the advance of the yar did not slow down its pace, on the contrary, it intensified. this week, thanks to massive strikes by fpv drones and artillery, the rashtites managed to push back the zsu to a distance of about 3 km from the positions between bohdanivka and ivanovsky to the outskirts of chasovoy yar , 2.5 km from the nearest enemy position. the city is preparing for defense, because as it turned out, it did not have a properly prepared line of defense. coal mining direction. is the second most important after avdiyvka, here the occupiers want to get behind the defense forces in ugledar and significantly collapse the front line in this part of donetsk region. currently, the fighting is going on around the village of novomykhaivka, which the enemy is storming from three sides. in seven days, the rashists managed to enter the eastern outskirts of the village, and also approach it again from the south. in addition, they were able to make their way several hundred meters along the road between the sweet and watery villages. they also expanded the area of ​​their control to the north of this road. to be able to attack

the defenders of novomykhaivka, even from the rear. another group of the armed forces of the russian federation is breaking through from the northern side, where they are from of occupied maryinka continue to attack the village of pabeda. delineating in this way the beginning of the formation of a large ring around the villages stretching to the west of novomykhaivka. southern front, zaporizhzhia. the armed forces of ukraine had unexpected successes on the southern front. there, according to general ternavskyi , the russians lost in just a day. 645 troops, and in a week almost 3,000, although the front line here did not undergo significant changes, however, the defense forces occupied a gray area south of kamianskyi, bloody battles continue around robotiny, the front line, oscillates in one direction, then in the other. on the western flank of the operation, the armed forces of ukraine managed to significantly push back the invaders in the direction of the village of kopani. destruction of the russian military economy. over the course of a week, our drones struck

the ilsk and afipsk oil refineries in the krasnodar territory, located not far from each other. in addition, as the russians themselves say, planned work caused a fire at an oil refinery in moscow. thanks to the attacks on oil depots and oil plants in ukraine in january-february managed to reduce the january export of russian gasoline by 37%, addis fuel by 23%. and this is only the beginning. also, a factory that manufactures, repairs and services has caught fire in moscow. planes could another planned mushroom explosion occurred in izhevsk at a factory that produces rocket engines, in particular for iskanders, death to the enemy. well, i can also add that literally this morning it became known that today such a gur made an unexpected gift, the destruction of the large landing ship caesar kunikov, we already talked about him, but it is interesting in that, well, first, it was destroyed by a naval drone. magura v5, and the second thing is that

the caesar kunikov itself is practically the second ship of this size after moscow, and which the russians have there at all, and well, this is a big enough target, a good target, it was most likely used for the transportation of ammunition, because now these ships are landing ships, they are used mainly, as you know, such auxiliary to the crimean bridge for... various carts, well, such, well, as if the bridge is still such a sea, well, and it is very good , in fact, very good, it is already in berdyanska was damaged on march 25, 2022 , and now he was so badly affected , you see, he exploded brightly, so i hope that he had something like that on him. a lot

of ammunition, in principle a very successful good operation, well , let’s move on to the conversation, we are talking to mykola mykola volokhov, the commander of the tera air reconnaissance unit as part of the third separate assault brigade, congratulations mr. mykola, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, and actually if we talk about the destruction of this ship, then we are literally successful, well, ours is possible say unmanned systems that are developing and this is actually. a drone strike, besides , a separate command has now been created, well, such unmanned forces, unmanned there, one can say so, in the composition of the armed forces of ukraine, the announcement of their creation, and i wanted to ask you about it right away, maybe you can already see it somehow , or heard what exactly should happen, because we see that drone units are in all defense forces, and even the sbu. gur

in each unit there is more or less in each brigade, this is the general command, it should somehow unite them, but is there anything heard about it at all? look, of course, it’s very nice that they create such a thing, drones are very different, they fly and drive on land, and swim on water, and swim under water, and the most important thing is that they replace people, yes, that is, us, we we can save human lives, we can save human lives using unmanned technologies, if we talk about such things, you know, right now, let's put it differently, first of all, i want to say that the creation of such forces is very good. they still there is no project, as i understand it, the president has ordered the cabinet of ministers and the general staff to create a project, and the project will be developed for the time being, and then it will be presented, i do not know whether it will be a public presentation or not, but it is a movement in the right direction, and with about this, you know, there is a lot of

