipment at all, now i see... the staff

is equipped with their helmets, body armor, but traditionally, ordinary assault rifles, kalashnikovs and no more than four magazines for them. also, we've seen mosin rifles that used sniper rifles in world war ii and the decade after that war in waves, they conduct offensive actions. in our fourth brigade of operational assignment, there is a turning point. in contrast to them, we protect personnel, respectively we use artillery on these waves , and also try to hit the calculations of their gunners, well, accordingly, we not only shoot down drones of the fpv type or adjustments, we are now more trying to reach a new level and hit the very calculations that launch these drones, while we are successful, mr. serhiy , according to... what is intelligence, the main

intelligence department of the ministry of defense, i mean, the russians in the trenches are mowing with muscle fever, do you know anything about what is happening there now in terms of this information, how tangible is it now? look, both we and the russians have been conducting hostilities for more than a year, that is , they were there last winter, they were there this winter, i think this is very strong. if the problem is publicized, i think the bigger problem is that they have personnel, they have reserves, they are much more than ours, this is the problem, and not to focus on mouse fever, and most importantly, they have personnel, more well , no more, they have their bags washed out, they do not fully understand why they are here, they go forward, but accordingly... if eh

we carry out counter-offensive actions, we attack them, eh, and there is an opportunity to take them prisoner, eh, then in most cases the enemy eh does not surrender, he undermines them. myself , and also literally yesterday we observed such a case when, after unsuccessful assault actions , the enemy tried to reach our trenches ee to our e trenches, then simply, as they call it, brothers, brothers, simply shot this serviceman in the back, that is, no geneva conventions they do not know international humanitarian law, but what they have is mice just their hygiene, because they are used to living like this, and all these... the mechanisms of combating them have already been worked out, and you just have to, you just have to watch yourself, your dugout. mr. colonel, what is the enemy's situation with ammunition, yes, in particular, it is about artillery shells, it is also about mines for various mortar systems. everything, everything

in comparison, if with the beginning of the war the enemy’s firepower has decreased very significantly , they... apply it pointwise, concentratedly, if you take it into account, then the firepower from the beginning of the war, as they wings with squares, it has decreased a lot , about three or four times, it’s 100%, well, but they have ammunition, they have guns, and clearly they are still ahead, so far they have the upper hand in this regard, mr. sergey , another question for you, yesterday at the press conference , president zelenskyi spoke... about the need to mobilize approximately half a million additional conscripts, and he is against the fact that the mobilization must be carried out among women, but he is now we are actually talking about men and the possible lowering of the age of mobilization from 25 years, as in general, that's what

you and your comrades are thinking about the process of mobilization and the fact that, after all, i know, many soldiers are waiting for the law on demobilization to be passed after all. and someone will come to replace them at the front, now we have the biggest war in europe since the second world war, and we definitely need mobilization, whether someone likes it or not, you can hear a lot of advice from our citizens, how to conduct it , from our european colleagues, but during the second world war, no one did this mobilization conducted, we are waiting for mobilization, first of all we are waiting for mobilization , uh, to be in time, the most important thing, uh, to be in time to train the personnel so that it does not happen that

people are mobilized and immediately sent to conduct hostilities, this is prohibited by law, and accordingly, this is not an approach, that is, we have a brigade, the fourth brigade has a well-developed mechanism of training, the personnel who are mobilized to us, then accordingly replenishes the units after training on the training ground, it replenishes the units that are now yes, regarding demobilization, our brigade is partially made up of mobilized people, and before that they were teachers, businessmen, drivers, sellers, now they are soldiers, these... heroes are golden people, and the question is, if we now we are demobilizing, inexperienced , unfired personnel will come, and they will bear more losses than they will together, they will jointly perform tasks on the battlefield, that is , first you need to transfer experience and let

people rest and look at the situation that is being created, about demobilization so far it is too early to speak, mr. colonel, what is the situation in... the night of the bakhmut district, in particular , it is about belogorivka and not only about it, how actively is the enemy trying to develop its offensive actions there? the enemy carries out point offensives, he gropes, he can grope in one direction or for the next day, or on the same day he can try to carry out offensive attempts after 5 km, 10 km. i.e., he is looking for weak points for a probable already concentrated offensive, well, for now , his main attention and reserves are drawn to settlement in the district of bakhmut settlement. aviation, how much has the enemy

