once were defeated under the city, as well as this time, when they tried to attack from mikilski, so they want to cut the supply routes to the city and bypass it from the north. step by step, the armed forces of the russian federation are advancing in this direction by half a kilometer/kilometer every month. in a week, they advanced a hundred meters in the direction of the village of paraskoivka, and also slightly expanded the captured territory to the south of novomykhaivka. at this rate, the russians are unlikely to ever achieve what they want. counterattack on crimea and strikes on russia. it is obvious that from... the armed forces of ukraine are preparing to liberate the south of ukraine and crimea, so they systematically destroy the military infrastructure, as well as other objects that work for the russian army. ukraine began practicing wave attacks with a large number of drones, every time the russians report the destruction of their air defense system by 100-150 of our drones, and immediately after that there are reports of critical objects catching fire. in particular, drones stopped the oil refinery in tuabse for the second time this year and the oil refinery in sloviansk in the kuban for the third time. and also burned fuel oil terminal. in the port

of novorossiysk and two bases near this port. in the end, the drones hit at least one su-27 fighter jet at the kushchi airfield in the krasnodar territory, and also damaged the airfield's infrastructure. in sevastopol , atakam missiles sunk the cyclone missile ship from the karakut series. all the others fled to novorossiysk, and this one obviously did not fit. in addition, drones burned down a substation and left sevastopol without electricity. however , the most important for our counteroffensive was a double strike on the airfield in belbek, where rockets the drones first destroyed two launchers of the most advanced air defense s-400 and a radar, as well as a command post and a storage warehouse for air-to-air fighters, the next strike destroyed two mih 31 fighters, a sud 27 multi-role fighter and a mig-29, and this is only according to confirmed data , the true scale of russian aviation losses is currently unknown, we are defeating the enemy every day. so this is the situation, oleksandrova joined us. military and political columnist

of the information resistance group. congratulations, alexander congratulations. well, let's, you know, go straight from the north, and down. so, let's start with sumy oblast, about which we were now thinking, about which the conversation has already begun, that you know, before the russian offensive in the direction of kharkiv, we discussed with you for two weeks there, it seems, including that the russians were gathering there, now they seem to be congregating in... sumy region, can we draw any conclusions from this and actually react somehow better than in the cluster in the kharkiv region, well, what kind of reaction can we have, to strike on the territory of the russian federation, where they are structured, it is possible, but for this we need to use western weapons, we have the permission of our western partners for this, no, we don't, so... already

such a reaction, it, well, unfortunately, i wanted to see how about a combat unit of this type is melted down, scatters sub-munitions on the russian principality, which then storms something there, but this does not happen, regarding fictitious structures, this topic has already been our information for a week and a half.

you, who are in the area of ​​sumy oblast, well, yes, ukrainian analysts, well, yegur and some of them analysts, for example, kostyantyn manshovets , analyzed how the gathering was happening there, it was said that there were about 10-12 thousand russians there, then another two or three thousand appeared there, well, something in those limits, and of course it is not 50,000, as in the kharkiv region. but you know, maybe for some such a small diversionary strike, some such spread, maybe it will be enough for the russians, maybe not, it remains to be seen, well, actually, it’s interesting how much such forces are trying there now, are they capable of anything at all, i mean the russian forces, that is, within these limits, there are somewhere around 10 or 15 thousand, that is... what are such russian forces capable of in

sumy oblast, if it is agreed upon? yes, we can already talk to you, oleksandr, it seems to have already improved there. a little, please , yes, attempt number two, and therefore, if we are talking about sumy oblast, then in the gray zone there are also military structures, a kilometer 3 km from the border with the russian federation, in general, the construction of fortifications is such a debatable topic, but i say it as it is there is, and here it is necessary to understand, and what the russian units can do with the potential they have.

