s gorets, director of the information and consulting company defense express. now approaching 9:00 a.m. a minute of silence to honor all those who died because of the russian occupiers on our land. let's observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war started by russia.

the pokrovsk direction, the situation there is difficult, the forces of the russian federation captured the two villages of progress and vovche near pokrovsk, this has already been confirmed by the 47th brigade, which is fighting in this direction. the military broke out of the encirclement in progress without command order, but broke through. how did it happen, what is the current threat to pokrovsk. this is svoboda ranok, my name is kateryna nekrecha, and we are starting. the armed forces of ukraine lost control over the forces of progress and vovche, northwest of avdiivka. this was announced by the commander of the 47th brigade of magura, oleksandr shershin. in a comment to the publication liganet , he talked about the complex of factors that became the reason for this situation, i

cannot say that it happened due to any one factor, it is a matter of personnel training, understanding the principles of management, the number of bulls and equipment, this is the competence of the officer management staff, this is the motivation of people, unfortunately, this is war. he noted that the russian ministry of defense announced the occupation of progress just the day before, while analysts of the ukrainian deep state project wrote about it on the 21st. july recently, it was also reported that the fighters of the 31st separate mechanized brigade in the area of ​​​​progress managed to break out of the projected encirclement. without waiting for the order to break through from commanders, the military, the military put him in front of the fact that they were planning to leave and in full force successfully broke out of the ring. last week, the khortets operational-strategic group of troops reported that the situation in the area of ​​responsibility of the 31st brigade in the area of ​​progress is difficult and tense. and

the russian military there are under fire from the armed forces of ukraine. oleg chaus, chief sergeant of the company of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, joins our broadcast. welcome to ours ether thank you for joining. good morning. what is the situation in the pokrovsky direction now and how did the russian army manage to capture the villages of vovche and the progress that was confirmed in your brigade, how quickly it happened and how quickly the army is moving. russian federation? the situation is difficult at the moment, it continues to be so, the enemy does not stop from the moment when he began to put pressure on progress, on the wolf. how quickly did it happen? well, they pressed non -stop, they gave a large number of personnel, which up to that point had not were involved, they were just fully engaged from morning to evening, from evening to morning, they worked in small infantry groups that entered the entire territory of progress there from the north to the...

south, they tried to find some kind of head, and of course, this moment that you voiced about 31 brigade, he also affected that situation, and our guys from the 47th brigade began to occupy the line of defense, and of course, when you have a huge number of personnel coming at you, it is an innumerable number, that is, we understand that certain reserves of the russian federation are connected in order to break through this section of the site. that they try to wear down our defensive lines as much as possible, they try to push our guys that are in those positions as much as possible, we understand that guys don't get a chance to rest, even literally there for a couple of hours, if they go in there for a while, they just the whole time must be in good shape, they must work all the time, because the enemy sends one group there at, say, 8:00 in the evening, after a couple of hours he sends a second group, after a couple of hours a third group, and these groups of the russian federation are simply stretched and...

our positions from the south and from the north are trying to reach some northeast and so on, the enemy is advancing, of course, we are stopping them, we are trying to do our best to stop the enemy, but for now what is this... the situation is complicated, it's true, were the fighters of your brigade also in this encirclement, or only 31 separate mechanized brigades in this encirclement? at that moment, at that moment, the 31st brigade was stationed there, we were already placed after it to hold this area, we it turns out, we should not have missed it after the 31st made this maneuver, and of course we, when the enemy was advancing, he was advancing there in... a certain area, and we need to withdraw the troops so that we do not get encircled, and we are trying to replenish them now near the village of vesely, if you can see, we are standing from the village of vesely, and we are holding this front line, what led to the fact that this encirclement happened at all, was it possible

