the greatest damage will be caused to those located along the desna and dnipro rivers, in the kyiv region. there is absolutely no doubt that the zelenskyi regime is instigating yet another cynical provocation against its own population. well , mr. oleksandr, i would certainly like to start with you with the massive attack that took place during today's day, which lasted for many hours. how do you generally assess whether this was expected for our country, and perhaps the next question is whether we should expect something similar, less, more or the same scale in the next time because some analysts say that russia is ready, conditionally speaking, for some time in the future to use either a similar amount, or a smaller one, but still... it is still

possible, because they have not actually carried out such large-scale attacks for two months. the big attack was the 8th of july, and this particular attack that we can see, it was being prepared for the 24th of august, uh, that's it, everything that we see was supposed to happen on the 24th of august, the day of independence of ukraine, but they have... schedule due to the fact that a number of operations were carried out by the defense forces of ukraine the territory of the russian federation on their airfields, we saw how tactical airfields and strategic airfields were systematically attacked and they constantly had to move their planes, change the place of deployment of ammunition and so on and so on , that is, it still delayed no.. . gave it the opportunity to carry out this strike

on august 24, but in general, if you look at the period between july 8 and august 26, almost all of the ammunition that the russians had the opportunity to produce in their production during this period was completely exhausted. finished products to be sent to airfields, then it must... completely coincide with the amount that was used, and therefore whether there will be such massive strikes by the russian occupiers in the future, it will be so, they will continue these massive strikes, but so massive, so big, they can afford it, depending on how their production works, that's why it's about once a month, once a month and a half, that's exactly the scale, if we talk about the nearest.

time, short-term perspective, the nearest some days they can conduct a reconnaissance strike, but it is with limited ammunition, much smaller, less powerful, but they can conduct it precisely in the format of reconnaissance activities, now they will draw conclusions, which objects they hit, which objects, how damaged, and then they can with the second wave, even this night after... 48 hours after 72 hours, it is still relevant, and they can implement such a pre-reconnaissance strike, but again, i emphasize a much smaller amount of ammunition, a limited amount. this does not mean that ukrainians should be neglected, we go to shelter as soon as we hear an air raid signal. mr. oleksandr, i would like to return to the topic of kyivska ges. that is , taking into account how the spokeswoman of the ministry of foreign affairs, zakhar, pumped information about this topic. and

what happened today, can we talk about some kind of planned russian provocation, namely on the topic of hydroelectric power plants? it is quite possible, well, first of all, this is an object of energy infrastructure, and therefore an attack on it, it was foreseen in any case, that is, the russians continue to attack energy infrastructure facilities, civilian facilities, and logistics facilities. objects, and on airfields and so on and so on, that is, they have somehow not changed, if we are talking about striking tv ukraine, the general concept has not changed in them, but as for the provocation, well, we saw that it really happened approach, and we saw that it might not be one, because some of the rockets were shot down on approach. to kyiv to the kyiv region,

so it is quite possible, precisely to the hydroelectric power plant, she was heading and a larger number of missiles, only the air force of the armed forces of ukraine can know this, and that's it. not a fact, because such missiles as hast-1555, crmb caliber, they can change their flight trajectory, that is, it can change in them, and now it is the trajectory of the dniprovska ges, then whoa, they changed it and are already heading, well, for example somewhere somewhere there in the direction of ivano-frankivsk region, yes, and therefore there are also such problems here, but in general, they are definitely not just like that. not only because they are in terms of infrastructure they are hitting energetically, they are hitting energetically, they struck this blow, i think that there will be some ipso from this, one way or another they will implement it both in their information space, and they will try to integrate it as ours, ugh, well in in their information

space, they are already forming the opinion of the russians that this is the answer for kursk, well, hitting civilians is just a ploy. shahed in a residential building in one of our settlements, that is, not the work of the air defense forces, obviously, not some kind of mishap, excuse the words, but here just aimed at the veli shachet on a residential building, as i understand it, this is the height of cynicism. mr. oleksandr, a little, a little drop of this, may seem like a traitor to someone. today on the network, ukrainians reflected a lot on the topic of the fact that russia fires missiles that have american components, while ukraine still has not received them. permission from the united states to use, at least long-range weapons on the territory, the sovereign territory of the russian federation. what do you think about such a topic, in principle logical, in some sense rhetorical question? i think that such strikes on

