vitaly portnikov and the saturday political club on saturday evening for viewers and listeners of espresso. i remind you that you should stay with us and on august 24, espresso is preparing a special project "light people in dark times". there will be exclusive interviews with prominent ukrainians for you. don't miss it, we will work for you. mr. vitaly, thank you for always brilliant analytics. thank you krystyna for this conversation. all right, goodbye. the armed forces are brave, but putin is weak, how the world reacts to the special operation in kursk region, a successful hunt, what happened to destroy muscovites at the airfields, and how during the war odessa received a record number of tourists. good evening, with you is anna yavomelnyk and... the espresso team will talk

about the highlights of the past week. i will start with the situation at the front. a difficult situation remains in donetsk region. the russian army is constantly replenishing the groups in the pokrovsky direction. the greatest concentration of attacks near the villages of grodivka and desirable. the enemy does not reduce the intensity of assaults near toretsk. the invaders are trying to press in the area of ​​zalizny and new york. also the army of the russian federation became active near wells in the kherson direction. to our defenders. had to move to new positions, however, the defense forces of ukraine continue to restrain the invaders and repel enemy attacks. meanwhile , the operation of the armed forces of ukraine in the kursk region of the russian federation has been going on for 12 days. political analysts emphasize that with this bold step, ukraine debunks the appearance of the invulnerability of the russian army. the panic in the kremlin was noticed both in europe and overseas. today's allies of putin are silent, but... they also see his

weakness, how the situation developed on kurshchyni, this week we look further. a day that will go down in history. such words are contained in the description of the video posted by the official youtube channel of the airborne assault troops of the armed forces of ukraine. it records the first hours of the kursk operation, demining, the breakthrough of the border, the destruction of the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation and artillery, as well as the first prisoners. in a matter of days, in a regime of complete information silence, the defense forces managed to establish control over a thousand square kilometers of russian territory and almost 80 settlements and only after that, president zelenskyi officially recognized the very fact of the operation. we see how russia is really moving under putin. 24 years ago was the kursk disaster. the symbolic beginning of his reign. and now

it is clear that kursk is also the final for him. the disaster of his war. on august 12, 2000 , the russian nuclear submarine kursk sank in the barents sea during exercises. three months earlier, putin was sworn in as president of russia for the first time. he refused help from western countries that could have saved the sailors. all 118 people on board died. currently, russian servicemen are also dying near kursk. several columns of russians have already been destroyed by the fire of the armed forces, hundreds have been taken prisoner, in particular the strokoviks and the kadyrivets. akhmat? akhmat? yes, akhmat. exchange us for azov fighters. against this background, putin looked confused at several meetings regarding the kursk region. he did not order the ministry of defense or the general staff to put out the kursk fire, but his former bodyguard.

oleksiy dyumin, whom putin has been pushing up the career ladder for a long time. obviously, only the russian dictator has confidence in him. many observers assume that putin has no good moves left. the us president, joseph biden, said essentially the same thing when commenting on the kurdish operation. i will be discussing developments in the kurdistan region with my team regularly, perhaps every four to five hours for the past six to eight days. this operation creates a real dilemma for putin, and we are constantly in touch with the ukrainians. putin's dilemma is to transfer or not to transfer troops from donbas to the new kurdish direction. if this to launch an offensive by the russians in donetsk region may fail. if this is not done, the kursk region will remain under the control of the armed forces of ukraine while he thinks and transfers a relatively small number of troops from the zaporizhzhia, kherson, and kharkiv directions. countries are looking for

internal reserves, the western press reports, and whether this will be enough for them to regain control over the territories where the armed forces have already begun to entrench, there is no clear answer. and to the question of how high the risks posed by the kursk operation are for the ukrainian army. observers note that for its implementation ukraine used its reserves, well-trained units, which are sorely lacking in donbas. the city of pokrovsk, an extremely important logistics center for the defense of the entire donetsk region, is under threat there. the consequences of its fall can be very noticeable. it remains to be hoped that commander-in-chief oleksandr syrskyi. whom his subordinates call the mathematician of war, well calculated all the components of the equation on which the fate of the country depends. the troops of the offensive offensive continue fighting, have an advance in some directions from one to 3 km to the side

the enemy, fighting continues along this front line, the situation is generally under control, all measures are carried out according to plan. western politicians reacted to the kursk offensive mostly sympathetically, and some even enthusiastically, including two influential american senators who visited kyiv this week, republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal. what i think about the kursk region, it's bold, brilliant, just beautiful, keep it up, putin started it, and we have to help with weapons to the ukrainian military had...weapons for war that they cannot afford to lose. according to the information of the western media, the offensive really inspired the allies for new supplies. in particular, according to politico, the us is studying the possibility of providing ukraine with high-precision long-range cruise missiles jazm, which can

