national, when we remember all our defenders and civilians who died in this second 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.

hello, this is svoboda ranok, a project about important things, i am oleg galiv, and we are starting. the defense forces hold back the advance of the army of the russian federation near the temporary. yaru, in donetsk region. russian forces are said to be in the midst of a landslide, trying to break through the defenses of the armed forces of ukraine. how dangerous the situation is. let's discuss. ukrainian servicemen shot down 13 russian planes in february. we are mostly talking about su-34 and su-35. the total value of all destroyed aircraft is more than a billion dollars - write zmi based on the estimated value of the equipment, how critical the situation in russia is now with aviation. it took place in warsaw. the meeting

of polish prime minister donald tusk with polish farmers, the conversation lasted about four hours, what was agreed upon and what are the chances of fully unlocking the borders with ukraine? your likes under this video and comments are important for promoting quality content, so write what you think. the russian air force has lost at least 13 aircraft over the past two weeks, the ukrainian air force says. among the losses of the army of the russian federation are 10 su-34 fighter-bombers, which are used for strikes with guided aerial bombs and kh-35 and kh-59 missiles, as well as two su-35 fighters. they covered bombers in the air during launches, and on february 23 it became known about the fall of the a50 long-range radar detection aircraft in krasnodar region of russia. a50 planes correct strikes during mass shelling of ukraine. detect ukrainian air defense systems,

president zelenskyi emphasized, such losses significantly weakened the combat aviation of the russian federation, and they calculated that the total cost of downed planes is more than 1 billion dollars. forbes also suggests that the patriot and nasams missiles are used to shoot down russian planes. this is also facilitated by the appearance of blind spots after the loss of the a50 aircraft by russian forces. spokesman of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine. put but still, what do the armed forces of ukraine shoot down russian fighter jets, bombers and planes that conduct their own radar observation, is this some kind of secret weapon, or are they missiles for patriots and nasams, as forbes writes about it, well, these are missiles , unequivocally, that's all i can say, why everyone started paying attention to forbes. we

have already said this a million times, but for some reason, forps has become such a source that everyone picked up and started to tell all about it, in general, well , there is nothing surprising, today we have certain the tools with which we get the occupier on distant approaches, and this is very, very good , even if there are few of them, even if there is a shortage of missiles for them, let's put it this way, we will not disclose certain details there, but because that is also what everyone is talking about now ... these e-e instruments today can be there, then there, then there, that is , they are in the south, and in the north, and in the east of our country, where hostilities are taking place, russian pilots need to be constantly reminded that that they may be in for a surprise, so as not to be insolent, because you can see how serious they are there were attacks by the russians, especially on... in

the kadyiv bridgehead, where they used hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, this is really a problem today, we can't fight anti-aircraft guns, but we need to fight planes, because it's a carrier. those kabs and their destruction will lead to less activity, which has already happened, the destruction of both a50s led to the fact that the enemy will not receive the necessary intelligence information, namely radar intelligence, the destruction of aircraft 134-135, well, it somewhat discouraged the desire and command, apparently and for the pilots to approach closer to the combat engagement line and accordingly, to use these cabs and the loss of every russian plane is , you know, our small victory, it is that in conditions where the enemy prevails technologically, quantitatively, significantly, it is possible to achieve such results, thanks to the competently planned actions of the leadership and those people who ensure this result, therefore, as

commander ruskav the bear said, we need to bite into small pieces and we will eat it slowly, so that nothing actually depends on it? name the amount, if it is known to the air force of ukraine, that is how many in of the russian federation still remains on the balance of those su-34 and su-35, for example, which can carry out attacks, well, this is more for reconnaissance, there we were talking about about a hundred aircraft, there were more than 150 of them, it seems that the point here is not they do not attack at once with this entire armada, they attack in strike groups under the cover of su-35 and helicopters for support. eight, which are jammers, they carry out that attack, each plane can carry several guided air bombs there, so the enemy strikes, there are two su-34s, usually one su-35 and helicopters, this is a strike

