find a way to save face but not escalate the situation out of control. hence all these stories with objections, when the media part is used more than the real one, that is , there is almost a virtual war in the media, in reality everything can be much more difficult, as it was already in april. the visit of the former minister of defense of the russian federation, sergei shuigu, to iran was created by ne. what a rush first of all, israel should be stressed because of him. however, insiders reported the real purpose of sergei shoigu's visit to islamsk the republic of iran had another reason. he apparently came because of the insistence of the dictator vladimir putin to convince the leadership of iran to refrain from radical actions in relation to israel. it looks like moscow is trying to introduce behind-the-scenes diplomacy. with one hand. supporting iran, providing it with

modern air defense systems, and the other, trying to maintain at least any relations with israel. it is currently unknown whether such strange diplomacy will work. but in addition, russia continued this week to actively intrigue against ukraine in africa continent this week, two african countries, mali and niger, broke off diplomatic relations with ukraine. the formal reason, which was announced, seems to be ukraine's support for terrorist movements, tuaregs, rebels who have been fighting for the creation of their own state in africa for many decades. as the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine stated in the relevant statement , the governments of mali and niger have not provided any evidence for this. so the decision of these two african countries to break diplomatic relations with ukraine was. premature you can not

doubt. the kremlin, which is actively scheming against ukraine on the african continent, is definitely behind the diplomatic demarche of the governments of mali and niger. therefore, it is possible that russia may prepare new surprises for ukrainian diplomacy. russia has declared a nongrat person. employee of the embassy of moldova in the russian federation. prior to this, last week in moldova , the parliament building was searched and two people were detained in the case of high treason. after that, kishinev announced the expulsion of one of the employees of the russian embassy for his activities incompatible with diplomatic status. we will remind that on august 1 , the presidential election campaign officially started in moldova. which is extremely important both for the current

government and for partners in the west. the kremlin , in turn, is trying to use the situation to bring moldova back into its orbit. more on all this in our next story. in moldova , the presidential election campaign officially started on august 1. the parliament of the republic of moldova has chosen the date of presidential elections 2 october 24-20. it is scheduled to be held on the same day referendum on joining the european union. these two events are significant not only for the current government and its partners from the west, but also for russia, which is not against regaining its power over moldova. as you know, the current president maia sandu and about 13 other politicians intend to run for office. as european truth writes, he is the most popular representative of the opposition, the leader of the rating among all opponents of the government. there is a pro-russian

ex-president, leader of the socialist party of the republic of moldova, ihor dodon. however, dodon announced that he would not go to the elections. socialists will nominate the former prosecutor general of moldova oleksandr stoianoglo as their candidate. but here too there is no lack of competitors. the russian authorities continue to hold on to the oligarch ilan shor as their favorite and try to unite all other parties around him. in the spring, the victory political bloc was created for this purpose. and even the ceremony of its creation was held in moscow. the official candidate of the kremlin is the staunch socialist vasile bolya. but will he survive until the day of the election, given the experience of the removal of shorov candidates by the authorities in the past. as for this there is no certainty in moscow, therefore, dubler, ex-prime minister vasilet tarliv, who headed the government for seven years in the 2000s during the reign of the communist party of moldova, is also planning to register. oligarch and former member of the parliament of moldova ilan shur, who...

was convicted in absentia for complicity in the theft of a billion euros, is the main representative of the russian federation in politics and a public enemy of sandu and her political team. and in 2022, supporters of shore are trying to shake up the situation in moldova, not hiding too much that their goal is to overthrow the current pro-western government. financing this activity is conducted from russia, it is also not too hidden. shor, who is now hiding in moscow, even publicly admits to passing the cash to his moldovan associates. mandu's opponent, former prosecutor viktoria fortune, who filmed her campaign video with a dove in her hands in the center, is also planning to run. teraspolya, the capital of transnistria under the control of the russian federation. and again , these are not all pro-russian opponents. journalist nataliya morary, who positioned herself as an independent journalist, but got into a scandal because of connections with the most odious oligarch vyacheslav platonov, who is called the number

one raider of moldova and co-author of the large-scale money laundering scheme of landromat. an ex-leader can also nominate her candidacy for the post of head of state. iryna vlach of dugaussia. at the same time, maya sanddu is the undisputed leader and the question is whether she will win in the first round or will have to vote twice. a large public opinion poll was conducted in may-june on behalf of the american international republican institute showed an extremely polar attitude towards the current president. she is loved more than all other politicians of moldova, but also hated the most. it is worth noting that even at the beginning. during her presidency, she faced a significant number of opponents, primarily among the pro-russian part of the moldovan population. in 2020, she won against the then pro-russian president dodon, receiving almost 58% of the vote, but the remaining 42% did not share anywhere. as deutsche welles writes, according to

