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greetings, i'm olga len, this is the chronicles of the war, and first of all i remind you about our very important collection for the repair of armored vehicles in the combat zone actions, because we are already reaching the finish line here, we have collected almost so much and are getting close, a very important collection for our two best brigades, on the soledarsky and zaporizhia directions, the repair and recovery regiment is working in full mainly on the contact line in the gray zone simply. sky at night, this is all necessary for the emergency recovery and return to the battlefield of damaged military equipment, bmps, tanks, minibuses, a very important thing, please join us, we need to collect uah 600,3000, there are already 563, we really hope that about 100 00 we're going to collect, well... this week,

maybe a little bit more, so look, here you see the qr code, the account number, please join, it's very, very important to close this collection because it, very it is necessary. for our soldiers, well, we have already seen for several, well , probably eight months, attempts of offensive actions by the russians, let's see what has been happening recently on the battle line, well, let's actually talk about it. map of hostilities for the period of june 19-26, it became even hotter at the front, the armed forces of the russian federation broke through near toresk. during the week, the number of clashes increased by 30%. the russians advanced the most in the pokrovsk-turkish direction. they also became more active in the kupyansk region, but in zaporizhzhia and southern donetsk their activity was reduced by almost half. vovchan front.

fierce local street fighting continues in the city of vovchansk without significant progress on either side. due to the heavy losses of their infantry attacking the mostly unarmored component, the russians from... seem to have finally realized that the offensive failed, so they changed their tactics and began to actively use cabs, in particular, it was at this site for the first time during the war that they used the most powerful bomb that the russian federation has (kap-3000). the russians hit our positions in liptsi with it, and then repeated it twice more. it was in liptsy that the situation for the rashists was the most difficult, because here the armed forces began to push them out of their occupied positions. the russians drop a large number of... other missiles on vovchansk, and also use tos thermobaric jet artillery in order to destroy the dense urban development. instead, the defense forces in response deliver systematic strikes on the rear of russian territory. for example, our air strike destroyed the command post of the russian regiment, which

was located in the village of nekhotiivka in the belohorod region, in the ulkhovatsky district of the voronet region, our drones destroyed a field depot, which then detonated for many hours. also, the armed forces of ukraine used hymers for the first time during an attack in kursk oblast, where they hit an fsb building in the village of suja. the offensive on kupyansk. the advertised offensive on borova has not yet begun, but still the kupyan front significantly activated. mostly on the northern flank, where the occupiers in the vilshana area captured several of our positions between vilshana and senkivka. in addition, the enemy attacked south of berestovo and west of kolomiychikha. however, the defense forces repelled these attacks. turkish failure of the armed forces. while near the temporary ravine, the defense forces successfully restrained the enemy and prevented him from either bypassing the city from the flanks or breaking through the kanal district, the occupiers managed to capture our positions near turetsk almost without a fight. yes, during uncoordinated actions in

as part of the rotation, the armed forces lost well-fortified positions on the outskirts of turetsk, in particular in shumy and severnoye, which had been built since 2014 . in general, the russians managed to capture. a section 2 km deep and 3.5 km along and come close to the urban development, probably right now to storm turetsk, they are not ready to decide, but they have improved their positions, which will make it possible to increase the pressure not only on turetsk, but also on the southern flank protection of the temporary ravine in the area of ​​kurdyumivka and kliishchiivka. the pokrovsky front is waiting for the climax. if near turkey this week there were about 40 battles, the same number took place in the vovchanskyi direction, and almost in the pokrovskyi direction. 300 from week to week, the number of clashes here only increases, and this indicates that the rashists, having tasted the victory, throw all their forces here to develop it. during the week, the enemy continued to move in the direction of the intersection of the pokrovsk-konstantynivka highway and almost completed the occupation of novooleksandrivka, where

he advanced 500 m. in addition, the armed forces of the russian federation occupied half of the village of sokil, and are also trying to bypass settlement from the north in the direction of yevhenivka. near the first novoselivka. the defense forces were able to completely contain the invaders and prevent their advance from the previously occupied novopokrovsk. to the south, between novopokrovsky and umansky, the russians are gradually leveling the front and advancing to the southern outskirts of the first novoselivka. our soldiers, who found themselves in half-water in yasnobrodivka, managed to completely gain positions in a week, as well as in the neighboring area near the karliv reservoir. the environment of the employer. of course, to the environment itself. more very far, but the occupiers realized that they cannot take the city head-on, so they are gradually implementing a plan that involves cutting off the city from logistics. to do this, they need to block the road from korakhivskoye, somewhere in the area of ​​bogoyavlinka. today, in order to achieve this goal, the enemy needs to break through another 13.5 km, but on the other hand, over