group, and those groups can be here on the avdiiv bridgehead, so they were striking there, group after group flew out, yes... now such sorties are isolated from different base airfields, so the number of aircraft they have, unfortunately, is still of different types, in total about 1,500 combat tactical aviation aircraft in russia today. mr. yuri, can we expect that in the near future in the war zone the use of aviation by russia, in particular these types of aircraft , will be reduced to a minimum, or the russian federation currently has no option to abandon the use of subs despite the threat that they may. shoot down, because it helps them hold the positions they have and continue the offensive, it does not help to hold positions, but helps them to fulfill the tasks they set themselves, this is patrolling the black sea water area in the air space, closer to sevastopol there let's say to zmiyny island, and

there are often mig-29s and su-27s, even old types that are also in service with them, fly there, mig 31 bm series also fly there, not the one that carries daggers too, the same way they are working today in different directions and in the north, attacking sumy, kharkiv region, guided air missiles, guided air bombs, and so the enemy, there was some interruption with the sound, but we can hear you, so continue. yes, excuse me, yes, a technical point, and in this way the enemy uses aviation today and much less than it was during the attacks in the avdiiv direction, so

it is clear that he will not give up aviation, because in addition to those aircraft that we are with you now say, these are fighter jets, destroying bombings, which are also used by su-25 attack aircraft, as well as... and uh , helicopters of the army aviation, which constantly work directly close to the front line, but russia will have to reduce their use, because or at least be more careful about it, because the situation is not so much, i have already said about it, that the enemy , suffering losses, draws conclusions accordingly, well, sometimes he does not draw conclusions and gets into such unpleasant stories again, but conclusions are made in any way, the pilots understand, everyone wants to live, and knowing that... that there could be either a patriot or some other complex that has such a distance of damage, a potential radius of damage, will already discourage the desire to take risks , and if the desire to take risks is discouraged, accordingly, the bombs may not reach, and maybe i thank mr. yuriy

for your activation, spokesman of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, colonel yuriy ignat, a guest of our broadcast. russian troops have advanced to the west of bakhmut, the american institute reports. the study of the war, although the advance in ivansky, between bakhmut and chasov yar, which was reported by some russian military bloggers, is currently not confirmed there. khortytsy lash, the spokesman for the operational-strategic direction , says that the russian army is now directing all its efforts in the bahamian direction to seize the time gap, and is trying to gain gains , allegedly, before the presidential elections in russia. the ukrainian military is fighting back - yevlash says. also, according to him, several defense circles have been erected in the area of ​​the temporary ravine. and ilya yavlash, whom we mentioned, is the chief of the osuv khortytsia press service, joins our broadcast. good morning. good morning, glory to ukraine studio. glory to heroes. ilya, the situation in donetsk region, in particular near the temporary ravine. what it is now and why the russian army chose this particular place to strike, what

tactics they have there, perhaps, and how they manage to counter it. the situation near the temporal ravine is very tense, the enemy is shifting its main forces there, trying to push in the direction of the temporal ravine, as this settlement is now key for them. of course, access to the temporal ravine will open the gate for their offensive to continue, a successful springboard for the offensive to continue. offensive on kostiantynka, and of course, the main target in the donetsk region is kramatorsk, the kramatorsk-slavic agglomeration, so the enemy is not sparing his efforts now, he is trying to take advantage of the moment, since he has been using the tactics of running for quite a long time wherever it pours, he looks for weak places, crevices , and at the slightest opportunity to break through the defense somewhere, he constantly significantly strengthens his group and resort to assault actions. over the past 24 hours , the enemy used its aircraft six times in the bakhmut direction,

and also struck 52 times with its kamikaze drones. fired 659 times on our positions, and there were also four combat encounters during which the enemy lost 100 of his occupiers killed and wounded and another 101 samples of weapons and military equipment, including video surveillance stations such as murom m, communication stations, in addition, was destroyed and landed, the mission of the 81st unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted, including fpv drones, as well as lanced drones , in addition, the enemy also uses orland drones to adjust its artillery, all of them, thanks to the skillful actions of our air defense units, were destroyed, and our reb showed himself very well, moreover, our artillery is also actively working , atgm calculations. which destroyed two tanks, four armored fighting vehicles, and also destroyed one amphibious assault vehicle,

we find out the calculations of mortars, since now the main number of shelling falls on this weapon of 120 caliber 82 caliber, now the enemy is actively using these samples, well, of course, we find their places where they hide, as well as warehouses with ammunition, they are all discovered and blown up. ilya, if we are talking about... the transfer of russian forces, does the ukrainian side know from which possible directions these additional forces are being transferred alive to the russian side? territory of ukraine? yes, including them prepare their reserves, conduct basic general military training for them, recruit both mobilized and covertly mobilized volunteers, that is, it is a diverse contingent that they manage to gather, they also train convicts. including those that they constantly recruit to their units, the so-called storm z, which constantly

