activity first, he became a deputy of the yakymiv district council from the opposition block party. at the time of election, he was a member of this already banned party. in 2017, he completed the mandate of a deputy of the yakymivsk district council and was elected to the kyrilivsk settlement council in the pre-elections. according to the information of my colleagues, honestly, while in office, he repeatedly spread russian propaganda on his pages in social networks. in the local elections in 2020, he again became a deputy. kyryliv settlement community as a self-nominator. after at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, syomov went over to the side of the enemy and was appointed by the occupiers to the position of chairman of the atmanai village council, as chairman. he organized the work of the occupying body, recruited teachers to schools, persuaded local people to cooperate with the occupiers, and in every way demonstrated his loyalty to russia. osionov takes part in a car race in honor of may 9 and shakes hands with a russian soldier. thanks to

our coordinated work, we are only moving forward, the development of our territory will continue, everyone will feel significant for your country in the service of the occupiers, syomov distributed humanitarian aid in the village and held a so-called referendum, demanded money from farmers for cultivating the land, threatened with reprisals by russian military personnel. on syomov's instructions , the russians searched one of the farmers, took his car, money and locked him up in katyvna for several days. inhabitants of atmanai can rightfully be proud of their history and modern achievements, believe in its future and create it with their work. good work. our law enforcement agencies collected evidence regarding the collaborative activities of this traitor and...

took the case to court. on september 19, 2023 , the leninsky district court of the city of zaporizhzhia found oleksandr, a former deputy of the kirilliv settlement council, guilty and sentenced him in absentia to seven years in prison. this seller did not have long to hide behind russian skirts. and finally , i will tell you about yuri balanin. until february 24 , he served in the ukrainian police, took an oath of loyalty to ukraine, then went into business. they say he bought a recreation center on fedotova kosa in kyrylivka, suddenly the war started, and balabin again decided to put on the uniform, which is true of the russian model. locals say that with the arrival of the invaders , balabin met them and received them in his house at a sumptuous table. for such a warm reception, the traitor was appointed chief of the police of the kyrylivka village. but not for long. in the summer of 2023, he was removed from his post. realizing that in... in ukraine

, a court and a cage await him, the seller tried to leave the occupied territories. one problem: the right to leave for an ex-policeman did not give it is said that yuriy balabin tried to leave the occupation through crimea to russia three times, and three times he was returned to the checkpoint, because he is on the no-entry lists. yuriy, i want to inform you that we in ukraine are waiting for you very much, you can even not take your things, they give you pajamas and a brush in prison. this was the collaborator program and i am olena kononenko, if you have information about the kremlin sellers, write to us at this email address or just on facebook, together we will send all the traitors after the russian ship. see you in a week ether espresso.

glory to ukraine, dear tv viewers, on the espresso tv channel, the west studio program, we will traditionally analyze the most important events of this week. our guests today are glen grant and mark fagen. our first guest is retired british army colonel, military expert glen grant. glory to ukraine, dear mr. colonel, god save the king. well, first of all, i would like us to analyze the great russian offensive of may and june, right? many analysts talked about it and we are certainly difficult bloody battles, we are talking not only about the donetsk region, but about the front line in general, if we analyze the enemy's preparations for large- scale operations, what they will be in your opinion and in the opinion of military experts of various western countries. in fact, it is quite difficult to judge now, and i will try to explain why: firstly, the situation on the ukrainian

front was not the best in the last 2-3 months, there were failures in many places, but if you look at the map on a large scale, the number of lost territories, compared to the size of ukraine, is actually quite small, but of course, nobody likes to lose villages. so, the russians managed to advance, but in the south , the ukrainian troops on the eastern bank seem to be holding up pretty well, despite the loss, they manage to hold their positions, and this is impressive. there are even rumors that there are many russian deserters in the south. on the other hand, the russian side is not so much. strong as we imagine. at the moment, the biggest concern is the talk that russia may launch an attack and dynamically develop it. my contacts say that russia is indeed massing troops for a potential attack somewhere probably east or south of bakhmut.

