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hello everyone, this is svoboda ranok, my name is kateryna nekredcha, and we will talk about the attack on the russian ship serhiy kotov, it was confirmed in gur. we will talk about the details of the damage in a minute on our broadcast and also in this one issue we talk about such topics. the armed forces say that russian forces are transferring reserves to take novomykhaivka, which is in donetsk region. there were even more assaults than there were in the avdiyiv direction, adding a wasp to tavria. we are talking about the situation at the front. american fighter jets in the sky, german tanks on land , large-scale exercises are underway in nato, the largest since the end of the cold war. 90,000 military personnel from all countries. alliance and sweden, approximately 50

warships, 80 aircraft and more than a thousand combat vehicles. we will show how nato is preparing to confront russia in poland. in ukraine, they want to reduce the number of ministries by a third, said prime minister denys shmyhal. according to him, the country needs a small number of very high-quality, qualified specialists. what is the purpose of such a reform, which departments will it affect? let's discuss with you and the experts the important ones. news, the military and political situation in the country, and you write in the comments, from where you look at us and what topics you consider important this morning. ukrainian scouts attacked a russian patrol ship at night serhii kotov near the kerch strait. this was reported by the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine. the vessel suffered damage to the stern, right and left sides and was sunk, so say the ugurs. they attacked the ship with magura v5 naval drones. so far, the russian ministry of defense

has not commented on the situation, but russian pro-war media have confirmed the attack and even published a video of the alleged attack. he noted that around midnight, traffic on the kerch bridge was blocked. in particular, railway transport was also removed, telegram-channel of the state of emergency of sevastopol reports that it was a record delay in the movement of motor vehicles on the kerch bridge, which lasted more than eight hours. the occupying head of crimea, serhii aksyonov, has not yet commented on the incident. andriy yusov, representative of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, joined our broadcast. mr. andriy, congratulations, thank you for joining. thank you, congratulations. tell me what details you can about what happened to the russian ship serhiy kotov. what are

the consequences, how many crew members were on board, what happened to them? yes, another successful one operation, very good news, the main intelligence department in cooperation with the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine conducted a brilliant operation and sergey kotov has already been definitely destroyed this time. why this time, because it was not the first time he was hunted and there were already successful attacks, but he was able to recover after carrying out repair work. serhiy kotov is the newest ship, the cost is about more than 60 million dollars, for combat duty, ships of this type were built, if i am not mistaken, in the 17th year, and the enemy had plans for them, except for the actual patrol boat or a corvette-type ship, there were also plans to place anti-aircraft missile systems on the ship itself, and there were already such attempts, well , actually. the fewer such vessels, the correspondingly

smaller anti-aircraft missile systems will be placed on them, which means more opportunities for the ukrainian security and defense forces, also serhiy kotov, sign. not because he participated in the attack together with the cruiser moskva on the snake island, but actually now he joined the same cruiser moskva. regarding the crew, the situation is being clarified, there are dead and wounded, but there are the probability that part, part of the crew, was able to evacuate, at least it is known about more than 10 ambulances that were called by the enemy on the nearest part of the land, that is... the evacuation operation was still carried out, mr. andriy, and you mentioned that this was not the first attempt to attack serhiy kotov, let me remind you how many there were, but from what the media say, in july of last year there was an attempt, in september there was an accidental attempt, then they wrote about it that it was accidental, but how many in total

attacks, are these all the known ones, no, these are two attacks, we can talk about it, well , today was not an accidental attack, as far as i understand, no, today was not accidental, of course, it takes a long time. but the operation, and the result speaks for itself, well, let's say, conditionally five direct hits do not happen by chance, five direct hits by sea drones, right? well, i say conditionally five direct hits. if we talk about the fact that this is not the first attempt by ukrainian forces to attack this ship, then why are russian forces not there the defenses did not protect it, maybe it was better, they already knew that it was one of those priorities. goals for ukrainian forces? they try and every time they report that everything has been carried out , everything has been completed, all risks have been eliminated and now for sure something like this will not happen again, but from the new year 2024 we will be watching tsezar kunikov, ivantsov, well, now