the past year they have advanced about 8 km on this part of the front. in a week in the volodymyrivka area, the russians managed to occupy a significant territory and... to advance 4 km to the west, which is a rather significant blow to our defense. destruction of russian infrastructure on the southern front. if you look at the map broadly, then the situation in crimea. zaporizhzhia and southern donetsk region is highly dependent on available resources and logistics in the southern regions of the russian federation. throughout the spring and in june, the armed forces of ukraine concentrate their strikes on precisely these enemy regions. this week, the armed forces of ukraine, together with the security service of ukraine, hit the key npfs of the southern district of the russian federation, afipskyi, iliskyi, and krasnodarskyi. in addition, in azov, our drones blew up half of a large oil depot, a warehouse and a training facility were flown to yeysk air defense center, from where in ukraine? they launch shahedis, destroyed more than 120 drones of various types, we win daily, death

to the enemies. well, viktor kyvylyuk, a military expert of the center for defense strategies, a reserve colonel of the armed forces of ukraine, joined us. greetings, mr. viktor. good evening, mr. olga. you know, let's start with the most high-profile story that happened this week, it was actually zelenskyy who announced the change of commander. of the united forces of the armed forces of ukraine yuriy sodol, he was replaced by brigadier general anatoly hnatov, but the most interesting thing is that this happened after the general was accused of incompetence and the loss of people, said the chief of staff of the 12th brigade azov bohdan krotevich, well, that's basically it, well, i don't remember such stories at all these 10 years, no such... such open accusations when a statement is submitted to the sbi, no such quick

dismissals, which all the same proves that you can say that it was like that at all, this is ukrainian personnel policy, and to be more specific, there is a complete absence, as far as the president's actions are concerned, he is in to his legal field, because his competence is to appoint and dismiss senior officers . i do not see any violations here, why so quickly one commander of the joint forces was replaced by another commander of the joint forces, well, this question should be asked to the minister of defense, who wrote the submission, and to the president, the supreme commander, to whom he made the decision, regarding the message, with which the chief of staff of the azov brigade appealed to the security intelligence service, well, it's also interesting. me personally, why a person with an education, if i am not mistaken, mr. krotevych, we have a water transport academy

graduated, and an official who is a specialist in the field of water transport takes to evaluate the actions of a graduate of the operational and strategic faculty of the national defense academy, well , i don’t know what such a thing is at all, but this is our reality, on the other hand, the chief of staff of the brigade is appointed to the position , if it has an operational-tactical one. education at the same national defense university, which mr. krotevych does not have, how he was appointed, well, this is probably also the case, let the sdf figure it out at the same time, that is why he was replaced, or rather not replaced, but why he was chosen general hnativ, this is the president's decision, there are enough deputies in the command of the combined forces to transfer the command of the troops to someone else, well, the president decided... however, neither consistency nor pleasantness when replacing an official, in

principle it looks strange, but the reasons are probably something we will never find out, well , the reasons are somewhat known, because actually the azov regiment, well, has had problems with sodol since the days of mariupol, they have big claims against general sodol regarding the organization. protection of the city of mariupol, where, as we know, azov was sitting in the environment, and whether it was justified or not, such a question is still very controversial, i understand that now it is actually, they fell under the command of sodel where they stand, and there again some strange stories begin with the fact that that they take away people, they don't give new ones, well, actually , they have problems on the flanks, well, that is, there are a whole bunch of stories of some kind, that is, there and there exactly, well, exactly... connected with combat activities in them, the 36th brigade of marines defended the same

mariupol, brigade commander, 36th former general hnativ is appointed commander of the combined forces and there are no complaints, that is, there are probably more political reasons than purely military ones, there is also a strange story that at the same time sodol was left, left to lead osuv khortets, that is, as if he still continues to manage the same azov, i understand, well... that is, it is not clear, yes, yes, yes, yes, well, that is, but you know, there is another thing, well, actually, it can be like a conversation starter, so what... after all , this week's event is the loss of noises in turkish direction, and for quite a long time this direction wandered in such a quiet way that nothing was happening there and as if no one was going to advance anywhere, and then suddenly it turned out that as soon as the replacement of brigades was unsuccessfully made there, the russians began

to advance there, and this also what it actually tells us, about the fact that the russian troops are actually conducting us. on the entire front and where they simply do not advance, it is not because they do not try to advance, but because they are simply restrained there, and if the possibilities of this restraint of these are violated offensive actions, then actually, you see, there are losses right away, well, i can't simply explain these, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here the result, let's try to sort out points by point, who decided that the replacement of brigades was unsuccessful, well, actually. these are conversations that have nothing to do with reality in principle, the loss is not noises, but the ruins of the settlement are noises, except for the foundations, there was nothing there at the time of the beginning of the russian offensive, the russians have been preparing for an offensive in that area for the last two years, they finally