to foresee it? i think this question is not for me, but if you take my subjective opinion, of course, one can foresee certain strikes by the russian federation there. because at the moment they are using such tactics, they are simply looking for an opportunity where they can do a certain damage with as little as possible losses, yes, break through a certain section of the front, they try at one point, try at the second point, try at the third point , and at some point where they find either the smallest emphasis, or there are the least prepared troops, well, anything that can help them, and there they begin to press with the maximum number personnel, with support. series with the support of mortars, unfortunately, at the moment, the russian federation still has a larger number of shells than we have, although we have them, they already, well, we already have a certain amount, lendeliz has already started to arrive, help has started to arrive, but we still do not have enough of that number, they

brought a certain group of fpvs to this part of the front, which work very precisely in terms of logistics, very precisely work in distant areas, that is, in our rear and... it is this whole combination that leads to that which the enemy just started to advance strongly and we understand that they are being driven from that side because they have certain plans that they have to carry out there by a certain number. mr. oleg, what does the fact that the soldiers of the 31st separate mechanized brigade went out without an order from the command, that is, in fact, put the command in front of the fact that they were going out, how did it become possible, or how isolated or frequent are these cases in the ukrainian army? i am not competent to comment on this decision, this decision should be given to those military personnel and the command itself 31st brigade, it's definitely not for me. ok, mr. oleg, the encirclement and exit from the encirclement, does this mean the loss of defense forces, were

there many losses during this exit from the encirclement in progress? if we're talking about 31, i won't tell you exactly, it all depends on how much. adjacent troops or adjacent units help when a certain unit there leaves the encirclement, and if the adjacent troops take fire damage, then the encirclement can be exited with less losses, of course, if they do not take, then of course the whole the force of the russian federation's artillery attack there, infantry and so on, it goes to the area where the guys are surrounded, as it was in them, a similar question is not for me, how big is the threat in your... opinion now for the city of pokrovsk, well, for now , the distance still gives us the opportunity to stop the enemy so that the enemy does not reach pokrovsk, but if we look at the map, we see that in front of pokrovsk there is a certain settlement of grodivka, after it there is a large city

of myrnograd, and then there is pokrovsk , here rather, we can talk about the fact that myrnograd itself, it is located in the area there 12 km from the front line, there... shells from saw are already flying there, shells from rszv are already flying there, cluster shells are flying in, there are more dangers for this city , after mirnograd pokrovsk will go, we very much hope that we can hold off the enemy and that he will not reach either mirnograd or pokrovsk, you and your military colleagues from this direction also told about loose assaults, about a large number of russian infantry, and now in the eye there are the last ones weeks, you can say... they acted with the same means, in fact, they arranged the same scattered stormtroopers, released a lot of infantry, or used cabs in such large numbers, but what have the russian troops been doing these past weeks, so they have been working

on this very basis for the past weeks technology, according to this system, they launch a large number of personnel, and this happens continuously, although, what is important to voice, there is often a situation... when these servicemen of the russian federation, they can be without armor at all, this was noted by my guys from my companies, our pilots noticed this, that is, they leave at some point, and we have faced such situations before. with these, they are simply sent and told that you will find a raft carrier there on the front line and so on. the next thing we noticed is that many servicemen of the russian federation do not know where they are located, because when you meet them at a certain moment and ask certain questions there, they do not know where they are, they get lost in we hear it from the negotiations, they think that they are located somewhere in the settlement, which is a couple of kilometers from this place, we understand that they are not so prepared. be that as it may, and we understand why, because there they just need to quickly seize a certain area, therefore, most likely, they do not

receive a full training there, and that is why we put them in large quantities, we somehow counted that on one our serviceman for one of our brothers, we destroy 8-10 servicemen of the russian federation there, of course they now have the support of the kabs, and this very often it happens there before lunch, there is a four or five recording. cabs, it can be four rockets each, there can be bombs, there can be more, and the same after dinner, that is, they do it steadily, they try to put some kind of psychological pressure and, of course, morally and physically. i thank you, olezh, i will announce for our viewers that next we will talk with a military expert about getting out of the encirclement, about the situation at the front. oleg chaus, chief sergeant of the company of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine , was a guest of our broadcast. thank you, mr. oleg joined it is in the pokrovsky direction that the russian military continues to be the most

