in the kursk region, where the offensive of the ukrainian army continues, a military commandant's office has been created, it will be headed by a ukrainian general. what does this mean in practice, what powers will these commanders have? we are talking about this today, as well as about the potential exchange of prisoners and how the ukrainian army is making progress in... kurshchyna, but is being defeated in donbas. this is svoboda live, my name is vlasta lazor. the ukrainian president's office said that ukraine is not interested in occupying russian territories. the military command, meanwhile, reports on progress with sokurshchyna and establishing control over new settlements. how do they meet the ukrainian army there? well, for example, look at what suja looks like. public relations journalists visited the city and shared these photos with us. in these photos, we... see the building

of the suja gas measuring station, by the way, the fact that it was captured, destroyed and captured was already reported to journalists, this was also visible in satellite images. well, the first reports that ukrainian troops entered the court of kursk oblast, appeared as early as august 6, within a week the settlement came under the control of ukraine. well, since yesterday, since yesterday , ukrainian journalists started working there, and this is what the local cultural center looks like, that's what i understand, the station building, yes. we will see the building of the supermarket, what does it look like, well, and then we will see the car of the russian post, public journalist diana butsko, who visited suja, states that there is not much love in the city, in principle, we can see it ourselves, we see it, but listen, speaking diana herself. we are in sludzhi, kursk oblast, the city actually looks quite empty, there are locals here and there, we talked to them, they are talking by the way.

in ukrainian, er, it feels like the hostilities, the contact line is already far from here, because it is not very loud here, but the city is empty, well, this is the news we have from suja , and we will also add diana to our broadcast in a minute and find out more, and also the ministry of reintegration of ukraine suggested residents of kursk oblast to evacuate to ukrainian territory, opened a hotline for them, deputy prime minister iryna veryschuk stated this the day before, and according to her, ukraine is ready to provide , as she said, the necessary protection and humanitarian support to the civilians of kursk oblast, ukraine can evacuate civilians from russia, these are preliminary such data for the city of sumy. well, let me remind you that during the last week, the russian authorities announced the evacuation of the border districts of suzhan, glushkiv, rila, and koreniv , as well as in the velikosoldat district, which does not directly border ukraine...

all of russia, does not border ukraine, but in addition , evacuation was announced in some areas of the belgorod region, well, it is so preliminary, diana butsko, journalist hromadska, is already joining our broadcast, diana, good evening, my greetings, good evening, bye , i already told our viewers that you were in suja the day before, and of course i want to ask you what you saw there, what is happening in the russian territories that came under the control of ukraine, what are your impressions? the impression is probably the biggest. was surprised because it is very quiet there, i expected that there is a loud front, a war is going on, the way we imagine it, in fact the sky is clear, almost clear, you can say, there are very few drones there, you can hear them, at least during the period when we were, we spent about half a day there yesterday, and it seems to me that this proves exactly what i already said, that the ukrainian military is advancing rapidly, advancing deeply, and in fact the front is no longer...

before we were going to the city, i asked the military about the security situation, they told me that the court - it's already the rear, that is, the day before, and that's how it was heard, and you, you stated that there are not many people in the city, you even mentioned that people speak ukrainian, whom you met, if i understand correctly, that there are people there, they are simply hiding somewhere in the basements, are they not there, or why are there not many people, and for one reason or another, many left, they told us... all those who remained, there was no organized evacuation, but people who had money i think, also representatives of the authorities, by the way, many fsb officers and border guards lived there it is obvious that they left, all these people left on their own, i understand that most of them left, there are not many people left, but they stay like this, hiding in houses, hiding in basements, the first time our military went there, they gave instructions. everyone was a civilian, they said, well

, to those they met, that there are hostilities here, russia can hit us in return, they really hit the houses of civilians, so hide in the basements and they are hiding, they said that the military had warned them about this , that is, there are many for two reasons people left, and those who still remained there are hiding, but people also walk the streets in search of food, in search of some kind of help and information, because there is no connection, water, or electricity. actually today the representatives of the ukrainian authorities have already announced that a military command will be created, it was said there at the meeting with zelenskyi, and what we do not yet understand, what are the expectations from this military command, how it will affect our lives these civilians who remain there, but from what the locals told you, as they see their immediate future in these territories, if they do not plan to leave, what is their attitude in principle towards

