we remember that putin's goal, they declared it absolutely openly, is to seize the entire donetsk region within the administrative borders, and it looks like even an offensive on kurshchyna will not stop them. what will happen if pokrovsk is captured? er, this is a rather complicated situation along the entire line, all cities that are part of the borders of donetsk and luhansk regions will be at risk, this is the first. the second, the economic effect, don’t forget, i have... one in the world, after all, is economic, that’s why i always count the siatki, those giant industrial enterprises that stand there and with burning coal and so on, it's somewhere around 5% of our gdp, so it's very serious, you wouldn't even let the enemy under, but that's the theory... and so on, we

'll lose quite seriously logistically, we 'll lose quite seriously tactically, because the situation of this line will deteriorate, and our logistics will deteriorate, the enemy's will, accordingly , it will improve, and the enemy will go to new promising directions, where, in principle, in the future, it will be enough to make up defenses, not only there in time, along the entire line, which is now with big barely so with a heavy load they are holding, well, with variable success, but we are defending and in a rather difficult situation, so this cannot be allowed, i think that there is some plan regarding the reserves, because to assume that all the reserves below zero were thrown away , well, it is also unreasonable, i i am sure that there are bright heads sitting there, i hope that when... they are aware of the situation,

some decisions will be made there in the near future, although there are also fears, so in the area where we work, the situation is very difficult , and the insert is made for the heroism of our soldiers, er, well maybe, maybe, there too, in principle, what i am talking about, maybe in the near future it will change to... money under these circumstances, i still can't help but ask you, don't you think, and what in such conditions, when it is very difficult for the ukrainian army in the donbas, ah, it was inappropriate to throw elite combat-ready brigades into kurshchyna. this is not my question, perhaps, but this is me voicing opinions that i now very often have to hear, listen to, observers also write about this in social networks, as if from the outside. country, it was a very

risky decision, i once had, we have a couple more minutes, of course, we have enough time, once upon a time we had an experience when we were defending the frontier, and we have several of our units there, i will not tarnish their honor, those who stood on our flanks, could not stand it, withdrew from their position, without telling anyone about it. and the enemy took advantage of this, surrounded us, and we defended ourselves in a circular environment, just under the date of may 9, they set the task of taking the border line, right now we can already say that at the peak of the confrontation against tens of thousands of invaders, there were 300 fighters defending the border line, it's not a secret anymore, i am i say, you can talk about it now, and on may 9, they... suffered a rather serious

defeat, a rather serious bombardment, because we were preparing, we understood that for them it was a sacral sidata, we replaced them, we prepared a surprise there, well, in short, they launched their offensive, and so on the 10th, they concentrated on us, well , madmen, i don’t know, they were just erasing the land there, well, this soviet-era concrete five-story prosecutor’s office lived for two... hours there, we had to maneuver there as a unit to move from one collapsed to another, they there the fire was transferred from building on building, and the density of fire was high, we counted 500 shells per hour there, i already said about it somewhere in an interview, and we were simply destroyed by tanks, that's all, but on our side , our artillery did not cover us, for some reason for us reasons, we often recall with... data from those events that

remained in the sixth time, and then, when everything ended successfully, we broke out of the encirclement by failure and so on, and then, when we are at the headquarters , i... asked, and why, well, actually, well, they allowed such a situation, when we are literally being rammed, razed to the ground, buried there, no one covered us, and at that time there was a breakthrough of enemy troops across the crossing, a well-known story, and all our available artillery worked there, destroyed more than 100 enemy tanks, prevented an encirclement, a large already massive one, well... obviously understanding , that we are there, if god survives somewhere, we will survive, he says, we understand that we are burying you, well, like a bet was made on your character, well, thank god, i looked at that situation, in that situation when i in the center of the environment, well, it's unfair, it's terrible and yes

further, and it is necessary to kill everyone in the headquarters, so that no one gets involved, but when i was already there in the headquarters and saw the wider picture, i realized that in their place i might have done exactly the same, so i bring this to your question, i do not i believe that this is the wrong story, i believe that the story with the course offensive opens up crazy prospects, and the bet on that is important, on our endurance, on our endurance, it is a difficult and bitter fate for the infantry unit, but this is war, we are volunteers, we are here, we are in principle, if this no... our step, ours, this act is in vain, if it is not in vain, if it leads to the success of ukraine, well, in principle, by and large, we are ready to suffer, grit our teeth and continue to defend ourselves in such conditions, if, well, we would not like to think , to simply