active. in the last day, 36 attacks took place there, this is stated in the latest summary of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. russian troops are getting closer and closer to the settlements of grodiivka, novogrodivka and mornograd, and pokrovsk itself, according to the deep state map , remains roughly 20 km away. this weekend , the russian military again shelled populated areas of the pokrovsky district, according to the donetsk regional military. in the administration four times during the weekend kurakhove came under fire, four people were wounded, in particular , a five-hundred-kilogram aerial bomb was dropped on the city on saturday, the same bomb was also dropped on myrnograd on the same day, a child was injured. what is happening in the city of pokrovsk itself, are people evacuating, or is it really the case that instead of actively preparing for the offensive of the russian federation, communal workers are taking care of the rose beds, as the military... of the 59th brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, andriy sergan, wrote about it. my colleague, roman smollyar, posed these questions to

serhiy dobryak, pokrovsky's chief of the city military administration, right before the start of this broadcast, let's listen. first of all, please tell us what the situation is in pokrovsk now and are you preparing the city for a more massive evacuation than is currently the case? we understand that the evacuation, probably of older children there, of older people, is ongoing. and now is there something wrong? are there mass evacuation measures? yes, we really call for evacuation every day, but the residents of our community do not, let's say, delay it, the trends are like this, somewhere 500-540 residents leave the community per month, but that's around 4,000 children. so you know that

an evacuation train goes through our city, from our city every 8 days, the evacuation hub is working, so far, except for calls to leave, not much of this action, well, that is, that is, people are not ready to leave the city, no ready to go even in spite of some risks, not yet, well... as from my own experience, as soon as the first artillery arrives, god forbid, then it will be, let's say , rather a mass, uh, of course, no we may not ask you about such a situation, but military officer andriy sergan from the 59th brigade published a video of communal workers pouring flowers in the center of the city, and he asks the question, how is it possible when the russian army is marching on the city at a great pace, and here , at that time, for example, it is ... flowers, what do you say about this? look, we didn't

comment on andriy at all, why is that, that was the case, let's put it this way, it's an ordinary planned work, like raising the streets, this flower bed is almost more than 10 years old, and there are many such clubs around the city, all the same, utility workers are organizing the city, because they get a salary, a salary, as for mykhailo, well done, collected how many views there are... earned money, i have no hope that the subdivisions will help, because you can comment, we make fortifications . eh, on the defense of the city, eh, this is dsk information, perhaps mykhailo knows, mykhailo, by the way, it’s not the first month in this place, mr. sergey, but about the protective structures, let me clarify whether and to what percentage these structures are ready, did commissions come there, relatively speaking from the supreme council

check these defenses to see how the city is protected. today it is 20 km to the city, so from the front line, the tasks set by the military leadership, we carry them out, no more, no less, well, the rest of the information, i understand, you can’t divulge, that’s for sure, i don’t have i don’t own all the rights, i only own specifically in the city, or in the inner ring of the city, let’s say this, let’s go back to the population, tell us in general how many civilians there are now... it happens in the city, how many children are among them, that’s it to what extent do you motivate them to leave at all, in what ways, because on the website of the pokrovsk administration it is indicated that the mandatory evacuation has been ongoing since may 2, well, as i said, the city has a population of almost 60 thousand, 400 children out of 8.5 thousand , that is

