well, i don’t support the liberal or some such opposition, and this is precisely the problem for him among his own people, these security forces, for them it is of course a shameful situation, and if ukraine is there, ukrainian troops can stay there, i think that it is a big internal problem for him, as much as it is a big external problem for him, well, he has there... friends in the countries of the global south, in the countries of asia, china is friendly to him , to the extent that all the leaders of these countries are watching what is happening what do you think, in the kursk region, and how much of a problem it could become for putin in foreign policy? yes, it changes, well, as it were, the picture, the image of this, of this war, suddenly it is no longer about ukrainian territory, but about russian territory and... already

ukraine is attacking, not russia, that is, i think this is such a useful change, and she, i think, currently many people there, let's say in the global south, have such a cognitive dissonance, because it completely changes the if picture, and there are also more, let's say, politicians, diplomats who... love if to support the survivors, that, well, there is less talk about some european values, or human rights, or something like that, and they just look, and who is stronger, and now this image of putin as a strong, powerful politician, it would crumble, yes, really, it after all, these countries that we have listed, they first of all value... strength, so this

situation, of course, does not play into putin's hands, but we will keep an eye on it. thank you very much, andres umland, an analyst at the center for eastern european studies in stockholm, was on rfe/rl. well and while the so-called kurdish raid continues, the fighting in donbas does not stop, russian troops have approached pokrovsk, occupied the outskirts of toretsk, this is what we are seeing now from the osint analysts. we will now talk about the situation in the kursk region of russia. to the fronts of donetsk region, but first we will show you an operational report from kostyantynivka, this is also donetsk region, it is 20 km from turkey, today russian troops launched a missile attack on the city, hit a supermarket where there were more than 50 people, and according to the latest information, this not final data, but as of now, at least 14 people have died, look, i have nastya, i don't have nastya, oh, nastya, i worked a little there, my nastya.

was there any alarm or was it too early, there was an alarm at 11:00 exactly and it arrived immediately, the notification did not even work until the end, at the moment of the alarm the flight immediately arrived, what about your employees, do you have information, there are difficult ones, we cannot find one a woman, a cleaner. radio liberty correspondents are currently working in donetsk. oblast, in particular in

kostyantynivka, we will update the information about the consequences of the attack on kostyantynivka on the website of radio liberty and in our social networks, subscribe. well, returning to the fronts, which have recently increased, if we take into account kursk, whether the open kursk front will affect the situation in other parts of the front, in particular in donbas, we will talk about this further. yehor firsov, chief sergeant of the 19th brigade of the attack uav company, joins our broadcast. i congratulate you, i will tell our audience that you are on pokrovsky. direction, good evening, we wish you good health, egor, independent analysts write, that the speed of the advance of the russian troops in the pokrovsk direction now reaches 5 km per week, that it is very fast, and there are some 15 km left to pokrovsk, that’s right, well, let’s say this, in general, i confirmed this information without details, i will tell you more practically, here i had a vacation from 24'.

number, i was on vacation for literally 10 days, already during this time the situation has changed, and it has changed so clearly that you come to, for example, mirnograd or pokrovsk. and you can already hear the sound of artillery much better, that is, even i frankly told you that to me even now the situation in pokrovsky mirnograd is a little reminiscent of the times in avdiivka, and when there were direct battles, they were in front of the city, not in the city, of course there were flights into the city, but the situation is similar, despite the fact that, in principle, now that pokrovsk, that myrnograd, there are almost 10 km left to myrnograd, well... how can i say life there in myrnograd is globally no different from life in kyiv, there are cafes, shawarma, all kinds of parks there and everything else, that is, there are many local residents, here you are showing footage now terrible from kostyantynivka, but

forced to say that almost every day, maybe not such, well, voluminous and tragic rocket attacks, but they happen all over the donetsk region, here was a similar situation in silidov. when a rocket fell right in the center of the city, killing a cyclist who was riding nearby, a car, a driver in a car, and so on, that is, nothing has changed, the enemy continues to hit civilian objects with this genocidal salvo the city there, starting from tsilidovo, ending with pokrovsk and kostyantynivka, suffers from this. egor, well now it seems that many... there are hopes, with whom we spoke to experts and military personnel, there are hopes that from the moment of the opening of this so-called kursk front, defending the kurdish region, russia will withdraw its reserves from the donbass, or have do you have such hopes, or maybe you are already observing some signs that russia is withdrawing

