forces of ukraine, special appointee, people's deputy of ukraine of the eighth convocation. mr. major, i welcome you, thank you for being with us today. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. well, since we ask our viewers and tv viewers whether ukraine needs to cooperate with the russian opposition for one thing, in order to destroy the putin regime, it is a logical continuation. in your opinion, should ukraine... work with the russian opposition, well, first of all, i need to understand whether we have a russian opposition and what is its main role in this in the context of the struggle against putin's regime, simply gather abroad somewhere in europe, is it possible even after arriving in ukraine to gather, drink tea, talk something and so you understand, i always have such a logical question, if after that there are no actions, for today day any, let's say...

let's say, democratic options for regime change in russia, they are completely absent. so, i draw one conclusion: the task of the opposition is to enter the kremlin after the change of regime on our shoulders, and they have a different task ahead of them they don't put themselves. i have not heard that they collected money and donated it to the armed forces. i have not heard that the opposition took up calls to arm themselves and destroy everything that belongs to the russian occupation. ukraine, as well as everything that belongs to the russian regime in russia. the opposition today is engaged in boltology, and i do not believe in good russians at all, they will not do anything. look, please, at their actions in germany, in any european countries. you have heard at least one of them speak out against the regime so often putin just the opposite, remember victory day. what rallies and demonstrations

were held to popularize putin's regime, to popularize the greatness of the russian nation, well, for me, to be honest, it is the absence of any opposition at all, i am not going to flirt with it, because i do not believe in good russians, they are not it happens that only through actions they can prove and prove that they are really, so to speak, a good russian. thank you, mr. major, for your comprehensive answer. these same russians, good and bad, attack ukraine on at the front, at the beginning of the day, there were 88 combat clashes, almost half of them fell on the kuptian and pokrovsky directions, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reports about this, and the enemy has now been stopped in the kharkiv direction, the defense forces are planning and carrying out offensive actions to restore the lost position, reports the general staff. the situation is under control in sumy oblast and chernihiv oblast. the head of

the press service of the 26th artillery brigade, oleg kalashnikov, reported on the espress air that the russians were now involved in the storming of the temporal ravine all your resources. let's listen to what oleg kalashnikov said. the enemy is trying to storm us along almost the entire spectrum of the front, but at the moment he has concentrated his attention more, we can say this for several days already, this is a tick-and-andriivka, and of course directly... he is trying to storm time, he is not just storming it, he with his terrorist practice, he simply really destroys it, destroys everything that is there today. today, he used his maximum resources here, which only he has, both for fire damage and for assault operations. today we can see that he is already storming with just such a mechanized component. mr. major, how are you?

do you currently assess the situation at the front and, in particular , near the time gap, what does putin want? well, let's be honest, his first statements regarding the whole of the so-called svo did not go anywhere. this is, of course, an exit to the borders of the donetsk and luhansk regions. the fact that he is under the hood, let's say this, thanks to the lack of preparation of ukraine for the confrontation in the 22nd year, the fact that he still managed to seize the right, as they say, on a beetroot. caution nearby, meaning the right bank and kherson, which we successfully recaptured, of course, but that is a matter of another thread. so, the fact that he managed to advance in the kharkiv region, the fact that they managed to capture the zaporizhia atomka and so on, in zaporizhzhia, this is all a weakness of ukraine's preparation to deter russian aggression, and we are talking about it. what we manage to do today is not thanks to the actions of our leaders. on the contrary

, contrary to their actions, which they engaged in before the start of a full-scale invasion. chasivya, it's strategic height, it's control like right to the side. slavyanska, kramatorska, and to the left towards pokrovsk. the fact that the russians will go, in particular, where we are talking about, ivanovsk, try to move in the direction from the south, take, so to speak, in the semi-encirclement of the times i, they did it, and we talked about it, and we have been talking about it for several months , that the main efforts of the russians will be concentrated in the direction of pokrovsk, because pokrovsk is the logistics of the dnipro, donbass, let's say so, and so... to kill pokrovsk this logistics is their number one task. at the same time, the kupyan direction is also very seriously significant for them, because it is logistics already, let's say, from kharkiv, so to speak, well, i'm sorry, i won't mark the settlements there on the map, but it is from