concentrated these 40,000 were. due to the fact that they used the resource of not only the 44th army corps, but also the 11th army corps, as well as units of the sixth combined arms army from the group of troops west - this is the kupin direction and the first tank army, which also has this group of troops west, putin's direction, that is, in kharkiv oblast , the number of enemy potential of 40,000 in kursk is actually engaged. oblast, a group of troops in relation to sumy oblast, it is a little more than 10 thousand, four times less. and from this we can draw at least a basic conclusion, in the border zone, there could be raiding activities, sabotage and terrorist activity, so definitely, according to a very similar

scenario, as in the kharkiv region in the gray zone , but at the same time four times less powerful . threats of the occupation of sumy, surroundings. sumy or the occupation of the entire sumy region, this threat is absent. well, it’s interesting, by the way, how do you consider the publication in the economist, where it was said, well, it’s as if they were published a plan to attack kharkiv oblast was discovered, where the russians seemed to predict that they would somehow be able to half-cover kharkiv oblast there, get to the border, from where they could fire. kharkiv oblast, i understand that it was primarily about lypki, where it is quite close and you can already fire at it, and there are also several such assumptions in the same publication, one of which seems to be, well, the ukrainian military

is angry, that the russians managed to advance so quickly, and on the other hand, that it seems as if zelensky is not being reported to by the command, the generals or someone else about what's going on, but for me personally, actually this publication causes such, you know, double impressions, because uh, well, as you already said, what does unexpected mean, what does progress mean, well, if there was an opportunity to break them down in places crowding, then it would not be necessary to say that there was no promotion at all, well , that is, they saw that there was a crowding, everyone warned about it, the president knew about it, everyone talked about it for two weeks. this was not news to anyone, but if not to smash them russians on the territory of russia, then what are we talking about, it is obvious that they will have the opportunity to advance into the border area, well , that is logical, but on the other hand, here is the question of how far this plan of the russians

remains at all relevant for now, but after they made some attempts, they are still there they are still fighting in the vovchansk region, they are trying to continue... to advance on a sticky note, but how relevant is what the economist put forward for them? well, i don't know such information at all, they never, well, this is such a very interesting style of western changes, never make their own sources, some officials, an official, without a surname, without a name, without a father, gave them this information, so they must... all other readers of this publication, they must believe this information, that it is reliable. and as for zelensky, here is also an interesting point, zelensky does not deal with the issues of where to send which troops and how

to form the defense, he can be informed, but he does not make decisions, moreover, and here such a relationship here is very complicated, i i can't imagine what zelensky is saying: you know, let's have a cold yard we will send 93 separate mechanized brigades now under vovchan, this is my principled decision, or 110 separately. the mechanized brigade also of all podvovchansks, no, this decision is made at the level of the general staff, and regardless of what information the president receives, it does not affect the course of hostilities and the tactics and strategy of launching hostilities, because it is made at completely different levels , ah, in general, about the fact that the russians are preparing for appropriate actions, combat operations in... kharkiv oblast, well, they talked, i think, even earlier than two weeks, at the end

of the 23rd year, the beginning of the 24th , an information campaign on the part of the russian federation regarding kharkiv began. they had such a campaign, which they constantly had to respond to, and then at the end of february, the beginning of march, they started hosting events related to the formation of the northern army group. because of which they constantly talked about whether or not it was a threat, it was the occupation of kharkiv, to which they answered, no, it was a threat of another order of subversive-terrorist activity in the compound strip, such as kharkiv oblast, and by the way, sumshchyna, that is, there are chronologies, there are records, there are videos, it was constantly talked about, but how can you stop what is being built, if in these locations, it is really true, and you can strike with... precision weapons, that is, what is group visk-pivnich, in principle, when it

was formed before may 10, the group of troops north is groups, three groups of troops, border cover, gv bryansk, gv kubsk, and gv, belgorod, the total number of these troops is always, well, it fluctuated from time to time , but it was more than 30,000, and it was approximately 36,000. maximum peak rate but at the time when their operation began in the coastal strip of kharkiv region, the total number of the island-north group was 53,000 . where did these units come from, almost 18,000, this is the 44th army corps from the leningrad military district, as well as the 11th and the army corps, which were sent for reinforcements. and of the new group of axes, which received the name north, they were formed, mainly