be launched at ground targets from f-16 at a distance of more than 370 km. however, even after the course operation, what ukrainian army went to do... which challenger 2 tanks, american striker armored personnel carriers and german bmp murder, the west is still wary of giving permission to ukraine to strike with long-range weapons on russian territory, fearing nuclear escalation. achieving the abolition of yet another taboo is currently one of the main tasks of ukraine. while occupied by ukrainian troops, the territory of the kursk region is getting used to a new life. ukrainian and... western journalists have already visited the city of suja, and local people share their experience of communicating with soldiers of the armed forces. ukrainians don't insult you? no, no, do you have enough to eat and drink? to eat and drink, we go to the shops rob in the kursk region, the first ukrainian military commandant was created, in accordance

with the norms of international law. it was headed by major general of the armed forces of ukraine eduard moskalyov. the new structure must ensure the normal functioning of the armed forces under the control of which ukraine is not going to annex, unlike russia, ukraine does not need someone else's, ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the korsk region there, but we want to protect the lives of our people, there is a need for help of the armed forces to carry out the liberation of these border areas from russian military contingents that attack ukraine or cover up terror. against ukrainians. after the russian atrocities in buch, izyum, kherson and other our settlements, the armed forces of ukraine are currently proving that even such a bloody and uncompromising war can be waged in a civilized manner and according to the rules. and this is what separates us from

the enemy. a record-breaking and effective operation by our special services, on the night of august 14, ukrainian long-range drones attacked four russian ones at once. military airfields are about borysoglipsk, baltimore, savasliyka and khalino airfields. mig-31 fighter jets, which launch high-speed dagger missiles, were based at these airfields. su-34 and su-35 fighter-bombers, from which the muscovites bombard our territory with guided aerial bombs. other military aviation equipment and a storage of aircraft fuel and lubricants were also destroyed. the russian ministry of defense said that... their air defense equipment allegedly destroyed four tactical missiles and 117 drones, however, how many missiles and drones reached their targets, putin's the posipaks are silent. meanwhile, the support of our army depends largely on

volunteers, so in uzhgorod, an 89-year-old woman weaves chugaistrs, camouflage suits for the army. about her daily work, which brings the ukrainian victory closer, the material has. kochmar, then i take a ribbon, fold it in half, like that, put it in a mole. each knot tied by the hands of 89-year-old anastasia lastivetska filigree forms a complete picture. in uzhhorod, the city's oldest volunteer weaves chugaistry for the armed forces of ukraine. this is what the locals call camouflage suits. work it is not difficult, but it requires a good memory, because if you make a mistake, the worst thing is to scold yourself. because it is so difficult to sew, like embroidery,

well, sometimes god helps me that i did not make a single mistake, i am happy. anastasia is the seventh of 11 children, her family was subjected to repressions twice. first, they were resettled from poland to ternopil oblast, later to lviv oblast. and after the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the family already took her from there to uzhhorod. here she could not sit idly by. and joined one of the volunteer organizations, knitting a woman from 2023, at home, works every day, if it’s a camouflage suit, then it can save someone’s life, after all, it’s my work, so maybe something will help a little, that’s how i think and i put all my soul into it and i’m happy when i weave something , i am so happy, almost in space, that i can still do something. to do for his ukraine, and he also says that he wants to wait for the disintegration of russia, so

he will work until victory. i believe that at the moment they have 33 costumes, so completely ready, how many of those parts i knitted, i don't know, i didn't count, but i admit, always dreamed of becoming a volunteer, and i dreamed of being a volunteer, i think, but somehow... and be it, everyone is doing something like that, and what could i do, well, god wrote to me, and you see, i became a volunteer, from uzhhorod , maria kochmar for espresso tv channel. the heat from africa is returning to ukraine on the thermometers, again +30, so even with the war , the holiday season is in full swing this summer, compared to the previous two, during the full-scale invasion of the russians. a record number of tourists visited odessa. for the first time since 2022, there are no vacancies in hotels

places, which shows the adaptation of ukrainians to modern conditions, even on the shores of the black sea. my colleagues found out how odessa lives now, and whether it is ready to take care of all its guests. a ballistic missile flies from crimea to odessa in just a minute. however, despite this, in the third summer of russia's full-scale war against... ukraine, the city looks and feels like a resort. near the sea and in the city center, it is very crowded, there are almost no free places in the hotels. as of mid-august , 19 beaches are officially open in odessa. for comparison, in august 2023 there were six. people are not stopped by no the risk of encountering a mine, nor water pollution after the explosion of the kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, nor escherichia coli, which is traditional for a warm summer. more restrictions for... people in wheelchairs, it is unrealistic for them to swim in the sea without the appropriate infrastructure on the shore, and