the north to donbas, logistics is also interrupted by the purchasing direction. and that's exactly how great, great, let's say, the efforts of the russians. we see, well, actually from the first days of the full-scale invasion, what we managed to contain and repel, that the lyman direction itself and so on, this is already a question of skill and sacrifice of the ukrainian soldier. to date , what i see, where, where possible, we can expect, well, unfortunately, the general staff says that the russians are using virtually the entire spectrum in order to storm the times, i would not want to discount it. another point is that soon another 250,000 trained, mobilized will arrive in russia, and they will come precisely to the russian armed forces, precisely on the territory of ukraine, or rather, they are already in the armed forces russia is there, they are currently preparing, but putin does not

stop mobilization measures, and therefore in such a context it is of course very difficult for us to resist, especially against the background, well, in fact , the inadequacy of the law on mobilization, which we have already talked about half. on the part of killing the soldier's motivation, killing the issue of demobilization at the root, as they say, and talking about the fact that we will do everything successfully and we do not need half a million, then i want to tell you that somewhere from the moment, probably when we first started to talk about mobilization, the russians have already mobilized more like half a million, if you look at the statistics that are given to us by, so to speak, open sources, and so today it is underwriting ours , so i am also paying attention to the sumy direction, why? the russians have frequented, let's say, their sabotage and intelligence operations in sumy region, and there is information that they are concentrating there, accumulating, let's say, the necessary forces for what, in order to

stretch our reserves, in kharkiv region they succeeded, let's see who stopped the enemy in the kharkiv region, except for the tro brigade, which is staffed without motor... personnel, if anyone has forgotten, then i want to remind you that when the troubles began in ocheretino, the djurka was sent to ocheretino to close the 100th brigade, which did not come from home, did not come from the training ground, but was simply removed from... another section of the front , that is, we are talking about what, we are talking about the fact that the accumulation of reserves wants to be better, well, this is my opinion on this matter. mr. major, given that the enemy has been terrorizing kharkiv quite actively for the past few

months, we can see that they are just hitting the civilian infrastructure, very powerfully, yesterday they hit the printing office, the printing factor, seven people were killed, 20 people were injured, well, that is , terror of the highest kind, when they hit civilians, factories, houses, everything they used to hit usually, putin has always said that we need some kind of sanitary zone between ukraine and russia, and whether this is the russians' way to create this sanitary zone, and whether ukraine can mutually create a sanitary zone between russia alone. on the other side of the border, well, the question is, can we, then we have to ask the answer right away, and with what forces and means? well, if we think that with the help of the assault actions of the russian volunteer corps we will be able to make some kind of sanitary zone there, well, excuse me, the village of tiotkino is not a sanitary zone on

the territory of russia, and i am looking at today's actions of the russians actually duplicating our previous actions of the same russian volunteer corps, which, with the support of a mechanized unit, carried out assault actions. the russians do similar things, and in principle they have always done it, just with greater forces and means. about making a sanitary zone. everything that... dreams can't reach with their dirty hands, they nothing with the help of a colossal advantage in artillery, they effectively turn into construction debris, any buildings where our defenders can be, and this is the biggest problem. the russians will take kharkiv, well, i already said, somewhere approximately, as they will be there in kyiv in three days, well, somewhere else they can also sing kharkiv, because they will not get anything out of that swarm, but there is a second problem, the russians are rushing in the direction so to speak, vovchansk, well, i am like this now, not for the sake of connecting with those forces, but for

the sake of getting as close as possible to, in order for the russian artillery to reach the city of kharkiv, in order to have the opportunity artillery fire, to actually destroy the city buildings, and this is their task, russian artillery, such as there are mlrs, hail and so on, well, they will try to advance at least 40 kilometers, and with ideal... schedules for the russians for 20 km, so that the barrel artillery could reach the suburbs, so then they would be able to create very serious pressure on the city. today, they still use rockets, they use cabs, it's a bit of an expensive pleasure compared to just artillery. so i i look at this story with the kharkiv region precisely in this context. well, if we take any assault operation of the russians, we take the shepherds, dismantled the city for parts, and then. they captured the torn city, the other north-donetsk is the same story,

