war for our existence, this is the path that changed us. in the conditions of occupied territories, de-occupied territories, we have losses of the order of potential 7 million hectares of land, which have not been cultivated for 2 years. 10 years of war, war for the future, what price do we pay for it? 200 of our citizens were taken to russia, depopulation is not inevitable. intellectuals, specialists, patriots about challenges, threats and our future. in a special project for the 10th anniversary of the beginning of russia's armed aggression against ukraine, 10 years of the war for independence from february 18 on espresso. welcome to good morning espresso. the night was restless. a combined attack with missiles and rockets in dnipro targeted the private sector, respectively five drones and three winged ones. the rockets were

destroyed, the beryslav community, that is kherson region, was subjected to shelling, and they were shelling across the border in sumy region. the eastern front, as you saw, is serious about concentrating forces, in particular in the direction of konstantinivka, and the desire to align the front line in the south opposite the nut, yes, the zaporizhia front, has never disappeared. the spokesman of the legion of freedom, kostiantyn denisov, is in touch with us. sir konstantin, congratulations. over the past day, the general staff reports six enemy attacks in the robotyno area, and yesterday we saw information that they are constantly trying to break through somewhere there, but, i quote, this is a one-way street, and then they chase some shortfalls in robotyno, and none of that comes out of them, we ask you for details to... fill

in the information we have, well, in general, they are hacking in the black, the russian artillery is constantly working, they are just leveling everything there, although again, what is there level, there is work for one construction debris, there are a couple of walls left, they are really constantly driving the infantry to attack, in the areas of this section of the robotinsky, where the freedom fighters are directly standing, well, visual control. their one-to-5 advantage is shown somewhere, if you count in terms of manpower against ours , they are constantly being picked up by armored vehicles, landed somewhere in some half-ruined house, and they try to gain a foothold in it, equip fire points accordingly, but very often all these landings of theirs end with their two hundred, heavy three hundred, well, accordingly, there is no one there takes away and continues to bring in manpower,

from the fact that we have the opportunity to track and monitor there, and intelligence reports that since they cannot advance, despite everything, their commanders invite even more artillery, well, how much more, i he said , they are just stupidly hacking away, everything they have works there, and yet they are unable to advance, they have advanced somewhere, they are moving away, they are moving forward, they are moving away, because ours... at the expense of quality, accuracy and first of all tricks, stability and endurance, just don't let them move forward. ugh. and mr. kostyantyn, looking at the deeppstate map, we know that they are verifying it and it lags a little behind the real picture, but between novoprokopivka and verbov, in the past week, such a protrusion appeared, as if they managed to push their defense line a little, well now as of now, that is, these positions have been returned, on the contrary, they have pushed

forward a little, how, how does this entire projection from the working to the new cover look like? see what's moving, usually moving gray area in to one side or the other, this is the result of certain battles, movements, this indicates that the line is dynamic, and speaking objectively, none of the parties can now permanently secure a place in any area, because to go for... drink, to clean up, to seize - these are absolutely four different things, all this happens in very difficult conditions, and the situation can change constantly, what i reported to you is as of six in the morning, what will happen next, no one knows, mr. konstantin, about that , that the spring will be difficult, that's about it, well, let's say out loud that it's not easy and not only due to the fact that we currently lack shells, and the russians are also preparing a counteroffensive, do you already have forecasts or not? the vision, the picture, how they

plan to behave next, what they plan to do next in that area, actually, where, where you are, they don't want us to see, again, we only see. what is in front of us and in the field of view of our guys, they want to recapture the positions that they lost, well, plus they will still try to make a fireball from rabotin to vervovyo, and just slam our units there, which are there advanced, and if globally from what they are talking about their plans, then to go to the administrative borders of the zaporizhzhia region, well... it is unlikely, it is unlikely that they will succeed, judging by the way they chew through 100 m there, it is stupid littering with live meat and burned equipment, although again, speaking for objectivity, they drew conclusions from the same vdiiv operation, they are actively using the same tactics that they did there, this is

constant aerial bombardment, this is not in one point they fight, they have several of them small attack directions, these are the same... small infantry groups under the cover of armored vehicles, it gave them certain results, they are trying to do the same here, well , we also followed the events in the avdi direction, so measures are taken that do not let the russians advance, despite what i said, they have a five to one manpower advantage in some areas, plus a complete artillery advantage, yes, but in this case you're saying that they don't just want align the front line, take fire. cauldron, but do you see try them on the flanks, i.e. from kopan and novopokrovka, there should be flanking strikes, this is actually the case, where, where are you, you can observe and draw conclusions, whether they are trying to accumulate forces there to close the bag,

