sellers, write to us at this e-mail address or simply on facebook, together we will send all the traitors on the trail of the russian ship. see you in a week on espresso. greetings, this is svoboda live, my name is vlasta lazur, and today we also start from kharkiv region. russian troops have expanded the zone of active fighting by almost 70 km and are trying to force the ukrainian army to use reserve brigades. this was announced today by the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrsky, commenting on the russian offensive in the kharkiv region. according to syrskyi, the main efforts the russian army concentrated in the direction of strelech liptsi. at the capture of vovchansk with

further access to the white well, this is the chuguyiv district. syrsky claims that the russian army began its offensive much earlier than planned, having noticed the defection of ukrainian troops. and this statement of syrsky radically differs from gur's statement. for example, at the beginning of the week, the representative of the ukrainian intelligence andriy yusov stated that the intelligence knew about russia's plans for an offensive in the kharkiv region. the offensive, they say, has begun on schedule, that's why i'm here until the end actually. it is not clear whether the ukrainian side knew about the offensive and was preparing, or whether it did not know and did not prepare. syrsky claims that the russian troops failed to break through the defense of the armed forces, we will talk about fortifications separately today, and added that there will be heavy battles ahead. russia's offensive in the kharkiv region will not be successful, believes general christopher kavoli, the commander of nato's joint forces in europe. however, according to him , russian troops are able to achieve local success, well, what was done under kharkiv no, the russians do not have the necessary

numbers for a strategic breakthrough. we do not believe. moreover, they lack the skills and capabilities to do so, to operate at the necessary scale to exploit any breakthrough for strategic advantage. they have the opportunity to make local gains, and they have, but they have also suffered some local losses. yes, i am in very close contact with ours. colleagues, and i am sure they will hold the line. volodymyr zelenskyi said today that he is currently in ukrainian the troops managed to stabilize the situation in the north of the kharkiv region. according to him, russian troops advanced 10 km. he also confirmed that the main goal of the russian troops at the moment is vovchansk, and the head of the kremlin, vladimir putin, who is currently visiting china, also commented on the offensive of the russian troops. in

the kharkiv region, the russian army, according to him , is advancing strictly according to plan, putin blames ukraine for the russian offensive on kharkiv, saying that it is shelling belgorod, that is why russian troops are creating so to speak, a sanitary zone. and putin said today that russia is not planning to capture kharkiv. well, here it is worth reminding once again that according to the assessment of a number of military observers, russia currently does not have the strength and means to surround kharkiv, at least for now. a fighter of the second individual joins our broadcast. special purpose, omega special purpose center, national guard of ukraine, call sign baikal, we don't call him health, i congratulate you, good evening, we don't call your, we don't call your name for security purposes, please tell me which the situation in your direction in the kharkiv region, can you state that the russian offensive in the kharkiv region has really slowed down, the situation has stabilized for a couple of days, that is , the movement front... is moving there from the direction there from position

to position, even i can confirm our partial successes, that some positions are taken by our fighters, that is, with battles, the front stands, the so-called meat assaults sometimes continue, but everything is in principle in order and everything is under control, i will then pay special attention to vovchansk directly, that is, the day before volodymyr zelenskyy made such a statement, he literally said, thanks to our measures , he was able to confidently add. in the direction of vovchansk, and, at the same time, he said that the russian shelling does not stop and there are threats, if you can translate the words of the president more concretely into human language, can you now say what you can say more precisely now about the threat to vovchansk, is the city threatened by occupation, or is this or that threat already passed, it is generally difficult for me to say specifically, if it is about the vovchansk city, that is, it is not a zone responsibility of our unit, but

you have to look at the picture as a whole, that is, if our unit is doing well and we are doing well in our direction, then i think it is a situation in the same. chansk will be more stabilized, but now, as i understand it, there are ongoing battles on the outskirts of the city, maybe, that is, i cannot, i think, maybe they are continuing, maybe they are not, that is , i can neither confirm nor use this, i understood, and how do you assess the fortifications, their presence in the right directions, their quality, it is difficult for me to say about fortifications as such, because the task of our unit... is included in a few other actions, and they are not related to fortifications, but it is important to note such a nuance that if the enemy advanced only, as the president said in yesterday's address on 10 km, then most likely they are, they are available, that is, the enemy cannot advance further,

that is, i cannot judge the number of its presence and so on, that is, we are fulfilling the tasks set before us, but what about the presence of fortification in general? all the front lines, i think, the question is not for me, but which ones you have tasks ahead of you, well, of course, from what you can voice, eh, if you can voice it briefly, i will unfortunately tell you in such general words, to defend our country and carry out tasks in specific directions, mobile and move towards victory, this very general, if we take a specific situation, if we take a specific situation in kharkiv. oblast, how prepared were the ukrainian military for this offensive? because look, syrsky says, syrsky said that the offensive, they say, began a little earlier than planned. intelligence says, the offensive began on time, we knew about it and warned. so, what do you say? i

