situations mr. mykola, thank you, it is difficult, but we talked to you. mykola malomush, general of the army of ukraine, head of the foreign intelligence service of ukraine in 2005-2010 was with us. dear friends, now i will remind you that there is a moment of silence for all ukrainians whose lives were cut short by russian aggression. we will observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war. that it was unleashed by russia.

greetings, this is the freedom of the morning, my name is kateryna nekrecha, and we are starting the information day together with you on the air, we talk about such topics. at least four people were killed in kharkiv as a result of the drone attack. this was reported by the mayor terekhov. power outages are also possible in the city. we will talk about the consequences later. russia is preparing an additional mobilization of 3,000 military personnel on june 1, the president of ukraine said. the kremlin called this statement by zelenskyi false. is russia preparing for an offensive and how will ukraine respond?

ukrainian pilots are already honing their skills on f-16 fighters. now they are in denmark, france, great britain and the usa. when will they return to ukraine together with the f-16? we will discuss these and other topics on this broadcast, but in the meantime, write in the comments where you are watching us, how you feel and what topics you think are important to discuss this morning. russian troops at night shaheda. we attacked kharkiv, according to preliminary data , four people were killed and 12 wounded, the mayor of the city, ihor terekhov, reported this. it is known that three of the four dead are rescuers, according to terikhov, they are drivers. rescuers arrived at one of the landing sites, and at this one moment there was a hit again. a nurse who arrived at the scene as part of the ambulance crew was also injured . the fourth person who died was a woman and in a different place of impact, in a high-rise building. there is an apartment on several floors.

hanna chernenko, a correspondent of radio liberty, joined our broadcast. anya, congratulations, thank you for joining, please tell me what the situation is now at the site of the russian attack? congratulations, i want it right away. data that three district cities, three districts of kharkiv were under the blows of the shaheds, novobavarskyi, saltivskyi, slobitskyi, and we just spoke with eyewitnesses of the attack in one of the districts, first they hit the private sector, people, respectively, from the neighboring apartment buildings began to descend into shelters, into the basements, somehow hiding behind the walls, when it flew into the neighboring them the house and literally into the apartment, from where then, as far as i understand, this previous video from the unblocking... with the evacuation

of a person, that’s what it was, and the third drone strike at the same location took place literally on the asphalt in front of the emergency services vehicles, where there were drivers, three people died, our sincere condolences to the families of the victims - this is an irreparable loss for the kharkiv state emergency service, for all of kharkiv, because we understand that they take risks every time at work and every time they take risks when there is a threat of a second strike, which today is literally. .. happened, it is already known that 15 missiles were aimed at kharkov, some of them were shot down, but at least six - this is what hit residential quarters, residential buildings, let me repeat that these are high-rise buildings, as in one of the cases of 14 where is the floor space? a civilian was killed, she is 69 years old, it is a three -story building and it is a private sector in different districts, in addition, cars were damaged in a warehouse in one of the districts, now, as you said, we already know about 12 wounded,

injured, some of them are more difficult, that is, like a person after, after deblocking, after he was covered with slabs, as well as people who turned to doctors in a state of acute stress. with fear, because we understand that when a drone flies, you first hear this, you hear, beep, you hear this noise, and only later you understand that it is somewhere nearby, that in fact, it is very, very, very scary, i want to say that in addition to kharkiv, we also had hits in the region this night, this is luzova and this is chuguyivskyi district, and in addition to lozova, there is also chuguyivskyi district, we continue to monitor the situation that is happening, i hope that the number of wounded... the number of victims will not increase. hanna, one more question, a clarification regarding the electricity supply situation, because the mayor of the city mentioned that there were problems with light in some areas after these attacks. what is the current situation? ah, for information, what am i, what am i i have, the energy experts reported that everyone is working