there are still not enough equipped beaches in ukraine. i saw a little bit of such equipped places, beaches, but they were very paid, very expensive. this is mrs. olena, her son oleg, a child with disabilities. so showing him the sea is a challenge for mom. however, this woman and her son are vacationing inclusively. beaches in odessa, a place where everything necessary was built so that anyone willing could swim in the salt water. it is so convenient here, everything is arranged for such people with disabilities, there are raincoats, there are cots, there are umbrellas, everything is free, there are ramps, there are elevators, you can go down, you can go up, you are met by guys who simply help in everything and ... the exclusive barrier-free beach is still far from the shore, electric cars transport

visitors as needed, then there is a choice of a 4-six-meter ramp or an elevator. there is a wooden one near the water itself flooring, tactile tiles for the blind, sunbeds of different levels, specialized bathrooms with assistant call buttons and ramps, directly into the sea. this inclusive beach was built in 2021 and without state aid. designed we invented everything, everything ourselves, we designed it for about two years, we thought about it, reworked it, learned from mistakes, we also made a lot of mistakes, because... consulting in general was low, there were very few professionals in this field, we consulted various organizations of people with disability, they were asked to help, tell us, but many mistakes were made. on average, about five hundred people visit the beach every day, among them many

military personnel with amputations, a favorable climate, physical activities and pleasant emotions are important for... successful rehabilitation, a lot, this year especially, and we work with hospitals, different, they ask us not to name them, just the military come in groups, and just send the military from different parts to rest with us. odesa, as one of the largest resort cities of ukraine, still cannot boast. many are like that beaches institutions, shops, parks and attractions are also not for everyone. however, the locals assure that there is progress. during the two years of the full-scale invasion of the russians, the number of people with disabilities in ukraine increased by 300,000. this figure was announced by the wife of the president, olena zelenska. all these people definitely deserve a comfortable and barrier-free

rest and living space. so our society needs a lot more. to work to make our cities and villages inclusive and convenient for all citizens. kateryna galko, oleksandr burlevich, espresso tv channel. ukrainian universities are completing the first wave of recruitment of applicants for bachelor's degrees. this year, higher education institutions receive a third fewer students than in 2023. the ranking of the country's most popular higher education institutions was led by ivan franko i lviv national university, which received more than 32,000 applications from almost 18,000 applicants. so what is the situation with housing for students and whether lviv is ready to accept all those willing, emma stadnyk found out. nazar is a law student faculty of ivan franko lviv national university. now

he is studying in the fourth year. for more than a year , the boy has been living in the dormitory of his vizu. he says, he does not complain about the conditions, besides, he saves a considerable amount of money. i live with my neighbor alone, there are two of us, although our house is designed for three people, the living room is also designed for two or three people, we have a block system here, really cool language, you know how to speak here fashionable, there are no cockroaches, here laminate, new beds, good commandant, well, that is, everything is as good as possible cool, the cost of living in a dormitory of lnnu this year is... uah 800 per month, the university owns 12 dormitories, another one is under construction, but despite this, every year there is a shortage of from 1,000 to 1,500 places for students, because of this some of the entrants are placed in dormitories partner universities, in particular in the dormitories of the lviv national university of nature management and the national

forestry university, actually a lot of students have now increased in... territories, which we call, territories or temporarily occupied, or territories that are being vacated somewhere, and a lot of internally displaced persons first moved to them and to these during this time, in these two years, the number of students who moved from these territories reached from 400 to 500 people only by status internally displaced persons, and therefore the problem in the settlement is obvious, that there is enough room in our dormitories, in fact, for a student. a flat is a second home and it is very convenient that the cost of living is not so high, compared to renting a house, the maximum is the cost, it established for all our dormitories, it is 800 hryvnias per month, if we take the academic year, then it will be 800 for 10 months of the academic year, and separately, if someone lives there in the summer, they can also make a monthly payment, this is 40% from

the minimum academic scholarship, also the administration of the student campus of lviv university in... each of the dormitories has equipped a shelter in case of an air raid, there is everything necessary to wait out the danger, and if necessary , to provide first aid. over time through several months before the beginning of the academic year , a decision was immediately made and funds were allocated by the university for the repair and improvement of its shelter. in the lviv polytechnic, the situation... with student accommodation is better, the campus has as many as two dozen dormitories, which allows 10,000 students to live, more than 2,000 apply for accommodation every year. freshmen, which exceeds the number of free places. how do we solve that problem