talk about it now in various units, whether drones will and should be taken away from brigade battalions. ground troops, yes, paratroopers, special forces, certainly do not need, and i sincerely believe that no one will do, well, this simply contradicts common sense, it is necessary to build up unmanned vehicles, not shuffle them around, and i am sure that this is exactly the way ukraine will go, and what are your thoughts on this topic, well, i will be honest, we have many friends, yes as it is our profile , it was discussed, and there are several... main opinions, at the stage of the formation of this project, the formation of the project and the project will be successful depending on whether those specialists who, in the first two years of the war, showed results by working directly unmanned means at the front , and it is very easy to understand which teams these are, who

has a lot of impressions, who hit the enemy a lot effectively, that is effective, it is worth consulting with that, at the second stage of team formation, whether such people will be involved in... the team and who will be in this team in general, and in the third stage, you know, already here, how this whole team will work, but i am sure that if the first two stages are carried out correctly, then the probability of success will be extremely high, unmanned forces must be built up, and i repeat again, not in any if these means are not to be taken away from those units in which they are already effectively used, well, there is hope that this will be taken into account, because the newly appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine became colonel vadym sukharevskyi, who will actually be responsible for unmanned systems, and he himself was the commander of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade, which included one of the most famous

units that specialized in drones, the birds of madeira, so he probably has experience and understands it in general, well, himself subject, let's hope. that will be taken into account, we will return to this conversation, i want to ask you a little bit about the situation under the time gap, since i understand that it is at least close to you, and there appeared an assessment of such a group site, which said, that actually under the time gap, well, such an advance of the russian troops took place, to a large extent thanks to the very... effective use of drones, and it also revealed the weakness of our, well, let's say, our defensive positions, well, first of all, are you somewhere do you share that it is precisely thanks to drones and such, er, and secondly,

do you share the opinion that there really are weak or insufficiently equipped positions, here as an assessment and... what as a result, you know, if the position could not withstand the onslaught of the enemy, accordingly, it was weak, weak relative to this onslaught, everything in this world is relative, everything is also relative in the war, it was weak relative to the onslaught, from any, you know, you have to be able to recognize some of your shortcomings and shortcomings , draw conclusions from this and to improve, i know that in this direction. the armed forces of ukraine, my unit, for which i can say with confidence, is actively working on the implementation, that is, the purchase, search, purchase and implementation of radio electronic warfare, they recently purchased 10 complexes for conducting

radio electronic warfare, they have not yet arrived, we still have that there is only one, but soon they will arrive and we will feel much safer against enemy kamikaze fpvs. and again there is a question whether we are weak or the russians are strong, certainly, russia is a serious enemy, and if anyone thought that they can... if we have had some success recently, then this is a victory, the end of the war, and russia will not show us anything new, these people were wrong , reality shows that, we must be prepared for the fact that russia will still try to break our defenses, our task is to hold on and prevent it from doing so, that's how i see it all, i think that there is no catastrophe yet, but we have to very... draw conclusions from what is happening at the front, and we are very active to adapt, we have the right to make mistakes.

and tell me, you know, a simple logical question arises, if the use of uavs there was successful, well, so is our active use of uavs, it means that now the russians, at least in this aspect , prevail, or were there simply some other additional factors , something extra that made it easier for them. work, you know, there is such a thing as the initiative on the battlefield, sometimes the one who takes the initiative gets the operational advantage, the one who goes on the offensive, because the one who works as the number one, who shows the initiative, can gain an advantage from the effect of not unexpectedness, yes, but then it all balances out, here, let’s say, you need not only somewhere... the enemy’s defense, but also to knock out the enemy’s positions, you still need to occupy them, you need

to gain a foothold, i observed many times, both on our side and on the enemy's side, when an operational success is achieved, but it cannot be fixed, and the losses that follow, or the losses that follow when this success is fixed, are not proportionate to the fact that what is the fight for, so for example jumped into... the landing quickly knocked out a small, small contingent of fpv drones there, jumped into the landing, and then you have to occupy it, yes, and then, when the logistics for occupying the landings take place, fpv starts working, enemy drones, everything is destroyed, it is impossible to hold the landing, and the question arises, why did we do it at all, so time will tell, i think that it is necessary to observe and so far it is too early to draw conclusions, in general, in war, you need to be quite balanced in your judgments, well... well, because on kanu costs a lot, i will repeat again

