station, this is a purely military operation, which is conditioned by the situation at the front and is conditioned by the fact that it is necessary to restrain the enemy from the point of view of his advance and the possibility of an attack in the north of ukraine, that is why i think that russia is specially fanning this situation through its forces precisely for to scare european consumers by raising gas prices and what we have already said. thank you very much, volodymyr melchenko, director of energy programs of the razumkov center, we talked about the situation in the kursk region, where, according to unconfirmed data, the armed forces ukraine allegedly seized a gas measuring station. thank you very much. well, we return to the kursk region, where the ukrainian armed forces are entrenched. let me remind you that ukraine does not officially confirm this information, but instead, vladimir putin has already reacted. he called the event in kursk region a provocation by the armed forces of ukraine. in the city of suja

of the akur region, near which the clash of the russian ukrainian army continues for the second day, there is no electricity, water, communication, this is already reported by the russian publication vyorstka. russian pro-war bloggers claim that the city could fall into an operational environment. this information was not officially confirmed either, but i will remind you that one of our experts today, who was with us, mykhailo zhirokhov, said that, as he sees it, ukrainian troops could advance to a distance of 25 km from the border. ivan korychevskyi, an expert of the defense express military portal, joins our broadcast. ivan, i congratulate you. good evening, from your point of view, what, for what purpose, the ukrainian armed forces started this border breakthrough and are carrying out this operation in kursk the area we are observing. but you know, there is not even a question about the goal, the main thing is the result we have. especially since you know, well, in this case, of course, you can get into a position to say, well... apparently, our

troops are going to kursk os, or our troops there want to capture kursk or open the way to moscow there, but that’s all for now give a moment only for the first day after the operation, well, this is generally a cheap speculation, because in this case we know for sure what we can only think about that well let's call the units that moved from the side of, let's say, ukraine, of the state border of ukraine, they passed as estimated by the russians at the beginning of the morning of this year at least 15 km in depth and at least 11 km in width, well , that is, even with the fact that this i'm sorry, there was a breakthrough in the enemy's fortified defense line. consider that in this case i would focus on something else, this is, let's call it, the gestalt that hung over us from the summer of 2023, when the counteroffensive, or our offensive actions to strengthen the enemy's defense line, ended up like this the result, which had to be interpreted from different angles. in this case

, consider the gestalt closed, because the units moving from the side of the state border of ukraine were able to break through the fortified line. counteroffensive in the summer of the 23rd, is this happening instead of him or how to understand it? and you know, here i will even go deeper, after the summer of 2023 , all the armies of the world had a question: how to advance in modern conditions, when full-scale fortifications, minefields, the factor of drones, the factor of guided aerial bombs have arisen there, that is , the question has arisen for everyone, even for the russians, forgive me, what if they are conducting offensive operations, and we can even recently recall a recent analytical question from the british royal united services institute, where there was a strong recommendation for us not to go on a counteroffensive, because they said the unsuccessful experience of a counteroffensive in the summer of 2023. and

nothing will happen to anyone there, and so on and so on similar, that is, you know, in this case , somehow, trying to draw such a broad picture, we release the main thing, our, well, judging by everything, our troops, because , well, there are no official comments yet, but we were able to make a military miracle in one day, break through to the depths of 15 km per day, at a time when we have a catastrophic in quotes, forgive me, but it is considered that the advance of the russians in the pokrov direction is 60 m per day, you understand that, in principle, you are witnessing what... but there are nuances, ivan, there are nuances, now the ukrainian armed forces are moving in the russian direction territory, yes, not in the ukrainian way, after all, ukraine, well, it aims to return its own, it will somehow be possible, i don’t know, to make an exchange, well, i’m fantasizing now, of course, but mykhailo zherokhov was on our air, and he says that he already sees that some reserves were withdrawn from donbas and sent to the kursk region, that is, will the situation in the kursk region have any consequences on... on one

