a reliable and convenient tool from only uah 1,499 with the possibility of free delivery. check with consultants. the powerful strong saw is what you need. call february 20, the tenth anniversary of the russian armed invasion of ukraine. the beginning of the russian-ukrainian war and the annual day of the heroes of the heavenly hundred. bold humorous. we honor the feat of maidan residents with a moment of silence.

we continue the information hour on the espresso tv channel. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. in the former.

volodymyr sivkovich, deputy secretary of the national security council reported suspicion of treason. he was recruited by russia in the late 1990s, when he was a kgb personnel officer. an ex-official in the interests of the russian federation staged a provocation by beating the participants of the student square on november 30, 2013. he personally supervised the dispersal organized by him from the office of the kyiv police chief. then 55 participants were injured. peaceful assembly. these events, as emphasized by the sbi, led to a socio-political crisis and the strengthening of separatism in some regions of ukraine. what did the kremlin use? currently a suspect is hiding from the investigation. by his actions , sivkovych harmed the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability, defense capability, state and economic security of ukraine, the creation of negotiations exclusively for... implementation of the russian federation - effective actions regarding

the occupation of part of the territory of ukraine. his actions are qualified under the first part of article 111 of the criminal code of ukraine. the maximum penalty for committing this crime is 15 years of imprisonment. president volodymyr zelenskyy together with his wife olena honored the memory of the heroes heavenly hundred. they placed lamps near the memorial stele on the alley of heroes of the heavenly hundred in kyiv. in his'. channel, the head of state wrote: 10 years ago, ukrainians were tried to be killed in their own country, in their own capital, just for the peaceful choice to be themselves and be free. today, ukraine honors the memory of their feat, the memory of how ukrainians know how to fight for their own freedom on the squares, barricades, and today at the front. the memory that in the most difficult moments of history , we never... give up, we stand together

each other, for each other's sake. the memory of the fact that there is no unity of ukrainians, no enemy capable of defeating it. i wanted to become a wagnerite, i spied for the air defense forces. in kirovohrad oblast, the security service detained an enemy informer. at the beginning of the full-scale war, he wanted to join the wagnerites and fight against ukraine, and then tried to find out the coordinates. warehouses with weapons and ammunition, covertly recorded objects of military infrastructure, sent information to several russian telegram channels coordinated by special services. the sbu thwarted the man's plans to transfer data, the informant will play the game, he faces up to eight years in prison. one of the associations of polish hunters announced that it will join the protests on the border with ukraine.

according to polish media, the hunters' organization action said they wanted to support the demands and express their protest against the new hunting restrictions. they do not agree with the destruction of the polish economy by delegalizing hunting. polish hunters emphasize that balanced hunting, rural and forest economy is the basis of the country's security. the hunters called on their associates to stand with their cars behind each farm tractor. ukrainian carriers are also rallying at the border with poland, the rally continues at three checkpoints. we are talking about the rawa ruska checkpoint, krakow. and sheghini. our correspondent natalka stare pravo is currently at the latter. natalya, i congratulate you, tell me in more detail what is happening at the checkpoint, what you know. greetings kateryna, greetings to our viewers. in general, i will start with

the fact that the protesting polish farmers continue to restrict traffic at six checkpoints, and now there are queues of ukrainian cargoes. from the polish side to ukraine is approximately 2500 cars and today , february 20, ukrainian transporters started a peaceful protest action near three international car checkpoints, now we are at the shagyny checkpoint near the checkpoint, the action is a response to the blockade of the border started by polish protesters, in this way, which harms our ukrainians as well. drivers and now one of them is near me the organizers of this action, mr. hryhoriy. mr. grigory, please tell us what is the purpose of this action? the purpose of this action is to attract the attention of the world community, to attract the attention of the governments of ukraine and poland, so that they find a solution to this problem as soon as possible. the problem

is actually very broad and very big. drivers continue to die on the polish side of the queue, the economy of the two states stops, and if this is not resolved at the level of the governments, then the economy of the two states will stop, everything will stop, it is known that this is currently peaceful action, do not obstruct traffic, in which case you will not let cars through, in particular with polish license plates, we will let all cars through, we will not detain anyone, because since we have a peaceful protest action, we cannot do that, not let them through, we will only stop and check only those cars that turn... on the polish side, but this will only be for checking, to confirm that the poles are violating a peaceful protest from their side, from our side we have no right and we will not no one can obstruct the movement, we just will to ensure that the neighboring party