got ready, there was a group formed of five brigades, our intelligence... i saw all this perfectly, the commander of khortytsi knew about it for at least one and a half years, it is not a surprise, the enemy took advantage of his numerical advantage, five brigades are competing for two villages and access to the outskirts of toretsk, which the enemy has there today, this is in order 10,000 personnel, we were ready for this, the fact that the opponents, who have... a numerical advantage, captured the ruins of noises, well, this is a normal phenomenon, but the tactical defense zone of the khortets in the turkish direction has not been breached, and in principle, nothing tragic it did not happen there, the fact that the enemy will continue to move forward by inertia for a certain time, this is normal, until he exhausts his

offensive potential, thanks to the efforts of the ukrainian defenders, if you look at... at this region a little wider, you will see that the enemy got stuck under the timetable, which according to their plans was to be captured on may 9, outside the last days of june, but during the ivars under the control of the defense forces and the enemy had no chance, at the same time the enemy wanted to capture the toretsky defense district, surround our forces there, but the northern ... the flank was slowed down the task is not completed, the enemy is doing much better on the southern flank in the ocheretno area, but it is not possible to cover one of the flanks and the encirclement, so the command of the enemy troop group center decided not to wait any longer for the 98th airborne division to achieve something in the time gap,

because it got stuck there, and it seems that soon it will be in the russian landing forces for one division. will be less, because almost the entire staff has been eliminated, it is being replenished by volunteers of various kinds called up for mobilization, formations of the bar type, that is, it is no longer paratroopers, this is something that is at hand, therefore turetsk should not be considered as some kind of surprise or a big failure, well, this is a completely planned development of events, well, but nevertheless they ... as if they still reached the beginning of urban development somewhere there it is already close and then the question is whether it is realistic to hold turkey now in this story, if everyone there was preparing for something, it is realistic for today, but we will witness street battles in turkey, that is absolutely certain, i think that in 7-10 days the enemy will enter into the city and the fighting will begin there

and what does it threaten on a larger, well, on a more... front, the very seizure of turkey, what can it threaten? this is an attempt to complete the capture of donetsk region within its administrative border, ukrainian, administrative-territorial division. accordingly, the enemy will do everything possible in the siversk, chasivoyarsk, turetsky, kramatorsk, kurakhovsky directions of the junction in order to fulfill their military tasks and reach, at least. some goal that their president proclaims, proclaimed, announcing the beginning of a special military the so-called operation, mr. viktor, look... but if you take the entire eastern zone, the most dangerous situation, after all, the pokrovsky

direction, as i understand it, certainly yes, and this is precisely the development of events the pokrovsky direction is also threatened with the greatest consequences, as i understand it, speaking more broadly along the front, yes, the enemy has achieved tactical success and has strength in the pokrovsky direction. and the means to turn this tactical success into an operational one, the enemy has about 6 left km in order to cut the logistical routes of the defense forces defending in this area, in turn, this development of events will allow the enemy to create unfavorable conditions for further defense in the same turkish direction, we will be... forced to retreat to the sloviansk line , kramatorsk, druzhkivka, kostyantynivka, pokrovsk. and this is a completely undesirable development of events for us, because

we are losing control over serious territories, which we will have to vacate later. therefore, maintenance of the situation in the pokrovsky direction is, apparently, for today the most important task in the east of ukraine. but do not forget. about the direction of urahivsk, where the enemy intends, at least until the middle of next month, to wedge into our battle formations and cover at least from one flank the tactical group that defends ugledar, this is also happening as part of the seizure of donetsk region, and the enemy will make certain efforts and in the kurakhovsky direction as well, there is an opinion that the activity... of the enemy in the vremivskyi direction, where he is fighting in the staromayorsky area, is a kind of smokescreen the curtain under which the formation of

the strike group hides in the area from staromayorsky to ugledar. so far, i have not come across any data in open sources that this is how events are developing, but it is quite probable, let's say so. well, then, tell me about... well, the kharkiv direction, well, because there is such information that after they made this way to capture such an escape, go to liptsi there, advance further there, well, sooner than after all, they were probably meant to help such people in a way to get closer to kupyansk, but now we are talking about the fact that troops are again being concentrated in the belgorod region, and does this mean that this will now be an attempt to somehow once again make another roll in this direction, the story with kupinsky, this was one of the options for the development of the event, because from vovchansk to

