to say that the immediate number of artillery systems themselves was strengthened, i cannot say that, although at the time, when the avdiiv operation ended, some artillery units were indeed moved in our direction. well, here it can be assumed that they simply hope that some of our parts were removed from the time of the warrior and that an assault fighter opened a window of opportunity for them, well, it is possible, except that we will not be like that now. do not confirm or say anything about this, but i think that they hoped that the kharkiv operation would distract and a window of opportunity has opened for them, i understand that this window of opportunity has not opened much for them, well, at least in the temporal area itself, because so far you see, well, they can’t make much progress there, absolutely not, because the units from there did not overturn, those units that defend and the direction, they remain in place. and as for the window of opportunity, i would

also say that when they found out that america had unblocked aid to us and it would already be coming to us, they intensified their assault actions also so that we would not have time to be provided with everything we need in the quantity that we need, and that's what they tried to take advantage of, but today , as you said, this is the window of opportunity. it has closed for them, mr. oleg, but please explain how dangerous the situation with the tick was, in general, because it used to be, well, let’s put it this way, well, i would call it a gray area after all, although there were some our units and everything, now, you can say in klishchiivka, well, our units are not there in fact, as if the russians managed to do something there more than usual, and oh... for them, this south is very important,

because without it they cannot implement this, you know, their maneuver, if they were to cover the abyss of time, but the fact that they strengthened there, the fact that they were still successful there these assaults, how dangerous it is for us, how dangerous this situation is, well, it’s such that it can be reversed, it’s not possible, what do you think about this, they really strengthened this direction, they threw there like motorized rifle regiments of territorial troops, there we can observe two full-fledged brigades of 72 and 88 have their infantry, and their battalions storm z and storm semi-criminal are also there. if we take this direction, then in general it is our southern flank, precisely because klyshchyvka, andriivka, ivanovske are holding, they cannot cover time. as from the flanks, i.e., this

flank is still closed for them, and this prevents them, of course, from taking such a half-circle of time and trying to storm from several directions, and also, of course, this is the front, the front line, which is a combination of each other, and of course this flank it is also important to them to carry out the same offensive actions, this is directly, as the pokrovsky direction and the same direction... whatever would be critical for our defense, that is, to prevent the further advance of the enemy, you mean, exactly on this southern flank, klyschivka, andriivka, this is the area that would be most important to secure or strengthen from your point of view, and if you put it that way,

i would say... the brigade is an artillery brigade, and yet it is still recognized that artillery is the god of war and has a key, key role during hostilities, so i would say that of course these are projectiles, these are shots, that is, in the amount in which it is only possible, because the infliction of fire damage is very dense, it restrains the enemy, destroys him even before he begins direct offensive actions, well, if we take directly eh-e polybattle, then also the shots for mortars are also very important and in general any support that helps us to hold defense, stop the enemy and destroy, here it also includes the latest it technologies, these are the same drones, uavs, and i would also add any technical one here. the component

is the same reb, and of course we need to cover the sky here, so that, after all, we would have , if not at least an advantage, then so that the enemy could not be here at all. to act, well, as far as i understand, klishchiivka itself is still located in such a lowland, and so far there are more such, well, let's say, the hills above it are still held by our troops, or not, or am i wrong, explain this story a little, it is just there on the contrary, it is a height from which bahmud itself is controlled, and bahmud itself is a city, it is really located below, so when we liberated klyshchivka, andriivka, we created... a problem for the russian units that were in bakhmut, and we also for them created a problem for logistical communication, this is bahmud-gorlivka, also for that area, which is generally located behind the railway, that is

