let's summarize the informational morning in ukraine , khrystyna parubiy works in the studio of the news. the occupiers intensified their attacks on the north. on the border of ukraine, they primarily attack vovchansk in the kharkiv region. all night there continued shelling from the air force, as well as zersev and artillery, - said the head of the kharkiv region oleg senigubov. he assured that the enemy group does not pose a threat to kharkiv. the russians, they say, now have enough strength only for provocations in the northern direction. also at night in the direction of vovchansk the enemy drg tried to penetrate, the serviceman reported. 24 of the fourth separate

aydar assault battalion. according to him , the russians were looking for weak areas, but were repulsed. at the same time, the occupiers are charging additional reserves in this direction, so the situation on the border with kharkiv region is very tense. as a result of night shelling in kharkiv oblast, large-scale fires, three people were injured. russian terrorists attacked the regional center, an 11-year-old girl and a 72-year-old woman with a s-300 missile. received an acute stress reaction. as a result of the attack two houses were completely destroyed, and 27 were damaged. currently, 80 consumers are without electricity, four more have no gas, - informed the mayor of the city igor terekhov. in addition, according to the information of the head of the kharkiv region, oleg sinyohobov , a 62-year-old woman was wounded in the shelling of the village of liptsi. the russians also dropped a guided aerial bomb on an infrastructure object in dergachy. 25.

buildings and 33 trade pavilions were damaged, local people write in the telegram public that at night the region experienced one of the biggest attacks in recent months. an elderly woman died in the morning due to shelling of the esman community in sumy oblast, and her granddaughter was wounded, the regional military administration reported. there they called for evacuation from border settlements. and one person was injured due to shelling of the village. postre in donetsk region, the police of the region reported. the occupiers also dropped guided aerial bombs on poselidovo and leman. as a result of the attack, more than 70 residential buildings, administrative buildings and a workshop were damaged. a gas pipeline and a power transmission line in nivachchyna. a 74-year-old man was wounded as a result of an enemy attack on kherson region. at the time of the shelling, he was in his yard, the national police reported. the occupiers also targeted residential

quarters, damaged 22 private houses, a gas pipeline, two farm buildings, a warehouse, a garage and an electric line. one person was injured in zaporizhzhia, the head of the region, ivan fedorov, reported. the occupiers struck the region 547 times during the day. 17 residential buildings were destroyed. increases and... fiv light are discussed in the ministry of energy. this is one option to get recovery resources after the russian attacks, said deputy minister of energy svitlana grynchuk. according to her, there is currently a significant shortage of electricity due to constant shelling of the infrastructure. so this can lead to blackouts. at the same time, tariffs may also be affected by financial assistance from western partners. the order

of reservation from mobilization has been changed. from now on, the lists will be approved by the ministry of defense. previously , this was done by the general staff of the armed forces. however , there are no changes in the procedure itself - the cabinet of ministers of ukraine reported. now the central authorities executive authorities will check the lists of reserved persons and submit them to the department for approval. the first f-16 fighter finally appeared in ukraine. true, in the form of a simulator. it was handed over to us by the czech republic - said air force commander mykola oleschuk. representatives of the czech company have trained five specialists who will work on simulators, and if they agree, they will become f-16 piloting instructors. the unique device is already being tested and prepared for operation by our military. we take off, pass along the route, reach the target and...

the use of our weapons, we have the first aviation simulator of an american fighter in ukraine, provided by the czech republic, its main module is already being tested by specialists based in one of the tactical aviation brigades. then the hydraulics, the cockpit will be mounted, so that the pilot can feel the realism of the training flight as much as possible, this is not a simulator, this is a full-fledged aviation simulator with a real cockpit of the f-16 aircraft from the company iner, the pilot can clearly feel where the controls are, what he saw in flight , which signals pass, we perform take-off, pass by route, arrival at the goal and application of our weapons, now we have missiles in the air-to-air class, amram-120, and now we will try to use the search for a target, the capture of this target and the launch of these missiles.

the ukrainian magura drone has already caused half a billion dollars worth of damage to the russian black sea fleet. such calculations were announced in the main intelligence office. the latest modernized version. the drone is already equipped with anti-aircraft missiles, so the functionality of the drone has significantly expanded. this week, another target of magura was russian speed boat in the crimea. in general, during the year of using this marine drone , our scouts have already sunk more than half a dozen enemy ships and landing craft. tried to set up a webcam near the bridge to spy on the military. sbu detained. russian informant in kropyvnytskyi. according to the investigation materials, he was going to film the movement of military echelons of the armed forces of ukraine and transmit the data to the russians in real time. the occupiers, according to these data , wanted to plan strikes on the railway to disrupt the supply of weapons and

