freedom of the morning, and i will remind you that traditionally, every day, at 9 o'clock in the morning, which we are approaching, we throughout the country honor the memory of those ukrainians whose lives were cut short by russian aggression and observe a minute of silence. we will observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war. no, it was unleashed by russia.

russian forces continue to advance in donetsk region. evacuation from there continues at a frantic pace. people leave independently, those who can are less socially protected. state helps with evacuation, there are trains that take people, they are promised housing and food, but can the state help everyone. meanwhile , ukrainian forces in the kursk region continue to consolidate, and foreign media write that this operation may be useless if ukraine's western partners do not step up and move their red lines. roman pagulech, a correspondent of radio liberty, among those who visited sudja, in kurshchyna, water and bread are distributed there. the ukrainian

command post is already working, and military medics are treating people, we will show our report from suja. congratulations, this is svoboda ranok, my name is kateryna nekrecha, we are starting, join us. ukrainian troops advanced to the south of ruska konopelka, a village east of suzha, 12 km from the ukrainian border. this is reported by the american institute for the study of war, referring to geolocation footage of the battles published on the internet. russian pro-war bloggers also report on the tense situation for the russian army in malia lokna and martynivka, north of suja. as for martynivka, some publications write that the russian army got there in semi-surrounding meanwhile, var gonzo writes that the russian troops in this direction liberated the village of nechaiv from the zsu. and even the day before , russian pro-war publics announced the attack of the armed forces of ukraine on korenevo.

for example, a telegram channeler wrote about the mechanized attack of an entire platoon of the armed forces on this city, allegedly without success. the public also reported on the attempted breakthrough of the armed forces of ukraine in the area of ​​the villages of komarivka and olhivka in this direction. according to analysts of the american institute for the study of war, the armed forces of ukraine hold positions in the area of ​​the village of oleksandrivka, northeast of korenevoy and 33 km from the state border. i would like to point out that the russian ministry of defense, regarding the situation in the kursk region , traditionally reports that the armed forces of the russian federation continue to repel an invasion attempt by the armed forces of ukraine. the department's report also mentions alleged failed attempts of assaults by the armed forces of ukraine in the direction of the settlements of komarivka, koreneve, mala loknya, and ruska konopelka. the ukrainian general staff does not report on the events in kursk oblast, but president volodymyr zelenskyy says that... with

the armed forces, it continues there, but in the air forces the day before showed how the ukrainian aviation strikes the positions of the russian military in the kursk region with high-precision bombs. we are talking about civilian facilities, where, as air force commander mykola olyschuk says, russian military personnel are hiding after the evacuation of the civilian population. the day before , i spoke with a ukrainian military officer about the combat situation in the kursk region. galamai, the platoon commander of the third battalion of nakhtigal, spoke about whether the russian army is preparing to return the lost russian territories and how blowing up bridges affects the logistics of russian troops. let's listen. our task is to fully support the ukrainian armed forces, namely the assault units, which conduct fire contact and clearing of certain settlements, landings, places and during. advancement, that is, to destroy

the enemy's manpower, equipment, light, heavy armored, cargo, any logistical routes. what, if there is a bc suspension, fuel of any kind, means of enemy observation, these complexes, and rebut and communication, i.e. absolutely everything that the promotion of our assault units of various brigades of the armed forces will help. i am clarifying with you about the rhythm of hostilities, why i am asking this, and because people who read the news as civilians may think that they are advancing. it is happening at a rapid pace that the russian military is simply giving up these territories, well, it may be so, yes, so i will ask you to tell me what the combat situation is like there, whether there are many battles, whether the russian military are defending their lands, or whether it is really easy for the ukrainian forces is it possible

to advance in the kursk region? even there where there were large surrenders of prisoners by russian troops, all before that there were battles with use. both small arms, assault actions, and artillery weapons from our side, fpb drones, and only this in a complex makes the enemy surrender, there is no such thing as they are just there without a fight, there are very many that surrender even without a fight, yes, but not so much, let's say it is widespread, everything is equal one way or another, it all happens under the pressure of the armed forces of ukraine, under the pressure of... assault brigades, their units, ah, now the russian federation has thrown a much bigger the number of troops, weapons, artillery, the deployment of units to these areas of the front, which is tangibly visible, the battles are becoming fiercer,