think, i will tell you this, there is an important nuance in the work of a military man, that he must always be ready for any task, at any time of the day or night. speaking about our unit, we were specifically always ready to carry out tasks, independence, whether it would have started in june, whether it started in april, whether it is now, as it started in may, we were always ready to carry out tasks in this direction, as far as how do you rate how do you are you currently assessing the preparation of russian units that are directly attacking kharkiv oblast? tactics change, of course, that is, they try something new, but basically... as you can see, on the front line, which is not advancing, we cope, and we move on, that is, we cope with their assaults completely. tell me, please, how many kilometers the advance of the russian army, if it happens, how many kilometers it will already carry a critical

danger for kharkiv, when, relatively speaking, kharkiv will be in the access zone of hailstorms, how far must the russian army advance for this? it is difficult for me to judge this, because it has to advance in a general direction, and specifically the task of my unit is to defend a certain direction, small, that is, there is a narrow line or a wide one, it does not matter, and it is difficult for me to judge, i think, these are all questions, if any such of a strategic nature, it is important to ask, i.e., the military-political command of the country, and not ordinary people, because sometimes ordinary fighters want to seem like great military ... experts, not fully understanding the current situation, but about the balance of forces you can talk specifically in your direction, how much the forces of the russian army prevail, if they prevail? they prevail, and quantitatively and qualitatively, of course, i cannot express how much, i think, it will be slightly

unprofessional. thank you, thank you very much, a fighter of the second separate special unit of the special purpose center omega with the call sign baikal, we talked about the situation on ha thank you. so, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrskyi, as i have already said, claims that the russian army began its the offensive was much earlier than planned. ukrainian intelligence says that the russian offensive in the kharkiv region began, they say, according to a schedule that was known in advance. as of now, one thing is clear: residents of the city of vovchansk, which is currently the main target of the russian army, as volodymyr zelenskyi actually claims, are experiencing the threat of repeated occupation. in vovchansk, russian soldiers take ukrainian civilians prisoner. it is known that the first shootings of civilians have already taken place, the minister of internal affairs of ukraine reported this the day before ihor klymenko. according to him, the russian military, who were trying to gain a foothold in

the city, did not allow local residents to leave, kidnapped people and drove them to basements. all this is vivid, reminiscent of the events of february 22nd, as well as people in basements, executions of civilians, evacuation to the sound of bullets. look at what happened in the city during the last days, and run, grandfather, junk, you pull your own, you want to live, let's run, two, three of you!

ihor romanenko, retired lieutenant general and deputy, has already joined our broadcast chief of the general staff 2006-10. good evening. good, if he is like that. i will add that, well, this is official data from the ministry of defense of russia, they claim that the russian troops for the last week. captured 12 settlements in the kharkiv region, the ukrainian side does not confirm this, but as i understand it, about 10 settlements, these are small villages, but we can say, at least ukrainian osinta analysts confirm this. how do you assess the advance of russian troops in the kharkiv region, an advance of 8-10 km, this critically? no, this is the tactical level, this is the level of the ae zone, as if in front of the border. the first line of defense, all this was not equipped

with fortifications, accordingly, and therefore allowed the enemy, despite the fact that ours tried to defend there, to quickly reach the second line of defense, this is lipsky to the north of kharkiv and the north-eastern direction - but one thing and two, these directions and lines, the second lines in the defense system, and after that our reserves were tightened, ammunition was added, and now heavy intense battles are going on, here on the second line, where, where, where already you can work on something engineering, build some kind of defense, and that is why such gods go to ovchansk. the enemy entered the northern, northwestern section, there is a meat

factory, if he had captured the fighting is going on, but he has not been able to advance further, but you said that the russian troops entered the second line of defense, well, this is a little contradictory, for example , the statement of volodymyr zelenskyi, he gave an interview, the day before he met with journalists, and he said that... russia has not reached the concrete line of defense, whoever says that it has reached is delusional, and that russia has reached only the first line, how is this to be understood? well, you can play with what concrete is, what is the first line, what is the second line of defense, and therefore the line of defense can be completely concrete-free, and the first and second trenches will be dug, and there will be a first line, but dug out, let's say in a full year. that is, the question

is not so much about the materials, the question is that something should be substantially built. so the first lines were not built in full, explaining that there could be shelling, a gray zone, and so on. maybe on there was more room, but there was no significant first line, so the enemy managed to advance. well , it is quite fast in a few days to a depth of 5 to 10 km, and when, in particular, the military often say this now, that in principle it was not possible to build any... defense lines close to the border, and there was also no possibility to mine, is it really so, or is it really never possible to build any fortifications close to the border, because, for example, the road from kharkiv to vovchansk was already built after the liberation of vovchansk? certainly, if you look for ways to achieve the goal, they