, during the protest that took place in december, took advantage of that and let their cars pass, ours stood in line. we have become so that this does not happen again, we know, we see that ukrainian transporters and protesters have gathered to attract attention, this action will continue around the clock until march 15, at three checkpoints until or until the moment when the poles do not unblock the border . previously , the polish protesters also announced that they would block all checkpoints, and the state border service, in turn, let us know... that there was no such information from the polish side at the moment. that's the news, i'll turn the floor over to the studio for the moment. thank you natalka. let me remind you that this was our journalist natalka stare pravo. at the moment, she is at the sheghini checkpoint. to know the heroes by name

, the book heroes of kremenchuchyna, heroes of ukraine was presented in kremenchuk. the publication was created by a creative union of local journalists. the book was printed in 50 copies. our iryna skarpacheva also flipped through its pages. gift format book, colored, printed on chalk paper, as if wrapped with the ukrainian flag on the outside. the main emphasis is on the cover, the hero's honors. it took 3 months to implement the idea of ​​one of the authors of the book , volodymyr shevchenko. last year i attended an open lesson on the history of our city. and there he tells. about outstanding personalities of kremenchuk, and suddenly one boy asked the question: "are there heroes of ukraine in kremenchuk now?" and it surprised me that the school still doesn't know that we have eight heroes of ukraine in kremenchuk. so they decided to write

it, publish it at their own expense and give it away city ​​libraries. the book contains bibliographic articles, interviews with relatives, friends, comrades of those who are still in the army and those who... shchyti, among them is the hero of ukraine maksym kagal. for his mother, he was a hero even without a title - says tatyana kagal. i believed that this would not happen to him. i... i didn't believe in his death until the first coincidence, and when, apparently, when he was taken out, when there was an exchange of bodies, when i arrived in kyiv, it seemed to me that he was standing behind my shoulders, i had such, such a feeling, it's true, a legendary man they call the deceased and comrades, he went and led his fighters, one against ten, and he dispersed those katsaps. alone against the children with his bravery, incredible zeal, he

seemed immortal to us. among the heroes of ukraine from kremenchuk, nazar borovytskyi, serhiy volynskyi, vadym voroshilov, oleg hegechkori, andrii gerus, oleg golinei, maksym kagal, vitaly koval. the creative union of journalists of kremenchuk plans to publish several books in memory of them and the future heroes of ukraine. iryna skrypachova, ihor borysevich from kremenchuk for... for now, this is all the news, take care, glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish you all the best. health. for the next two hours, we talk about the war, the world, our

victory, and what is happening outside of ukraine. today in the program. the most dangerous situation since the beginning of the war. after the capture of avdiyivka, the occupiers launched an offensive in five directions. analysis of the operational situation. an alternative to nato. the eu is discussing backup plans in case of victory. in the u.s. election, which may result in termination american aid? putin raises the stakes, navalny's demonstration assassination and new nuclear threats to the west. how to eliminate the kremlin threat? about this and other things, over the course of the next hour we will talk with a veteran of the ukrainian-russian war, oleksiy hedman, people's deputy of ukraine yehor chernev, as well as journalist roman tsimbalyuk. in the second part of our program, which will start in exactly one hour, we will have political scientists maksym rozumny,

vitaly kulyk and igor reiterovych. however, before how to start our big conversation, let's watch a video of how the armed forces of ukraine stopped a powerful offensive of the russians in the zaporozhye direction, destroying 18 units of armored vehicles. let's see.

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we will sum up the results of this vote, and we have our first guest on the phone, oleksiy hetman, military analyst, reserve major of the national guard of ukraine, veteran russian - the ukrainian war. mr. major, i welcome you, thank you for being with us today. i congratulate you. mr. major, let's start our conversation with the situation in avdiivka, on february 17 , the main command. by the armed forces of ukraine , syrsky announced that the ukrainian troops had retreated from avdiivka in order to prevent unnecessary losses. the 47th separate mechanized brigade reported that... the fighters of their 25th separate assault battalion were the last to leave the avdiiv coke plant without casualties. how would you characterize the current situation in avdiivka, and what the enemy gained as a result of the loss of avdiivka? tactical

victory, because this is an understandable height from which we could control the artillery. the city of donetsk, we did not fire on the city of donetsk , but the russians perfectly understood that from this distance, from this height, we can shoot with our guns, to put it simply, and they did not build any powerful military hubs there, did not build warehouses, did not build communication centers they would like it very much, because donetsk is a city, well, where... communications are broken, that is, it is not necessary to look for electricity, heat, and gas, well , it would be possible to build a military base there, so now we don’t have this possibility anymore, well, not completely, we can bombard this city with other impression systems, if there is something there, well not a city, but

a military facility that can be built there, so what is their advantage? this is a political advantage, for them a political advantage is, well, not an advantage over us, it is an internal russian showdown, they needed some positive, positive information from the front, that there were some victories, and that's it avdiyivka, it was planned, to the delight , there will be elections in russia, well , the voting is already direct, they even put several deadlans, on december 14 last year, putin spoke at a press conference where he officially announced... that he is running for president, they wanted to do it by december 14, was the first deadline, then, well, many people remember, it was until january 1, that is, until the end of the year, they said, and the next deadline was the beginning of march, so that at least in a week or two we would reach this goal, so that it can be done to tell, well, on their propaganda channels, well

