common, referring to own sources. the security service of ukraine reported that the deputy minister of energy demanded money from the managers of state-owned mines in lviv oblast and volyn for the transfer of unique equipment that was planned to be removed from the pokrovsky direction in donetsk oblast. after the situation worsened on this part of the front, the miners asked the official to hand over this equipment to them, but he began to demand a bribe. involved three accomplices, private. energy trader, the head of an energy company from the mykolaiv region and the head of the special plant from donetsk region. it was from the last enterprise that the equipment had to be evacuated. bribes were transferred through accomplices in several tranches. the suspects were detained while receiving part of the money. the minister of energy helped expose his deputy, the security service of ukraine reported. the figures of the scheme face up to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation. property

premium-class cars and elite real estate worth almost uah 19 million, which is not confirmed by income, were discovered by the head of the state co-inspection of the carpathian district. as the state bureau of investigation reported, the official and his relatives own two cars with a total value of uah 12 million. they also own property worth 7 million. these are four apartments and non-residential. premises in the city of ivano-frankivsk. a criminal case was opened on the fact of illegal enrichment of the official. a 53-year-old woman was injured in kherson. the occupiers shelled the city in the morning - reported the head of the city's military administration, roman mruchko. the victim has a mine-explosive injury. and ten victims per day in donetsk region, russians troops covered kramatorsk with tornadoes and injured eight people. one more

injured in korakhovo and kostyantynivka, the regional police reported. 36 residential buildings, businesses, infrastructure facilities, shops, gas stations and cars were damaged. part of the kyivchop highway was closed due to a large-scale road accident in the lviv region. a van and a truck collided. two drivers died, the regional police informed espress. the men were 22 and 50. 5 years earlier, the driver of the minibus lost control and drove into the oncoming lane. the accident happened in the village of pidbirtsi around 7 in the morning. investigators are working on the spot. the police are asking you to avoid this section of the road for the time being. russia has established assault groups in vovchansk and is trying to improve the logistics and communication of its units, the kharkiv military group reported. near the quiet they lead.

aerial reconnaissance and strengthen their positions with engineering means. since the beginning of the day , there have been three combat clashes on this part of the front, two in the vovchansk district and one in the tykhoi district. the online recruiting function will appear in reserve plus application. it is planned to be launched in autumn. according to deputy minister of defense kateryna chernogorenko. the demand for specialists will form the general staff, and military obligations. will be able to choose a specialty from the list, but the ministry is not going to introduce electronic summonses, - the official added. and to the international news: at night, the csba fired 30 rockets at the north of israel, tzahal said, who discovered the rockets flying from lebanon. part of it fell in an open area, there were no casualties. israeli the military retaliated in the area from where the rockets were fired. at the time, hezbollah

claimed responsibility for the shelling, saying it targeted the new headquarters of the 146th division of the israeli army in gaaton in northern occupied palestine. with this i conclude the issue and bid you farewell until tomorrow, stay tuned. greetings, this is saturday's political club, my name is khrystyna yatskiv, and this program cannot be imagined without vitaly portnikov, he will certainly appear in a conversation with us already in the second part of our program, in the first part, we will talk with distinguished guests, experts about the hottest events of recent days, and prevail. anyway,

today on the air we will have the topic of a breakthrough in kursk region and certain events in bilhorod region. perhaps we are now watching the unfolding of these events. a few days ago... let me remind you that there was a border breach on the border of the kursk and sumy regions 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 actually ukrainian side military, which is probably absolutely unnecessary now . there are no clear maps, there is no concrete clear understanding in which operational zone all these events are taking place. what we do know is that events are taking place in interesting areas, also from an energy point of view, we are talking about gazprom facilities, some of which are already under the control of the ukrainian defense forces, and we are also talking about the kursk

