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live now where you are, dear friends, we are back on the air, continuing our marathon. the national guard of ukraine rubizh is already in touch with us, mr. volodymyr, we welcome you, good morning studio, good morning tv viewers, for the sake of seeing and hearing you, mr. volodymyr, tell us first of all what the situation is where you are, on the eastern front in general, a tense situation remains in the eastern direction, the enemy continues to try and advance his forces to the detachments, groups of... more precisely, he is very abundantly watering with

artillery, mortars, various firearms, shelling the positions of the force defense, positions, in general, villages, settlements, landings, forests and everything that is there in the front-line zone, the enemy pours very abundant fire from all calibers from automatic weapons, machine guns, ending with artillery, tanks, which are actually used as cannons, which strike at a long distance not with direct fire, the enemy continues to use... everything he has at maximum speed, and in many places he tries to advance in small groups, because he perfectly understands that in large groups this will only mean increased losses. the line of defense generally remains stable, that is , all the attempts of the enemy and tons of ammunition, tons of scrap metal, which he pours, do not bring him success, do not bring any results for the enemy, and the enemy is nothing but incurring huge losses. in

personnel, in equipment, in armaments, in any the means he uses, but unfortunately, the situation remains tense, and difficult, and ah, the fact that the contact line, the fact that we are holding the front, is heroism, hundreds and hundreds and thousands of ordinary ukrainian soldiers, my brothers, from the defense forces, the armed forces of ukraine, from the national guard, and in particular our brigade, the fourth brigade of the rubizh national guard. actually, how did all these soldiers, your brothers, those who are currently protecting the peace of ukrainians in the rear, perceived yesterday's news that volodymyr zelenskyi dismissed the head commissar valery zaluzhnyi and appointed mr. syrsky instead. first of all, to be honest, the statement that was made, first of all, i was familiar with the statement of the commander-in-chief.

at the time of yesterday of the armed forces of valery zaluzhny, valery fedorovych, to whom i have unlimited authority, who has unlimited authority, to whom i have unlimited respect, who deserves. and earned his place in history as an outstanding military general, who at a critical moment did the almost impossible, to whom, whose authority drew all the armed forces forces of ukraine, and generally held the situation, held with his charisma, his will, his determination, his cunning, skills and abilities, and you can list many and many and many. his abilities as a military general who did the impossible , i repeat, that is why in the first place we got acquainted with his statement that he decided to resign, and to say that there are a lot of different

opinions in the army, among my brothers, the only thing i can to say, honor to the general, and boundless, boundless respect and gratitude... he really entered the history of ukraine, into the history statehood, and he saved at the present moment, one can say, he saved the ukrainian nation from defeat, from slavery and, but , unfortunately, the war continues, the struggle continues, and we must continue to destroy an occupier who continues to invade our land, who continues to destroy ukrainians, who continues... to destroy the peace and tranquility of our state. mr. volodymyr, i have another question, the washington post published a publication about the interview of ukrainian military personnel who complained that the personnel

the composition of the units sometimes does not reach 20%, that is , relatively speaking, only a fifth part, a third part, a quarter only of, for example, the number of battalions, is this a widespread problem of the armed forces of ukraine now, or do you observe this in your brigade? it is difficult for me to say for sure about the equipment, because first of all, this is a little bit of information that should not be known to the enemy, such as the number of certain units, the composition, the composition by units of certain military formations and the structure of the formations, this is not the information that which should be... publicly available in orguz, firstly, secondly, it is difficult for me to say, because there are different parts, there are different parts that perform in different places, different tasks, in different periods of time, after recovery, during recovery, after heavy fighting, it all affects the staffing