, the tick is still in this location, it is the dominant height, ugh, that is , in fact, it is quite critical, well, so a place that would still be there for us it is desirable to bounce back. as far as i understand, yes, tactically, tactically, yes, not strategically, of course, tactically yes, and i wouldn't say that they completely took this height, i'm so sure, you can't say that, yes, no it's so simple, our guys are there, they're holding on, it's really hard, because no matter what, the enemy in numbers is trying to press us, press us and... they, like what we observed before, they really don't spare their people, personnel, they throw them, as it was before with these waves, they are going, if earlier we could observe that during their attacks, they tried to identify our firing points

in order to hit them with fire from the same artillery, but today they are trying to somehow slip through, at least one or two person to gain a foothold there and... then they attack these people again, from the group, for example, only six or eight people can survive there, but for them it is already a success, even if two people dig in there somewhere, for them it is there is success, that is, their losses are quite so significant, but they do not pay attention to them and try to put pressure on us, and actually the time of the ivars is interesting, tell us a little about it, what is happening in the city itself, how much is there in general... well, now there may be people, is there still a civilian population there, how does all this happen? well, the city itself, it is simply being destroyed today, destroyed by any means, before that we observed a fairly significant number of cabs being used, there were up to

30 to 40, but then we could recently observe the same way active the fire system during the savomuyar period, that is, as the settlement itself, a priori, well, these are ruins, that is, if we take the local population that remains there, there, according to official data, there were more than 600 of them, as of today i won't say exactly how many, because i 'm not sure that they can be counted now, but they are really there, they are really there, just as i have to see it in bakhmut in my time, they are hiding there somewhere, there are such people...

i am very grateful to oleg kalashnikov, the head of the press service of the 26th artillery brigade, who joined and told us quite a lot. interesting and new, stay tuned to the espresso tv channel, our time is up, see you in a week, and we have a lot of news to come. see this week in the collaborators program. how traitors of mariupol build careers under the occupiers. the twin city of st. petersburg gave mariupol to create an alley. which of the former ukrainian law enforcement officers became the pseudo-mayor of the city? we are part of russia, the city of mariupol, the city of russia. greetings, i am olena kononenko and this is the collaborante program about traitors who are for at the call of their hearts and wallets, they went to serve the rashi occupiers. on february 24, 2022

, russia begins a full-scale offensive against ukraine. not the fiercest battles are being fought in mariupol. the russian army prefers to take control of the city from which... in the 14th year, our army threw them out like rats. the russians used multiple rocket launchers , rockets, and air strikes, including aerial bombs. for 76 days , the ukrainian titans held the defense and, unfortunately, the steel walls of mariupol fell. the city has been under occupation for more than two years and is teeming with zealots supporters of the russian peace, zhduns and state traitors. i will talk about some of them today. zaporizhzhia court sentenced him to 11 years of imprisonment. the occupiers appointed the head of the mariupol administration. they think that this is all you need to know about the personnel shortage and those who agree to work for rajku. we are part of russia. we are part of russia, the city of mariupol, the city of russia, i hope that everything that

is done in this city is for the good, with our right choice, the city will only become better and will be one of the best in donetska narodnaya republic. this is oleg valeriyovych morgun, a native of vinnytsia, he is 57. he has worked in law enforcement all his life. he was appointed in the summer of 2014. acting head of the mariupol department of the ministry of internal affairs in the donetsk region. according to his colleagues, morgun was the first of mariupol's militiamen who, in may-june 2014, provided information about dpr militants, and then directly helped in their arrest. i have a minister who knows everything, i reported every step i took, what i did. but later in the same 14th year arrested morgun himself for participating in a joint press conference with representatives. terrorist dnr. all sections of the population of this half-million city are interested in ensuring that there is order in the city, that

workers go to factories and factories. after this speech, he was accused of signing a memorandum on order and security between the heads of enterprises, the city authorities and terrorists of the dnr. but the prosecutor's office released the morgue due to lack of evidence. he gathered his children and went to novoazovsk, which was already under the control of the so-called dpr. there, in 2016, the morgue received a residence permit, then russian citizenship and registered in taganrog. on august 23, 2017 , the zaporizhzhya court sentenced oleg morgun to 11 years of imprisonment for participating in a terrorist organization. the case was considered in absentia. later in 2018 , the court of appeal of the zaporizhzhia region confirmed the decision of the previous instance and the verdict entered into force. and while in ukraine they missed morgun in his bed in prison, he was building a new career in... the temporarily occupied territories. in the so-called dpr, morgun was in charge