stepped up using aviation now? currently, the weather conditions are not favorable. the use of aviation, but if there is a window, then he uses it, there are very fogs, rain is a dream. about the use of aviation, while, thanks to the weather, we encounter it less. and as for the cabs and the so-called air bombs, we know that they are actively using them in the kherson region, in the south, and what is your direction now regarding the use of such means? in the past weeks, the main focus, the main direction of aviation, aviation work was in the settlement. that is, last week they tried, one might say, to wipe

this settlement off the face of the earth, and that's where they actively used cabs, they also use nurses, from helicopters, on infantry positions, but now over the past 3-4 days this activity has subsided. thank you, serhii sidorin, battalion commander of the tactical group of the fourth bro op, national guard of ukraine, the colonel was in touch with us, they talked about... the operational situation in the bakhmut area and not only, but also other military topics were touched upon, including, now we have a few minutes of pause and we will come back to you, so do not switch, espresso continues to work, the information marathon continues, turn on well, this is when everything is as you want, click and you are in the world of cartoons, click and around the universe of cinema, then on the good, what is necessary. megogo, turn on hundreds of channels, thousands of movies and sports. there are discounts on phyto broncholithin, 15% in

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telekanalus information day in rozpol serhii taran , a political scientist, is in touch with us, and marta liyarnyk and i discussed all the most important things, so to speak , off the frame, warming up for the conversation with serhii taran. glory to ukraine, mr. serhiy. a hero glory to you. well, we watched yesterday's memorable and unforgettable press conference of the president of ukraine, volodymyr oleksandrovich zelenskyi. yes, and accordingly. i would like to ask you about your individual impression as a long-term active political analyst and sociologist, because society puts a lot on social networks. question marks in certain directions. so, why do you think the president answered exactly the way he could, for example, not answer, well there are elements of familiarity, some elements like that emotionality you have a word. the most important conclusion from yesterday's press conference of the president is that the information policy in

ukraine must be changed. and what may have been useful at the beginning of the war is now. does not work anymore, now we need an honest conversation and direct answers and talk about very difficult issues that society is currently worried about. we need to talk about possible scenarios of war, about the issue of mobilization, which is currently worrying many, we need to talk about the difficult international situation and why it happened that we have, well, let's say it mildly in other words, there were failures in international politics. and what needs to be done to correct them, we need to talk about the economy, about demography, we need to talk honestly, because if we talk in the style of a single telethon, then people will simply stop believing, and it is very bad when during a war they can stop believing in the head of state, therefore, it is really necessary to change the information policy,

even before the war, zelenskyi's team was always strong in one thing, they knew how to sell the future, they... talked about the future, about future things that are about to happen, and will happen a great miracle, and this habit has remained now, and here we constantly hear that something so significant is about to happen, well, there or there tanks will be added, or they will arrive, or there will be a counterattack, and then, when it is not justified, this ends with disappointment and new questions, but i think it should be changed, that's why i think that there should be people in the president's team... they should finally propose new rules of information policy in ukraine, it is definitely necessary to cancel this single telethon, because the brightest its result is that that trust in almost everyone, and the attention, the overwhelming attention of citizens, that's all they learn, they learn from telegram channels, well, it

's generally possible to let in television, that no one will watch it, and this, that's why i think that the most the main conclusion is that it must be changed... it is clearly outdated and does not meet the requirements and challenges that are currently being faced. mr. sergey, you already mentioned telegram channels, and we have a rather dangerous trend that millions of anonymous telegram channels, which in fact violate any journalistic standards, spread fakes, make jeans and the like, they have absolutely no legal responsibility for themselves, although they broadcast. it is for an audience of millions, meanwhile zmi, who adhere to these standards, who have a certain legal and moral responsibility, is actually equated to these telegram channels, and i was surprised by the reaction of the spokesman of the president nikiforov, who says: they say, ukrainians consume information from there, so we we have to take this into account, but at the same time he did not say that the authorities

