everything in the informational marathon with mykola veresny saturday 17:10, sunday 18:15 at espresso. a breach of the border in the kursk region of russia a week ago caught moscow from nenatsk, as cnn writes in... ukraine embarrassed vladimir putin, and the invasion itself is humiliating for the russian state. as of now, the armed forces of ukraine controls dozens of russian forces. and the kremlin announced a counterterrorist operation regime in three russian regions. what's next? how far ukrainian troops are ready and able to go, what goal they are pursuing, and what trump cards remain in the arms of vladimir putin? this is svobodalai. my name is vlasta lazur. well, in fact, ukrainian troops have been continuing the operation for a week. in the kursk region.

the population is being evacuated from there. 28 settlements of kurshchyna came under the control of the armed forces. these are the data of local authorities. ukrainian troops are digging trenches in the kursk region of russia. this is a sign that they plan to stay, writes the american edition of forbes. the territory of kurshchyna can become another major front in russia's war against ukraine - states forbes invasion of ukraine to the kursk region is a signal to the united states that ukrainians can fight, the american writes. at the same time, the ultimate goal of this operation remains unclear, the publication states. ukraine's surprise invasion of kurshchyna and the quick capture of the territory put putin in an awkward position, raising the fighting spirit of ukrainians, but continuing the operation is risky for ukraine given the lack of resources on the eastern front, where russian troops are advancing, the publication says. they participate in the invasion of kursk oblast thousands of military personnel. the armed forces writes to

the afp agency with reference to an unnamed high-ranking ukrainian official. the goal is to stretch the positions of the russian troops, inflict maximum losses and destabilize the situation in russia, said the interlocutor of the agency. according to him, the armed forces have no plans to annex occupied russian territories. russia is withdrawing its units from other areas of the front not as quickly as the ukrainian command had hoped, writes zaeconomist with reference to a source in the general staff. goal. said the interlocutor of the publication - it's a drag russian troops from kharkiv and from donbass, but so far the results are ambiguous. russia has transferred troops from the kharkiv direction, but so far it has transferred the life of an important front in donbas much less. their commanders are not idiots - says a source in the ukrainian general staff. they are moving forces, but not as fast as they would like, they know that we cannot extend logistics by 80 or 100 km. the source for... not to compare the invasion of

kurtsk region with the successful rapid reconquest of most of kharkiv region by ukraine at the end of 2022. the russian army now takes the war more seriously, he says. the danger is that we will fall into a trap and russia will gnash its teeth at us. well, the events in the kursk region of russia, and not only in the kursk region, but as of now in the belgorod region, are also developing very rapidly. my colleagues have made a brief overview of the main news from this part of the front in recent days. this weekend, the armed forces of ukraine advanced deep into the kurdish region , analysts of the institute for the study of war reported. as of the evening of august 11, the total area where hostilities were taking place was up to 720 km, which is 70 km more than the day before, according to the calculations of the russian edition of the agency. the farthest point from the border, where hostilities took place, is the village of obshiy kolodyaz, located 28 km from the border.

with ukraine. on august 12 , a video appeared online showing ukrainian forces entering the russian city of suzha. also, russian telegram channels state that ukrainian forces are already bringing heavy equipment to suzha itself. in addition, a video appeared on the internet, on which ukrainian military personnel are allegedly present in the village of guevo, kursk region. and already on the morning of august 12, a video of the movement of ukrainian armored vehicles in the bilovsky district of the kursk region in the direction of the village of bilytsia appeared on the internet. radio liberty journalists identified the video and confirmed the movement of the military. in the direction of the squirrel, went, went, crosses, everything as it should be, as it should be from a large-caliber machine gun, no flag, nothing, everything as it should be, the war in our country today is interesting. come on, guys, we have such an interesting war today. earlier, the head of the bilovsky district called on all residents to evacuate due to the offensive of the armed forces. the evacuation was also announced from the neighboring border station. we have an anxious