kupinsk, the enemy had to pass through our battle formations about 80 km, well , quite a lot, considering the fact that he passed about six in a month, well, i guess we will return to this conversation in 2026, as before at that time they will not be crushed at all and will stop... like our neighbors in general, everything that is happening in the direction of kharkiv is an auxiliary operation, the purpose of which is to force the commander-in-chief of the armed forces to enter his strategic reserves in this direction and thereby facilitate the execution of tasks in the east of ukraine, the capture of the donetsk region. accordingly, general syrsky does not go for it, reserves are introduced very sparingly, mainly this is a redistribution of operational reserves. the enemy did not achieve anything in the kharkiv direction, moreover, the 25th motorized rifle brigade the enemy is withdrawn from the kharkiv region

due to a complete loss of combat capability, the neo-nazi group rusich, known for its anti-ukrainian sentiments, which is directly related to the torture and execution of ukrainian prisoners, is surrounded at the vovchanska aggregate plant. is living out its last days, i do not think that there will be any prisoners, but it should be taken into account that the armed forces of russia, which will not allow the capture of a group of approximately 400 people, are more likely than the armed forces of ukraine for those surrounded at the aggregate plant they will all just destroy them, therefore, the enemy fears this development of events more than the fact that they will be captured by ukraine and will be... tried for war crimes, which do not have a statute of limitations, well, yes, the arrival of one cabal in principle solves the problem, one will not kill there, considering that in the last

probably seven virgins. in the message of the general staff, in fact, every day we can read that the defense forces successfully counterattacked near hlyboky near lyptsi, directly in vovchansk, events are developing as they should, and i think that in two weeks, it is worth talking about the fact that the enemy is withdrawing to its national territory of the belgorod region, that is, about these 10 thousand, you somehow think that these are not very realistic conversations, and it is not just unrealistic, then... about nothing, with such a potential, which is there in the newly formed 14th army corps, the 44th army corps, which was transferred there from karelia, well, you can stand on the border and scare the border service of ukraine with some imaginary military power, nothing more, you can’t fight with them it turned out, those groups that are now forming there, to

things, in the reports of the general. budanov's public statements do not show that anything is taking shape, although today the press service of the operational-tactical group of kharkiv troops reported the appearance of a new ninth separate motorized rifle brigade from the 51st combined army in this direction, no confirmation yet no, but there is an opinion that it is spilled again from somewhere in the urals. formed army, so far it's more of a rumor, although apparently an official official spoke about it. the ninth motorized rifle brigade is the donetsk brigade separatists, why there were two of them, or one and the same, so far it is not possible to understand, but under any conditions, the appearance of a new brigade in the kharkiv direction indicates that the old brigades have actually ended there. well, that's

good, you know? well, after all, it was clear that ukraine will be on the defensive this year, but from what we are saying now, there is a danger for pokrovsk, a danger there for chasovoy yar, that is, i would say yes, do you have some, well, i don't know, optimism about what is still ours the provision of troops, the equipping of troops, will allow us to hold on at least to these frontiers, which... we now hold, to what extent, and what actually needs to be done for this to hold on to these frontiers, if we start acting in the format of the 227th order 42 2nd year, we will not take a step back, we will lose not only the troops, but also the whole of ukraine, that is why the previous commander-in-chief correctly declared an active mobile defense, we must lose

territories in order to preserve the army. who are experienced, who have been fighting for two years, who, thanks to the allies, receive the necessary military and technical assistance, but so far the system of staffing the defense forces does not manage to solve the problem of staffing the troops very well, so all commanders who realize that they will not have other fighters, in the near future, at least, are making efforts to kill... their personnel, so we have to choose between retreating and saving people or dying and still retreating, so, unfortunately, in this choice, in my opinion, the first decision is much better than the second. well, that is, summarizing our conversation, it is necessary to prepare good, let's say, defensive lines, somewhere a little behind the backs of this line of defense that we have now.

i hope that they are there, they can be improved, the engineering support of the operation has no limits to perfection, it is a lifelong process, but also the formation of strategic reserves, somewhere deep in the rear, and maybe even on the territory of our allies, this is probably a much more important task , and probably also the formation of some strategic reserves of weapons, which, after all, should be more, frankly speaking, we are running out a little bit. time with you, unfortunately, we can talk for a very long time, there are still many questions, thank you for joining us, this was viktor kivelyuk, a military expert of the center for defense strategies of ukraine, a reserve colonel of the ssu. now we have to go to a break, after that we will be joined by kyrylo sazonov, who will tell us directly from the line of battle what is happening.