will appear and opportunities, and therefore, well, for example, around vavchan. and it was possible to build in vavchansky itself? i don't know, i 'm asking you, do you think it was possible, i 'm answering you, but it wasn't done there, if you approach it that way, that the distance is short, under artillery fire and so on, the officials are definitely responsible, civilians, military, who had to do it in any conditions or how, but one way or another... it must still be done for a reason a separate analysis, but due to the fact that the first line of engineering equipment, the lanes are behind, and in front of them, towards the border, there are still security lanes, in general, if this is the case, strictly approach the organization of the defense system, that is, the security lane , then

the first, second and third lines follow, and the question here is not only and not how much in concrete, the question is in general in the complex, well... including the naming and everything else, what are the requirements, if you need to understand, you need to learn from this at the enemy, as they built last year on zaporizhzhia in six months, and in connection with this, we did not manage to make significant progress with the counteroffensive, because a lot was done there according to the classical requirements of building a defense system with mines and reserves. and so on. and why, why was this not done in the kharkiv region, even, for example, the same mining. for example, recently roman kostenko, a representative of the specialized committee, was on our air, he even voiced such a quote that there is a shortage of mines, there are no mines in ukraine to mine. so, is there any

logical explanation why this was not done, no i know, maybe there are no people, maybe there are no engineering troops, maybe there is no money, maybe. there was a special officer who monitored these issues regarding the destruction of such weapons in the armed forces of ukraine before the war, and this was until the 14th year and so on, that is, it is there, let's say, the prohibition of international requirements and yes, there is a lot to explain, but it was destroyed. therefore, we lack a lot of things, and so you can raise the question, why do we have 122m3 and with the kh101 missiles, which we handed over to the russians at one time, they are now striking at ukraine, at objects and so on, well, that is, the analysis can go a long way, perhaps it will be necessary

to do this kind of work someday, so as not to get into more trouble from the point of view of no... security, but one way or another, the situation at the current time is precisely such, it is also possible to detonate remotely, there would be mines, there would be means, but i can agree with this, that is, there were no mines, probably such, a sufficient number, i think not, uh, please tell me, and how would you rate it this is the beginning of the offensive, look, there are many civilians with whom we spoke in particular, who were traveling from vovchansk, they they say that the offensive... was unexpected for them, no one warned them and they had to leave to whistle bullets, and syrskyi says that the offensive began a little earlier, intelligence says that the offensive began on time, as far as ukraine was, the ukrainian side, the ukrainian military ready for this offensive? well, listen, here is the phrase, the offensive began earlier, before what, who began the offensive, the enemy, the enemy

with us, who consulted when to start, when not to start, skibytsky, as the deputy head of... the intelligence department of the ministry of defense talked about the relevant plans, which our intelligence revealed and brought to the political leadership, to the military leadership, to the government, to the prime minister, and so on, to whom, it was necessary, and all of them in their places had to organize the appropriate work, plan objections and about and to carry out this work, the military administration had to be evacuated. military people together with civilians, because you look at the russians last year, putin was there, state, private, all on these. the defense system was built, and only part of it was done by the military, because the military was engaged in, well, they are doing the first line, everything else was done in an ingenious,

fundamental way, there with the firing, and a few floors down, all the rest was done, this was not observed in our country, that is , in terms of time, it was probably when it was skibytskyi spoke, i think two weeks, how about otse was that time, if you work, let’s say, already directly, when the intelligence already confirms, well, that’s the same, our intelligence , by the way, also confirmed, in addition to the foreign intelligence, the beginning of the war, but we know in what way, what was the reaction, that's what who was preparing and how, but look, here we are now, we are now showing footage of vovchansk, these are the last days, don't you think that it is very similar to february 20? the second year, when in fact people are being taken away without warning, they are being evacuated, and it looks like no one has prepared for anything, well, first of all, i would not like

to use the last days of vavchansk, i still think that the defense forces of ukraine will fight for him, the last, the last days, this is the footage of the last days, literally, i mean, yesterday, today, the footage is possible, well, i don't i would like to believe that these are... the last days, if our control over vavchansk is there, they are increasing, of course, heavy battles are taking place in connection with these circumstances, which we talked about with you, but this does not mean that if , well, the enemy will succeed further, there are such plans, and he has plans in connection with the fact that through vavchansk to go to the ku'. on the other hand, because they already cannot take kupyansk for how many places , it is fundamental for them, here the event is from the other side, and it is very important, strategically, in addition,