the results of a survey by the institute for european policy and reforms, published on july 30, 30% are ready to vote for maya sanda. respondents, ihor dodon is in second place with 13%, and pro-russian politician renato usata closes the top three with 6.5%. at the same time, as reported by the ministry of defense, military exercises fire shield 2024 will be held in moldova from august 5 to 23 with the participation of three countries, which aim to increase operational interoperability between them. trainings in which moldovan and romanian will be involved. and american soldiers aimed at developing operational capabilities and improving the interoperability of receiving personnel participation. military equipment units and artillery systems of the national army will be used for the exercises. the fire shield is held in accordance with the national army's 2024 curriculum

. it is organized annually, starting from 2015. in the following days, in the context of the exercises , military equipment will be moved along national roads. moscow does not hide its ambitious plans to interfere in elections in at least two post-soviet states. one of them is georgia, where moscow will actively interfere in parliamentary affairs election. and where the bet will obviously be made on the pro-kremlin party georgian dream. another country is moldova. here all the hopes of the kremlin are connected with... its main manchurian or kremlin candidate ilon shor, who has already managed to hold two pre-election congresses of his party in moscow. by the way, heads of individual regions, moldova, and especially gagauzia came to see him. the kremlin is now

actively spending money on kremlin political projects in moldova. the key question is whether the special services of moldova are able to disrupt this one script and not let come. to the authorities in moldova about the kremlin's candidate, especially since the fight for the position of president will be fierce. this program was conducted for you by me, major of the armed forces of ukraine, taras berezovyts. thank you for being with us, thank you for watching, together to victory and glory to ukraine.

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experts about the hottest events of recent days, and prevail, prevail, as you like, today on the air we will have the topic of a breakthrough in the kursk region and certain events in the bilhorod region, maybe by deploying these we are observing the events now, a few days ago, let me remind you, there was a breach of the border on the border of the kursk sumy region in the area of ​​the city of suja. and despite the active reaction to these events on the part of the russian side, we have not yet seen any comments from the ukrainian leadership or from the ukrainian military, which is probably not necessary now. there are no clear maps, there is no specific clear understanding in which operational zone all these events are taking place, all we know is that events are actually taking place in e. interesting areas, even from from an energy point of view, we are talking about

gazprom facilities, some of which are already under the control of the defense forces of ukraine, and we are also talking about the kursk nuclear power plant, to which the russians are now drawing reinforcements for the defense of this facility, obviously playing it safe, so or otherwise we have a precedent, in fact and... since 1944, this is the first time that the russian federation can declare that on its territory there are representatives of the military of another country. it is very interesting to watch how the russian ones have been released recently liberals are commenting on this story, we will definitely talk about it like baptism. putin's dreamer, if i'm not mistaken, ksenia sobchak, who also considers herself to be a neo-innovator of her time

and a russian liberal, comments on this story, so there are meetings to help the residents of the kursk region who suffered, attention, this is now a quote, due to the actions of the armed forces of ukraine , can you imagine the trouble in the kursk oblast because of the armed forces, which is absolutely not true, the trouble in the kursk oblast because of putin, who started an aggressive... war against our country, everything else is exclusively the consequences of his decision and the decision of the russian people to have such a ruler. in connection with the studio, oleksiy hetman, the name of the reserve major. ukrainian veteran of the russian-ukrainian war. mr. oleksiy, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, good evening. we will be extremely careful, in the end, and we do not have any specific information, clear information for analysis, but we understand that this week the line of combat of the defense forces of ukraine with

the russian army has changed somewhat, it has become longer, it has become larger. if to say how it changed the general picture of military operations in this war, what would you say, please, well, it is starting to change the general picture of military operations, because we will see now what is happening with the russian army, how they will transfer forces, how they will tighten reserves, well, a lot will change, it's been four days since the sixth, and for now, well, analyzing and saying how it will change, one can only assume. certain things, but what will change is obviously what will have the most effect on change, is it military action, is it even political component, informational component, and so on, we remember that the war has not ceased to be hybrid, and it consists of informational, political, economic, and everything media, which