, they did not achieve strategic sense, strategic superiority , there is no domino principle, as they say... it will not happen, no one there, no front line is going to collapse, we have passed the most, well, the most convenient in this case, the positions, of course, avdiyivka was a very convenient position, but after it was surrounded on three sides, it was already difficult to conduct combat operations there, well, about the fact that it will not be a strategic advantage for the russians to capture the study of the war until october 10, when last year, when such forced offensive actions of the russians began, that's why... well , after all, there is a military component here, but the political basis still prevails. and the officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov handziuk serhii tsehotsky, who fought in avdiivka, considers the decision of the military command to leave the city to be correct. let's listen to what serhiy tsehotsky said.

military, after the command was given for two from. course, that is, the way out of avdiivka, with us, that means, in principle, understanding that one the situation that has developed, the mood has risen, despite the fact that this is our territory, our city and so on, that is, the front is being leveled, and the troops are in a more advantageous situation now they are, that is, the front line has been leveled, and now we will be able, let's say yes, to feel the elbow of the neighbors from the right to the left is more specific and more confident , as for me, and not only for me, but for many soldiers who are here on the battlefield today, then it was the right decision and avdiivka fulfills her task. mr. major, having reached avdiivka, do

other opportunities open up for the russians, because the western press writes that the russians will have at least five directions there, along which they can launch an offensive, well, literally in a few days, well, they are making these offensive actions in several directions, starting from the left bank of the dnipro river, there are cossack camps, krynks, where they are trying to hunt down our marines, special operations forces, from the bridgehead that we are preparing, and so you can walk until midnight to kupinsk , ago... they have three to five directions and they will try to attack, avdiyivka does not directly add the opportunity to attack in other places, that is how they intended to do it, and this is on... in the grand scheme of things, well, they were influenced, except that the troops , which they transferred from kupinsk to avdiivka, will now return to kupinsk, and there

the offensive actions of the russians will intensify again, because they have quieted down a little in the last few weeks, well, somewhere around the time, they continued in the direction of the liman, if we take the northern part in for the eastern front, on kupinsky was reduced a little, but now they will return the part that they had left there. i think it will also strengthen there , so i will level the front lines, well, this is a little like this, well, that’s right, the front line should be even, so that the left and the right, but the army usually units take positions, especially if it is a large area front, not along the line, no one draws a line in the ruler there, but on the terrain , focusing on advantageous positions on the terrain, it may not be... this line is very even, but that does not mean that who does not was able to level it, well, the way the mountains go, the way the hills go, simply put, the mountain ridges, that’s how you need

to build fortifications on the mountain ridges, of course, they can be uneven, they can somehow, as the letters zu say, yes, well but that doesn't mean it's wrong, it's a properly constructed defense, why in different places the enemy is trying to attack, well here you know, they also follow most likely the leading western... magazines there, the new york times , the institute of war studies, and they remember that they wrote these editions, somewhere in in april and may of last year, when our offensive operations were being prepared, they then advised our troops to attack in several places, not to concentrate offensive operations in one place, in two, better three, they even wrote what these could be, the melitopol direction, well, there were different... forecasts were given, now , so as not to go into depth, and at that time they believed, well, these publications, these experts, that then

it would be difficult for the enemy, that is, for the russians, to get the entire line, because they would fall somewhere, because if in many places at once, the strength to hold through the defense will not succeed, well, they listened to it and are now trying to implement it in their offensive actions, criticizing not from three, but from five places, thinking... that our line will crumble, i don't think so, because we were preparing for this, we know it, well, our partners who make such forecasts and analyze the situation, they are sometimes very interesting to read, but if we open what they wrote six months ago, a couple of months ago, then we will see that many of their proposals were inappropriate, as it turned out, and many of their conclusions were they are wrong, well, you can forgive them for that, they are in... after all, they are not military people, they operate on the information provided by the military, but sometimes they make not very professional