the ukrainian military, well, according to my data , the ukrainian police are already going to start work there, i think they will also check the locals. residents, as to whether they will pass on information, this is the first, secondly, the local residents, i would say, frankly, they are confused, i generally have such a question, how should we communicate with them, how should we communicate with them communicate because obviously some of them can treat us with prejudice, so when i approached, i told everyone that i was a ukrainian journalist, in principle, they all talked to me, there was no aggression, on the contrary , they even said, leave here... it is safe, oh, you are from kyiv, in i am there, i have a son there in kyiv, i know he lives in boryspil, people from these cities have a lot of connections with ukraine, some are from sumy oblast, and they speak such a slur, and not quite a literary language, but at least i spoke to them in ukrainian,

i asked questions in ukrainian, and most of them they understood, i think they don't have any expectations now, because first of all they are in shock, and when i said that you understand, there are some ukrainian military personnel here, well, they didn't say it directly, i would say that... rocks, that they expect that after all everything will return to its place, and the russian army will return, and their usual life for them will return, they, someone is asking for evacuation, but at the same time yes, well, it was quite strange, because i ask , or you , well, they complained that the russian authorities did not ask for a humanitarian corridor, that they did not they are trying to somehow evacuate them, they just left them, and when i asked if you were ready to go to the ukrainian race, they answered me something like, so why go there, it's already there? war, like, from war to war, to war, they are confused, but i think that the situation will be resolved by the next development of events, that is , now the city is quite calm, the city is not broken, there is life, except for the fact that there is no communication, from one on the one hand, and on the other hand, if the russians will attack these cities, yes,

if they will advance, try, try to fight back, or just destroy, they destroy everything with kababs, yes, obviously, i think people will want to cut, and that and which side already ... will it matter, huh, diano, are we going to bring up the subject of prisoners today as well , because the ukrainian side says that there are a lot of russian prisoners, did you have the chance to see them, what the ukrainian military said about it, if you talked to them, er, i did not see it with my own eyes, on the way there and back, when we were driving, i did not see anyone bringing in or taking out military personnel, not about this issue separately they were talking, huh, and you said at the beginning that the court was already a front if it weren't for it, yes, that... the front has already moved further and the court is relatively calm, do the ukrainian military, perhaps with whom you communicated, have ideas where they are ready to stop is another thing that really impressed me, because when we started talking and recording interviews with military personnel who

participated in these operations in the first days, they began to say that we are going to kursk to belgorod , i say you are optimists, you are joking now, they are like that with serious expressions on their faces, but no... we have the strength and means to go further, that is, we do not know the plans of the command, we do not know how events will unfold, but the ukrainian military, the military has a very, very high morale, those , who is fighting here, first of all, they are very satisfied with how the operation is going, how it was organized, usually everything is smooth, even if when the camera turns off, someone complains about something, there was almost no such thing here, most are very satisfied with , as the higher command planned this operation. and well for according to the information that was given to me, our losses here are small, so i think that all this also affects the morale, but this is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is because there were weak units, they left, they flowed, in fact, there were almost no battles in the shelter, there were a lot of them, so counter-battles, the russians

were running away, so we advanced rapidly, without such losses, but the infected are raising reserves and we will see how the situation will unfold in the future. that is, maybe it will become really extremely difficult there, and all this will also affect how it will be perceived ukrainian military. diana, thank you very much, diana budskoje. a journalist from hromadsky, who visited suzhi the day before, shared with us her impressions and photos from there. thank you very much. well, we continue. in the kursk region of russia, as i said at the beginning of the broadcast, the armed forces control 82 settlements on the territory of 1,150 km. oleksandr syrskyi stated this at least today. during the offensive in the kursk region , ukrainian troops used british challenger 2 tanks. this was reported by a bbc source, and the british ministry of defense said that they do not comment on which weapons supplied by london are used by the ukrainian army. well

, the russian ministry of defense told about new attempts to break through the armed forces, at least they admit it in kursk oblast, and judging by these data, the armed forces advanced about 2 km per day. well, while kyiv is making progress in the kursk region, russian troops are gradually occupying donetsk region, the politician writes about this with reference to sources in the ukrainian army. now we will talk about what is happening on the fronts, roman pohorily, co-founder of the analytical... roman, i am joining our broadcast congratulations, congratulations, i have glory to the heroes, we all use and use the deep state map, and let's start with the last one, the foreign press, they refer to the ukrainian military, writes that there are successes in the kursk region, but during this time the russian army has made good progress in donetsk region, what can you say about donetsk region, how good it is, very difficult situation in donetsk region, in particular in the district. pokrovska enemy entered the eastern outskirts of the settlement of grodiivka,