or is going to withdraw its reserves from donbas? of course, we have such hope, moreover, i think that the team and the command had such hopes and such a plan. basically, it's a very similar situation that did the enemy when he started the offensive on kharkiv, i am convinced that their, well, the task was that we withdraw our best brigades from donbas to the defense, well, as possible, as it seems to the enemy, of the more priority kharkiv region, our command, well, no led to this and that provocation, they recaptured the kharkiv region and left strong brigades. in donetsk region, i am convinced that the enemy will be forced to withdraw reserves and use more aviation in the kurdish direction, and i think that this will give us a little relief, here at donbass, but for now it is a hope, because

it is too early to say, well, how many days have passed there, in principle, the fourth day is passing, well, well, yes, well, the beginning was, let's say, at first. maybe four, but also, keep in mind, what does it mean to move a brigade there, it’s not so easy, i packed my things and left, i’m here with a platoon of 14 people, we need to fiddle around for just a few days, and as for the brigade, it 500 people, gather them, instruct them, equip them with everything necessary for such wide logistics, so i think that the enemy is only now thinking about these manas. and they will take weeks, while here directly, well, as of yesterday, yes, yesterday we were working on the positions, there were no special changes there, it could not be said that anything has changed significantly, but how do you, how do you assess in principle, well, of those excerpts, i will say so,

information, photos and video that comes to us from the kursk region, how do you evaluate this operation in general, because you know, there are different opinions, someone says that it was not worth it. to stretch the front, they say, there are such opinions that russia will not drag anything out of donbas, v it will have enough reserves to close the kurdish direction and keep its troops in donbas, to which category do you belong, skeptics, or after all to the category of people who, who feel exalted, i will say this, well, i certainly belong to the category of people, pragmatists, it was beneficial from all sides, starting from geopolitical things, that's... all kinds of negotiations and a kind of raising the stakes, ending up with military goals, of course, defocusing the enemy so that he was forced to withdraw reserves, was more involved in aviation, everything in principle, in the arsenal, what does he have to withdraw it from donbas, but i will tell you this,

even cautiously, once my first combatant taught us to conduct operations in this way, any, that the beginning is very good and very ambitious there go out. trying to recapture some positions, the end of any operation - this is the result, so long as our guys there are senior in command, we cheer for them, do not interfere with them, they... do their work, but conclusions and summaries will have to be made after the end , we are very, i think, convinced this country, we hope that the operation will be successful, but believe me, there will be a lot of work right now, just imagine, all the planes that dropped aerial bombs, guided or high-explosive, over the donetsk region, they are now deploying and flying there on the course direction, only, well, keep in mind that we are more or less equipped. we even have concrete positions somewhere, and there you need to dig in, but the second point is that we,

for example, our brigade have high-quality situational awareness, we know everything from every bush, village, height, and so on, when you enter well , it’s so to someone else’s territory, and it’s much more difficult for you, the local population does not support you, they give away your geolocation positions and so on, so now the guys who are conducting a raid there, despite what they have... good luck to them now it will be several times more difficult than for us, it would seem, in the hot direction of donetsk, you call it a raid, is it that, is it a raid or is it a front after all? you know, well, i called the raid without implying that something specific, that is, this is an advance, let's say, on the thief's territory, do you think there is a goal to gain a foothold there, well, it is 100%, but there is no point in spending. some kind of military operation, well, they'll just knock you out tomorrow, they'll approach you, they used to carry out

a raid, they went there and took pictures of everything, showed that they violated the border and came back, no, believe me, this is not the level of the operation, when there, well, they well, we did n’t go there for 500 m, that is, it’s a lot, believe me, this operation was planned for at least six months, but i’m convinced of this, how deep it is, but here it is right... well , imagine, i don’t know how i i don't know the details and no i know the number of personnel involved, well , imagine that there were, for example, five brigades, nominally 15,000 military personnel, imagine organizing them correctly, instructing them to carry out this operation, it is very, very difficult, i convinced that it was long, that it was purposeful, that the commander-in-chief and perhaps even the supreme commander. they kept it as a certain kind of card in their sleeve, but i emphasize once again that it is, well, we in the military have