yasenuvata, then became the head of the illegal administration of the novoazovsky district created by the occupiers. but he did not want to stay in this position for a long time. so, when mariupol was occupied, morgun returned to the city. the recovery process is in full swing. all of russia is here. we do not live in those past memories of destruction. as a faithful dog, he was immediately appointed to the chair of the head of the occupation police of mariupol, and then made the head of the city administration. these are our people, they have been waiting for us for exactly nine years. in the 14th year there was a referendum here, i was the chief then police thousands of people marched to cast their vote to join the russian federation in embracing the entire donetsk people's republic. morgun did not stay long in the post of head of the mariupol administration. he was appointed in november 2023. acting mayor of the city. the election process is underway, these are fateful dates

for our city, and the republic in general, because it will be a new parliament, a new body of deputies, a new municipality within the russian federation. now this seller is engaged in the so-called reconstruction on the bones, involving russian officials for this, accuses ukraine of being the one who bombed mariupol and is preparing the city for mass mobilization in... in 2023 , suspicion of morgun for collaborative activity appeared on the page of the prosecutor general's office. after that, the case was referred to the court. he faces up to 10 years in prison. this is in addition to the 11 that were given to him in absentia for treason and switching to the side of the occupiers in the 14th year. a good term is accumulating at morgun. i believe that sooner or later he will start serving a real punishment. and this is an applicant to become a neighbor of the morgue in the cell in... ivan fedorovych, 1987, originally from donetsk region. in mariupol, he was known as the director of

the city for people company, which has been in charge of servicing residential buildings since 2017. prior to that , he was involved in housing and communal services reforms. and then he worked as the deputy head of the left bank district. city for the people of mariupol came to mariupol on a competitive basis. we will work with people. we are customer oriented. when mariupol was occupied, ukraine. ivan decided to become a russian vanka. vanka was appointed for the hospitable meeting of the occupiers in mariupol the head of administration of zhovnev district. in this position, he took care of the city's restoration. and returned russian names to the streets. together with the administration of mariupol , a plan of measures was developed to restore the city, these are socially significant objects. however, this traitor was the head of the representation of the governor of st. petersburg in the temporarily occupied donetsk region, after demonstrating his adaptability, he escaped and became a candidate for deputies from the united

russia party. vanyushka won the elections, so he took a seat in the mariupol city council and headed the faction there. putin's party, an immediately prominent person is actively working for a term. today, the united russia faction and i planted about a thousand bushes, which the sister city of st. petersburg gave to mariupol to create a st. petersburg avenue. due to the fact that he voluntarily took up a position in illegal authorities created in the temporarily occupied territories, our law enforcement agencies informed vanka of the suspicion. he faces up to 15... years of imprisonment, but who knows, maybe instead of brick walls and metal grates, the gentle and comfortable polyethylene of a black bag will be much nicer for vanyushka. the young teterina sofiya mykolaivna also received her suspicion for her collaborative activities. she graduated from mariupol state university, majoring in ukrainian language and literature. and after

february 24, she began to fill the russian propaganda machine with fakes. the first day of the russian presidential election. federation started in mariupol. voters come to the polling stations from the very morning to cast their votes for the future leader of our country. now sofia works on the racist channel mariupol-24, tells in her stories about the restoration of the city destroyed by the occupiers, glorifies the russian federation and glorifies the enemy's army. at the same time, he is studying in the second year of the fake vision that the occupiers created in mariupol, the so- called kuinji university. now he's already mastering it. specialty, russian language and literature. today, in honor of the national holiday, the day of the constitution of the russian federation , a quiz is held. all details on the mariupol-24 tv channel. teterina's case has already been directed to court for collaborative activity, traitors face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of all property. perhaps her skills in glorifying enemy power structures