the enemy's artillery fire is becoming more powerful, er, so is the mortar and the use, er, that which is constant like this... let's say constant, is that a large number of cabs, cabs, cabs, cabs, continues to apply a very large amount. the german publication bild writes that the ukrainian forces in the kursk region can take on the so-called cauldron of the russian forces there, due to the fact that the ukrainian troops destroyed logistics crossings, bridges over the river seym, what do you say about such prospects? come on, let it happen, and then... let's talk about the success and the result, the air force worked clearly, destroying several important bridges, but the enemy is making pomton crossings in them, these engineering troops are very

powerful, they were not in decline, they were developing to one degree or another, so let's already evaluate it by the result of one or another stage, the result of the destroyed. crossings are and bridges, we saw these shots, you work with drones, but have you seen these bridges, these crossings, which, which were destroyed? of course, we saw and it was visible in real time, the destruction, the cutting of logistical routes, the destroyed bridges over this river seim, how large-scale problems this creates for the russian army, what resources they need in order to, let's say, for that river . to return there again in the future, that is, is it wide, can you describe any such characteristics of the date? you can go and see on google maps that it is melting yes, draw conclusions for yourself, but definitely one or another influence on the logistics

path, their cutting, it slows down the supply of ammunition, personnel and similar things necessary for the conduct of hostilities, because logisticians. this is an extraordinary component, i will not say that provisions, there are fuel, stylish materials and evacuation of the wounded, this is also a very important stage. as for the local population, are they resisting, how are they reacting to the ukrainian military, or are they surrendering the positions of the ukrainian military? they are from with fear, they are afraid, we start talking to them, and first of all we ask if there are... there are remnants of their military somewhere nearby, over there, what do they need so that they are not afraid, people there ask if they can to go to the well for technical water, we say absolutely during the day, move freely, like, take all the technical water there,

you still have clothes, there is drinking water, here we will give you, well, such a plan, you share your food, is there any humanitarian aid, these products are for the local civilian population, well where we are, we share our own supplies. we heard such details from the ukrainian military, our correspondents have already... visited suja in the kurdish region, which is currently controlled by the ukrainian army, a limited number of people have access there, our colleague roman pagulych also succeeded, as it turned out, in some areas water has already been connected there for the technical needs of the population, and the ukrainian command brings bread and water to the city, military doctors receive local residents with health complaints. roman pagulych, radio correspondent freedom of the donbas realia project, joined our broadcast. roman, congratulations. thank you for participating, i want, we want to ask you, of course, about what you saw, so what

does the border between sumy region and russian kurshchyna look like today? good morning, katya, well, if we speak directly about the border line itself, then in fact the destruction is in no way different from what we see on the front line, well, if someone once traveled across the border with russia, then there used to be a checkpoint and ... quite a large road through which we passed by, it was completely destroyed, there is a pile of construction debris, some remnants of the sheds under which cars actually stopped there and drove through, and as for the suja checkpoint, that is, the one opposite the ukrainian one, there is also destruction, but not so much then there, well, after all, russia has always had an advantage in terms of artillery and the number of shells fired... it was and is, and that is why the destruction on the ukrainian side is significantly more, but at the same time, the russian checkpoint is now

empty, it is simply flown by quickly on cars roman, you are an experienced correspondent and have been covering the russian-ukrainian war all these years, but do you hear the sounds of war, the classic ones now in kurshchyna, or do you hear the work of the russian military, explosions, drones, artillery, what is the situation there? of course, what you hear, if you divide the battlefield there, there are reconnaissance uavs in the air, and relatively speaking, while we were in suzhi, there were even two uav units, two halls constantly, plus we were informed twice, told to wait in the shade, because they were fpv drones, once already on the return and once a month, that is, again, if you look at the map, moving from suja to the north. the east is not so significant and the conditional distance to the front line, although we