first on the ground, they are already recovering, and besides, here at the point of impact, we understand that the drone attacks, locally, this is this district, this quarter, it is not energized, but there are also throughout the city . connection, but how large-scale they are, it is not yet known, they do not report, it is known that the energy workers are working, thank you for joining our broadcast, take care, hanna chernenko, a correspondent of radio liberty, told about the situation in kharkiv after the night shelling. we will be on our broadcast later to find out more details about the situation in kharkiv, if you are watching us from this city, write in the comments what the situation is in your area, what happened near you and further add to this broadcast yevhen vasylenko, spokesman of the main department of the state emergency service in the kharkiv region. greetings, mr. yevgeny, thank you for joining us on this extremely difficult morning. tell us about the consequences of the attacks in kharkiv, how many there were and how it happened that the rescuers were injured,

it has already been reported that three rescuers died. greetings, studio, the enemy at night delivered a massive drone strike. we have recorded several hits in the city of kharkov, where there were destructions, where there were fires, this is generally residential infrastructure, ordinary residential buildings, directly at one of the addresses where significant destruction occurred, overlapping of the roof and part of the floors of the third floor of a three-story residential building, there under rubble there were people needed help to the scene of the incident , rescuers immediately arrived, and during the rescue work, the enemy struck again with saheds at this time the fixed place of impact was our

employees and three, unfortunately, died, one was directly injured, despite this tragedy, the operation, they managed to save the man from the debris, the rubble of the concrete structures of the apartment, removed the man, handed him over to medics, he is currently hospitalized, his condition is satisfactory . mr. yevgeny, of course, my condolences in connection with this tragedy, but can you share... perhaps such inside information, and as usual, because this is not the first case, but unfortunately, in ukraine, when such a repeated attack occurs, including by shaheeds, how to act in such a situation in general, and what do the rescuers pay attention to first of all, because they come to provide help, and when such

a repeated attack, is it possible to somehow prevent it, inform them about it, this is how it happens in practice, of course, usually a rescuer, if there is a threat. of a second strike, everyone goes to shelter, after, if the situation becomes more or less safe, they will continue the work, but at this time, today, the person was under rubble, needed help and needed to act immediately, so the rescuers did their work on the spot, but unfortunately, a tragedy happened, our... brothers were killed literally rescuing civilians, and please tell me , can you sum it up now those consequences , which as a result of the russian attack this night are now waiting for kharkiv, how many houses have been damaged there in total and how much longer

do you expect the rescue work to last there? its consequences are summarized by local self-government bodies, they are now are examined these damaged and destroyed houses, the immediate task of our rescue units, who are working at this location on this three-story building, is to dismantle the rubble... rubble, work is still ongoing, heavy equipment is involved, it is necessary to disassemble, lift the concrete slabs of the upper floors, so still on this location, this is where the work will continue, mr. yevgeny, thank you for joining us on this difficult morning, once again my condolences to all your colleagues from the state emergency service, yevhen vasylenko, spokesman for the main office of the state emergency service in the kharkiv region, told about situation in the city. i see in the comments you also write, express your condolences, i

thank you for sharing in the comments and your impressions and your thoughts about what we discuss on the air, and again, if you are from kharkiv from kharkiv , write in the comments what is the situation in your area, the day before in kharkiv, by the way, they presented an underground school, the educational institution began to be built last year, it is planned according to modern construction and safety ... it is important norms, there is everything necessary yazane there with air, and anti-radiation protection, even those three sources of electricity supply, well, the underground school can accommodate 450 children, all students from the district where it is built, and they plan to open a safe educational institution this school year, let's see, the school bell rings for the first time in the still empty in the corridors of the newly built school, we are at a depth... 6 m underground, this is the first full-fledged underground school in ukraine. currently

, children in kharkiv mostly study online. classrooms have been rebuilt for offline learning at five kharkiv metro stations, however they cannot accommodate all those willing to study. today, there are 2,200 students studying there, and we no longer have the opportunity to teach in the metro stations, this school was created when it starts operating. will make it possible for today's children to learn for real. construction of the underground school started last year. this is a real bunker with an armored door. it provides anti-radiation protection, three energy sources and air recovery. the number of people was like in a classroom. you do not feel that it is not stuffy. there is almost a basement here, we live in a normal one atmosphere this is the first school in ukraine, designed and built according to the new dbn. these are state building regulations. and she passed the state exam. the youngest students need offline learning the most, so the school

