the armed forces are doing everything possible so that they, let's say, could not do this, why, because we are also improving our uavs, we can also fly into the rear of the enemy so that they cannot, what to do so that they do not were able to get even closer to the target so that they could not shell the city, you understand, that is, we can, we say we can and we will and we are already doing it... , and we carefully hunt for it, that's why it's so easy to say that this will be the second bachmut, i would not dare to say so, but in front of you on our broadcast was general serhiy kryvonos, and he said that there is literally not much time left, when such an autumn will already begin, the end of september, the beginning of october with

the weather is changing, and it is possible that where the troops will be stationed, they may stay there, well, for the winter, do you allow such a prospect, or do you still see the readiness of the russian forces to go on the offensive in spite of any weather? well, i will say that in practice, it is not the first autumn and winter this war, that nature is always on our side, our ukrainian nature, our land. this is a fact, this has somehow already become traditional for us, but it is also difficult for us, yes, when it is these sokops, swamps, standing water and so on, but you understand, our motivation is different in them and in us, they are on foreign land, they are the occupiers, and it will be much more difficult for them to bear it, and god grant that it will be more difficult for them, let's say, it did not go wrong, but only brought them... well

, surprises from our side in this matter, and the fact that we do everything in order to such, i will say, the enemy can expect very, very much, well, let's say such a good surprise for us, you understand, for them it will not be predictable at all, i hope that they do not closely follow what is happening in our rear. that's why everything will be fine, i didn't quite understand what you said, i hope the audience understood, look, yes, i want to say about what it means, we 're not just sitting and just fighting back, we're still planning some operations, yes i we are, ah, the command of the armed forces, the command brigades and so on, yes, now we are holding the line of the strip, we are defending, we are exhausting the enemy, and this is a fact, oh, the results, communities,

society sees every day, i’m just saying, in our area, in a not very active phase of the enemy’s offensive , each, every day, every day we destroy approximately 50, eliminate the occupiers. i want, let me, i will go back to what you said at the beginning, what you say, the russian troops prefer now to attack there south or north of pokrovsk, well, for example, there was a statement this... week deputy maryana bezuglai from the defense committee, and she said that oleksandr syrskyi ordered to divide the pokrovsky direction into two in the reports of the general staff, and now indeed, if we look at the reports of the general staff, there is pokrovsky and the new kurakhiv direction, which is further south, this is what you were talking about, so that, if you report on the breakthroughs of the russian army, then in the kurakhovsky direction, in this way to separate the pokrovsky direction, and supposedly it remains stable. what are you, what do you

think about it, is it really so, so now, so the innovation takes place in order to state that the pokrovsky direction is stable, look, in the reports of the general staff for a long time, there are two directions, korakhivskyi and pokrovskyi separately, this is already this, this is not know-how, i am revealing whether there is some secret, that is , there is also pokrovsky and korakhivskyi, they were like that, once there was avdiivskyi, then it was replaced by pokrovskyi, huh. porakhivski remains the same, i will now say, well, my subjective opinion, and in general about what is happening in this area front, and if we specifically say yes about the intermediate line of defense of our brigade, then we hold it, it is all very difficult, because, well, first of all, the overwhelming strength of the enemy in the infantry e. i agree with the estimates

by at least four times, and this all the same , attention, vigilance, well, you need to have a rest, in order to have a rest, you need more personnel, which can... carry out rotations in a timely manner and so on, that is exhausting, then the enemy, realizing that he is being met, experienced fighters from our side, they constantly change some behavior to on the battlefield, that is, they are now in small groups of two men each trying to advance somewhere to some point, then accumulate forces there so that it is imperceptible to us, ours is... not to miss a single one of them, not a single one of their advances, in advance, let's say , take aim, prepare there and then strike, so that it is more difficult to catch them one by one later, yes, they do not pose such a threat, but they are a nuisance, you need to catch them like those, you know, crises

that are all over the field there, that is the task so very painstaking, difficult, tiring yes, yes, this must be carefully communicated day and night, yes, i understand, i have one last question, today it became known that russia has launched an offensive in the kurdish direction in the kurdish region, they are trying to return the territories that they currently control armed forces, does this fact cause you disappointment in the kurdish operation, because there were hopes that the kursk operation was also carried out in order to withdraw the troops from donbas? including from the direction where you are now? well, we are known to everyone that they pulled something back there, they didn't pull the troops away in any case, it is known that they are even shooting, but these are few and not significant units, as far as i understand, well, in any case, and the operation in kursk, it