do not actually know exactly where it lies, is not so significant, the russian army is present in the air, it is so isolated, let’s say exits, i.e. ukrainian artillery fire, and only one approach, but the military said that we just fell into a quiet period, as a rule , everything happens more intensively there, and a plus in the northern ones... it is in the vicinity of suja itself or somewhere in the suburbs, there was thick black smoke, that is, something was burning, well, plus, according to the judge , fields were already burning on the territory of ukraine, and there are two options, either some kind of lighter, or incendiary ammunition, flew there, or some kind of reactive artillery, for example, which he leaves behind, well , he can set fire to these fields, which are now quite dry, that is, yes... the usual signs of war, they are present here, except for the suja itself, it is not too badly damaged. we

will show your report in a few minutes kurshchyna, and there was a moment when you asked people, when the war started, for them the war started from the moment ukrainian forces entered the kurshchyna, what was the general mood of the civilians? well, i would start by saying that the civilians probably don't talk to the end. what they think, well, some of them are sure, they still try to be careful in their wording, uh, they ask russia, some of them, some of them even demand that some kind of corridor be organized, since the ukrainian military treat the local population according to by the norms of humanitarian law, so no one makes any special objections to the mood, and what can be the mood of people who conditionally live there in the basement, having some very

limited opportunities for movement, food, and so on and so on, that is, all that, what has been happening in ukraine for 2.5 years, they are probably in an information vacuum, that is, there is no communication in the city, and this is understandable with the issue of the security of the same military, because... it can be assumed that someone would have reported something, so people who are in the suji itself, they do not know what is happening around them, their movement is limited by the city, and in general, people go around the city with... more for some products there, to doctors and so on. thanks to roman, roman pabulich, radio liberty correspondent. and then we watch your report. suja is the most publicly known city since the beginning of the operation of the ukrainian army in the kursk region on

the territory of russia, although in fact, if you look at the map, territorially... to the northwest, to the north, the ukrainian troops advanced much more strongly, but a lot is said about this city, after all , it is the district center, according to public data, about 500 people lived here before the war, now there are obviously significantly fewer, how to get there, 174 steps left, from here to there, and why didn’t you leave, where in do you need to leave the rear? somewhere to live, and i have a child, a disabled person of the first group, he is 47 years old, he cannot walk, i take him to the storage for 45 minutes, i take bread to the ego shelter for 45 minutes, they brought bread, they have not seen bread for 10 days, and they are coming from sumy , i'm not pronouncing palyanitsy wrong, i won't go to yours

army, how are you at night, and how are you at night? not that loud. well, i slept well last night, the only night i slept well, today there were no such explosions, this is the drone detector, it is now showing that... plus or minus, somewhere in the area, a russian reconnaissance drone zala is circling, in general, this is a frequent phenomenon here, i.e. the russian army is present in the air, and right now they asked to wait in the shadows for a while, because the drones are working, the russian army has regrouped, transferred some units,

so the resistance is a bit stronger, well, considering that, after all, suja, if you look at... the charter, there is not such a deep movement, well, again there is an indication of what remains in the reach zone, they beat, local people suffer from this, they constantly talk about it they say they want peace, but from whom to wait, they do not know, they are asking everyone, they are begging, our military armed forces of ukraine, defense forces are helping the population, observing all international norms, that is... a military command post has been created, water was connected yesterday, technical water secured we also provide food products, bottled water, today, military doctors conduct appointments, people are given the necessary medications, drugs, well, they

come, today there were 10-15 people, they conducted an appointment, provided assistance. a woman today with a shrapnel wound, there, well, we will treat it here, i performed surgical treatment, cleaned the wounds, everything will continue tomorrow, when you were traveling here, you had some emotions, after all, this is the territory of another country, emotions, let me i will say nothing, i have been in the war for 10 years, i i will speak it's good that the ukrainians brought us water, otherwise we sat without water for a whole week, no electricity, no