in general, now the hostilities in kharkiv directions, well, two, which are divided into vavchansk and klinka, have already grown from a battle of development to a battle for the border strip. and then we will also talk about mobilization in ukraine, today is the last day before the law on strengthening mobilization comes into force, the law comes into force tomorrow, although here it is worth admitting that in some moments it seems to have started working earlier than it came into force. well, for example, men abroad have already been restricted from consular services until they update their military records. men in ukraine, in order to update the data, for hours, and sometimes for days, they stand in queues at the tsc. correspondent. rfe/rl's roxala nachai visited several police stations in different parts of kyiv today, spoke with men who came to update data, mostly those who have the so-called armor, or a negative

conclusion of the vlk, are not going to serve, among them there are literally only a few who are ready mobilize, listen to what they say, well, then we will talk about the perspective of the law, there is no one who has paid fines, we are dictating from the list further, vouchers 12 people have passed since 9 in the morning. the queue for the most universal cabinet, which does it all, is 41. about 500 people need about a month to get there. for signing up, they accept very differently. it happens that they accept three people a day, sometimes 10. i need to clarify, i'm 25 years old, i don't want to violate anything, i'm a conscientious citizen, but i don't have such an opportunity, in fact, even i. complained to the hotline of the ministry of defense, i came to get a military pass to graduate from the master's for graduate school, uh, i already passed the military medical board and now i

have to wait in line until i win the sopersh office, everything, how long have you been waiting already, it's been almost two hours, since 9 in the morning, what do they tell you , how long to wait, but they don't say anything, i'm 129th on the list, maybe i won't get in, maybe. what is the reason for the postponement of the car? well , let's leave this question of legality aside, let's say this, they turned on white hands and brought them immediately to the vlk, i passed the vlk in a day, now i've been standing here for two days, here i came on the 6th, and on the 27th i lied, i was the 46th, maybe not today when i arrive, the guys who came at 5:15 are still standing. mykhailo podolyak, adviser to the head of the president's office, joins. to our broadcast, good evening, yes, good evening, mykhailo, you saw this material from under the tsk, tell me, when was the last time you were at the tsk? i will be in tsk.

well, it's probably a matter of days, because the law starts tomorrow and there will definitely be 60 days to update your data, and anyone can do it, if there are still some problems today, i think the ministry of defense will introduce corrections in how the tsk works, well, it means the ground forces, the armed forces, the armed forces, and the ministry of defense will make certain changes, if necessary, so that the queues are not so large-scale, and it will continue. to work more reactively, and if there are queues, then you too will stand in a queue like this, well, how do we differ from everyone else, and by the way, this is a good question, because people very often ask, what about the officials, how are the deputies, by the way, the president's office, employees of the president's office, full-time and freelance advisers, including they have reservations, and a certain category of civil servants has reservations, others who have, will definitely be there in practice.

in which case it will be necessary to come and update your data in the tcc, i.e. everyone, this is a one hundred percent procedure, i.e. everyone must update their data, who has a reservation within the framework of what is prescribed in the law, they will have this reservation, and the others will be accordingly pass the vlk. will you have a reservation? come on, i 'll be in the tcc first, and then we'll talk further. uhu, well, this is important, socially important information, again we turn to the official. you see what scandals and dissatisfaction there are now regarding who and what kind of reservation, and once again, look, the law clearly prescribes social categories that will receive reservations for one reason or another, and we will definitely talk after the update data, anyone who meets the reservation criteria, he gets a reservation, whoever doesn't, won't get it, these are the obvious things, i was just asking you specifically, do you have a reservation or not?

today i have to go to the tsc, update my data, after that it will be clear. mykhailo, look, now this video that we are showing near the tsk, well , in fact, it has been two years, already the third year of a full-scale war, and the state has not managed to resolve these issues in two years, purely administratively, when men stand for hours, days in queues to get in, to get to the shopping center, why does it all work like this, why has this issue not been resolved in two years. and look, the new draft law, well, rather, this the law of tomorrow will already be there, it should solve the issue of optimizing the work of territorial picking centers, i understand that we would like to have an effective system for 30 years, here if it does not work, but we would like to have an ideal structure and so on, but ideal structures are not it happens, in the new law, it will accordingly make certain changes in the logistics of those processes that

take place in... including in territorial centers, will it work maximally, well , effectively and so on, no, because well, any construction, it always has certain flaws, but the state made changes to the current law for that purpose, in order to optimize these processes, the processes are divided into mobilization and recruiting, so you can still not stand in queues, but you can go along other pro-contract routes and so on, that's why... it doesn't work like that, as much as you would like everything to be perfect, well, because it's the human factor, let's be objective, well, that is , something can be changed, something can be improved, it will improve and improve, something needs to be understood, how it should work, that is, you have to get some experience of how it is, the process has to be organized, once it is organized, i think it will work better, but let's not forget, the law is just starting to work without...