they also already have, lit up, at least in mykolayivka settlement, this is one of those key heights and the last heights in that area, after ochereteny and before pokrovsk, they are now trying to use every opportunity to develop this success, they are now concentrating more and more strength. since they see successes, one of their tactics is to develop them when they have them, so now there are a lot of discussions that there are opportunities there that they will withdraw all these forces, attract them to the kursk district, but the guys do not feel it, so that is too great a price for them, pokrovsk is, after all, an important and large city, to which they are about to approach, and if you look from mykolaivka, from the line of battle, it is literally a kilometer there... three to novogrodiivka, also an important city, an important populated point in that

area, so yes, they have an advance there, and i'm sure they won't stop there and transfer forces from there, because they see opportunities and a favorable environment to develop all this, remember how at the beginning of this many experts said that one of the goals of the kurdish raid consists in the russian troops, russia withdrawing some of its units, brigades, reserves there from the donetsk direction and turning the tide over the course. but in fact already yesterday experts on our air said that this is stupid and it will not happen. and then let's talk about kursk, he already marks in himself on the map the advance of ukrainian troops as kurshchyna, you warn that it is happening there with a certain delay, but nevertheless, what can be said about kurshchyna, well, tsirskyi talks about 82 settlements and more than 1100 km territories, maybe you have other data, well... 72 settlements is probably the most accurate number that can be said today, but now it is very interesting

to track them, which settlements are these, because most likely, there are populated areas, where there are not even houses, it's just an empty, empty name, an empty place, but it is considered a settlement, which is very interesting, there are also such hamlets that are barely visible, and you can sometimes see them there... to see when it is very important to make a large zoom, we also have such an example in the pokrovsk region, recently voryk took two settlements of sveredonivka, it seems that lysichne is also there, they are also very small, and you can see them only by zooming in to the maximum, so here it is still possible that these settlements are counted, although it is important, and there any advances, any territory , which is taken under control, released, it is... already a certain success, but now we will see how events will develop,

because the enemy is concentrating his forces, he is pulling them up, and in the future, it is obvious that they will try somehow to resist to build defenses and try to recapture these cities and villages, therefore, without overturning, roman, without overturning reserves from donbas, they will have enough, look, at the beginning, as you really said, immediately... some experts, analysts ran there to declare versions the fact that they will be transferred there from donbas, but this is the least logical way, because they have groups. well, it is necessary to have a little information, apparently, in the belgorod area they have a very good group concentrated, which they use on the northern borders of kharkiv oblast and planned to apply, recently everyone was discussing the 155th brigade that they transferred there, it was on recovery and it was pushed there, obviously it's as simple as that, i'm not saying that it was pulled out from there, but it's an example that

there are forces that you can take and they have already taken it there, because it is the fastest and easiest that i will use. brigades from the south are withdrawn, and this has already been confirmed by the command of the south, that there some brigades are charged to the course, it is obvious, they have an informational task there for an information drive, this is work, it is for them neither strategically nor tactically, it absolutely does not play a role, and they can remove two brigades from there, for example, the krynks, which have run out, they have a fairly significant group gathered there, they can also withdraw from there and, accordingly, they drag them from the south. there was information that they took over there, they took one brigade from the poprovsk district, from the donetsk region, the guys will not feel it, because today, maybe in the future more will be taken, maybe the installation will change somehow, but today it is not felt, because there are a lot of them there, they are already concentrated, there is quite a significant number, plus they pulled up reserves there, because they

have success in the pokrovsk region, they advanced along the heights, along the railway. they had an advance and they have in the area of ​​the pokrovsky mirnograd-kostiantynka track and they are trying to get on it, there were even attempts to inflict damage on that track, they fly to halfway points there and the like, that is, this is just one of those versions at the beginning that they took , i probably don't know somehow instantly and very much quickly, but it is obvious that donbas, turetsk, pokrovsk are the settlements that are important for them, and they have a good time there now. installation, what is the point of them removing brigades from there, that is why other reserves are being pulled up there, which they will be ready to use in the future finally, let's return to donbas, your forecast for such cities as new york, toretsk, pokrovsk, is it correct

to say that the occupation of these places is a matter of time, is it possible that the situation will change through kursk? i want to believe in the defense forces of ukraine, which hold back this onslaught, because now the most important thing is what is the most important mission of our military and the duty of our society to help them, it is to hold back this onslaught of this horde that is climbing, because sooner or later it is ending, it is in terms of the fact that the war will not end, but in that area, they will go there for regrouping, they will go for some kind of reinforcement of reserves, and they are climbing now. without ceasing, this was the case in many areas, maryanka, chasivya, bahmud, lyman, they hardly advance on lyman now, because their offensive potential there is weak, so now it is necessary to believe and help so that the boys simply stop this offensive potential, and the muscovites did not have success there , respectively, this question is about new york,