however, one should wait and see if the russians have enough strength for such an offensive, given the significant number of casualties and... the loss of weapons and equipment that they suffered. there is also talk of a possible attack from the north, particularly towards kharkiv or sumy, but again, i have not seen any us or uk intelligence to indicate significant troop movements in the area. seems to that these rumors originate mainly from the ukrainian general staff, and not from the international community, which probably has access to satellite intelligence. the key question now is how much aid will flow to ukraine over the next few months, and where it will be used. analysts cannot predict this, as the government and general staff do not reveal their strategic plans for

where and how they intend to pressure russia. however, they must operate in the central part as they continue to retreat no... both politically and militarily. it is necessary to put pressure on russia, whether through a counteroffensive or in some other way. perhaps it would be worthwhile to pay more attention to the south, in particular to the kherson region. as for zaporizhzhia, it is now a special region with a strong defense and a rather static situation. it is unclear whether russia will try to do anything there. we... know that russia will continue to press, it is not known what and it is not known where. we also do not know where ukraine will direct the aid it will receive from the united states and europe. so you can do many predictions, but we are likely

to see dynamic developments over the next few months as both sides put pressure on each other, possibly in their current spots or elsewhere. hopefully, over the next three to four weeks , we'll start to get more information and understanding of what's really going on. well, we understand that the classic russian scheme is an offensive until the end of the offensive impulse, that is, in simple language, when the personnel ends, so we understand that the russians have now prepared a certain number of reservists, trained them, and here is the key story, do you think they will be ready to open additional hot lines of the front to the colonel, yes those lines that could, well, until a certain time they were as if asleep, in particular, for example, will it apply to kharkiv and the kharkiv region, yes, in addition to the kupinsky direction, they can apply

certain or other sections of the front, there is also the question of the sumy region, it is in the north, and of course the zaporizhia direction you already mentioned, but key story if we operate. by the number of russian interveners prepared and already present on the front line, what it is, whether they will have enough strength, and at the same time we are also aware of the fact that, most likely, russia is not just entering the may-june offensive campaign, rather we are entering a new one war phase. good question, we know they were mobilizing and you mentioned training, but if they didn't have time to train people properly and in... basically we didn't see any evidence of quality training on the russian side for the last period, then whether they managed to conduct vocational training now. i mean, the crews of tanks and armored personnel carriers obviously do not know their way around. this can be seen in

the videos where the soldiers do not act in a coordinated manner. therefore , russian tactics at the moment are to use their artillery and guided aerial bombs. to destroy the front as much as possible, to make it impossible for ukrainian soldiers to stay in the trenches, and therefore to attack with as much cannon fodder as possible, i don't think that any of this will change, which... can change, that's the ability of the ukrainian side to use artillery and counter-battery fire to destroy the enemy's artillery potential, but where they are going to attack, i have no idea, maybe they don't even know yet, but you can be sure that if they have enough forces, they will continue the attack where, in their opinion, there will be the weakest position, such is the russian policy, they will push through... they will probe, and then secure success. it is difficult to say now, because we, analysts, do not

have enough information, in particular, in terms of how many soldiers ukraine has in different directions, there are definitely weak points. we know this because soldiers are reporting it on facebook and elsewhere. but do the russians understand where these weak points are? this is unknown to me. we will only know when they attack. and where they will direct their energy, until that moment, i think, you should not make empty predictions. is there already an understanding, for example, that the enemy has artillery barrels and artillery systems, it is possible, there is also an understanding that the enemy is dealing with heavy armored vehicles, so we understand that the offensive impulse is not only about manpower, but also about equipment, and we also understand how many enemy armored vehicles and enemy artillery were destroyed by our fighters. systems this is a very good question. my answer is this: if you take into account the current

way of fighting, then yes, they lack armored vehicles. they don't use their machines in the way we usually imagine in the west. they operate with ones and twos, which indicates their scarcity. nowadays they produce more but it remains an open question whether they will continue to disperse them throughout the front line. or, on the contrary, will be concentrated to carry out concentrated armored attacks. however, such attacks require properly trained personnel, which they clearly lack. and it is not only a lack of armored vehicles, as they are probably still in sufficient quantity, in a shortage of trained crews who could operate them. the loss of experienced tank crews, in particular due to injuries, resulted to... is russia making significant efforts to covertly train personnel? perhaps,

since there is no satellite evidence to indicate such an effort. previously, american intelligence effectively monitored activities in russia, but since 2021 , no such reports have been received. this suggests that they may be canning their armor until they can collect enough. composition to make a breakthrough. in the coming months, they will most likely deploy everything they have on the front lines means however, the mobilization of a large number of vehicles is associated with certain difficulties, as there is a high risk that ukrainian intelligence can detect and neutralize such a concentrated deployment. thus, their advancement is not an easy task. the key story is wars, so in order to plan and deploy certain military capabilities, a couple of days ago, in

a conversation with me, matthew bryza, the former director of european and eurasian affairs at the national security council of the united states, said that the russians will advance in this year, next year, on the 25th, we can expect a counteroffensive from the armed forces of ukraine. subsequently, this information was literally confirmed there in a couple of days by president joseph biden's adviser on national affairs. security jake sullivan, and the russians have already voiced their threats in case of supplying ukraine with f-16s. they somehow compared it even to the prospect of using or using nuclear weapons, that is, it is a much more serious story for them, and they are afraid of it. what difference does it make who has the plan? the priority was and remains the ukrainian plan, it is not about london, berlin or anyone else, going... about ukraine, i don't see anyone going to use nuclear weapons because of the appearance of