must explain to ukrainians what it is dangerous to consume information from such sources because there may be. there may be russian propaganda and further down the list , what can you say about it, do you think it was right to invite such telegram channels and in this way to explain their appearance at this press conference, well telegram channels that do not bear responsibility, it is not exactly a source of mass information, it can be a means of mass communication, there can be some kind of targeted communication, but there is no such thing in telegram channels... or at least someone there at least tries to adhere to broadcasting standards, which in our country are sometimes called bbc standards, i.e. balanced presentation of information, clear reference to sources, these are all standards that not even all foreign-ukrainian such traditional media adhere to, well, at least those who try to adhere to the channel, then

there is not even visibility in telegram channels, and therefore, of course, the requirements for telegram channels are completely different, and the standards for providing information... i would not equate them, you know, i think that the attention to telegram channels, which is now obvious, is is as a result of this, when people do not trust all the channels that are gathered under one umbrella, which is called a marathon, then people are still looking for information somewhere, they are looking for it on the internet, channels, and this is a consequence, so the main lesson should be that , that we want a balanced, honest... military censorship during the war should definitely remain, but there are many political and social issues that need to be discussed on television, respecting the standards,

putting all the positions that exist in society, and then attention to telegram channels will not be so high, i believe that the fact that only in ukraine, probably, such attention is paid to telegram channels, compared to other mass media, well, this is a very disturbing story, especially during the war, when any information can be thrown , people... will believe it, by the way, look, well , now we are talking about a hybrid, we are now talking about the fact that modern war is not just troops, it is information, it is the level of consciousness of citizens, if we allow such tools as anonymous telegram channels to shape consciousness citizens, then this is simply a threat to national security, and the reason for this is the current information policy of the single marathon, which definitely needs to be changed. look, mr. serhiy, well, probably the key story, everyone wants to hear us, your opinion on the relationship between the supreme leader and the leader,

general valery zaluzhny, so we understand that the president seemed to explain, but did not give a clear answer to all the perhaps even unvoiced questions, on the one hand, on the other hand, remember, at the time of the previous president petro oleksiiovych, ukrainian wise outfit corrected. it's like these pictures, i'm not your dear, well , we go out accordingly, he's not you, he 's not valera, so there's a kind of familiarity, we understand that people can have their own working relationships there, here we, for example, there, marta and i address each other, yes, and that's normal, but here , well, it's as if the press conference is official, yes, the war, a huge responsibility, that is , there is also such an element of familiarity here, what can this indicate, or maybe on the contrary it is a plus, well, that is, such a working, trusting relationship, and it is possible to address

each other in this way, so to speak, well, if the person addressed was there, he would answer, then it would probably be more normal, when, i think, it is not familiarity, but you know, i i think it's very bad if... in communication with our international partners, because international partners, something started happening in the most interesting place, communication started to disappear, you see, you say that we don't have any kind of information security, well, nothing. now we will restore, we hope, a stable connection with serhiy taran, well, an extremely interesting topic, well, you know, i just wanted to add to what you said, the presence of foreign media, well, that is, you know, when it was some kind of domestic press conference where only ukrainian media were present, well, that's a plus or minus , i could still understand, but when we talk about the fact that the world media are invited there, they hear it too, well, it's not very, as it

suits me the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, i mean the commander-in-chief of our army and the president of ukraine. no, well , of course, here, i think that it is necessary to exhibit well, so to speak, a certain normativity. in external communication, we understand, there is one thing, there is a closed story, well, when there people turn to each other one by one, another thing is really publicity, well serhiy taran, i think, now we will be told everything, he will tell us in sequence, let's go back sergey, congratulations, well, it seems to me that familiarity is appropriate when there are two people, and these two communicate with each other familiarly, if it happens in public, there is nothing like that when the address is in absentia, well, it is somehow so, well, not quite . appropriate, but even now i generally, well, here it is not even a question of human attitude, here it is a question of the very style of communication by society, because this is not done for one person, it is done for the whole