conclusions, so you can listen to them, but take them to heart, as they say , to worry, well, there’s no need to, it’s better to listen to our military, especially people who have a lot of information about large areas of the front, because a battalion commander or a... brigade commander, after all, this person, she sees, what is happening on the battlefield, but still he saw fragmentary, well, only that area, which , for which he is responsible, so we still have to rely on information from our general staff, before the first full-scale invasion until today, that information, official information, not from someone from some high echelons of the government, in particular, the official information from our general staff was not... tested once, did not need correction afterwards, that is, it was always, it always corresponded to reality, if we, if something is written there, then that is how they commented on it, officially

commented, so that’s how it was , people, even, well, high-ranking officials are different, they could and sometimes do their own, their vision, they can comment on something, and then it, well, they are a little bit untrue, we must not get confused here, there is a private opinion, even... in the ranks of generals or in some high position there, this is his personal private opinion, but official information comes exclusively from the general staff, and once again i want to repeat, starting from the 22nd, 2402.22, never once it happened that later i had to correct myself sorry for the mistake, so let's trust the official information, i completely agree with you, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reports that the russians have stepped up in the mariyansky and... which directions over the last day, the armed forces of ukraine have repelled 18 and 16 enemy attacks there, respectively, and today president zelenskyi visited

the battalions. the command post of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after prince roman the great, which performs combat tasks in the defense of kupyansk and discussed the provision of units with equipment and ammunition, the lack of aid from the united states of america, mr. major, how does the lack of weapons, the lack of funding from our partners, the americans, i how it will be. and how will it affect in the future, are the russians not now taking advantage of this pause that has arisen, that is, a two-month pause in making a decision regarding 61 billion dollars for the ukrainian army? well, they use it, it is now a window of opportunity for them and they use it, this window of opportunity consists of three components, of course it is not the largest component supplying us with a suitable quantity,

especially shells. it greatly affects our ability to carry out offensive and active actions in defense, the second component is solid ground, which is now a little weather favors the fact that it is possible to move heavy machinery. the third component is the newest command of our armed forces, not because these people are bad, the people there are very good, we know all these generals, well, almost all of them except one, we know them all and trust them all, we saw them in battle, but any position, the newest position. need some time for to master it, in the armed forces there is even such a rule that a person who came to a higher position for six months is not even charged with an official penalty for any mistakes, well, if they are not fatal or some kind of criminal violation, a person does not becomes inviolable, but reprimands are not included in a personal matter, remarks are made so that a person can dominate, after that everything has already been six months, you will be, if

you make a mistake, you do something wrong, you will be reprimanded, so to speak, we understand, that we do not have six months to accept these cases, the newest generals, well, those generals who received the newest position, but still, for a certain time, they have expenses to, well , figure out how to figure it out in detail, they understand that, it’s great, but in the details, in the nuances, they, well, it takes a certain amount of time for this, and these are the three components, a lack of shells, hard ground, and firewood. the military command created a certain window of opportunity for the russians, of course it still prevails here, it cannot be divided into 33%, into thirds, that each, each component, it has the same weight, but the most negative weight is precisely the lack of shells, but these two components also had an impact, regarding the united states and aid, well , you see how the decembrists woke up herzin there, then mike johnson woke up... the europeans, because

they immediately, when they saw, what is happening on the battlefield, how we start to lose certain positions, how the enemy began to press actively, they also found 500 shells in denmark, well, hamlet’s father’s shadow worked there, peter pavel unexpectedly found 800 thousand shells somewhere, and where he had not before knew that they were, well, that's what it means that they were scared, well, god forbid, britain, oh, britain, denmark to us... plans to sell all their artillery, it's not much, and that, well, you shouldn't expect, that it will be something big, what they have, according to official sources, they have 24, 24 units of self-propelled artillery units m9, m109 - that's 150mm, they have as many as 6 122mm guns, they will also give us 20

mortars.. . which are not entirely clear and 12 rszzv, and that makes 62 units of equipment, well, that’s also not bad, plus half a million shells, that's not bad either, that is, you see, whether europe wanted us or not, they were looking for a million of the promised shells , they searched for a long time, found such 524,000 and continued to promise, and when it got scary, they immediately found 1,300 shells, and it's very nice, what exactly , well, not exactly what denmark is, but what denmark... just did , well, the kingdom, it’s still a tradition , took such a step as handed over everything necessary for, that is, everything they had, handed over all the artillery to us, because they understand that we need it more now, and two words about united states, we understand that people who are even trump supporters among republicans, although, let's not all republicans are bad, ronald rayton is also a republican, john mccain is also a republican and...