proved a lot of positive aspects for everything world, including for us, raised the moral, psychological, but we are not talking about morale now, because i do not think that this was the main goal of the operation. it's not the main thing, i understand, but they went in, dragged them away, took prisoners, you know, in any case it's a successful operation, there is our success, and we are holding here, yes, it is difficult for us, we would like it to be more, but we are holding, reserves are also set in this direction in ours, so you see, well, so far so, it is very good that the general staff does not announce all our plans, what we have planned is very good, it is correct. the war is not over yet and the battle of pokrov is not over either, there may still be very good surprises for us, i don't fully understand what surprises you are talking about, but let's leave it in parentheses, maybe you can't say everything, at least, so that there is no ambiguity left

for the audience. serhii tsehotskyi, an officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov handziuk, we talked about the situation in donbas, in particular in the pokrovsky direction. thank you. well, as long as russia advances in donbass, begins its attack on kurshchyna, the western allies want the authorities of ukraine to formulate realistic goals for the war with russia, at least for the next year, the wall street journal writes about this with reference to sources, ukraine is forced to think about the plan b, says the title to the publication. countries the west, the publication notes, still support volodymyr zelenskyi's goal of ousting russian troops from the entire territory of ukraine. however: in order to advance russian forces at the front and weaken support for ukraine among the population of western countries, european diplomats believe that kyiv should formulate more realistic goals in this war, as the publication notes, this can help western officials explain to their voters why

they need to support ukraine and further. the publication notes that in the last two weeks in several high-ranking american and european officials have visited kyiv, for example, a state secret official came to ukraine today. us anthony blinken and british foreign minister david lammy, according to sources of the publication, the two of them intend to discuss with ukrainian officials that the state will be a victory for ukraine and what help it needs for this. well, as the wall street journal writes, ongoing negotiations between kyiv and its western partners point to tension between the parties regarding the following question: how to reconcile ukraine's aspirations completely dislodge the russian troops from? of its territory with the real state of affairs at the front. high-ranking european officials say kiev has been told that a complete victory for ukraine would require hundreds of billions of dollars in support from the west, something neither washington nor europe can realistically do. western diplomats continue

to argue that the presidential election in the us remains critically important in terms of how much us aid ukraine can count on in the short term. however, few people believe that western support may continue at current levels for years to come. andres umlad, an analyst at the stockholm center for eastern european studies, joined our broadcast. good evening. good evening. let's talk. about this plan b, which the western press writes about, european diplomats allegedly believe that kyiv should now formulate more realistic goals in the war, in other words, plan b. i would ask you here, try to translate for us from diplomatic language what specifically the west as of now, may want from kyiv, capitulation, well, this is the most likely catastrophic scenario, agreement to a cease-fire, some specific concessions, what do you think about this plan b, how it might look in... well, i think that in any case, some kind of official

renunciation of the territory by ukraine, no one, no one will demand it, because it will be very risky for the international security system, because then other countries may also try to annex some territories of their neighbors, that is, it is more likely that... we are talking about some kind of option, that is, some kind of middle option, so that there was no war, but neither there was a complete refusal to relinquish the territories, of course it is not in the interests of ukraine, such is your solution, but here i think, there is such a calculation that over time somehow there will be political... changes in russia and that the sanctions will work, and that in the end account, then

this issue can be corrected again, well, as it was during the cold war, when the truth was waited for a very long time, but then, if this soviet empire collapsed, something like that, when you say the middle option, well, you mentioned the cold war in ukraine is now in political circles, when they talk about... such a middle option, or a truce, they mention the minsk agreements, the minsk agreements are a phrase hated in the office of the ukrainian presidency now, because it is a reference to the previous president, but nevertheless, what do you mean about when do you mean the middle option? well, so that, on the one hand, there was no refusal, of course, from the territory and that there was some kind of meeting there, which led not to... to the fact that there was some kind of official change of borders, on

the one hand, and on the other hand, here they want to it somehow ended, well, i don't support it, i only interpret it, well, and this is against the background of the fact that, so far, there are not enough resources and will to support ukraine in such a way that it could... . to liberate all the occupied territories, i thought there was such a chance for negotiations with russia, so far there is this occupied russian territory, yes, the kursk region, but, well, and then it would be possible to meet for some negotiations, which would have the meaning of exchanging territories, but for this it is necessary to hold this territory, today or tomorrow should be resolved, it can