of the areas of the front on ukrainian territory, believe me, but you asked him a question , from where he has data on the movement of our troops, which he apparently has decided, if some data became known to him, then he decided to... declare, this is without the consent of the relevant structures, no, well, he is a military expert who, like you, is engaged in osint, if, well, analytics, he, you understand, what's the point, but if you do analytics from open sources, i don't have any confirmations or refutations that we would have to remove some units from other directions of the front, you just understand that no, not russian forces, i mean, not to ukrainian, but to russian forces, it is still too early, you know, that's all a day passed by before the start of the operation, but thank god it was possible to break through the first line. defense, the russians just don't start reacting to it all, you know, in this case it's better, if we're talking about a possible transfer of russian troops, then wait at least a week for the russians to start pulling out from somewhere, because well, in general, in in the kursk region, the russians had too decent a grouping of troops, there

was at least one engineer regiment, which from the time of this partial mobilization had been fortified for two years, and where did it go, it there are, he broke the fortifications of the russian fortifications, normally such classic ... fortifications, which the russians also had in the south, there was a group of about 10 thousand bayonets, which was constantly firing, well, which was constantly firing at sumshchina, firing sabotage groups, i.e. you know, to assume that there was a clear field and right there on the russian side there were signs of the velkom, please come in, no, there the russians kept a classic grouping of troops, which in general, in theory, should have threatened an offensive on sumy oblast, that is , consider here in this case it is still worth it push back from the hypothesis that it is possible now... was started precisely in order to disrupt some other active actions of the russians to expand the front on our territory, indeed, as you very rightly noted, we have a situation where, well, we are moving along the russian territory faster than the occupiers, but the occupiers are advancing, but you know, maybe here the price of the issue was not to

let the russians, for example, attack the sums, unfortunately it cannot be ruled out, so this is, you know, so far the situation, which is better just focus on the fact that for this day, well, judging by this, our troops officially. there is no comment, well, we managed to make a military miracle, just in case, i think we should do another trick like this, operations under a false flag, well, that is , when there, you know, the official legend sounds, and you know, there are farmers, miners, tractor drivers , it must be emphasized, they found weapons there in a mine or somewhere else, well, they just restore order there, well, this is a classic not only of russian military thought, under such classics in general , western-style special operations forces are usually trained, therefore why am i still doing these? careful conditions, because considering the fact that this is clearly an operation of such an asymmetric nature, it is possible that our official military command will give completely different, fundamentally different explanations for this story, precisely for the purpose of psychological influence on the enemy, and these can be so unexpected explanation that we

cannot predict now, so i think here that we should limit ourselves to the fixation of such and such simple, but very good facts, for example, the breakthrough of the enemy's fortified defense. or do you expect any... answers in the near future from from from from russia, from the russian troops, i don't know, there is a parallel breakthrough into sumy oblast, or such an attack from sumy oblast is very active, do you remember how it was last time, when rdk was breached russian border. well, first of all, the russians are already too actively dropping guided aerial bombs on sumy region, obviously believing that somewhere there must be a rear echelon of support for the units that are currently attacking the kursk region and, accordingly, bombing them there. but how far can they go now sumyshchyna, if they have to concentrate the troops they have on containing our breakthrough, i will repeat once again, there could be a complete logic to prevent the russians from developing that attack on sumyshchyna, because even if you think about it in theory 10 00 the grouping

of bayonets there, which the russians would have, the russians had in kurshchyna, it is unlikely that this would be enough for a full-fledged offensive, well, the russians turn out to be a grouping of only 30,000, they were not even able to completely take vevchansky and ot... they got rid of it, but from the other side , sometimes in russian such politically motivated military actions may lack a rational calculation, there could simply be a calculation to bind our troops, and now let's basically imagine a picture when, god forbid, there would be a report that several thousand russian troops are moving in the direction of sumy, where 40 km, here consider just this scenario, that is, if, god forbid, the russians went overland to the sumy region, it could be completely disrupted, just what is more, the russians think, for some reason they think... that, as they say, pro-war bloggers, or to put it more simply, warlords, for some reason believe that additional forces may attack them from the sumy oblast, and that they should prepare to repel attacks. and if we analyze the information, again, which is in open sources, what do we know about the distribution