ammunition to the front line of the eastern and southern fronts. the collaborator faces 12 years in prison. and we ask you to support our military with... with your help, we raised funds for cars and equipment for our defenders. two off-road vehicles for the hor and sil pppo aerial reconnaissance group, a pickup truck for the 43rd separate artillery brigade, as well as a refrigerator for the transportation of fallen heroes have already arrived in ukraine, but they need to be prepared for combat service. our goal is uah 120,000. and it remains to collect only 500 hryvnias. so, don't be indifferent. even the smallest donation has a... huge importance. you can see all the details on the screen. the usa announced new arms deliveries to ukraine. the statement was made by a representative of the state department, matthew miller. according to him, help will arrive

in the coming weeks, but what exactly it will include is currently unknown. for safety, on memorial days. the police will be on duty near the cemeteries, the communications department of the national police reported. law enforcement officers can selectively check people. on these days , more than 12,000 policemen will work near the cemeteries. let me remind you that memorial days in ukraine will be held from may 12 to 15. the primary task of law enforcement officers, in the event of identifying suspicious persons who are there. may be present or respond immediately to citizens' appeals pointing to such persons, may be selectively checked. this was the morning in ukraine, read more news on our website espresso.tv, also on our social networks,

join, put your preferences, and i will say goodbye to you, see you tomorrow, my colleagues will tell you more, stay with us. today in the verdict program with serhii rudenko. without discussions and warnings. oleksandr kubrakov was dismissed from the post of vice prime minister and minister of infrastructure. what government reform is planned in the office of the president? propaganda parade. putin used the may campaign "victory besiya" to glorify russian aggression in ukraine and the west's nuclear threats. which of the foreign leaders came to moscow on may 9? strengthening of failed mobilization.

the verkhovna rada allowed convicts to serve and increased the punishment for draft evasion, will the late decisions of the parliament correct the situation? glory to ukraine, this is a program verdict, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone to... good health. for the next hour, we talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. on the day of his victory, putin again threatened the world with nuclear weapons. ministers kubrakov and solsky are retired, and the mobilization of prisoners. how it will take place in ukraine and who will fall under this mobilization. for the next hour, we will talk about this and other things with our guests, two people's deputies of ukraine, roman kostenko and... oleksiy honcharenko, as well as diplomat oleksandr khara. however, before starting our big conversation,

i suggest you watch a video of how ukrainian defenders magically destroyed a russian t-90m breakthrough tank, fighters of the shadow unit, dropped an american m-67 grenade on it, destroyed enemy equipment in the area of ​​tonenko in donetsk region. let's see how it all happened.

glory to the armed forces of ukraine and death. russian occupiers. friends, we work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are now watching us live there. be please subscribe to our pages on facebook and youtube, and also take part in our survey. today we ask you about whether you support the decision to mobilize convicts into the armed forces of ukraine. yes, no, if you're on youtube, it's pretty simple. if you have a personal opinion. great idea, please write it in the comments below this video, and if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or

phone and vote in this poll, yes 0800 211 381, no 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. our first guest is roman kostenko, people's deputy of ukraine, secretary of the committee of the verkhovna rada. on matters of national security, defense and intelligence, colonel of the security service of ukraine. mr. colonel, i congratulate you and thank you for being with us today. good afternoon, studio, each other. first of all, mr. colonel, let's, er, talk about what awaits ukraine in the next month or a month and a half, because according to the forecasts of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine and the supreme. commander-in-chief that during this period the russians will launch an offensive

and deploy the offensive sufficiently widely. what to expect at the end of may or from mid-may to the end of june? well, at the very least, we have to wait for the actions of the russians to intensify, uh, if we analyze the situation, what is on the front, now the enemy does not have such forces to introduce strategic ones. directions, offensives, but they are even now conducting such offensives, which, let's say, consist of taks on tactical directions, but if you omit these moments, they there may be some operational success of the russians there, but i will say that a few days ago, as the secretary of the committee, i received, received, well, we receive information on the material and technical assistance that comes to us based on intelligence data, so... it was nice to see the last ones from our partners, the amount of ammunition that was

given to us, recently, when before the vote was taken, the europeans provided us with help from our partners, others, but there you constantly saw how it decreased, in particular, the range of high-precision ammunition from our overseas partners, and this, let's say, they had such a very large high impact on the battlefield, in particular the heim missiles. there are others there, and when they opened it now, we even looked there with some colleagues from the committee, so let's say, as they say, they poured, and that's good. and i hope that in preparing the enemy there for an offensive, well, let's say, if all this is brought to the battlefield and used correctly, then we have, fortunately , something to meet him now, and i think that the enemy will not make any significant progress , understanding what forces and means we have, and that's just what