take part in any assault operations, just as they took part in the avdiiv direction, so they take part now in the bakhmut direction, except that is accepted the participation and units of the so-called kadyrivs of akhmat, that is , they are trying to use as much as possible all the forces, all the efforts they have, especially when their attack on avdia took place. they transferred units there from near kupyansk. it is most likely that now they have undergone regrouping and are rapidly falling back during ivya. uhu, that is, those units that were transferred there are transferred back. well, in conclusion , the question, probably one of the most important, is how strong is the defense of the armed forces of ukraine, specifically chasovoy yar, how powerful are the fortifications, are they prepared at all, because it's no secret, you know, many military experts there have accused somewhere about the situation in avdiivka that the positions were not fully prepared. as now, how does the defense actually look in this direction now? well, they had been preparing for the defense of the temporary ravine

for a long time, and even when the enemy was able to capture bahmud, of course, it was clear that it was necessary to equip additional lines of defense, more profitable, since the largest settlement in this direction next was chasiv yar. several defensive rings have been erected near the temporary ravine, and a number of different minefields, both anti-tank and anti-personnel, have also been laid. of different directional action, both directional and circular action, mineshafts were erected, in addition , there are a lot of engineering obstacles that will not allow. it is easy for the enemy's equipment to give way and will remain under the fire of our atgm calculations and our artillery and drones, which will slow down their advance, quite a lot of wire fences were also used on threatening especially infantry directions, where

infantry can move, and few visible obstacles, which, of course, will become an unpleasant surprise for the enemy, which are very difficult ... to notice with the naked eye, but the enemy will feel very well when he encounters them. moreover, dozens of detachment positions, dozens of platoon positions are equipped , which are used taking into account the topography of the terrain in the most threatening areas, and are located in such a way that it is difficult for the enemy to detect, it is difficult to hit our troops, and at the same time our it was convenient for the military and they could see where the enemy was moving from. and to inflict fire damage on it in a timely manner, in addition, even a dozen different industrial buildings, metal and concrete structures, pillboxes, such as in the second world war, long- term defense points, fire points, which will allow our military for a long time in safe conditions to inflict fire damage is important, thank you for telling me,

there are literally 20 seconds left to finish, is there any understanding when the most difficult period will come for the time ravine itself, when the russian forces will... go on the most massive assaults, attack the most actively , is it too early to talk about it at the moment, because these are forecasts and, well, in fact, they are already accumulating quite powerful forces, and i think that as of now it can be considered one of their powerful jerks for the time, one of, thank you, thank you for turning on, ilya yavllash, the head of the press service of the horta landslide, this is the guest of our broadcast, we talked about the defense of the time gap, which is being prepared in ukraine and the russian forces are strengthening there offensive. warsaw wants and will continue to help in... in ukraine, however, ukrainian grain cannot enter poland without duty. the prime minister of poland, donald tusk, met with polish farmers the day before. he noted that it will probably not be possible to convince eu partners to return to pre-war trade rules with ukraine, but poland will insist on certain quotas that were acceptable to polish farmers. tusky spoke about temporarily closing the border and ending the exchange of goods, except for military or

humanitarian aid. like, such an option discussed with the ukrainian prime minister, although the minister of infrastructure of ukraine. oleksandr kubrakov later stated that no one from the ukrainian authorities is negotiating to close the borders with poland. already today , polish farmers are to begin a partial blockade of traffic on the border with lithuania as well. it should last a week. during this time , the strikers will allegedly check whose agricultural products are transported across the lithuanian-polish border. and on the polish-ukrainian border , polish farmers were to be joined by protesting carriers. they announced joint protest for today on march 1. however, so far... the state border services have not reported anything about it. we will ask our correspondent in poland for more details about tusk's meeting with the protesters and what to expect at the borders. natalka volosatska is in touch with us. natalya, good morning, tell me the details. congratulations oleg. donald tusk's meeting with farmers yesterday lasted about four hours, and in particular, it was about how to help farmers