of forces and from those who do nothing at all? you see, now in the literal sense, if you even look, try to do various things, you can try to geolocate where our troops have already passed there, where... these or other episodes could have taken place, for example, where a russian k-52 fell there, it was shot down yesterday, but it is impossible to state with certainty about the ratio of forces and means, in fact, no one has the opportunity, but am i right... that the russian side was absolutely not ready for this breakthrough, well, it turns out that way, otherwise it would they were able to, well, otherwise we would have received restrictions, well, a repetition of the summer counteroffensive only on such a more limited scale, well, that is, if the same few kilometers before, not even the first line of defense, but the support line, our troops would have passed for several days or even sprat weeks, and so it turns out that they passed in a day, this is a long distance, 15-20 km will be covered in a day, even 25 is very long, what about ours, what will happen? standards, and again, this is just after, in general, even there in the armies

of western countries, in ours, in our military thought, even the russian one , a conceptual problem arose, how to advance in general, you understand, that is, consider it, if you write - simple, it’s like a person who, to whom they thought that she could not walk, took it and ran 4 km, but you think it is of such and such a nature, a military miracle happened on in our eyes, do you admit that some of our partners may not like this step on the part of ukraine? and well, i don't know, ukraine will receive some warning signals, not to do this, or do you accept that this could be a coordinated operation, and you know, even if it is not a coordinated operation, we have to save ourselves with all available forces and means, because , considering on those data, again from open sources, which, for example, relate to the possibility of the west providing us with additional weapons, there is such a sad prospect, regardless, don't give a damn, but whoever wins the election in the usa, everything will be fine. the white house to take a course for a gradual, well, let's say at least a temporary decrease in support, well, purely because

there is no one to give iron, and the transfer of this whole issue to europe, here we can even draw a certain paradox, really we are talking a lot, they said there is a lot that we need additional weapons for those brigades that are being formed, here op, and we have heavy weapons to advance on the territory of the russian federation, but this is also if there is such an asymmetric way out, what if you have the number of tanks is limited, it is better to use them where the enemy is not waiting, and not where the enemy will be waiting, accordingly, of course, there may be ... different caveats to escalate, not to escalate, but you know, if everything was moving without the logic of escalation , then we wouldn’t even have to give it in 16, well, because we see that the russians are now trying to work out even such unconventional methods of air strikes for themselves, but we need f-16s for survival, accordingly, this very operation in the territory of the kursk region for survival plays too ivan, the last question, look, if the troops have advanced 15, 20, 25 km deep there, now it is necessary... to somehow hold this territory, i don't know, is it necessary to dig in or not? no, well, we just don't know what

will happen next there, but maybe this is a half-joke, that the ukrainian post office will open a branch there, a new post office, well , you know, maybe it's not quite a joke, well, maybe it's not so dignified , and i mean, well, just to be in the future, well, that is, i don't know what kind of police there are others there were some security forces there, well, that is , well... i don't think the parties, let's say the tactics of these state-owned companies , would just start playing in such a situation, but who knows what good results it will all lead to, although of course we we don't really know the intentions of this operation, maybe it could be a raid and withdraw back, or maybe just really create a real demilitarized zone, just not on our territory, but on russian territory, a sanitary zone, remember how putin said, the creation of a sanitary zone, and there it is necessary will be some forest guards are armed, i understand, thank you very much, ivan karychevskyi, military expert. on the defense express portal, we talked about the situation in kursk region. we have

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people, is in touch with us, mr. mustafa, greetings, good day, events of the day in two hours. vasyl zima's big broadcast, a project for smart and caring people. espresso in the evening. we are looking for a brother and sister who disappeared during the occupation in the luhansk region in the village of baranivikka. the girl eva is four years old, and her brother artem is eight. communication with children. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, and nothing is known about them since that time. so, if you have any information about eva and artem, please call the magnolia children's helpline at 116.30. calls from all mobile operators in ukraine are free. the search for six-year-old

mysh melnyk, who also disappeared in the luhansk region, continues. namely in the village of grechyshkine. we have very encouraging news about this boy. we have been looking for him since march 2022 and for a long time there was no news about him. we did not know where and with whom mishko was and under what circumstances he disappeared. we have made many programs about the search for mishko, telling you his story and asking you to give us any information about the boy. and when it would seem that there were almost no chances left, the chatbot of the child tracing service. a witness wrote in a telegram that he knew about his whereabouts mishka melnyka. so what message did we get? mishko is in kindergarten, in the village of grechyshkino, his grandmother brings him there. we have photos. we asked the witness for details, and he confirmed that the boy allegedly lives in the occupied village of grechyshkine and goes to