, half more, in addition to appeals, in addition to working with the population regarding, as they say? persuasion that they planned to leave in no hurry, so far this is not true, let's say so, and here is the news that the russian army is advancing, trying to get as close as possible to the city, that it was occupying the progress, the neighboring population point and wolf, these news somehow influence, motivate people to leave after all, not as they would like. and people know about the fact that the neighboring settlements are occupied, and that there is an advance there, how informed are people about the danger, well, now our evacuation hub is only people coming from turkey, you understand what a horror is happening in turkey, people, people they are just leaving,

look, you mentioned that the evacuation train leaves pokrovsk every eight days, who goes by this train? people who evacuate, a family, or ordinary people, that is , people can, relatively speaking, if they want to evacuate, they go to the station on their own, get on this train and that's it, the commission comes, it's recorded, yes, and it's organized, because they will be there payments, payments are made upon arrival via uperposta, therefore... this is how it works out according to plan, that is, it is not just to come to the train, if, if the person has come, let's say 5-6 more days before the train, then we have a sign there, where she is, you can wash, eat three hot meals, and please tell me if so, to what extent it is possible to publicize such information, where people are going, is it also somehow

organized, or everyone goes, wherever they find an opportunity to go. now volynska, volyn host country, donetsk region. ugh. good, and those from khtorshchyna, rivneshchyna, yes, yes. ugh. this is organized through the government, through the donetsk regional state administration. and those who do not leave the city, how do they justify it? do they just live in their houses? there is light, there is water, well, there is light, as in all connections. there is also water. preparing for winter based on your answer, i want to clarify, that is, all communications are working in the city, all services are provided to people, such as electricity, gas, water, and so far, all services are available in the city, such as legal, there is a snap, local health insurance, court, hospitals, social security, markets, large

retailers, everything works. hey, serhiy, thank you for answering our questions. oleksandr kovalenko, a military observer of the information resistance group, will join our broadcast. mr. oleksandr, i think you have also heard from the local authorities about what the situation is, but i want to start with you with the following. just in our broadcaster was oleg chaus, he is from the 47th separately mechanized brigade, i asked him about the withdrawal from the encirclement of the 31st separately mechanized brigade, they left this encirclement in the district. arbitrarily, without the command of the commander, they essentially put the command in front of the fact that they were leaving that environment. how can you assess this fact in general, are such cases isolated in... the ukrainian army, and what does this indicate, that there the military on the front line see the situation better, that the command, perhaps, reacts inefficiently? i

i cannot comment on this issue for one reason only, i do not know what kind of information they possessed and what the command was directly guided by in order not to give a direct order to leave the area, where there really was a threat from the environment, i explain the situation, the unit could be on location, by the way, near the advance, it was the location, the height they occupied, that is, in principle , it is oriented by heights, we have the placement of positions in order to have an advantage in front of the advancing units of the enemy, and precisely the units themselves at this height, they could not to know... the intentions of the command, who may have planned to cut off this very direction from the enemy, who were trying to surround

our units, or were preparing for some other operations, and therefore, in principle, i cannot comment for only one reason: the unit is in place, ah he understood the threatening situation for himself and it was constantly talked about, in turn? did the command have any plans to help them in this cult situation, or to conduct some kind of counterattack operation, also taking into account the presence of this unit at the height, i don’t know if there are isolated cases, i will say this, during the entire period of the full-scale invasion of ukraine , we were surrounded only by units that defended mariupol, at the very beginning of the full-scale invasion of ukraine, after that there were some cases of encirclement with such situations, when a large number of units

found themselves in a hopeless situation, they had to surrender, compared to mariupol, such situations did not occur, and in principle, if the command did not have plans for evacuation or... a systematic counterattack in in the area of ​​progress and, accordingly, improving the positions of the units that occupied the appropriate height, then in this case the units made an absolutely correct step, they made a decision at their level, that is, this is what we constantly talk about, that the ukrainian troops are different from the russian troops, that our unit... at its level can make decisions, accordingly, without waiting for direct orders from the center, from the top, that is, it can act according to the situation, and

indeed, if there was such a sequence that there were no plans for a counterattack and improvement of the position of our units, it was definitely done correctly, of such situations of many thousands as in mariupol, you mentioned such an example, which is negative for the ukrainian... army, this is one example that you gave, but it was quite difficult, a difficult exit from avdiyivka , for example, and in order to prevent such situations, when a difficult exit, in which there are victims, there are prisoners, maybe, and how it works, you need to act there on prejudice, when there is, that is, who there sees what the environment can be , that the forces of the russian federation have such a plan, it is somehow possible to anticipate, it can somehow be seen in advance, it can be planned, of course, this... it depends on how the enemy acts, that is , there are appropriate services for this, appropriate, well, let's call them that, analysts who see what