morning, the activity of the enemy on the border of the krasnoyaruzhsky district, i am sure that our military will do everything to cope with the... but in order to ensure the lives and health of people, we are starting to relocate residents who live in the krasnoyaruzhsky district in safer places. a few hours before that, a video appeared on the network, probably shot by ukrainian military in the village of poros, belgorod region. glory to ukraine, glory to the 252nd battalion. meanwhile, in the telegram channel state project i want to live. announced that the raiding groups of the ukrainian defense forces had captured soldiers from the chechen units of akhmat in kurshchyna. the captives reported that they tried to escape in order to avoid being captured, because, i quote, ramzan kadyrov once said that akhmat's fighters do not surrender to polon. the post also noted that they were supposed

to guard russia's border in the kursk region. instead, it was done by conscripts and border guards, who were also captured, and the kadyrivites caught the raiding parties deep in the rear. the head of chechnya himself was videotaped in polon kadyrovtsi did not comment, but earlier the commander of akhmativsi, abti alaudinov , accused some leaders of the ministry of defense of the success of the operation of the armed forces in kursk region. and i will remind you that the ukrainian authorities have not commented on the advance of troops in the kursk region, meanwhile the ministry of defense of russia declares that it repels attacks by the armed forces of ukraine and stops attempts. a breakthrough deep into russian territory. anastasia potapenko, radio liberty. serhii kryvonos, major general of the armed forces reserve, first deputy commander of the special operations forces, has already joined our broadcast. 16th-19th year and deputy secretary of the nsdc 19-20. i congratulate you. greetings to all. glory to

ukraine. glory to the heroes. come on, i have the first, basic question, what are ukrainian troops doing in kursk and already in belgorod region and regions, and for what purpose are they there. do they do that? good question, it seems to be bothering the whole world community now, and each publication is developing its own versions. meanwhile, directly, i think that the most important question could be answered by general syrsky, it was he who planned and developed this operation, and the operation was already in his head, let's say, not the first year, just striking on russian territory, which will be a complete surprise for the russians, already before... it was discussed for a long time in a narrow circle, and look how professionally it was done, which was practically not there was a leak of information, neither among our politicians, nor among the mass media, in general, for this there was a certain serious enough surprise, if they expected certain raiders, then

a completely different number of personnel than what was used from our side, for us, it is necessary to understand that, firstly, in the information field, we have clearly... shown the weakness of the russian authorities and unpreparedness for a major war on their territory, secondly, we see that, taking into account the huge border of russia and ukraine, we can attack other areas, and in order to close these, gaps, these huge holes, at this stage they do not have silos, but it does not mean that they will not be there by the end of the year, because by the end of 20, 24, the russians.. . plan to complete the formation of five more divisions, therefore time just played in our favor, in general , the threat of our offensive deep into russian territory is just a great reason to show how unconventionally

the leadership of the armed forces of ukraine worked at this stage, and the fact that the offensive is going in the direction of the same kurdish nuclear plant, it is also just a big... a reason to make both russians and a certain community nervous, who were absolutely, you know, indifferent when such an attack was carried out in the direction of the zaporizhia nuclear plant, and now the situation may be repeated directly, that on the territory of russia, now you see how they actively show their position that there is no need to go there, that it is not very right, so you consider it the right, right way, uh, everything is planned under the leadership. oleksandr syrskyi, and this is very good, just for us, it is a raising of morale, and for the enemy, it is such a powerful blow to the breath, how it will continue is a separate question, but at this stage we have made quite a lot of progress. i understand from

your response that you believe that this is a timing operation and that she is unique and talented as far as i understand, but you they mentioned the risks, and now, in fact , some are already acute. is thinking about how the soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine will leave here, from there, do you see any risks associated with the exit, or associated with the maintenance of these territories? of course, eh. any military man who plans an operation always thinks not only how to get in, but also how to get out of there, so just looking at how the enemy was struck with the use of certain water obstacles for cover, and the ukrainian armed forces it was done professionally enough, look at map, how to cover the flanks at this stage, this does not mean that the enemy will not be able to force these water obstacles, but... but for this he will need time and will need forces and means, forces and means related to forcing are not so