kindergarten. we were also sent a photo and even a video with the boy. kindergarten in the village of hrychyshkino. it is located right at the school. he is alone there, his name is teremok. we congratulate you on the holiday. and this is a photo that we had for almost two years of searching. if compared with those that we sent by a witness, indeed, in both photos the boy is very similar. osinspecialists, who are looking for, also helped us in our search. tion in open sources, and they managed to find a page on the russian social network of classmates of mysh melnyk's alleged mother. here she is, and here she is with little mouse. and this is a photo of a boy at a slightly older age. by the way, the last photo of mishka was posted by his mother on her page in february 2023.

so, judging by the witness report, the photos and videos he provided, as well as... social network of the boy's mother, everything points to the fact that, fortunately, myshko melnyk is all right and he is probably in the village of grechyshkine , luhansk region. however, so far this information has not been confirmed and we cannot be 100% sure that the boy has been found. so i am asking everyone, especially the residents of the occupied village of grechyshkine in the luhansk region. if you see this program, please check whether the grinder mouse is really studying in the teremok kindergarten, if possible, take a photo or video with him and his mother and send it to the chatbot of the service. looking for children in telegram. you can also contact us by short number 11630. calls from all mobile operators in ukraine are free. we have created a resource through

which you can report any crime against a child. in any city, at any time. just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop edge. ua. welcome to the broadcast of the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time. me and host oleksiy kovalenko. the us state department says that ukraine did not notify the us in advance about the operation in kursk. but in this. according to dazhdep's spokesman, there is nothing unusual. reports of hostilities on the border of the kurt region and a probable raid by ukrainian forces on russian territory also attracted the attention of experts

and spectators. at first, the russian authorities announced that the enemy had been pushed out. and then she admitted that the fighting was going on and the armed forces had advanced deep into the territory. the ukrainian authorities have not commented on the situation as of now. my colleague ostap yarysh followed the details. congratulations, ostap. greetings, oleksiy. stop, what a reaction what is the official reaction to the alleged ukrainian offensive in kursk oblast? indeed, we have seen comments from representatives of the white house and the state department, john kirby, the adviser to the white house on communications in the field of national security, john kirby, reacted with restraint so far, he said that it would be better and more appropriate if the armed forces of ukraine themselves would comment on this, if they will talk about their own actions, he said in a comment to reporters, after all, let's hear this, his comment on this matter. i will allow it is most appropriate for the ukrainians to talk about their operations, one way or another, so i would refer you to the armed forces of ukraine to

talk about what they are doing, we will focus on making sure they have what they need to protect themselves . i would also like to add that there is no change in our policy of facilitating or encouraging strikes inside russia, beyond the fact that we have allowed them to... strike with the weapons provided in the past when it comes to striking immediate threats just across the border . finally, how are you? expected, we will contact our ukrainian colleagues to better understand. this is the comment of the white house, oleksiy, and indeed the state department also commented more, the spokesman for the department, matthew miller, said, as you already mentioned, that ukraine did not notify in advance of any operations, but according to him, there is no ... there is nothing in this unusual - he says that sometimes ukrainians inform about their plans, sometimes not, and in principle this communication takes place, however, when it comes to some daily decisions, then ukraine itself decides how

to adopt them and in what way, - said the spokesman of the department , jdepometyu miller. when asked about the permission or ban on the use of american weapons, in particular, in the territory of the kurdish region, matthew miller added that the position and policy of the united states has not changed, but the current actions, the current actions of the ukrainian troops, which we are following. he says, is not a violation of that policy. alexei and what comments have you seen on this matter in the international press and in the expert environment? indeed, a lot the american media, after all, not only in the american media, but also in the west, are discussing these events in kurshchyna, which are taking place these days. in particular, the new york times writes that ukraine launched an unexpected ground attack involving troops and armored vehicles. and journalists there say that this could become one of the largest ukrainian invasions of russia. land in more than two years of war, writes the new york times, in particular the guardian, this british publication, came out with an article with the headline that russia does not control the border near