of military units, military units, but in any case, i would like to call to join the units, to join the defense forces, in particular to our brigade, to the units. artillery of the fourth brigade of the rubizh national guard, in any case there will be a place for everyone, for everyone there will be a task of working on his skills to a large single family of volunteers who are able to perform tasks and destroy the enemy, i can only give an answer in this way, ah, although on the other hand i perfectly understand that there is a problem, i perfectly understand that it is necessary to strengthen policy of mobilization, voluntary mobilization. men who are able to fight, who are able to fight, who are physically able, and those who have the desire and are responsible, have and understand that it is better to stop the enemy at the border, or unfortunately, where he is now, than somewhere where he will destroy

your, well, his homes there or destroy some currently peaceful settlements, villages, so it is better to stop the enemy now. here and reject and liberate our territories , thank you very much, mr. volodymyr, volodymyr nazarenko, an artillery officer of the fourth brigade of the national guard of ukraine rubizh, was with us, well , now we will talk a little about what actually happened yesterday, this did not come as a big surprise, as the issue of changing the leadership of the armed forces has been discussed for several weeks of ukraine was a topic of speculation for active discussion and caused a lot of misunderstandings, notices of resignation. the commander of the armed forces of ukraine , general valery zaluzhny, was both claimed and officially denied by representatives of the authorities, but yesterday evening on february 8, president volodymyr zelenskyi did replace valery zaluzhny with oleksandr syrskyi. by that time, syrskyi charmed the ground troops and

during his long military career distinguished himself in significant operations of the russian-ukrainian war. since the beginning of the war, syrskyi received awards from the president, twice as much even. than zaluzhny, by the way, he even received awards from poroshenko for the fact that the withdrawal and defense and then the withdrawal was quite successful, probably, i don't know, ukrainian visas. baltsov, where they say that syrskyi personally participated in the operation to plan the withdrawal of ukrainian troops from debaltsovo, we will see what is known about the new, new commander-in-chief, and then we will discuss his appointment with military expert serhiy dzgurets. oleksandr syrskyi was born on july 26, 1965 in the village novelty. oblast in russia. in 1986, he successfully graduated from the so-called

soviet westpoint, i.e., the moscow higher military command school, and began a military career. the new commander-in-chief passed all levels, from platoon commander to deputy chief of the general staff of the armed forces. started in 1986 as the commander of the motorized rifle platoon. already in 2002, he was appointed to command the 72nd mechanized brigade. it happened in 2013, he was the first deputy chief of the main command center of the armed forces of ukraine and was involved in cooperation with nato. so in in november of the same year, syrskyi, on behalf of the ministry of defense , discussed changes in the ukrainian army in accordance with the alliance's standards at the nato headquarters. with the beginning of hostilities in the east of ukraine, sirsky headed the ato headquarters. he was one of the commanders during the battles near debaltseve and voglehirsk. he also coordinated the bars group. which covered the withdrawal of ukrainian troops from debaltseve itself. for this operation, oleksandr syrskyi was awarded

the order of bohdan khmelnytskyi, third degree, and later he received the rank of lieutenant general. in 2016, he headed joint operational headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine. and in 2017, he commanded an anti-terrorist operation in the east of ukraine, which was later changed to a united forces operation. from may to august 2019, sirskyi was... the commander of the joint operational staff of the armed forces of ukraine. on august 5, 2019, he became the commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of ukraine. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia , it was syrskyi who was responsible for the defense of kyiv, for which he was awarded the title of hero of ukraine. in the fall of 2022, syrskyi was one of the commanders of the counteroffensive in kharkiv oblast. he of defense of ukraine named his name among the creators of victory of the armed forces of ukraine. atilants holding operations. on his shoulders in 2023, sirsky commanded the eastern group of troops, which

fought in the hottest areas of the front. at that time, he called the offensive battle near bakhmut, where thousands of ukrainian soldiers died, a matter of principle and a matter of honor. syrsky said that the armed forces could surround the city captured by the russians, but this did not happen. from the fall of 2023, he was in charge of the khortytsia operational-strategic group, which is responsible for the section of the front near kupyansk and lyman. here, the russians attack powerfully, and the ukrainians hold the defense. oleksandr rasyrskyi often goes to the front line and personally meets with the fighters at the hottest areas of the front. to analyze the battle tactics on the spot, identify problematic issues and support the fighters. you want to wake up rested and full of energy, but from the old. the whole body hurts all the time, you can't find a comfortable position on the sofa, you can't find a comfortable position, you need