can happen in the near future different variations are predicted in the days that may happen in the coming weeks, that is, even when we see that a kind of situation is happening around some populated place, which resembles a semi-auto. then it is necessary to prepare an opportunity for the departure of the units that occupy this settlement and hold it in defense, that is, different scenarios must always be prepared in advance, and if everything happens from nenadsk, they say we got up and are leaving, that is, at the same time , nothing was prepared for this at all for the withdrawal of the garrison. well, this is, of course, only a minus for the command. mr. oleksandr, what prospects does the capture of vovche villages open for the slrf and progress, how serious is it there.

security for pokrovsk and can ukraine at this stage lose control over this city? at this stage, it cannot, in principle they continue the movement at 05:11, this movement continues, we'll see how long they have this resource, as they are currently using reserves, but let me remind you that basically they have the movement that they are doing now. it has been almost a year since the border with avdiivka, by the way, on july 29 , 2023, just open the map and see how the events were happening at that time, that is, when we talk about threats and so on and so on, you still have to pay attention , here we are talking about the situation for today, and when did this situation for today arise, how did it arise? what time is it

passed during this period, so that’s 15 km of hands, in fact, which they passed in a year, they passed 15 km in a year, an acceleration in them, conditionally, partially took place, and approximately at the end of may, at the beginning of june, when ocheretyn was captured, for precisely due to the capture of the queue, they slightly accelerated compared to the 23rd year. and the beginning of the 24th, and this is again a question for the command, since cheretino could have held the defense for about several months, but it was lost in a few days due to a bad command, which carried out a rotation of rotations, and as a result, a settlement was lost, which would have depleted the enemy's forces for several months, the person who made these decisions is no longer in his position, but simply

removing him from the post of pvlk does not mean that everything is a person behind all answered, no, but let's say, they have walked 15 km in a year from avdiyivka to now until progress, ah, this is actually how far, it is about 40 m every day, and in a straight line, if you count, this is their pace ah movement, and if we do not stop their advance to pokrovsk, how much to pokrovsk. 20 km, well, i think that we will still talk about pokrovsk next year as well, if they keep this pace, and i think they will not keep this pace, because they are currently using reserves. oleksandr, i really want to ask you about the losses of russian forces outside the ukrainian territory, but we were informed that ukrainian drones damaged a russian tu-22m3 bomber at the olenya airbase, the distance from the border of ukraine to this place.

operations 1,800 km, this base is located less than 200 km from the northeastern border finland. it is interesting that the finnish president alexander stup said in the background of this strike: "we have to get used to the fact that ukraine must use all means to win this war, and this also means different strikes, and russia will continue to deliver hybrid strikes." end of quote. commentators under this news admit that it would be more logical to launch drones outside the territory of finland, it is closer. can strikes on russia be in unexpected places from unexpected territories? i think not because the territory finland is not just the territory of a european country, a scandinavian country, it is also the territory of a nato member country, in them everything is very strict with such, let's say, operations, that is, a nato country will not be allowed to place a bp unit on its territory. with

the ukrainian military, which would be launched from the territory of finland through finnish airspace towards russia, attack uavs, which would directly and destroy the russian aviation at the airfields in the north of the russian federation, this will not be allowed under any circumstances, although it would indeed be very comfortable, because what is in the north of the russian federation, which is in the same kaliningrad region, by the way. there are many very interesting objects, which would be nice, but for them to be fried a little, the same, for example, tobel, a large complex of radio-electronic warfare, which has influence, including on the territory of ukraine, or an analogue of voronezh, that the voronizhd radar itself, which is also located on the territory of the kaliningrad region, which also helps tobol influence the territory

of ukraine, that is, if... something happened, they lost their own...