forget about us, and if they were chasing good news, then it would be extremely unpleasant, but i am sure that in principle the calculation is somewhere, i am very grateful to you. to continue, it is necessary to crush as many enemies as possible in the defense and to hope and believe in a soldier's victory. thank you very much for your comment. petro kuzyk, claimant apostle, commander of the third battalion of the frontier offensive brigade of the national guard of ukraine. we talked about the situation in donbas and we talked about the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine on the kursk region of russia. thank you very much. and what happens in the meantime. in kursk region, in sumy region, to be more precise, this is an area that borders the kurdish region of russia, in particular, we know that in the 20 kilometer zone the population was evacuated and is being carried out, but our correspondents, our colleagues managed to film what is happening in bilopyl, this is

sumy area, see how in these conditions, while the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine continues in kurshchyna, which takes place directly in bilopilla, which is located very close to the russian border. we can see the consequences of yesterday's arrival of the kabo over the city of bilopylla and this direct hit, so it was here, probably, there are sarasskari or something, i didn't hear anything, only an explosion and such and such flying fragments, i noticed that i didn't even have time to get scared, today repair work is already underway, people are rescuing something can be saved. and they are trying to equip housing in order to continue living, because obviously they did not evacuate, you see, the household, a completely broken roof, a collapsed vestibule, the entrance door, all the windows, the roof, the roof,

a collapsed cellar, a collapsed garage, the shelling became more frequent and much more frequent, and it became... more brutal and more so inhumane, inhumane, there are no soldiers here , there is no equipment or anything, there is only a civilian population here, i will not go anywhere, we will ask to do, close, repair something, this is my parents’ house, my parents were building it, opposite too,

it flew here, yes, there was a fence here, the fence was scratched, there were concrete posts, there are none, it was a garage, it was opened, i say, the slates were broken. more shells, that's how this curtain hangs, the walls are cut, the ceiling and even there at

the far end of the bed the pillowcase was soldered, lately we have been tormented by hail, artillery fire, well, now that the offensive has taken place, they are no longer joking here, they have already been pushed back , now cabs, cabs many times a day, how am i hiding, i currently live at the station, and there is just an inner room with no external windows, well, then in a corner behind... you are not going to leave, well, not yet, we will sit to the latter, if the circumstances do not completely force, then they will have to leave somewhere, the question of why they leave, after the entry of our troops into the territory of the kursk region has decreased, if before we were taken out by artillery, there were mortars, there were hailstones, well, in fact, of all kinds... there are weapons , the weapons that our so-called neighbors have

. place myself, well, i think that only a fool or someone who has not been... to our city is not scary. how long are western partners of ukraine ready to support the ukrainian operation on russian territory? against the background of the offensive on kurshchyna, will kyiv be able to convince the west to increase its military support, which, as the current situation in donbas shows, is still insufficient. well, for example, the spokesman of the pentagon, patrick kreider , said that the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine on the kurshchyna showed, they say, the creativity and fighting prowess of the ukrainians, but the long-term goals of this operation are still a matter of discussion. washington and kyiv. regarding the use of atakams, the us policy remains unchanged,

he said. ukraine really wants the usa to lift all restrictions on the use of american weapons on russian territory. the americans are not ready, moreover, as the tymes writes, washington does not agree to the use of british storm shadow missiles, although london is ready for such a step, but needs a go-ahead from its nato partners. what mood prevails in western political circles regarding the kurdish operation? listen to what he says jacob kierkegaard, european policy expert at the german marshall fund. ukraine has clearly managed to change the narrative of this war, which in recent months was reduced to the fact that ukraine was defending itself, and russia was making steady progress in donbas, albeit at a high cost. this is no longer the case. ukraine returned the military initiative. undoubtedly, this creates a lot of problems for the russian army, but it significantly improves morale. morale in ukraine and the ukrainian army, so this is another very big positive. it is too early to say whether this is

a strategic move in the war, because we do not know the scale of the counteroffensive that russian forces may launch, we don't know if russian attacks in donbas will stop, or at least become less intense as russian forces move, so this is undoubtedly a very positive development for ukraine and a great success, but does this signal a strategic turning point at war? it is too early to draw conclusions if it turns out that russia... for example, is unable to deploy or push ukrainian forces back into ukraine, and it will be a static war, as we saw today in donbas and kherson region, but now on the territory of russia, this, in my opinion, will mean a potential strategic turning point in the war, because it will prove that russian troops are unable to defend even russian territory, it will force russia to use the available manpower to take back russian territory, and not to continue their attacks in order to claim a larger area of ​​ukrainian territory, and therefore, if, as i already ... said, ukraine can not only continue to expand the current bridgehead, but also hold

what it has gained and force russia to very expensive counterattacks, this could be a potential strategic shift in the war. if we come to the point where a kind of exchange of territories should take place, then obviously ukrainian control over the territory of russia is a potential bargaining chip. but it seems premature to me. i do not believe that any negotiations with vladimir putin are politically significant until the russian military forces are defeated on the battlefield. i think the kurdish operation can... that's all we have for today, i urge you to subscribe to the radio liberty page on the internet, like it broadcasts, in this way you will support our work, and see you tomorrow! national tebe