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and there further on to kramatorsk, what is the direction of theirs, in fact, i feel the question is more about... rather , we should now concentrate our attention precisely on the complex in all areas, we first of all on avdiivka, where the enemy is trying to advance to the support line on which our... is trying to break through between koksokhim and avdiivka to just before the road, which is extremely important for our support, and until yesterday evening there were extremely difficult combat operations, in the morning i don't have any information about the changes there yet, but in any case, this is the most difficult part of the front today.

when we talk about the times and the situation around bakhnut, in fact, if we talk about the times, the enemy still needs to... advance to ivanovskoye, indeed, there they made attempts to move along the road to ivanovskoye from the north and from the south, but just yesterday evening i had a conversation with the officer who is behind the part of which is stationed in this area, he says that in principle the enemy is advancing there no, there is a lack of ammunition, there is bad weather, because you can only move there on tracked vehicles... and in any case, he says that our troops are holding back the enemy's advance there, and he first of all asked me what was going on in kyiv, that is, this an officer of such a high level at an imaginary level asks what is happening, what will be the consequences associated with the change of military leadership, because he says: my subordinates ask what this means, that is, it is

such a bell about what. .. actually the change of the commander -in-chief of the armed forces, it now raises certain questions for the armed forces, and then we can talk about the fact that this is a decision made by volodymyr zelenskyi, it is such a controversial decision, a rather difficult period of time, when the situation on all in the directions of the front is extremely difficult, and although we understand that when we talk about democratic countries, when... about military -civilian relations, about relations between the government and the military, usually in democratic countries politicians and civilians always have this upper hand over the military. because when such changes take place there, it is, relatively speaking, a political decision of the authorities within the limits of their powers and competence. well, actually, now

let's move on to what you hoped we would start with, to discuss yesterday's decision to resign volodymyr zelenskyi general zaluzhnyi and to appoint mr. syrskyi as the new chief. actually , ours is worried. viewers and i will ask you this too, it was heard yesterday, i think it will be heard today also in social networks, but in addition, and the western press also wrote about it, general mikrayyan called the hard-working intellectual leader who cares about the life of every soldier, after all, such fame is confirmed by the military, hard-working, middle-class survivors, but there are other reviews about mr. syrsky, about which, in particular... the western press also writes, they write that he is nicknamed received such, they call him general zhukov, yesterday, for example, i saw another such, i don’t know how, figurative such

a nickname, general 200, they say, mr. syrsky, for him the main goal is the goal, and not how the achievement of this goal can take away, cost the lives of military personnel. mr. serhiu. what do you say? well, in fact, when we talk about a military leader of various levels, he must ensure the effective functioning of the system, because when we talk about, relatively speaking, the effective existence of a military body, then, relatively speaking, there are four basic criteria that can be taken as a basis there, in particular there is trust in the mission, with our mission. of course, we have to ensure the defense of the country , knock the enemy out of our territory, trust in the senior commander, in the military commander, trust in your brother and trust in the weapon you use, all these

four components, in principle, they are important for any of the army that wants to achieve victory, when we talk about just that trust, then there are actually nuances here, which, of course , distinguish the diligent from the syrian, so that the level of trust that he enjoyed... of course, syrskyi, who is industrious with the military and civilians, will not use it, but i think that this is a challenge for syrskyi himself, who has now become the supreme military commander of the armed forces of ukraine, and if we remember the reaction zaluzhnyi, after the conversation with zelenskyi, he said that everyone has to change, everyone has to change in... in the conditions of war, this word is everyone, i think it has something to do with zelenskyi, and actually with syrskyi, who from one side is really result-oriented at any cost, it is