will somehow come in handy in a ukrainian prison. for such lackeys and embezzlement , the escorts will... and the audience will be given an extra portion of balanda. sofia, start getting used to her taste already. it was the program collaborators and i, olena kononenko. if you want to talk about the kremlin sellers, write to us at this email address, or just on facebook, together let's send all the traitors in pursuit of the russian ship. we'll see in a week on espresso. glory to ukraine, dear tv viewers, on espresso tv channel, west studio program. we will analyze the most important events of this week, in particular we will analyze the situation at the front and the situation in international politics. our guests today are the legendary american diplomat daniel frith and the equally

legendary ukrainian diplomat roman bezsmertny. the espresso tv channel will be on the air now. daniel frith, flesh of of the american state department, a former coordinator of the state department's sanctions policy, a person who is very well versed in deterrence strategies and specific tactical steps, in particular for the deterrence of the russian federation. i congratulate you, mr. ambassador, on the air of the tv channel. congratulations, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes. well, the swiss peace summit is approaching. this is how we understand ukraine. offered her formula, yes, which provides for the withdrawal of russian interventionists from our territory and so on. we understand that this formula already existed tested at a very high level in meetings of the international plan, such as the g7 and g20 and so on and so forth. in your opinion, what are the prospects for making the swiss summit propose a new clear

strategy for containing russia, perhaps there is a feeling that... it will be possible to make the russians listen to this position. ukraine's proposal to hold an international summit to discuss its peace formula deserves high praise. it has strategic and tactical advantages, emphasized by the importance of ukraine's initiatives and its perception as a country, presenting its plan for the political settlement of the conflict. the formula, which is based on ten points, is closely intertwined with the principles of the un charter. it is important that the issue of ukraine affects countries all over the world, in africa, asia, south america and the middle east. several summits have already been held, the next one will be held in switzerland in the middle. june, again, this is a very good idea, on the one hand, we do not want the russians to be able to claim that ukraine does not want to participate in the negotiations, on the other hand, for ukraine

it is important to be able to organize the widest possible consensus among as many countries as possible on the basis of certain of its fundamental provisions. in my opinion, the ukrainians demonstrated great skill. the ukrainian government has shown itself excellently in recognizing the sphere. possible understanding between a very large group of countries at the international level, thereby laying the groundwork for more serious discussions in the future, and not allowing russia to isolate ukraine. that is why i consider the ukrainian initiative good, and i hope that the government of my country will represented in switzerland at the highest possible level. let's see. dear mr. ambassador, frith, the position of ukraine is extremely strong, yes, because... we have been attacked by unprovoked aggression, our civilian cities are being attacked, our civilians are being killed, our military is being killed, but we understand

that despite the strength of our position, our enemy in there will be no switzerland, and the key story will be what will be the position of the people's republic of china, whether they will, for example, agree to send their emissaries as observers, in order to somehow navigate the current history, well because... that there is a certain consolidation of what is called the western world, but the chinese game, the chinese influence on the situation is extremely important. we understand that there were meetings in beijing with the state secretariat of blinkin, president macron, german chancellor olaf scholz, and after that, what did putin do? putin went to beijing and took his officials with him. china's position. is one of the key international factors in russian calculations regarding the war. china supported russia, providing it with many technologies and parts necessary for introduction

war the united states is not happy about it. us secretary of state tony blinken visited beijing and called on the chinese to stop supporting russia. the united states has imposed sanctions on some chinese companies that evade their compliance. these efforts will probably continue and even. if china continues on its current course. interestingly, president putin visited beijing, and as far as i understand, the results of that visit were minor. the chinese are ready to help the russians, but not as much as they would like. it seems that in this sino-russian partnership without limitations does have certain limitations. and yet china's position is that it does not want russia to lose, and therefore... will support it. the united states and european countries need to continue to persuade and, if necessary, pressure the chinese to abandon their support for russia. easy