they have enough forces, they there are several, well, two amphibious assault divisions, their units work here. completely all the divisions there, plus they created an airborne assault brigade, here from different units, it’s such a combined motorized rifles, they press from the flanks, i’m saying that they are trying to drive ours into a firebag, they, by the way, use this tactic fire bags were tested on rabotin, why the liberation of this settlement was given at a heavy price, because they repeatedly, unfortunately, drove our units during the battles of the second half of the 23rd year, all of them so -called fire. ugh, mr. kostyantyn, yesterday at the press conference the president announced very sensitive information for the first time, i am talking about the dead ukrainian soldiers, what do you think, as a military man, how necessary is it now in this period to talk

about the dead ukrainians, to voice these numbers, and whether or not it is the right time, i can say... that during all the years of the russian-ukrainian war, more than 50 fighters of the legion of freedom died, both girls and boys, and for each of them we announce the information, when it is already confirmed, we honor , we immediately escort their family, solve their issues, i can only say for my boys, my brothers, that if we publish and report and honor everyone about these... which is voiced by the supreme commander, then of course they report certain information to him, plus we we know that there are a lot of public initiatives that also publish books and memory cards there, and there are also some in

zaporizhzhia, there are also several initiatives to honor the dead, i think that announcing the number is one thing, we are one side ... but it is necessary to work with the families of our fallen heroes, to support them, because they have a lot of issues related to the bureaucracy, which i have repeatedly said, which is like a pile of mountains and hangs at our feet, a related issue there with the same resolutions of the military medical commissions, the issuance of documents, the payment of 15 million , they are paid, but sometimes there are jams and troubles, the question of rewarding the dead, i will just... give you an example, one of our guys, freedom fighters, died in august of the 14th year and only with a fight, with a fight , after 8 years , it was possible to push him into the presidential decree so that he was posthumously awarded and given the order for courage of the third degree,

although he essentially covered the departure of his platoon at the cost of his own life, when there was a tank attack near the baptistery in august 14th year, so here it is necessary to honor, i am not saying that it is not... just to name the numbers of the dead, to honor them properly and support their families, because in this war they gave the most precious thing that they had, the lives of their relatives and loved ones, ugh, we see that in other areas as well... from the zaporizhia front they are beating if they leveled the field, now the railway is actually erased too, well, we understand that this is what the picture looks like along the entire front line, and here along this front line we receive confirmation from time to time and even footage of how to get there the highest military leadership of the front arrives, that is, there was halovkom syrskyi, there was minister of defense umerov, and there is always the same discussion, why are they there... they only prevent the military from fighting, because it is necessary to ensure security, one more thing, and for the sake of

the picture and selfies, they only make life difficult for our defenders, this is one line of conversation, and the other line, why are they sitting in kyiv and not going to the front line, but going to the front line, well, this is the dilemma, how it looks, when there are heated battles, with such visits, they useful or not, the commanders and their orders will not be discussed, this is for... clear, that is , come, go, i was only talking about the organization of security itself, i understand how it looks, because i also saw how it was, so i will ask you also about the situation with the answer, we know that the bc is lacking, we know how they get the artillery, is it enough, for example, in your direction to at least correct it with the help of fpv drones? artillery is not enough, let's say it frankly: bull is not enough, the answers come at the expense of quality, accuracy,

tricks, aerial reconnaissance, and drones , even the enemy determines this, notes that the ukrainian defense security forces manage to stop his armored convoys with the help of drones, knock out the russian infantry who are trying to gain a foothold in certain buildings on the well or strongholds on... line of combat operations, thank you very much for the conversation, mr. kostyantyn, kostyantyn denisov , the spokesman of the legion of freedom, the zaporizhia hot front was with us, now we are going for a short break, then serhii zgurets will summarize with us everything that is happening along the front line, wait a few minutes, tired of heavy and bulky saws, then the strong saw. tv is just for you , you can easily cut trees and bushes with it, it is so convenient to use