many, and due to properly organized reconnaissance and pre-emptive strikes at long distances, we are achieving so far to keep the initiative on our side, because the use of high-precision weapons on the concentration of the enemy, when he is advancing in advance columns towards our advanced forces, when he... unload at unloading stations and strike there as well, we need more, more effectively and well, it is precisely the good work of intelligence and the good work of our firepower that will allow us to keep the initiatives on our side as much as possible, but this cannot be long enough, and we will have to decide how much it can be, how much it can be, let's not guess, because everything depends not only on us, but on the ability of the enemy to overturn. forces of means from the territory of the same east of ukraine, we see that the transfer

is not so active so far, so certain units, well for example, the 810th marine brigade has already been transferred to that direction, but in general there is no 800, 810 is it from the crimea or from where? it is not, it is the crimean brigade, but it was transferred from another area, precisely towards the kurdish region, and for us it is necessary to understand , which is just right for us... in this, in this situation, nevertheless, we see that the enemy has not finally stopped the offensive in other areas, in the east of ukraine, continues to actively behave in the same way in the pokrovsky direction, and in the same way in the kupyan direction, so the situation is not yet finally, let's say refracted in favor of the fact that the enemy threw everything at the kurt region, so in this situation, there is still an opportunity. opportunity and we must continue the offensive, but the number one task is to cover our

flanks so that the enemy does not strike and does not create conditions for the encirclement of our troops, it is also necessary to understand that logistical support, the more we go in, the deeper we go in, the the logistical support of our units is becoming more difficult, taking into account the fact that the enemy is actively using aviation and despite the fact that they are absolutely calmly bombing already have their own villages and towns, and although this is not news to us and we understand very well that they are ready to plow through the entire korsk region, if only to prevent the armed forces from advancing even further into the depths of the russian federation, so you said that after all, one of the main tasks is to wait for russia to start withdrawing its units there, i don’t know, from kharkiv oblast, from donetsk oblast, yes, in other parts of the front, to the kursk oblast, and so far you said that there are some obvious movements there ... not in this direction or it is happening very slowly, if i understand correctly, and until this movement is there

in full force, ukraine will move and capture as many territories there as possible, the kursk region will end, belgorodsk will go there, i don’t know, bryansk and so on, well everything depends not only on our wishes, but also on the enemy's ability to attack our units, so we will capture as much as we can. to destroy the enemy, we will only destroy, there are no fairy tales, and for now the situation for the russians in kurtskaya oblast is difficult, but it is not hopeless and there is no great panic yet, you know, we have already seen the video that there are allegedly ukrainian military personnel present in belgorod oblast, at least they are people in ukrainian military uniforms, who are even putting up ukrainian flags on ukrainian buildings, as you yourself , even as a journalist i am interested in finding out this question, but what kind of terminology is here... to refrain, ukraine occupies these territories, annexes these territories, takes them under its control,

carries out a raid that has a beginning and an end, that is what is happening globally, the word, occupy, annex, for now, probably, uh, let's not rush to use it, it is more valuable to use the word raid, the raid has started, and it has not ended yet, and when it will end, it is still difficult to say, but let's still remember that... we were not the first to come to them, but they came to our land and began to destroy it, and for us it is necessary to clearly understand that this is just a blow to the skin. under the belly of the russian federation, which was carried out under the leadership of oleksandr syrskyi, gave its result, here they are for sure did not expect such a powerful offensive in this area, it was a surprise for them, and most importantly, at certain moments we also understood those brigades that are currently fighting there in kurshchyna, i will not name their numbers, but they are one of

our best brigades the 11-year history of the russian-ukrainian war, and this is our gold standard... for future offensives to liberate ukrainian territories, this is the experience that we were able to implement, this is the potential that at one time accumulated during the summer offensive of 14 th year western press writes the numbers of these brigades from last week 80, 82, 22, it just seems to me that this is no longer a secret. also, the western press writes that this ukrainian offensive in the kurdish region is the opening of the kurdish front, it turned out to be. more than successful than even the officials in kyiv had expected, and that now kyiv is asking washington for permission to use long-range atakams missiles to attack russian airfields, and that this may just allow kyiv to maintain control over these for as long as possible territories, if this happens, if now, when ukrainian troops are in