the f-16. russia didn't use nukes when tanks came out and didn't use them when atakams or hymars or anything else came out. therefore, i do not see that this will change anything, nor do i think that f-16s in ukrainian skies will bring victory. they are definitely important, but not as much as everyone expects. and yet we must be very careful when we speak. about a counterattack in order to carry out an effective one counteroffensive, you have to have a surplus of resources, that means you have to have more resources than the enemy, and that you have to have prepared... trained people, and we still haven't gotten to the point of saying that the ukrainian the fighters have gone through the proper counter attack training, so to have enough men for the counter attack in 2025 we have to mobilize and recruit them now, but at the moment almost all the mobilized are going straight to the front line because the front line is thin, so

if we want to counter attack , we should be talking about a very different state of affairs from the way we have it now, 2025 is still a long way off, we have to survive 2024 first , but i don't see a nuclear threat, there is no such coordinated plan in case of the use of nuclear weapons. it is obvious that there are action plans in the event of a russian attack on a nato country. these plans are being implemented, and now, for example, intensive training is taking place in the baltic countries and finland, and... to be ready in case russia continues to advance. i do not take putin's threats lightly, especially considering that they are preparing to conduct exercises non-strategic, tactical nuclear weapons, and the so-called southern russian military district will be in charge of that. the southern military district is actively involved in aggression against ukraine. we hear a lot of different

optimistic scenarios about how, i don't know, the mausoleum will catch fire in response. mr. colonel, you have the floor. as i said, i don't think putin will use nuclear weapons, because i think that would be unwise. he doesn't have trained troops to deal with the aftermath, so it would cause him as much, if not more, trouble than the ukrainian side. the first thing that will happen in response is a massive counterattack by the air force along the russian front line, because the west in this case... there is no point in knocking out a wedge with a wedge. he has a lot of ground and air capabilities to react. so these things are practiced and they know what to do. in this regard, i believe that we pay too much attention to putin's rhetoric. since our last conversation, several important events have taken place. macron said he would be ready for

deploy ground troops under certain circumstances. it is not clear what the circumstances are. but at least he made that commitment. in addition, poland will probably agree to such actions. great britain has stated that it will be with ukraine as long as necessary, offering contractual obligations, financial assistance and support. the president of lithuania announced plans to deploy military personnel to ukraine for training support. these are significant positive steps on the western front. i think we should... spend more time on consistency of response of the west and less on what putin says, because putin often talks nonsense when pressured. now he is clearly under pressure, despite his mobilization and increase in personnel. he is clearly concerned about the situation and i am sure

we will see more signs of internal problems within russia in the coming months. how seriously and to the end will the president of france, the british king, i don't know, president biden, whether it is possible for his successor to go to the end together with ukraine. it gives back us to what i already mentioned. the situation boils down to two potential factors. the first, if there is a significant russian breakthrough, then all european capitals will face difficult questions, but there is no fixed ... on this matter yet, and this is obvious because some countries, such as italy, show weakness in this matter, because they do not feel a direct threat, but they will, because poland, germany, france and great britain will fear that the situation will worsen and affect them. there are currently no concrete plans

or solutions, there is a recognition that we may have to resort to more serious action. however, i believe that there is not only recognition, but also readiness for such actions. recently, the president of the united states signed macroeconomic aid for ukraine, more than 61 billion dollars. the amount is huge, on the other hand, we are also aware that the russians are also throwing huge money into their defense industry. well , actually, if you try to compare these proportions, it is not about money, but about specific military equipment. i don't think so the russian side manages to even out some proportions, they can only keep doing what they are doing now, so for now we just have to assume that whatever they do. russia, it will be something close to what they are doing now, because in order to implement something radically different and complex, it is necessary to have completely different training

and equipment systems, so russia will continue to act in its spirit and pace, especially if new sanctions on the part of the european union and the usa will really increase the pressure on iran and north korea and on all those countries that support russia. among the list. these countries include switzerland, austria and china. so i think that in the coming months we will see changes, namely an increase in sanctions pressure to try to reduce and stop russia's ability to do anything different than what it is doing now on the territory of ukraine. personally , i would really like to see a lot more focus on supporting the soldiers on the front line because we are still losing too many because they are... not properly equipped, i am in constant communication with people at the front who simply have no one and nothing to fight for. in my opinion, we spend too much time constantly