came, and there is still a lot to come, so we have to understand that we have something to fight with, well... in the near future, of course, the question will be all about the boys, warriors, about the mobilization potential, which should use all that what our partners give us. the spokesman of the khortytsia operational strategic group, lieutenant colonel nazar voloshyn, says that the enemy is not stopping attempts to storm the city of krasnohorivka in small groups, but the defense forces are holding their positions against it. quoting mr. lieutenant colonel, part of those groups which broke through to the refractory plant in krasnogohorivka, the ukrainian soldiers managed to eliminate them, and those who remained are in a difficult situation, since they are practically deprived of the supply of ammunition and the support of armored vehicles, at the moment the fighting continues there, well, this is the situation

near the city of krasnogohorivka, but mr. colonel, how you assess the possibilities... for the russians to deploy a front, to create a northeastern front, sumy, kharkiv, because there are also different assessments, there are different forecasts that the russians can use additional forces for to go to sumy and kharkiv, is that possible? look, uh, it's possible, but the question of what goals they want to achieve, if we say just go, entrench, make... a target zone, as they say, there, then of course they need to pull up the troops and it all depends on us, but this is not the story when they wanted and they did everything, because we have troops there, we have a prepared border, everything is mined there, it is not even a border there in 22, it is a completely different story, therefore, it will be quite difficult for them to do it, this is a fact, well, plus one more time

i say, having received the help there, which is now available, we fortunately have something to meet them, but they did not give up on... the so-called sanitary zone, as they said, 20-30 km after the russian volunteer corps and there other russian volunteers periodically crossed the border and, let's say, carried out and sabotaged, and even attacked russian regular forces, conducted combat operations there, of course they want to secure it, because it affects the reputation of putin, including putin, there, they will try is to do this zone, but i say it again... there is something to meet, so it is likely, but such global forces that could, well, many are afraid that they will capture the kharkivs there, look, if you do everything right, of course, you can throw everything and run and then, of course, you can capture there, but if the defense is properly organized with even the available forces and means that we have now, plus the help that

we have now, then the fact that they will succeed there, it is unlikely, the main thing for our commanders and generals is... right to plan, properly protect the personnel and correctly use the available weapons, and let's say, well, at least we will be able to hold out, as for further actions there, we have to look at the situation. mr. colonel, jake sullivan, the national security advisor to the president of the united states of america, says that in 2025, ukraine plans to launch a new counteroffensive after receiving military aid. of the united states of america, how do you assess the possibilities of deterring the russian offensive against ours possibilities of a transition to a counteroffensive in a year? look, a year is such a long period of time, and let's put it this way, it is very difficult to predict what actions we will have in a year.

we can plan, of course we can plan, say that now we are in strategic defense, and in a year we will switch. in a counterattack, but, there will be many, but, there will be conditions that we could, and we need these conditions, these to fulfill, to achieve certain goals, so that we can, uh, do this, for example, mobilize a certain number of people, which would allow us to move into this one counteroffensive, make large reserves of weapons and equipment, ammunition, we are currently being supplied with ammunition, it is enough for the current conduct of hostilities, to go on a counterattack... well, from my point of view , ten times more ammunition is needed there, because those who are advancing, understand how it is done, how it is planned, and this is a fact, therefore... "we have to plan, but these plans must be accompanied by many actions and preparedness, if it will be,

again , how will the enemy behave if the enemy continues to increase its potential and will produce next year not 2 million there, but 4 million munitions, yes, we have to think about it, if we do not have superiority in the air, we will also have to take this into account, then our defense and industrial..." so we plan the question we can, but there are many components that we have to complete in order for this to be real. mr. colonel, today the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi also gave an assessment of what is currently happening at the front during a meeting with the head of the european parliament roberta mytsula, he said that, taking advantage of the lack of... weapons in the armed forces of ukraine, the russian army increased the pressure on the north and the east, but the defense forces will stop this offensive after the arrival of new batches of weapons in ukraine, in particular from

the military approved by the united states of america package let's listen to what zelensky said? we did not have enough forces there, there was an increase in forces in the east, avdiivsky, pokrovsky, you know all these directions, and... there is a really difficult situation, not the first day, there are supplies, but not those, the volumes that were, thank god, once again and grateful, once again, but not those that were voted, as soon as they arrive, we will stop their initiative in the east of the state, mr. colonel, why do our western partners always give us ... weapons are dosed so that we do not violate parity with the russians, so that we do not do more than is necessary, or in order to only contain

russia, and not to take greater steps, for example, to expel them for the borders of the ukrainian state, and accordingly with a counteroffensive, possibly on the territory of the russian federation, what are they are afraid, look, well, i think these questions. should be asked directly by our diplomats and the supreme commander-in-chief, when he talks about it, he knows why this is happening, i will say that yes, a certain amount of everything reaches us, but there are two sides of the coin here, firstly, yes, i would like more if they gave everything and we put it together on the territory, some russian missiles immediately flew there, this is also a factor that we have to take into account when transferring ammunition here, and unfortunately, there were cases when even in my memory yati walked... kicked his legs, let's say, cluster munitions, when the russians hit large warehouses and honestly, well, my heart was bleeding, i don't know, i just wanted to scream, when you saw how many munitions