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for watching espresso and the disappointing news from sumy region, there are guided aerial bombs to be used. the russians recorded four explosions and, unfortunately, two are already known the dead, they are a couple, they were at home, an apartment building was destroyed and five more buildings were damaged, these are the consequences of the russian attack on the sumy region, now we will talk with our resident expert serhiy zgurets, director of the information and consulting company defense express. mr. serhiy, welcome to our airwaves, good one. greetings, mr. serhiy, let's talk about avdiivka first, we can see that on the map, that the russians are moving, ukrainian soldiers also report that, well, not only in lastochkino, they themselves already feel more comfortable, and in fact are moving towards leveling the front line, how do you see it? well, if we talk

about the situation in the avdiiv direction, then it really remains difficult, because the enemy ... continues to try to use the advantage in manpower and equipment, and continues to put pressure on our defense line, now our defense line, as we know that after the withdrawal of our troops from avdiyivka along the line of the steppe lastochkine northern are already in the western part. swallows, that is, they are talking about the fact that the enemy is actually pressing our defense in this area, and there were unconfirmed reports that the enemy actually entered the north and the steppe, that battles are also being fought there, but so far apart from there are no reports from the ides of the states or

other sources of information, there is no final information about the situation in the north and the steppe, but we can ... assume that the enemy, using this pressure, really wants to advance this line of defense, and to a large extent everything will depend from how our armed forces will proceed, most likely, taking into account either the insufficient preparation of fortifications, or the superiority of the enemy primarily in aviation, artillery and manpower, it is possible to assume the probability that we will... attack other positions in the depth of our defense, in fact, such a variation is quite likely, and i think that right now , these few days will be extremely difficult, because the enemy is trying to put pressure on other areas of the front, using this window of opportunity that the enemy has today yes, this is primarily the advantage in numbers and

artillery, and the fact that we currently lack ammunition, well, actually... the units that carry out the rearguard defense, they, well, are also quite exhausted, although we understand that they are in the area of ​​the swallow defense was held by the third assault brigade, and we understand that the withdrawal from lastechkino to other positions to the west is probably a reasonable decision, based on the risks and opportunities for defense in this area. mr. serhiy, is the line of defense that we have on avdiivskyi ? direction is strong enough. i.e. can, can it detain the enemy? the question of the line of defense, there are several lines of defense , in fact we, we cannot clearly determine the strength, the effectiveness of these lines of defense, because if we pay attention to the statement of the military leaders, they say that the lines of defense were prepared in time, when

we read the public our military, then they talk about the fact that, well, sometimes they have to do everything in operational mode... with their own hands, and in fact this indicates that the issue of fortification, it comes to the first plan, when the minister of defense umirov spoke there yesterday and said that fortification comes to the fore, certain measures must be taken, then i think that these measures probably, or definitely should have been taken earlier, including, by the way, with the relevant structural changes in the armed forces, because there are two engineer brigades, six engineer regiments, they are not enough. from the point of view of the fortification preparation tasks now facing the armed forces, it is not the units that are holding the defense that have to dig trenches at the same time, this should be done in advance. other structures, means in the armed forces. there are other lines of defense there on the advance to the west, they are on the heights,

because this is now the area that was steppe, swallow, northern, may day, in fact they are all, well, in such conditions, when they are on one side in the lowlands, and we understand that... the exit to these positions was planned from the point of view, but as we can see, the level of preparation and possible fortification was insufficient to ensure reliable defense of these frontiers. mr. serhiu, more project kits, i wanted to ask about the numbers later, but with bc we have a problem everywhere, our military, who are now joining us from various areas of the front, there is a shortage for arta everywhere, somewhere more, somewhere less they are working in sparka and there are not enough shells. but we are shooting well , here is another piece of information from abc, in america they predict that there will be a catastrophic shortage not only of bc, but

also of air defense equipment, we understand what systems are involved, is this part of some information campaign, or reality we with air defense will soon have a shortage, well , it is difficult for me to talk about the quantitative indicators in absolute numbers, but in any case we understand that... we receive the equipment for the existing air defense systems not only from the united states, but also from european countries, and here, when we take into account the supply of samples there from germany, there from france, which provide there, in particular, there and missiles to nasamsim and to samti and to aristi, then i think that the process here does not depend on the americans, but in any in which case we understand that a significant load really fits. on patriots, and to a large extent the volume of supplies will affect the stability of our defense in the air space, but i think that this is rather more of

an exaggeration from the point of view of the journalists themselves, who, well, bet on good headlines that ensure that this material is read by an american audience , but in any case, we understand that the issue of supplying ammunition for both artillery and air defense remains. extremely relevant, i think that this process needs such, well, permanent ones contacts with our partners, this was said yesterday by our military representatives, leaders at this event, which was so public enough, i think that all these risks are taken into account, and you can hardly say that in a month or two there will be an air defense system will not be able to counter the russian attack systems there, it is probably there, if at least not... certain scenarios will ensure a certain selectivity in the destruction of certain targets, this will have certain consequences, but this does not mean that air defense will completely cease to work, mr. serhiy, but by the way, you already