has created separate spaces specifically for first graders. we have desks designed for 20 children, we have such a wonderful play area where children can play with each other, yes, we have an experiment area where children can experiment and conduct various experiments. and in this class, high school students will study, except for the desks in the room. active board and tablets, mathematics will be taught here, 22 students will study in this class, this is a collective team, as we say, this is a and b class. the school will work in two shifts, so it will be able to accommodate up to 900 children. all of them are from the district where the educational institution was built. the school will open as soon as it receives all the permits. educators hope that by the end of this school year. i really want to see the children's eyes, they are also behind us, believe me, yes. want to meet with them, because offline learning

is offline learning. when did it start? war, yes, i wrote to myself in my notes that i hope the day will come when i finally set my clock back to five, 5:20 in the morning to get up and go to school. this day has come. by the beginning of the new academic year , three more such safe schools are planned to be built in kharkiv. this educational institution. cost the kharkiv city hall nearly uah 59 million. two groups of ukrainian pilots are already honing their skills in f-16 fighter jets. this was announced by the spokesman of the air force of the ukrainian armed forces, ilya yevlazh , on the air of the telethon, according to him, they are training to pilot the f-16 in denmark and the usa. another group, after completing the initial flight training in great britain , has already moved to france. the royal was also informed about this. and the royal air force of great britain at the end of march, although in france pilots will now master light

aircraft. in addition to pilots, technical personnel are also being trained, who will later train their colleagues directly in ukraine. in march , the american newspaper new york times wrote that 12 ukrainian pilots, that is, full squadron, will be ready to pilot the f-16 in combat conditions as early as july this year, but by the summer only six of the approximately 45 fighters promised to the west. countries ukraine will be able to receive. ilya ivlash, spokesman for the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, joins our broadcast. welcome to our broadcast, thank you for joining. good morning, studio, glory. kudos to the heroes, but first, before we talk about the f-16 and other such pressing topics, i want to ask you about what this night was like for ukraine, given the russian shelling, we talked in detail in on the air about the situation in kharkiv and the dead, four people were killed there due to an attack by drones, including three rescuers. ilya, tell me in general what the situation is like in

ukraine, what are the results? unfortunately, the enemy continues to cynically attack our peaceful cities. including kharkiv, this time we saw a mass attack by shaheds, in fact , around one o'clock in the morning, dozens of shakhet-type attack uavs came from the belgorod region from the north and started moving in the direction of kharkiv, also after that another part came from mykolayivska and along the whole of ukraine was also heading to this settlement. unfortunately, due to the very close proximity to... the city with the border, from where the first party, the most massed shahedov, set out, it is not possible for the mobile groups to respond quickly and effectively to all these drones, so unfortunately, we see such a situation when, as a result the arrival of russian attack uavs killed people, killed dsns workers, there was a very large-scale destruction, of course,

that this is a very big painful loss for all of us, and of course, that the russians have to pay for theirs. now let's talk about f-16, i would like to know more details from you than you have given before about pilot training and technical personnel, let's start with the pilots, at what stage of the training, roughly when it might end, because the western media has different dates, e.g. , when the f-16 will be given to ukraine by the partners, some say june, some say july, do you have any deadline that the armed forces of ukraine are counting on? well, actually our...partners are tight-lipped, of course most of the negotiations are behind closed doors because it's quite subtle information that does not need wide publicity, let's say so, but yes, of course, now two groups of ours, this is in denmark, in the united states, they are really already mastering the f-16 directly, honing

their skills and practice, the raid takes hours. on these planes , of course, this is one of those, maybe the final stages, of course, when exactly the transfer will take place, and when exactly we will see the f-16 in the sky, well, it’s probably not worth divulging, or the enemy, well, it was for it is a certain surprise, of course, that how we can only talk about this, we will inform all ukrainians, since everyone is very much waiting for this news, just like in the air force, and of course, ordinary peaceful ukrainians are also waiting when our planes will finally be able to shoot down russian missiles that are terrorizing our civilians cities, and, of course, to oppose the russian aviation, which actively uses guided aerial bombs and other means of air damage. are you implying that the air force knows the date?