kursk they say that the political leadership of ukraine does not comment on the situation at the moment, however, they cite the comment of one of the ukrainian officials on condition of anonymity, he says that this attack is really happening and that russia cannot overcome it. nbc, an american television channel, writes that russia is fighting back in an unprecedented way. no invasion of ukrainian troops across the border. this attack, according to journalists, will mean a sharp change in strategy at a time when ukrainian forces are trying to contain the situation in the east of the country, although for now, according to nbc, the events are hazy and not fully understood, but the apparent attack on the kurt region has raised questions about russia's defense lines and also about kyiv's goals at a crucial moment in this war. as for the goals, observers and analysts talk more about it, in particular at the institute for the study of war, here... the analytical center, here they say that one of the goals can be the distraction of russian troops and equipment from the offensive and , in particular, from offensive operations in the north

of kharkiv oblast, this is one of the assessments of other expert assessments, including ours today colleague andriy borys asked the director of the center for political and military analysis at the gotzon institute. let's hear what he says about the possible goals of the ukrainian army. both the russian and ukrainian armed forces have launched diversionary attacks to divert troops and other supplies from a more threatening main strike. the difference is that the russians can often... use the fact that the ukrainians lack manpower, so it's more of a burden for them. ukrainians should carefully and effectively calculate their forces and maximize theirs opportunities i think that with the help of the last attack, the ukrainians hope to overload the russian front, they are outnumbered, but still this may force the russian command to divert forces from other targets. this is very embarrassing for the russian strategic command, it is also embarrassing.

the russian political authorities, it is not the first time that there have been complaints that the border areas on russia's western border with ukraine are too vulnerable to attacks from the air and drones, and now there are also ground actions. ostapa, you had the opportunity to talk with former minister of foreign affairs of ukraine pavlo klimkin. in his opinion, ukraine should address these news on the international diplomatic front. indeed, oleksiy, these events, perhaps, should not be considered alone. in the military direction, it is certainly necessary to look at the informational context, the diplomatic context, i asked pavlo klimkin about this today, as ukraine, should it be possible to address these events now, how to approach them? he says that according to the un charter, these events in kurshchyna are completely self-defense, and ukraine has the absolute right on this. let's hear what he answered. of course, first of all, there is the un charter, and

according to this charter, we have the right to self-defense, it is not limited geographically, we can fight in the kurdish region, we can in the arctic, we can conditionally on mars, and the fact that russia is doing on our territory, this means that we also have to expand the scope of military operations where it is necessary and effective, and... in conversation with our partners and, by the way, those who are observers, especially from non-western countries, we have to say that we have the first ability to do it, and secondly, we do it effectively, and thirdly, in accordance with the un charter and in accordance with our right to self-defense, this is a very simple logic. ostap, thank you very much, my colleague, ostap yarysh, was in touch with us.

last week, the office of the president of ukraine confirmed that the first f-16 fighter jets had arrived in ukraine. about the conditions of use of these fighters, as well as their technical capabilities, as well as technical support. my colleague maria prus has the opportunity to talk with american and british experts. she joins the our live broadcast. greetings maria. hello. maria, if we talk about the technical support of f-16 fighters, like military experts. evaluate those platforms that ukraine has now received? oleksiy, well, i can say that in previous interviews, in particular last year, there were concerns that ukraine could receive certain obsolete aviation equipment, because in this way the allied countries in europe, belgium, the netherlands, denmark and norway, give ukraine their f -16 and receive, purchase, switch to

the f-35 themselves. on newer fighters, so, well there were some concerns that ukraine might not really receive the latest modifications, of course, now, in particular, the united states continues to produce f-16s, for the sake of understanding , they are called blocks, yes, the generation is described by the word block, so now block 70 is being produced. ukraine is probably received somewhere block 10 or 15, but the most important elements are radars, weapons and protective equipment and... advanced, it meets modern requirements. i believe that now ukraine has a fairly modern aircraft, it has all the necessary equipment, this good and high standard, i think based on what i see in the photos they also have state of the art weapons and equally important self defense mechanisms. i think that very...