focusing on one big thing. how much did we talk about tanks, how much do we talk about f-16 fighter jets, how much money did we spend on unknown what? we do not forget about the construction of ships for ukraine in turkey. so, have we wasted time and money? although in fact, if we immediately started making grenades, grenade launchers, mortars, mortar ammunition, that is, basic things, we would not be where we are now, because russia would not be able to break through the defense lines, ukrainian soldiers would have something to stop it. so while we're worrying about f-16s and other big things, i'd like to see three or four months of energy directed at providing the front with ammunition and weapons. necessary in order to hold positions, fight and at the same time save the lives of soldiers, because without good soldiers there will be no successful counteroffensive, professionally

trained soldiers are worth their weight in gold, they are the ones who form the locomotive that will manage to break through the enemy's defenses, do it with for those who lack education, it is almost impossible, thank you very much, mr. colonel, for this detailed, extremely deep analysis , i want to show our viewers to... vasyl zima's big broadcast, this is big ether, my name is vasyl zima and we are starting, two hours of air time, two hours of your time, many important topics we will discuss with you today, two hours to learn about the war. right now we will talk more about the war, serhiy zgurets is with us, and how the world lives, and now about what happened in the world, yuriy fizar, yuriy, good evening, please, you have the floor, two hours to keep up with economic news,

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with serhiy rudenko, every weekday from 20 to 22 for espresso. hello! svoboda ranok, an informational project of radio svoboda. top guests every day. this is the shipping district of kherson. turn on live. we are somewhere in the vicinity of bakhmut. we tell the main thing. on weekdays at 9:00. mark fegen, a figure of the russian opposition in emigration, a former state duma deputy, and a well-known video blogger, will be working on the air of the tv channel. glory. mark, congratulations, glory to the heroes, i am happy to welcome all the viewers, well, nothing particularly strange happened, putin crowned himself and made several extremely powerful throws, nothing

we didn't feel anything positive there... but it means that the line for war will most likely continue, yes, putin is in power, his politburo is in power, well, they threw a man into the shoiga from the cage, but, but, but, i would ask you now mark to analyze the most important, most dangerous putin's messages, first of all , it should be noted that there are three new factors in connection with this inauguration, there was nothing special in the protocol, it was all the same, a set of words, slogans. but from the point of view of the political situation there is a peculiarity: firstly, this inauguration took place during war, that is, putin took part in such activities, extending his power, but still not against the background of a full-scale war in eastern europe. it makes a mark. in his speech, he again spoke about the heroes of the svo, about respect for their military work, etc. and secondly, in 2020, he extended his mandate in a fake referendum. and

for the first time, when he simply resets the previous term, changing the constitution to suit himself. we saw this with lukashenka and in other places. the late maduro once did this in venezuela. for putin, this is also an important step, this is the transition to a totalitarian system finally, and according to the personalist type, and such an inauguration means the final attempts to stop decorating one's dictatorship. something used to be invented, now nobody invents anything. frankly, and the 87.5% he entered for himself is an indicator of the same. and probably the third: look, this is the first such inauguration, where the attitude towards him and the march 17 elections of representatives of western countries is determined by the silent non-recognition of his legitimacy. representatives of the french embassy were present, as they were instructed to do so, no because they wanted it, and they were there on behalf of the eu. from some

additional features, the fourth important point is a prayer for the kingdom of the orthodox head of the promov kirill, of course, they are employees of one of the institutions with putin, but this is already a sign of some divine anointing, immediately after the inauguration there was also no solemn prayer, somehow everything was separate , here is a special protocol shooting, kyrillo addresses putin with two metropolitans and says that for the first time he himself pro... an orthodox person and such the other, in fact, starts the transformation of the totalitarian system into a dynastic one, in my opinion, dynastic - this means that the power becomes unchanged according to another principle, then you have to invent something, here they already come close to justifying why putin and his family, or those who belong to his closest circle, dignitaries, will remain in this power forever, that is, designated by god himself,

practically an orthodox king. the only thing, you know, is that i was surprised that he did not hold his self-coronation on may 9, but there was nothing strange, that is, they would have taken combined, you understand, the prayer on may 9, the shoiga on camels and the spirit of ungern sternberg over red square. they need to double these events to increase attention, otherwise they did it all in one day and that's it. on may 9, probably, too... there will be some throne speech by putin, as the inaugurated first official. now they are wary of making immortal regiments. parades, suddenly a drone will fly, but it is probably ideologically beneficial for them to disperse these events in order to raise his status as a military leader with ceremonial events on may 9, as the head of a country waging an aggressive war against ukraine, etc. that is, the task here is broader, that is why they did not become.