falls under the name hybrid war , this is a very successful raid, well, not a raid. it is not possible to use such a word, it is a very successful counterattack of our troops, and i am sure that soon we will begin to feel the results of these actions directly in other areas of the front. it is unlikely that anything will change significantly in pokrovsky, chisyurovsky and teretsky direction, because the southern group of the russian, so -called, and this, and, and where the fighting is currently taking place in kurshchyna, this... the northern group, and they communicate with each other, but do not exchange forces and means, are conducting combat operations there well, at least so far this has not happened, so to believe that they will start withdrawing troops from the pokrov region is unlikely, from the kupinsky-limansk region, maybe from the kharkov region, 100% will be transferred from the reserves, from the leningrad military

district, it is also obvious, or may be there srochniki, a lot of things we will see, this event, it... it is very, well, it is big and so big can be seen from a distance, we have not yet realized that it happened and what can happen next there, it is not, well, it is not simple at all, well, if you can spread it to aphids, but you know, i don't know how much time we have, so maybe we have enough time to thoroughly analyze what is happening, but again, in my opinion we don't have official data, clear data, they are not provided to us, there are objective reasons for that, we are fine with that we understand, but to analyze very colorful information from zetpublics, i apologize, but in my opinion, the information hygiene of ukrainians is at the highest level. mr. oleksiy, but if you go through the interesting details that

have appeared and are already visible in the context of this stage of the confrontation. to russia and ukraine, to be honest, i am absolutely amazed at how innovative drones are being used recently, they shoot down russian helicopters, they cause damage right in the air, our drones shoot down russian drones, and this is also, in my opinion, an interesting know-how, can we talk about is it really a new degree, a new stage in the use of these unmanned technologies? well , drones do not dominate this war yet, but they began to have a significant impact, they were being improved, here i do not even see anything strange in the fact that they began to shoot down those, well, for example, russian helicopters that enter the zone, there where this bodyless man can work, we understand that he was guided

by the operator, he did not independently make decisions there, and in the direct vision zone, it is tens of kilometers, well, depending on... on which height, what kind of drone, but we have seen how komikaze drones attack, maybe we can see directly now, they attack targets that are on the ground, moving targets, if the target is in the air, it does not maneuver actively, it does not gain high speed , that the drone can't follow her, well, she can't catch up with her, and if it's a curtain, well, as they say, it just doesn't move or moves slowly, then intercept it. drone, well, what difference does it make, or an armored car or a tank, for the operator, what is the difference? and it depends on the specialty of the operator, how much he is trained, how much he has the experience of flying a drone to aim. say it directly at an enemy target, the same applies not only to helicopters, it applies to enemy drones, reconnaissance drones, you don’t need to look

for any, you know, we often use the words there are the latest technologies, know-how there is artificial intelligence, well, it’s all so we collect a bunch in order to somehow raise our own sense of importance for the fact that we are so smart, we don't have such things, these are ordinary things. eh, let's look at it a little easier, there is no such thing here there is nothing sacred, it’s normal, we can even shoot down a rocket missile from a kolometa, i’m not sure that drones will be used as a means of air defense, because it’s a small radius of action, but if something happens , a russian drone or a russian helicopter will fly into the zone vision uh, let's say... the drone through the eyes of the operator, why not, if it does not maneuver, if it, well, does not fly fast, it will be destroyed, but this

should not be considered as an additional means of air defense, it's rather even more, er, more as an exception to the case, because if this helicopter was not very far away, it was easier to shoot it down with manpads, well, so the summons, ukrainian drones in... are already visible to the belarusian dictator lukashenka, he, by the way , in the context of the recent events, he ordered to strengthen the grouping of troops in the gomel and mozar tactical directions, all this is the border with the kyiv chernihiv regions, in fact, he sends there both iskanders and polonaises, these are reactive systems as well, is it possible in some way a situation when we... . precisely from belarus as well will any active actions be taken to destabilize the plans of the ukrainian army? iskanders against drones, well, it was

lukashenko who was so seriously scared, iskander was against them, well, what is this , the point is that this fear of his, well, you can be sure with a high probability that there will be none in the near future... actions from the territory of belarus will not be carried out against us, especially on sukhadol, because then we can use article 51 of the united nations charter on what self-defense is, and we have the right to attack any military facilities on the territory of the aggressor, for this we do not need any additional permits, well, if we and our partners agreed not to use certain types of weapons at their request, then with our own weapons, forgive us... we are guided by the articles of international law, that is , in this case, the articles of the united nations charter. lukashenko understands that if he leaves his territory, if at least something