bakhmud, avdiyivka, mariinka, that is, they do it with just such a barrage of fire, and thanks to it they create a so-called sanitary zone in front of their infantry units, the same story along our northern border, it will continue, in our country, for a long time alas, such forces, means and reserves, well , there are no sides at the moment, once again... by the way, the village of tyotkino is very important, but it is not a sanitary zone on the territory of russia along the northern border with ukraine, so we see, whether or not it is god-pleasing to destroy russians on the territory of russia, of course, but you know, i watched the operations of our special forces, i have been watching the organization of sabotage work for a long time, you know, when there were serious confrontations in bashkirtostan, there it was necessary to help the bashkirs, to let some blood to the police to the russians, and believe me, it would have a much

greater effect than the village of tyotkino, although it should not be discounted, i emphasize once again that the work of the rdk and all other units in the north of our country on the territory of the russian federation is also a god-pleasing matter, regarding transfer of hostilities to the territory of the aggressor. that is, mr. major, as far as i understand, you assume that the russians can go... into the territory of the sumy region much deeper than they have gone now? yes, i suppose they just might to make another, shall we say, source of pressure on our armed forces and stretching the reserves of our armed forces. today they passed in kharkiv oblast, i think that in the near future they will do the same thing somewhere in some areas of sumy oblast, well, let’s put it this way, of course, it should not pass without... it is necessary for our intelligence, we must to have an understanding of where and what forces they accumulate. i want

to remind the audience that on april 3, the main intelligence agency came out and said that everyone who talks about the kharkiv direction is all russian ipso, you are kremlin agents. this is not a quote, but these are the approximate theses of gur's spokesman, mr. yusov. only a month and 10 days later, the same yuso came out and said, we knew exactly when they would go, how many of them would go and where they would go. then i am asked in that task why they did not attack before the russians deployed in combat formations, why did they not attack earlier, only when the russians were standing huddled in certain points, if you knew, here are some of my complaints about today it is not a great pity that our propagandists are sometimes in military uniform, by the way, you mentioned about intelligence, zelenskyi met with the heads of ukrainian ... docs and based on the results of this meeting, he said that the disruption of the peace summit in switzerland has become the main

task of russian diplomacy and foreign intelligence for the near future. let's listen to what zelensky said. there were reports of intelligence, hur and szr, including about russian efforts to disrupt the peace summit and the participation of world powers, opposing the russian desire to continue and expand the war. mr. major, please tell me what you expect from this global peace summit, can it provide answers to the questions we have? this summit will not bring any peace, this summit does not provide any guarantees for the struggle against russia, this summit does not make an iron curtain on the territory of russia so that they, as they say, uh, uh, so-called sanctions things could be applied by of the countries that will be there, for this summit, i don't

know the information to date, but i know that the global south is not exactly going, well, as far as i know, brazil... south africa is definitely not are going, india would probably already say that they are going, but nevertheless, let's talk, if we are talking about the peace summit, then what is there for our victory? i have never once heard from zelensky that he has a strategy for victory, a strategy for peace, okay, then why in this strategy for peace, in those ten points, i did not see the word nato, that's one thing. further, recently zelenskyi stated that exactly what three directions are expected from that summit, and what do we see, instead of 10 points... of the peace formula from zelenskyi, i emphasize, without nato, we we hear that the issue of shipping must be resolved at this summit, the issue of environmental and nuclear safety must be resolved at this summit, and the issue of exchange, the release of our hostages, and the release of our hostages must be resolved at

this summit. , what we are talking about today, the summit by itself will not bring any peace, as a political statement yes, but... then let's say frankly, well, biden is not going there, xi jinping is clearly not going there, so please tell me, except for this political statement, we expanding the anti-putin coalition and increasing sanctions at this summit? no, then please tell me the goal, but the goal can certainly be defined by the person responsible for such summits, it is mr. yermak, why is there no nato clause out of the 10 points of zelenskyi’s peace formula, and why instead of these ten now obme... some three incomprehensible ones, like the kurultaya summit, where representatives have more than for me, for such a large, let's say, 100 countries, as they announced to us earlier, well, i look at it for now, like the first swallows failure, although i don't want to shout treason ahead of time, you know, but i emphasize once again, for ukraine, peace is the absence of a threat and