society, and society needs specific answers, it does not need any emotional passages, any such things that are unacceptable for such public communication with the whole country, i think that if this is the style of communication, for example with our international partners, then it is generally very... not anymore good because anyone, well, international partners, they can only speak in the language of arguments, the language of mathematics, the language of numbers, the language of evidence and the language of arguments, any other style of communication is unacceptable for them, i would really not like such a style of communication, well you call it familiar, let it be so , it also applies to our international partners, so i want to emphasize once again that yesterday's press conference shows the need to change the information policy in principle, because even this one, which is now, it... inspires that trust among citizens, which is necessary, and it does not provide answers to those questions that are currently worrying society. the result of the current information policy

will be that people will read the telegram channel. will go to the internet and do not always find correct, clear , balanced and, most importantly, truthful information there, and marana is clueless with her passages, so to speak, which she regularly publishes on her social networks, she formulates on her own whether it is possible some specific request from certain circles, well, because some such a focus is taking place in it, well, you know, well, let's make such logical assumptions, if we are talking about... the existence now in a state of war of this special information policy, then someone is conducting this policy, well, maybe it is interesting to someone, although i would very much i wanted it to be her own initiative, because the things that she writes and distributes, well, they do not work to strengthen the defense capability of the ukrainian state, so i would say this, how diplomatically, i would really like it to be her initiative, only her initiative, but it is

justified doubts about this, well... in any case, we no longer see in the position, so to speak, in the verkhovna rada, until recently the representative of the president fedir venislavsky decided to concentrate on other equally important tasks, and what do we have a new representative? we have a new representative, and what is interesting, mr. serhiy, is that it is halyna mykhailiuk, about whom we actually knew almost nothing until now, how do you perceive this appointment as quite, let's say, an unknown person. for such an important position as the president's representative in the verkhovna rada? well, i don't know, this will be a very not honest answer, i don't know what the results of the work will be, let's see. the only thing that i am sure of is that one of the tasks facing the government now is to restore the authority of the verkhovna rada, because we actually do not have, well, now the deputies do not have the opportunity to speak publicly, they cannot perform

their functions, moreover, all the troubles that happen in the country are very often blamed on them, and this, by the way, is fueled by the same telegram channels that we are talking about talked about, that is why i would very much like this appointment of the president to coincide with the intentions to restore the authority of the verkhovna rada, as the body that, in particular, should deal with international politics, communicate with society, communicate with other leaders of other countries, this is also what the verkhovna rada should do in part , but i would very much like it to happen, if it happens and the position... the president will also be nominated in the verkhovna rada and every initiative will be wrapped up, i think, then we will talk about the results, but now we only have, sir sergey, forgive me, we have a minute and a half, but i really want you to react, yesterday there was a question about the unity government, and zelenskyi was very yes, you know, well, vaguely, but he made it clear that there will be no unity government, that it is enough the team with which he works, what do you think about it and why zelensky actually does not want to let the people, the technocrats,

who were talked about, into the government. even if they are from other political forces, this is political jealousy, it is possible to want to take all the responsibility on yourself, and i think that this is not strategic history, if at the very beginning of the war we had a government of national unity, then there would be joint responsibility, then, by the way, there would be no need to worry about a single telethon, because when there is joint responsibility, then, accordingly, there will be no sharp political battles in principle , it cannot be, so it would be a correct story, but unfortunately, it did not happen, by the way, it is not too late to make such a government of national unity, because it will at least give the authorities the opportunity to accept, even if not popular, but solutions are needed, that's for sure it will be better for everyone, including the president. thank you serhiy taran, a political scientist, was in touch with us, they talked about yesterday's final annual press conference of president volodymyr zelenskyi. now we pass the floor to our news editor, who will share with us the most relevant news, in general. news

for the moment, because now a lot is happening around us and it is very important that you, our viewers, know about all the most important events, including those that are happening around us now, as of 3 p.m., and we will little by little, little by little to pass the word to our news editorial office, which is already about to happen, but people 's deputy baloga, while we are talking with you, has left the parliamentary group for the future, that's what happened, so we understand that they are starting to... lose some political confidence , different, different deputy, informal and formal formations, the former servant of the people, and now a non-factional people's deputy bohdan torokhtii, joined the group. this is an interesting story. well , iryna koval, who is ready to share with us and you, our viewers, what is now happening and what you need to know. iru, we pass the floor. thank you, marta, indeed, in a moment i will tell you about the most important events at this

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