mentioned a certain air defense system, the day before the security service of ukraine reported the detention of a group of mercenaries, mercenaries, i don’t know how the fsb hired them there, people from kyiv region, from chernihiv region, the guys came and launched. an attack drone on one of the systems of the patriot system, that’s what was talked about, and then the logical question immediately arises, how protected are our air defense systems, which should protect us from the sky, and how protected are the systems themselves on the ground, if such a group was detained literally before by starting the percussion drone, well, in fact, the protection of anti-aircraft defense systems is an important priority for both our intelligence agencies and the military itself, we understand. that the enemy primarily intends to destroy the anti-aircraft system, we will recall the use of certain daggers there,

which in the second attack, after the first dagger was shot down, were directed first of all at the patriot battery in order to completely destroy it, it did not succeed, and then the enemy hunts for information on where these systems are located, then this introduces planning tasks for the wing. those missiles and for the shaheds, because the destruction of anti-aircraft defenses still remains one of the priority tasks, and these things that the security service of ukraine is talking about, this indicates that the enemy is using this frozen or uncanned agency to carry out already hunting for sam complexes inside the country itself, this is a risk, it was predicted, i think that the fact that the sbu reported on such effective work indicates that countermeasures are being taken. the enemy has a minimum of opportunities to carry out such offensive actions against our air defense systems. yesterday, mr. serhiy, certain figures were announced from

the mouth of zelenskyi, in particular, that... the number of soldiers at the front is one to seven , and they also announced figures regarding losses, so the first thing that surprised me was the difference between what zelenskyi called, 180 thousand losses from the russians and 410 , more than 400 already 10 thousand, about which the general staff says, in the west they generally call another figure, an intermediate one of 3000, and another moment, 31 thousand ukrainian... military personnel who died during this war , this sensitive number was announced by the president, as it is timely now to talk about ukrainian losses, whether it is necessary or expedient, and secondly, why is there not this one voice, one common figure that is voiced by the leadership of our state, well, when we talk about our losses, in fact, there are different numbers, here for the first time about our losses

on the 22nd, zaluzhnyi said, sometime in january, i think he talked about 900 dead, then there were publications in foreign publications, there were publications with a leak of pentagon data, where it was said about 17,00 dead, this is just the beginning 23rd year, then there were these strange publications in the new york times, when it was said that we have as many as 70 thousand... dead , and then there were refutations from the ukrainian side that these figures are completely untrue, and now we have the first officially named the figure given by the president of ukraine is 31,000 dead, he did not say anything about the wounded, although we can assume a different ratio of dead to casualties there, one to three, one to five, depending on the situation, but in any case i think this

announcement of losses on... must have been on purpose to show, on the one hand, the real picture, and on the other hand, to probably prevent those information campaigns that could be launched by the russian federation, which declared that the losses of ukrainian troops near avdiyivka were colossal, critical, and so on, the issue of declaring losses, in fact, it is a debatable, difficult question, and experts and politicians will always have different assessments here. and such approaches, in any case , the real losses are usually kept secret by both sides, usually after the war, unless certain data are announced, which then acquire such detection, now i think that zhorin, we have one minute and in this one minute, if possible, we are talking about the kanashenkov effect, we are talking about the other two numbers, the number from the general staff of the loss of the enemy. and

the number announced by the supreme leader, wait a minute, the use of enemy casualty figures is one of the elements of the information struggle in the confrontation with each other, now we are talking about the fact that the president mentioned the figure of 100 dead, konoshenko generally calls colossal figures that do not correspond at all to reality and we know this it is necessary to take into account the fact that war in any case is associated with losses, it is necessary to understand that , well, correctly parrying this mation also has a significant effect on the enemy, well, on our forces and on our population, with this we must agree very carefully. mr. serhiy, thank you for participating in our program, serhiy zgorets, director of the information and consulting company defense express. well, we talked about difficult things, about losses, we wanted the losses of the enemy to be one figure, not three, of the general staff, the president and western intelligence countries well, about the loss of our defenders,

this is exactly... what is happening all over the country now. a minute of silence for all those killed in the russian-ukrainian war. let's observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war started by russia.