relocated to the belgorod region, therefore, in order to somehow stop this process, what had to be done, let's say, to the places of placement of this personnel, as well as the mechanized component of the equipment, to deliver powerful pinpoint strikes of the operational-tactical level with missile weapons, and what i mentioned at the very beginning, and such... for example, but we have permission for this, no, a training officer could fly to their place, for example, hron, but what is armor with a warhead of 100 kg, and what is a high-explosive warhead for half a ton of vicous substance, and what is it, not a high-explosive warhead, for example, but a cluster warhead for 900 sub ammunition, this is the meat, when, which occurred in kharkiv oblast, it would now be in them. or it would already be in dobrev, somewhere in the region of buryakia, but that is the point, we do not have the opportunity

to fully and effectively counter the threats that we see, that we know about, and which we are moved to adapt to, taking into account our capabilities as forces , yes and means, well yes, this, you know, i can’t say now who commented on it like that, one, i am... one of the western officials, who said that, well, we provide opportunities, and let the ukrainian army destroy the russian in close combat, well, that's a lot such, you know, well, i would say, a comfortable and convenient position for the russian army, to accumulate on the border, and then in close combat there constantly throw new, new forces and yes, well, this is such a convenient way to fight in fact, when they have mo' . to destroy some of our distant rears, and we have to destroy for some reason in close combat, that’s it,

but well, apart from the fact that we obviously need to continue this discussion regarding the possibility of destroying the russians, after all, on their territory, in those places where we see , how they accumulate, how they charge weapons, but whether after all, the russians managed to do what they, apparently, wanted to distract. our significant reserves in the kharkiv direction in order to have more opportunity to advance in the east and south, well there first of all. it's the pokrovsky direction there, chasivyar, the same kind of ugledar, because, well, for example, the 92nd ukrainian brigade had to be transferred to the kharkiv direction , and they under, well, actually in the area of ​​vovchansk and liptsi, they did stop such a russian advance there, but did is, did it appear directly

what made it possible for the russians to advance better and faster in other directions. let's put it this way, the russians are also forced to transfer their units to the belgorod region and strengthen these offensive actions, for example, the same sixth general military army that i mentioned, and the first and first tank armies, they are now actually in the belgorod region in the main. composition, he conducts assault actions, offensive actions in the vovchanchan direction, and in the future they will be forced to transfer the relevant units there in order to to increase this constant pressure, in the area of ​​action of, for example, the same 18th motorized rifle division, the 11th army

corps continues to operate, other units continue to operate, that is, there are not only these that we are talking about... there are many of other formations, the russians did not, let's say, did not take 10 thousand more personnel for these one and a half weeks and reinforced the former group of belgorod troops, where did they get them from, and therefore here, let's say, the game is in some sense 50 for 50, they are trying to pull our units away from others directions, but at... in order to continue this performance in the border strip, they also drag their own, but what is the main goal, the goal is not the encirclement of kharkov, it is not the capture of kharkov, it is not tactical, not operationally tactical, it is even that no longer a strategic level of warfare,

it turns out that they, in fact, their main goal is a political one in the matter of ... to force to demonstrate to our partners that they can advance, that they pose a threat and at the same time force that our partners on us pressured us to sit down at the negotiating table with them and negotiate not in russian, let's say a plan according to russian conditions, namely according to the chinese peace plan, which is completely one hundred percent, as even the war criminal putin recently confirmed, it meets their interests. thank you to oleksandr kovalenko, this is a military-political observer of the information resistance group, thank you for joining us, we have to go on a break now, i remind you about our collection of armored vehicles, which is ongoing, it is very important, it is the repair of armored vehicles on the front line, you you see now here is the qr code and the account number,