the kursk region, ukraine receives permission to use long-range western missiles on russian territories, how does this change the course of the war? it would be great, and it just expanded our capabilities and significantly weakened the enemy's capabilities, because in this situation , the enemy is actively using aviation to slow down our offensive in certain areas of the kursk region, and it is important for us that our diplomats press this issue after all. especially since at this stage we have such, you know, capacity window. when the americans are already more busy with the issues of conducting their own presidential race than having some serious influence there on some issues of international politics, that's why we need to knock and present such more powerful arguments, and we can press this issue. how much time do you think ukraine has before the west starts

to get nervous that their nato equipment is actually there. on the territory of russia, well , it can fall into the hands of russian servicemen in greater numbers and so on, how long can this window last? well, first of all, look, there have already been cases when western equipment fell into the hands of the russians, and in war, this happens, no matter how great the equipment is, it can either be destroyed or captured by the enemy, you don't have to from this tragedy. for the west, of course , at certain moments, one would not want their glorious certain models of technology, which they were advertising, to fall into the hands of the enemy, because it shows precisely, well, so to speak, it is also anti-advertisement for them, and it is better at certain moments to seem than to be that they want it in certain moments to hold that here we have the coolest

equipment, but in modern warfare this equipment already needs either improvement or changes in the... tactics of using these weapons, and i have one last question, let's talk about the answer, what it can be, because already now the western press, in particular the british newspaper times, is writing about the fact that kyiv is preparing for the fact that russia will take revenge for the invasion of the kursk region, is now trying to launch some kind of massive, large-scale missile attack on the houses of the parliament, the government, and journalists they say that they were informed about this by ukrainian officials on the condition of anonymity, do you think the answer is being prepared? of course, and looking at the sequence in which missile and air strikes are being carried out on the territory of ukraine, in the last week, we see that the enemy is changing tactics and using certain new types of weapons, and these strikes are still, from my point of view, acting as reconnaissance, they are

now trying to calculate certain weak points in our air defense system again, in order to then calculate how many strikes to strike. what will happen used all our capabilities to attack the enemy, and then in the second wave to strike at those objects that they have identified and be, they will try to strike first of all at such iconic places, in order to try to humiliate ukraine, the ukrainian people as much as possible. thank you very much, serhii kryvonos, major general of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine and first deputy commander of the special operations forces, was on radio liberty in the 16th-19th years, we talked about... the situation in kursk oblast and what consequences she can have thank you. well, as i said earlier, the local russian authorities of the kursk region declare that 28... populated areas of the region are under the control of the armed forces and that the ukrainian troops have advanced 12 km deep and 40 km wide, but there are other data, for example, osind analysts assume

that the advance of ukrainian troops reaches at least 30 km deep, but the ukrainian osind project deep state writes that according to their very preliminary calculations, the armed forces of ukraine took control of approximately 44 settlements. radio svoboda cannot quickly check all this information, but this is what the western press writes, if you are very lucky in... ukrainian troops can hope to capture the kursk nuclear power plant in response to russia's occupation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. this is written by michael clarke, a researcher at the royal institute of the armed forces, in a column for the times. however , the course of the operation will depend on how long the armed forces will be able to hold this territory, clark writes. and he also notes that now everything points to the fact that kyiv is very determined very seriously well, in the meantime, not only in kursk, but also in the neighboring bryansk and belgorod regions, russia introduced a regime. counterterrorist operation, what do they think about it in russia itself? listen.

it seems to me that it was implemented late, it should have been implemented immediately, and not tried to tell: "hurrah, we will now send everyone across the border." and it is better to immediately implement the kto regime, immediately introduce special troops. so the big question is whose fault is it and who will be held accountable, because really, as far as we know, there are heavy casualties among the military from our side, as well as the destruction of residential buildings, then who will be responsible for this? decorative, or rather declarative things , such issues are not solved, of course, there is a lot of work ahead, a lot of actions, in the end, what else can be said, of course, i just sympathize with people, those who are hostages of this situation due to geography, sympathy.

but you don’t know how to do it, they seem to be far from us, but at the same time it seems that they are very close, we are very worried for them, for the children, that people now have to leave spontaneously, they, roughly speaking, lived peacefully, they didn't think about anything, and suddenly they found themselves on our territory.