a certain allergy to eyes and all the chatter about counteroffensive 2023 and so on, we remember very well what it all led to, the party likes silence, we must give everyone involved in that operation to do this thing calmly, and so do i, but i am convinced that it is quite serious and the guys will be entrenched there for... well, and still do something, but they will definitely entrench themselves there, they will hold their positions, i have one last question, do you expect any serious military response from russia in response to this kurdish operation , is russia already using everything that is possible and raise the stakes, this military response is 110% maximum, it is already engaged by the enemy against. no one is in the direction of donetsk region, the enemy has more,

let's say, aces up their sleeve, there are no trump cards, the only thing we know is this old song about nuclear weapons, maybe they will start singing it again, scare, including putting pressure on the whole world, not only ukraine, that is possible, but as for, let's say, military goats, they have been involved for a long, long time. and there is nothing new there. thank you very much, yehor firsov, chief sergeant of the 109th brigade of rotiudar uavs, joined us on the air from donetsk region, pokrovsky direction. we talked about the kurdish raid or the kurdish front, call it what you want, there is no official terminology yet. thank you yehor. that's all for today, i urge you to subscribe to the radio liberty website. like this broadcast to support our work. and svoboda live will return to the air on monday. there are

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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 news, we did not know where and with whom myshko 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 seemed that there were almost no chances left, a witness wrote to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram and said that knows about the location. this is the message we received. 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 grechyshkane and goes to his grandparents. 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, it is called. congratulations on the holiday, and this is a photo that we have had for almost two years of searching, if we compare it with the ones sent to us by the witness, the boy is indeed very similar in both photos. we were also helped in the search by autumn specialists who search for information in open sources, and they managed to find a page on a russian social network. classmates of mishko melnyk's probable mother. here she is, and here she is, together with little mouse. and this is a photo of a boy at a slightly older age. by the way, his mother posted a photo of the resident on her page in february 2023 . so, judging by the witness's message, the photo and video he provided, as well as the social

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against a child. in any city, in any time. just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop the program of the ukrainian voice of america service is on the air from washington, time time. my name is maria ulyanovska. congratulations. the usa announced a new arms package for ukraine in the amount of 125 million dollars. the equipment will be provided from pentagon warehouses under the presidential authorization program. more details. we are talking about this with my colleague ostap yarysh, who is joining the live broadcast. congratulations ostap. greetings maria. so what is known about this aid, what capacities will be provided to ukraine? yes, maria,

this is not the largest package of military aid from the us that we have seen, but it included stinger missiles, as well as ammunition for heymars, 155 mm artillery shells. we also saw multifunctional radars, armored ambulances, missiles and dude were also there. and other equipment currently needed by the ukrainian defense forces, this package is provided from pentagon warehouses, as state secretary antony blinkin said, its delivery should expect to the armed forces of ukraine in the near future. ostap, i also want to talk to you about another topic that we are closely following, which is the results of the operation of the ukrainian defense forces in the kursk region, it seems that this operation... caught not only kurians, but also american officials in znenatsk. how does the united states react to the fact that the armed forces have crossed the russian border and are already conducting their operations on the territory of the russian federation. maria, well

, part of the reaction to the events in kursk oblast is, i think, the announcement of the arms package for ukraine, which we saw from you today. in in general, you know, i don't know how surprised the usa was by these events in the kurytsia region, however, publicly the representatives of the administration say that ukraine did not warn in advance about its plans, but they say that this is not the case. nothing strange or extraordinary, we heard about it from, in particular, representatives of the state department, however, in this, it means that if you look at this week that passes and the reaction of the united states, it was and is quite restrained for the moment, they say, what if they are ukrainian, if not in the ukrainian government comment on this operation, they will not comment on it in the usa either, and the details are directed to the armed forces of ukraine, we hear such consistent comments from all key agencies responsible for security. and for international politics, we are talking about the national security council, we are talking about the state department and also about the pentagon maria. the pentagon commented in a little more detail on the journalists' questions, to provide more information about