serhiy kotov has joined this campaign , and we can safely say what will happen next. mr. andrii, if so, well, in general, for example, how many attempts on average... to forge a ship of such a type in order for these attacks to eventually, well, damage eventually occur, what are we talking about, three attacks, five, 10? well, if we talk about the operations in general, then the previous ones, there is no average indicator here, since both kunikov and ivantsov were destroyed as part of the first one, we will continue to talk about the circumstances, about what happened to sergey kotov, i will remind you that the attack on this the russian... ship happened tonight, and as mr. andrii yusov told, he just told on the air, which he reminded that this was already the third attempt, the first attempt was last july year, the second attempt was not on purpose, but in

september of last year, the times wrote about it, and then that it was a random attack on this ship, and as we can see, it happened tonight, and... it was announced, then we will talk, also about the circumstances of this and in general, what are the capabilities of the russian forces and is there any activity currently in the black sea? dmytro plytenchuk, spokesman for the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine, joins our broadcast. mr. dmytro, i congratulate you, thank you for joining. welcome to the studio this wonderful morning spring it's our second day, our second guest on our morning broadcast today, mr. just turned on, and you all are in a good mood, it is clear, mr. dmitry , tell me about this ship serhiy kotov, and with the third attempt, the ukrainian forces managed to hit it, russia, the russian forces did not prepare for the fact that there would be a third attempt,

well, they were preparing, you see that in principle they were constantly taking measures to disperse the ship's crew, but still, as i have already repeatedly said in the ethers, there are... tasks that cannot be removed from them, for example, this ship specifically guarded our kerch strait in our territorial waters, and by the way, this part of the sea, it is officially closed to navigation by ukraine, which has the right to issue coastal warnings on this matter , that is, we warned last year that it is not necessary to go here, ugh, we did not listen to these warnings, well, as far as these cases are concerned, you are absolutely right, that is, koto was already damaged, and in total there are four such patrol ships in the composition of the black sea fleet fleet, by the way, one of them is pavel derzhavin , who received two damages from the navy, recently, well, how recently, you remember, near

the crimea, he also ran into two mines that we installed there, and accordingly, even more it is not known to the end in what condition it is, but not in combat readiness, that is... exactly, that is , in fact, two of these four ships of this project are no longer in service, uh, well, that is, other goals, new goals are obviously understood here, understood, these are those two other ships, and tell us about the extent of these strikes, they hit the fleet of the russian federation, how much weaker is it, as it affects in practice, their activity in the black sea? affects significantly, primarily affects the performance of tasks, they have enough tasks, especially for patrol ships, by the way, now there is not a single unit in the black sea at all, but there is still one in the azov sea, and... and tasks they can be diverse, starting from the protection of base points, ending with the protection of the water

area, the strait of the control of civil shipping, that is, such ships actually have many tasks, and of course, when they fail, in this case it sank altogether, and by the way, the search operation had already taken place, was being carried out, they even pulled someone out of the water in time, but of course, what affects... it also affects the moral and psychological state of the personnel, which perfectly understands that going to sea is a real danger and staying there, therefore, of course, affects the desire to serve in the black sea fleet, the so -called. well, for us this is another step on the way to freeing the waters of the black sea and the sea of ​​azov from the presence of the russian fleet, because, as we have repeatedly emphasized, our ultimate goal is the absence. the presence of these ships in the azov-black sea region, because