the possibility of repeated aggression from russia, please tell me if there is something on that list in that summit that can eliminate the threat from russia ? there is nothing, then where is the peace? that 's all. you mentioned joseph biden, it's been reported that he's apparently, most likely assumed, at least by the american media, to miss the peace summit in switzerland in june due to a campaign fundraiser campaign in california, which he is to attend together with george clooney, julia roberts. and other stars, this is reported by bloomberg in particular, that is, without the main players, without russia, we do not take it here at all, because he, this is the aggressor country and putin the aggressor, but without the main players, without biden, without xijin pin, well in fact, this summit will turn into

some kind of humanitarian summit, or let's say, which will resolve not the most important issues, not... the most important issue in ukraine: when russia will withdraw from the territory of ukraine and how to force russia to withdraw from the territory of ukraine? true? i completely agree with you, i can only add that the favorite words of mr. zelensky have become security agreements, which do not have any security, and the peace summit, which does not bring peace, so they are carried around with very good slogans, but i emphasize once again, it can take a long time carry these slogans around like a fool with a sack, but once again... for ukraine , peace is the absence of a threat from russia, peace is the liberation of territories, peace is contributions, reparations, attraction war criminals, that is, these are the consequences, where russia will no longer attack us after that. tell me, please, what the peace summit is about, about what i announced, of course not, that's all, that's why it's a chat room, for me it will be just

a chat room, this is a political statement, so gather applause again, well, applause rating addicts... zelensky wants to see them, hear them, we remember how the whole world met him in 22nd, 23rd, well, we still need to in 24th, for me personally, this is not a peace summit , because even the expansion of anti-putin a coalition is not envisaged in the context of this summit, because it is the anti-putin coalition that can have influence, and if there are representatives of india, i would like to hear that india is pursuing the same sanctions policy as... to russian oil, for example, or something else like, iron hatred for any goods of russia. let's be honest: norway is one of the first countries to ban even tourist visas for... citizens of russia, russia should feel, every russian citizen should feel that they are the cause of all those problems that fall on them, and for problems

to fall, it is necessary for the world to be united, at the moment, well, the world is united, they are going to switzerland, but, but three dots, mr. major, the very end of our conversation, i would like to ask you are talking about mobilization, or rather, what is decided by this law, which entered into force on may 18. 2024, because the spokesman of the ministry of defense of ukraine, dmytro lazutkin , said on espresso that the reserve plus application has become the most popular way to update the data of conscripts, let's listen closely briefly mr. lazutkin, now we have about a million people who have already updated their data precisely through the plus reserve, and if you are interested, they can give you some statistics. either in percentages or in numbers, about 11,000 ukrainians did it outside of our country, in poland, germany, the czech republic and canada, these countries are

the leaders, also, about 120,000 women conscripts clarified their data through the reserve plus application, and 145 00 are people who are booked or have deferments like that. and they have fulfilled, so to speak, the rule of the law, mister major, except that that people have fulfilled the norm of the law, what else does this new procedure for updating data solve, does it solve the main issue, the issue of mobilization, well, let's be honest, today no, but in general yes in the future, because in principle the summons is sent in accordance, for example, to the electronic the address to which were indicated in the reserve plus will be considered delivered. as my memory serves me from that law, so it will work, but the first reinforcements, the first recruits to be recruited

under the new mobilization law, somewhere it will probably arrive in october, why? because let's face it: 60 days to update, then what? please tell me that the reserve plus sent at least someone to velk? no, what's next? well, updated, by the way, you noticed the reserve statistics. plus - it's hundreds of thousands of citizens, people are afraid to go live in the war, that is, it's another story, but nevertheless they updated, what's next , what's next, we're waiting for a summons to the vlk, what's next, after the vlk, maybe a summons with a combat order, then, there is mobilization, sending to training grounds, two or three months training, and when there will be the first reserve plus to our troops at the time of yar, somewhere around october-november, that's it. we need to be much faster than we are today. thank you, mr. mayor, for the conversation. it was the major of the armed forces of ukraine, special agent ihor