nuclear power plant , to which the russians are now withdrawing reinforcements for the defense of this object, obviously reinsurance. and yes otherwise, we have a precedent, actually 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 recently released russian liberals are. comments on this story, we will definitely talk about it, as putin's godmother, if i'm not mistaken, ksenia sobchak, who also considers herself a true novalist, at one time a russian liberal, comments on this story. so there are gatherings to help

the residents of the kursk region who suffered. attention, these are now quotes due to the actions of the armed forces of ukraine. can you imagine the trouble in kursk oblast because of the armed forces. that is absolutely not true in the kursk region, the trouble is due to 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. oleksiy hetman, reserve major of the national guard of ukraine, veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, contacted the studio. mr. oleksiy, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, good evening. we will be extremely careful, in the end, and somehow. information, clear we do not have 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 we talk about how this

has changed the overall picture of military operations in this war, what would you said, please, well, it is starting to change behind... the cover of hostilities, because we will now see what is happening with the russian army, how they will redeploy forces, how they will raise reserves, well, a lot of things will change, it happened from the sixth, four days, and so far, to analyze and say how it will change, one can only assume certain things, but the fact that it will change is obviously what will have the most influence on the changes, is it military action, or is it even a political component? the informational component, and so on, we remember that the war has not ceased to be a hybrid, and it consists of informational, political, economic, and everything that is media, which falls under the name hybrid war, that is a very successful raid, well, not a raid, you

can't use such a word, it's very a successful counterattack by our troops, and i am sure that soon we will begin to feel the results of these actions directly... and in other areas of the front. it is unlikely that anything will change significantly in the pokrovsky, chasoyarovsky tatar direction, because there the south of russia, the so -called, and this, and, and where the fighting is currently taking place in kurshchyna, this, the north, group, are conducting combat operations there, and they are among themselves communicate, but do not exchange forces and means, well, at least so far this has not happened, so believe that they will start withdraw troops from... the pokrovsky direction , hardly from klupinsky-limansk, maybe from karkivsk 100% will be transferred from the reserves, from the leningrad military district, also obviously, can there be conscripts there, we will see a lot, this is an event, it , it's very, it's big and such a big

balsa in the distance, we haven't realized yet that it happened and what can happen further there, it's not, well, it's not at all about... just like that, well, if you can spread it on saws, but you know, i don't know how much time we have, therefore it is possible with us, we have enough time to be thorough. to analyze what is happening, but again, as far as i am concerned, we do not have official data, clear data, they are not provided to us, there are objective reasons for that, we understand it well, but to analyze very colorful information from the public , i'm sorry, but what do i think about the information hygiene of ukrainians at the highest level, mr. oleksiy, and if we go through the interesting details, what are they ? appeared and are already visible in the context of this stage of the confrontation between russia and ukraine.

to be honest, it absolutely amazes me how innovative drones are being used lately. they shoot down russian helicopters and cause damage right on the fly. russian drones are shot down by our drones, and this is also, in my opinion, an interesting know-how. can we talk about a really, but... degree, a new stage in the use of these unmanned technologies? well, drones are not dominating this war yet, but they have begun to have a significant impact, they will be improved, here i don’t even see anything strange in the fact that they began to shoot down those, well, for example russian helicopters that enter the zone where this drone can work, we understand that the operator guided him, he did not independently there... he made decisions in the direct line of sight, which is tens of kilometers, well , depending 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 cannot but follow her can catch up, even if he is a curtain, well... he says he just doesn’t move or moves slowly, then intercept him with a drone, well, what’s the difference between him or an armored car or a tank for the operator, what’s the difference, and it depends on the operator’s specialty, how much he is trained, how much experience he has in controlling a drone to direct it directly at an enemy target, the same applies not only to helicopters, it applies to enemy drones, reconnaissance drones, here there is no need to look for some, you know, we often... we use words are the latest technologies, know-how, there is artificial intelligence, well, we collect all this in a heap