? we are trying to solve the problem of settling our first-year students. the cost of living in a dormitory has not changed in recent years, it is uah 79,800. on the conditions of living in a dormitory , students of the lviv polytechnic. technicians don't complain either. those who are already in the last year of the bachelor's degree plan to live in a dormitory during their studies at the master's degree. we don't have a block system, we have everything in common, but everything is well done, european renovation, everything, everything is fine. i have been living here for three years now, and i plan to stay longer, i also plan to enroll in a master's degree, that is, another year and a half is added year i will continue to live here, i like it here. everyone. in august, with the arrival of students to lviv, the prices for renting housing in the city are increasing. real estate agents say that first-year students often choose halytskyi,

frankivskyi and lychakivskyi districts of the city in order to get to the educational institution quickly and easily. prices are rising somewhat, this is not a significant increase, let's say, by 15 percent, plus or minus. what is it caused by? of course, there are many factors. first of all, it is the inadequate condition of the dormitories that are provided. it students, as of today, so that at least plus or minus, something decent with household appliances is from 10 thousand, something like that is already better, it is 15 00. real estate experts also add that the prices for renting housing traditionally go decline in october. in the campuses, meanwhile, they are ready to settle the first students from next week. ema stadnyk, nazar melnyk, roman kovalyuk, espresso tv channel. for the essentials, see espresso. read our website and subscribe to social networks and youtube. like, write comments, be

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program. the offensive of ukrainian troops on the territory of kursk region came as a complete surprise to the kremlin. the world's reaction to russia's loss of ancestral territories. american senators called on the white house to lift restrictions on ukraine's use american weapons. ratings of candidate kamela. haris are growing, and the situation in the middle east is also escalating. the commander-in-chief of the ukrainian armed forces, colonel-general oleksandr syrskyi informed the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, that 74 settlements in the kursk region of russia are currently under the full control of the armed forces of ukraine. the army is working,

we are continuing the movement in the kursk region, glory to ukraine, - general syrskyi wrote in his telegram channel. let me remind you that on august 6 , the offensive of ukrainian troops on territory of the kursk region of the russian federation. and on august 12, at the supreme commander-in-chief's post, oleksandr syrsky reported to the president that the armed forces of ukraine were in control. settlements and about thousands of km of russian territory. in response, the president of ukraine thanked all ukrainian soldiers and commanders for their steadfastness and determination in defending the country. learn more about the situation at the front. further in our plot. zsu controls 1,150 km in

the kursk region. since the beginning of the operation of the russian federation, our military has advanced towards the defense of the enemy for 35 km and 82 settlements were liberated. a military commandant's office has already been established in the liberated territories of kurshchyna, with major general moskalyov appointed as its head. on august 15, oleksandr syrskyi informed the president of ukraine during a regular meeting of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. the russian command is currently forced to transfer units to the kurdish region not from the deep rear, but from... the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine, where hostilities are taking place, says military expert oleksandr kovalenko. until that they transfer units in small batches, a small number of units from each bridgehead from each of the directions kharkiv direction, kupinsky direction from pokrovsky direction, again siversky, as well as from the wagon group, the dnipro and the east, i.e. a small number of battalions, two battalions, well, for example,

the western troops sent two battalions from the kupyan direction to reinforce the kurdish kurdish group, but this is not enough, it will not be enough, and one way or another they will be forced to send more more resources, so they will have to choose which of the directions, which bridgehead they will weaken more, i think that it will still be the dnipro group of troops, since it is quantitatively one of the largest in the combat zone. actions among the entire group of russian occupation troops, and this will affect their opportunities in this case to control the left bank of the kherson region, as well as to conduct an operation in the south, these are robotic performances and their plans to open the orichiv direction in general. russians are surrendering en masse to the armed forces. according to the british edition of the independent, the number of russian military prisoners in the kursk region may reach more than 2,000, and these are mostly conscripts.

who will be tried to be exchanged in the first place, and this is very good for us, because there are still many ukrainians, both military and civilians, in polon on the territory of the russian federation, says oleksandr kovalenko. in addition, the zsu operation has other positive aspects. many moments, starting from the buffer zone, continuing with the exchange of prisoners and ending even with what was cut, by the way, there is one of the rock of railways through suja, which he used. all this time to improve, well , shorter, more efficient logistics, the transportation of material and technical support and personnel, now only the railway to kursk is working there, and then, and then everything by road, and this is not the best option for logistics. well, that is, in principle, there are many such options, starting from the exchange of territories, the exchange of prisoners and ending even with situational moments related to logistics. despite the successes.

the situation of the armed forces of the kurdistan region in the east.