the us reaction to these events in the kurt region and the operation that is ongoing there, they said that that the actions of the ukrainians in the kursk region are consistent with the policy of the united states regarding the use of provided, provided, provided weapons, does not contradict this policy. and the pentagon also said that they do not consider this operation in the territory of the kurdish region to be an escalation. let's hear what pentagon deputy spokesperson sebri naskih had to say about it. ukraine is fighting for its sovereign territory, which was invaded by its neighbor. so if we want to de-escalate tensions, as we've said from the beginning, the best way to do it will be putin's decision to withdraw troops from ukraine today. ukraine will do everything. opportunity to continue to reclaim their sovereign territory, and we see that this is what they are doing in kursk oblast. we will continue to support ukraine with the means and systems it needs. we don't think

it is... in any case, ukraine is doing what it needs to be successful on the battlefield. ostap, actually about the policy of the united states, has the policy regarding the provision of attacks changed, regarding the provision and use of long-range weapons on the territory of the russian federation. maria, we heard calls from the ukrainian side for the united states to extend permission to use decoy attack missiles on the territory of russia, in particular for strikes deep into the territory of russia. we know that the us has such missiles on... however, the policy regarding the use of strikes only applies to the border and we have heard statements from the pentagon, from the state department, from the white house, that the us policy regarding the use of atakams further into the territory of russia remains unchanged for the time being , at least that's the public statements we're hearing, saying there's no change yet, though we hear calls from the ukrainian side to extend this permission, we do not yet know whether this will happen, what we can say

publicly at this moment. there are no changes to this policy yet, maria. thank you, step. i will remind you that ostap yarysh told us about the new aid package from the usa and the reaction of american officials to the operations of the armed forces of ukraine in the kursk region. meanwhile , white house national security communications adviser john kirby emphasized that the new us aid package was announced against the backdrop of another russian attack on ukrainian civilians. on august 9, in the middle of the day, russian troops carried out an airstrike on a shopping center in kostyantynivka on donsk. at least 14 dead and 43 wounded are currently known. denise brown, the outgoing coordinator of the un office in ukraine, condemned the deadly attack. she emphasized that it is the civilian population that pays the highest price for the war, and the escalation of russian attacks in the donetsk region increases the needs of approximately 60,000 people in the affected communities. as a replacement, braungen seck has already appointed matias shmale as the new permanent coordinator of the un in ukraine. he will start

perform their duties. since august 11, and earlier the un human rights monitoring mission in ukraine reported that july was the deadliest month for ukrainian civilians since october 2022 as russia stepped up its bombing. meanwhile, the governments of the united states, canada, the united kingdom, and the european union have imposed sanctions on individuals and organizations in belarus involved in supporting russia's war against ukraine. the restrictions were timed to the anniversary. falsified presidential ones elections in belarus, which led to mass protests and subsequent persecution of the opposition. in the message of the ministry of finance in the usa , it is said that lukashenko exchanged the autonomy of his country for financial and political benefit for himself and his friends. in addition, the governments of democratic countries called on the belarusian authorities to immediately release almost 1,400 political prisoners. we stand in solidarity with the people of belarus, who, despite ongoing repression by the lukashenko regime, peacefully and bravely insist

on democratic changes. and compliance with rights person, says the joint statement. meanwhile , the presidential campaign is underway in the united states. democratic presidential candidate kamela harris and her republican opponent, former president donald trump, have agreed to hold a televised debate on september 10 on abc news. in the meantime , this is being closely watched and... because the results of this presidential campaign could significantly affect regional security, support for nato, aid to ukraine, and relations with russia. opinions of experts were collected by myroslava gongadze. us vice president kamala harris met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi six times, most recently in june at the ukrainian summit in muyuru , switzerland. russia's full-scale invasion of

ukraine, which has begun. a year after the biden administration, harris shaped us foreign policy. washington's leadership and support were decisive in the efforts of the west to help ukraine resist russian aggression, says people's deputy of ukraine ivanna klynpush. however, we also understand that delivery practices are unfortunate arms to ukraine slowly and drop by drop, attempts to control de-escalation, this needs to be changed. bipartisan support of the us is key for ukraine, says klimpustinsadze, and kyiv is preparing to work with any administration to ensure continuity of aid. i believe that it is very important to start moving from the policy of supporting ukraine, as long as it is necessary, to the policy of winning ukraine. the united states remains the leading supplier of troops.