the territory of ukraine, they only bring closer the day when we will receive an expansion of the possibilities of striking on the territory of russia with western weapons. and the expansion of the nomenclature that can be used for these strikes, because it is this kind of terror that motivates it to make appropriate decisions by representatives of the congress, the senate, and so on and so forth, that is, it is diplomatic work, of course, but in addition to diplomatic work, it is also a factor used by politicians western, as a justification for making this or that decision. they know, i will call it this way, they are all careful, like potential defendants somewhere in the court, that is, so that when they are asked, why did you give this permission in ukraine to strike

the territory of the russian federation, and because the russian the federation committed such and such crimes on the territory of ukraine, ukraine, and they made this request, that is, for them there should be another such... the fact is not only a request, but therefore i think that in this case the second stage of the expansion of our capabilities for strikes on the territory of the russian federation, it will still be there, one way or another, but we are also gradually increasing our capabilities, our own capabilities for striking on the territory of russia. today , an oil refinery in the omsk region has become ill in russia, and there are rumors that it may have disappeared somewhere. from the radars, one of the planes will definitely not remember the markings, mr. alexander, do you have any information to refresh, or maybe it was a crash? i don't have any verified reliable information about that information, but

as for omsk, well, it's great, it 's great, you're 2,500 km away, so it's already more than 2 years, you know, when the first blows were struck. at a distance of 1,600 km, 1,800 km from the border, and everyone asked what is next, what is next, 200 km further, then 2,500, but it is not yet autumn, but we are already talking about drones that can overcome such distance, almost 2,500 km, that is, what we will talk about already in the fall, in october, for example, in november about... a drone that covers 300 km, well, russia itself will soon end. so, mr. oleksandr, by the way, in in this context, today the minister of defense of ukraine, rustem umyerov, stated that there will be a response, in fact, to russia for today's

attack on the ukrainian energy system and on ukrainian civilian objects. so, we see what is happening in omsk, we see what is happening in other places. including energy facilities in the russian federation. so what do you think this complex answer should be? is it in? on energy, on the fuel complex of the occupying state, and what should we expect, because in any case, ukraine has the answer to give, and in any case, it also has chambers in russia, and the rashists must feel what it is, in fact, war, and must feel symmetrical actions on their territory. well, on the one hand, i would now say something

like, well, we should accumulate 200, 300, 400, 500 drones there and launch them in a big swarm in such a way that all the russians are scared, but in reality it's not quite like that, it's not quite, it wrong, but let me explain why, after all, we have different types of anti-aircraft defense, we have different types of anti-aircraft defense, and in the case of... in russia, it is most effective to strike single targets, that is, there are not large swarms of 1,000 drones, but a limited number of 20, 30, 40, that is, in principle, within the limits in which we use them now, they have such a number, which allows you to break through the means of anti-aircraft traffic, not to be noticed so much, and not... some of them will be destroyed, but some will still achieve their goal, and therefore the answer is quite possible, it may

not even be in the traditional perception of such a drone raid , although, with on the other hand, i do not rule out that a completely different means of defeat may be involved, the same drone is already a reactive type, because its characteristics are almost... nobody knows for sure, there are no open sources in them, ugh, and how much it can be effective against russian air defense, this is also an interesting question, so i can even make such an assumption that it will be a baptism of fire for polyanytsia, but in some larger volume on a larger scale. thank you, and to sum up at least with oleksandr kovalenko on this topic. shelling and our condition of the energy sector would like to remind

the world press that in recent weeks there was a possibility of some negotiations mediated by qatar, as we understand it, between ukraine and the russian federation, regarding the prevention of attacks on energy facilities, and the russian federation refused any contacts on this topic due to an alleged attack on the korshchyna. mr. oleksandr, according to the situation in areas and sections of the front, given the way things are developing, some of the analysts note a noticeable revival in the ughledar direction, instead of to fight head-on, and lose everything possible from the mechanized and not only, the russians allegedly decided to bypass this important, also in a logistical sense, settlement in the vodyanny district, what is the situation in general now with... what accents would you distinguish? please. well, at the

moment when they have problems in the kursk region, they decided to resume offensive assault actions precisely in the volodarsk direction. this is true. for them, the goal is water. why is it? because this is a settlement located a little west of highway 0532. i it allows not only to cut this route, but also to... to make such a semi, to make a semi-envelopment from the north of the ugledar, and the ugledar may find itself in a situation where the russians can launch offensive actions both from the southern part and from the northern, i.e. looming over the coal mine, in general, they now use the same tactics that they used before, that is, they look for such a mechanized column and go to break through our borders. and as of today, the situation is very difficult, but these are the columns