in order to somehow raise our own feelings of importance for the fact that we are so smart, we have such things, no, these are ordinary things , let's look at it a little more simply, there is no such sacred thing here, it's normal, we can even have problems. i'm not sure that uh, drones will be used as air defense because it's a short range, but if anything someone will a russian drone or a russian helicopter fly into the field of vision, let's say a drone through the eyes of the operator, why not, if it doesn't maneuver, if it doesn't fly fast, it will be destroyed, but this should not be considered. as an additional means of air defense, this is even more severe, more like an exception to the rule, because

if this helicopter was not very far away, it was easier to shoot it down with manpads, well, yes, if subpoenas, ukrainian drones are already visible to the belarusian dictator lukashenka, he , by the way, in the context of the latter of events, ordered to strengthen the grouping of troops in the gomel and mozar tactical... directions, all this is the border with the kyiv and chernihiv regions, in fact, he sends there iskanders and polonaises, these are jet systems as well, but is it possible in some way a situation when we have belarus will also take some active actions to destabilize the plans of the ukrainian army, iskanders against drones at close range. so seriously, i don't want to be such a skander, well, what is this

, the point is that this is his fear, well, you can be with a big one with a big one by the fate of the probability to be sure that no action will be taken on the territory of belarus in the near future, especially on sukhadov, because then we can use the 51st article 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 have agreed with our partners. not to use certain types of weapons at their request, then with our own weapons, forgive us, we are guided by the articles international law, that is, in this case , the articles of the united nations charter. lukashenko understands that if he leaves his territory, if 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 strike in return, well, the belarusian army with all its , sorry, pontah. lukashenko, it will be broken 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. of russian control over some of these objects, and today the naval forces reported that they struck one of the gas towers in the black sea, and spokesman dmytro pletenchuk said that there were dead occupants, as well as some of the equipment , which is involved in

these platforms has been destroyed, which means, does it facilitate... the situation in which we feel more comfortable in this part, at least of the black sea, i will remind you that it is also interesting for us from economic reasons, from reasons of civil shipping, including yes, well, look, the actions of our of special operations forces, our commandos who attack from the sea, who attack coastal areas, who attack battle towers, other ee objects at sea, well, this is eh ot... these are asymmetric actions, which we often say for to achieve success, the same operation on the chicken coop, the same actions, well, you know, for some reason everyone believes that, well, not everyone, but many believe that the war should take place, i don't know, in the days of caesar's legions, that one should be built there on the other side, the other and

who will kill whom, we have said many times, the military analysts, the military leadership... that we do not have as many forces and means as our enemy, so we have to act asymmetrically, everyone wants us to act symmetrically, if from their side 50 00 climbs 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 we will just bypassed, although i think we will talk about it too, about what is happening there not from the point of view of analyzing some telegram publics, but from the point of view of the substance. what is happening there, there is a lot that can be interestingly discussed, so these actions, fighting towers, strikes on the crimean submarines, strikes on anti-aircraft defenses, strikes on airfields, on an oil refinery, these are all our symmetrical response , and this is a whole complex of measures that gives us the opportunity, at least

for today, to restrain a very powerful offensive russians, at least in the eastern direction and in the future, what they say about... 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 the most, what upset you the most, first of all, let us they did it because it is a symmetrical response, what we did, we are against the russians, but in the south, when there was our

counteroffensive action, they built a line of syrovikin, which was very difficult for us to overcome, now the east. at the front, through where they are advancing, they are building behind them fortification, because i understand that counterattacks are possible, so that they would have a place to defend themselves, such fortifications were not built in the kurs region, this is the first, second, there were no troops with combat experience, there were even conscripts who immediately began to surrender, the question arises, why don't we hit that city, where the russians have the weakest defense, this is not a counteroffensive, it's exactly... a counterattack can be considered as an element of active defense, because the defense was not only positional, it happens active, i.e. mobile, maneuverable, point and so on, that is, people in the army, they fight according to protocols and according to the rules and... according to some know-how, or they sit and invent something in the navy, god bless, the army must fight according to the protocol and follow clear rules, and the commander's specialty is to use