pokrovsk, and turetsk, but very tough battles are going on for new york, the situation there is very dynamic, positions are changing. from hand to hand, they are trying to get into toretski, there the guys are trying their best to stop them, and we can see how the advances in pokrovsk district, so here to believe, help and do everything possible, thank you, thank you very much, roman pohorily, co-founder of the analytical project dibstate, we talked about the situation on the fronts, not only in donbass, but also in kursk, thank you very much, and the sbu said about the most massive capture of the russian military, the special forces of the security service captured in kursk. of the 102nd and 102nd regions of the 488th guards motorized rifle regiment of the russian armed forces and also the akhmat unit, radio svoboda reported, informed a source in the sbu. we also received these photos from the sbu, which we will now show you. on august 13, president volodymyr zelenskyi said that hundreds of russian soldiers surrendered in kursk oblast,

it is not known whether, in addition to these prisoners shown in the photo, there are any others, or whether these are all those who were captured, in short... the exact number it is unknown whether there are a hundred or hundreds of prisoners. moscow does not officially recognize that there are prisoners. however, as human rights commissioner dmytro lubinets reported the day before, russia has already initiated the exchange of prisoners. the ukrainian shoemaker also named the priority categories of prisoners for ukraine who may soon be freed and will return home. these are primarily seriously wounded, as well as ukrainian women. well, as i have already said, among the russian prisoners of the unit is the akhmat unit. kadyrivtsi do not give up, loved in their time. repeat the head of chechnya, ramzan kadyrov, regarding the akhmatians themselves, and our colleagues from the kavkaz realia project talk about the participation of the kadyrivians in repelling the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine in the kursk region and the circumstances under which the kadyrivians... were captured. take a look. kadyrivians from the akhmat regiment were captured in the kursk region. this was announced by the project of the armed forces of ukraine: "khachuzhit". as

it is claimed, the military of the ukrainian armed forces captured them deep behind the border. when they tried to escape. initially , information about the capture of prisoners was rejected in chechnya. then the special forces commander akhmat abti alauuddinov admitted that five people from the akhmat cherchnia unit were captured. however, on the published. video of more than 20 people, their faces are not visible, it is impossible to identify the prisoners. ukrainian the army entered the territory of the kursk region on august 6. fighting has continued in the region since then. apti alaudinov, commander of the chechen special forces, announced the dispatch of one of akhmat's units to the region. at first, he reported that the chechen units defending the border were unable to repulse the attack of the armed forces of ukraine due to the fact that they got away from according to allaudinov, the soldiers of the armed forces simply passed by the chechen strongholds and did not engage in battle. russian militarist bloggers said that, according to

their data, the kadyrovs did not resist. the chechen special forces dispersed, that is ran away after the first strikes of the armed forces. i don't see anything critical other than the fact that we are now fighting on the territory of the russian federation , residents of eternally russian territory, eternally our citizens are dying. before the appearance of the video with the alleged prisoners, the head of chechnya, ramzan kadyrov, announced the destruction of a column of the armed forces in the kursk region. at the same time, the moment of the fight itself is not shown on the video. then the deputy of the state duma from chechnya, adam delimkhanov, published footage of the alleged participation of akhmat's soldiers in combat operations. in the first video, a military man shoots a handgun grenade launcher on armored personnel carriers. on the second, chechen fighters shouting allah akbar. drive along it on the street. in the morning of the same day, a video with this armored personnel carrier was published by the pro-government telegram channel ridovka. he was spotted a few tens of kilometers from the breakthrough line of the armed forces in the city

of suja, kursk region. earlier, kadyrov strongly criticized those who surrendered. a chechen soldier should have no reason to be captured, he said. last year, one of the chechen soldiers, who was returned from captivity, was forced to testify publicly in front of him. read and declare readiness to go back to war. according to the data of august 13, the kavkaz realia editorial office knows about more than 300 soldiers from chechnya who were killed in ukraine. these data are incomplete, real losses may be much higher. well , now about the command posts, a new experience for ukraine in this war, at least in the kursk region, where the offensive of the ukrainian army continues, a military command post has been created, this will be discussed at the meeting today. said the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrskyi, according to him, the commandant's office, verbatim, i quote, has to ensure law and order, as well as all the needs of the local population, the department, as it is