to say and not easy to do. it is quite difficult. china's position is a significant problem, and there is no way we can sit back and watch the chinese support putin's aggressive war against ukraine. well, but in any case, xi jinping made... a very symbolic trip to the european continent: france, serbia, hungary, at the same time that putin's inauguration was taking place in russia, that is, which ended the process of putin's self-crowning, yes, xi jinping was not there, nor was xi jinping at the so -called red square parade. maybe there are some prospects to agree on something with the chinese, or they will anyway. and try to strictly adhere to some kind of strategy about entering the european continent and possibly getting closer to european markets. china is trying

to strengthen its position as the main dominant counterweight to the united states and europe. he is looking for potential allies in europe, whether on an ideological basis, like hungary, or on a commercial basis. the united states has decided that china is a long-term strategic competitor. the united states needs to focus all its efforts on fighting china, or even withdraw from europe and reduce its support for ukraine. this is the position of the so-called asia group, which is associated with donald trump. the biden administration on the other hand believes that it is important to support ukraine and europe. they claim that if russia... wins a war against ukraine, it will only worsen security in asia, that is, it will not improve it. this position, by the way, is shared by the leaders of taiwan, south korea and japan,

who have repeatedly and publicly declared that they would support ukraine, and that such support was in their interests. this is an extremely important message. that is, there is a debate that will continue after our election about how the united states should conduct its foreign policy, whether to maintain security in asia and europe, or focus exclusively on asia and weaken the interest in europe. this is an old american debate that has now become relevant again. so far, the pro-european group, which believes the united states should support both its asian and european allies, holds the dominant position. however, people in donald trump's circle tend to be pro-asian, that is, they prioritize china over ukraine and europe, which i think is a very bad idea. thank you, mr. ambassador, in any case, we understand that it is a lot

issues in world politics are now put on hold, because many capitals of the world are waiting for the american elections, yes, and donald trump is an unpredictable person, who was already the american president at one time, but we were very actively worried in ukraine when we tried to analyze what is happening in the american congress was so disturbing to us, but on the other hand, it also demonstrated a certain weakness of american democracy, when an extremely important issue... the issue of life in the literal sense of the entire european people could be endangered. we are grateful to the american administration, we are grateful to the american parliamentarians for finally bringing this story to an end. we got the money, but going back to donald trump and this hallway in a few months, before the election, what might happen before the election and what might happen after the election,

because we don't know what it's going to be like... donald trump number two, if he will become president. we don't know, it is. ukrainians have every right to be grateful to the united states for the assistance provided and, at the same time, disappointed the long, inexhaustible delay in voting on additional aid for ukraine. ukraine should also push the us to do everything we can, beyond what we are already doing, to support ukraine at this critical time. in the united states. as i said, there is a debate about the strategy, president biden and his administration believe in what i would call a free world strategy, which is about supporting democracy in europe and asia, particularly because we will not be able to successfully counter the chinese challenge if let's allow russia to threaten ukraine and europe. we have to deal with both great adversaries, china and russia. this is

the position of the biden administration. the position of donald trump and his supporters seems to be that ukraine has less value and priority. there have been times when donald trump has been hostile to ukraine and sympathetic to vladimir putin, which is a terrible position. it is also true that trump has recently changed his position on ukraine. on the eve of the vote in congress on providing additional aid to ukraine, donald trump published a statement on the true social website in which he claimed that survival. and the strength of ukraine in the interests of the united states. the statement was hidden inside a long political post attacking the biden administration. and yet this is the rare case when donald trump recognized the importance of ukraine for the united states. i'm not a fan of donald trump, but i think it was a good move and i hope it continues. however, president biden is certainly a much

more reliable supporter of ukraine. than trump ever was or ever will be. ukraine now is in a critical situation. we understand that only decisive american assistance can fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield. we understand that we are talking about heavy weapons, we are talking about possible bold decisions on the part of american democracy. so we understand that , well, in a few months the situation in the united states may change, and indeed we do not undertake to predict or prophesy what it may be. so we understand that we need additional air defense systems in order to close the sky above kharkiv, in order to close the skies in the north of our country, yes, because the russians started the so-called kharkiv operation, and we have a request for additional patriot systems, yes, so that we can protect our civilians, but we understand that it is also about aviation, and it is also about...