are being destroyed, and our guys are holding positions there, in fact, replenishing the number of destroyed russian equipment, we still have a minute of time, and a little more, or a little more, and i would like to talk about one more topic, it concerns belarus, so m... many of our citizens, even now frightened, believe that there may be some kind of offensive, it is clear that according to the data we have, it is unlikely to be, about... this is still the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine warning belarus against an offensive, from any unfriendly actions near the border. oh, in particular, if we are talking about the statements of andrii demchenko, the spokesman of the state border service, on the espresso tv channel, he stated that the situation at the border is basically unchanged and

under control. let's listen for. what is happening deep within the territory of belarus is of course monitored by the intelligence units in order to understand how much the situation is changing, how threatening it is for ukraine in order to respond accordingly and strengthen those directions where tensions may grow, however, if we talk about the immediate proximity near our border, then we do not note the movement of equipment or personnel there, or otherwise. so, mr. oleksandr, why is lukashenko doing this, why is belarus doing this, and should we expect, well, an offensive , of course, we practically rule it out, but still some provocations that can distract our troops and disturb the consciousness of our citizens, if it concerns there,

relatively speaking, the border with the republic of belarus, well, provocations. they can be, of course, but not at such a level that it distracts our troops, everything is very here it's just, ah, training is constantly taking place in belarus, and now they really sent about a thousand personnel of their units to training, and mostly conscripts are there, so what is a thousand, well, there's nothing to talk about here, it's on.. . not even close to the potential that can go on the offensive, but this is the work of our ministry of foreign affairs, and when such events occur, and some movement takes place near the border, they must react to it, and in this case there was an appropriate reaction, that that she was perceived civilians, well, average ukrainians are not

quite right, well, by the third year of the war, they should already perceive it correctly. because belarus is constantly being talked about, and as of now, it is true, there is no strike group or group that could be similar to a strike group near the border with belarus on the belarusian side , and even the number that is concentrated there does not correspond to that the amount that could threaten, well , for example, a breakthrough to kyiv 2.0, and as for the provocation near the border. it is quite possible subversive activity, it is always possible, especially in these conditions in which we are now, but, believe me, lukashenko is now so scared after the kurdish operation that he himself is fine so that no provocations are carried out and that nothing happens, because he is frightened by the fact that, well , listen, in the kursk region

, the contingent of the kursk group is actually identical to the whole of belarus. army, and what is the effect of this, well, that is why lukashenko understands that if the kursk region is repeated in belarus, then he will remain without his minsk throne. mr. oleksandr, we are grateful to you for joining the ether of the espresso tv channel, for your thoughts and your analyst oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political columnist of the information resistance group, who was just a guest in the new week, and we remind you of ours. the survey that we are conducting today in our program, do you think that it is necessary to regulate the activities of telegram, well , it is possible in general to regulate the activities of social networks there, huh, and if you think so, then please take your smartphones or phones and absolutely free call 0800 211 3801, if you think not, then 0800

211 382, ​​i emphasize once again. all calls are absolutely free, and at the end of this hour we will sum up the interim results, at the end of the next the final results, well, we are glad to welcome volodymyr yelchenko, diplomat, ex-representative of ukraine to the un , to contact us in the new week 2015-19, former ambassador of ukraine to the united states in 20-21. mr. volodymyr, glad to see and hear, good evening, i am also glad with your permission. you are a man with madness professional diplomatic back, please explain for us what is happening between these diplomatic signs, in particular between ukraine and belarus. the fact is that our ministry of foreign affairs rolled out a statement and a warning for the belarusian visavi, in general for the belarusian state, but the spokesman

of the ministry of foreign affairs of belarus anatoly glas declares that minsk did not receive official appeals from ukraine with the demand to withdraw troops from the common border. we ourselves would be grateful if someone could explain to us the logic of such statements, as in our opinion, very slyly, this is an attempt, you know, to include du... i apologize for the word, what are those who consider themselves officials in belarus doing now? you know, it seems to me that they simply do not know how to react to this, because the statement of the ministry of foreign affairs is quite serious, it is specific, it shows that ukraine will not leave without a response any serious provocations from belarus, so let's say yes, react to this statement with some accusations. or in this, you know, forceful way, well, start threatening ukraine, they don't dare, they can't remain silent either, well, you know,

it's just funny to me to hear what the belarusian official representative said, that they didn't receive anything, because the statements of the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine are precisely the official reaction, and there's no need to write any notes, because moreover, we now have a greatly reduced diplomatic presence. between the two countries, there is no ambassador of belarus in kyiv, there is no ambassador of ukraine in minsk, so, well, let's say there, calling the ambassador to the blanket or doing some other such traditional diplomatic things is inappropriate and it is simply technically impossible, because there is no one to summon, and such a statement by the ministry of foreign affairs is a completely normal step, and the fact that the belarusians cannot react normally to it, i will say that i have not been sure for a long time. i am sure that belarus as a country does not have any independent foreign policy, and in general this country is under the occupation of the russian federation, actually absorbed