free their warehouses from grain that could not be sold. according to the head of the government, the eu should help this. to finance the purchase and transportation of grain from european markets to countries that need it. this is very important for poland, the prime minister emphasized, because now there are approximately 9 million tons of grain in the warehouse. tusk said that he probably would not be able to convince his eu partners to return to pre-war trade rules with ukraine, but he would insist on certain quotas that would be acceptable to polish farmers. the prime minister also talked about the introduction of an embargo on russian and belarusian products, they say. not in the head it is added that during the war, russian and belarusian products enter europe without any restrictions, according to tusk, this has a negative effect on prices, in particular grain throughout europe. the prime minister does not rule out the temporary closure of the border for trade between poland and ukraine, he assures that the ukrainian side is also ready for this. i

informed the lords about this with prime minister shmyhal. i spoke with prime minister shmyhal and he offered a solution to the problem even before the time. at the european level, ukraine is ready to close the border, closing the border, if we are talking about trade, and not about military or humanitarian aid, only this will be such an alternative solution that will have its consequences, because it will be bilateral, this is not a dream scenario, but unfortunately, we have to keep it in mind as well, this is if our demands do not have responses in brussels and the eu, as well as in ukraine. it is worth noting that the minister of community development, territories and infrastructure of ukraine, oleksandr kubrakov denied this, saying that no one from the ukrainian side. does not conduct negotiations on closing the borders with poland, because for ukraine a stably functioning border is a matter of survival in war with russia. the day before, i talked with polish and ukrainian experts, they... they completely criticized the idea of ​​closing the border, they say that both sides will lose from it. we have a large additional

trade balance with ukraine. today, we earn more from exports to ukraine than ukraine earns from imports to us. it is not ukraine that is the source of the problem of ul farmers. a large surplus of grain appeared in the eu, more than 36 million tons. on world markets , we are dealing with a large harvest, and therefore with an excess of offers. we add more to this of russia which sells stolen ukrainian grain on world markets by dumping, the price of grain on world exchanges has recently fallen by 25%, so all this together has caused a difficult situation for farmers in a difficult situation, well , if the polish government is completely under pressure from the protesters, it will be afraid to deal with them after the negotiations, maybe he will make such a decision, but in reality it would hit quite hard not only in economic terms. of ukraine and poland, but this would have a very strong impact on the defense capacity of ukraine and poland, and what is most regrettable to me is that would affect interpersonal relations.

it is worth noting that local elections to the european parliament will be held in april in poland, so according to experts, the government will not make unpopular decisions in order not to anger the electorate, so the border blockade will probably continue for a long time. another interesting detail, while polish farmers block... the border , ukrainian transporters bypass the blockade and choose romanian and hungarian checkpoints . anti-ukrainian position of hungary. a week ago , it opened a new customs terminal near the tisza checkpoint, and romania is building an autobahn to the ports around the clock, which should become a new transport corridor for ukraine. colleagues thank you very much. natalka volosatska, our correspondent in poland, about the situation with the blocking of the border and what to expect next? well , we continue to discuss this topic on our broadcast,

because there are a lot of questions related to this topic, so we try to ask them to our guest, who is the deputy minister of community development, of territories and infrastructure of ukraine, serhiy darkach, i congratulate you. good morning. tell me, please, does the ukrainian government have an understanding at what stage of solving the problem with... farmers on the polish side of the border, is it possible to have at least some preliminary understanding when a solution can be made? it is difficult to say about a specific date, but the good news is that we really have a dialogue with our polish colleagues, at the level of all ministries, primarily at the level of the ministry of agricultural policy, our ministry, the ministry infrastructure, er, on the direct connection between the prime minister of ukraine and the prime minister of poland, so this... the dialogue is taking place, unfortunately we see that polish farmers are still blocking the border and the issue has not been resolved, here, but this is not only because there are some

claims against ukraine, these are internal issues of farmers within poland and in general within the european union, who also conditionally hold this tension with the issue and the grind of the agreement on the part of the requirements to. environmental friendliness and other other requirements, so there are very, very many questions that are on the side of poland within its own country, which do not really concern ukraine. we, on our side, on the side of ukraine, are working with our polish colleagues in order to remove all the issues that are on the part of ukraine, specifically the issue of agricultural policy, in the part of, for example, transportation , there are no such issues for ukraine today, therefore we really hope that our polish colleagues will... still solve the issue at the border quite quickly. tell me, please, about those announced actions, when polish farmers were supposed to join with on march 1, that is, from today, and the polish