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discuss. where are these attempts by the russians to advance in kharkiv oblast continue? well, for 10 days, at least, you and your comrades are in other areas of the front, and if you look at the activity of the russians in other areas of the front, can you say that their behavior these 10 days, well, there was a little bit, something changed in their actions , there it slowed down or, on the contrary, increased, that's how do you feel like this at all, what have you observed in the last few days? well , from around may 10, they tried to work more in small groups, to go to our positions, that is, shelling, shelling is constantly flying, cassette tapes... a lot of artillery is working and small groups are trying to break through the positions and enter in time, but somewhere on may 17 there was an attempt to re

-assault, as there were in april, such a frontal mechanized one, that is, a tank is coming, followed by troops with landing forces and massed head-on into the canal microdistrict, they were advancing, somewhere for a day and a half they very, very actively pressed, put pressure on us, tried to break through. again, such assaults were not in the front, as they tried to take, not in small groups, but such a general meat attack, they ran out of steam in about a day and a half, our barrages worked very well against them, the 41st brigade is holding here, our mortars worked, our drones burned their calves, destroyed logistics, they retreated, now in recent days they have been working again in small groups, attempted assaults and shelling from artillery. very powerful shelling, on unfortunately, we have wounded people, that’s how it is, i wouldn’t say that it has become a little easier or easier, no, uh, and

tell me how long the aviation continues to work, how active is this particular component of theirs now, well, it works, it works, how worked, nothing interferes with them, nothing has changed in us, we don’t have an application, there is no... uh, the f-16 airlifters have aviation working and working, unfortunately, and with cabs every hour and throws cabs periodically and they go to pokrovsk and konstantinivka can be on druzhkivka, well, we see that it has passed over us to exactly the wrong place we always know, well, it works, the rockets are coming from a direction, somewhere in the direction of kharkov, we also don’t know where it hits, probably in kharkov, well, we see that there... in the pokrovsk region, we managed to destroy it, it seems that it is in the region pokrovska, seven russian planes, well , we hope that maybe somehow all this will move in your

direction, this activity to destroy russian aircraft will also move, i would like to, but do you know anything about what is happening in the direction of kupyansk, how the situation there was changing at this time because i know that your... units were also somewhere there, we left kupyansk at the end of march, they did a good job there, and the head of the syrian army spoke about tactical successes in the kupyansk direction, namely sintivka, petroivanivka, there we also had drone crews working very closely firing positions , our mortars were working, but we are already april and may, we are all here in chasivyar, another brigade is working there, say something else, well, it is obvious that this is not your direction. but you have probably heard about it, but the russians' statements were about what they captured belogorivka, then the russians themselves refuted it otherwise, because they

announced it to the entire population in the news, and then somewhere so locally, some warlords began to say, yes, this is a delusion, why talk about it, the question is, well, yes, but really , why did they talk about it, after all, you are a political scientist by profession, and somehow you can, well, as a political scientist, talk a little about it, so what, what was it like around belogorivka, the same thing happens here, every day they take bailiffs, if you watch all telegram channels, who are my acquaintances monitor, it’s thrown to me, the guys and i laugh every time, we’ve worked out everything , it’s gray, the gray time has passed, when we see something, it’s night, everyone went downstairs, made coffee, i’m in the news, i’m watching the message, i say, guys, and we’re surrounded already, everything, from where, how already? now they write in a telegram that we have already been surrounded, then it was about a week ago, they were already dispersing, that they took their time, that’s all, they are in the city, i say, well, they arrived, we are sitting in the basement,

they have already taken us, that is, there are many such stories , actually, it makes some sense because it is their morale is a little supported, because they saw, oh, they took it, super, there is some kind of upswing, and then they didn't take it, well, then we'll take the wrong decline, even though there was some good news. and this , on the other hand, demoralizes our people, when they hear every day that we have lost something, although later there is some kind of refutation of this, but it keeps people in a state of nervous tension, especially, apparently , local people, these are kostyantynivka, druzhkivka, kramatorsk, sloviansk, pokrovsk , when they know that they are next, if the times fall, then it is 10 km to the constaha, and they every time, when they hear that the enemy is in the hairy ravine, they tense up and think, well, that everything... everything , the enemy will be near the city by now, they will fire at us from a height with dominance, so it exhausts our and the civilians and the guys in other directions, so no there is always time, there are not always