let's leave it without comments, because i don't want to be in favor of... speculation, as only in we will receive information, we will definitely inform about it. good, but regarding the training of technical personnel who must learn abroad, then transfer this knowledge directly to ukraine. can you give the details, is it as long as pilot training or does it end faster there? yes, of course, this is quite a serious training, as it is necessary to learn all the key details, yes, the aircraft, the systems that require maintenance. how exactly to replace certain parts, repair, of course, this is a long-term process that requires training, and our specialists have now filled all the slots that were given to us by the air coalition of the countries that support us, of course, that we use all the opportunities to the maximum in order to prepare as much as possible our specialists, our experts

who will be able to directly share their experience, including with their colleagues . here in ukraine, of course, this process will continue in the future, we will train as many such specialists as possible, but now the training is also ongoing in parallel with the pilots of these masters who will service these planes, you have already mentioned the guided air bombs there, which russia is currently using in its attacks on ukraine, president zelenskyi said that in march alone... russian forces struck ukraine more than 4 thousand guided aerial bombs, missiles and rockets. is it possible to say that this number is impressive, or is it possible to say that it is a certain... also that the russian troops were very active in this sense in march, yes, we can talk about this, since, if we are talking even

about this year, this was the most massive such attack for this month, and according to the main intelligence agency, it is not the last, we see the russians’ preparation at various sites, including gur announced the preparation of caliber tolerances, cruise missiles, yes, of course, that we are ready, we constantly monitor... information on movements, on the possibility of use, we exchange information with our international partners, use intelligence and other sources in order to monitor and maneuver our air defense forces to the most threatening directions, of course, we need more air defense systems, installations, missiles for them, since russia has quite a lot of such weapons in its arsenal, including and planes, of course, that such a number of guided bombs is a rather large load on our air defense system, and of course the most effective

way to counter them is to fight directly with the carriers, since this will have the greatest effect and the absence of the carrier itself, and of course that it will reduce load and psychologically it will have a certain effect on the pilots who will be to approach the contact line in order to... drop another aerial bomb on our peaceful city? i also want to ask you about this, because you know that there and in social networks and in some newsletters there among themselves, viber newsletters, such information can be transmitted to each other, which has been circulating there for the last week after these last attacks, which were very strong on the ukrainian energy infrastructure , including there on the gas. and about the fact that russia is preparing 200 missiles for attacks on ukraine, that specific cities are under threat, i.e. kyiv, kharkiv and... zaporozhye, are any such preparations for such a massive attack recorded in the air force today? well

, the intelligence, the headquarters know more about this, they are collecting information and my colleagues will say more about it, but i will say that we are ready for repulsion, we, as i said before, we monitor the movement of probable launches, we report on this constantly in our telegram channel and on the whatsapp channel, when we see ... some kind of preparation for ballistic, for example, strikes, or the take-off of russian strategic bombers of the tu-22 type or 95 from various airfields, we immediately inform the public about this so that they are ready. of course, all the necessary measures are being taken to move our air defense systems, yes, their maneuvers in order to provide a decent rebuff to an air attacker in the most threatening directions. thank you for commenting on that as well, it's very important because it's really being discussed on social media, it's very appropriate that you mention whatsapp and the fact that the air force is on whatsapp, radio freedom is on whatsapp, it's also very

important, so what will happen to the telegram in ukraine, we also do not know, and we must be ready to have all the information in our phone, in an alternative messenger. thank you, mr. ilya, for joining our broadcast. ilya yevlash, spokesman of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, was a guest of svoboda ranok. write in the comments, by the way, what messengers, as an alternative to telegram , do you use and whether you subscribed to the same whatsapp on radio svoboda, for example, they will follow your comments, it is interesting to know. well, let's talk further about the probable plans of the russian federation, they are planning there to start additional mobilization of 300,000 troops by june 1. president volodymyr zelenskyy said this during a briefing with the president of finland the day before. the kremlin has already reacted to this statement by zelenskyi. spokesman dmytro piskov said in a comment to the russian media that this is apparently not true. at the same time, vladimir putin signed a decree on the spring draft. officially,