is done from the territory of belarus, and not only something flies there, then we will immediately strike back, and he sees now, that this retaliatory strike, well, the belarusian army with all its, excuse me, lukashenko, points, it will be defeated very quickly, and okay, and... today it also became known about the destruction of one of the so-called boyka towers in the black sea, periodically there is information about these towers, we remember how in 2023 the main intelligence agency talked about returning, no, not even about returning to our control, but about knocking out and actually knocking out russian control over some of these objects, and today... naval forces reported that they struck one of the gas towers in the black sea. spokesman dmytro pletenchuk said that there are

dead occupiers, and also some of the equipment used on these platforms was destroyed. what does that mean, does it make it easier for us to feel more comfortable in that part. black sea, i will remind you that it is also interesting to us for economic reasons, for reasons of civil shipping, including yes, well, look, the actions of our special operations forces, our teams that attack from the sea, that attack coastal areas that attack combat towers, other objects on the sea, well, this is it , these are asymmetric actions, which we often talk about in order to achieve success, the same operation on the kurshchyna, the same actions, well, that's it you know, for some reason, everyone thinks that, well, not everyone, but many people think that the war should

take place, i don't know how... there were caesar's legions, that one should be built, another on the other side, and who killed whom there are, we have said many times, military analysts, the military leadership, that we do not have as many forces and means as our enemy, so we we have to act asymmetrically, everyone wants us to act symmetrically, if from their side 50 thousand climb there, then we also have to put 50 and we will kill head-to-head, well, we will not fight like that. these blows and the chickens, we just somehow bypassed it, although i think that we will also talk about it, about what is happening there, not from the point of view of the analysis of some telegram publics, but from the point of view of the essence of what is happening there, there there is a lot of interesting things to talk about, that is why these actions, rooks are bold, blows are done crimean submarines, strikes on anti-aircraft defenses, strikes on airfields, on an oil refinery, these

are all ours. symmetrical answers, this is a whole complex of measures that gives us the opportunity, at least for today, to restrain a very powerful russian offensive, at least in the eastern direction, and in the future, as many foreign analysts say, but not journalists, but military personnel, or are they people more military, still understand military affairs, than very respectable journalists and some analysts that we have the prospect of intercepting the tactical initiative on the battlefield this year is very important, and what happened on... it will simply go down, as they say, in the history books, because it is a unique operation, it is a unique operation, and mr. oleksiy, you said that at this stage in the course operation there is a lot that can be analyzed from a purely military point of view, what are you most excited about, first of all, let's

do that because it's a symmetrical answer. what did we russians do in the south, when there was our counteroffensive action, they built the syrovikin line, which was very difficult for us to overcome, now on the eastern front, through which they are advancing, they are building fortifications behind them, i understand that counterattacks are possible, so that they have somewhere to defend themselves, such fortifications were not built on kursk, this is the first, secondly, there were no troops there with combat experience, there were even... those who immediately began to surrender, the question arises, why should we not strike at that city, where the russians have a weaker defense, this is precisely not a counterattack, this is exactly a counterattack, it can even be considered as an element of active defense, because the defense was not only oppositional, it was active, i.e. mobile, maneuverable, point-based and so on, that is, people in the army fight according to protocols and rules, and not according to some know-how or sitting around inventing something, for heaven's sake the army has. ..

to fight according to protocol and follow clear rules, and the command of the commander is to use exactly those rules, exactly those tactics that are most convenient in this place, at this time, at this time of the year, and so on and so forth, taking into account the forces and means . the second is interesting on the offensive on kursk, there is a possibility, it is quite possible to miss, that we can reach the kursk nuclear power plant, then the situation with our zaporizhia nuclear power plant will look completely different there. and about this , grosi, the head of the magat, are already starting certain conversations about what should be done there, what should not be done there, and exactly what can be interesting, look carefully at the map, you don't need to be a great strategist to understand , that if we move further from the korsk direction, for example, to the south, then we let's go into teleprost and the kupinsky-liman grouping and the pokrovsky grouping, it's so simple, ugh, mr. oleksiy, thank you. i

hope that with you we will have more opportunities and reasons to analyze what is happening now, a truly historic event, no matter how cool it is, oleksiy hetman, reserve major of the national guard of ukraine, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, joined the saturday political club, which continues and will necessarily continue with a conversation with vitaly portnikov at the end of the current hour, and before that we will have several more conversations with dear guests ihor eisenberg, professor of new york university from the states, and vadim polishchuk, historian, political observer, will be in touch with the studio. let's talk about the situation in the middle east, don't switch. there are discounts until independence day on magne b6, 10% in pharmacies plantain bam.