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so we continue the conversation, our previous guest was forced to disconnect, well, you know, the war

is going on and it is impossible to keep a person to us for a long time. yehor firsov joined us, he is a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, and he was in the company of attack uavs near avdiivka , he was there for a long time, i congratulate yehor, i wish everyone good health, and i will actually say this, that we strongly encourage you to also join the collection for attack fpv drones , just for mr. yehor's subdivision, number card, i will ask that it be taken out and that it stay with us here. no, no, that's not it, please find me the right collection, and, well, it 's also very important, because, here, please look, we'll have it on the air as well, i hope, for sure , and please join in, because drones are needed , without them, well, no way, you already heard from

our previous conversation how important it is in general, well, actually, let’s talk right away, about the situation near avdiivka, as much as you can about to talk about it, because we all do we see that there's been russian access to our own logistics routes , how critical is that in general, and how do you assess, you know, the possibility, i would say, of counterattacking and pushing them out of there, with the forces that we have there now, i understand , it 's a difficult enough question, well, as much as you can... evaluate it, yes, well, yes, let's, let's probably

redial, because, well, see, there are some problems, i'll remind you again , just about... this fee, which is specifically for fpv drones for yegor firsov's unit under avdiivka for his uav company , please take a look at this card number, well, actually , i will tell you a little about the situation there, well, in addition to what was on our card, several interesting events took place there, well , first of all, the 110th brigade , who held her place in avdiivka for months on... she is now being taken out for rotation, other forces are being introduced in her place, well, i won't say who they are yet, as if they are talking about it, but they don't announce it officially, but then i don't i will announce, and also at night the defense forces burned down the column the enemy near avdiivka, there the russians were preparing to transfer equipment to avdiivka, but

it was destroyed between verkhny toretsk and kamianko , well, that's also quite good, that is, it... didn't reach avdiivka, but in general, as you saw, it was quite active there the artillery is working, the russians have pulled up, they are constantly working with aviation, this greatly complicates the situation, well, that is, in principle, now we can say that avdiyivka is such, you know, the center where a lot of russian forces are drawn, so it is quite, quite difficult there, well that's actually the story, he really said about the fact that it is very difficult in avdiivka, it is much easier for us, because we work a little on a stretcher, and here we are, well, in a certain area, where it is much easier,

much easier, but everything is visible, you know for sure, that avdiivka is one of my native places, because my grandmother lived there, i started my service in avdiivka, so, well, we hear and feel all the cabs that are dumped there. according to the way the earth vibrates, although our positions are located, well, not in avdiivka, but kilometers away from it, here and there, in fact , every day, of course, there are certain, let’s say so, lull, and now, sometimes it is even strange and unusual to feel lull, but nevertheless, then everything begins with new waves, we see with aerial reconnaissance and... and the fists of the enemy, and tightened equipment, and the movement of permanent equipment, this is our task, here we , we are now, you are actually collecting for drones, which

are interfering with this logistics, because we are looking for the enemy directly on the roads, here they go, sometimes on a tank, sometimes on an armored personnel carrier, on an armored personnel carrier, they deliver something, sometimes just a ural goes, which... delivers either obc, or provisions, or transports personnel, it happens that we even found a sundial, and then they all go and then bang, with this 7-inch drone, but first the equipment stops, then the second, third, fourth, fifth drone strike and then the equipment burns, burns, here are approximately such frames as you see now on your screen. and so actually, well, our platoon works every day directly helping our infantry, this is very, very important, just imagine,

i'll tell you a few moments, when i prepare the guys for an operation, i always say that this is when the command tells us that it is necessary to make an impression, there is a warlock there, for example, is it a tank of some kind, it is not just a tank or some kind of gun, it is a gun that gives nightmares to our infantry, and our infantry is very... very difficult, i myself have repeatedly i sat under mono -missile fire and under fire when a tank or howitzer works, it is very, very, well, it is enough to say that it is very unpleasant, it is sometimes a disaster, and in order to stop enemy onslaughts, enemy attacks, drones are needed, drones are actively used, as from our side, so directly from avdiivka, the avdiivka brigade, which stands directly in avdiivka, even if... look, look at the statements of the orks in their public, they say that drones are now one of the only obstacles that interfere