exactly those rules, exactly those tactics, which is most convenient in this city, at this time, at this time of year, and so on and so forth, taking into account the forces and means. the second thing that is interesting about the offensive on the kursk is the possibility, it is quite possible to assume that we can reach the kursk. nuclear power plant, then there the situation with our zaporozhye nuclear power plant will look completely different, and grossi has already talked about it, the head of magat is already starting certain conversations about what should be done there, what should not be done there, and exactly what might be interesting to look carefully at map, you don't need to be a great strategist right away to understand that if we move further from the kursk direction, for example to the south, then we will enter the teleprost and the kupin-liman grouping and... ugh, mr. oleksiy, thank you, i hope we will have more with you opportunities and reasons to analyze what is happening now, indeed, the historical

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and caring people. espresso in the evening. the saturday political club continues. my name is khrystyna yatskiv. thank you for being with us and we continue to talk about the heart-breaking turn of the russian-ukrainian war, the events in kursk region. i emphasize once again that in the historical perspective since 1944. this is the first time that the russian federation is faced with the fact that it has problems of a military nature directly on its territory, and not they like to periodically ignite, incite military conflicts of a completely artificial nature on the territories of neighboring states, or in general, states that can help them control a specific region. now i am glad to add to

the important conversation... eisenberg, professor of new york university, united states of america. mr. igor, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine. glory, i congratulate you, mrs. khrystyna, i congratulate all viewers of express. already in a few days i wonder what has changed. we understand that quite a long time, our key partner, the united states of america, was very careful when it came to the work of ukrainian defense forces on the territory. of the russian federation, at first this work was very veiled, that's how we talked about some incidents of bavovna, although we definitely understood what we were talking about. then we began to insist that we need to study the enemy's rear, because it is from there that they start their aggression, it is from russian territories that their planes take off, from russian territories their convoys go, and so on and so

forth, and we had to be careful... taboo from of the united states for at least the use of long-range weapons and weapons that can reach the locations of interest to us. now we are watching a real ground operation of the defense forces of ukraine in the kursk region, and we see a very, very, very restrained reaction of america to what is happening. i'll just quote white house national security communications adviser john kirby. i think i will leave a place here to allow ukraine to talk one way or another about its military operations. we keep in touch with our ukrainians colleagues, we work to better understand what they do, what their goals are, what their strategy is. he refuses to characterize the situation in the kursk region, explaining that it is worth waiting until washington has a better idea of ​​the events in the territory of the russian region. that is, and we in general, if we are not sure that we fully understand what is happening there. this is a game, mr.

igor. that is, rhetorical figures, can you imagine a situation where this operation was planned without the agreement of a key partner? you you know, i would also add what, say, the deputy spokesperson of the pentagon, sobrina singh, said, she simply approved the action of ukraine and said that ukraine has every right to defend itself, including what it is doing in the kursk region, as well as no problem applying for this. of american weapons, and the spokesman for the department, matthew miller, said about the same thing, i would say that for me it is not surprising at all, because you know, all the restrictions that the united states imposed, let's say, on supplying ukraine with this or that weapons, or on the use of this or that weapon, they were conditioned by what we all there call

escalation, such a euphemism. in fact, of course, in the united states , escalation means an inadequate response from russia, that is, in the form of, say, the use of nuclear weapons against ukraine, and the united states, of course, always wants to avoid this, but i would, you know, i would mirror what your colleague vitaliy bortnikov likes to call the tactic of selyami on the part of russia, that is , when russia... believes that it can so to cut off piece by piece of ukrainian territory from ukraine, but the west is doing almost the same thing, in particular the united states, constantly piece by piece, allowing ukraine to do more, sending ukraine more weapons, more types of weapons, i think that the united states simply believes that so by taking these steps gradually, they do.