to negotiate with them, to negotiate with the russians, in general, well, actually, it is not that difficult, there is no sense, you know that they never abide by those treaties that they themselves sign, therefore there is only one way. dmitry, what are the crew's chances of being saved as a result of such attacks? it all depends on the level of training, the level of... well-being and which one will be at that moment go through the commands, how they will be carried out, because on each ship the struggle for survivability, bzh , it is called, it is each party, these are such small groups in the crew, they have to perform some of their tasks to save the ship, but of course, if there is a team already leave, then everything will depend on personal dexterity, probably, well, once again on training and... and after such ukrainian attacks, these trainings and there improvement of this equipment, this is happening

in the russian forces, they are paying attention to this for that there would be more chances to save their own? well, in fact, it should not be assumed that the enemy does not draw any conclusions at all , does not train, one cannot say so, of course they draw conclusions, of course they do not stop their educational process, it is the same with them as it is actually with us. twice a year takes place in a new new academic period, and of course they train the staff, what is the result? well, it depends on many factors, again, how fast it will sink, what exactly were the damages, what temperature the water is now hypothermia comes on very quickly, and now it's really difficult to save a person who's been in the water there for more than 10-15 minutes, so they usually immediately... start this search and rescue operation as soon as it's clear that the ship is affected. dmitry, thank

you for participating, i will tell you that in the comments under our broadcast on the radio liberty channel, your delight is shared, and the comments are happy for such a morning. thank you for the details you shared, dmytro plytenchuk, spokesman for the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine, was a guest. freedom of the mornings. next, let's talk about the situation at the front, specifically, russian troops have advanced into the center of novomykhaivka, which is southwest of donetsk and maryinka to the south. this is reported in the american institute for the study of war. geolocation footage published in russian pro-war publications in the operational-strategic direction of tavria confirms this advance , saying that russian troops are concentrating large reserves in the novomykhaivka area in order to seize this village. the spokesman of osuf tavria , dmytro lekhovii, said this on donbas-real. however, as he noted, the russian forces are not having success there, in the area of ​​the village of novomykhaivka , the enemy is concentrating very significant reserves,

transferring reinforcements from the hinterland from the russian side precisely to take the village of novomykhaivka, there are more assaults there every day than in the ovdiiv direction, but the defense is holding, there the enemy is making enormous efforts, but there is no success, from the word at all. i would like to add that, according to the ukrainian general staff, during the last day in the novopavlivskyi direction, ukrainian forces repelled 22 attempts by the russian army to break through the defenses, in the last summary the russian ministry of defense does not mention the situation in the novomykhaivka area. serhiy tsehotskyi, an officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov handziuk, joins our broadcast. welcome to our broadcast, thank you for joining, mr. sergey. can you confirm, can you confirm that russian forces are aiming to capture novo mykhailivka, what is the situation there? they

aim to capture everything around them, that's their goal, their goal, there and so on. ot. er, only for the last day at the position of our brigade 10 assaults were carried out, and the enemy is there with much larger forces, in some cases it reaches a very consolidated group, it is trying to find weak spots and storm there, that is, i will not name the settlement directly. but at one location, it means that they left yesterday four bmps, that is, with infantry, and at the same time, a little to the left there , they stormed up to 30 people, quietly, so that, with the aim, probably, that they would draw attention there, here they will make their way, but as soon as possible

were spotted, artillery fire immediately opened, two bmps ran away, one was destroyed, one was damaged, and this is constant, and also the infantry in the second division was also destroyed, and in total, about 50 occupants were neutralized. if we talk about the methods by which the russian forces continue to act, then nothing has changed here. earlier, you and your military colleagues talked about the fact that sometimes the russian forces seem to protect their equipment more than their own infantry. well, now i will say that... what they use is observed everything they can. mr. sergey, what is novomykhaivka for the forces of the russian federation, it is convenient to gain a foothold there, what is the tactical goal for the russian army? they don't have a goal, that means, look, no, the goal, of course, is the political leadership, that is, to liberate the donetsk region, yes, to go to the admin there