they can directly advance on a large scale, because drones are very dynamic, it is very easy to take them into the air and hit exactly the target where you saw something, a group of infantry, for example, or a tank, for example, or sometimes there is such a story that you... fly, for example, on one target, and then bang and you see that tanks immediately, you fly directly to the tank, so there are different situations, drones are a significant advantage, now i have to say, for sure, that it is very, very difficult to fly directly from the avdiiv direction, because the enemy is insanely saturated with rebos, we, of course, have certain secrets , how to fool this guy, bypass it, i won't tell you in detail, but nevertheless , flying over avdiivka on drones is extremely important. it's difficult , the enemy probably took all the rap there, what does he have at all, well, in general, well , avdiivka is the most like that, you know, our position is strengthened, in fact, and of course

the fact that in general they were able to break through there, well , apparently, the use of not only rep, well , reinforced, there are probably some other reasons why they succeeded, and 100% rep. this is the only, let's say, element of what we simply face, well, let's say it. avdiivka, i know her very well, the guys sometimes show me a picture there during the operation and ask me where it is, and i immediately tell them: and it’s here and there, so i’ll tell you that not a single high-rise building has actually been destroyed, where a piece is torn off, or it is simply destroyed, or half of it is gone, there is not a single house, and this is by the way... it was a very big city, more than 30,000 people once lived there, and now the enemy dropped, well, according to some data, 600

aerial bombs, but i do not know the exact data, but i will definitely say that it is hundreds and hundreds , that is, a lot, every day a fab or a cab arrives there, well now every day 50 fabs or cabs fly there, well no, well, it happens, it happens in different ways, that is, sometimes it happens conditionally there are several, it happens that more than 70 were dropped on october 10, there was such a story, then they in fact, you know, there in my childhood i once saw in pictures a formidable one, yes, and i thought that the era of such wars was over, but no, the style of war, hostile, it has not changed, they just destroy the city, turning it, well, into ruins , that is, avdiyivka, which we all knew there, is gone, there are just ruins, there are literally several intact ones left there, more or less intact, there are more or less

equal, many floors. floors, as for how the enemy entered there, the story here is exactly the following, that they bypassed avdiivka, realizing that it is practically impossible to take it head-on, there are many very various, let's say, basements, defense structures directly in the city, factories, one of the factories is koksokhim, the largest coke-chemical plant in europe for a second, and they bypassed... their audio from the sides, and when they constantly poured into the positions, that is, they hit the positions, hit the positions, hit the positions, any whoop, just the dugout, it, well, it burns, it breaks, and actually turns into a position in which it is very difficult to hold the defense, and that is why the enemy is gradually advancing 100 m, 200 m, 300 m at a time, bearing heavy losses, so we

raise a mavik there or simply. then we fly our fivishka and fly through the actual cemetery, the cemetery, there are bodies and equipment, i will tell you even a small secret, and orientation is important for fpv pilots, that is, you take off and you have to fly there for several kilometers exactly and orientate yourself to some ponds, trees, relatively speaking, and for us very often orientation is in fact an enemy technique, because you fly out, for example, there a field, a forest plantation, a field, but it is very, very easy to orientate on burned tanks, even when they were covered with snow there and everything, everything is even for us, this is orientation, because there is a lot of equipment destroyed by the enemy, so , despite this destruction, they entered and advanced around avdiivka little by little, you repeatedly showed

this map, so to speak, making it difficult for us right now with logistics, that is, in avdiivka, well, it is not that it is easy to be there, it is not difficult to be there , it's hard to get there now, pass, because a reconnaissance drone is constantly hanging, but when the drone notices a moving target, just fp hangers, fp drones take off, and here, including those that work at night, so the logistics of the check-in are normal. avdiivka has deteriorated significantly, and now the check-in is a direct, well, there is a certain special operation, well, yes, well, but you know, in general, this, i would say, the whole battle for avdiivka, it shows that after all, when we don't have enough, well, such classic ammunition, artillery, uh, well, it's very problematic

to keep them. dear, because precisely the advantage in artillery, the superiority in aviation and the impossibility of shooting down this aviation, actually, well, it causes that there is a very, very strong roll, it 's just that they really cause the greatest destruction, well, a little bit, let's talk about another topic now, we're already with mykola volokhov they discussed a little about the creation of this unmanned force, which is the command itself and... the significance of sukharevsky for this position, and you know, i would like such a separate one, well, as if how to discuss how much of my, well, let's say , i had such communication with one of deputies, precisely the servants of the people, for whom, well, that's it.