were destroyed there, i'm not saying that there are millions, but, but for in certain directions it was critical, it must also be taken into account when you say, give us everything, so we have to understand that there must be someone who says that we need, for example, a certain amount of ammunition for a month, such... we need, for example, for conducting defensive operations, we can ensure the preservation of these munitions, we can ensure their intended proper use, and everything else, i think should be stored somewhere in such places that are not accessible to the russians, because they after the announcement of this package, after our partners have voted everything, they are doing everything to in order to invent, find and find the warehouses of these ammunition, they do not spare their agents for this. to pour, which they have preserved here for many years, not expensive missiles, not any forces at all, or even bribing some foreign

representatives there, to understand where are passing, well, weapons are imported into the territory of ukraine, so here we have to be very careful, why do our partners give us, here it is, you know, this is a question that cannot be answered on the air, because there are a lot of factors and for each individual type of weapons . agreements are being made, somewhere they have problems themselves with some types of weapons, somewhere there are problems with supplies, somewhere they are, but i see the nomenclature, and now you can understand which ammunition they have and which they don’t, for example, just over there on the 155th look at the nomenclature of measures, and i understand that there are also nuances, i don't i will not talk about them, but there is a large number of some, there is a smaller number of completely different ones, when you look at it, maybe it would be better here, so, let's say, they also have them... because they have a war not only in ukraine , we see that now they have stopped supplying weapons to israel there, they are also fighting among themselves there, so they

dispose of these weapons and see where it can influence and win their interests more, and help that country, what are they trying to do, mr. colonel, president zelenskyi conducted personnel rotations among the top leadership of the military leadership, dismissed serhii lupanchuk from the post of commander of the special operations forces of the armed forces of ukraine and appointed the hero of ukraine oleksandr trepak to this post, the president also appointed dmytro gerega, who was dismissed from the same post only as the commander of the support forces from... on march 24th, and today, zelenskyi dismissed the former commander-in-chief of the armed forces valery zaluzhny from military service, and by another decree appointed him ambassador of ukraine to great britain, so what now is happening with the forces of special operations, because, as far as i remember, serhii lupanchuk was appointed commander quite recently, now

oleksandr tripak is on the next rotation. will be the new commander, what is the reason for this, i.e. are there any objective reasons, or, in principle, the president selects the team so that it is a team, one team, plays equally, has certain results, and evaluates the work accordingly these commanders, i will not evaluate, with your permission, lupanchuk there or other commanders, they will be evaluated by them. soldiers from the field battle, but i will say that at the moment i am glad that general trepat has been appointed, and because i said a long time ago, with respect to some of the past commanders who were in the ssso, that it is wrong to appoint commanders from other

lineages to the ssso troops there with guru, for example, with all due respect to guru, this is a very serious organization, but pogovo is a separate institution, it can be said so, an alternative to guru, well, not so complete, because they are not an intelligence agency, but in the future i hope they will, because i believe that there should not be a monopoly on the military in the country intelligence, but they will have to acquire capacity, and this institutionalization should be managed in the ssso from my point of view. especially during the war, they are like a family there, i was in that family for a long time, more than two years, since the beginning of the war, let's say, i observed it as a participant, and it takes a long time for them to get used to it to people who come from outside, this is despite the fact that, i repeat once again, there is a family that grows from the commands of the group commander, then to the commander for...

company commander, squad commander, there are deputies, brigade commander, some positions in they occupy the command, grow along the career line and look up, and then they understand whether someone from completely others, from other bodies, is appointed there, and this is very wrong, because i say once again, special units are always such a family, there is a different atmosphere, different relations, well, than, for example, there in the infantry or tank troops, this is a fact, you can’t argue with that here, with all due respect to everyone, but this... and here this institutionality should be, isn’t it, for example , in the entire special operations forces, once there were more than 30 thousand, no there will be a person there who will be able to manage his special operations, knowing each other and working on trust, and not there, and not put from above, so that he is someone's person, and not a sso person. the ssso should be managed by people from the ssso, and this is very important, when i served both in the troops in the airborne troops and in alpha,

and... this institutionalization, this familiality of these special operations, special purpose, it has a very serious effect on the atmosphere inside, and when someone comes from outside, the best with all due respect to them, i think this is wrong, because it is this unit that has to educate people, that's why i 'm glad that this commander came, i don't idealize the military, i have the right to this, because i myself am a military person and i always believed that not always.. let's say this, the best platoon leader can be a good company leader and vice versa, sometimes a bad platoon leader can become a good company leader, this is a fact, and i hope that after all, general trepak, he is in the family, and he will become a worthy leader who will lead. further, the sso is fighting against, against the russians, well , it has something for that...