brothers here to talk or find out something, and here he is sitting there in the north, somewhere in sumy oblast, in kharkiv oblast, in kupyansk, or in the south there in zaporozhye, in kherson, hearing , that we are all here, we were destroyed at the time when they came down, came in already and are advancing further and also the guys' mood drops, this is very important, because everyone is always under stress and bad news always knocks them off the track, so this is their attempt to demoralize us a little, it seems to me like this, by the way, it's interesting what you do. .. you say, because, well, most likely, this was one of the, well, the purpose of this story, of them, of starting this story with bilogorivka, in order to try to demoralize in this way certain parts of us that are there and them, well, shake it a little, and from this, you know, a simple conclusion, well, no it is possible, well, in general, to trust what any russian news at any

level says, that is, what was shown in them... the tv should not be perceived as something that could happen, that is, one must proceed from the fact that whatever they say is a lie, and just accept it as, you know, some kind of axiom. the problem is that bad news, loss, betrayal, everything is lost, everything is difficult, they destroy us. such news is very curable, as they say, it is easy to manipulate people with fear, so many of us from our, and zmi, channels of various and simply. people in social networks pick up on it without looking, without checking, well, they do not have the skills, the habit of a journalist to check information, heard somewhere, oh, everything, and sometimes it comes to, well, actually very unpleasant stories, when they write to me, well, how are you, we were told, that you were broken, covered, you are 703x, and you are already heavy in the hospital, well, they covered us every time , it happens every day, we don't have

73x, i am not heavy at all. and in no hospital are all arms and legs intact here, but such a message, and god forbid, this earlier than me, i share this with my relatives and relatives, it’s very difficult, that’s why, unfortunately, such information is unverifiable, difficult, it spreads very quickly, kirill, let’s give a little from the other side, but anyway, how military serviceman, yes, on the one hand, you can judge, and on the other hand. as a political scientist, but what kind of news would there be that would support our soldiers on the front line, that is, how they should be presented, how they should be treated, well, you probably also thought about this, so what you wanted to hear from the media, from the reaction of ordinary people to the news, how should it be, so that it supports the fighting army in the first place, oh,

well, actually just news... you don’t just support it with statements, we have already heard so much, first of all from our westerners partners, that help is coming, it's about to be decided, almost signed, for us there should be f-16s for two years, tanks for 3 years, and everything else, we have heard a lot of this, and in fact, we would like to hear real news, news about , yes, the weapons have arrived, yes, there are powerful projectiles, rockets, yes, there is permission to strike on warehouses, on logistics. the enemy, on their territory, on the territory of russia. yes, there are many volunteers who go to the armed forces of ukraine, stand by the tsk, and soon they will not come to us who were caught by the tsk, old, sick, unmotivated, guys who go to defend the country, this is their decision, and soon we will have there will be replenishment, we will have vacations, rotations more often, because we will have a sufficient number, we would like to hear such news, but it does not depend on journalists, unfortunately, but

on reality, well, of course. that everything depends on reality, and even better when it is not just news, but when you tell us that this is how we started to cover more, this is how you worked, as you say, by hails, and it was successful, well, it would rather be, i think, well, that you can immediately feel, and when the reinforcements come, and you can say, so the reinforcements came, they are very good guys, prepared and motivated, unfortunately, we have to go from what is and ... in this situation to what is, well indeed, how would you say that now, well, in addition to what we have already discussed with you, well, directly the equipment that should arrive, there are some new brigades that can arrive, what else should help now on the front line the most, well , there are people, there is patience and understanding, that is, what do we need for victory?