now known, was headed by major general eduard moskalkov. what does the creation of military commandos mean, does it mean that ukraine establishes its power or its laws in these territories of kurshchyna, and in the end, how these ukrainian commandos will interact with civilians, this is, by the way, the question that at... the beginning of our broadcast posed by public journalist diana butsko, who visited suzhi, ivan lozovyi, an international lawyer, joins our broadcast, ivan, i am you greetings, greetings, a very simple question to begin with, does the creation of military command posts mean the occupation of the region, or what does international law in principle tell us about this, according to international law, the rule is very clear and simple, and the force or. a country, because it may not be, let's say, a specific state, whose army occupies specific lands, where there is relative peace, is absolutely responsible for these regions,

these territories, and especially for all the inhabitants who are there, this is a rule of international law, i.e. it's not just about law and order, then we are talking about everything else, for example, the delivery of water, food, a roof over the head for those people who do not have them due to the war, this right does not apply to those areas where active hostilities are taking place, because there , of course, it is impossible provide, mostly cannot provide for the local residents in a certain order, but because ukraine seized a relatively large piece of russian territory, we are responsible for this territory and in the creation of military administrations. in this area is a completely logical step, i hope that these military administrations will be completely are ready to fulfill their duties according to international law, but allow

me to clarify for... today the ukrainian authorities announced the creation of military command posts, this is equivalent to a military administration, how come, i don't know, there are military administrations in every ukrainian region, it's the same , or is it something else? no, it's something else, because it's a foreign territory, to which not necessarily all ukrainian laws apply, but international law applies there, well, for example, if tomorrow, let's say, elections were held, then of course the kurdish region would not vote in these elections. the law of ukraine on elections does not apply to this territory, certain other laws also do not apply, but there is a clear obligation, what is it called, military administration, or military command, these are departmental structures created by ukraine, the state that occupies these territories , this is a certain occupation, justified by this war and our allies, all of them have actually expressed their support for ukraine in this kursk operation.

but it is necessary to clearly realize that we are responsible, our country is responsible for everyone residents who are in the territories occupied by our army and in which there is relative peace, that is, if we speak in the language of the law, is it correct to say that ukraine occupied certain territories of the kursk region there? yes, of course, this is an occupation, it is justified by war, but it is physical and real. this is an occupation, our troops already control quite a large part of the russian federation, we recognize that this is the russian federation, we have no claims on it, that it is some part of ukraine, let’s say, russia is completely unjustified, it has claims on four of our oblast and crimea, but our responsibility is very clear, as you know, vice prime minister iryna veryshchuk has already announced a humanitarian corridor for this next mine. the question

has been clarified, now the second question, regarding the people who live there, you clearly stated at the very beginning of our conversation that, if i understood you correctly, ukraine is now responsible for providing these people who remained there with everything they need: water, aid, food, there and so on, created, at least there is an attempt to create humanitarian corridors there, so that these people from there left, but they have the right to say that they do not want to leave there, and they too, if i understand correctly, they have the right to do so... and they can stay there, and then ukraine undertakes to provide these people with everything it is necessary for them to continue to live there, it is absolutely correct, those who do not want to leave, even in the zone of active hostilities remain there, it is their decision, we do not actually have the right to tie people's hands, civilians and take them out of there by force, it is maybe even potentially be considered a violation of international law. or

it can open the door to the so-called resettlement, where, say, some ukrainians who come from there or come to this territory could move there, but this is not allowed, that is, forced placement, displacement of the population, this is prohibited by international law, but the main thing is that we are responsible, our country is responsible for all that is not vitally necessary for all residents, including the right to leave, who, for example, is there everywhere. zone citizens of the russian federation, ethnic i don't know if they are russians or ethnic chechens want to flee from there, we are obliged to allow them to do so, we are not obliged to deport them, there is no such obligation in international law, but in principle it is a humanitarian corridor according to international law. now one more question, let's imagine that here i already want to listen to the possible international experience that exists in this area, let's imagine

that... will not be able to quickly exchange these territories, the kremlin will not agree to give donbas there or crimea, the south and take away chicken and in general they will sneeze on these territories, a month, two, six months pass, what further challenges ukraine may face, i don't know how to somehow take these people into account, not to take them, provide them with documents, not provide them, in general, in which legal field they then fall, they are from. .. are in the legal field of the russian federation, in addition to the fact that the ukrainian army physically controls this territory, this means that in the future, for example, ukraine is obliged to provide local residents, as i already mentioned, with a roof over their heads, for those who lost their homes due to hostilities of any parties and right.