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mechanisms of criminal punishment. stopcrime ua. the ukrainian voice of america program chas tym is on the air, i'm natalya leonova, congratulations. kamela harris accepted the nomination of the democratic party in the 2024 presidential race. this happened via video link from milwaukee, where the vice president met with voters. part of her address was broadcast from the stage of the democratic party convention, which is taking place in chicago. this is a people-driven campaign, and together we will pave a new way forward - zap. michelle and barak were among the headliners of the second day of the democratic convention obama, as well as the country's second gentleman, doug enghoff. our correspondent ostap yarysh works at the congress of democrats. he joins

the studio right now. ostape, hello. what did yesterday's speaker talk about, what were the main messages from the stage of the ostapa democratic party congress? i congratulate natalya, i congratulate our viewers. indeed, yesterday was the second day of the democratic convention. the headliners were barak and michelle obama, and it looks like they really succeeded in energizing the people who were here, at least from the reaction we saw and heard to their speeches, different messages actually came from the speakers, not only duck emhow, the second gentleman, not only obama spoke, there was, for example, senator bernie sanders, there was the governor from the state of illinois, jay britzker, there were also other influential democratic politicians, from the fact that we heard yesterday, and basically these messages, they are repeated in previous days like this. and therefore call for and talk about the importance of supporting the middle class, theses of supporting

women's reproductive rights are often heard from the stage at this convention. and theses about supporting the black population and immigrants and opposition to donald trump and his policies, is what we heard from the speakers who spoke. dek emkhov, the husband of malygaris, he gave the picture a little from the other side. he talked about camelo harris, as a person, as his mother, children, adopted, not adopted, and his children, and she takes care of them as well, he talked about ... as a wife, including barack and michelle obama, in addition to those messages that we heard earlier called for another, they say, there is really energy in the democratic party now, there is a certain revival, there is a new breath, but it is very important not to lose it after this convention, because according to barack obama, michelle obama will have a difficult fight for the democrats this year, and the fact that some enthusiasm among the voters may have been added now does not mean that this one would ... be

easy there are still about 70 days to go, and the other part of the american public, the republicans, they also have the fire, they are also confident in their candidate and plan to vote in this election, so they called on the democrats not to lose this fire as well and to engage in activism after after this convention, because this battle, as barack obama said, will not be easy, will this passion be enough? whether the democrats will have enough of this energy in the next 70 days to oppose it and the energy of the republican party , it is difficult to say so far from those delegates, from the participants of the convention who spoke here yesterday and were present on the stage, they assure that they are ready to fight on, but again after all , there is still time until november, i think there will be many more events, a lot of development, so let's keep an eye on that too, and the main thing is to come to the elections actually ostape, regardless of who will become the new master or mistress of the white house,

assistance to ukraine in... largely depends on the american congress. many congressmen are currently at the convention. i know you had a chance to talk to a few. what do they say about further aid to ukraine? of course, natalia, every day there are many representatives of the american congress, whether from the house of representatives or from the senate. as a rule, representatives of the democratic party, although there are also republicans here, and indeed, those legislators with whom i spoke. they say that if kamele harry, stim volz is elected to the white house, they hope that they will continue to support ukraine. then the question arises that this will obviously require additional approval of money from the us congress, approval of an additional budget, and the question of whether the congressmen are ready for such an option, whether they are ready to vote for an additional budget if such a request comes from the white house, or joe biden, or maybe kamela harris if she happens to be in the oval.

support additional funding for of ukraine, some say that it is too early to talk about it with whom we have spoken, they say that it is definitely too early, because there is no such bill at the moment, talks are ongoing on the capitalist hill, but they are only talks so far, so the opinions of the democrats are different at the moment, let's listen , which they answered. my position is that we will give ukraine what it needs. of us president joe biden, and as soon as we elect kamela harris as the next us president, she will show strong support for giving ukraine more dollars of additional funding. i think so most democrats think so. i want to clarify, do you support additional funding for ukraine? oh, i totally agree. do you think it will be easy considering how it went last time? everything depends on the results of these elections. if we

elect more democracy to the chamber. representatives and keep the majority in the senate, then we will have votes, that is clear. i think continued bipartisan support is critical to funding the next congress. will it be in the form of an additional budget, or within the framework of the usual one budget process, we'll see. that will depend on what happens in the november election. i can't predict the future, but i believe that maintaining and maintaining bipartisan support for ukraine is critical to ensuring that ukraine has the means to defend itself and fight back against russia. i have always supported funding for ukraine, but of course i cannot commit to supporting a bill that does not exist. the problem is in the republican party, if donald trump wins, i don't think there is

questions about whether he is the first or the fifth. will leave ukraine by the 10th day, he will be under.