lapin. friends, we continue to work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, and i would like to remind you that during this broadcast we conduct surveys. we ask you about whether it is worth cooperating with the russian opposition in ukraine. yes, no, everything is quite on youtube simply. if you're sitting in front of the tv, pick up your phone. or smartphones and vote if you think that ukraine should cooperate with the russian opposition (0800-211-381), no 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, vote at the end of the program, we will announce the results: he at the cost of his life saved others, taras chaika, a hero of ukraine, a soldier of the 125th brigade of the territorial defense forces, received a fatal wound in a battle in the east of ukraine, his history... see more, people need to see, know, and generations was brought up on such boys who bravely and

courageously went to defend, protect and give their lives for our country, these are the belongings of my son chaika teras, who died on november 2 , 2022, this is his coat, here if you look in the garden, there is even under ... it is written that these are the things of a chemist, because his call sign was a chemist, they also brought chevrons, he was in tro, the flag of ukraine, tro sign, chevron t teoreon, chevron of the 125th brigade, he was a reconnaissance commander, this is a sign intelligence taras chaika, hero of ukraine, scout of the 125th brigade of territorial forces. defense of the armed forces. he came to the defense of ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, although he had health problems and a sense of patriotism and duty to the state,

which prompted him to leave voluntarily. i called the military officer at 5 in the morning, i say taras, the war has started, he said, mom, i know, i didn’t go to bed last night, i already packed my things, and i say, taras, what are you talking about, mom, i’m going to the war, and on the very first day he went to the military to register, for four days he proved to the soldiers that he could go to serve. taras chaika served in the 125th brigade. of the territorial defense forces, at first he was in lviv, and in april of his own accord he joined the intelligence unit, fought in donetsk region, he calls me and says: "mom, i'm transferring to intelligence, i can't stay at the headquarters when there's a war and we have to fight ". we chatted every day, in the morning and in the evening , i asked you to send any news that everything was fine with you, but on november 2...

2022, the woman did not receive a single message from her son, then the soldier went on a combat mission to the area between lyman and kremina, no longer from it came back he didn't want to say anything so that i wouldn't worry, although i supported him all the time, believed that everything would be fine. our last conversation was four days before his death. he called me, i was at work. he says, i want to talk to you, i say, son, i’m at work, talk, i can talk, no, you’ll be at home, don’t pick me up, please, i dialed him, we really had a very long conversation, we spent more than an hour with him we talked, she was always worried, cried, and the time when we talked, it was very fun, somehow they laughed, rejoiced, he was very positive, as i now understand, he did not want to just upset them, they knew where they were going...

during that combat sortie, taras chaika was killed, but he saved his comrades who were traveling with him in the car. he was gone in a second, but being mortally wounded, he moved the car to the opposite side of the shelling, and the boys all remained alive. for this act, taras chaika was awarded the title of hero of ukraine, he is forever 29. this award is a memory for his mother, wife and daughter. he was a very great patriot. saved life he didn’t save himself, he could have saved himself, he saved the boys’ lives, everyone stayed often, but he was gone, to salute life for the homeland, this, i consider a very great feat, to put one ’s life, less value than the lives of others and one’s homeland, well that it is there for me, i

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like that? well, you are a representative of the russian opposition, is it worth it, i am a representative of the russian armed resistance, and this is something completely different, we even recently conducted such a sociological survey in ukraine, and there were many respondents, this is a real national survey, and the answers were as follows, there, 5% said that it is necessary to cooperate with the opposition, said that it is necessary to cooperate with volunteers, russian volunteer formations and with the resistance, that is, it is a big difference, but, but the forum of the russian opposition took place in lviv, and not of the russian volunteer corps or forces, that is, they were there, but it was a forum of the russian opposition, right? well, it was a question of the name, i think that here...