be resolved, more precisely the issue of granting ukraine permission to use long-range weapons against russian targets, this is not a panacea, if we are talking about the military situation, military experts say so, but it would also be a powerful political signal from russia about about the capacity and ability of the event to support ukraine even more, it is probably important for ukraine to get this permission, maybe even before its... russian troops, do you see any signs that ukraine will get this permission? yes, now there is a discussion about it, and well, these rumors that i hear, they say that there will be such a permission, and here is this meeting that took place now, it was just about that, how it, how it will be used later. of ukraine, well, we can only hope that then the situation will really change, and then

we can again talk about substantive negotiations. i have one last question, we don't have much time, volodymyr zelenskyy intends to present a victory plan in washington in the near future, and as he said earlier, the kurdish operation is part of this victory plan. do you understand that in zelenskyi's plan, this is exactly the middle option, as you said before. or could it be something else contained in volodymyr zelenskyi's proposals? well, i'm not in kyiv right now, i'm in stockholm, it's hard for me to say what, what it will be. well, i also understood it that way, that it would be some kind of combination of military actions and diplomatic actions, and that there would probably be such a new peace summit, and russia would be invited there, and then, if russian territory is still occupied by ukraine at that time, it is possible

to talk about some kind of exchange of territories, probably everything is going to the peace summit, because volodymyr zelenskyy made it clear the day before that ukraine is interested in a peace summit by the end of the year, and today bloomberg even wrote an article that ukraine wants to hold this peace summit in india, and allegedly wants india to somehow contribute the appearance of a russian representative at this summit. thank you very much, andres umland, an analyst at the stockholm center for east european studies, was on rfe/rl, thank you very much. well, that's all we have for today, i invite you to come. write pages of radio liberty in internet, like this broadcast, in this way you will support our work until tomorrow. in september, there are discounts on fervex, 20% in psyllanyk, bam and oskad pharmacies. the book women

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help in the search for 13-year-old sofia storozhuk from the city of kupyansk in the kharkiv region. it was there that the girl encountered a full-scale war. let me remind you that kupyansk was under occupation from the first days of the invasion. when the city was liberated in the fall of 2022, it became known about sofia's disappearance. unfortunately, since then, the girl's whereabouts are unknown. at the same time, it may also happen that... she ended up in a territory temporarily not controlled by ukraine. there is preliminary information that on september 8, 2022, representatives of the occupation authorities and russian military formations took sofya storozhuk out of the premises of the kupyansk special school. this was done without the permission of parents, guardians or employees of the educational institution. the girl

was allegedly brought to a boarding school in the city of perevalsk, luhansk region, which is located in the temporarily occupied territory. however, this information still needs to be confirmed, so in fact sofiya storozhuk can be anywhere in ukraine, and possibly beyond... and yet , look especially carefully into the face of the girl, i ask the residents of the temporarily occupied city of perevalsk in the luhansk region, where the girl allegedly taken away by the occupiers. we understand that ukrainian tv does not work in the occupied territories, but if if you see this program on the internet, then take another look at sofiyka's photo. she has blond hair, thin lips and an oval face. if suddenly someone knows something about sofia storozhuk, immediately. call the magnolia children's helpline at the short number 116/30.

eight-year-old daryna kozachenko also went missing in kharkiv oblast. the girl is an orphan and met the war in the border town of vovchansk. this is the chuguyiv district of the region, which was occupied from the first days of the war. in the fall of 2022, this territory was liberated, but there is still no information about the missing child. perhaps the girl was taken to russia or to the temporarily occupied territories. of course, it is possible that daryna may be in the territory controlled by ukraine, so i ask everyone who has any information about the girl to call the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 116 30. calls from all ukrainian mobile operators are free. another child who disappeared in kharkiv oblast, and also in vovchansk , is 12-year-old vlad lyubichev. communication with him broke off on june 1, 2023, and

nothing is known about him since then. if you know anything about the boy, don't delay and call us on the hotline 116.30, or write to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram. i emphasize that any, even the smallest details are important for the search. and i usually ask you to share the video on social networks, it really helps a lot in the search and it is possible that one of your friends or acquaintances can recognize the child and provide important information. and i'm asking you see photos of missing boys and girls, information about which is posted on the website of the children's search service. if you recognize any of them, please report it immediately to 11630. this is the magnolia children's helpline. calls from all mobile operators in ukraine are free. we have created a resource through which you can