by russia, and is part of the so-called union state, in fact it is actually russia, just plus a few belarusian regions, no matter what lukashenko says, russia is quite satisfied with this state of affairs, it seems to me in general that this is exactly the path that it is going to take in relation to ukraine as well, but it did not work out, and that is why russia started a large-scale aggression against our country, since it is clear that they will not be able to bring ukraine under their control by peaceful means, and the belarusian foreign ministry, if it still has this sign and wants to be a ministry, let it react as it wants, it does not react at all, i am sure that our signal to reached them, and let lukashenko draw his conclusions, sir volodymyr, i would like to talk with you... about the visit of the prime minister of india mr. modi to kyiv, which is often called the visit of the month, relatively speaking, because it is actually

one of the first visits of mr. modi, in general, after a full-scale invasion and, in general, the first visit to ukraine. we have seen all kinds of information that mr. modi has also conveyed certain proposals. initiatives to end the war, which will be president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said that he proposes to hold the next peace summit in india, by the way, let's listen now to what the president of ukraine said. i absolutely support and said, you shared this with prime minister modi to hold a global peace summit in india, which is

a big country, the biggest democracy in the world , right? but i want to be frank, this applies not only to india, but to any state that would be, which is positive. treated the adoption of the second summit, we will not be able to hold a peace summit in a country that until i joined the communiqué of the peace summit, well, i think you understand it, it’s just that no one is pressuring anyone, yes, but it is logical, but if we return to the visit itself in general, and the fact that this visit really took place, mr. volodymyr, how do you assess it, this visit, its necessity, its

importance... the conclusions from this visit, was it necessary, and that after all ukraine, maybe other players, that ukraine received, of course, that this is a logical, important issue for us, and most importantly, india received from of this visit, please, i think that the visit itself and the time in which it was carried out is very important, such a historical fact. this is indeed the first visit of the prime minister of india, well, if i am not mistaken, the first in all the years of ukraine's independence. well, the fact that the prime minister of fashion is the first is 100%. we had several visits at the highest level from ukraine to india, even president kuchma, i think, visited india twice, maybe later, after him, i just can’t remember now, and in general our contacts were normal, but here’s how this aggression of russia began, somehow everything

is like that. quieted down, well, maybe we slightly overestimated such a, well, let's say this, potentially positive role of india, which it could and we would like india to play such a role in the settlement of this war, or its termination, india took such a, well, neutral positive position , here the word positive poverty to russia, although. but it seems to me that the most important result of this visit is modi's words that india will not support any peace formulas or proposals that do not to contain the principles of respect for the territorial integrity of ukraine, that is, he consequently rejected all the plans that had been put forward before that, i mean the same chinese peace plan, others, well, in general, he

gave in. in great doubt, which are constantly, the words of putin, lavrov, other factors of russia, who constantly repeat them that any proposals in future negotiations between russia and ukraine should take into account, well , as they say, the situation on the ground or reality, that is, give it to us, and also together with remnants of donetsk and luhansk regions, plus kherson, zaporizhzhia. give it to us and then we are ready to talk with you, the indian ministers actually rejected such a narrative and such rhetoric, plus you asked what are the advantages for ukraine for india? well , for ukraine, in itself, it is a plus that we heard india's position, i am sure that not everything went into the public space, i think there were serious conversations there, and in a private format. those

regimes, i think that the indian side, our president, other leaders of ukraine absolutely clearly explained our position, that is, the positive thing is that india went home, or primodi went home already fully understanding ukraine's position. the fact that this visit took place after his visit to russia is also important, because now he will be able to compare the narratives that he heard in moscow and in kyiv and make for... himself certain exhibitions, and it is also important that this visit took place, as it seems to me, and not only to me, so some western experts believe, from what i read yesterday and today in the western press, that this visit was so quick after the visit to moscow, precisely because, well, the indian side wanted to a certain extent somehow to settle the negative balance that remained after

modi's visit, and we remember that he met and hugged putin on the very day a few hours after the massive akhmedit, when children died, many of our other citizens, that is, it was somehow , well, at least it looked quite inappropriate, eh, he didn't say anything about it then, but today he, he visited some objects in kyiv and near kyiv, he drew attention several times precisely to what is most terrible the crime is... is the death or killing of civilians, especially children, so this is a direct allusion to what happened in ahmadiyya, what are the advantages for india? i think that india is looking for its place, and it should do it as a huge country, well, it is the largest country in the world by population today, it is the largest democracy.