carriers who suspended their protests, as you know, they gave up their plans, they did not give up, they will join, what do you know? as of today, we have no information about renewed protests by carriers, this week i held a meeting with my colleague, the deputy minister of infrastructure of poland at the level of... ministries, we just discussed all urgent issues, as of today there are no demands on ukraine from its side polish carriers, those issues that are currently in poland are resolved, they are resolved in the working order, the ministry of infrastructure is also working on some changes in the legislation and some other issues in terms of the requirements of the carriers, but today the requirements are those that we talked about back in the winter, in fact, uh, in december, in january were fulfilled by us as ukraine, so there are no questions for us, so there should not be a blockade from today, and we emphasized this this week

at our meeting, so... as we can see, today we do not have any information about that the carriers will join to the protest. tell me, please, about the position of the european commission, which it gives, perhaps additional recommendations, additional obligations to kyiv regarding the situation that is happening on the border and the blockade by polish farmers, are there any additional obligations that the european commission says to kyiv, what he should take upon himself in order to speed up the solution of the situation, are they still sympathetic to what... is happening to ukraine and to kyiv, officially there are no questions. today there are no questions from the european union to ukraine, because again, the agreements that were previously adopted regarding the conditional non-export of ukrainian grain to, for example, poland and not only grain, but other types of certain groups of goods, were respected, so there are no questions regarding ukraine today, the european commission

works in principle on questions let's say farmers' strikes throughout europe, we, as the ministry of infrastructure, work with the european commission in a slightly different way, because for us the key task is to continue the agreement on the liberalization of transport, the transport visa-free, in other words, to for our carriers and our trucks to travel to the european union without hindrance, and this would allow us to increase exports to our country, we are already working this way. in fact the second year, but until june 30, this agreement is valid, and then it should be extended or reviewed. right now, right now , we are working with the european commission to do everything and extend this agreement for at least the next year. tell me, please, there is literally a minute left in our time, what alternative ways ukraine already has for itself determined and possibly already developed, in particular by your ministry, in case the situation

at the borders worsens. if there is no option to export grain from ukraine there, then in what directions does the priceless kyiv think today? well, first of all, the first and most important thing is that many goods, namely agricultural products , are exported by sea, so a very small percentage, about 5%, are only exported by road transport, and this is again a question not, not the questions that really raise our polish colleagues, and especially farmers, about the fact that a lot... is being prepared for poland's agricultural products, the key, the key is the sea corridor, which has started working, which already goes to the numbers before the war, specifically, of course, only through the ports of greater odessa. as for other directions, we are working with our colleagues from romania, slovakia, and hungary in order to also increase the capacity of checkpoints and increase the number of vehicles that can cross the border in order to export goods from

ukraine. thank you very much sir. sergey for explaining what the situation is, and maybe more in conclusion, very briefly, considering that polish farmers will also block the border with lithuania today, what they announced, how much easier it is for the european union to understand the situation that is happening and how much it gives ukraine a chance to speed up the resolution of this problem, just from your point of view, in your opinion, it is difficult to say at the expense of other border blockades, because we see that for the european union, for the european... commission, the border blockade in principle, especially with ukraine, is now so weighty problem, both for ukraine and for the entire european union, since the european union is currently investing a lot in helping ukraine, so the issue of blocking another border, i think, is not such a significant argument, we would like the border with ukraine to be unlocked, because it is the main way for us to export and import products with poland today.

thank you for your input. to the broadcast , deputy minister of community development, territories and infrastructure of ukraine serhiy derkach, guest of our broadcast. opposition politician oleksiy navalny is being guarded in russia today. farewell to him is scheduled for 2 p.m. navalny will be buried at the borysiv cemetery in moscow. previously, the politician's funeral was planned to be held on february 29, but navalny's associate ivan zhdanov says that there was no one to dig the grave that day. he relates this to putin's address to the federal assembly, which the russian president. held on february 29, which the kremlin made a large-scale event. the day before, the funeral services refused to take navalny's body to of the church, allegedly due to threats from unknown persons, navalny's press secretary, kira yarmysh, reported this. it was also not possible to rent a hall for saying goodbye to the politician. in the church where navalny will be mourned today, audio and video recording has been banned, although the church members themselves installed a video camera the day before above the altar around the cemetery where the oppositionist will be buried.