maryana bezugla, people's deputy, deputy chairman of the committee on national security, defense and intelligence, has already joined our broadcast, maryana, i congratulate you, i congratulate you... they have joined, i can literally see a few minutes of the group, volodymyr zelenskyi has officially confirmed his presence of ukrainian troops in the kursk region, well, we guessed about it a week ago, he said that he listened to syrsky's report on the actions at the front and operations in the kursk region, well, syrsky reported that the armed forces of ukraine keep 1000 km under their control, maryana, why, how will ukraine now use these territories, and what do you know, well, we are still limited. comments, including me, let's say, kept a week's silence, as you can see, all the representatives of the authorities, ah, and

accordingly, all those who work in the field of national security and defense, it was quite a synchronized operation, it's better that could we do, despite the fact that different areas of justification, and i have there, in particular, a rather broad front of criticism regarding... that happens in the armed forces, however, just the information silence was observed during the week, and it certainly helped the operation in general, this is the first point, the second, in terms of information silence, let's compare it with what happened during the southern counteroffensive in the 23rd year, that is, the conclusions are made , the conclusions are made at different levels, and first of all, of course, it is the ministry. defense, armed forces and all those structures that deal with information policy, maryana, maryana, well, we already, we all already understand that there was silence, that no one, nothing

no... we understand that the ukrainians, the president has already confirmed that ukrainian troops are in the kursk region, we are interested in what will happen next, what will ukraine do with these territories, why did all this happen? look, also, i can't fully comment now, as far as at least not fully what you can, as to what conclusions are drawn from this, it has not been discussed here once how i can... be used these territory, how this operation can be used, i wouldn't, i'm not in any euphoria about what we've got we didn't succeed, because despite the already huge military, well, political resonance, international resonance, what is there, if we talk about the political component, and war is, well, it is a tool of politics, and we , russia, have already shown our reaction. and well, with

a certain weakness, also, if there is a military component, this is also what i can comment on, it is both captures and captures, and a demonstration that we can conduct successful assault actions, and what is not, let’s say, in full the ukrainian army is quite exhausted, which again ... is not capable of any proactive actions actions, but the risks and threats of the initiative, they are the same as in the entire ukrainian army, and what i have repeatedly pointed out, and in particular what we have with the decisions of the military leadership, that is, you mentioned the prisoners to do, yes, i will return to this now , what are

the risks? we can make spurts, but here is medium-term planning, well, you yourself can answer this question, what is happening with our mobilization there, with the reserves, what is happening, we must not forget in the donetsk region and unfortunately, so far the enemy, well didn't actually slow his down promotion, that is, one with one with that was my next question, mariana, are you? do i understand correctly, so far there are no direct consequences of the situation in the kursk region, the situation in the donbas, russia did not withdraw enough of its troops, or did not withdraw them at all, so in fact we talked with you last time, i have been here for the last two weeks, well in donetsk region. we

work there, in particular, with some interruptions, departures, there is no such noticeable effect, regarding the fact that the attention is redistributed , of course, strongly on the part of the russian federation, in the direction of the events taking place in the kursk region, the situation in the pokrovsk region is very difficult and very difficult, in particular. turkey, new york, it all continues, and remember, you and i discussed the consequences of the turkish rotation, and this in particular, it's not only. maryana, something happened with our communication, is it possible, we will try to redial, redial, maryana bezugla, people's deputy, representative of the defense and intelligence committee, we

are talking about the situation in the kursk region. now we will try to retype, maryana mentioned about the fact that there are no tangible consequences for the situation on the eastern front, the situation in the donbass, this kurdish operation, it does not exist, but by the way, i would like to remind you that volodymyr zelenskyi today, in fact, a week after the beginning of the raid of the ukrainian armed forces in the kursk region, announced, officially announced , that ukrainian troops are present there, and according to the report of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrskyi, about thousands of square meters. kursk oblast, russian territory, i am not ready to say now whether it is only kursk oblast, or belgorodsk as well, but russian territory is controlled by the armed forces of ukraine, which, what further consequences will this whole story have for the front, uh, no, we can't connect maryana bezugula now, but i hope that in a minute we will do it for a moment, what direct consequences this whole story will have for the front, and also political consequences, we will discuss with the diplomat a little later, but in...