they plan to recruit 150,000 conscripts into the russian army. according to the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, in russia, as part of covert mobilization, monthly an army of about 20,000 people. the president also spoke about the mobilization in ukraine. assured that it is not necessary to collect half a million, but he did not specify how much will be mobilized. in the meantime, the guardian , citing high-ranking gur officials, writes that ukrainian intelligence is preparing a third attack on the kerch bridge, adding that it is about disabling the kerch bridge in the first half of this year. andriy yusov, a representative of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, says that this information in the media will not harm the conduct in any way. operations ugur emphasizes that this is a military facility, as the russian army uses the kerch bridge to transfer military equipment, so it is a legitimate target for

ukrainian strikes. i would like to remind you that the russian... forces are considering an alternative route for transferring military equipment in the event of the kerch bridge being out of order in the occupied territories of donetsk and zaporozhye regions, and are building a railway from russian rostov to occupied crimea. this was previously reported by the head of the united press center nataliya humenyuk of the operational command south. we talk about military challenges for ukraine and russia's probable plans below. valery ryabykh, military expert, expert of the information and consulting company defense express, joined our broadcast. welcome to our broadcast, thank you for joining. greetings, mr. kateryna, greetings, dear listeners. in your opinion, ukraine will destroy the crimean bridge, the kerch bridge already in the first half of this year? ah, well, it should be noted here that if the main intelligence agency is speaking, then i am i don't see any reason to doubt it, but it should be noted that the destruction of the crimean bridge

... has, first of all , a military necessity, and it may be connected with the conduct of wider operations, because of course, this has already been discussed for a long time experts say that the destruction of the crimean bridge can significantly reduce the logistical capabilities of the occupiers. ensuring the grouping of axes that operates in the south of ukraine. it should be noted that this grouping of the enemy's troops is the most vulnerable, and first of all, precisely in the question their logistical support, that is why the opponents still cannot solve the issue there, the wedge of the armed forces of ukraine in military work, well, that is why they...

cannot solve the issue of the ukrainian bridgeheads on the left bank of the dnieper there, and the destruction of this bridge, it is only more will undermine precisely the enemy's ability to operate and create conditions for the liberation of the temporarily occupied territories of the southern part of ukraine and, accordingly , the temporarily occupied crimea, and the fact that the enemy also believes in the possibility of destruction the arteries are important to him, as is confirmed by the plans he is implementing for the construction of a railway track already by land, but it should be noted that it is also not a panacea for russian terrorists in that it can play its role, because it is even more vulnerable to the blows of the enemy's defense forces, the defense forces of ukraine,

i apologize. but it is true that they are preparing for it, and putin himself commented on this topic, that it really is either a reinforcement or an alternative, but you said at the beginning that there is no reason not to believe gur, including that we know about budanov's statements, that ukraine should have been in crimea at the end of the 23rd year, for example, but could this statement be, well, calculated precisely for the russian side there, or for some such, you know, political moments, taking into account the difficult situation in... in ukraine, with what is being sent, western partners are sending, there the same, for example, missiles, er, that is, sir, mr. valery, tell me here , what means are needed in order to damage our connection a little small delays, now we will return mr. valery to our broadcast, by the way, you can still write in the comments, and do

you believe in such a forecast? read the promise from gur that already in the first half of this year the crimean bridge and the kerch bridge will be destroyed. write in the comments whether you believe such forecasts or promises, now or not, whether you count on it, and here i will remind you that we are talking on our air with a military expert, this is valery ryabyha, we will discuss this statement by gur about the destruction of the kerch bridge and let's talk further. about military challenges, in particular, the fact that the ukrainian president said that the russian troops are mobilizing even more people into their army, well, we are talking about 300 thousand even. so, mr. valery, returning to our broadcast, i don’t know if you heard my question, yes, but i’m talking about the fact that gur promised and predicted a lot, it didn’t come true, including the entry of ukrainian forces into crimea at the end of 2023 year, but nevertheless this statement that was made, what means are necessary for this?

how many rockets, well, we need a lot of them, i already know immediately