water, no gas, nothing, and where to go, i don't have a car, i don't have anyone, i'm alone, i don't have anyone, where i... respect us dear, we were exchanged, everyone here has food. everyone has their own feelings, a sense of dignity, a sense of respect, they may respect themselves more than muscovites, because there was shelling, they stayed, or they could have gone, and we

stayed, there were a lot left, don’t think, even children live here, and they live , you see, literally the second day they come out and can take something we asked several local totosujis about when the war began, and most... perceive it as the events that began directly on august 6, that is, the events that affected them, but do not mention the beginning of the full-scale war that has been going on since the 22nd th year i was doing my own business, preserving in the garden, closing the compote there, i didn't even know that the war had started, and when the war started, you know, it was somehow unexpected, even now... i can't understand anything, when the war started are you here on the sixth, the sixth? they took into account what

was happening on the border, and before that there was a war, well, some kind of interpersonal conflict, some kind of conflict, i am very far from politics, since i stopped working and retired, i don't do politics, only crosswords. well , we heard the words of eyewitnesses, citizens of the russian federation, that it was unexpected for them, just a few weeks ago the war started, meanwhile, in donetsk region, the ukrainian donetsk region , the war has been going on all these years. currently, russian forces have captured komyshchivka, zavitne and novozhelany, and also advanced near mykolaivka in the pokrovsky direction. this is reported by the monitoring project. these settlements are located to the northeast of the city of selidovoy, where the russian army remained. less than 5 km, and the ukrainian general staff did not report on the advance of russian forces, in the evening summary of the general staff it was said that in the direction of pokrov , russian forces carried out 46 attacks, 44 of which

were repulsed by the ukrainian defense forces. in the summary of the russian ministry of defense , it is noted that the village of zhelane, east of pokrovsk has come under the control of the russian army, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy yesterday, after the report of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine , mr. syrskyi, said that, i quote: kyiv understands the steps taken by the russian army. and increases. the coordinator of the information resistance group kostyantyn mashovets wrote on his facebook that the russian forces managed to completely eliminate the bridgehead of the armed forces of ukraine on the banks of the vovcha river and the main efforts are now focused on continuous assault operations with the aim of advancing to the southern outskirts of mirnograd and the northern outskirts of selidovoy with further advancing on pokrovsk. we will talk about the military situation in donetsk region and kurshchyna. then with a people's deputy, a member of the verkhovna rada's committee on issues. of security, defense and intelligence of ukraine solomiy bobrovska. congratulations, mrs. solomiya, thank you for joining. good morning. i will give you this quote: 50 sujs are not worth pokrovsk, mirnograd and selidovoy. i am quoting yuriy

botusov. he said this on the air of radio hb. your colleague roman kostenko said on our broadcast that the forces involved in the course operation would not have changed the situation in donetsk region. and you what opinion i am of the opinion that it is incorrect to compare such things at all, absolutely, because they are very different. military plans, there is a very clear difference in the information that journalists and experts have, and there is the one that is the commander-in-chief or supreme commander-in-chief, who makes this decision, so talk about who, who changed, whether the issue was a task, or a change in the situation on pokrovsky, was this a completely different strategy? it seems to me that it is completely incorrect, moreover, when experts comment, and those people who do not serve and not only that, who do not they have... a certain position that obliges them to know the entire situation not only on the border of a combat clash, but also with the republic of belarus, for example, and of course there are obviously

more and more elements of information, well , it's difficult to comment and i think it's inappropriate and not professional, well, it seems to me, i don’t understand what such comments are for, moreover, if, moreover, if our task was intended in a different way, and about which it is clear that it is not distributed to the commander, well... then we are waiting for the completion and implementation of this plan, well, we understand that officially we are not heard about the goals of this operation, but from the beginning of this operation there were opinions, and i do not hear, maybe sometime, and we will see in the result, of course, but one of the whole, which was said there and by military experts, which was discussed on the air, is an attempt to delay russian forces from active active directions, in recent weeks we have seen that this number will not pass in donetsk region, that russian forces are moving there in connection with... in principle, there are also many different questions and comments about whether it was possible it is better to protect donetsk region, for yours opinion, with fortifications, the number of forces and means, any non-linear actions, could...