true, he has sufficient military experience, he is sometimes inclined to manage units of a lower level, which actually should not be. characteristic of a leader of such a high level, and i think that now it is rather necessary to consider not only the peculiarities of syrsky, but the fact that now i really hope that this team of young generals and colonels who have real combat experience, which zelensky mentioned in in his address, they will indeed be the point of crystallization of new changes, and these changes will also affect the methods of forceful demonstration of combatants actions, and on the introduction of those well... decisions, which will be based on the effective organization and conduct of hostilities, the preservation of personnel and the transformation of approaches to

the operational, tactical, and strategic level, because so far from the theses that he stated, in particular, volodymyr zelenskyi in these expected changes in the near future, which consists of eight points, i think that all of... half of these theses are simply declarative intentions that do not quite demonstrate an adequate perception of the situation, rather, these theses of zelenskyi are related to the expectation of changes , were written by his speechwriters, and they are rather directed at citizens who are not completely immersed in the specifics of military existence, military management, or, well, they do not completely demonstrate understanding by certain politicians themselves, how ... functions the army and who is responsible for all the components in order for us to be ready for effective defense and prospective offensive actions, because

relatively speaking... statements that we need an action plan for the 24th year, such a plan should already have been for a long time, and this is the responsibility and the stakes at which all our security forces gather and discuss approaches to what the state itself needs, because it is not the army that fights, the state fights, so the issue of fortification , and the defense of industry, and so on, that’s it components of defense plans, and not just a task there for syrsky, these things by... with the redistribution of equipment to the first to the brigades on the first line, there is the first line, there are reserves, and there and there, equipment is needed when it is lacking, so if you don't redistribute, it won't really affect the efficiency, the question of training officers , training soldiers, who must be trained, of course they must be trained, this is actually an axiom, which should not even be considered as a task, because it is actually the basis of

the introduction of any... combat operations, the question is for the headquarters , the reduction of staff officers, this is also a rather controversial issue, because the issue of quality management decisions at the level of staffs, this is just, well, also a challenge that i think will now be crystallized in view of the experience of those officers who, i hope, will really be appointed to management positions around syrsky and will be able to create a symbiosis for changes on the front line, although i think an even greater symbiosis is still needed. military and political leadership, so that it does not happen that now with these decisions, zelensky transfers all the need for changes and the search for new solutions to the military leadership, now he is trying to do something about this struggle, it is a struggle between the state and the athlete, it is a battle between the state and the enemy , and not only the armed forces of ukraine, these are the main theses that i , in any case, consider important to consider this is a controversial and difficult decision that

zelensky made yesterday, changing senior military leadership, mr. seria, by the way, here and finish this topic of these, as it is called, these points, what zelensky expects from the new head of the armed forces of ukraine, when i also read them, i could not get rid of the impression that some theses, it's just what maryana zaluzhna said before, well, starting with the realistic, detailed, i'll tell you, lord, again, maryana bezulova, of course, excuse me, mr. valery, so. and and and also these theses sound like some kind of complaints against the back of a deserving person, that is, about a general who does not know the front about the problems there with logistics and so on, low-quality training, that is , everything was bad with us, it turns out to be deserving, i simply do not understand, all these eight points, really they do not relate to real changes, they are

two/thirds simply... declarative things , and it is good that zaluzhna also spoke about the strategy in changes, because when i saw podolyak's comment, in general, it did not come to mind that he says, we need to change new approaches to tactics, and there we need to prevent the stagnation that has formed there on the front line, there we need to ensure changes in functioning there, when the podolyak says that we are changing the supreme. we change the commander-in-chief for some wrong tactical actions without understanding the strategy, then you know that, but i remind you of the famous thesis of sund sunji, when he said that, relatively speaking, strategy without tactics is the longest way to victory, and tactics without strategy is actually nonsense before defeat, relatively speaking, i don't want

that we descend to the level of so... let's honor with a moment of silence the memory of the ukrainian military and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war that... it was unleashed by russia.