, the so-called borders, and in this way to consolidate them as much as possible. and then already there to hold some kind of negotiations about the fact that let's stop shooting, advance and so on, but there is nothing like that in our plans, besides that i want to say that directly, and our brigade is not just taking up the defense, but active defense, which means that we are still storming them, and this and in our plans we have a lot of surprises for the enemy, which today we... are already starting to implement, therefore novamykhaivka, nevelske , pervomaiske, it doesn’t matter where they are, they would like to visit the ruins where they destroyed, for them their success is a destroyed village, city, town and so on, this is the goal of the occupiers, can you you will tell about the situation in the avdiiv direction, because

there in the armed forces they said that there are more attacks around novomykhaivka than in the avdiiv direction, what can you say about this? well, we see that on our front line, wow, there are a lot of them too, and drops from cabs and drops from drones, and also constant artillery fire, there every day, day, that’s more than 100 shelling of our positions, that’s why we in turn, we are doing everything in order to get stronger, and better fortifications. to equip the buildings there, we are making a mini-barricade, we are constantly working on making it impossible for them to continue advancement is difficult, it is not easy, you know, this is not a walk, this is a war, no matter how trained, trained the occupiers are, they still stick, and besides, i want to add, i have already

said this before, that the occupiers are very active they use the so-called detachments for fences, here and there, well, this gives an estimate of the way in which they still press there, that is, they are pushed from behind, behind them, they stand there and there by different, different means, well, they push forward, and they already they go and think, well, they will die, so maybe they will pay something to my family, probably well, probably so, but we know a lot that they don't want to die and find everyone there. opportunities to run away from the battlefield somewhere during the performance of these tasks that are set for them, so we offer the russians, if there is an opportunity, they see and know where our positions are. let them surrender, they will be guaranteed, as they say, warm clothes, medical care, and so on. well, maybe someone, sometimes we see that

the citizens of the russian federation are watching us, maybe someone will look at this appeal, sir sergey, thank you for joining our broadcast. serhiy tsykhodskyi, an officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov hantsyuk, was a guest of freedom mornings. the ukrainian general staff reports on 76 combatants. of clashes on the front during the past day and according to the report, in the kupinsky direction, russian forces carried out seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of senkivka and tabaivka in the kharkiv region, in the liman direction, the armed forces of ukraine repelled four attacks of the russian army in the areas of the settlements of terna in the donetsk region and belogorivka in the luhansk region meanwhile, bild analysts write that the armed forces of ukraine are forcefully holding the defense along the reservoirs west of avdiivka. we will talk about the general situation on the battlefield further in our broadcast with... with our next guest, dear viewers, you can write your comments and questions during the broadcast on the radio liberty channel. roman pohorily, co-founder and analyst of the deepstate ua project, joined our broadcast. welcome to

our broadcast, thank you for joining. congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, tell us what you are and your colleagues are watching, what is the current situation at the front, where is the main offensive of the russian forces? an offensive along the entire front line on our entire country, so to speak. about certain sections of the front where the most active is tabaivka, lyman, the lyman district, bakhmut , avdiivka, maryanka, robotyn, and tvychanko, of course, the left bank of the kherson region, where the enemy is constantly trying to knock our soldiers out of the bridgehead, in all these areas, as well as a large concentration of russian troops, as well as constant assaults, you can very often see and even. or videos and photos from our fighters, how they destroy entire columns of equipment and infantry of the russian military, this happens every day and every night, accordingly, the situation in these areas

is very, very difficult. and about the fact that the armed forces of ukraine are holding their defense along the reservoirs west of avdiyivka, bild analyst yuliyan ryobke wrote that you can say whether you agree with this analyst's assessment, because he says that he did such a thing.. .conclusions based on the analysis of open data, i do not recommend reading and listening to this at all this man, because he gives out sometimes simply absurd, and yesterday he gave out allegedly in the course of a battle, when the ukrainian military was fighting with the russian military, who did not surrender, who were leading the way and just our military fired the corresponding shots. so that they don't throw a grenade, as they like to do, they didn't show it in any way, yesterday he trumpeted to the whole world, it seems, yesterday, he trumpeted to the whole world that we allegedly shot russian