it be possible to implement right there, there in the pokrovsky direction, well, look, first of all, i do not agree that they did not withdraw, they withdrew their troops from certain echelons from several directions, yes, if we want to see that they will leave pokrovsk tomorrow, it will not happen, obviously, because for them pokrovsk will be in charge, and the rest of turkey, in particular, and this is one of the priority directions where they will obviously gain your tactical victory and move on, here it is clear, but we see that kharkiv has died, and some districts of kharkiv have died. clashes somewhere, but it is obvious that they are not going to ease up on others on other lines , because for them this is a fundamental story, this is the first, second, when we talk about fortifications and defense, of course i agree with you, and for the same questions arise and stand in the committee, and why weren’t certain fortifications and defense lines prepared, and so on,

why in a month and a half maps... of donetsk the region has actually changed, unfortunately, very critically, i won't say that it's unrecognizable, but it's quite painful and quite tangible. obviously , these questions arise, and these questions arise not only for the military, but in particular for the military administrations, and in particular for the stake, which often makes very important decisions for one or another area, here is an open question for us as well, but i do not agree, and the intelligence data testifies to something else, in particular to overturning, of course not the first. second echelons and so on of troops from certain directions, i will quote from the financial material times story, they write that the invasion of kursk may have weakened ukrainian defenses and cite the words of one of the commanders of the ukrainian artillery brigade in the east of ukraine, who told the publication that he considers part of the reason for the russian offensive in donbass to be that kyiv shifted its resources to the north, that his unit had to return to the normalized use

of artillery...shells, as it had been when there was a delay with us assistance, and since some of the artillery had been redeployed for the invasion of kursk about region exactly, do you know any such evidence, are brigade commanders and military personnel telling you about it there, can you really confirm this fact that certain transfers from donbas there, they took place in order to make a kurdish offensive. first of all, i again appeal to these specialists, and in particular foreign journalists, to give themselves the right to comment on such things, to assert, not just to comment, but to assert about certain points, and relying on the experience or the comments of our commanders, even not brigades of certain directions, not even groups tactics that we currently have, respectively, when you have information from only one angle of view, and you do not see the entire overview of what is happening on everything on the entire front line, logistics support, quantitative resources, resource composition on

ee.. . in the line of fire, it seems to me that this is generally incorrect information, i would really like the journalists of the financial times and other publications to comment on why, in particular, the president of the united states has a personal position regarding the ban on the use of atacoms in the territory of the russian federation and is blocking the use of a storm shelter on the territory of the russian federation, it seems to me that it would be more valuable to hear these comments, and in the end , together with ukrainian journalists, to conduct an advocacy campaign with the provision of this right, well, actually about... bloomberg wrote that if the kurdish operation cannot activate western partners and for them to lift restrictions on the use of long- range weapons, then the potential strategic benefits of this operation will be lost for ukraine, that russia will be on the way to conquest luhansk oblast and donetsk oblast, and we may have to agree to moscow's conditions there, here is the unexpected operation of kurshchyna, again, the western media wrote that earlier the west either did not

allow such operations, or there... asked them to stop, it was unexpected for them, with the success of the ukrainian forces, they can eventually convince their western partners to move these red lines. it seems to me that such an operation, this was already the last argument, regarding the potential escalation, the use of tactical nuclear weapons, some other another reaction of the russian federation, when we have already heard 100-500 times the arguments why it is not possible to use an attack on the territory of the russian federation or storm shelters, and this is a myth. announced, and we saw that what could be more escalating next than when you have a defensive operation in enemy territory, and you have a fairly successful operation, and it's great that the people who designed this operation didn't leak information, because it was all in a vacuum and this story with defense work was successful, lightning fast, in times, she succeeded, further as a matter of maintenance or any other there, of course, successors.