report any crime against a child. in any place, at any time. just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stopcrime ua. the ukrainian voice of america program chas tym is on the air, i'm natalya leonova, congratulations. ukraine will receive an additional $700 million from the us to support and restore energy networks destroyed by russian attacks. as well as humanitarian needs. us secretary of state antony blinken announced this during his visit to kyiv. the top us diplomat, who is visiting ukraine with his british counterpart david lamy, added that in

the coming weeks he would call on the group of seven countries to also provide additional aid to kyiv. by the visit of the officials is monitored by our freelance correspondent anya kostyuchenko. we are bringing her to the studio. hello anya. greetings natalia. anya, what details of the new aid are already known and in... what time frame should it arrive in ukraine? yes, natalya, new millions have been announced for ukraine, in particular, it is about 325 million to strengthen the ukrainian energy industry. mr. blinkin noted that putin will use holot as a weapon against ukraine, so such assistance is necessary. he also announced 290 million for humanitarian needs and 102 million for demining and i note that... few farmers in the de-occupied territories cannot rebuild their farms precisely because of this problem, so this is very relevant. and he also reminded that back in july, joe biden promised...

to provide ukraine with five strategic air defense systems and a dozen tactical air defense systems and emphasized that in the coming weeks, some of this will come to ukraine. natalia. anya, congressmen and senators from both parties sent two letters to us president joe biden on wednesday with a call to cancel the restrictions on strikes from long-range weapons on legitimate purposes within russia. the day before , president biden said that his... administration is currently working on a solution to this issue, was this issue raised at the meeting in kyiv and are there any new announcements? yes, natalya, just before anthony blinken's visit, it was confirmed that iran had transferred ballistic missiles to russia, and the problem here is not only that russia got new missiles, but also that russia has its own ballistic missiles that it can now use for longer range hits

, so that... raises the question again defense capabilities of ukraine, i will also remind you of the last un report from august, which stated that 184 civilians in ukraine were killed and 856 civilians were injured in hostilities precisely from missile strikes, therefore, many ukrainians expected mr. blinkin to announce permission to strike with long-range missiles missile attacks from the territory of russia, and actually mr. blinkin noted that this issue was really raised during the transition and that he will return with certain conclusions to his leadership in washington, where this issue will be discussed again, and he also noted that the actual escalation was already initiated by putin himself when he purchased ballistic missiles from russia, and now i suggest listening to the direct language. speaking for the united states, we

have adapted and adapted from day one. our help, according to how the needs of the ukrainians and the situation on the battlefield changed, and i have no doubt that we will continue to do this, because the situation will continue to develop. you mentioned escalation, of course that's one of the factors we always consider, but it's definitely the only factor. we have seen that russia is now continuing and intensifying its attacks against civilians in ukraine, attacks on energy infrastructure, as well as ukrainian military personnel defending their country. and these days we... saw that russia purchased ballistic missiles from iran, which will further increase their aggression in ukraine. so, if someone takes escalating steps, it is similar to putin and russia. it was putin who escalated this week with deliveries of ballistic missiles from iran. and we see this new axis: russia, iran, north korea. we urge china not to join this group of renegades whose actions

cost of living here. in ukraine, so it was very important for me to be here with secretary of state blinken, to hold meetings, to listen, to learn and to develop a strategy, and then to brief the prime minister of great britain before further discussion in washington. thank you anya for your work, anya kostyuchenko told us about the results of the visit to kyiv by us secretary of state antony blinken and british foreign minister david lamy. candidates for president of the usa donald trump and kamala harris during the pre-election debate, which took place on tuesday in philadelphia, they argued about how the war in ukraine should end. former president trump twice dodged the question of whether he wants ukraine to win the current war against russia. and kamela garis told her

opponent that she wanted to surrender ukraine for... the favor of a dictator who is ready to eat him for lunch. the candidates also criticized each other's positions on immigration, abortion and the economy. our correspondent maria ulyanovska followed the debate. she joins our studio from philadelphia. hello, maria! congratulations natalya. maria, you followed the debate closely. what are the most vivid moments of the debate would you single out for yourself, what did the opponents look like, and is it possible to cry about the unequivocal victory of one and the defeat of the other? natalya, let's start with the fact that the debate was really historic, it was the first personal meeting of both candidates, both donald trump and kamela harris, they started with a very polite handshake, kamalagaris approached donald trump, introduced herself, shook his hand, but on with this rock squeeze all courtesies ended, the debate

was very lively for the next hour and 45 minutes. we are very hot, candidates were switching to...