soldiers, no objectivity and intelligent analysis, well how in in general it is often very does, but we are moving to avdiyivka, it is very difficult there right now along the entire front line in the entire stretch in the avdiyivka area, as from berdychi, where... since yesterday evening, literally since the day, the enemy has been constantly attacking, constantly assaulting and continues to do so now, they are trying to consolidate their success , because they had an advance there , they took from tpv, they once already got close to bertachy, went into the outer houses, but they did not succeed, because our military is holding the defense there, they were knocked out , but now they are trying to climb there again and again and already there was a lot of... before that, when bradley destroyed the airborne infantry on the equipment, that is , our military destroys any attempts

of the enemy to advance there, as well as the area of ​​lastochkinno, that is, from there they push towards the position of the ukrainian military, now it is also difficult on the thin , and the entire battle line that we have and... our military is trying to consolidate, trying to build some positions in order to restrain the onslaught of the enemy, which continues both day and night, by various means, as well as means of fire damage, then aviation, though not as intensively as in avdivytsa, but it works, artillery and especially drones, which are very annoying, they also work against our military, but despite these extremely difficult conditions, ukrainian fighters hold on and... and do not allow the enemy to develop success. roman, in between , before another question, i want to clarify with you, since you have already criticized, let's say so, one of such well-known, western commentators,

who... writes a lot about the situation in ukrainian, in russian, the ukrainian war, and you use information from open sources, as well as information from their own sources from the military, as far as i understand, yes, yes, there was another publication by the american edition of the new york times, and there they reported on the weak defensive positions of the ukrainian troops to the west of avdiivka, and they sent satellite images. oleksiy hetman, a military expert on radio svoboda, noted that fortifications are not being built on... no, that it makes sense to entrench on the hills more than 10 km west of avdiyivka, if we talk about this situation, again, how do you feel about this information from the new york times, to what extent is their criticism, is it fair towards the ukrainian forces? well, it is fair there, because there have been calls for the construction of defensive sportification structures for several weeks, in general since the fall of avdiyivka, because the defense there was not ready.

and the military, in those settlements , especially where we had already lost, which were occupied by the enemy, we were forced to hold on like this, the ukrainian military, on their shoulders, in their hands, were all the maintenance, they had to retreat from the line combat clash, v in the course of the fighting, to immediately establish themselves in new positions, to dig on their own, and this was prepared in the brackets of the defense line, it is now being followed and it is worth talking about it , the dynamics are being followed, especially after the visit of the commander-in-chief of the area of ​​hostilities, an active formation in the rear began, let's call it places, you can't tell in detail, the formation, that is , digging begins and the military begins to talk about it, but still two questions remain, why only now and in fact

no one will bear it? specifically there responsibility for this, because now we often talk about specific brigades, and there, for example, about brigades that were also supposed to foresee a certain formation, certain moments, but this is the responsibility of the entire direction, because the positions that are now being formed and they chose for the next line of defense, they by no means belong to those combat brigades that... held the defense in avdiivka, that were engaged in exactly this. the second question is that we still have villages where our soldiers are forced to follow the battle line clash with their own forces to hold them, building the same positions. praise and honor to them, they are now trying to cope with this task with great sacrifices and are actually coping, because. roman pohorily, our

guest, something happened with the sound and we stopped hearing you, roman, but i had one more question, but we will postpone it for next time. roman pohoriley, co-founder and analyst of the deepstate ua project. and we talked with him in general about the situation at the front, including the fortifications in the area in the direction of avdiivskyi, which are criticized in including western media. well, later in our broadcast we will talk about nato training. a steadfast defender, here... large-scale exercises are underway, the largest since the end of the cold war: 90,000 soldiers from all countries of the alliance and sweden at...